Want to know how Liu Hongsheng made his fortune, and how he changed from a poor boy to a national entrepreneur with a leading position in the industry? Let's talk about Liu Hongsheng's early experience.
/kloc-In the 9th century, Liu Hongsheng's grandfather Liu Weizhong opened a Dangui tea garden in Baoshan Street, and the business is still booming. Liu Hongsheng's father was introduced to be a general ledger room on the ship of China Merchants. I have a good salary every month, and I often use the convenience of shipping to sell contraband goods. Therefore, it can be seen that Hongsheng's family life is still relatively rich. But when Liu Hongsheng was seven years old, his father died suddenly.
Although my brother took over my father's position as a ship accountant, his income also decreased. At the same time, because grandpa is old, he can't run the tea garden business, which is getting worse every day. Although it is difficult to pay tuition at home, his mother is unwilling to let Liu Hongsheng drop out of school. His mother tried her best to keep Liu Hongsheng studying. 13-year-old Liu Hongsheng entered St. John's Middle School. Later, he studied at St. John's University in Shanghai. In his sophomore year, the principal decided to send him to the United States to study theology because of his excellent grades. He is going to be a priest and teach English when he comes back from America. Because he was dissatisfied with being a priest, he was expelled from the principal.
At this time, I worked as a teacher in a vocational school, and later as a teacher in the old gate inspection room of Shanghai Concession Industrial and Commercial Office. Later, he was admitted to a mixed court and worked as an interpreter in the British Concession. After half a year, he was transferred to the office of Italian lawyer Mu An Su. 1909 joined Kaiping Mining Bureau, a British businessman, as a salesman in Shanghai office. He didn't open the market for Kaiping. 19 1 1 was promoted to comprador of Kaiping Mining Bureau, and set up a financial office to earn commission (Liu Hongsheng's fortune can be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds since then). Later, it cooperated with Shanghai Yitaixing Coal Company to distribute Kailuan coal and share the profits. During the First World War, he rented a boat and only loaded Kailuan coal from Qinhuangdao to Shanghai for sale. Three years * * * earned more than one million two thousand pieces of silver. This is the title and origin of Coal King.
Since then, Liu Hongsheng has invested his capital in matches, cement, wool and other industries. 1 956 65438+1October1Liu Hongsheng died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 69.
Liu Hongsheng was a patriotic industrialist in modern China, and I think Liu Hongsheng became a leading national experimenter in this field. The reason is just like what he said: making money is not the greatest meaning of life. It is the true responsibility of patriotic businessmen to establish national industries and revitalize China.