Chapter 24 Let nature take its course on January 31

In the past 15 years, New Oriental has been developing naturally. I have never deliberately designed its future, let alone a 5-year plan.The business world is changing fast, and I don't think it's always a good idea to have a plan. In 2008, when Yu Minhong was interviewed by the author, he said very seriously: "On November 16, 2007, when New Oriental was 14 years old, I was 45 years old. At that time, I hoped to leave New Oriental and entrust my daily work to a reliable company. People.” In Yu Minhong’s opinion, “As we grow older, we must always engage in more valuable and creative work, so as to achieve retreat in daily management and progress in spiritual belief.”

Yu Minhong advocates a simple, innocent, and free life. He once regarded driving to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as a major pursuit and goal in his life.In the early days of his business, Yu Minhong often wore a pair of "Double Star" brand sports shoes, for which he was often teased and ridiculed by Xu Xiaoping.Yu Minhong really likes to wear sneakers. He often runs around in them, and he is reluctant to throw them away when they are worn out. In order to make New Oriental bigger and stronger, Yu Minhong had to suppress his personality to become a chairman, and he had to learn to be the leader of an enterprise group.For a long time, Yu Minhong didn't have a sense of business in the strict sense, nor did he have the sense of leadership to order the Quartet.

Let nature take its course and follow the trend, this is Yu Minhong's outlook on life and values. Doing nothing is better than doing something, being free and doing it yourself.