1. KFC
Carnell Sanders is the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. With the death of his father when he was 6 years old, Carnell's tortuous life began. In order to take care of his young brother and supplement family expenses, he began to work as a farmer in the fields. Carnell has a violent temper and is a person who will never give up until his wishes are realized.
This stubborn character always caused him to quarrel with others, and he had to change jobs many times for this reason. He runs his own gas station with a restaurant, but because the road in front of the gas station turned into a backstreet, the number of customers dropped sharply.
At the age of 65, Carnell had to give up the restaurant. However, Carnell did not give up.
He thought that he still had a very precious patent on hand - the secret recipe for making fried chicken. Now, he decided to sell it. In order to sell this secret recipe, he began to visit fast food restaurants in the United States. He taught various restaurants the secret sauce for making fried chicken.
He will receive a 5-cent rebate for each portion of fried chicken sold. Five years later, there were 400 restaurants selling this kind of fried chicken across the United States and Canada. At that time, Carnell was already in his 70s. In 1992, the number of KFC fried chicken chain stores reached 5,000 in the United States, 4,000 overseas, and the total number expanded to 9,000.
2. Andersen
In 1805, a boy who looked extremely ordinary was born in the home of a poor shoemaker in the city of Odense. He was the famous fairy tale of the 19th century. Writer, the father of world fairy tales - Andersen. When he was a child, he couldn't afford a teacher, so his father gave him lessons and taught him philosophy, which helped him understand worldly feelings, compassion, and writing.
When he was 11 years old, his father died of illness. As a lover of literature, he came to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, alone and began his career in the art field. Finally, by chance, his talent was released and he got the opportunity to study for free. What a rare opportunity for a young man from a poor family!
Five years later, in 1828, he entered the University of Copenhagen.
After graduation, I have never had a job, and I mainly rely on royalties to make a living. In 1838, he received a writer's bonus - the state allocated him a non-public service allowance of 200 yuan every year. From then on, he began to focus on the creation of fairy tales. Excellent works were published one after another. His career reached peaks again and again, but his life was always at a low ebb.
His life was spent in adversity. He was poor since childhood, lost his father in his early years, and never married. Poverty, loneliness, and grief were always with him; it can also be said that his He spent his whole life in tenacious struggle, constantly dealing with fate and fighting against it. His works bring a touch of warmth to the world and happiness and joy to children, even though he lives in the cold winter.
3. Nobel
Nobel’s father was a science enthusiast and had a strong interest in invention and creation. In order to fully cultivate his children, he encouraged the three Nobel brothers to learn various sciences and technologies from an early age, and worked hard to create conditions for their children to come into contact with the world. Nobel
When he was 16 years old, his father sent him to travel around the world and learn new science and technology. His father's experiments in the ordnance factory gave Nobel the idea of ??developing new explosives.
In 1864, a deafening explosion suddenly sounded on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden, and a factory was engulfed in fire. The 30-year-old Nobel's nitroglycerin explosion test failed again, and he was lucky enough to be rescued. This disastrous defeat caused misfortune to Nobel's younger brother and four assistants who were studying at the university. Nobel's mother was devastated and his father was left paralyzed.
The police authorities strictly prohibited him from restoring the factory; no one in the suburbs dared to rent land for him to conduct experiments; his original assistant left him? However, all this did not stump Nobel. His father’s encouragement It gave him great strength, and he put his personal life and death aside. After many experiments, he finally succeeded.
4. Sima Qian
Sima Qian, the great historian and writer in ancient my country, traveled across the country in his youth to get in touch with society, understand people's sentiments, and inspect historical sites. At the same time, he also learned various historical knowledge from his predecessors. Later, he inherited his father's position as Taishi Ling and read many ancient documents collected by the state. On this basis, he began to write "Historical Records" in accordance with his father's wishes.
While Sima Qian was concentrating on his writing, the Li Ling incident occurred. Sima Qian spoke impartially and angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In order to avoid death and complete the writing of "Historical Records", Sima Qian endured the humiliation and accepted the most cruel "corruption punishment" in the world. The unfortunate encounter greatly stimulated Sima Qian's spirit and he once wanted to commit suicide.
But he remembered his father's last words, and encouraged himself by the efforts and achievements of the ancients such as Confucius, Qu Yuan, Zuo Qiuming, Sun Tzu, and Han Fei in adversity, and finally survived the humiliation with amazing will. . Sima Qian, who was tortured physically and mentally and lived a humiliating life, knew very well that "all people are destined to die, and death may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather."
He is determined to use his remaining years to complete the history book that his father asked him to complete. After six years of imprisonment, he was finally released from prison in the first year of Zhenghe (93 BC). Emperor Wu still cherished Sima Qian's talents and appointed him as Zhongshu Ling. From then on, he devoted himself to writing and finally completed the masterpiece "Historical Records", which "studies the relationship between heaven and man, understands the changes in ancient and modern times, and discusses the story of getting married".
5. Su Dongpo
Su Dongpo integrated Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism throughout his life. He was excellent in poetry, calligraphy, and painting. He was a rare and unique talent in Chinese history. Su Dongpo said to himself: "I can accompany the Jade Emperor, and I can accompany the beggars of Beitian Court. There is not a bad person in the world." However, the feudal officialdom was destined to fail for him. It was not because he did not understand officialdom. But knowing too much.
He hated the kind of useless party struggle and often spoke the truth at critical moments. Therefore, he was regarded as a dissident by the various factions in power and was frequently demoted. Su Shi's helplessness was also the helplessness of history. The inevitable result of the feudal system. What's rare is that Su Shi accepted this bad luck calmly. In his life, he "traveled to eight states" and "traveled thousands of miles and half of the world."
Not only was he not defeated, but with his optimism and wisdom, his rich life experience and unique personality charm, he left more than 2,700 people behind during the ups and downs
He has written more than 300 poems, more than 800 letters, and thousands of articles. He is praised as an "incorrigible scholar" and has created a miracle in the history of Chinese culture.