Chapter 111 Origin of the name "Wantong" on June 1

At that time, Gongquan and I felt that South Germany was not our business, and there was a big age difference with Lao Mou, so we often went to the Central Party School and the youth apartment to discuss and think about the way forward. We thought of a way: do some business in private, slowly develop economic conditions and then come out together.So while we were looking for a restaurant in Mentougou (South Germany staff dormitory is built in Mentougou), we wanted to open a restaurant, and at the same time we wanted to set up an entity, named Vantone Agency, and registered as a business legal person without start-up capital.

We (4 of Vantone's 6 entrepreneurs) have a closer relationship, often discussing our future life together, and have formed a very mature cooperation foundation in terms of thinking.At that time, we discussed starting our own business and started thinking about setting up a Vantone agency.I chose the name. "Agency Affairs" is a bit like "Three T" companies, and "Wantong" is Passepartout. What it can do is to help people with affairs, publish books, write articles, hold meetings, accumulate a little money, and then make money. develop.Although it was not done in the end, the name "Wantong" remained in everyone's hearts.

Later, when I started my own company, no one objected to the idea of ​​using "Wantong" as my business name, as if I had already established this company. The English translation of "Wantong" is "vantone".A "red-headed document" from Wantong explained this way: the English words van (avant-garde, pioneer) and tone (music, march) are combined into vantone, which is the standard word for English translation of "Wantong", and its Chinese meaning is "pioneer march" .During the nearly 20 years of company development, Wantong has indeed played the role of an industry pioneer or enterprise pioneer in China.

Interestingly, when the company appeared in China under the name of "Wantong", in addition to Stone, there were many peers with the word "Tong", such as Hengtong, Yitong, Huitong, Zhitong, Yintong, etc. Most of them were real estate companies. A company or an investment company (different from the later Unicom, China Netcom, Dencom, China Railcom and other communication companies). "Wantong" is now blooming everywhere, both at home and abroad. It seems that "Wantong" is indeed a good name for business, home and travel, and suitable for all ages. Naming a company expresses the entrepreneur's expectations and even value orientation.After having a good name, the most important thing for entrepreneurs is to do a good job of the company.Only when the company continues to operate and even has an everlasting foundation, can the company's name be passed on for a long time and spread to future generations.