Chao News client reporter Wang Hangchen.
On February 25, a generation of legendary Zhejiang businessman Zong Qinghou passed away suddenly. When the news came out, all sectors of society lamented it.
Mr. Zong Qinghou is a very experienced, visionary, pattern, feelings, legendary Zhejiang businessmen, his death is a major loss to the Zhejiang businessmen, which is extremely sad. This morning, the reporter interviewed Zheng Mingzhi, the former department-level inspector of the Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce and the vice president of the Zhejiang Business Development Research Institute, and listened to him tell the story of Mr. Zong Qinghou.
Zheng Mingzhi has been engaged in private economic services and research in Zhejiang for 28 years, and has had two in-depth dialogues with Zong Qinghou.
On December 30, 2012, Zong Qinghou (first from left) had a conversation with Zheng Mingzhi. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
Talking about the older generation: If you don't do any work, you may age faster
On December 30, 2012, Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Development Research Institute was officially inaugurated. As one of the most outstanding representatives of the Zhejiang businessmen, Zong Qinghou was hired as the vice president to attend the ceremony. On the same day, in the "Our Story" session, Zheng Mingzhi served as the moderator and had a dialogue with Zong Qinghou about the economic situation in 2013.
Looking forward to the economy in 2013, Zong Qinghou stressed that although there are some difficulties, he remains optimistic and full of confidence in the medium- and long-term development of China's economy. Zheng Mingzhi recalled that at that time, as soon as Zong Qinghou's voice fell, the audience burst into warm applause, which lasted for a long time, giving great encouragement to the Zhejiang businessmen present.
Ten years later, on June 30, 2022, at the 10th anniversary meeting of the Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Development Research Institute, Zheng Mingzhi had a dialogue with Zong Qinghou again. In just 15 minutes, the two of them thought like a spring, and collided with wonderful sparks.
At that time, Zong Qinghou looked at the inauguration of the Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Development Research Institute in 2012 and said: "This is the moment when I was captured when I had a dialogue with Dean Zheng, I was the general manager at that time, and now my daughter is the vice chairman and general manager, and I am the chairman." ”
Zheng Mingzhi then asked: "The younger generation is coming, when are you going to do it?" ”
Zong Qinghou said with a smile: "After you get used to it, if you don't do any work at all, you may age faster." If you work a little more often, a little easier, then I'll live a little longer. ”
Speaking of this, the two shook hands warmly, and the audience cheered. This sentence also became the "golden sentence" of the year and was widely spread on the Internet.
On June 30, 2022, Zong Qinghou shook hands with Zheng Mingzhi. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
Say to young people: be diligent, endure hardships, persevere, and be obedient
At the 10th anniversary meeting of the Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Development Research Institute, Zheng Mingzhi asked Zong Qinghou to put forward hopes for the younger generation of Zhejiang businessmen. At that time, Zong Qinghou said 8 words: hardship, diligence, perseverance, and obedience. Hard-working and diligent are the necessary qualities of an entrepreneur; To stick to it is to stick to the main business and insist that Qingshan will not relax; To be obedient is to listen to the Communist Party.
I think the new generation of Zhejiang businessmen are cultured and have a broad vision, the new generation of young Zhejiang businessmen are energetic, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, they are much better than our generation of Zhejiang businessmen, they should be the hope of our country's development. Whether it is national rejuvenation or building a modern socialist power, hope is pinned on them. Zong Qinghou finally emphasized that no matter how the enterprise develops, we must remember the most important point: always listen to the party's words and follow the party.
The Si people have passed away, and the words are still in my ears. These eight words are not only his high hopes for the younger generation, but also his personal profound practice summary.
Zheng Mingzhi sighed, Zong Qinghou is a famous "workaholic" of Zhejiang businessmen, more than 10 years old still stick to the front line, every day at 7 o'clock in the morning, 11 o'clock in the evening, more than 200 days in a year to do market research across the country, and even the last stage of life is still working in the hospital bed. His body embodies the "four thousand spirit" of Zhejiang businessmen who "traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers, spoke thousands of words, tried every possible way, and endured thousands of hardships".
As a communicator of the spirit of Zhejiang businessmen, over the years, Zheng Mingzhi often went to all parts of the country to preach, he took the eight words of "hardship, diligence, perseverance, and obedience" as the proverbs that Zhejiang businessmen need to abide by, and the story of Zong Qinghou as a typical case of the spirit of Zhejiang businessmen, preached and spread to the younger generation.
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