" The Father of Lan Kwai Fong ", the Hong Kong government awarded the Bauhinia Medal , which was Sheng Zhiwen , has recently been followed by the media again.
He has crossed half of the earth from Canada to China, earned US$1 million in Hong Kong at the age of 19, and has invested in Hong Kong, Macao and the Mainland and become Chinese nationality for 48 years. As a senior "China Communication", he can't speak Mandarin and his business talent has always been talked about.
12-year-old working salary is higher than that of teachers
Allan Zeman was born in Germany in 1950 and is a Jew. He is currently the chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, with a net worth of over 100 million yuan.
When he was young, he moved to New York, USA with his parents. After his father died at the age of 7, the mother and son moved to Canada Quebec .
10 years old, he began to help his mother share his life, become a newspaper boy, and deliver newspapers every day.
After delivering newspapers for two years, he found a relatively formal job - working in a steak restaurant, and using his weekends after school to work as a handyman in a restaurant.
"At that time, I could earn $60 a week, and my teacher's salary was only $35 a week." Many years later, he said proudly when he recalled the past.
19 earned $1 million at the age of
19 When Sheng Zhiwen decided to start his own company. So he went to Hong Kong to seek development, and from then on he fell in love with Hong Kong and settled here. The legendary thing is that he made his first pot of gold in his life and earned 1 million US dollars.
Hong Kong at that time was the "factory of the world". He saw potential and was keen to find business opportunities. In 1975, Sheng Zhiwen established Colby in Hong Kong, specializing in ready-to-wear trade, and exported ready-to-wear from mainland China and Hong Kong to Canada and the United Kingdom. Due to the large profit margin and good market response, the company quickly got on track. By 2001, the small trading company had appreciated to HK$2.2 billion and was sold to Lifeng Group by Sheng Zhiwen.
turns the alley into a famous bar street
48, Sheng Zhiwen has invested, started a business and settled in Hong Kong, Macao and the mainland. Lan Kwai Fong became a famous bar in his hands.
In the 1980s, Sheng Zhiwen met many young foreign buyers because of the trading company. They often complained that there was no good place to go to Hong Kong for bars.
There are Soho in the United States, Montreal in Canada, and there are also popular bars in Hong Kong, an international metropolis.
So, Sheng Zhiwen fell in love with Lan Kwai Fong in Central, Hong Kong and opened his first restaurant there. I started to try it out, but I didn’t expect that a few months later, I became popular. At that time, many celebrities and models came here.
was once an unknown alley that was only 20 meters wide and 300 meters long. Now there are more than a hundred bars and restaurants. Whenever night falls, nearby office workers, fashion experts and Chinese and foreign tourists come here to enjoy it. Sheng Zhiwen has another title - "Father of Lan Kwai Fong" and "King of Nightclubs".
As of 2017, Sheng Zhiwen opened 17 restaurants in Lan Kwai Fong. At the same time, Lan Kwai Fong has also entered the mainland market and opened three restaurants in Shanghai alone.
"I realized the importance of entering society very early. I have not completed my university courses. I think that unless I want to work as a lawyer or a doctor, I don't need a university degree. I like doing business, and I would rather have work experience if I give up my degree." Successful businessman Sheng Zhiwen once told the media.
became a Chinese citizen and spent 8 months persuading his family to do trade, real estate, food, and investing in Hollywood movies. Sheng Zhiwen made money in everything.
In 2008, his move once again made himself the focus of attention: he gave up Canadian nationality and joined Chinese nationality, and got Hong Kong ID card 2 html.
According to Hong Kong media reports, Sheng Zhiwen proposed this idea at that time, which surprised many people. It took him eight months to convince his family to support his decision.
"This is my home, and I prefer to regard myself as a Hong Konger." Sheng Zhiwen often jokes, calling himself "a white-shelled egg with a white shell and a yellow heart."
Sheng Zhiwen also revealed that when he entered the country in other countries, he was often questioned for his Chinese identity. He had to humorously explain it was a "genetic problem".
Interestingly, after living in Hong Kong for decades, Sheng Zhiwen still cannot understand Cantonese, let alone Mandarin. But this did not prevent him from talking in English while discussing business in the mainland.
Recently, 69-year-old Sheng Zhiwen appeared in Macau and shared his nearly half a century of hard work at the "New Era Lecture Hall". He said the secret to success is happiness.
Sheng Zhiwen enjoys the moment. He gets up at 6 o'clock every morning, does fitness at home, and then goes to the office, or goes to Lan Kwai Fong to have a small gathering with friends in the evening.
He runs countless bars, but never drinks. "Because I don't like the smell of alcohol," he said. Source: China Daily, Xinhua News Agency, etc.
