The richest man in Dongguan started out selling vegetables and donated 15 million to build the largest private enterprise. What happened?

With the progress and development of the times, the economic level of the people of the country is improving, but there are still many rich people whose net worth is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Most of them have high education and popularity. The richest man in Dongguan, Wang Jincheng, is worth more than 30 billion, but he has a junior high school education. He started his business by selling vegetables. He is usually low-key and died of cancer when he was just 50 years old.

Started by selling vegetables

In 1957, Wang Jincheng was born in an inconspicuous small village in Dongguan, Guangdong. There were seven brothers and sisters in the family, and there was not enough money. The conditions provided for every child to study. At that time, the family did not pay much attention to studying. As the eldest, Wang Jincheng worked with his father to sell idle fish in the village after graduating from junior high school. In the process, he also learned some business skills for the first time.

In this way, Wang Jincheng followed his father through the streets and alleys to do small business. It was not until the reform and opening up that he sensed business opportunities, followed the call of the country, and found a few friends to come to Hainan. . Since they did not have sufficient funds on hand, Wang Jincheng and his friends could not afford to do big business for the time being, so they chose to sell vegetables, purchasing goods from Hainan and selling them to Shenzhen.

The process of selling vegetables is very hard. They work from dawn to dusk to ensure the freshness of the vegetables. They also have to plan the most convenient and fastest route and transport the vegetables themselves. In this way, Wang Jincheng earned his first pot of gold in his life. In this process, Wang Jincheng's business acumen gradually formed. More importantly, he was not satisfied with the status quo and wanted to use his existing property to do bigger business.

In 1985, Wang Jincheng returned to his hometown with his "first pot of gold". After all, Dongguan is the first of the "Four Little Tigers" in Guangdong and is known as the world's factory. Due to the development of industry, Dongguan has The demand for metal materials is huge, so Wang Jincheng chose to use his own money to found Xingye Aluminum Alloy Factory. Although Wang Jincheng is a businessman, he is not mercenary. He chooses the most suitable materials and uses them. As a result, his factory is recognized by many people in the local area. Because of this, his aluminum alloy factory quickly established itself in his hometown. He took over almost all the local business.

The net worth rose accordingly

Wang Jincheng’s assets continued to appreciate, so he accelerated his pace and expanded into stone, chemical, furniture, wood and other industries locally. Among them, Dongcheng Stone Factory, which he founded in 1990, is now one of the largest comprehensive professional stone processing factories in South China. It is said that all the marble used for urban construction in his hometown of Houjie Town comes from his factory. In addition, In addition, his furniture mall covers an area of ??300,000 square meters, and the Jiahua Hotel is also 56 stories high.

The two factories, Xingye Aluminum Alloy Factory and Dongcheng Stone Factory, can be said to be the foundation of Wang Jincheng's business growth. With the support of these two factories, Wang Jincheng's business has grown stronger. He invited his three younger brothers to run the business with him. He believed that a single family could not run a big business, and that only through the joint efforts of the family could it be done successfully. He arranged different industries for his younger brothers to support each other.

Not only is he good at finding his family members to do business with, he also understands what kind of people are suitable for what kind of positions. Every year when the town allocates college students, Wang Jincheng will actively select some college students and arrange them into suitable positions. Because Wang Jincheng attaches great importance to these young college students, everyone who works under him works hard.

Becoming the richest man

Wang Jincheng’s various industries are developing smoothly, and his identity is no longer just the director of the factory. He has begun to invest, and has even become one of the top four investors. As the corporate chairman of the group, his investment scope has also expanded across the country and even the world, with investments in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau and Canada.

In 2006, he built Dongguan Kanghua Hospital, the largest private enterprise in construction in the country, with a cost of US$1 billion and an area of ??563 acres, which attracted widespread media attention. In addition, he also invested 600 million yuan in building a cardiovascular hospital in Wuhan. It is said that his net worth has exceeded 30 billion yuan at this time, but he has refused all interviews, and the outside world cannot know the specific amount of his assets. But he is fully worthy of the title of "Leader of Dongguan Private Enterprises".

As we all know, there is a Hurun Rich List in Guangdong, but Wang Jincheng, the richest man in Dongguan, is not on the list. According to Hurun, he had an encounter with Wang Jincheng in 2003 and knew him. Although he has great financial strength and the title of the richest man, he is too low-key and does not accept interviews with the media, and no relevant information about him can be found on the Internet.

Being rich and virtuous

Wealth is important, but in addition to wealth, a person's good moral character is more worthy of respect. Wang Jincheng is such a rich and virtuous person .

After Wang Jincheng became rich, he did not leave his hometown. He continued to contribute to the construction of his hometown and tried his best to help the people in the village. On weekdays, he has no airs at all and likes to go around in slippers and shorts. Once in a village alley, his Mercedes-Benz was hit by a tricycle that suddenly rushed over. However, he did not blame the other party or ask for compensation. When he saw the other party Already frightened, he just smiled and left.

Although it is the other party's responsibility, he will still consider others. The money to repair the car may be nothing to him, but to a driver riding a tricycle, it is a lot of money. of the numbers.

According to incomplete statistics, Wang Jincheng has invested in various infrastructure projects in Dongguan and made various donations totaling more than 15 million yuan. He also sends red envelopes of several hundred yuan to the elderly in the village every New Year and holiday. , it can be regarded as a filial piety. This is how he treats the elderly in the village, not to mention how Wang Jincheng treats his parents. In addition to being filial, he also donates money and school buses to many local schools in his mother's name.

It is regrettable that in 2007, Wang Jincheng was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and received treatment in Beijing. However, he eventually passed away at the age of 50 due to uncontrollable deterioration of his condition. After Wang Jincheng's death, he received more than 800 wreaths from all walks of life, including many well-known figures in the political and business circles. This shows Wang Jincheng's outstanding character and achievements throughout his life.

Wang Jincheng has two sons and one daughter in his life. He has a separate compound in the village, which contains three villas he built himself, next to the artificial lake in Haiyue Park. Before Wang Jincheng left, he had been thinking about his children and made detailed arrangements for the inheritance of various properties of his enterprise group.

Everyone's efforts will be duly rewarded. Wang Jincheng has been diligent and practical throughout his life, has excellent business acumen and the ability to employ people. It is his excellent qualities and abilities that have contributed to his success. What's even more rare is that he never forgets his roots and the land that raised him, and has made many contributions to the construction of his hometown.

He did not like the title "rich man" when he was alive. He felt that he was not that good and was disgusted with such a title. In fact, people today call him that, not just because of his wealth. , but also respect and admiration for him. Wang Jincheng was rich and virtuous, but unfortunately fate played a trick on him and he passed away from cancer at the age of 50. However, such an outstanding and kind-hearted person should be respected and remembered by the world.

We have no way of knowing what our efforts will ultimately yield, and we are not sure whether the results will be good or bad, but the most important thing is to have a clear conscience and work hard in a down-to-earth manner.