She is called the "female version of Cao Dewang". She started from scratch with a piece of mobile phone glass. She became the richest woman in China at the age of 48. She earned 200 million yuan a day on average, but she suffered all kinds of criticism because of her marriage.
This controversial strong woman is the chairman of listed company Lens Technology Zhou Qunfei . So how did she transform from a working girl into a billionaire? Why are people full of criticism about her marriage, and why did she turn around and marry an ordinary driver after her career was successful?
When it comes to the name Zhou Qunfei, many people may feel unfamiliar with them and don’t know who she is, but your daily life must be inseparable from the products she produces.
Zhou Qunfei's Lens Technology is the world's main supplier of mobile phone screens. 50% of mobile phone screens come from here, and one screen glass comes from every two mobile phones.
Apple , Huawei , Xiaomi , Samsung and other well-known mobile phone brands have chosen to place orders in her Lens Technology. Even the world's number one car company, Tesla , came to cooperate with her, and competed with Cao Dewang's Fuyao Glass in the global automotive field, so she is called the "female version of Cao Dewang".
When someone questioned Zhou Qunfei and felt that there was no future in being an OEM factory, she spoke directly with her strength. After the company went public, she directly became the richest woman in China and slapped the person who questioned her in the face with reality.
When facing the interview, she firmly stated: "If you do a good job of OEM, you can succeed", and she also proved this with facts.
Zhou Qunfei's current achievements are directly related to her ability to seize opportunities in life. She seized two key turning points in time and achieved her current business empire.
The first opportunity is to transform her from a working girl to a manager, and in addition, the blessing of marriage has made her growth rate far beyond ordinary people.
In 1970, Zhou Qunfei was born in a small mountain village in Hunan. His father was disabled by two fingers due to an accident and almost blind in both eyes. His mother unfortunately passed away when she was 5 years old. The family relied on the money earned by her father to weave bamboo baskets to make a living.
It is precisely the hardships of this hard life that Zhou Qunfei has developed a firm personality since he was a child, never admits defeat, and learns if he doesn’t understand.
16-year-old Zhou Qunfei came to Shenzhen to make a fuss. Because of his low education, he could only go to the factory to be a working girl. Not only is the factory not in good condition, he also has to work more than ten hours a day. Most people can't bear such a workload, but Zhou Qunfei still wants to use his free time to study.
When other girls in the factory were busy dressing up and dating, Zhou Qunfei signed up for more than a dozen training classes in Shenzhen University in one go, and took more than a dozen qualification certifications in seven years, studied computers, accounting, customs declaration, and even got a truck driver's license. It was the years of restoring her energy that she could firmly seize the first life opportunity in her life.
In order to grow up quickly, Zhou Qunfei took the initiative to help her colleagues take the class and learned all the positions in the factory. He learned all the skills in just three months. He felt that there was nothing to learn, so she directly submitted a letter of resignation to her boss, and this letter became a turning point in her life.
The boss took a fancy to her ability. Not only did he not agree to her resignation application, he also gave her a position as the head of the new department. Zhou Qunfei seized this opportunity without hesitation.
The new department has no experience in learning from it, so she works during the day and goes to school at night, while learning the knowledge in books and exploring in practice. The speed of progress is very fast.
Zhou Qunfei, who was only 19 years old at the time, saw the development potential of Eurasia Optics. When the boss was about to withdraw his investment, she stepped forward to convince the boss. It was this decision that helped the boss make a fortune.
The factory managed by Zhou Qunfei has also become the most profitable in the group, fully proved his strength, made the boss look at her with admiration, and gradually fell in love with this young and capable girl.
The two fell in love over time, and getting married was just a matter of course. However, the boss Yang Dacheng was more than teenager than Zhou Qunfei, but she was opposed by her family, and the uninformed people also criticized this.
But Zhou Qunfei still came with Yang Dacheng without hesitation because she felt that time could prove everything, and her family began to slowly accept her choice, but the marriage did not last long because the two had great differences in management.
Yang Dacheng is nepotist, and the factory is full of relatives, and the relationship is very chaotic. Zhou Qunfei, who is concerned about official duties, is excluded. The disadvantages of confusing work and marriage are also revealed at this time, so the marriage between the two came to an end, and she chose to resign in anger.
Zhou Qunfei is also well-known in the industry, so she chose to start her own business. It was this decision that allowed her life to open a new chapter.
The first two years of starting a business were difficult. The orders were brought one by one by one. It was common for her to be scolded by the security guard and to be rolled down by others. With her persistent efforts, the market gradually opened up.
As orders increase, the scale of the factory also begins to expand. Just as the business is gradually getting on track, the Asian financial crisis in 1997 suddenly hit, and Zhou Qunfei was not spared. Most orders cannot receive money, so he can only receive the equipment to pay off the bill.
Zhou Qunfei took a different approach and decided to turn these equipment into treasures, gather a whole processing line, and just can do a big job, so she took this opportunity to start changing careers, from the beginning of the watch glass to mobile phone glass.
At that time, the mobile phone was still a foldable model, and the screen could only play with a snake. Although it was just a small piece of glass, the technical requirements were constantly improving. Zhou Qunfei quickly waited for the second opportunity in her life.
In 2003, Motorola launched V3 mobile phones at that time, and the original supplier of the screen could not meet the requirements, so he found Zhou Qunfei. Zhou Qunfei realized that this order was her opportunity, but the other party put forward a strict requirement for the product, requiring that the glass fall to the ground and not break.
The technology of making glass at that time was nothing short of a fantasy for this requirement, but this did not make Hunan girl Zhou Qunfei. In order to be able to win the order, she stayed in the factory workshop day and night, followed the technicians to conduct repeated experiments. Finally, the emperor paid off. Zhou Qunfa's products successfully passed the fall test and received this large order.
But before he could be happy, his competitor used a trick to get rid of the fire, giving her a fatal blow. The opponent found Zhou Qunfei's raw material supplier, and the two sides jointly raised problems with her in supplying raw materials.
was originally a payment method for shipping first and then sending money, but she had to change it to making full payment first and then delivering the goods. As a result, the money was transferred, but the goods were intercepted. Motorola's delivery time was set very tight again. So in order to successfully complete the order, she rushed to Hong Kong to interview the supplier, but after several discussions, the other party refused to give in.
Zhou Qunfei felt that she was forced into a desperate situation. She thought of all the solutions she could think of, but she could never find a solution. She felt desperate for the first time. After
, with the encouragement of her daughter, she cheered up again and thought of a way to find a supplier again. With the determination to go all out, Zhou Qunfei was looking for a new supplier around the world. Unexpectedly, she actually found it. After several ups and downs, she finally won the order.
After the launch of the Motorola V3 mobile phone, it sold 100 million units worldwide, and it has accumulated sales of 100 million units. Zhou Qunfei's Lens Technology has also risen with the current situation and soon became the target of international brands' cooperation.
She has a successful career and has also blossomed in love. However, she did not choose an entrepreneur who is of equal status, but a driver who has been with her for many years. The two of them entered the marriage hall.
In 2006, 36-year-old Zhou Qunfei became the veritable "mobile glass queen". In March 2015, Zhou Qunfei's Lens Technology went public, and her stock price soared, making her the richest female at the age of 48.
Zhou Qunfei, who was born in a poor family, did not forget to give back to society. In 2020, she ranked 78th on the Forbes China Charity List with a donation of 28.28 million yuan.
The experience of entrepreneurs is somewhat similar. As the "female version of Cao Dewang", he also ranks the top in the glass industry, but Cao Dewang is automotive glass and Zhou Qunfei is mobile glass, each with his own strengths.
Zhou Qunfei also has his own definition of success. When facing the interview, she said: "No regrets are success."
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