How do celebrities get through difficult times in life? What are the celebrity stories about persistence that leads to success? Let’s take a look. Celebrity stories of success through persistence: The story of Lenovo Group founder Liu Chuanzhi
With 200,000 yuan, 11 people, and a broken communication room, Liu Chuanzhi had no idea why he wanted to set up a company and followed the trend to start a business overseas. In order to pay wages, he led all his employees to work as "traitors", pull carts, and set up street stalls in Zhongguancun. He sold a wide variety of products, including sportswear, electronic watches, roller skates, and refrigerators. He was fined 1 million for speculation and 3 million for smuggling. In his 40s, he still had not found the direction of his life. Today, Lenovo has become a symbol of the national computer industry. Liu Chuanzhi said: I would never have imagined that my colleagues and I could make the company what it is today. Celebrity stories about persistence that leads to success: The story of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group :Beijing University. However, he was so ambitious that he only scored 1 point in mathematics in the college entrance examination. In order to make a living, he applied for a job as a hotel waiter, but was politely rejected because of his "crooked" appearance. I had no choice but to work as a porter and ride a scooter. After graduating from college, a debt collection experience made him crazy about the Internet. In the early days of starting a business, he carried a bag and fooled around, and was often called a madman and a liar. He had failed to start a business four times in a row. When he was most embarrassed, he only had 200 yuan in the bank. Nowadays, who doesn’t know Alibaba and who doesn’t know Jack Ma? Celebrity stories about persistence that leads to success: The story of Liang Wengen, chairman of Sany Group
After working in a state-owned enterprise for two years, he wanted to be a "ten thousand yuan" Mr. Liang Wengen submitted his resignation letter. He no longer has the status of "cadre" and even his urban household registration. His father was furious and chased Liang Wengen with a pole to drive him back to Hongyuan Machinery Factory. But the carrying pole failed to drive the "stubborn donkey" back. Liang Wengen later recalled that he was prepared to fail at that time: If the business fails, I will do two things: First, write a book - "This Road No Way" to warn impulsive people like us Young people; the second is to go to backward mountain villages to become teachers and teach. After experiencing a series of failures in selling sheep, marketing liquor, and producing glass fiber, Liang Wengen relied on his professional expertise to earn the "first pot of gold." In 2011, he was listed in the "2011 China Rich List" produced by Hurun Research Institute. ", as the chairman of Sany Group, he aspires to be the "new richest man in China" with a wealth of 70 billion yuan. Celebrity stories of persistence that leads to success: The story of Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda Group
Just turned 15 Wang Jianlin, 20, came to Northeast China from Mianyang, Sichuan, and became a child soldier. He carried more than 10 kilograms of equipment on his back and walked 40 kilometers in knee-deep snow every day. The total distance for each training session was even thousands of miles. km. After serving in the army for 18 years and becoming a cadre of the regiment, he encountered the "million-dollar layoff". In the early stage of starting a business, he had no qualifications and no ability. The bank promised him a loan, but he borrowed loan sharks at high interest rates for company projects. He didn't even sleep for 9 days and 9 nights. He dared to take on the old city renovation project that no one wanted to deal with. When he first started working in commercial real estate, he filed 222 lawsuits in 3 years. He was such a stubborn person. , but now he is the richest man in Asia. A celebrity story about persistence that leads to success: The story of Shi Yuzhu, CEO of Giant Network
After Shi Yuzhu’s success with the Brain Gold product, everyone in the team became enthusiastic. Twelve more health products were launched, but they all ended in failure. Coupled with Giant Building's marketing mistakes, the Giant empire built by Shi Yuzhu was in crisis overnight. Shi Yuzhu was in debt of 250 million and fell to the bottom of his life. For a period of time, Shi Yuzhu did not fall down because of this. In order to understand his own problems and shortcomings, he asked people to read the negative articles about him in the newspapers at that time one after another, and look at others. A "diagnosis" of his failure.
The harsher the article was, the more times he read it. He even organized an "internal criticism meeting" to let people around him "fire" against him. It was precisely by virtue of reflection, pragmatism and confidence that Shi Yuzhu sown a spark in county markets across the country that eventually became a prairie fire. Melatonin allowed him to return to the club of first-line businessmen. Shi Yuzhu created a unique event in the economic history of China and even the world. Legendary stories. Celebrity stories about persistence that leads to success: The story of Yu Minhong, chairman of New Oriental Education Group
After being expelled from Peking University, Yu Minhong had no source of income at all. In order to support his wife and children, he had to go overseas and set up training courses. In the early days of the class, there were few students. In order to recruit students, Yu Minhong often rode a bicycle alone, carrying a bucket of paste, and posted enrollment advertisements all over the streets. In winter, the paste in Yu Minhong's hand often freezes into a lump. When he is not posting advertisements, he and his wife stay in the "classroom" and wait religiously, looking forward to the students who come to sign up. For the sake of school, Yu Minhong once drank two kilograms of liquor in one breath and was sent to the hospital for six hours to be rescued. It is precisely because of Yu Minhong’s persistence and unremitting efforts that the current New Oriental education empire has been established.
Celebrity stories about persistence that leads to success: The story of Zong Qinghou, chairman of Wahaha Group
In the era of "originality alone", Zong Qinghou's origin as a "descendant of the old bureaucrats" made He has tasted all the hardships of life. When he was 16 years old, Zong Qinghou was "arranged" to go to Zhoushan, Zhejiang to fill in the beaches, and stayed there for 15 years. In 1987, 42-year-old Zong Qinghou drove a "yellow croaker cart" on the streets of Hangzhou to sell popsicles. He discovered that there was a huge market for children's nutritional solution. However, at this time, he had already missed the best age to start a business. Faced with the well-meaning persuasion of many friends, Zong Qinghou seemed extremely stubborn: Can you understand the reaction of a middle-aged man in his 40s facing the last opportunity in his life? Are you in the mood? More than ten years later, Wahaha Group, founded by him, has become China's largest beverage company. Celebrity stories about persistence that leads to success: The story of Liu Qiangdong, the founder of JD.com
In 1992, Liu Qiangdong was admitted to Renmin University of China. Because his family was very poor, he only brought 500 yuan with him. At that time, he said to himself: I hope I won’t ask for money from my family during the four years of college. In his senior year, a restaurant near the school happened to be changing hands. Liu Qiangdong used the 240,000 yuan he earned in the previous three years to buy the store. Because I have to go to class, I only go to the store twice a week. Unexpectedly, he lost all his first pot of gold in less than a year after taking over the previously profitable hotel. In desperation, I had no choice but to close the door. He borrowed more than 100,000 yuan from relatives, paid off the restaurant's debt, and paid each employee two wages. When he left, he didn't even take a bowl with him. When the restaurant closed down, he owed more than 200,000 yuan in debt, but his belief and passion for entrepreneurship never faded. Two years after graduation, he paid off all his debts. In 1998, Liu Qiangdong left a foreign-funded enterprise to start his own business again. He named his company "Jingdong". Celebrity stories about persistence that leads to success: The story of Edison, one of the founders of General Electric Company
In his 84 years, Edison suffered more and greater hardships than ordinary people. When he was in elementary school, Edison had to drop out of school because he was "too stupid to accept what the teacher taught". When he was a teenager, he was slapped so hard by a stranger that his eardrum ruptured, and he has been semi-deaf since then. During his part-time job, he was fired from the company several times, and many of his patents were not recognized by the market. When he was 37 years old, his wife died, and Edison lived alone with three children aged 13, 8 and 6 years old. A fire destroyed most of his inventions. It was Edison who had suffered many misfortunes and created the great General Electric Company. At its peak, he controlled 13 large companies. Celebrity stories about persistence that leads to success: The story of Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic Electric Co., Ltd.
When he was 4 years old, his father’s rice futures business went bankrupt, and the family of 10 fell into extreme poverty. Due to insufficient food, the children began to Died young. He lost one sibling when he was 5 years old, two more when he was 6 years old, and was forced to leave his mother when he was 9 years old... When he started his business in 1917, he only had 100 yen in his body, plus less than 4 years of formal education.
By 1927, he had been in business for more than 10 years and had achieved great success. He thought that he was not afraid of any blow, but he experienced the nightmare of the death of his only son. This man, who carries a bitter family history, single-handedly founded the world-famous Panasonic Electric Co., Ltd. People call him the "God of Management" Matsushita Konosuke.