Lv Buwei has its own unique commercial and political way.
At that time, the four famous merchants in the Warring States period, namely Yi Dun of Chu, Zhuo of Zhao, Bai of Wei and widow of Qin, were extremely rich. Lv Buwei didn't want to do small-scale business, but set foot in the salt industry behind his family's back and was appreciated by Tian Chan. Finally, he got his hands on steel industry and military industry, and became the leader of contemporary Shang Chao.
What enterprises pursue is practicality, not fame. Taking profit as the ultimate goal, businessmen will calculate carefully and divide "profit, affection and righteousness" clearly, and they will not confuse them, and one yard will be the same. Therefore, in Bai Juyi's Pipa Trip, there is a pipa girl who laments that after her husband married a businessman's wife, she "values profit over separation".
Lv Buwei has a long-term vision. The family business is conservative, so he can't see the way out, jump out of the framework and see further goals. The three linen workshops at home can only make a living, far less than the salt and iron soldiers to make money. So he began to investigate these industries. High-profit industries are naturally monopoly industries, which are basically controlled by several giant businesses. Of course, it is impossible for others to get their hands on it. However, Lv Buwei saw its prospects and started to act.
Lv Buwei knows that a win-win situation is the ultimate victory. Holding the money used to buy linen at home, sneaking into the salt industry. If I fail, I will naturally be punished by my father. What if I succeed? I don't know if it's okay, but I'd rather pay more for salt in order to have long-term cooperation in the future. Fortunately, he met Tian Dan, an atmospheric businessman.
"There are ways to do business. If you don't follow these ways, you will eventually fail. Suntech only believes, and it is profitable. " Tian Dan resolutely returned the overcharged salt money. Tian Dan gave Lv Buwei a vivid business lesson, which was regarded as a standard, and pointed out the fundamental direction and criteria for Lv Buwei to embark on the road of giant business. Perhaps his own smell is the same, and Tian Dan is quite appreciative of this young man. They became close friends, although the age difference is 16 years old.
From then on, Lv Buwei began his brilliant business road, loading salt with big ships and providing salt for Yan Jun. Wealth rolled in and soon achieved a small goal in life-to get 10 million gold and come to another circle.
There is always justice in Lv Buwei's business ethics. The enemy besieged Le Yi, Tian Dan defended Jimo, and Lv Buwei provided anti-Japanese war materials. At the beginning, all the hard-earned money was used to repay Tian Dan's war of resistance. Over the past four years, Lushi Trading Company has almost reached the end of its tether. Without Lv Buwei's strong support, jimo city would have been in Le Yi's pocket.
Therefore, the Lushi trading company, which was almost dragged down, was able to breathe. For Tian Dan's gratitude, Lv Buwei just said faintly: "The righteous act is not reported, the way of scholars is also, and the virtue of business is also!"
These heartfelt ways of doing business can not help but make people sit up and take notice. Losing everything is just "righteousness", and few businesses can do it. The business world is like a battlefield. Many business people have fallen from the peak to the trough, but it is difficult to turn over. However, the size and pattern of Lv Buwei are not comparable to those of ordinary people. After this incident, Tian Dan tried to get the salt and iron weapons industry of Qi involved. Lv Buwei gradually developed again, and what was lost came back.
The happiness brought by wealth is far from satisfying Lv Buwei, especially in those days. Even with money, the status of businessmen is still not high. In troubled times, if you can make a country strong, that is the greatest achievement.
Perhaps it is the restlessness in his bones. Lv Buwei gambled on his own wealth and used his extremely rich wealth to help win different people.
The foreigners who won at that time were just hostages forgotten in Zhao, or prostitutes, and had no advantage. Qin is still in power, and winning the alien father Zhu is just a prince with weak ability and body, and the difficulty can be imagined. Facing a dark bottomless pit, it will not only devour all the money, but also have no response. It is also possible to put your life on the line and get nothing. The risk cost is immeasurable.
However, what if it succeeds? The result was really successful. Won to return to the state of Qin, establish a prince and seize the throne.
Lv Buwei officially stepped onto the political stage. Lv Buwei also has his unique political ideas.
Won Lier and won Lier's father and son have great trust in Lu Bu, and Lv Buwei has the talent to govern the country. Zhao Haoqi of Qin was paralyzed for several years in his later years, and there was a backlog of political affairs. At that time, the state of Qin was in chaos and could not find its direction. Lv Buwei sorted it out quickly, dealt with the top priority, and gave it back to Qin and A Lang Lang Gankun.
Won the column is just a flash in the pan, and won the make, like a meteor, left no figure in the history of Qin. The two kings didn't do much, but listened to their advice and finally let Qin have a smooth transition. Until Ying Zheng ascended the throne, he served as the "Guanzhong" for many years, managing state affairs and reaching the peak of power.
Since Shang Yang's political reform, Shang Zi Law has always been the law followed by Qin State, which is harsh and inhuman. However, Lv Buwei wanted to be more humane, so he compiled Lu Chunqiu, which collected various theories.
Unfortunately, Lv Buwei didn't end well, and he was finally killed by Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng is a talented, individual and resolute emperor, and his idea of governing the country is different from that of Lv Buwei. At this time, Lv Buwei became a stumbling block on his ruling road, and he had to clean it up. Once every emperor was a courtier, the demise of Lv Buwei seemed inevitable.
How did Lv Buwei become the first person to go into business and politics? Examining his life is of great significance to people today.
We often say that the starting point of life, the family from which we came, lost at the starting line. Lv Buwei's starting point in life is not high, but an ordinary merchant family with no status. Like you and me, he is a well-fed family at best.
If he abides by the law and is not demanding, his life will stop at the flax market, get married and have children, have a few drinks and disappear from everyone.
However, he is trying to jump out of his comfort zone, looking for more adventurous opportunities and doing bigger business. At this time, his knowledge and ability have been greatly broadened and improved. There are many such people in modern life. They come from the grassroots, but they have a clear purpose, and their goals are getting bigger and bigger, and finally they lean on the next level.
Words are like a mountain. From business to politics, Lv Buwei groped by himself, but his style of doing things has not changed, that is, doing practical things. A country is neither a family nor an enterprise. Lv Buwei won the trust of the two emperors through hard work. This is a gorgeous turn, which requires courage and determination to cross the rubicon. Dare to ask: do you and I have it?
Compared with those ministers in the Warring States period, he didn't have a foreign teacher to teach him to study. Zhang Qin, for example, is a famous teacher and proud disciple of Guiguzi. There is no celebrity to lead him into politics, and he relies entirely on his own efforts. Politics is not a tightrope game, which one is not walking with trepidation? Some people say that master leads the door and practices in the individual. How can I knock on that door without a master? Is it also worth pondering?
An ordinary person can finally be photographed, and Lv Buwei has realized his greatest self-worth in life. He/kloc-started to do salt business at the age of 0/9, earlier than many young people now. He was about 30 years old when he was ready to go into politics, and he was not young according to his previous age.
If you are still complaining about life, think of Lv Buwei, who has always been brave and never flinched. Even today, the spirit of Lv Buwei is still worth learning!