The richest man in Shandong who once carried cotton built a house for 6.5438+0.6 million employees. What is the current situation?

Until his death, many people knew that this invisible boss who once built a house for10.6 million employees used a 200-yuan mobile phone. He is the richest man in Shandong, Zhang Shiping. In remote zouping county, there are two enterprises, Wei Qiao Textile and Wei Qiao Aluminum, with 1.6 million employees. In the 20 17 ranking of the top 500 private enterprises in China, Weiqiao Group ranked third with a total revenue of more than 30 billion, crushing many well-known enterprises.

Its boss is Zhang Shiping. He has too many titles, such as "Aluminum King", "Asian Cotton King" and "Shandong's richest man". However, he was born in a remote village, and his parents are ordinary farmers. For Zhang Shiping, the earliest memory when he was a child was hunger, because he was the eldest in the family and stopped studying after finishing junior high school. In order to bear the burden of family, Zhang Shiping started his first job in Weiqiao Town-carrying 100 kg cotton.

He stayed in this factory for 17 years. During this period, because of his hard work and diligence, the old factory director took a fancy to him, so he was promoted to be the fire chief and later promoted. It was not until 198 1 that Zhang Shiping became the director. That year, he was 35. Here, he started his brilliant road to entrepreneurship.

Zouping county is rich in cotton, and there are many cotton oil plants. Zhang Shiping's cotton oil plant is led by the county supply and marketing cooperative and the second one.

"There is urine in the workshop and no glass in the window" is a true portrayal of the factory at that time. Moreover, because the planned economy was still the mainstay at that time, the cotton oil factory only cared about the cotton business, so it would be very busy when the harvest season came, but after the peak season, the factory had nothing to do.

In this case, Zhang Shiping became the first maverick in this industry. He went out to buy all kinds of oil. He once said that he was also the first person to break through the traditional wage system in China, and he also promoted door-to-door sales. And his efforts have paid off, and the production capacity and sales volume of the factory have been greatly improved.

In three years, Zhang Shiping has turned this worst factory into the most profitable factory in the field of oil and hemp in China, and it is also the first in the industrial field in China.

1984, Zhang Shiping led the factory to realize a net profit of 4 million yuan. 1985 was elected as the national commercial labor model. After that, I came to Beijing for the first time and was received and praised by the then Vice Premier.

However, the good times did not last long. A year later, the cotton industry in China declined as a whole, and a lot of cotton could not be sold. Faced with this situation, Zhang Shiping decided to make his own textiles.

Zhang Shiping started as a towel factory, and later entered many fields such as wool fiber and textile. At the same time, stride into textile mills and seize the opportunity of national policies. From 65438 to 0998, he changed the oil cotton factory into a privately-owned and state-owned Wei Qiao Textile Group, and changed its name to Wei Qiao Venture Group in 2003.

In the following five years, Wei Qiao Group invested 654.38+0.7 billion yuan, repeatedly increased relevant equipment and introduced relevant technologies and personnel.

By 2005, Zhang Shiping had made Wei Qiao Group the largest cotton textile mill in the world, and he became the king of cotton.

But what makes Zhang Shiping truly famous in the world is not his textile industry, but the electricity he developed incidentally.

It turns out that in the process of large-scale development of textile mills in Wei Qiao, overheated energy and electricity supply are insufficient.

At that time, the power supply in China was tight, and power rationing was a frequent occurrence. Therefore, the state has also introduced policies to encourage capable enterprises to own power plants.

So Zhang Shiping built the first power plant at its own expense, which not only solved the problem of difficult electricity consumption, but also generated a lot of surplus electricity. After the textile printing and dyeing project in Wei Qiao started, the power was insufficient, and the second power plant came into being.

Therefore, the cotton spinning industry in Zhang Shiping is getting bigger and bigger. Later he took a fancy to the electrolytic aluminum project. In this industry, the cost of electricity accounts for 40%-50%, while Zhang Shiping has its own power plant, so its advantages are more obvious.

According to public information, 90% of the aluminum used to manufacture Apple mobile phone cases in the world comes from Weiqiao Group, and Zhang Shiping's China Hongqiao Aluminum Company has surpassed Rusal to become the first in the world.

According to media reports, it is rumored that Zhang Shiping has been using a mobile phone with a price of more than 200 yuan, and he bought a 10 mobile phone as a backup, just in case something happens.

At the same time, Zhang Shiping also has an Apple mobile phone, which he occasionally uses to take photos. In addition to taking photos, he also used this mobile phone to show others that the above materials came from Weiqiao Group to let people know more.

Moreover, Zhang Shiping doesn't use a computer or WeChat, and the 200-yuan mobile phone is an employee complaint hotline, which often receives short messages from ordinary employees.

Compared with many people who travel with a lot of things, Zhang Shiping travels with only one bag and no assistant. At the same time, Zhang Shiping publicly stated that he didn't like those who were rich and powerful, paid attention to the scene and brought many people.

Zhang Shiping lives in seclusion and doesn't like socializing. He likes to go home and have dinner with his wife and children. He especially likes eating corn. However, Zhang Shiping, who lived in simple living, promised the 6,543,800+6,000 employees of Wei Qiao Group that they would be provided with a house, a sense of security for the elderly, medical care for their illness and schooling for their children.

Today, Wei Qiao Group pays more than 7 billion yuan every year. The company's self-built outpatient service will allow employees to enjoy low-cost medical care, and the total housing area of employees alone has reached more than 6.7 million square meters. Seven advanced kindergartens have also been built, which can guarantee 1 10,000 children to go to school.

This also shows that Zhang Shiping's promises are not just words, but real fulfillment.

20 15, Zhang Shiping once publicly stated that his most respected entrepreneur was Wang Yongqing, and he also said that he was not good at making relationships, and there was no need to make relationships. He made up his mind not to enter the real estate and futures markets 10 years ago.

2065438+In September 2008, the senior management of Wei Qiao Venture Group was re-appointed, and the chairman was changed from Zhang Shiping to Jaco, the son of Zhang Shiping.

According to related reports, as the son of Zhang Shiping, Jaco has long been designated as the successor of the group, and Zhang Shiping's two daughters also hold important positions in the group.

20 19 On May 23rd, the Propaganda Department of zouping county, Shandong Province announced that Zhang Shiping, the founder and chairman of Shandong Wei Qiao Venture Group, died of illness at the age of 73. At this point, Zhang Shiping ended his brilliant life, and his simple life was praised and studied by later generations.