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"Once I played mahjong with him, and the cards in Lao Guo ( Guo Taiming ) were big four, listening to one, and four sou. This is a big card that many people may not get in their lifetime. But when he touched Zhang Sansuo, he actually listened to the right and right."
Guo Taiming's long-time friend and honorary vice chairman of Lianhua Electronics Xuan Mingzhi used the story on this table to explain to the Taiwanese media why he was not surprised at all when he heard that Guo Taiming participated in the 2020 Taiwan leader election.
"Originally, I listened to one or four, and there were six cards on the table that could be sum; I listened to the right and right, although I could win more money, the chance of being able to get along is much smaller, and I would lose a lot if I was not careful." Xuan Mingzhi said, "But Lao Guo dared to bet. Even if he had a good hand, even if he had to face extremely high risks, as long as he saw the opportunity, he would never let it go easily, and then he could win."
The head of the Hon Hai Business Empire with a net worth of 7.5 billion is nearly seventy years old. In the past few years, rumors of Guo Taiming's retirement have been rumored from time to time, but the result is that he always stood on the front desk "stubbornly" and controlled the overall situation with one hand.
Neither the media nor the public expected that the next step for the richest man in Taiwan would be to transform from a world-renowned successful entrepreneur to the strongest "newcomer" in Taiwan's political arena, disturbing the 2020 Taiwan election.
The severe test of Terry Gou is just about to begin now.
After making a decision,
Around February this year, 69-year-old Terry Gou did something "strange". He has never appeared on social platforms and has successively opened official social media accounts such as Facebook and LINE, and actively interacted with fans on it and "guide the world".
Kuomintang Rising Star, Kaohsiung Mayor Korea Yu was just rumored to say in his speech in the United States that "national defense depends on the United States, technology depends on Japan, market depends on the mainland, and efforts rely on itself." Terry Gou immediately commented on Facebook that it should be changed to "national defense depends on peace, market depends on competition, technology depends on research and development, and destiny depends on itself."
According to the statement of Taiwanese media, in hindsight, this shows that Terry Gou was "the early stage of collecting public opinion trends" before running for election.
"Standing a higher position to look at economic and political security, it shows that he is superior to others." In an interview with this magazine, Lin Quanzhong, a former associate researcher at the Institute of Modern History of Taiwan's "Central Research Institute", further analyzed, "But I don't think it was his own idea. He already has a very strong think tank and team to help him deal with it."
March 12, on March 12, the death day of his ex-wife Lin Shuru, Guo Taiming went to the family cemetery in the Three Gorges as usual. Xuan Mingzhi and several other close friends of the Guo family also attended the memorial service together. When I was chatting, the topic turned to the fact that Guo Taiming had run for the election.
"I know he is thinking about this, so I encouraged him seriously that day." Xuan Mingzhi said, "and told him that if Hon Hai needs people, our friends can help."
The media on the island said that before Guo Taiming announced his participation in the primary election, he had secretly visited some media people such as famous speaker Zhao Shaokang and the top leaders of the Kuomintang to exchange opinions. These people were "optimistic" about his run and became the final catalyst.
But Terry Gou's decision reversed continuously in three days.
On April 15, foreign media reporters said that Terry Gou expressed his intention to consider retreating internally at a seminar held in Taipei. Immediately, Hon Hai Group said that he just wanted to retreat to the second line, not resigning.
At 9:10 that night, on Facebook, Terry Gou posted another post titled "The smart one is wise and the smart one is wise - a possibility that life has never thought of", writing: 2020 is very important to Taiwan. This election will determine Taiwan's political and economic trends for at least 20 years, and is a turning point. "I am suitable for it, besides everyone's opinion, the most important thing is that I need to convince myself first why I fight to be fearless and bravely on the road ahead... In order to walk a long-term road. A road with hope for our young people."
However, in an interview the next day, his answer to whether to participate in the 2020 election was: "Everyone thinks Han Kuo-yu is the best candidate."
Boots landed on April 17.
On the morning of the same day, after visiting Mazu at Cihui Palace in Banqiao, Terry Gou said at the scene that Mazu asked him to dream, "I want me to come out and choose." To give young people hope and support cross-strait peace.
"Many Taiwanese people are superstitious, and folk beliefs and worship Mazu are very popular. In Taiwan, there is a small temple in three steps and a large temple in five steps. Political figures do not distinguish between blue and green. They will enter the temple and worship the gods. So when Guo Taiming was looking for such a support for the gods, he caught a basic psychology of the Taiwanese people. "Hong Kong , assistant dean of the School of International Relations at Huaqiao University, told the magazine, "He actually wants a legitimacy in the final analysis. This statement will be beneficial to his future election canvassing votes. "
But then there was news that Terry Gou joined the Kuomintang in 1970, but in 2000, he did not apply for a re-registration of party members. He was suspected of "automatically leaving the party", and could only participate in the war as a non-party.
Obviously, for the "thirsty for talented people", party membership is not a problem.
On the afternoon of 17, the Kuomintang held a regular meeting The committee invited Terry Gou to participate, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang, Wu Dunyi, issued a certificate of honor to him, commending Terry Gou for borrowing 45 million yuan from the Kuomintang without interest in 2016. "This is the 50th year of Terry Gou joining the party, and expressing his gratitude for giving a special certificate of honor."
After the identity of the 50-year-old member of the Kuomintang, Guo Taiming immediately announced his candidacy for the 2020 Taiwan Regional Leadership. Lead the Kuomintang’s primary election.
At this moment, he looked very different from his usual domineering attitude, and his attitude was very humble. He first recited the "Father's Will" in front of Sun Yat-sen's portrait, one word, one word loud and clear, then turned around and bowed 3 90 degrees respectfully to the photo of Chiang Ching-kuo hanging on his right hand.
All the actions indicate that he is a believer of Sun Yat-sen and admires Chiang Ching-kuo even more. Guo is a steadfast member of the Kuomintang.
on and off the stage, everyone looked very happy for a while.
The microcosm of the generation of Taiwanese
00000 June 25, 2014, after the shareholders' meeting of Hon Hai in Taiwan, Terry Gou stayed at the scene and signed and took pictures one by one for the small shareholders who had already lined up in a long queue (IC) Photo)
"A microcosm of a generation in Taiwan. "This is the attribution to Terry Gou in the report of Southern People Weekly.
Terry Gou himself once said that "3-word head" (referring to Taiwan's 1940s) is an important driving force for Taiwan's economy, because this generation witnessed and led Taiwan's transformation and growth, and suffered personally.
According to Dongsen News, in Terry Gou's political views, the economy must be his strength. After all, the story of a poor boy becoming the richest man in Taiwan is too legendary.
Terry Gou was born in 1950. His ancestral home is Shanxi. His father came to Taiwan from Northeast in the war era, and then worked as a policeman in Taiwan for 50 years. At that time, the six of the Guo family lived in Taipei for about 30 In a square meter house, "I live in it for ten years. Although the house is small and happy. Although my father's civil servant income is limited, my siblings and sisters have no shortage of food and clothing, and they grow up happily without worries."
In 1974, Taiwan was at the moment when small and medium-sized enterprises were driven by export trade and the economy was ready to take off. Terry Gou smelled the opportunity, so he started a business with several classmates, each investing NT$100,000 each - no money at home. Terry Gou relied on his mother's bidding (a long-standing private credit financing behavior, lacking specific legal constraints, and very casual operation).
When this factory called Hon Hai Plastic was established, there were only 10 employees, "I just rented a house in an iron house, which is very common in the general factory. At that time, everyone called me Xiao Guo, and wanted to borrow money, ask for orders, and buy raw materials everywhere. "To the Taiwanese media, Terry Gou recalled that the factory location was not without any qualities, "I chose Tucheng because it was closer to Tucheng Detention Center. One day the order was cancelled and the check could not be paid for. At least, it is easier to let my financial supervisor or manager visit me."
In fact, Terry Gou's "painful design" is only a little bit away from becoming a reality.The entrepreneurial process was not smooth at the beginning, and the funds were quickly used up. Other shareholders withdrew their shares one after another. At this time, it was Terry Gou's father-in-law, and it was his wife Lin Shuru who pulled Terry Gou.
Lin Shuru and Terry Gou met when students worked extracurricularly. At that time, she was a top student and school beauty at Taipei Medical College, and had a wealthy family; Terry Gou was just a poor boy majoring in shipping. But Lin Shuru was willing to accept Guo Taiming's pursuit for love and marry without regard to family opposition. According to Guo Taiming's recollection, when the two were in love and watched a movie, he would bring two handkerchiefs. When they encountered a touching movie plot, he would hand over the handkerchief to wipe his tears. Only by being so careful and considerate could he be able to get the beauty back.
When her husband's career was in crisis, Lin Shuru went back to her parents' home to borrow NT$700,000 from her father, which solved Hon Hai's urgent needs.
This is also the most difficult period for Terry Gou and Hon Hai. Now Hon Hai has an annual revenue of NT$5 trillion and has 1.2 million employees. However, when Guo Taiming and his wife Lin Shuru were able to save money, they said that the honeymoon was that night, but later (I didn’t leave) stayed in a hotel for 3 more days. Then, my wife and I had a meal a day, which was to buy a hamburger and eat one a day. We both were half of the money." - On March 11, 2005, Guo Taiming was listed as the richest man in Taiwan by Fortune magazine for the first time. The next day, Lin Shuru died of breast cancer at the age of 55. Terry Gou cried bitterly in public and was revealed to be shouting privately, "God is unfair to me."
Like many Taiwanese small and medium-sized enterprise bosses in that era, Terry Gou was also a "factory manager and businessman". An old cadre from Hon Hai recalled that during the nameless days of Hon Hai, he saw his boss come back soaked in a rainy day - Terry Gou, who is not an industry tycoon, also had to endure the treatment of giving gifts to customers, but the customer received the gift but didn't even invite anyone to come to the house to sit.
During this process, Guo Taiming felt more deeply the importance of "technology is in his own hands". This also affected the fact that Hon Hai gave the upstream and downstream of the industry a bad impression. Many people commented that Hon Hai's vertical integration was the style of "If you can't win, buy you."
In Taiwan, when talking about Terry Gou, the most direct association word is "domineering". But following the domineering attitude, there is an entrepreneur who is deeply rooted in the image of a successful business model, hard-working entrepreneur and workaholic who is deeply rooted in Taiwan's business management circle and even the public in the market.
It is also during this period that has developed two major characteristics of Terry Gou's management: diligence and stinginess.
Guo Taiming never drives a luxury car and sits in an office surrounded by second-hand furniture and old tables and chairs. His schedule for every working day is well known: he swims at 6 in the morning, and after the end, he calls the European and American branches, and spends breakfast with customers at 8:30, and goes to the toilet at 9:30, then he works and goes to work until he finishes "working 15 hours a day."
"I often fly around with my husband. Many people may think it's good and can go around. At first I thought so, but after two years, I found that the places we go to are usually where my husband's clients or office are located." In the eyes of Terry Gou's current wife Zeng Xinying, "He is this his personality. He can't do anything without work. I communicate with him in writing. My husband loves to approve official documents, so I wrote a letter, put it in the official document folder, and sent it to him to "approve" and he really "approve" it to me. If I wrote a few words of criticism, he would draw lines next to me, saying that he didn't think so, and he would write a summary and sign it after reading it."
In 2007, Terry Gou invited Taiwanese star Lin Chi-ling to host the tail teeth program for Hon Hai Technology Group, and asked Zeng Xinying to teach the two of them to dance. Shortly afterwards, Guo Zeng, who was 24 years apart in age, quickly composed a love song and got married a year later. "I can't smell money on her," Terry Gou told the media.
Zeng Xinying's opinion, Terry Gou "has very strict and serious about everything he does." For a while, Guo Taiming became obsessed with yoga and practiced hard for two hours every day. He couldn't stretch it anymore, so he even asked Zeng Xinying to help him press it.
and even Terry Gou will add this style to children. "During the summer vacation, he swam with (daughter) Niu Niu . He actually asked the child to swim back and forth ten times in the standard pool. The reason is: swimming is about survival and is very important, so you must practice well." Zeng Xinying said, "My daughter is also very good at observing her face. She knew that if she refused her father, she would be unhappy, and she would cooperate well to do it. As a result, my husband saw that she swam well and asked to swim longer..."
"Just like merchants who have almost started from scratch in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, they always aroused emotional resonance or group memories. Taiwanese people will remember together that the rice seller is the King of Selling Rice. Yongqing's diligence and thrift, Gou's self-discipline and vision." The Southern People Weekly reported that "Memory of a society or era requires a person to obtain the right to represent. In Taiwan, Gou has obtained a representative image from a certain side. Some people are disgusted with his words and deeds and disagree with his image, but there are also a large group of people who are looking forward to the image continuing to operate."
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"Boots landed on April 17.
On the morning of the same day, after visiting Mazu at Cihui Palace in Banqiao, Terry Gou said at the scene that Mazu asked him to dream, "I want me to come out and choose." To give young people hope and support cross-strait peace.
"Many Taiwanese people are superstitious, and folk beliefs and worship Mazu are very popular. In Taiwan, there is a small temple in three steps and a large temple in five steps. Political figures do not distinguish between blue and green. They will enter the temple and worship the gods. So when Guo Taiming was looking for such a support for the gods, he caught a basic psychology of the Taiwanese people. "Hong Kong , assistant dean of the School of International Relations at Huaqiao University, told the magazine, "He actually wants a legitimacy in the final analysis. This statement will be beneficial to his future election canvassing votes. "
But then there was news that Terry Gou joined the Kuomintang in 1970, but in 2000, he did not apply for a re-registration of party members. He was suspected of "automatically leaving the party", and could only participate in the war as a non-party.
Obviously, for the "thirsty for talented people", party membership is not a problem.
On the afternoon of 17, the Kuomintang held a regular meeting The committee invited Terry Gou to participate, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang, Wu Dunyi, issued a certificate of honor to him, commending Terry Gou for borrowing 45 million yuan from the Kuomintang without interest in 2016. "This is the 50th year of Terry Gou joining the party, and expressing his gratitude for giving a special certificate of honor."
After the identity of the 50-year-old member of the Kuomintang, Guo Taiming immediately announced his candidacy for the 2020 Taiwan Regional Leadership. Lead the Kuomintang’s primary election.
At this moment, he looked very different from his usual domineering attitude, and his attitude was very humble. He first recited the "Father's Will" in front of Sun Yat-sen's portrait, one word, one word loud and clear, then turned around and bowed 3 90 degrees respectfully to the photo of Chiang Ching-kuo hanging on his right hand.
All the actions indicate that he is a believer of Sun Yat-sen and admires Chiang Ching-kuo even more. Guo is a steadfast member of the Kuomintang.
on and off the stage, everyone looked very happy for a while.
The microcosm of the generation of Taiwanese
00000 June 25, 2014, after the shareholders' meeting of Hon Hai in Taiwan, Terry Gou stayed at the scene and signed and took pictures one by one for the small shareholders who had already lined up in a long queue (IC) Photo)
"A microcosm of a generation in Taiwan. "This is the attribution to Terry Gou in the report of Southern People Weekly.
Terry Gou himself once said that "3-word head" (referring to Taiwan's 1940s) is an important driving force for Taiwan's economy, because this generation witnessed and led Taiwan's transformation and growth, and suffered personally.
According to Dongsen News, in Terry Gou's political views, the economy must be his strength. After all, the story of a poor boy becoming the richest man in Taiwan is too legendary.
Terry Gou was born in 1950. His ancestral home is Shanxi. His father came to Taiwan from Northeast in the war era, and then worked as a policeman in Taiwan for 50 years. At that time, the six of the Guo family lived in Taipei for about 30 In a square meter house, "I live in it for ten years. Although the house is small and happy. Although my father's civil servant income is limited, my siblings and sisters have no shortage of food and clothing, and they grow up happily without worries."
In 1974, Taiwan was at the moment when small and medium-sized enterprises were driven by export trade and the economy was ready to take off. Terry Gou smelled the opportunity, so he started a business with several classmates, each investing NT$100,000 each - no money at home. Terry Gou relied on his mother's bidding (a long-standing private credit financing behavior, lacking specific legal constraints, and very casual operation).
When this factory called Hon Hai Plastic was established, there were only 10 employees, "I just rented a house in an iron house, which is very common in the general factory. At that time, everyone called me Xiao Guo, and wanted to borrow money, ask for orders, and buy raw materials everywhere. "To the Taiwanese media, Terry Gou recalled that the factory location was not without any qualities, "I chose Tucheng because it was closer to Tucheng Detention Center. One day the order was cancelled and the check could not be paid for. At least, it is easier to let my financial supervisor or manager visit me."
In fact, Terry Gou's "painful design" is only a little bit away from becoming a reality.The entrepreneurial process was not smooth at the beginning, and the funds were quickly used up. Other shareholders withdrew their shares one after another. At this time, it was Terry Gou's father-in-law, and it was his wife Lin Shuru who pulled Terry Gou.
Lin Shuru and Terry Gou met when students worked extracurricularly. At that time, she was a top student and school beauty at Taipei Medical College, and had a wealthy family; Terry Gou was just a poor boy majoring in shipping. But Lin Shuru was willing to accept Guo Taiming's pursuit for love and marry without regard to family opposition. According to Guo Taiming's recollection, when the two were in love and watched a movie, he would bring two handkerchiefs. When they encountered a touching movie plot, he would hand over the handkerchief to wipe his tears. Only by being so careful and considerate could he be able to get the beauty back.
When her husband's career was in crisis, Lin Shuru went back to her parents' home to borrow NT$700,000 from her father, which solved Hon Hai's urgent needs.
This is also the most difficult period for Terry Gou and Hon Hai. Now Hon Hai has an annual revenue of NT$5 trillion and has 1.2 million employees. However, when Guo Taiming and his wife Lin Shuru were able to save money, they said that the honeymoon was that night, but later (I didn’t leave) stayed in a hotel for 3 more days. Then, my wife and I had a meal a day, which was to buy a hamburger and eat one a day. We both were half of the money." - On March 11, 2005, Guo Taiming was listed as the richest man in Taiwan by Fortune magazine for the first time. The next day, Lin Shuru died of breast cancer at the age of 55. Terry Gou cried bitterly in public and was revealed to be shouting privately, "God is unfair to me."
Like many Taiwanese small and medium-sized enterprise bosses in that era, Terry Gou was also a "factory manager and businessman". An old cadre from Hon Hai recalled that during the nameless days of Hon Hai, he saw his boss come back soaked in a rainy day - Terry Gou, who is not an industry tycoon, also had to endure the treatment of giving gifts to customers, but the customer received the gift but didn't even invite anyone to come to the house to sit.
During this process, Guo Taiming felt more deeply the importance of "technology is in his own hands". This also affected the fact that Hon Hai gave the upstream and downstream of the industry a bad impression. Many people commented that Hon Hai's vertical integration was the style of "If you can't win, buy you."
In Taiwan, when talking about Terry Gou, the most direct association word is "domineering". But following the domineering attitude, there is an entrepreneur who is deeply rooted in the image of a successful business model, hard-working entrepreneur and workaholic who is deeply rooted in Taiwan's business management circle and even the public in the market.
It is also during this period that has developed two major characteristics of Terry Gou's management: diligence and stinginess.
Guo Taiming never drives a luxury car and sits in an office surrounded by second-hand furniture and old tables and chairs. His schedule for every working day is well known: he swims at 6 in the morning, and after the end, he calls the European and American branches, and spends breakfast with customers at 8:30, and goes to the toilet at 9:30, then he works and goes to work until he finishes "working 15 hours a day."
"I often fly around with my husband. Many people may think it's good and can go around. At first I thought so, but after two years, I found that the places we go to are usually where my husband's clients or office are located." In the eyes of Terry Gou's current wife Zeng Xinying, "He is this his personality. He can't do anything without work. I communicate with him in writing. My husband loves to approve official documents, so I wrote a letter, put it in the official document folder, and sent it to him to "approve" and he really "approve" it to me. If I wrote a few words of criticism, he would draw lines next to me, saying that he didn't think so, and he would write a summary and sign it after reading it."
In 2007, Terry Gou invited Taiwanese star Lin Chi-ling to host the tail teeth program for Hon Hai Technology Group, and asked Zeng Xinying to teach the two of them to dance. Shortly afterwards, Guo Zeng, who was 24 years apart in age, quickly composed a love song and got married a year later. "I can't smell money on her," Terry Gou told the media.
Zeng Xinying's opinion, Terry Gou "has very strict and serious about everything he does." For a while, Guo Taiming became obsessed with yoga and practiced hard for two hours every day. He couldn't stretch it anymore, so he even asked Zeng Xinying to help him press it.
and even Terry Gou will add this style to children. "During the summer vacation, he swam with (daughter) Niu Niu . He actually asked the child to swim back and forth ten times in the standard pool. The reason is: swimming is about survival and is very important, so you must practice well." Zeng Xinying said, "My daughter is also very good at observing her face. She knew that if she refused her father, she would be unhappy, and she would cooperate well to do it. As a result, my husband saw that she swam well and asked to swim longer..."
"Just like merchants who have almost started from scratch in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, they always aroused emotional resonance or group memories. Taiwanese people will remember together that the rice seller is the King of Selling Rice. Yongqing's diligence and thrift, Gou's self-discipline and vision." The Southern People Weekly reported that "Memory of a society or era requires a person to obtain the right to represent. In Taiwan, Gou has obtained a representative image from a certain side. Some people are disgusted with his words and deeds and disagree with his image, but there are also a large group of people who are looking forward to the image continuing to operate."
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