A successful model of hard work and entrepreneurship [the legendary life of hard work and entrepreneurship]

In the eyes of many people, Yu Pengnian is a legend. In his early years, pulling rickshaws, setting up stalls, being a reporter and being in prison can be described as a bumpy life. /kloc-moved to hongkong in 0/958 and changed its name to Yu Pengnian. Decades later, when he returned to his hometown, he was already a famous businessman in China with billions of assets. He manages hotels, office buildings and real estate, with assets all over Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and overseas. With such a rich life experience, people have to pay curious attention to the ups and downs he has experienced.

A miserable teenager

Yu Pengnian, 1923, a native of Taihe Township, Baoqing County. His father's name is Peng and his mother's name is Xiao Shi, both of whom are from Lianyuan, Hunan. His father has been doing business in Lantian Town, Lianyuan County for decades. After suffering and disaster, he was shot in the melee of warlords and almost died. 19 12, Lianyuan was flooded again. A family of eight and their property were all washed away, and six brothers and sisters were in trouble together. ? After the flood, Peng's family was able to rebuild their homes under the care of their hometown. Continue to engage in small business? . When I was a teenager, I went to the provincial capital to study, majoring in business administration.

It's a pity that Yu Pengnian started a small business in Changsha and other places before graduating from college, but his business experience of running around in his early years didn't seem to be smooth. 198 1 year, Yu Pengnian once wrote a picture to recall this period:? Shopping malls are like battlefields, from north to south, from east to west, defeated by the sun, rushing to Xiakou, losing elegance, taking Fancheng and living without a fixed place. ?

Suffer many setbacks in my life.

1949, Yu Pengnian came to Shanghai. Judging from a photo taken by 1953 in Shanghai, Yu Pengnian is dressed in a suit and tie, and he is personable and distinguished. /kloc-in the winter of 0/954, Yu Pengnian suffered the first major setback in his life. For being falsely accused? Have overseas relations? He was arrested in Shanghai on charges of? The runaway landlord? . This imprisonment left him with nothing at once, and all the accumulation was empty.

While serving his sentence, Yu Pengnian was arrested for? Good behavior? And then what? Have culture? , was arranged to open the prisoner's foreign letters, and classified distribution. This work makes Yu Pengnian almost understand human nature. ? Every prisoner goes to prison and almost repeats the same experience: at first, lovers wrote letters and swore to each other; Letters from husband and wife mean: letters from friends, letters from parents, and drinking blood to persuade. However, a few years later, things changed, lovers turned against each other, friends reported it, and wives changed their minds. Regret letter, divorce letter, exposure letter, snowflake flying. ?

Two months before the expiration of the three-year reeducation through labor, Yu Pengnian? The runaway landlord? The charges were not proved and he was released immediately. After his release, Yu Pengnian did not choose to return to Hunan. 1958, with the help of friends, Yu Pengnian, then 30, abandoned his wife and other children. After many difficult struggles. , smuggled into Hong Kong via Macao, and started a hard struggle.

Write an article with a wonderful pen.

Yu Pengnian has a rich life experience. In the early 1980s, he served as a special correspondent for Changsha Evening News. Evening News was the most popular tabloid in Changsha before the Anti-Japanese War. Established in April of 193 1. He advocated resolute resistance to Japan and dared to expose factional struggles within the Kuomintang. Well-informed and outspoken, it is well received by readers. It was ordered by the Kuomintang government to stop publishing five times. September 10, 1949, 1 merged with practice to form the popular evening paper.

Yu Pengnian is very proud of his experience as a journalist. He once confidently told reporters that his writing was good. In 1 982+1October1,he suggested that China and the United States should hold peace talks on an absolute equal footing and create an atmosphere for peace talks, and both sides have the desire for peaceful reunification. ?

Rumors of getting rich overnight

From a pauper to a billionaire, there are different opinions about Yu Pengnian's wealth. The most popular saying is that Yu Pengnian's wealth is related to Bruce Lee. According to outside rumors, when 1973 Bruce Lee died suddenly in Hongkong, he left a mansion of 1000 square meters. At that time, it was said that Bruce Lee's death was unlucky because he ran into the place where he lived-Kowloon Tong. So after his death, his house was abandoned. According to outside rumors, Yu Pengnian bought a house in Bruce Lee at a low price of 6,543,800 yuan, and then the house price in Hong Kong rose year by year, and the house suddenly appreciated to 70 million yuan, so Yu Pengnian became rich overnight.

Diligence makes success.

Although there are different opinions about Yu Pengnian's fortune, one thing is certain, that is, any success is not achieved overnight, and it must be achieved through hard work. From 65438 to 0953, 30-year-old Yu Pengnian came to Hong Kong to work, worked as a construction worker for some time, and also worked as a handyman in a company for some time. Every Saturday and Sunday, other office workers go out shopping. Considering that people often work overtime on Saturdays and Sundays, Yu Pengnian insists on cleaning as usual to provide a clean and comfortable environment for overtime workers. Half a year later, his move was learned by the boss of the company, and he was immediately transferred to the company office and later promoted to become the general manager of the company. After several years as general manager, Yu Pengnian proposed to the company boss to start his own business. The boss not only agreed with him, but also took a stake in his company, which specializes in real estate and tourism. Since then, Yu's company has continued to grow, and he soon became a billionaire in Hong Kong. He used to be the general manager of Hong Kong Yuen Long Pok Oi Hospital, the chairman of Fude Development Co., Ltd., the general manager of Yuanchang Real Estate Co., Ltd., the executive director of Yilang Co., Ltd. and the consultant of Huanya Hotel Enterprise Management Company, and was elected as the representative of Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress with 1995.

On June 5438+1October 65438+February, 2000, Pengnian Mansion, the first 57-story five-star hotel built by individuals in China, landed in Luohu City, Shenzhen, and its owner was Yu Pengnian. As a member of the Standing Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress, he also made a legislative request to the Municipal People's Congress: after a hundred years, the property right of Pengnian Building will not be granted, and a special asset management committee will not be set up to take charge of operation and management, and profits will continue to be donated permanently and free of charge. It's easier to donate money early than to make money hard, which makes Yu Pengnian run his own business by himself. He is the chairman and general manager of Pengnian Hotel and the manager of nine departments. Not only that, he also has to manage his other industries. Almost everything was done by himself, even the design of the hotel office building was done by himself. Thanks to hard work, he succeeded. In 2006, together with Li Ka-shing, he was named the most influential Chinese businessman in the world by Time magazine.

Love builds public welfare

The most rare thing in life is that you are developed and don't forget to care about others. Yu Pengnian is such a rare successful person who cares about the construction of his hometown. Since 198 1, it has donated more than 25 million yuan to Hunan and built more than 20 social charity projects. Among them: Lishan School built in Lianyuan City, Lishan Dam for sewage treatment and Penglishan Rescue Center; The Wuyi Square Tunnel Project donated by Changsha, the large-scale colorful fountain of the railway station, Peng Lishan ambulance center and Peng Lishan luxury bus line; Peng Lishan ambulance center was built in Dayong. His righteous act was praised by all walks of life and was rated as one of the top ten citizens by Changsha Municipal People's Government. Peng Lishan Changsha Welfare Foundation was established in June with the consent of the Hunan Provincial People's Government to manage the projects he donated. 1988.

In 2003, he began to help cataract patients? Operation Bright? It is planned to treat cataract patients in Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Gansu, Hunan and Liaoning in five years, with a cost of 500 million yuan. He is on the charity list almost every year. Why are you doing this? In his own words? I don't gamble, I don't go whoring, I don't have sex, and my son can't spend all his money all his life. Why not just take it out and do something meaningful? . Log on to Baidu and Google, type in Yu Pengnian, and you will find hundreds of reports about him and charity. It seems that he is not a businessman but a natural philanthropist.

What are the opportunities? Mr. Yu Pengnian's business experience has given us the answer: Opportunity is to work harder than others, work harder than others, do better than others, and do better than others. From Mr. Yu Lao's bumpy life story, we also read a lot about how to endure hardships, how to work hard and how to enjoy life more meaningfully.