Chao News client commentator Zhang Ping.
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On February 25, Zong Qinghou, an iconic figure of Zhejiang businessmen, founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, passed away.
I have read a book about him for more than 20 years, and I am very impressed and admired. A generation of legends, go all the way" "It's not too late to fight forty years in life, the spirit of pioneers; Entrepreneurship is difficult to seek innovation all night, and the true character of entrepreneurs. "When I talk about my philosophy over and over again, I will think of the scene when Mr. Zong promoted Wahaha. Mr. Zong has already sailed west, and hopes that Mr. Zong's spirit will continue to encourage more entrepreneurs in China to work together. Celebrities in the business community have written articles and associations, recalling the exchanges with Zong Qinghou and expressing their sorrows. Netizens took photos with Wahaha products and uploaded them to social platforms to reminisce about childhood and commemorate Zongzong. In front of the gray-white old-fashioned building at No. 160 Qingtai Street in Hangzhou, flowers, AD calcium milk, and eight-treasure porridge stood silently in the cold wind.
Among all the memorials, the most touching is a 65-year-old lady, who came to the Wahaha headquarters building in the dark on the night of Zong Qinghou's death, and gave a plate of AD calcium milk, she told reporters, "He is our private entrepreneur, a good entrepreneur."
A sentence of "good entrepreneur" seems very simple and plain in many eulogies, but it speaks the voice of many people. "The people's entrepreneur is a person worthy of the respect of all the people", "This is the real people's reputation", "In this world, the eyes of the people are bright, and the scale in the hearts of the people is the most standard", * The messages at the bottom confirm the grandmother's evaluation of Zong Qinghou.
The phrase "good entrepreneur" makes the big word social responsibility of entrepreneurs no longer seem abstract and real and tangible. This sentence is also the highest praise for a private entrepreneur. Private entrepreneurs with the surname "Min", come from the people, serve the people, and will eventually be tested by the people. Entrepreneurs are the creators of social wealth and social value, and while providing products and services through the market to earn profits, they also accumulate word of mouth among the people bit by bit. Word-of-mouth is hard-won, it depends on tempering, long-term accumulation, and it is necessary to practice and see in things, which tests the original intention of entrepreneurs and the ability to keep their business, and also constitutes a valuable intangible asset of the enterprise.
Good entrepreneur" - not every entrepreneur can leave such a posthumous name, Zong Qinghou, who dedicated his life to Wahaha, did it.
Where does such the highest praise come from? From the quality of products and services, from the entrepreneurial spiritual character, social responsibility and personality charm. Throughout Zong Qinghou's life, several well-known stories actually revolve around these aspects, such as the wisdom and perseverance to develop products according to the needs of the people and overcome obstacles, such as the ambition and strength to maintain the national brand in the international business war with Danone of France, such as the wit and courage to grasp the general trend and reform the old and the new in difficult times, such as his "paternalistic" care and care for employees, such as his loyalty and pattern of actively serving the country and assuming social responsibility.
Today's entrepreneurial environment and market environment are very different from those of the generation of entrepreneurs after Zong Qinghou, but the underlying logic of the market economy has not changed, and the essential attributes of private entrepreneurs have not changed. On the contrary, with the continuous optimization of the business environment, the continuous improvement of the market mechanism, and the continuous improvement of the status of private entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurial spirit and the "four thousand spirit" have a broader place to use. When people miss Zong Qinghou and pay tribute to the older generation of private entrepreneurs, they are also looking forward to the emergence of more "good entrepreneurs" with courage, ability, pattern and responsibility like this, supporting a new world and creating a new legend of private entrepreneurs.
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