Chapter 35 Chapter 10 "Learning from Mao Zedong": Strong "Mao Zedong Complex"

Mao Zedong, the founding leader of a generation, exudes a strong personality charm. His words and deeds have become a model for the whole of China to learn from, captivating a generation of Chinese people, and making countless international politicians elusive.How many people still remember his kind waving and smiling on the Tiananmen Gate tower, and how many people are fascinated by it; how many people remember shaking hands with Chairman Mao and are excited; Attracted by the courage of the great man... This is the charm of Chairman Mao. Ren Zhengfei, the "model of learning from Mao", has a lot of Mao Zedong's shadow in his words and deeds. "If you don't sing, it will be a blockbuster", shouting "how long can the red flag last", vigorous "mass movement", highly flexible dialectical leadership art... He not only learned Mao Zedong's wisdom, but also had Mao Zedong's words, deeds and courage.

In 1968, Ren Zhengfei joined the army after graduating from university.During his time in the army, he was familiar with Mao Zedong's works, and he was once awarded the title of "a pacesetter who learns from Mao".According to an old employee who has followed Ren Zhengfei for many years, Ren Zhengfei likes to read "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" very much. Whenever he has free time, he ponders how Mao Zedong's art of war can become Huawei's strategy. Many words and deeds of Ren Zhengfei are influenced by Mao Zedong.Ren Zhengfei's speech, work, attitude and method of doing things all have? ?Thick Mao style.Through many of Ren Zhengfei's works, you will find that he likes to quote Mao Zedong's exposition very much.In fact, Ren Zhengfei has studied Mao Zedong's military theory, mass line, contradiction theory and dialectics deeply.To a certain extent, Huawei's management is the "active learning and application" of Mao Zedong Thought in the enterprise.

Ren Zhengfei's study of Mao Zedong is not just a formal imitation, but more of an inheritance of philosophical thoughts, and the core of which is dialectical thinking. On December 26, 1995, Ren Zhengfei published "The Current Situation and Our Tasks" at the training conference of the marketing department. The title was exactly the same as that of Mao Zedong's article published on December 25, 1947, and the month and day were almost the same. , the background of the article is quite similar. At the end of 1947, the War of Liberation turned from strategic defense to strategic counter-offensive; at the end of 1995, Huawei had just completed the "surrounding the city from the countryside" and began the critical stage of "seizing the city".

In 1998, Ren Zhengfei took the interpretation of the "Huawei Basic Law" as the core content and wrote "How long can Huawei's red flag last".In the same year, at the "Product R&D Anti-infancy Conference" held by the company, Ren Zhengfei delivered a speech titled "Hope is placed on you", using the famous saying Mao Zedong said to Chinese students when he visited the Soviet Union in the 1950s. The identity encourages young Huawei people to recognize their childishness, to have full confidence in the future, and to believe that Huawei will surely become a world-class company through hard work.

"After a thousand calls, I come out, still holding a pipa and half covering my face." This is a famous line by the great poet Bai Juyi, describing a woman's shyness.However, it has new connotations: patience, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and keep a low profile.Mao Zedong brought into full play the art of "being a low-key man". He seldom scolded others with a straight face in front of the public, but only waved his hand lightly, making people daydream.He also often warns everyone to "don't raise your tail, be a man with your tail clamped"; he educates his children not to show off.

Ren Zhengfei, an admirer of Mao Zedong, is even more serious about learning the art of "being low-key".In the face of "starchasers" from all over the world, he is neither arrogant nor impetuous, and still maintains his own unique style.There are too many people who want to know Ren Zhengfei, but there are very few people who can really meet Ren Zhengfei.He doesn't like to show his face, and always stands in the dark, making people's imaginations run wild.He controls the obscurity with wisdom, so that this beauty will never fade. This legendary big man often "sees the head but doesn't see the end", and is extraordinarily low-key. Coyotes, soldiers, tough guys, strategists... colorful and intertwined, has always been titled "China's most mysterious entrepreneur".If Hou Weigui is compared to the "Southern Emperor", then Ren Zhengfei is the "Dongxie" Huang Yaoshi: elegant, indifferent, and low-key, but without any hindrance to the aggressive "killing" spirit.

In 2002, at the Beijing International Telecom Exhibition, Ren Zhengfei was receiving customers in front of the company's booth.An elderly man came up to him and asked if Ren Zhengfei, the president of Huawei, had come?Ren Zhengfei asked, do you have anything to do with him?The man replied that there was nothing to do, just to see the true face of this legendary figure who led Huawei to where it is today.Ren Zhengfei said, it's really unfortunate that he didn't come here today, but I will definitely convey your thoughts to him. Someone went to Huawei to do business, and changed his business card in a daze. After sitting down, he found that the one in his hand belonged to Ren Zhengfei. He hurriedly looked around, but the person had long since disappeared.Someone was on a business trip to the United States and chatted with a kind old man all over the world, only to be told afterwards that it was Ren Zhengfei, and he was very regretful.

A new employee who came to Huawei after graduation had never met Ren Zhengfei before (after all, Huawei has a large number of employees, and it is not uncommon to see the boss very often), and he admired him very much, but when he actually saw Ren Zhengfei, he was very disappointed. His "tall image" disappeared.He did not expect that the leader of such an enterprise was so ordinary. On April 27, 2007, Huawei was named one of the "Most Respected Companies in 2006". This time, 25 companies were selected, and Ren Zhengfei sent Yan Bo as a representative to attend the award ceremony.

In recent years, due to the need to open up foreign markets, Huawei's barriers have been loosened. It has closer contacts with foreign media and more flexible contacts with domestic media. Some high-level executives have begun to show up. The only one who has not "thawed" is Ren Zhengfei. Ren Zhengfei kept in mind Chairman Mao's teachings, "Being low-key and doing things high-key" has become the principle that Ren Zhengfei has always followed.