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Nowadays, when talking about China's battery giants, most Chinese people must be the first to think of CATL . Although
is said to be CATL, which was born in 2011, it is only 10 years old this year. However, judging from the various achievements after the establishment of CATL, it has achieved quite good development in the field of new energy batteries with the help of the booming period of the development of new energy vehicles, and has jointly written a new chapter in China's new energy industry with BYD .
Naturally, the rapid and stable development of CATL has driven the rise in the value of Zeng Yuqun, the founder of CATL. Previously, Zeng Yuqun once won the richest man in Hong Kong with his wealth of US$34.5 billion.
It is worth mentioning that Zeng Yuqun is the one who mentioned China's battery king now; but a few years ago, there was another person in China's battery king.
Chinese battery king
About 20 years ago, in the 1990s, Zhong Xinjia saw the broad development prospects of new energy batteries, and even threatened to "change the heart" for cars.
Unfortunately, with the continuous development of new energy vehicles, some gas stations have indeed become charging stations. But Zhong Xinjia did not realize her role as she wished.
information shows: Zhong Xinjia was born in the 1950s and 1960s. Although Zhong Xinjia's family has been practicing medicine for generations, he has seen the path of business. And Zhong Xinjia's work as a research assistant in a battery factory in Zhanjiang changed his life trajectory.
In order to better adapt to the work of the battery factory, Zhong Xinjia continues to learn corresponding chemistry and physics knowledge in order to keep climbing upward.
After continuous learning, Zhong Xinjia studied and invented a maintenance-free lead-acid battery in 1982, which attracted widespread attention in the industry. Based on this, Zhong Xinjia officially started the road of self-employment.
Since then, Zhong Xinjia has created a new battery factory with the advantages of her own products, which has been highly recognized in the domestic battery field. Zhong Xinjia himself is also called the "battery king" by the Chinese people.
donated tens of millions to the United States
Like the rich man who started from scratch, Zhong Xinjia made a lot of money and became famous, and chose to further gain a foothold in the business world through charity.
However, the way Zhong Xinjia chose to give back to society was charity, but he did not repay Chinese society.
In 2011, Zhong Xinjia donated 70 million yuan to the University of California in the United States to encourage students in the school to carry out research and development of cleaning batteries. With this grand donation, Zhong Xinjia not only became an honorary academician of the University of California School of Engineering, but also built an engineering building in the school under the name of Zhong Xinjia.
In fact, the reason why Zhong Xinjia donated tens of millions of yuan in the United States was to open up the US market. This grand donation happened to promote Zhong Xinjia's popularity and recognition in the US market.
However, after Zhong Xinjia made a fortune with the Chinese market, she donated tens of millions to the United States but was silent in China, which aroused the disgust of many Chinese people.
personality collapsed due to one sentence
It is worth mentioning that Just when people in China questioned that Zhong Xinjia spent 70 million yuan to please the Americans but were unwilling to repay the motherland, Zhong Xinjia not only did not reflect on it, but instead made a fuss saying: What does the relationship between Chinese people’s poverty and me?
There is no doubt that Zhong Xinjia's words have greatly deepened the degree of his plan for the people in China. Even the crows were in return, but Zhong Xinjia was not grateful at all. The former battery king Zhong Xinjia completely collapsed because of this episode.
Interestingly, shortly after Zhong Xinjia donated tens of millions to the United States and made a big statement, she fell into a dilemma of property disputes and ushered in her own "retribution". Zhong Xinjia, who was sued in court, was burdened with a huge debt of 200 million yuan. Zhong Xinjia, who could not afford the money, could only go bankrupt and officially fell from the altar since then.
In recent years, Zhong Xinjia has not been seen in the entire battery industry and even in the Chinese business district. In the domestic battery track, CATL and BYD compete for the top two.
written at the end
Now looking back at Zhong Xinjia's experience of falling from the battery king from the altar, it is like he is trying to die step by step.
The reason why Zhong Xinjia Company was able to achieve a series of considerable achievements in the early stages of its development is inseparable from the government's policy and financial support. However, Zhong Xinjia, who blindly pursues his own interests, chose to use the money he earned in the United States charity, and even publicly stated that "What does it have to do with me if the Chinese are poor?" This proves that Zhong Xinjia's path to business cannot go too far.
For today's companies, they also need to learn a certain lesson from Zhong Xinjia's experience. After achieving success in their career, cannot forget their roots, otherwise it is basically unrealistic to truly achieve both fame and fortune.
At the same time, For some entrepreneurs who want to gain popularity with charity, they need to show the charity a little simpler. If charity is used in the wrong place, it may also be subject to corresponding backlash.
