Tao Zhugong: Perseverance and broad personality.
Fan Li is regarded as the ancestor of China businessmen, firstly because of his perseverance and broad personality. He was born in poverty and made great contributions to the conquest of the Central Plains by the State of Yue. After the destruction of Wu, he was made a general. But he retired, gave up his official position and went into business. He paddled Taihu Lake with beautiful women and came to the commercially developed Qi State. Fan Li does business under the pseudonym of "First Purple Skin". The king of Qi heard of his talent and sent envoys to personally award Xiangyin as an official, but his personality made him dismiss from office for the second time. After the second dismissal, he came to Dingtao, Shandong Province, and changed the name of Diyi to "Tao Zhugong". He managed his family with the strategy of governing the country, and finally became a rich man and became famous all over the world.
Lv Buwei: adventurous and speculative personality.
The character of adventure and speculation made a businessman who had nothing to do with politics and Qin become the prime minister of Qin overnight. He believes: "If we can build a country and establish a monarch, we will not only have food and clothing all our lives, but also future generations will prosper." This is the business he wants to do. In this political speculation, Lv Buwei really succeeded in making one big deal after another. But his subjective motivation is not only the pursuit of profiteering, but also to win the favor of future generations.
Shen Wansan: Bold and brave personality.
Businessmen have a heroic character and their business is bound to prosper. Shen Wansan, a giant businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, lives in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River and does all the business in the world. He dared to smuggle salt with the righteous in northern Jiangsu, dared to do maritime trade with the chivalrous at sea, and later became a Suzhou giant occupied by the righteous. However, it is inevitable for Hao Xia to be brave, and Shen Wansan failed to avoid vulgarity. In the end, due to deep pockets, he wanted to support Zhu Yuanzhang's 8 million troops and set himself on fire for no reason. Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said to Shen Wansan, "Well, I am blessed and you have money!"
Hu Xueyan: Exquisite Female Personality
Hu Xueyan experienced the glory of "Red Top Merchant" and wealth all his life. With his delicate and feminine personality and the help of powerful politicians in troubled times, he created a rich family fortune. He used titles and seals to improve his social status and enhance his competitiveness in business, which is a typical move. In this way, a bank employee finally broke out and became a rich and powerful "red-top businessman".
Li Hongzhang: Generous and cautious personality
As a westernization official and businessman, Li Hongzhang was generous and cautious, which enabled him to be in a strange situation in the late Qing Dynasty and set up a strange business that had not been seen for thousands of years. When the "world's first fleet" he painstakingly built was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, his lifelong meritorious service came to an end. But as the biggest official and businessman at that time, his generous and cautious personality enabled him to overcome one difficulty after another.
Sheng Xuanhuai: Smooth and eager personality.
Every successful person has his own unique personality, especially Sheng Xuanhuai, a big businessman in the late Qing Dynasty, who advocated "doing great things and being a high official". "Extraordinary people, extraordinary people, must take an extraordinary road." Sheng Xuanhuai made him smooth and studious, which made him prosperous in both official and business. There are many masterpieces in his life. At the beginning of the 20th century, he not only controlled the national telegraph industry, but also monopolized the power of ships, banks, postal services, railways, coal mines and textiles, so-called 16 pearls.
Zhang Jian: Anti-judgment and Arrogant Personality
Zhang Jian became the first intellectual who lived in Hanlin since the beginning of time and abandoned his official position to do business. This astonishing move, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties, is inconceivable to the traditional society of China, which regards "business" as "the last business", and it is undoubtedly a departure from the primitive social groups of traditional ethics. This amazing move has something to do with his rebellious and arrogant personality, which made him excited and became "the first industrial king in China". He supported millions of people, benefited one side and influenced the whole country. Mao Zedong said, when we talk about light industry, don't forget Zhang Jian.
Qiao Guifa: Bold and smart.
An orphan, a poor bachelor, a camel puller, a bean curd maker ... finally became a giant businessman in Baotou! What does he rely on? Bold and smart. Suffering childhood life honed his personality, which led him to create the name Guangsheng Childe, which lasted for 200 years. He built the Qiao Family Courtyard in Shanxi, which was called "the crown of Shanxi merchants" by later generations. His hundreds of millions of wealth come from his personality. He can make great achievements in business, and he also benefits from his courage and shrewdness in doing everything.
Zheng He: Perseverance and Loyalty
On the vast sea, the fleet is advancing bravely, and the waves several meters high beat mercilessly on the ship, making a huge noise. At the bow stood a man, seven feet tall, wearing armor, commanding and staring into the distance. He is Zheng He, a famous eunuch of three treasures in the early Ming Dynasty, a big official and businessman engaged in overseas trade. The feat of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West created the "Maritime Silk Porcelain Road". It is his tenacious and brave personality that makes him immortal.
Rong Shi: Tai Chi and Awesome Spirit
How does personality charm make a family flourish? Known as the "first family of national capitalists in China", the Rong family, whose first generation entrepreneurs Rong and Rong Desheng, have the most ideal Tai Chi and healthy personality of China people. It is precisely because of their personality charm that they can go through all kinds of hardships to create a great cause and win the reputation of "king of cotton yarn" in the late Qing Dynasty.