Know that the pine is high and clean, and wait until the snow melts."
When the cold hand of winter holds the earth tightly, when the cold wind and snow ruthlessly sweep all things in the world, everything seems to succumb to this endless cold, only the pines and cypresses stand majestically. They are like ancient warriors, clad in silver armor, with snow above their heads, fearless of wind and frost, quietly watching over this world covered in ice and snow.
In the baptism of wind and snow, the ambition of pine and cypress appears more and more brilliant. They are not afraid of the cold, they are not afraid of wind and snow. Throughout the ages, literati and writers have loved the pine and cypress, not only because of their indomitable posture, but also because of their calmness and elegance. They don't need words, they only speak of the tenacity and beauty of life in a silent manner. In the face of adversity, they still maintain that perseverance and perseverance, and resist the cold winter of life with integrity. This spirit, like a bright star, illuminates the way forward and brings endless strength to people.
In fact, this is also the spiritual core that we need most at the moment.
In the past 2023, I believe that countless entrepreneurs in China have experienced this rapidly changing business world, which is testing the will and resilience of every entrepreneur.
However, in this land of wind and snow, there is a power, like the tall pine and cypress, that stands tall. After all, winter is coming, and spring must not be far away.
With the continuous upgrading of the industrial chain, breakthroughs and innovations in core technologies will become the norm. Our company will establish a leading position in more and more fields, and like a dragon, it will leap in the sky of the world economy, showing incomparable vitality and vitality. We will no longer be limited to the local area, but bravely go to the world, take on more responsibilities to serve the world, and dance with the world to create brilliance together.
Of course, the arrival of this spring will not be easy. It needs our Chinese enterprises to create and strive for it themselves. Even in the cold of winter, we must have the ambition of pine and cypress, maintain firm faith and determination, and be as tenacious as pine and cypress. We must bravely face challenges, meet difficulties, grasp the trend of the times, and enhance our own capabilities.
Only in this way can we give birth to the hope of spring.
The heavy snow presses the green pine, and the green pine is straight and straight".
The pine and cypress still stand tall in the wind and snow, which is not only a kind of tenacity of life, but also a kind of awe for nature and expectations for the future. When everything around them is covered in ice and snow, they still maintain their verdant green and vitality, as if to announce to the world that even in the face of the coldest winter, the power of life cannot be contained.
At the same time, the pine and cypress are also the guiding lights of spring. When the harsh winter gradually recedes and the footsteps of spring are quietly approaching, it is the pine and cypress that are the first to feel the warmth and vitality. Their branches begin to stretch and new shoots begin to sprout, as if to show us the way and tell us that spring is coming.
In the same way, we will encounter various difficulties and challenges in the face of going through the cycle, but only by persevering can we overcome the difficulties and achieve success. At the same time, in the process of entrepreneurship, we also need to always maintain our love and dedication to the cause, never forget our original intention, and adhere to our dreams and beliefs, so as to continue to move forward and create a great enterprise.
Looking back at the modern business situation, the inheritance of business is like a galaxy.
Historically, there are not only the top ambitions of Jin merchants who "pass the world and connect the world", but also the integrity of the merchants of Longyou in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the indomitable spirit of the merchants of Guangdong and Fujian who "go to the South Seas".
Today, modern enterprises are forging ahead in the magnificent journey of scientific and technological innovation with the spirit of "daring to break through, dare to fight, dare to do". These business giants, with their wisdom and courage, have composed a heart-wrenching business epic.
In a sense, a history of Chinese business is also a history of the inheritance of entrepreneurship and original aspirations.
The original intention, that is, the original heart. The original intention of business is derived from the value of "duty", which is very Chinese. It should be said that the original intention is the pure flame in the depths of our hearts. It burns at the beginning of entrepreneurship and illuminates the way forward. No matter how many winds and rains and how many setbacks we encounter, this flame is always burning brightly, providing us with a steady stream of motivation.
Therefore, in the face of adversity, you need to be resilient and courageous;On the way to pursue our dreams, we need to dare to innovate and break through ourselvesWhen taking responsibility, we need to have the courage to take responsibility and selfless dedication. It is this spirit that allows us to stand out in a competitive market and create great businesses.
Of course, it is necessary for more people to recognize and accept this precious original intention, and unite as one, so as to gather into a vast force to promote the stable and long-term development of the enterprise.
After all, the original heart is like a ship, and faith is a sail, let us set sail together in the sea of stars and sail towards a more brilliant future.
Now, if Chinese companies want to survive the cold winter, they must find a tough foundation to support themselves, just as evergreen pines and cypresses must be deeply rooted in the earth.
In fact, the study of the relationship between business and innovation has been largely uninterrupted since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
Nowhere is this more evident than in his seminal study The Manufacturing Age: 1700-1820, in which the famous management scientist Mark Schinberg argues that "manufacturing as a feature of the Industrial Revolution is inherently innovative, and that craftsmanship plays a vital role in economic development."
Therefore, scientific research to promote product innovation is the cornerstone of enterprise development. From Marxist economics, it can also be seen that mastering advanced productive forces is the goal that enterprises must achieve, and R&D is the only choice to accomplish this.
The problem is that from the reform and opening up to the present, the innovation at the application level has been done perfectly, and there are very few areas that really make domestic enterprises feel the development opportunities, and enterprises need to make up their minds to break through from the bottom and do those things that others can't do.
For example, in 2014, Robin Li gave an order to transform into AI and intelligent driving. At that time, Robin Li gambled almost all of his net worth, and even increased his annual R&D investment to 20% of his income every year, and most of it was also invested. For a long time, driving in no man's land, traveling long distances, diligently searching, no one benchmarked, and even misunderstood by many people. But today, it has driven out of the no-man's land and found a new development path because of the Wenxin model.
Another example is Huawei, which has been cornered, tens of thousands of engineers have been working day and night to overcome the difficulties of chip manufacturing one by one, and even the design software has to be developed by itself. In the past 1,000 days, with the emergence of Kirin 9000S and Kirin 8000 pure domestic chips, Huawei has finally returned to the center of everyone's attention, and it has completely become synonymous with the breakthrough of China's chip industry. In fact, Huawei's efforts have driven China's entire chip industry to achieve complete independence, and the significance behind this is beyond imagination.
We often say that there are a lot of unknown engineers who are showing us how far we can go in the world. And the people who choose to be so committed are actually doing the same thing.
2023 is also an extraordinary year for BT Finance, this year, we have realized the transformation from content creators to content creation and AI product research and development, launched financial report analysis products on the basis of domestic large models, and fully accessed almost all capital information platforms and software, so as to push financial report interpretation content within half an hour of corporate financial reports.
This is not only a technological progress, but also a new attempt at content informatization. This is also driving the emergence of new Internet professional content products. With the help of such technological development, BT Finance will start with what others can't do, and continue to transform into the role of a full-modal content service provider.
In fact, this kind of breakthrough at the bottom of the "no man's land", although the investment is huge, and even the risk is extremely high, as long as we insist, we will be able to obtain the latest productivity and achieve the ability to do what others can't do.
In 2019, Procter & Gamble's chief operating officer, Robert McDonald, laid out the blueprint for a new business world in military terms: "We're in a VUCA world. As soon as these words came out, they were like meteors piercing the night sky, which was thought-provoking.
Back in January 2017, "A Brief History of the Future" bravely predicted in the preface that famine, epidemics, and wars in the 21st century will no longer be the top priority for mankind. Unfortunately, just three years later, the pandemic swept the world like a storm, and its shadow still looms over countries around the world today.
This is the unique mark of the Uka era.
In this era, theoretical deduction, logical analysis, data proof, and even experience summary seem so pale and weak. It was as if we were in a fog, surrounded by unpredictable real-time changes.
However, it is this unknown that makes us realize more deeply that only by constantly adapting and innovating can we remain invincible in the torrent of the Wuka era.
The profound wisdom of following traditional Chinese thinking is far less important than the inner cultivation of the external world. Just like the sentence "Let the wind blow in the southeast and northwest, I will not move", revealing the supreme realm pursued by the sages of all generations.
For entrepreneurs, this concept is that in the face of the unpredictable market, the first priority is to cultivate internal skills, that is, to unremittingly explore the road to excellence in management capabilities and systems. In this way, we can steadily control the boat of the enterprise, ride the wind and waves in the turbulent business sea, and finally reach the other side of the glory.
In the current context, management is like a flame burning in the heart of entrepreneurs, and it is the only force that can ignite and illuminate the way forward by itself. The in-depth cultivation in this area is actually to stabilize the direction in the turbulent environment with a strategic anchor, so as to build a solid embankment for the enterprise in the changing situation and lead the enterprise to the road of certainty and prosperity.
Looking at it from another angle, this is also the magic of using rules and theories to find the beauty of order in the disorderly outside world. When the uncertainty of the environment is like snowflakes flying in the sky, the entrepreneur is the craftsman who weaves snowflakes, using rules as threads and theories as needles to skillfully connect each snowflake, and finally present a unique and splendid picture.
Therefore, whether it is to seek the wisdom of management inwardly or to deal with the challenges of the environment externally, entrepreneurs are using their own certainty to embrace the uncertainty of the world, so as to find certainty in the uncertainty, turn the passive into the active, and write a brilliant chapter belonging to the enterprise.
On the one hand, the rapid development of technology is like a meteor shower across the sky, gorgeous and shocking. It has unstoppably changed the ecology of the market, reshaping the needs of consumers like a sculptor. However, this flood of technology often makes the management system of enterprises like a ship hit by a huge wave, and it is at a loss for a while.
Against this backdrop, entrepreneurs need to have a visionary vision, be able to perceive future trends, and foresee potential crises. At the same time, they also need to have the courage to make decisions like warriors, dare to find direction in chaos, dare to make changes in difficulties, and lead enterprises to find a new balance in the torrent of change.
On the other hand, the distribution of benefits has become the core issue of concern within the enterprise. In the face of many contradictions, enterprises should embrace an open attitude and have a forward-looking eye to see the future, so as to deal with the problem of benefit distribution elegantly. In particular, the establishment of a fair and transparent evaluation and incentive mechanism is like building a solid bridge for the enterprise to connect the interests of all parties. It not only balances the relationship between the rights and interests inside and outside the enterprise, but also highlights the wisdom and foresight of the enterprise in the subtleties.
Strengthening communication and collaboration with external partners is like giving the enterprise wings to take off, allowing the enterprise to spread its wings and soar in a broader sky. This not only broadens the vision of the enterprise, but also brings more resources and support to the enterprise, and jointly promotes the development of the enterprise.
The most important thing is to insist on forging the company's own management system with systemic change.
In order to cope with the situation they face, companies must face organizational changes. Among them, having systematic thinking will avoid many detours. The so-called systematic, is not "a headache and a sore foot", but to see the enterprise as a system. The key to systems theory is that different connections between elements will produce different effects.
In fact, in this new era of digitalization and intelligence, enterprise operation is no longer a series of isolated links, but a systematic change. This change requires entrepreneurs to think in a unified way, plan and act in a unified way from top-level corporate governance to strategy formulation, from marketing to after-sales service, to R&D innovation and quality management. This is a top-down comprehensive collaboration, and it is also a system reshaping that goes deep into the bone marrow.
In this revolution, entrepreneurs need to open up the flow of business logic and data between disparate systems. Through the optimization of underlying human resources and the strong support of the financial digital system, real-time information sharing, optimal allocation of resources and accurate decision-making can be realized. This will enable businesses to operate more efficiently, flexibly and intelligently, so that they can remain invincible in the fierce market competition.
The tall pines and cypresses stand tall in the harsh winter, and after the baptism of wind and snow, they show their tenacious and unyielding quality. When the snow is falling, covered in silver, and everything is withering, only the green pines are still standing proudly and full of greenery. At this time, we deeply realized the preciousness of green pine - it symbolizes the spirit of perseverance and the belief of never giving up.
When adversity strikes, we should not easily abandon the heart to move forward, and that enthusiasm and motivation should be as firm as a rock. On the contrary, it is a critical time to temper your inner strength, sharpen your minions, and accumulate strength.
Remember, the next step is to abandon negativity, stay away from complaining, and let's walk hand in hand, gather endless strength, and move forward together. Everyone should do their best, go all out, with firm belief and unremitting efforts, to meet challenges, seize opportunities, and move towards brilliance.
Because, in 2024, we believe that entrepreneurs will usher in the next ten miles of spring and spring flowers.
After all, China's economic prospects are bright.
So, keep your faith and determination and go on with determination.
Author |BT Finance