Chapter 33 What is God's Will: The Projection of Entrepreneur's Character

"As long as we gamble with our lives, it must be the most exciting." Many of Delong's subordinates never forget Tang Wanxin's famous saying.Tang Wanxin likes hunting and often drives a Toyota off-road vehicle to hunt all over Xinjiang.It is said that the more ferocious the prey is, the more inexplicably excited he is.He has a farm in Yumin County, and a large plaque is hung in the conference room, with the words "I am the only one" written on it. In November 2006, in order to write this case, I made a special trip to the Delong headquarters in Xinjiang.The Hongyuan Building on Wenyi Road in Urumqi is inconspicuous in the noisy city center, with only two small doors open, and because of the heavy snowfall, two thick army green cotton blankets were hung.The guard at the gate is new. Hearing the word "Delong", he thought for a long time and said, "It seems that there is no one on the 23rd floor."

There was no one on the 23rd floor for a long time. Most of the people who left here three to five years ago had a net worth of over 100 million yuan. Now a steel lock locks all the secrets.I took a picture and hurried downstairs.My friend also took me to the gate of the People’s Park, the place where Tang Wanxin opened a color printing shop 20 years ago. It used to be a row of small shops, but now there is only one shop left. My friend made comparisons for a long time and said, “It seems to be in this position.” .Back then, the brothers of the Tang family held military steel pots in one hand and steamed buns in the other, talking about their business dreams with their friends.Now the Renmin Road in front of the gate is very wide and full of traffic. I look around and see that it is covered with snow, and everything seems to have passed away.

Where is the Northwest man who gambled with his life, "I am the only one", who once controlled hundreds of companies and could manipulate 120 billion yuan? This extremely tragic story makes us start to think about a diametrically opposite question: Is business really an unrestrained game? After Delong's fall, Tang Wanxin was imprisoned, his eldest brother Tang Wanli was dismissed from his position as the vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, his second brother Tang Wanping became disabled due to illness, and his third brother Tang Wanchuan and Tang Wanxin's wife and children hid in the United States. all day long.Delong's important cadres were arrested or fled, scattered all over the country.Tang Wanxin's case involves a lot of complexities. The lawyer's legal fees alone cost 2.65 million yuan. The Tang family can spend up to 1.2 million yuan. The rest is solved with the help of some of his friends in Xinjiang. partial funding.According to Tang Lijiu, who has been following the Tang family brothers for many years, "I've already rummaged through everything. Wanxin really has no money."

Is business really such a game? In the Chinese business world over the past 20 years, many grassroots entrepreneurs seem to never let go of any opportunity for growth, but they also indulged a generation of unrestrained wealth groups, causing them to pay attention to profits regardless of consequences. Dealing with others will never forgive others easily, and he is brave enough to lose his family and refuses to leave behind. "Break the cauldron and sink the boat", "sit the fire and taste the courage", "the opportunity cannot be lost, the time will never come", the bloody and decisiveness implied in these idioms constitute the common life gene of this generation.Economist Zhao Xiao commented on the Delong incident: "The fall of Delong is the tragedy of Delong, and it is also the collective sorrow of Chinese private enterprises that are eager for rapid development."

Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Chinese, started his business in 1950. Over the past 50 years, most of his peers have withered, and only Hutchison has continued to grow.When asked about the way of evergreen, the richest Chinese man said: "I often reflect on myself and ask myself, what is my wish? I have grand dreams, but do I understand what is restrained enthusiasm?" Business is an intellectual game that can always be quantified, and business is a spiritual game that wrestles with one's own desires, but in the final analysis, business is a game with restraint.All providence or destiny are actually projections of entrepreneurs’ personalities.