"Recognizing one's ancestors and returning to one's clan" has always been a top priority in Chinese people's thinking. For those who are forced to stay away from their hometowns, finding their roots has become a concern for many people. But not everyone agrees with such a strong blood relationship. Some people always think that "the moon in foreign countries is rounder." But not all calls will be answered. For Chen Songxiong, due to what he thought was a clever operation, not only did he not get any benefits, but he also got a bad reputation from both parties.
A hardworking and unyielding youth
In 1952, Chen Songxiong was born in a hospital in South Africa. His father named him Xinxiang, hoping that his future life would be filled with warmth and peace. During World War II, in order to stay away from the war and the safety of the whole family, under the leadership of his father, the family moved to South Africa for refuge and settled down. When my father was in his hometown of Fujian, he was a well-known Chinese herbal medicine doctor there and was deeply respected by people. After moving to South Africa, my father resumed his old business, collecting medicine and treating diseases for local people.
As the youngest child in the family, Chen Songxiong was loved by his five older brothers and sisters. Because he was far away from his hometown since he was a child and the local xenophobia was serious, Chen Songxiong did not have many playmates as a child. This did not affect his mood at all. On the contrary, his favorite thing was to follow his father and watch his father treat patients, take pulses, take medicines, and decoct medicines all day long.
Being born in a medical family, the children in the family all have a calm mind due to their exposure to hearing and seeing. Reading books has become their common hobby. Different from others, Chen Songxiong liked reading various medical books brought by his father from China very much, and determined to be a doctor in the future.
At the age of 23, he obtained a doctorate with honors from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and entered the Johannesburg General Hospital, the best hospital in South Africa, for an internship. Chen Songxiong became the first yellow man to work in a Johannesburg hospital. Racial discrimination in the hospital is still very serious. Not only did Chen Songxiong's salary due to his yellow skin be only half of that of a white intern doctor of the same level, he even refused to treat the first white patient he encountered.
His hard work paid off. With the support of sufficient medical strength and the help of the department director, he cured his first patient. With his own traditional Chinese medicine skills and acquired Western medicine skills, Chen Songxiong quickly became famous in the local area and was recognized by people.
Go to North America and finally succeed
After Chen Songxiong successfully completed his internship in the hospital, he soon married his girlfriend who had been in love for many years. In order to support his girlfriend in realizing her dream of becoming an actor, they chose Leave South Africa and head to North America for development. Unexpectedly, this place would also become a huge turning point in Chen Songxiong's career.
The couple arrived in Los Angeles in 1980 and chose to develop here. What they didn't expect was that in just a few years, Chen Songxiong's total wealth would reach its peak.
Chen Songxiong has also been recognized by local hospitals and patients for his excellent medical skills. An actor who supports his wife needs a lot of money, but the dead salary from the hospital alone is far from enough, so he turned his attention to the pharmaceutical industry. He soon settled on a research direction based on his expertise—cancer. Of course, the road to success will not be so smooth. As a medical problem recognized around the world, it is not easy to overcome it.
Since the cost of conducting research is very huge, and the instruments and equipment are valuable, it is very difficult to rely on Chen Songxiong’s savings to support it. At this time, Chen Songxiong’s brother gave his younger brother the US$5 million he had earned over the years to support his research on cancer. After countless days and nights of unremitting efforts, Chen Songxiong's team finally developed a drug that can greatly delay the occurrence of cancer - paclitaxel nanoreagent, and it was approved for marketing in the United States.
Not only that, within a short period of time, Chen Songxiong’s team registered more than 50 patents. And Chen Songxiong also transformed from a hospital doctor earning a dead salary to the president of a well-known pharmaceutical company. He was listed in the top 100 of Forbes list that year and became a well-known medical tycoon. Chen Songxiong achieved great success that he did not expect.
Choices after success
As the team’s research and development progress continues to accelerate, capital investment also continues to increase, and Chen Songxiong’s company is getting bigger and bigger. Keren's desire is an abyss. After achieving achievements that were beyond the reach of others, Chen Songxiong was not satisfied. He began to pursue the pursuit of improving his social status.
What is unexpected is that Chen Songxiong chose to change his name from Huang Xinxiang to Chen Songxiong, hoping to become a hero praised by others. At the same time, after achieving greater success in his research, he refused to admit that he had received funding from his brother and took his brother to court. Expressed his determination to break away from his family.
After becoming a rich man, Chen Songxiong also invested heavily in his other hobbies. Because he is a fan of Kobe, he even spent a huge amount of money to buy 4.5 shares of the Lakers in order to play a game with Kobe. Although Chen Songxiong has some deeds that others cannot understand, charity is the career that Chen Songxiong has done the longest.
St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Texas donated $35 million. A few years later, he donated $135 million to St. John's Health Center to help reopen King's Hospital in South Los Angeles, which was facing bankruptcy.
Thanks to many donations, Chen Songxiong successfully obtained American citizenship, and his business in the United States became increasingly prosperous. However, since receiving American citizenship, Chen Songxiong has never returned to China. He has repeatedly refused invitations from his brother and father to return to China to worship his ancestors, which has made relatives back home feel very chilled and has also caused dissatisfaction among the local Chinese community.
Donated 30 billion to the United States, but was ridiculed as a show
In the United States, Chen Songxiong is a controversial person. On the one hand, he has overcome many medical problems, and on the other hand, he is high-profile His style has been questioned a lot.
While conducting research on diabetes, he boldly imagined transplanting pancreatic cells instead of injecting insulin. At that time, all the doctors were not optimistic about him and shouted "that is impossible", "madman" and "does not respect life", but Chen Songxiong still insisted. However, after the patient underwent transplantation, the effect only lasted for a few months and he had to return. Inject insulin. "Playing with academics" suddenly became synonymous with him.
Chen Songxiong has always hoped that the United States can recognize him. To this end, he has carried out a large number of charitable activities in the United States, and has donated more than 30 billion in assets for medical research. But the United States does not buy his fault because he has repeatedly challenged American medical authority and declared to the American medical community that his theory is correct. However, his pride, complacency, and arrogance made Americans disapproval and even despise and question him, thinking that he was just "showing off."
Looking at Chen Songxiong’s life experience, we all admire his perseverance when he was studying and first starting work. However, after achieving certain achievements in the later period, he turned against others and became arrogant and arrogant. This is what we should take as a warning. As a human being, we should remain humble and grateful.