What powerful businessmen have you met?

My cousin, he is probably worth no less than 100 million yuan now.

Why cousin? Because people in the village are basically all relatives, but it’s really hard to tell them apart, so it’s just what they call them when they meet.

His story is quite legendary. After graduating from technical secondary school, he returned to his hometown. Before the age of twenty-five, he was very depressed and idle around. Later, his family married him a wife, and she ran away within half a year. Yes, my father was also very angry. Perhaps he was stimulated by the successive changes, and he became a completely different person from that time on.

Because the land at home was sold when he married his wife, he didn’t know what to do for a living, so he started by collecting rags. What was different from others was that they had to haggle for a long time when collecting rags. If they were dissatisfied with this or that, he would roughly weigh it every time, let them quote their own price, and then give them a 30% discount. If you want it, buy it. If you don't want it, I will also give you a stack of toilet paper (for toilet use) and a business card. I think it's strange that he got a bargain, and I have a good impression of him. Moreover, he especially likes to chat with other people's children and often gives them old toys or candies. Therefore, most of the children in Shiliba Village know him and welcome him very much.

After working for about half a year, my cousin bought a small three-wheeled electric car. Not only did he collect junk but also sell some daily necessities. At the same time, he also helped others buy various things, such as souvenirs and small household appliances. , there are quite a lot of categories. Because I know both adults and children, every time I chat, I know which store has what, and which store wants to buy what. I write it down one by one, and then buy it at a low price here and sell it at a higher price there. A year later, my cousin had already opened a small company with hundreds of people to transport various goods to and from the county town and the urban-rural fringe area.

It is said that my cousin could earn at least one million a year at that time. Maybe someone is jealous, and more and more people are doing this. They not only rob the market and people, but also threaten them with violence. Uncle Cousin would simply sell the entire company to a logistics boss when business was good. Then he took that money and opened three companies in just five years. The first one was a real estate consulting company, specializing in real estate agency services for new properties. He soon opened small stores near seven or eight properties. Then he opened a real estate investment company to do some real estate investment and sales. Then he opened a decoration service company, which was divided into two parts, one part contracted for decoration, and the other part provided housekeeping services. Last year, I heard that he also opened an education consulting company, mainly engaged in community children's art training and child care.

I found out at the ceremony for the completion of the new temple in the village this year that my cousin donated 2 million, and he also donated the cement road in the village. Looking at the glory on his face, it is really hard to imagine that Liu Seven years ago, he looked dejected when he passed my house wearing a torn vest, flip-flops, holding a wine bottle and crying.

A Fujianese I met in South Africa made a name for himself in a troubled country like South Africa. He should be one of the most powerful Fujianese in South Africa.

It is truly amazing to start a business from scratch in South Africa relying solely on your own brains.

He used to work for Taiwanese in South Africa in the 1990s. A year later, he had savings and set up a street stall in Johannesburg, South Africa.

When setting up a street stall, he purchases goods from Taiwanese bosses, and can earn a net profit of more than 2,000 yuan a day.

Later, after he set up a street stall for more than a year, he used the money he earned from setting up a street stall to open a 200-square-meter small supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Because he knows what goods sell well in his own supermarket, and because he also discovered that customers like them while setting up street stalls. So he made millions of RMB in the first year he opened the supermarket.

His supermarket branches continued to open throughout the next year, expanding from Johannesburg to the North West Province of South Africa. It's all his supermarket world.

When he was most influential in South Africa, he opened more than 10 supermarkets. Later, factories and wholesale stores were also opened.

Of course, what is most powerful about him in South Africa is not doing business, but that he brought many relatives to South Africa for development. Many of his relatives have become multi-millionaires in South Africa.

He is not the richest Fujianese in South Africa, but he is definitely the most famous Fujianese in South Africa.

I have seen a man who spent 4 million to buy a villa. Before he could move in, he took out a mortgage of 4.5 million from the bank, bought a storefront, opened two maternity and baby stores, and then packed up the stores. Then mortgage it to the bank, lend out 4 million, buy a shop, and then open a chain of maternal and child stores.

I opened 7 chain stores in 3 years, with a monthly profit of more than 200,000 yuan, and I still have 18,000 yuan left after paying off the interest. In the end, all seven shops were sold...and he became rich overnight...

The rich man: Deep down, he firmly believed that he was not born to be poor, but to be rich. He had a strong sense of making money. This is something in his blood, and he will do whatever it takes to make himself rich.

Poor people: rarely think about how to make money and how to make money. They think that they should be like this for the rest of their lives and do not believe that anything will change. Watching TV at home, crying because of the emotions of soap operas, and imitating the fashion on TV to dress up.

Maybe we don’t understand the world of rich people. If our horizons are too low, we are doomed to live a life of mediocrity. However, it doesn’t matter whether you are rich or poor, as long as you live a happy life.

What do you think? Welcome to discuss

In the process of providing marketing consulting services to enterprises, I also learned a lot from successful bosses

Customer A, Mr. Yuan , the company's annual turnover is 500 million, and he only wears clothes worth 40 yuan. Generally speaking, the outstanding qualities of a boss are not so easy for others to notice. Only after being in contact with them for a long time can they understand them. The great thing about this boss is that he hires people regardless of whether they are internal or external. His current general manager was fished out of prison. This brother can do anything for him. After he fished him out, he lent him money to become his own dealer and became the third largest dealer in the industry. At this time, he resorted to a trick. Every time he took No. 3 to No. 2 for inspection. No. 2 was a beautiful woman. As a result, No. 3 and No. 2 became a couple. By integrating the factory and large dealers, everyone becomes one of our own. Then bring the third person back to the company to be the general manager. The company has transformed from making product accessories to being one of the top five companies in the finished product industry.

Boss Yu Weijiaoyu of BYTO Express. When I served them, it was just before they went public, and their strategy was to follow the strategy. I think his independent creativity is mediocre. When others engage in franchising, he also engages in it. When others buy airplanes, he also buys them. I really have no contact with it and haven’t found anything remarkable about it before. But after contacting him again, I discovered his awesomeness. It gave me a different perspective on running a business. In the past, I always felt that those industries were the best, creating many leading corporate cultures, business methods, and marketing strategies. Later I discovered that entrepreneurs like him are also very powerful. The core competency is the ability to follow the rhythm and make decisions at what time. Many people are either incompetent or unable to grasp themselves and their rhythm. Already lined up with Alibaba, introduced Alibaba’s strategic investment, and went public via backdoor listing.

Maybe you think the operations of the big boss are empty, let’s talk about the practical operations of some small bosses

Boss C Tian. I was engaged in real estate. At that time, local authorities were not so strict. After he used a business loan to buy a house, he found an appraisal company to estimate the total value of the house, and then took out a loan to buy the house. Then the house is sold to an intermediary, and part of the cash obtained is invested in corporate loans at high interest rates. In just 5 years, I probably made more than 50 million. Later, part of the loan sharking could not be recovered.

D Mr. Li, a micro-businessman. The micro-business you know is the micro-business that advertises and sells things in Moments. He is not. The micro-business channel he established. According to the administrative region, each place has a general agent group, agent on-site training services, mobile phone group control, and private domain traffic conversion. Because after being introduced by a friend, he watched the snowball transformation chain training video I made for that friend. Let me design a transformation chain and implement training for them. I know Mr. Li. As long as there are new micro-business projects, such as weight loss meal replacement and facial masks, he will follow up and then stratify with manufacturers or general distributors. His pattern is great. While I was providing services to him, their Douyin system also started operating.

Let me say one more thing. Local political and business public account. This was started by a clerk of the local CPPCC who resigned and started his own business in 2011 when he saw the WeChat official account. He first brought in local investment promotion officials and CPPCC members. Put it on the public account for free. Then contact other local owners to check in. Because it is a closed high-end contact community. Get to know prominent local officials and big bosses. Many bosses joined in. Mainly it's not expensive. 1,000 yuan opens up a social circle of 10,000 bosses. 1 dime per talent is a good deal.

Then a daily star was launched, and the boss was willing to spend 3,000 to 10,000 yuan to display you and your company on the homepage that day. It didn’t cost anything, just the money earned by the technicians who developed the official account, and they probably made millions.

Let’s just talk about these.

Finally, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world. Learn more, know more people, and turn your life into a transportation network. Doing marketing consulting is to become a smart transportation hub. Anyone who passes by you can get intensive business operations. The greatest gain is giving.

I have seen an old woman selling glutinous rice on the street in our township. The old lady has been selling sticky rice for 20 years. He raised his four children and sent them to college by selling glutinous rice. The old lady's sticky rice seems simple to make and doesn't have many ingredients, but everyone who has tried it can't help but tell others and take their friends to eat it together. On a street in our township, her glutinous rice had to be ordered in advance to buy. I was still in high school at that time. She would help her classmates buy it. We all saved up enough money to reserve it a week in advance, and then just go and pick it up ourselves every morning. Otherwise, her business would be so good that we would not be able to buy anything on the same day. The experience of making a serving of glutinous rice on a small street in a town for 20 years, day after day, year after year, is something that no one else can surpass in a short period of time. There is an old man who is the god of sushi in Japan. In our minds, this old woman is our township’s version of the “God of Glutinous Rice”

I went into business in 1993, specializing in steel. At that time, I was considered a good business person.

At that time, it could make 2 million yuan a month, and it was a small company with only eight people. Because at that time, steel products were implemented, planned prices, second-class prices, and market prices had too much room for manipulation.

I made more than 10 million in the year I went to sea, but I am too kind-hearted. Kindness cannot control soldiers, and justice cannot control wealth. Later, due to triangular debt, I paid off all the debt with the arrears and paid a 15% loss because cashing out required a discount.

Later it was a tie and I didn’t owe anyone any money.

My second brother is one of the most powerful people in business. Ten years ago, he built a prefabricated house with 170,000 yuan. Now he has more than 20 million yuan, not counting external debts.

His greatest advantage is that he feels uncomfortable if he doesn’t make money for a day. He falls asleep at night if he doesn’t make money. He makes money regardless of whether he is a relative or a brother. He is awesome.

In fact, what my second brother did is completely correct. Only his business method can reflect economic effectiveness and accumulate wealth in the shortest time. This is the basis for businessmen to pursue profits.

Any Phoenix man who has no background, no inheritance, no education, no connections and can succeed in the shopping mall is a great hero!

Two stories. Just treat it as a joke.

In the 1970s, the Fourth Middle East War broke out between the Arab world and Israel, and the war became more and more intense. As a major oil country in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has strong economic strength (people are stupid and have a lot of money), and they want to think about the outside world. It's extremely unsafe to fight back and forth.

In order to spend money for safety, I asked my American father many times to buy missiles for self-defense. The American "Lance" missile was still very advanced at the time and there was no shortage of money. Naturally, I was not willing to take the risk of technology leakage and sell it to him. he.

Saudi Arabia had no choice but to suddenly think about it and determined to find China, hoping to buy Dongfeng 3!

At that time, China had not done much large-scale arms business. Secondly, it was very short of money. The country’s foreign exchange reserves were only about US$2 billion.

Faced with Saudi Arabia's request for purchase, the Chinese personnel raised a finger and hoped to offer 10 million U.S. dollars each.

Who knew that the Saudi tycoon simply responded: One hundred million US dollars is one hundred million US dollars!

Saudi Arabia spent more than 3 billion U.S. dollars on this, and one transaction is more than our annual foreign exchange reserves!

My big dog is awesome!

The third uncle is very good at business. Choosing any one will tell whether the third uncle is a businessman. For example, in the mid-1980s, the capital chain of a certain third-tier steel factory was broken, and it was difficult to even pay wages. The dignified state-owned enterprise actually put down its pretentiousness and came to see the third uncle. When they met, they said they were in urgent need of 1 million. In the mid-1980s, I asked someone to borrow 1 million. What do you ask the third uncle to do? Third uncle is self-employed. But he agreed wholeheartedly and told the borrower that the money has not arrived in the account in the past two days, so please give it a couple of days.

As far as state-owned enterprises can ask Third Uncle for a personal loan, do you think Third Uncle is great?

You may ask, why did the third uncle agree to lend 1 million when he has no money? Yeah, incredible. Although Uncle San is self-employed, he knows a lot of corporate information. Especially the township and village enterprises that emerged from the reform and opening up. These township and village enterprises have gained rapid momentum with the support of the national and local governments, and their products have enriched the market, especially the building materials and steel markets. It also caused a shortage of raw materials for township and village enterprises. The third uncle happened to know that the steel factory of a certain township enterprise was in urgent need of pig iron for steelmaking, also called bread iron. Therefore, the third uncle indirectly matched the two ends; the state-owned steel factory was responsible for supplying an entire train; 45 carriages of bread iron; 2,700 tons, and the township steel factory remitted 2.7 million in advance. This not only solves the urgent need of the state-owned steel plant, but also allows the rural steel plant to have a stable supply of goods. And the third uncle is also a win-win situation.

It is not difficult to see that the rise of township enterprises after reform and opening up has impacted state-owned enterprises. Under the planned economy system, the "good days" of enterprises eating from the country's "big pot" and employees eating the company have come to an end. You may also ask; won’t state-owned steel plants directly contact township enterprise steel plants? Reasonable question. But in the 1980s, state-owned enterprises were still the big brother. Besides, the state-owned small third-tier steel factory is nestled in the mountains and has little information. What's more, in the eyes of Big Brother Enterprises, there is no place for township and village enterprises at all.

Explain, what is the third line? Actually, as early as the early 1960s. As the Soviet Union and the United States stepped up their military threats to China. Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee was based on the international situation at that time. The policy of "preparing for war and preparing for famine for the people" was put forward. In June 1964, Chairman Mao pointed out that "not only must we pay attention to the construction of the major third front, but we must also pay attention to the construction of the minor third front. Each province must be able to fight independently in wartime." In December of the same year, Chairman Mao once stated that “the construction of the third front line can solve a long-term strategic problem.” The construction of the Third Primary Line is one of the important decisions made based on this policy. Compared with the large third line, the state is engaged in the construction of the large third line; for the economic construction of the eastern "first line" and the central "second line", it focuses on the development and construction of the "strategic rear" of the western "third line". The central government requires provinces located in the first and second tiers to each establish a number of provincial "small third-tier local military industrial enterprises." The small third-line steel factory is matched with the local small third-line military factory and is responsible for supplying steel for military industry. The construction of small third-tier steel plants was among the first batch of nine small third-tier steel plants approved for construction in 1965, including the steel plant mentioned above. Later, the construction of six small third-tier steel plants was planned and approved. These fifteen small third-tier steel plants are all planned according to the "dispersion, backing, and concealment" approach proposed by the Party Central Committee. A certain steel plant was built in Laiyuan County, deep in the strategically located Taihang Mountains (Little Wutai Mountains). So, is it not an exaggeration to say that there is little information about this steel plant?

Let me tell you the story of a man who started from scratch and became a rich man. Coordinates, Xuanwu District, Beijing. Many rich people say they started from scratch, but they are not. This one couldn't be more white.

Back then, educated youths returned to Beijing to work, and it was hard to find a job. Brother Chen, whose family had no money or no one, went to the street after returning to Beijing, and the street arranged a job as a street sweeper. After all, it is a big group, and the whole family is grateful. As a result, before reporting for work, I was informed that the job had been taken by someone with connections, and my job was gone. Ask, what should I do? The street officials said that if they really couldn’t control it, they should start their own business.

Brother Chen’s family has a lot of brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. He searched around and borrowed some money to start a small business, but to no avail. Brother Chen was so anxious that he walked on the road every day, not wanting to go home for fear of seeing my mother's face that was about to cry but without tears.

One day, I walked to the school gate and saw some clues. At that time, many children did not have food for lunch. Their parents rushed to the restaurant after get off work to buy some food or deliver meals before rushing to work. They were very worried.

Brother Chen saw a business opportunity. If he could cook lunch for the children and then check on the children, parents would not have to run back and forth. After asking several parents, they said, "That's good. As long as the price is reasonable, we are willing to pay." Brother Chen said, in addition to food money, can I charge 2 yuan for babysitting? Parents said it was a bit expensive, but it was okay.

Brother Chen wanted to do it, but there was no place and he couldn’t afford to rent the storefront, so he went to the street, and the street asked him how much space he wanted. Brother Chen said to set up a table of 10 square meters. The street helper found a small bungalow for residents, a little away from the main road, but they had to pay a rent of 200. Brother Chen said, there is no money. The street said, can we guarantee the rent for you and pay the rent in six months? Brother Chen gritted his teeth and said, OK.

Brother Chen moved a small table and a few small benches to his home, and he opened the business. The rice is cooked at home and served in a pot. He went to the school gate to solicit customers and even charged 5 yuan for each child to watch. Most parents refused because they thought it was too expensive. Fortunately, there are still rich people in Beijing, and we finally got a table together. Later, when business was good, we divided into groups and took turns serving the dishes. The parents carefully inspected the hygiene of the food and felt relieved when they saw that it was really made by themselves.

As time went by, Brother Chen found that making dumplings was the most cost-effective. The children loved to eat them and it was easy to make. My mother could also help. So every day, my mother makes dumplings at home, and Brother Chen goes to the school to attract customers, pick up the children, watch them eat, and then send them to school.

Half a year later, Brother Chen paid all the rent, and people on the street breathed a sigh of relief. Another six months passed, and Brother Chen rented a larger house, 20 square meters. Brother Chen has gained a good reputation and has more children than before. Brother Chen was afraid that something would happen, so he strictly controlled hygiene. My mother and I cooked all the food ourselves. I still focus on making dumplings and setting up a small dining table.

After this, Brother Chen was finally able to support himself and earn some money every month. He was considered the richest man among a lot of brothers and sisters in the family. My mother worked together, but her face was no longer so sad. People on the street felt that Brother Chen had no excuses to delay the rent and was a reputable and honest person. So Brother Chen was reported to the police as a typical example of educated youth seeking their own way out.

After reporting the materials first and foremost, Brother Chen’s small dining table was spotted by the main leaders in Beijing at the time. Approved with a red letter, he was rated as one of the top ten outstanding educated youth employment models in Beijing that year.

Brother Chen became famous and became a reputable person.

Neighbors in the alley came and were willing to rent an empty house away from the road to Brother Chen. Brother Chen took the opportunity to expand the size of the small dining table. For several years, my mother and I are still very busy.

Later, the Beijing Municipal Government stipulated that all schools must have canteens, and Brother Chen’s small dining table could not continue to operate. Brother Chen simply opened a restaurant. It still mainly sells dumplings, and then rice, stir-fries, mutton, and beer platters are all available.

Unlike other restaurants, Brother Chen’s restaurant is located in a deep alley, but Brother Chen has not worried about the customer flow, because the diners are all from the neighborhood, and it is full every day. If you want to eat at noon, Still have to wait in line. In those days, there were very few people queuing up to eat in the alleys of Beijing.

So Brother Chen had no choice but to expand the area, but diners still queued up. If we expand further, we will still have to queue up. The last half of the street belongs to Brother Chen. It was too busy, so all the brothers, sisters, and relatives came over. Everyone was assigned a restaurant, and Brother Chen became the general manager.

Later, that street became uninhabitable and turned into restaurants. The name of the restaurant was usually only one word different from Brother Chen’s, misleading new diners into thinking it was a branch. Brother Chen pretended not to see it. That street is crowded with people during lunch and dinner time, and diners arrive in droves.

Later, diners from out of town also came. Because whenever there are outsiders on the street asking where to eat, all the Beijingers in that area will point to Brother Chen’s house: the price is right, the portion is big, and it’s delicious.

Later, Brother Chen got rich and bought a villa (a villa worth 500,000 yuan that year), a commercial house (a commercial house worth 180,000 yuan that year), and a Daben. Buy, buy, buy, whatever you should buy. Bought everything, Brother Chen became a real rich man.

Brother Chen and my wife have stopped working for a long time, and the restaurant only charges a share of the money annually. In the end, the distant relatives who worked got four packs. That doesn't affect the business either, it's still popular every day, and if you want to eat at Brother Chen's old restaurant, you still have to queue up.

Near Chen Ge's hotel there are the country's top song and dance troupes, a ministry-level research institute, an institution specializing in food research, and a Gaodashang Hotel where foreigners linger. etc. Many diners nearby have traveled all over the world and eaten in all directions. Among the noisy crowds, you can see the dancing girls who sit upright and look like angels; you can see the music guys from Beijing who mix punk and blues; there are also tech singles who speak English throughout the meal; and there are also groups after get off work. The cook came. They are all frequent guests of Brother Chen's restaurant. Of course, most of the eaters are the neighbors. As long as they don’t want to cook today, they go to Brother Chen’s house to eat.

In this way, Brother Chen became more and more wealthy, and the restaurants were all given to his brothers, sisters and relatives, so he no longer had to work. I wanted to take my mother to the villa to have a good time, but I said that if I don’t go, I won’t see the neighbors and there will be no chatter, which will be boring.

So Brother Chen rented a private room in a three-star hotel near his home all year round, allowing his wife to enjoy the days when she didn’t cook, wash clothes, fold quilts, or boil water, and just call the waiter if anything happened.

For Brother Chen and my mother, this is the best life. There are commercial buildings and villas, but we don’t live in them or rent them. Now, as soon as I go out, the warm greetings from the neighbors will come from afar. I happily returned the gifts one by one. Is that feeling possible when living in a villa?

Brother Chen became a real rich man. At that time, the average monthly salary in Beijing was only 200 yuan, and he earned hundreds of thousands a year.

It’s not uncommon to have money, but how many people can start from scratch like Brother Chen, with just a small dining table, so poor that they can’t even afford the rent, and how many people can become rich by making dumplings. Back then, in that area, any Beijinger that I picked up at random would be better than Brother Chen, and there were not many who were so poor.

Many people think that if they want to be rich, they have to do big things to make big money. This is not necessarily true, it is just a common thing. If you do it well, being rich may not be a dream.

Now, the street where Brother Chen opened his restaurant has been demolished, and Brother Chen doesn’t know where he went. Maybe he's still staying in a hotel, maybe he's gone long ago. This is not important. What is important is that Brother Chen is a rich man. Many rich people like to chat with people about how they started from scratch, and most of them are watery. But Brother Chen, a rich man, started from a very low level, just making dumplings. He did not make a fortune by cutting leeks, but by serving leeks. Then he got rich and became a rich man.