Recently, although he has stepped down from the position of chairman of the Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Lin Bofeng, chairman of Taiwan Glass Group, known as the "Taiwan Glass King", still shoulders the responsibility of chairman of 三三会. He has always dared to be outspoken. , has issued a warning about the energy, tax system, inflation , etc. currently faced by the island's business community, and has attracted much attention.
Lin Bofeng, who was born in 1943, is nearly eighty years old, but the word "retirement" does not seem to be in his life dictionary. He said that his father did not retire until he was over 90 years old, and he could not even think about "retirement" right now.
Lin Bofeng: Taiwan's labor shortage has become M-shaped
Lin Bofeng (right), who handed over the reins to Wu Dongliang (left), chairman of the Association for the Advancement of Industry and Commerce
Recently, Lin Bofeng, chairman of the Taiwan Glass Group, known as the "Taiwan Glass King" Bo Feng, resigned from office He held the position of chairman of the Association for the Advancement of Industry and Commerce, and his successor was Wu Dongliang, the third son of founder of Sun Kong Group and chairman of Taishin Financial Holdings, Wu Dongliang. Currently, Lin Bofeng still serves as the chairman of Sansanhui.
On June 21, the Association for the Advancement of Industry and Commerce, an important industrial and commercial group on the island of Taiwan, conducted a comprehensive re-election and established a new executive board of supervisors. The current chairman, Lin Bofeng, resigned upon expiration. The new chairman is taken over by the former executive director Wu Dongliang, and the convenor of the supervisory board is the former vice chairman and chairman of Fubon Group Cai Mingzhong .
As for the vice-chairmen, Huang Jiaozhang and Gao Guolun were re-elected, and Luo Yijun, chairman of Wangdao Bank, was newly added as vice-chairman. In terms of executive directors, there are 7 people including Far East Group boss Xu Xudong and TSMC chairman Liu Deyin serving as executive directors. Such a strong lineup of companies is enough to show that the Association for the Advancement of Industry and Commerce has considerable influence.
There are three major industrial and commercial groups in Taiwan, namely the Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Sansanhui, and the Association for the Advancement of Industry and Commerce.
In recent years, the three major industrial and commercial teams have set off a new wave of young people taking over, and some veterans have stepped down. After Lin Bofeng resigned as chairman of the Association for the Advancement of Industry and Commerce, he still focused on Sansan Association. Under the "Sansan Association", there is the "Sansan Youth Association" that focuses on young business groups. Lin Jiayou, the vice president of the Sansan Youth Association, is Lin Bofeng His son is currently the general manager of the Fiber Business Department of Taiwan Glass Group.
Lin Bofeng, Chairman of Taiwan Glass Group
The Taiwan stock market experienced a sharp decline in the last week of June, which some market investors described as a "stock market crash." In the past six months, Taiwan's stock market plummeted 1,982 points in a single month, with the total market value of NT$6.45 trillion evaporating. Many people are worried that the stock market contains risks that cannot be ignored.
At the same time, Wang Meihua, the head of Taiwan’s economic department, raised electricity prices, which made the business community even more worried. Many people believe that although the increase is targeted at large electricity consumers, the increase in business operating costs will eventually be passed on to ordinary consumers. In the face of inflation, this move will undoubtedly add insult to injury.
Wang Wenyuan, nephew of Wang Yongqing and president of Formosa Plastics , is now Chairman of the Federation of Industry and Commerce. He asked what energy policy the Tsai administration was proposing now. "Is it useful?" "It's useless to talk too much!" Lin Bofeng, chairman of Taiwan Glass Group, also said frankly, "I have the same idea as Wang Wenyuan." Lin Bofeng, a major electricity and television player, bluntly said, "That is punishing the company." The manufacturing industry may be "disheartened" and leave.
Lin Bofeng, chairman of the 33rd Association, said that the "five shortages" of Taiwan's investment environment have not been completely solved in recent years. In addition to the lack of electricity, the biggest obstacle at the moment is the lack of workers. Lin Bofeng said: In the past 2021, Taiwan had a total shortage of 248,000 workers, of which the manufacturing industry had the largest shortage of 119,000 workers.
He believes that Taiwan's labor shortage has become "M-shaped". In addition to the lack of high-end talents, there is also a shortage of basic technical human resources such as "technicians" and "skilled staff", with a gap of up to 131,000 people.
The eldest son works hard, the second son is married to a strong woman in the department store, and the third son is a monk
Lin Bofeng, chairman of Sansan Association
Lin Bofeng, born in Taipei City in 1943, is now the chairman of Taibo Group and concurrently serves as the director of Sansan Association. Chairman He is a well-known industrial and commercial boss in Taiwan.
Lin Bofeng’s father, Lin Yujia (1916-2015), was the founder of the Taiwan Glass Group. Lin Yujia had four sons and one daughter. Among them, Lin Bofeng was the eldest son, and his younger brother Lin Bocheng became the president of the Taiwan Glass Group. Lin Bofeng graduated from the editing department of Shih Hsin University (Note: formerly "World New College"). After graduation, he joined the Taiwan Glass Group founded by his father. In 2009, his father Lin Yujia handed over the reins and he became the chairman of the Taiwan Glass Group. , becoming the second generation head of the family.
Lin Bofeng is approaching 80 years old. Someone asked him when he would retire. He said: There is no word "retirement" in my life dictionary. My father did not retire until he was over 90 years old. I dare not even think about the word "retirement".
Lin Yujia, the founder of Taiwan Glass, "lives and works hard until old". He still insists on working in the company when he is over 90 years old. He was once called "the oldest office worker" on the island. Lin Bofeng said that he is still healthy and capable, and will do his best just like his father did back then. A few years ago, he injured his knee while playing golf, and the doctor told him not to play golf for the time being. As a result, Lin Bofeng said to the doctor: "I live my life and do my job, and it is your job as a doctor to cure me."
The doctor is not bad, golf Lin Bofeng, who can't stop playing golf, still recovered, he I also "report" to the stadium every day. If it rains, he will walk 12,000 steps on the treadmill at home and exercise every day. The company has a lot of business. Although he has resigned as the chairman of the Association for the Advancement of Industry and Commerce, Lin Bofeng still serves as the chairman of the Sansan Association. He is not too worried about the company's operations.
Lin Bofeng said that the education and concepts received by the third generation of the Taibo family, including his son Lin Jiahong, are more suitable for modern corporate governance. He is very comfortable leaving it to professional managers. Moreover, the third generation and professional managers The cooperative management is also very good.
Taiwan Glass Group founder Lin Yujia
On February 14, 2015, Taiwan Glass Group founder Lin Yujia passed away at his home in Yangmingshan at the age of 100.
Taiwan Glass Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1964 by Lin Yujia, with a registered capital of NT$150 million. In the second year after the company was founded, it cooperated with Nippon Glass Co., Ltd. to produce flat glass. In 1972, the Taipei Glass Building located on Nanjing East Road, Taipei City, was completed. At that time, it was one of the few corporate headquarters office buildings in Taiwan. In 1973, Taibo's stock was listed.
In 1992, after Lin Yujia went to mainland China to inspect the market, he established Taiwan Glass China Holdings Company. In 1994, the 30th anniversary of the founding of Taiwan Glass Group, a factory was set up in Qingdao, Shandong Province to produce float glass for automobiles. By 2008, in addition to factories in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, and Lugang on the island, Taiwan Glass's production lines were put into operation in Kunshan, Tianjin, and Chengdu, Jiangsu. Later, Taiwan Glass Fujian Photovoltaic Glass Co., Ltd., Taiwan Glass Yueda Auto Glass , Taiwan Glass Taicang Engineering Glass, Taiwan Glass Xianyang Glass, Taiwan Glass Anhui Glass, Taiwan Glass Wuhan Engineering Glass, Taiwan Glass Chengdu Glass Fiber , Donghai Glass, Shilian Chemical Jiangsu, Bengbu Fiberglass and other companies in mainland China.
When Lin Yujia passed away, Taiwan Glass had become one of the top five glass industry companies in the world. In the 2009 "Business Weekly" "Ranking of Top 1,000 Enterprises in Cross-Strait, Three Places", Taiwan Glass was the only glass company to enter the top 500.Incidentally, Taiwan Glass Group is also the first company in China to mass-produce coating and Low-E glass.
Lin Yujia, the manager of Taiwan Glass Group, has four sons and one daughter. Among them, the eldest son Lin Bofeng, the second son Lin Boshi, and the fourth son Lin Bochun all work in the Taiwan Glass Group. ’s daughter Lin Manli married the Keelung Xie family. KMT Keelung mayoral candidate Xie Guoliang and former public opinion representative Xie Guodong are Lin Manli’s sons and Lin Yujia’s nephews.
The 47-year-old Xie Guoliang has served as a public opinion representative for many years. His father, Lin Manli’s husband Xie Xiuping, is the leader of the Keelung Xie faction and the chairman of the Taiwan Sangong Group. He once served as the chairman of the presidium of the Central Evaluation Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. The Xie Xiuping family of the San Gong Group is a prominent family in Keelung.
The Taiwan Glass Lin family has been "rich for three generations", and now the third generation of the family has gradually entered the group's management. For example, Lin Bofeng's eldest son Lin Jiahong has been in charge of the production lines of major Taiwan Glass companies in mainland China for many years. His second son Lin Jiaming has also served as Taiwan Glass' vice president of finance and group spokesperson for a long time.
Taiwan Glass was listed on the stock market in 1972. Although founder Lin Yujia cooperated with glass companies in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and other countries, its products covered electronic-grade ultra-thin glass, solar photovoltaic glass, Low-E glass, glass fiber, container glass and automobiles. Glass, etc., but he has always adhered to the "zero debt" principle. In addition to focusing on the glass industry, he never made cross-border investments. Taiwan Glass is also known as the most low-key listed company in the Taiwan stock market.
By the way, Lin Yujia’s third son, Lin Boying, saw through the world of mortals due to investment failure and became a monk in 2001.
Taiwan Glass President Lin Boshi’s girlfriend Shen Shihua Young photos
Compared with the eldest brother Lin Bofeng, who is "fair and industrious" and diligent in doing things, the emotional world of the second eldest brother, Taiwan Glass CEO Lin Boshi, appears to be "colorful".
Since his father Lin Yujia believed in " golden mean " during his lifetime, except for the family of the second eldest Taibo CEO Lin Boshi, the eldest Lin Bofeng, the third eldest Lin Boying, and the fourth eldest Lin Bochun's family were rarely exposed to the outside world.
Lin Boshi, the second oldest, has three marriages. He and his ex-wife have two daughters, the eldest daughter Lin Wenyuan and the second daughter Lin Wenqian. His current wife, Xu Liling, is a powerful woman in Taiwan's department store industry. She has a son, John. In addition, Lin Boxi had a daughter Barbie with his extramarital girlfriend Shen Shihua.
As the president of Taiwan Glass, Lin Boshi, in the past, his name appeared mostly in the financial pages of the media. But in 1998, "the style of painting suddenly changed" and his name once jumped into the social media and became the subject of heated discussion. At that time, artist Shen Shihua submitted a lawsuit to the court asking Lin Boshi to confirm the father-daughter relationship for the sake of his daughter Barbie, which exposed their extramarital affair. Later, Shen Shihua withdrew the lawsuit and the lawsuit ended quietly.
Taiwanese female artist Shen Shihua, who has won the Golden Horse Award and the Golden Bell Award, became a "CTV" actress at the age of 20 and starred in "Spring City with Flowers Everywhere". In 1980, her film "The Story of a Female Worker" won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, when she was at the height of her popularity, she had to give up the birth of an unmarried daughter to Lin Boshi, the then managing director of Taiwan Glass and the eldest son of the Lin family. lots of work.
Although Shen Shihua withdrew the lawsuit and the court ruled that Lin Boshi must pay the alimony on time, it also made Shen Shihua disappear from the acting career for a long time. He did not return to the screen until 2003. In 2007, he won the Golden Bell Award for the best drama program for "Love Kills Seventeen". She won the Best Supporting Actress Award and later became the host of the show.
Lin Boshi and his daughter Lin Wenqing Lin Wenqing
After Shen Shihua withdrew the lawsuit, the Lin family in Taiwan continued to work in a low-key manner, "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop." Later, Lin Boshi and his second daughter from his ex-wife, Lin Wenqing, married Peng Kangyu , once again became a hotly discussed news in society.
After Lin Boshi and his ex-wife gave birth to two daughters, Lin Wenyuan and Lin Wenqing, in 1993, after their divorce, he married Xu Liling, a strong woman in the department store. It is said that Lin Wenqing went to the United States to study art when she was very young. Later, when Xu Liling crossed over into cultural and creative industries, Lin Wenqing came back to assist her stepmother and served as the creative director. The relationship between the two was like that of biological mother and daughter.
On August 13, 2012, when Lin Wenqing got married to "Little Knife" (Peng Kangyu), one of the famous 5566 boy band, the guests at the wedding banquet were Lien Chan, Wang Jinping and other political celebrities. Previously on May 17, the two were photographed watching goddess Gaga's concert, making their relationship public. Previously, Lin Boshi was very protective of his daughter. It was not until Lin Wenqing participated in a fashion event when she was 27 years old that she was exposed. At that time, her dark skin was described by the media as a "black pearl."
Before dating Lin Wenqing, "Little Knife" (Peng Kangyu) was best known for his 49-year relationship with Xu Huixin. Peng Kangyu later faded out of the stage due to a waist injury, turned to behind-the-scenes development, and founded a "Quantity Cultural and Creative" agency. Peng Kangyu and Lin Wenqing, 44 years old, have an 8-year-old daughter. The father and daughter participated in the "Spartan Race" held in Gongliao, New Taipei City the year before last.
Taiwan Plastics founder Lin Yujia
Lin Yujia was an industrial and commercial tycoon contemporaneous with Formosa Plastics founder Wang Yongqing, Taipei Plastics late leader Gu Zhenfu, and the second generation Lin Tingsheng of Datong Company. When he was 17 years old, he went to Shanghai to study. After returning to Taiwan in 1943, he inherited his father's business, inherited his father's Lin Jiancheng Trading Company in Kaohsiung, and followed his father in buying and selling auto parts.
In the early days, in addition to his own business, Lin Yujia founded Taifeng Fisheries, Taifeng Aquatic Products, and also opened Taifeng Ice Making Company. In 1959, he integrated the three companies into one and founded Taifeng Industrial, focusing on the beverage business. In the 1960s, he was encouraged by Li Guoding to invest in the glass industry. As a layman, in order to make good glass, when supervising the work at the Hsinchu construction site, he brought two lunch boxes when he went out in the morning, one for lunch and the other for dinner. .
Lin Yujia firmly believed that "narrow door leads to wealth", and he did not allow his son to engage in other industries during his lifetime. In addition to feeling that his brain and time are limited, he also believes that making a product should be focused, which is too divergent and not good for business development. In 2012, he once said with a smile, I have 6 strongholds and 8 factories in mainland China alone. My children and grandchildren alone are busy enough. It will be good to run the company well.
Before, the three words "Lin Yujia" alone were worth US$200 million. When Lin Yujia was alive, Taiwan Glass had a good reputation. Lin Yujia insisted on running Taiwan Glass debt-free and never borrowed a penny from the bank in his life. Lin Yujia believed that the money was borrowed by "first-class people". Wang Yongqing took a joint loan from a bank in order to build the "Six Lights", but he said that Wang Yongqing never borrowed money from banks before. Wang Yongqing did a good job, but Taiwan 2300 Wang Yongqing was born out of ten thousand people. When
invested in mainland China, although Taibo had a lot of cash on hand, it was unable to remit the money at that time and had to borrow money from banks for a short period of time. Since Taibo has no bank credit record, Lin Yujia said that he signed a promissory note to guarantee that the US$200 million was borrowed.
Lin Yujia said: To run a company, reputation is more important than money. Reputation is not simple. If you don’t have money, you can borrow it from the bank, but reputation cannot be borrowed.
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