In the early autumn of 2012, my country's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning Ship" serving the Chinese Navy officially set sail , marking China's coastal defense from light blue to dark blue, from offshore defense to deep-sea defense, and it possesses powerful ocean-going combat capabilities.
And the origin of this "modified" aircraft carrier can be described as ups and downs. If the is not for the generous and generous efforts of the patriotic businessman Xu Zengping, I am afraid that the time when we have an aircraft carrier in China still has no idea how long will be delayed.
patriotic businessman Xu Zengping also has a dream of an aircraft carrier
In 1952, Xu Zengping was born in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, in his bones is a simple and bold Shandong man. At the age of 18, Xu Zengping responded to the national call to join the army and enlisted in . Because he was tall and good at playing basketball, Xu Zengping was transferred to the Guangzhou Military Region in 1973 and became a basketball player.
In 1983, after Xu Zengping was transferred and demobilized, Xu Zengping temporarily lived in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Riding on the trend of the times, became a businessman by starting his own business. In the beginning, Xu Zengping mainly engaged in agricultural and sideline products and household appliances. After years of persistent efforts and persistence, he quickly established a foothold in the market and made a lot of profits.
In 1988, Xu Zengping moved to Hong Kong. In this golden place where commercial trade is extremely free and prosperous, he took out all his funds and founded the Hong Kong Chuanglu Group . At the beginning, the company was mainly engaged in commerce and investment. Three years later, Xu Zengping began to enter the real estate market, the field of stone industry and cultural performing arts, etc., managed many of the group's industries successfully . After the successful career of
Xu Zengping recalled his struggle, and often sincerely thanked the military experience that year, especially the army and the country for his training and training. Xu Zengping secretly made up his mind that once the motherland had a place where he needed him, he would definitely step forward without hesitation and do his best to serve the motherland.
is a soldier, so Xu Zengping is always used to listening to current affairs news and caring about national affairs. One day in 1997, Xu Zengping accidentally saw a report about Ukraine’s intention to sell the "Varyag" aircraft carrier . He was immediately excited because deeply understood that an aircraft carrier means to the motherland. What . Within a few minutes before and after
, Xu Zengping had a firm and clear idea in his mind: must buy this aircraft carrier and then hand it over to the Chinese Navy!
Since that day, this "aircraft carrier dream" has become a obsession of Xu Zengping . In order to be able to successfully purchase the "Varyag" with a reasonable business reason, he first specially injected capital to start an entertainment company in Macau, and then took a small team to get up to Ukraine, wanting to see "Varyag" with his own eyes. The status of the "Grid" number.
Xu Zengping's "aircraft carrier dream" started, but what he didn't know was that the road ahead was long and tortuous, full of hardships and obstacles.
opened the way with "liquor" and "health"
When Xu Zengping first saw the "Varyag" at the Black Sea shipyard in Ukraine, he whispered: Our country needs it too much! At the subsequent negotiation dinner, Xu Zengping explained his intention to Uzbekistan: wanted to transform the "Varyag" into a large-scale marine entertainment complex to develop tourism and entertainment.
As everyone knows, Ukraine is also a nation of good wine. In order to win the trust and favor of Ukraine, Xu Zengping wanted to find a point of agreement between the two parties on the wine table and tried his best to facilitate the sale.
But buying and selling aircraft carriers is definitely not an ordinary business. For this, Xu Zengping has made preparations early. He brought 50 boxes of liquor with an alcohol content of 60% from China. Ukrainians of Ukraine have a good friendship, on the other hand, wants to fight for alcohol to express their sincerity and determination to buy aircraft carriers.
During the next four days of negotiation, Xu Zengping's men will "go into battle" with a few boxes of liquor every time they sit at the table. Xu Zengping doesn’t speak Ukrainian, but he graciously toasts to every Ukrainian representative,With a large amount of alcohol, almost drank like a "whale" drinking method.
Later, Xu Zengping recalled: At that time, I drank nearly 6 catties of liquor in 10 minutes at , and now I don’t know how I did it in retrospect. Although
is a bit scared to drink such a booze, the approach at that time was almost "the courage of a man", but Xu Zengping and his party won the unanimous trust and favor of Uzbek representatives. Z3z
Uzbek representatives even expressed their willingness to conclude the transaction at a lower price. Therefore, the quotation of the "Varyag" was set at around US$18 million-but this price did not include what the Chinese side wanted. The required aircraft carrier structure drawings.
Xu Zengping knows that no drawings are absolutely inevitable. Therefore, he continued to lead his team to display their negotiating skills, until finally persuading Uzbekistan personnel to agree to "package" the drawings together. The final transaction price was only fixed. At $20 million .
Just when Xu Zengping felt little accomplishment for his negotiation results, an unexpected situation suddenly happened. It turned out that the news of the sale of the "Varyag" spread all over the world. The United States, Australia, South Korea and Japan are also gearing up and eager to try, all wanting to receive the "Varyag" under their command. At the
public auction, Xu Zengping squeezed a sweat in silence, but his belief in his heart has not been shaken—not to give up "Varyag" as a last resort! The "Varyag" of at that time had actually been idle for many years, covered with rust, and most of the technical devices and equipment were removed.
Therefore, in the face of the bidding prices of competitors from other countries, Xu Zengping was confident of a decisive victory. In the end, he "overwhelmed" his opponents from various countries with a quotation of 20 million US dollars and successfully obtained the right to purchase the "Varyag" . The bidding of
was successful, and paying the full amount in full is also a huge problem for Xu Zengping . At that time, Xu Zengping realized all the industries he owned, but failed to collect 20 million US dollars. In a desperate situation, Xu Zengping, who was bankrupt, had to negotiate a financing cooperation with a domestic securities company. Z1z finally paid all the transaction payment before the end of the 4-month delayed payment period granted by Uzbekistan.
From July 1999 to March 2002, with the great support of Xu Zengping’s friends and the active efforts of the motherland, Xu Zengping was burdened with huge debts, worked hard, and finally dragged the "Varyag" back. Dalian Port . After returning to the embrace of the motherland, Xu Zengping did not take a break or stop, but instead docked the "Varyag" with the Chinese army non-stop, and formally transferred it to the motherland navy.
On September 25, 2012, the "Varyag" was given a new look after repeated modifications and was officially renamed "Liaoning Ship", starting its dark blue service journey.
Xu Zengping, who had gone through bankruptcy and debt, re-entered the market and achieved success again.
At the beginning, in order to pay the purchase price of the "Varyag", Xu Zengping exhausted all his wealth ; in order to remove the "Varyag" from Ukraine was dragged back to China by sea, and Xu Zengping borrowed from relatives and friends again, and carried huge debts. And when Xu Zengping stood in Dalian port and looked at the "Varyag" that had been placed with infinite hope, still had no regrets in his heart. The original company of
had no funds to operate and had to go bankrupt and write off. But Xu Zengping has never been a weak and timid person. In order to pay off debts and for his own future, he resolutely returned to the original point. Z1z re-fought in the shopping mall. Z2z. After working hard for several years, Chuanglu Company was rejuvenated. Infinite vitality. Xu Zengping not only paid off the huge debts that year, but also caused the company's total assets to create a new high .
After Xu Zengping succeeded again in his career, , still cares about society and the motherland . He actively donates to Tsinghua University and was elected as a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. continues to silently contribute a solid strength to the motherland’s power .
Some people say that Xu Zengping is a great patriotic businessman, but in fact he should be calledA national hero, because of , his broad mind and sincerity to the motherland are enough to be remembered and respected by Chinese people from generation to generation!
