He is a self-made businessman, but he can work hard for hundreds of billions of dollars. He has married three wives for more than 20 years. He was born on a small boat in Hong Kong, but he enjoyed state funeral treatment after his death. His coffin was covered with a five-star red flag, nationwide The vice chairman of the CPPCC , the Macau gambling king and others helped his to help . He devoted his life to national sports. He invested 1 billion in the establishment of the Sports Foundation and 100 million to build the Water Cube, but the Beijing Olympic bid winners failed to see In the Beijing Olympics, Premier Zhou once called him a friend in need, what exactly did a Hong Kong businessman do to become the person of the year that moved China in 2006? What made him be called a red businessman and buried at the level of a state funeral after his death?
Huo Yingdong
This video will take you into the legendary life of the famous patriotic entrepreneur Huo Yingdong.
Mentioned the big names in Hong Kong and Macau. Compared with Ho Stanley Ho and Tung Chee Hwa from the Hong Kong family, Fok Yingdong’s background is simply a world of difference. In 1923, Fok Yingdong was born on a small boat at the Hong Kong pier. A family of seven people relied on a small boat rented by his father to make a living by reversing the cargo on the big boat and earning a small price difference. They delivered goods during the day and squeezed them in at night. When he fell asleep on the boat, he didn't wear shoes before he was 6 years old, so that his early improvement was that he was still not used to wearing shoes, and often stepped on the heels of leather shoes as slippers.
Step on the heel of leather shoes
At the age of 6, Fok Yingdong was sent to a free school to study. Although he often missed classes for family work, he was talented and his grades were always one of the best. Fok Yingdong, who thought his life would slowly get on the right track like this, had a drastic family change when he was 7 years old. His two brothers suddenly encountered a hurricane and waves during the delivery. The boat could not withstand the power of nature and was overturned, unfortunately.
And his father himself suffered from a serious illness and had no money to treat. Their family's financial resources were cut off, his beloved son was also killed, and he died soon after experiencing the pain of losing his son. That year, Huo Yingdong was only 7 years old, and his experience could not be described too much in terms of family destruction.
Young Fok Yingdong
After the pillars of his home fell, Huo Mu moved out of the residence with the young Huo Yingdong and came to live in the slums. In Hong Kong, where land is so expensive, the slum environment is only humid and sick. , Stench and endless despair, this stay is 6 years, and Huo Mu, who knows "knowledge changes destiny", desperately squeezed out hope from the meager salary, and feeds a family of four, allowing Huo Yingdong to restart his studies.
A few years later, Fok Yingdong was admitted to the Hong Kong Huangyan High School with excellent results. This is a prestigious school. Even Sun Yat-sen graduated here. In this school, Fok Yingdong is not only an optimization of the environment, but also a breakthrough in knowledge. , Including fluent English, all of which laid a good foundation for his future life.
Huangren Middle School
However, the fate will not be easy, and the good times will not last long. After the outbreak of World War II, the Japanese invaders invaded Hong Kong, Huangren Middle School became a stable for the Japanese, and the thin Huo Yingdong could only Forced to drop out of school, he plunged into society early, and worked hard for the livelihood of his family. The young and thin man had beaten iron, shoveled coal into a furnace, beaten a grain and oil warehouse, and secretly The Japanese student was beaten and driven out by driving. In two years, he changed seven jobs. Self-doubt, he thought of the way of doing business. With the support of his mother, he opened a grocery store. During those volatile days, there was a shortage of supplies. At this time, Huo Yingdong also showed his talent in business. In the right time and place, the grocery store was operated very well.
Huo Yingdong (second from left)
With the end of the war, the market began to pick up, Huo Yingdong also smelled business opportunities, one day he saw the auction of machines and parts left over from the war in the newspaper, and he borrowed one hundred Yuan went to bid. A few days later, he won the bid and was told to use 18,000 Hong Kong dollars to pick up the goods. But Huo Mu was very opposed to this business. He had no choice but to find a friend to borrow money. Who knew that his friend paid 40,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy it. After placing this batch of goods, just buying and selling like this, Huo Yingdong earned 22,000 Hong Kong dollars, and an ordinary worker in that era had only one or two hundred yuan a month. Gradually using this first pot of gold, Huo Yingdong's business path gradually improved.
In 1950, the Korean War broke out. The United States and the United Nations imposed sanctions on China and imposed a material embargo on China. At this time, Huo Yingdong organized his own fleet to secretly transport the embargoed materials from Hong Kong to the mainland. At that time, the risk factor was extremely high. If found, they would be wanted and detained or even attacked by warships. Such a move lasted three years.
Fok Yingdong
In 1953, Fok Yingdong decided to enter the real estate industry at the right time and began to build a large number of commercial housing and office buildings. At that time, most of the buyers were wealthy families in Hong Kong, and it was difficult for ordinary people to buy a house. In order to solve this problem, Fok Yingdong pioneered the "sell uncompleted flats" method-first collect a part of the deposit, and the final payment can be slowly repaid in installments, which is the first in the history of real estate all over the world. In current terms, it is the pre-sale of commercial housing mortgages, and this method is still in use today. That is, through the real estate industry, Fok Yingdong's value skyrocketed to become a strong entrepreneur.
Huo Yingdong
After his own strength, Huo Yingdong has not forgotten to develop his own strength for the motherland, the most impressive of which is his efforts to apply for the Olympic Games in China. In 1984, Huo Yingdong's family witnessed the battle of , Li Ning, , Xu Haifeng and others at the Los Angeles Olympics. After returning from the Los Angeles Olympics, he was determined to do his part for the Chinese sports industry. He donated 100 million Hong Kong dollars to establish the China Sports Foundation. He took the lead in donating money for domestic sports events, and also contributed money to help build the swimming pool in the Asian Games Village and the Beijing VIP Building.
Huo Yingdong
In order for Beijing to declare for the Olympics, Huo Yingdong hosted the chairman of the Olympic Committee in the name of the Beijing Olympic Committee. He also promised that if Beijing successfully declares, he will donate one billion yuan for the construction of the Olympic Games main venue. A tiny gap of one vote lost to Sydney, but he did not give up, still working hard for Beijing's bid to host the Olympics.
In 2001, the Olympic Games that Huo Yingdong was looking forward to was finally confirmed to be held in Beijing in 2008. At that moment, the whole country was joyous, but he was already seriously ill at that time. The construction of the Water Cube Hall for the Beijing Olympics was worth 800 million yuan and Huo Yingdong invested 200 million yuan. Unfortunately, he still failed to see the 2008 Olympic event he was looking forward to.
Huo Yingdong
In 2006, Huo Yingdong passed away in Beijing at the age of 84. After receiving this news, people from all walks of life felt sad and regretful. A few days later, Fok Yingdong's memorial service was held. The coffin was draped with the national flag and the funeral was held in accordance with the specifications of the national leaders. Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Tung Chee Hwa, Henderson Chairman Lee Shau Kee, King of Gambling He Hongshen and other big figures helped their spirits.
Fok Yingdong's death
Fok Yingdong once said before his death, "Looking back on the past, I am worthy of the sky, and I will not succumb to others. If the full score of life is 100, I will give myself more than 100 points." Looking back at Fok Yingdong's magnificent Throughout his life, whether it is the country’s material needs during the war, the economic development in the peaceful era, or the future of the national sports industry, he has worked hard to connect his personal interests with the development of the motherland. As he said: in my life, Worthy of my nation, worthy of my motherland, worthy of my career. Such a red businessman should be remembered by us forever.
Huo Yingdong
This is a great man of the age who has experienced twists and turns, has never forgotten the development of the motherland, and has made great contributions to the development and interests of the country. What do you want to say to him? Welcome to leave a comment below, creation is not easy, long press to like and follow, let Mr. Huo Yingdong always be in our hearts!
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