Li Ka-shing storm the classic story of entrepreneu

From salesman to general manager of his motto.

1940 Japanese invasion of China, Li Ka Shing Chiu Chow with her parents fled to Hong Kong from his hometown, when he was fourteen years old. Li Ka-shing is the father of the teachers could not find a job after Hong Kong, his family seek refuge with his family was quite wealthy uncle Chong Ching Temple. But soon my father is suffering from lung disease, dying, he did not explain any last words, but asked Li Ka-shing have any desire to. Li Ka-shing immediately promised: members. Li Ka-shing know, to be a good salesman, the first is hard work, followed by a quick mind. Marketing career in the future, Li Ka-shing will give full play to this and other When other colleagues to work eight hours a day, when Li Ka-shing to work sixteen hours, every day the case. Li Ka-shing of the In this way, Li Ka-shing took only one year, performance will exceed six other colleagues, to become the highest turnover of the whole plant salesman. He was sales performance, is the second seven times. Eighteen years old, he was the boss of her, was promoted to department manager. A year later, he became general manager of sales. Li Ka-shing also the rapid promotion episode: When he was at the factory salespeople, no matter how busy but also to the night classes. He intends to go to college after passing the examinations, the boss to retain the talent, they simply promoted to general manager of his positions on the.

1950, twenty-year-old Li Ka-shing has finally resigned as general manager to try entrepreneurship. At that time, Li Ka-shing is very limited funds, the savings of more than two years only seven thousand dollar, real enough to set up factories. He told his uncle and cousin, Lee Shu-Lin Li Yi borrowed more than forty thousand yuan, together with their savings, a total of five million dollar capital, Queen's Road West Hong Kong Island, opened a production of plastic toys and household goods factory and take the Xunzi

At first, Li Ka-shing only know how to stop taking orders and shipping, ignoring quality control, resulting in more and more crude products. Results are not delayed delivery time is caused by return and to compensation, factory revenue suddenly plunge. Requirements of raw materials manufacturers have come together checkout repay, the bank has been urging the loan, This makes Li Ka-shing really understand their haste, the risk of underestimating the boss.

how to save the desperate plastics factory in the Yangtze River? Li Ka-shing, or rely on He called a staff meeting, admitted his mistakes in the operation, would like to stay in the factory to apologize to all employees, but also to ensure that, once the factory can get through this extraordinary period, are always welcome to be laid off workers back to work. After the shuttle in a number of banks Li Ka-shing, raw material suppliers and customers, one by one apologize apologize and ask them to relax the repayment period, and pushed hard to find customers for the goods, substandard with a loss price will be sold to raise money to buy plastic materials and installation of production machinery. To 1955, run up the debts finally removed, the business getting better, and soon also opened a branch.

day early in 1957, Li Ka-shing read the new English version of a This is a great inspiration to the Li Ka-shing. He was keenly aware of such cheap and has great market potential decorations, while Hong Kong has lots of cheap labor just to engage in diligent production of plastic flowers. He predicted that plastic flowers will be popular in Hong Kong. Seize the opportunity to Li Ka-shing, who personally went to Italy with a plastics factory to the After returning, he

in the Li Ka-shing did not ask for compensation, he Masur said: experts continue to sell to the United States, Since then, American orders such as an avalanche. Li Ka-shing this further sentiment


venture investment in real estate five years, the People in the Li Ka-shing is known as the The Li Ka-shing rental property owners that the plant also took the opportunity to rent a substantial increase, which instead led to the determination of Li Ka-shing self property.

1958, he was awarded the King's land, the construction of a second-storey industrial building, leaving several layers of personal use of the remaining flats. After completion of the building, the Hong Kong property prices immediately soared. Li Ka-shing found promising real estate and began deployment of the funds devoted to real estate market usually mid-June, Hong Kong's real estate experience a wild speculation, the freefall. Li Ka-shing discerning, that land prices will rise again one day, decided to implement building, all for rent. Within three years, and sure enough the storm subsided, a large number of businesses have been leaving Hong Kong back then, then soaring house prices. Li Ka-shing took the opportunity to buy cheap to sell high-priced real estate profits, and to purchase development potential buildings and land. This time he's strategy is to only buy not to sell, all used to build buildings. the early seventies, he has a total floor area of ​​6.3 million square feet, leasing the property over three hundred and fifty thousand square feet, each one is a rental, has reached four million Hong Kong dollars.

June 1971, formally established the Li Ka-shing is responsible for real estate business, The General Assembly, he set goals for the future, is to go beyond known as Hong Kong's founded, known as Asia's largest developer, is the largest commercial organizations in Hong Kong. July 1972, Li Ka-shing the This November, In that difficult time, he received his wife Chong Yuet Ming's encouragement. Chong Yuet Ming was his cousin, his junior-year-old, they can be said to childhood. Chong Yuet Ming's father, Chong Ching Temple is a famous Hong Kong watchmaker, has honored South Watch. After graduating from the University of Hong Kong Chong Yuet Ming, went to Meiji University in Japan for further study. 1965 Li Ka Shing careers, with the Chong Yuet Ming married.

a masterpiece. first come over sixty million yuan funds to purchase property and land, and actively advanced the construction of residential and commercial buildings. to 1967, and spent two hundred and thirty million HK dollars US-funded group, Hilton Hotels and Hyatt Regency Hotel, opened a Chinese-foreign institutions in Hong Kong to set a precedent for the annexation. And Li Ka-shing took two and a half years, into a comprehensive funding the acquisition of the classic British capital. stocks, Li Ka-shing became ○ ○ 年 十月 二十 five days, the European Parliament issued a report accusing named Lee to the family business, headed by Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong market share is too high, may affect Hong Kong's dominant economy, and even monopoly situation. The report also Li Ka-shing in a number of concerns listed two sons, and the acquisition of the incident, the preferential access to the relevant authorities, and this unfair privileges, will not be conducive to foreign businessmen investing in Hong Kong. The report claimed that: About one-fourth to one-third of the valuation of capital, including the telephone industry, mobile telephone, electricity, supermarkets and real estate and so on. increasing influence. there without an open tender competition law to prevent monopoly.

Li Ka-shing Eurasian aspect for many years, has never been so high-profile international attacks, so the report of the European Parliament, an immediate response, Cheung Kong Group, through its rebuttal statement that the report not only the calculation error, and the enormous influence that the Lee family is even more fallacious comments. arrangements, non-Lee family privileges. he alleged, Finland, Canada, there are also individual companies in the overall market capitalization of listed companies accounted for a substantial proportion do not understand why the European Parliament's report refers only to Hong Kong without reference to other places. The Government also strongly denied that the Hong Kong Baptist University, Professor, Department of Economics over the base that the high market share does not necessarily mean a monopoly. monopolization depends on the company's behavior, such as the implementation of restrictive practices in the industry the company, or limit the supply of common pricing.

While public discussion with debate, things are only separated by one day, Li Ka-shing and then by the European Commission warned that fact, the merger transaction may be canceled,
not notified the European Commission to trace a business merger, this situation is rare. named the Li Ka-shing, attracted a lot of speculation. Hong Kong Chan Yan Chong-known economists in the Europe uneasy, because many European businessmen have tasted the taste of defeat at the hands of Li Ka-shing. He said in the article: 'And yellow' selling UK Orange (a British mobile phone communications company), one hundred and ten billion dollar profit. Later, 'and yellow' and then sell the MMN Telecom (Germany's largest mobile phone provider) and Vodafone (the world's largest mobile phone companies) part of the shares, has not only been the past billion Hong Kong dollars in cash, but also a sensation throughout Europe. European business professionals really understand a businessman from Hong Kong, Li Ka-shing, is a strong competitor. They began to be afraid of Li Ka-shing, Li Ka-shing's opponents because they are not.

grab people out of expensive 3G licenses in Germany, 'and yellow' Jiliuyongtui. global telecoms stock prices plunging, and lots of cash 'and yellow' just to buy a flat goods, in order to obtain low-cost 3G licenses in Germany. This excellent business practices , should be commended, why Li Ka-shing the European Parliament will in turn attack it? In the coming days, In addition to unlimited business opportunities to meet, the more it will inevitably meet international challenges.