Chapter 55 Article 16 Sunco: A dark horse crushed by speed

In 1989, Liu Chuanzhi, president of Lenovo Group, took a fancy to a young man named Sun Hongbin. At this time, Lenovo is at the most critical crossroads since its establishment.Since 1984, Lenovo has risen from Zhongguancun relying on Lenovo Hanka, and has rapidly developed into a large-scale and prestigious company.However, it was at this time that the crisis crept in.First of all, the computer technology has evolved, the Hanka market has shrunk, and Liu Chuanzhi launched Lenovo microcomputer, but the market acceptance is not very high; second, the entrepreneurial spirit is showing signs of fading. .Liu Chuanzhi must find fresh blood to revive the company's entrepreneurial passion.At this time, he chose Sun Hongbin.

This is a young man from Shanxi with big bright eyes and a baby face.He is a graduate student of Tsinghua University and joined Lenovo shortly after graduation.Among the high-spirited young people in the company, he has a dull image and is not good at speaking, because he has a strong Shanxi accent when he speaks, and he is even ridiculed.However, they are very down-to-earth in doing things, willing to put in their best efforts, and dare to do whatever it takes to achieve a goal. There are Shanxi people who "will never die until they reach the Yellow River".He was originally a very ordinary employee in the sales department, but after a few months, he was promoted because of his outstanding performance. In October 1989, Lenovo established the Enterprise Department, which was responsible for the national distribution of Hanka and microcomputer products, and 25-year-old Sun Hongbin was appointed as the manager of the Enterprise Department.Liu Chuanzhi had always wanted to weave a nationwide network of branch offices, but unfortunately, the group of elders sat in Beijing all day long, and this plan was never realized.After Sun Hongbin took office, he led a group of enthusiastic young people to build 13 wholly-owned branches in just two months.By December, the company's products had a backlog, and these branches released 10 million yuan of products like a flood to relieve the pressure.

Liu Chuanzhi admired this young man very much.Sun Hongbin’s speech lacked logic, and his Shanxi accent was very strong. Liu Chuanzhi forced him to tell a story in his office every day; in terms of operation, Sun Hongbin had great conflicts with the business manager in charge of supply, who was a veteran entrepreneur He didn't take the little boy-like Sun Hongbin seriously, so Liu Chuanzhi killed him, dismissed him, and then merged the two departments and handed them over to Sun Hongbin.At that time, Liu Chuanzhi supervised the battle in Hong Kong for a long time due to financing and import and export business, and the domestic market was completely entrusted to Sun Hongbin's team.At the group summary meeting at the end of the year, he praised in a very appreciative tone: "The enterprise department can overcome difficulties and solve (difficulties) by itself instead of waiting. The atmosphere in their department gives people a vigorous and upward feeling. I saw it with my own eyes.” In Lenovo at that time, Sun Hongbin and Guo Wei, Director of the President’s Office, were the two most dazzling new stars.One year younger than Sun Hongbin, Yang Yuanqing, who later became the head of Lenovo, just entered the company this year.However, only half a year later, Liu Chuanzhi suddenly sent his most admired disciple to prison with his own hands.

It all started with an internal newspaper. At the beginning of March 1990, Liu Chuanzhi in Hong Kong suddenly found a very unfamiliar "Legend Enterprise News". After a closer look, it was not the "Legend News" founded by him in the group, but Sun Hongbin's enterprise department newspaper.In the "Program of the Ministry of Enterprise" published on the front page, the first article is "the interests of the Ministry of Enterprise are above all else."Known as a "political strategist" in Chinese business circles, Liu Chuanzhi, who is very alert to all kinds of subtle changes, smelled something strange.He had a hunch that Sun Hongbin seemed to want to establish his own independent kingdom in the enterprise department.He immediately decided to fly back to Beijing to find out about this matter.

The situation turned out to be more serious than he imagined.Because Sun Hongbin is in charge of all the sales business of the general manager group, the managers of the 13 branch companies across the country are all selected and appointed by him, so they are naturally closely united around him, and he is the only leader in everything.Once, Sun Hongbin took four of his most caring subordinates to a party in a tavern.In the high-spirited talk, they believed that Lenovo Group is now occupied by a group of useless old people, young people who want to do something are always suppressed, Liu Chuanzhi is a lonely hero, and there is a lack of talented people around him, so it is necessary for Mr. Sun to step up and save Lenovo. .They also talked about heroes with wine, thinking that in today's Zhongguancun, Wan Runnan of Stone, Liu Chuanzhi of Lenovo, and Sun Hongbin are the three most outstanding heroes. Second, Liu third".Because, "Sun can use people and give everyone a stage to make things happen. But Liu Chuanzhi is surrounded by mediocre people, and he will not let go of power."Everyone says that Sun Hongbin is a leader, not only smart but also wise. Others have to think hard about his words in order to realize the true meaning.

In this way, Sun Hongbin, surrounded by a group of "howling" young people, began to establish Sun's authority in the enterprise department.He made a rule that the employees of the enterprise department are only responsible to Sun Hongbin.For example, all new employees have to answer questions such as "What is the relationship between your direct boss and the company's big boss?" How should I answer?" The correct answer is, "It should be said in unison that it is 300".For another example, Liu Chuanzhi advocated the "big ship structure" within the group, requiring the company to act like a big ship with division of labor and cooperation.And Sun Hongbin's interpretation of this is: "Lenovo is a big ship, and the corporate department is a small boat. If Lenovo's big ship sinks, the small boat of the corporate department will float up and become a big ship." During this period, Sun Hongbin Bypassing the personnel management of the group president's office, he privately transferred some people to be his confidantes.He also established his own cadre training plan, holding meetings to train newcomers, the gist of which is to express his loyalty to Sun Hongbin himself.

When these clues were gathered at Liu Chuanzhi's desk, one can imagine how shocked he was. On March 19, he held a high-level cadre meeting and pointed out Sun Hongbin's "self-centered" "gang behavior" on the spot, saying that he may become a "great talent that can be cultivated" or a "dangerous person in the company." .Sun Hongbin at the scene sat with his chest folded, disapproving. On April 4th, Liu Chuanzhi announced that Sun Hongbin would be transferred out of the enterprise department. He ordered the suddenly uncontrollable love general to "enter with a low profile" and "not to set up a new unit or bring anyone in."

Liu Chuanzhi obviously still hoped that Sun Hongbin would rein in the precipice, however, the conflict broke out immediately.At the subsequent meeting of the enterprise department, Sun Hongbin said that his subordinates could not understand the company's decision, and those fanatical young people stood up one after another in front of Liu Chuanzhi and questioned: "You said we have gang elements Can you tell me more specifically?" "We are directly under the leadership of Sun Hongbin, and what Sun Hongbin loves to hear when he scolds us, so what does he have to do with the president?" Liu Chuanzhi, who originally hoped to learn from past mistakes and future ones, was bombarded by random cannons and was extremely angry. One sentence: "You need to know who the boss of Lenovo is." That night, Liu Chuanzhi received a report that Sun Hongbin and others had a meeting to discuss, and someone suggested transferring the branch's money to other places. At that time, Sun Hongbin held a payment of 17 million yuan. .Liu Chuanzhi immediately reported the case to the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate. On May 28, Sun Hongbin was detained by the police. One year later, the Beijing Haidian District People's Court convicted Sun Hongbin of "embezzlement of public funds" and sentenced him to 5 years in prison.

In this way, the life of Shanxi youth Sun Hongbin experienced a very strange ups and downs.He almost became the successor of China's largest computer company, but was finally sent to prison by the man who appreciated him infinitely.He was born in a poor family in Linyi County, Shanxi Province. He has always believed that life is a gamble.His child was born in January 1990, and he was locked up four months later.While in prison, he refused to let his wife bring him the children because he didn't want them to see their father in this way.His 30th birthday was spent in prison. On that day, the clouds and the moon were dim, and he squatted in a corner without sleep all night.