Because of poverty, Li Yichao dropped out of school after junior high school. Li Yichao, 16 years old, made a living by digging sand in Luohe Beach. He stayed in Daiyue all day and carried heavy sand for three years.
1978 winter, by chance, Li Yichao found that Luoyang was extremely short of winter vegetables, but there was a large backlog of potatoes in northern Shaanxi, only a few cents a catty. Aware of the business opportunities, he went home to borrow money, went to the rural areas of northern Shaanxi alone to purchase goods and shipped them back to Luoyang. The first time he earned 700 yuan's money, he earned his first bucket of gold. In the 1970s, 700 yuan's money was a huge sum.
After that, he went to a village-run enterprise to study electric welding. A few months later, he founded a hardware factory in the village and worked hard every day. He realized a simple truth: if you want to get ahead, you must suffer more than others.
1983, Li Yichao bought a diesel car for transportation at the risk of 7000 yuan. He delivered goods to others from morning till night, and Li Yichao made a fortune. Two years later, he set up a new store transportation team with a net asset of more than 700,000, commanded more than 50 vehicles and became a local celebrity.
With money, Li Yichao did not forget his hometown, and donated 65,438+10,000 yuan to his alma mater at once, and said emotionally: Our next generation can no longer suffer from the hardships we had in those years, and can no longer have no culture!
1986, Li Yichao went south to Shenzhen to search for gold and find his own career. At the forefront of reform and opening up, we cooperated with Hong Kong businessmen to do business and earned 20 million yuan. This was a huge sum of money at that time.
1at the beginning of 993, he returned to Luoyang and founded Luoyang Zhongtai Real Estate Co., Ltd. with a Taiwan Province company, and started the entrepreneurial course of Zhongtai.
From 65438 to 0998, Li Yichao established Luoyang Zhongtai Group with Zhongtai Real Estate as the leader. A few years later, Zhongtai Real Estate became a famous regional brand in Luoyang. With total assets of nearly 400 million yuan, Zhongtai Group has six subsidiaries and/kloc-0 regional companies, and has become a comprehensive and diversified enterprise group with real estate development, construction and installation, decoration engineering, building materials trade, property management, corporate image design and investment development as its main businesses. Zhongtai Group is the strongest real estate development enterprise in Luoyang. On June 5438+065438+1October 12, 2008, Xue Yongkuan, the current chairman of Zhongtai Group, was still elected as the president of the 4th Luoyang Real Estate Development Enterprise Association. "This is not to say how influential Xue Yongkuan is in the industry, but is determined by the strength of Zotye Group.
It is said that Li Yichao has many good deeds while running a business. China and Thailand, to which he belongs, have donated more than 40 times to urban infrastructure construction and social welfare undertakings, such as Hope Project, Luoyang City's establishment of a national health city, Luoyang City's courageous fund, laid-off workers' re-employment project, poverty-stricken college students' assistance fund, and projects to help the elderly and the poor. According to the website of Zhongtai Group, these donations totaled more than 23 million yuan, and Zhongtai was also rated as one of the top ten charitable aid institutions in Henan Province. In mid-February, 2004, Zhongtai Company won the title of advanced taxpayer of Luoyang private enterprise.
These acts of kindness have won Ali a great social reputation. He was rated as one of the top ten outstanding young people in Luoyang and outstanding private entrepreneurs in Henan Province, and various political and social honors followed.
Especially in 2004, Li Yichao was elected as the vice chairman of Luoyang CPPCC. At that time, only Li Yichao of Luoyang, a private entrepreneur, entered the leadership position of CPPCC in six cities including Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, Henan Province. This is not only the 50 years since the establishment of Luoyang Federation of Industry and Commerce, but also the first time that Luoyang private entrepreneurs have entered the leadership position of CPPCC. Earlier, he was elected as a deputy to the Ninth National People's Congress.