The struggle of a business woman Gong Ruxin

The legendary life of Britney Gong Nina

Ms. Gong Nina is the wife of Wang Dehui, the former chairman of Chinachem Group in Hong Kong. She was originally from Shanghai. After Wang Dehui, who was once one of the largest real estate developers in Hong Kong, disappeared more than ten years ago, Gong Nina inherited her husband's family property. Under her leadership, Chinachem Group's business has developed rapidly. Nina Gong ranks 50th among the world's top women. At the same time, she also ranks first among all the female tycoons in the UK, and her wealth is five times more than that of Queen Elizabeth II.

?When it comes to Gong Nina, many mainland readers may not be very familiar with it, but in Hong Kong and Taiwan, she is a famous and legendary figure. Although she is over 60 years old, Gong Nina has a fresh nickname: "Little Tiantian". She always appears in front of everyone with a smile. Not only does she like to dye her hair blue and match it with the denim miniskirts often worn by young girls, but she also often wears two long red braids. Social place.

In June 1999, Gong Nina was rated as one of the top ten tycoons in Hong Kong by the American financial magazine "Forbes". At that time, her net worth had reached 32 billion Hong Kong dollars; in 2001, the British "Sunday Mail" The list of the top 300 richest people in the British Isles has been announced. As a result, Ms. Gong Nina, chairman of Hong Kong Chinachem Group, ranked third with a huge fortune of 2.4 billion pounds (about 30 billion Hong Kong dollars); at the same time, she also ranked first among all the female tycoons in the UK, and her wealth exceeded that of Queen Elizabeth II of England. 5 times more than in the world! She is called "Asia's No. 1 Female"!

?Looking at these dazzling achievements, and then looking at Gong Ruxin's photos, it is really difficult to compare this all-powerful woman. The hero in the picture is related to the smiling old woman with pigtails. Perhaps this is her original appearance. From an ignorant girl to the chairman of a large group, her smile has not changed, but it carries more content. It is the traces of life experience and time.

?Gong Nina is the wife of Wang Dehui, the former chairman of Chinachem Group in Hong Kong, and is now the head of Chinachem Group. In the beginning, Chinachem was not as rich as it is today. With abundant funds and world-wide reputation, from the development history and growth trajectory of the group, we can see the growth process of a woman and the struggle of a business woman.

? Fledgling

Gong Ruxin was born in Shanghai in 1937 and graduated from Shanghai Middle School. Gong Ruxin's father also worked for Chinachem and was the sworn brother of Wang Dehui's father in Shanghai. Therefore, she and Wang Dehui were childhood sweethearts. In terms of academic qualifications, Gong Ruxin was not very outstanding. She studied in the Chinese Department of Shanghai Normal University for one semester, but dropped out due to illness. After coming to Hong Kong, she studied in Maryknoll for one year and worked as a secretary in an accounting office. She was scolded by her boss for misspelling words in English letters. He resigned and returned home. In 1955, Gong Ruxin, who was only 18 years old, married Wang Dehui in Hong Kong. Gong also had two sisters and one brother. The second sister, Gong Xinxin, was a doctor, and the fourth sister, Gong Xinxin, worked in Chinachem. Third, he is also a doctor.

Wang Dehui was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang in 1935. The Wang family has been in business for several generations. His father Wang Tingxin established Huamao Company in Shanghai to engage in bleaching, dyeing and Western medicine import business. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Wang family Moved to Hong Kong. After coming to Hong Kong, Wang Dehui enrolled in Stanley St. Stephen's Secondary School. Later, because he was unable to study in the United States, he joined Chinachem.

In the early 1960s, Wang Dehui set up his own business and jointly founded it with Gong Nina. In order to help her husband Wang Dehui develop Chinachem and help him in the shopping mall, Gong Nina went to Yi Tongying College near her home to learn English. During the process of starting a business, the couple worked hard and did everything by themselves. It has developed from dealing in Western medicine and chemical raw materials to acting as an agent for emerging petroleum industry products, agricultural products and feeds of world-famous brands, and has become a world-famous large company.

In the process of assisting her husband in running the business, Gong Nina gave full play to her potential talents, proactively grasped the market economic trends, made correct decisions with Wang Dehui, and gradually formed the unique management style of Chinachem Group.

?Chinachem has become increasingly famous under the joint management of the two. But the couple is not satisfied with this. Although the chemical industry is very profitable, can it cope with the future economic situation simply by using it as the pillar of business? By coincidence, both of them set their sights on real estate. This was a risk but also a wise decision. After all, home is people's spiritual haven and something necessary for everyone in the bustling life. Although the real estate industry was still very underdeveloped at that time, they wanted to be the best. They saw the development prospects of the real estate industry and shifted the main aspect of their business to real estate. In fact, in the real estate industry, the positioning of a house is very important, and Chinachem is very smart and seizes a gap that not many people pay attention to, which is to build houses for ordinary people to live in. Because of its unique vision, it has found the bottom floor. In order to meet the needs of the broadest number of consumers, this transformation was very successful. They developed the New Territories and built a large number of public housing in Shatin. And they give full play to their expertise in business operations, from land purchase and construction to sales, leasing, management, and financial establishment, all by themselves, and provide mortgage installment services to buyers. It can be said that Chinachem’s management method in the real estate industry was the first of its kind in Hong Kong’s real estate industry at that time. This successful move enabled Chinachem Group to develop rapidly and establish its position in the real estate industry in Hong Kong.

By the 1970s, Chinachem Group had become one of the largest private real estate developers in Hong Kong. The group participated in the development of more than 700 real estate projects in Hong Kong. Buildings with the Chinachem Group logo can be seen almost everywhere. In the 1980s, Chinachem was even more prosperous. In 1987, it arranged for the company to be listed, but it ultimately failed due to failure to reach an agreement with the underwriter. But at this time, Gong Ruxin was just the woman standing behind her husband Wang Dehui. Although she and Wang Dehui made many major decisions together, Gong Ruxin rarely appeared in public.

Supporting the overall situation alone

?Although Chinachem has made great achievements through the efforts of the couple, the price paid is also painful! As the saying goes, "big trees attract wind" and "misfortunes never come alone". Although Wang Dehui and Gong Ruxin have always kept a low profile in life, they have attracted the attention of gangsters. In early 1983, Wang Dehui and Gong Ruxin were kidnapped by several gangsters armed with knives and guns on their way to work at the independent garden house in Pak Luk Path on the top of the mountain. The gangsters put Wang Dehui in a large refrigerator and transported it back to the gangster's lair. They released Gong Ruxin home and asked her to prepare a huge sum of money to redeem her. After Gong Nina remitted US$11 million to a designated Taiwan bank account, Wang Dehui was released. The case caused a sensation throughout Southeast Asia at the time due to the kidnapper's detailed plan and the intricate circumstances of the case. Wang Dehui and Gong Ruxin became famous overnight and truly became the focus of the public. Although the kidnapping caused no harm, it left the couple with psychological trauma. But the disaster did not end there. In April 1990, Wang Dehui was robbed again on his way home from playing squash at the Happy Valley Jockey Club. Two days later, Chinachem received a ransom call from the kidnappers demanding a ransom of US$60 million. Nina followed the kidnappers' instructions and deposited US$30 million into a bank account, then reported the case to the police for help. But so far there has been no news. According to the confession of the kidnapper arrested by the police, Wang Dehui had been thrown into the sea long ago. Never heard from again.

?Despite this, Gong Ruxin, who has a deep love for her husband, always believes that Wang Dehui must still be alive in the world, but has only left temporarily. In this case, she must build Chinachem well and create a A more perfect and stronger group.

?So, she began to learn to step out of the behind the scenes, into the public eye, and appeared in the social circle. At first, people had to be skeptical about Nina Gong. Judging from her miniskirt and T-shirt, she is clearly a woman who does not succumb to tradition. But people can't compare her with the images of strong business women in movies and TV.

"Capitalist" magazine once described her like this: Gong Ruxin, born in Shanghai, is only 5 feet tall. She wears a sparkling short skirt and has two braids in her hair. She looks like a jumping girl. Fashionable girl rushing to the mall. The media gave her the nickname "Chinachem Little Sweetie".

?Can such an inconspicuous girl, who looks like the girl next door, really be able to take on a large company?

?Gong Ruxin herself is not relaxed. She knows the heavy burden she carries, how many people are waiting to see her jokes, and the employees in the company are also doubting the ability of the new chairman, and their own feelings about themselves. expect. Later, Gong Nina recalled her situation at that time and said: When I did well, people said it was because I had the foundation laid by my husband; when things were not going well, they said I brought down my husband's company. ?However, despite this, she still stepped up and used her hard work and sweat to gain recognition from people in the industry and society.

? Facts have proved that she is fully capable of running Chinachem and is an outstanding female president. She is meticulous about her work and spends more than an hour every day listening to reports on business development from her subordinates. After several years of struggle, Chinachem has become more influential than when Wang Dehui was alive, and its development momentum is growing. Over the past decades, Chinachem Group has participated in more than 700 real estate development projects in Hong Kong. The group has developed to this day and has become one of the companies with the largest land and property reserves in Hong Kong. It is also the largest private real estate development company in Hong Kong.

?Gong Nina's struggle has been recognized by people in the industry, and she has also been hailed as "Wonder Woman" by ordinary Hong Kong people. The current most conservative estimate is that her property in Chinachem Group, the largest private real estate company in Hong Kong, is about 260 million billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking 4th in Hong Kong’s real estate industry. Chinachem owns more than 200 buildings in Hong Kong, and its business covers the United Kingdom, the United States, mainland China and Taiwan; its business direction has developed from real estate to finance, property management, entertainment and catering and other fields. Some people call her Hong Kong's "Queen of Buildings" and "Hong Kong's First Lady". And her footsteps did not stop there. With the development of the mainland's economy, she set her sights on the vast market of mainland China.

Rejuvenate

Today, Gong Ruxin is nearly 70 years old. It is said that she can enjoy her old age, but Gong Ruxin has never stopped. In 1994, Nina Kung announced that she would invest NT$10 billion to build the 518-meter-tall, 108-storey Nina Plaza in Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan. In the end, because the building design affected the aircraft channel, the building could only be built up to 324 meters high. Nina made concessions and divided the site into two, building a pure hotel and a commercial hotel. After Gong Nina became the head coach of Chinachem, she devoted herself to work. She once said: "I arrive at the company before 9 a.m. every day and finish work at 5 p.m." It's like this every day from Monday to Saturday. On Sundays, I either go to the company or go to the site to patrol. I have to do it seven days a week. ?Truely make your career your life.

? Not only that, Gong Nina is not complacent like many old-fashioned entrepreneurs. Faced with the current wave of technology, she once again adjusted her route in a timely manner. On the premise of focusing on her own industry, she set her sights on invested in the biotechnology industry. Currently, it has invested in 7 biotechnology projects in the United States, 4 of which have been listed. For example, in the American listed company Gene Lab, she holds 13.2% of the shares and is the largest single shareholder of the company, which is a well-known biopharmaceutical company in the United States.

?Gong Nina said that her happiest thing is investing. She said, "I think there is still a lot that can be done and needs to be done." But there is no time or effort for many things. Money should be spent where efforts are not needed, and making money in this way is very useful. You need to make money to help more people. Also, I am in business, and business is my career. Only when my career is successful can I be happy and have a sense of accomplishment.

So fight! Be successful! ?

She is not an ordinary 60-year-old person. She is cheerful by nature and likes youthful attire. She feels very young. In the company, she does not act like a superior or elder. She likes and communicates easily with young people. Every time she appears in front of everyone, she always has a sweet smile. She is not like an ordinary wealthy person who has luxury cars, eats luxurious seafood, lives in a villa and wears world-famous brands. On the contrary, she just does everything as she pleases. She revealed that her monthly personal expenses are insufficient. HK$3,000. She usually doesn't go out on the street or buy anything. Many friends make clothes and handbags for her. She cuts her hair herself. She only uses very simple and ordinary skin care products. She doesn't even go to a beauty salon to wash her face. She often works until two or three in the morning before going to bed, and arrives at the company before 9 in the morning. She has no free time to spend money! ?She only got up a little later on Sunday, her day off, but would start working again in the afternoon. As for recreation, she feels that work itself is the best pastime.

?Indeed, there are few bosses of world-famous companies who act as willfully as Gong Ruxin. Since Chinachem is not a listed company, it does not have to account to shareholders, so it can do business as it pleases. She once compared her work style with her husband Wang Dehui. She said: "He is more cost-effective in doing things, but I don't. I can do whatever I like!" ?If she is not happy, she can leave the new buildings such as Haojing Garden and Bitao Garden and the mansion where Wang Dehui lived vacant for ten or eight years; if she is happy, she will sweep it away with 5.5 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash during the peak period of property prices. The King of Repulse Bay.

?People have repeatedly criticized Gong Nina’s unique hairstyle, but Nina herself does not think it is unique. She said that hiring someone to do your hair at home is troublesome and a waste of time; washing and combing your own hair every day is currently an internationally popular way of self-care, so why not do it?

?On the grand day, Gong Nina also braided a small braid on the back of her head and pinned a bright red hairpin on top of her head.

?Hey, do you know how old you are? ?The mother who is most opposed to her wearing two pigtails often nags her like this, ?Gong Ruxin has many interests, but time is tight. She works, rides in the car, eats, and sleeps, and her life is a bit monotonous. In her spare time, she likes to dance, watch dramas, and see art exhibitions. In addition to drama, she also loves traditional Chinese opera excerpts. She likes to read Lu Xun's novels and thinks they are concise and profound.

?Secret of success

?Don’t stick to tradition and never lose your childlike innocence.

Consider work as your best pastime.

?A straightforward and spontaneous personality.