After the famous door,years of military service,Years old entrepreneurial golden dragon, but imprisoned, why?
In the turbulent times of 1933, Huang Peiyu set sail in Hangzhou, and his father Huang Zhong was a bright star of Zhejiang University. Born in a wealthy family in Chengdu, he was once a noble son of a landlord's family, but his fate turned around, in order to escape the arranged marriage, he bravely fled and went to Beiping, from brocade clothes and jade food to hardship to survive.
With tenacity, Huang Zhong was admitted to Tsinghua University, where free education and comprehensive security became a turning point in his life. Subsequently, he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States at public expense, specializing in construction engineering, using knowledge as a sword to write a patriotic chapter; After returning from his studies, he devoted himself to Zhejiang University, taught civil engineering, and personally participated in the construction of China's first self-designed double-decker road-rail bridge on the Qiantang River, practicing the ideal of serving the country with science and technology.
In 1937, the flames of anti-Japanese resistance burned all over China, and four-year-old Huang Peiyu took refuge in the Shanghai Concession with his father, and those years were deeply imprinted in his memory. Despite a turbulent childhood, the experience shaped his resilient spirit.
In 1941, Professor Huang Zhong accepted an invitation from Xiamen University, but his family stayed in Shanghai despite being in Changting, a remote place on the border of Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi occupied by the Japanese army.
Soon, the mother and son decided to overcome the blockade and go through hardships just to reunite with him in Changting. In this land of Fujian, they spent that special period together.
With the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, Xiamen University returned to his homeland, where Huang Peiyu studied, and the progressive books he read ignited his patriotic enthusiasm, and he vowed to serve the motherland with practical actions.
In 1950, the flames of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea were burning, and the whole country set off an upsurge of young students throwing their pens into the army, "100,000 students joined the army, put on armor to defend the country, and protect their homeland".
Among the many applicants, 580,000 enthusiastic young people scrambled to be the first, and finally more than 100,000 were honorably enlisted, including Huang Peiyu, whose youth oath was integrated into the torrent of defending the country.
Huang Peiyu cherished the dream of joining the army, but was forced to stay due to family difficulties, and the sound of artillery fire and academic conflicts were intertwined. In 1951, when he was a junior in high school, he chose to act in turmoil, and when his father went to Longyan to teach, he resolutely joined the army.
From then on, he bid farewell to the southeast sea and set foot on the land of the northwest, from prosperity to desolation, every step is a severe test of life. Dryness and bitter cold sharpened his physique; The diverse experiences of military life have reshaped his worldview.
He was once an intellectual, with the imprint of the bourgeoisie, but in the crucible of the barracks, he deeply experienced the hardships and hardships of the lower strata of society, and the true face of poverty and suffering made him unforgettable.
Huang Peiyu stood out in the army by virtue of his outstanding cultural literacy, becoming one of the very few soldiers with a high school education, and was selected to write military history. With the transfer of troops to Lanzhou, he transferred to the agency, and then entered the Northeast Aviation School as a cadet of the Lanzhou Military Region to study his dream of flying, but his physical condition and political examination limited his blue sky road.
In Northeast China, he focused on the study of aircraft engines and accumulated profound maintenance and inspection skills. Although the door of Kazakhstan's military industry could not be opened, he did not give up, purchased his own textbooks and studied hard for three years, and gradually emerged in the field of aircraft engines, published academic articles and edited a series of books on "Western Front Combat Aircraft Maintenance Experience".
Despite the challenges of criticism, he persevered. After 1969, he worked in the provincial office, and this experience gave him a new perspective.
In 1982, Huang Peiyu returned to his hometown full of ambition, and the years flew by, from a young man to a young man, forty-nine years have passed. In the past, Xiamen was his starting point and destination, although his parents have passed away, the city is no longer what it used to be.
On the occasion of the establishment of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, he resolutely chose to meet the challenge and devote himself to change. As head of the secretarial section, Huang Peiyu was seconded to Xiamen Lianfa Company, a joint venture between the Xiamen Special Administrative Region Management Committee, Bank of China Trust and a number of Hong Kong and Macau banks.
There, he was not only responsible for day-to-day operations, but also responsible for attracting investment. In the process of integrating with international standards, he relied on his self-motivation to study economic law, contract law and other business laws, and developed a strong interest in the market economy, and his business sense became increasingly acute.
This experience brought him into contact with the automotive industry for the first time, and the seed of entrepreneurship quietly germinated in his heart.
At the critical juncture of seeking European cooperation, Huang Zhengxia took advantage of the special channel of Huang Peiyu in Xiamen to make a quick visit in the name of the Special Economic Zone, and after facing the arrogance of Renault and Ford, he had a unique insight into Toyota's potential.
During his trip to Japan in 1984, Panasonic and Toyota convinced him of Toyota's huge potential in the Chinese market. Inspired by this, he actively advocated the introduction of Toyota, following the example of Zhanjiang Samsung, and decisively purchased 2,000 Toyota Dyna light trucks and introduced them in the form of SKD, accelerating the transformation of China's automotive industry.
In the face of unexpected setbacks, Huang Peiyu's innovative Toyota light truck program was frozen. In the midst of doubts, he relied on his extraordinary perseverance to turn the struggling car into the focus of hot sales.
Then, the leadership entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, he started with zero capital, founded Xiamen Automobile Import and Export Company, with a shrewd business strategy, the import business quickly accumulated wealth, even with few employees, but also achieved the industry's profiteering myth.
In 1988, the leaders expected him to join and tried to share the second automobile car project, but he went through twists and turns, and Hubei's decision made the competition even more intense. Despite the difficult process, the completion of Dongfeng Citroen Wuhan revealed a historical chapter of Huang Peiyu's parallel opportunities and challenges.
After the decision-makers in Xiamen made a clear statement, they officially informed Huang Peiyu to terminate the car project plan. Behind the resolute action, Huang Peiyu is faced with a difficult choice: he has assembled a group of technical experts with dreams, who are full of hope and poured into the Xiamen Special Economic Zone in pursuit of prosperity.
Let these dream chasers return to the original path, how can Huang Peiyu bear it? He firmly adheres to the position of Xiamen *** company. In the face of his insistence, the leader had no choice but to inform the bank: the Xiamen automobile project is a thing of the past.
However, with state-owned banks closing their credit doors, Mr. Huang's challenges have become more severe. He tried his best to turn to the governor, who was close to him, and repeated his statements, but even if his lips and tongue were sore, the governor still could not let go.
In the predicament, Huang Peiyu accidentally found the Standard Chartered Bank branch in the Lujiang Hotel, and with a faint hope, he decisively led the accountant to visit. Two weeks later, miraculously, Standard Chartered approved a $1.3 million loan, much to his ecstasy, after all, he had initially only made a last-ditch attempt.
After the injection of funds, Huang Peiyu began to conduct in-depth market research, but due to the limited conditions, he chose to start with modified cars. However, he had insight into the barriers of the car market, Xiamen's automobile industry was in urgent need of talent and technology investment, and the bus field had great potential and broad prospects, so he decided to grasp this direction and spread his wings.
In the next two years, Xiamen Golden Dragon United Golden Dragon), Xiamen Golden Dragon Automobile Body, Xiamen Golden Dragon Wagon) and Xiamen Golden Dragon Wagon (Little Golden Dragon) have risen one after another, and their unique identity - Sino-foreign joint venture, originated from a story of breaking out of the cocoon into a butterfly.
Due to the financial difficulties of Xiamen *** company, the door of Xiamen Bank's loan was closed, and Huang Peiyu chose to exchange equity for valuable start-up capital with innovative thinking.
In the face of doubts and pressure, he adhered to his beliefs and went against the current, and a new chapter in Xiamen began. It was in the face of such adversity that King Long Bus made an amazing leap.
In order to stimulate vitality, the leaders of the big golden dragon, the golden dragon body and the small golden dragon adopt a contract system, driven by profits, and the general manager's income is even as high as one million, and Huang Peiyu himself has proved his worth with practical actions, although the monthly salary is only four or five thousand, but his spiritual strength is priceless.
In 1992, the pace of innovation of Xiamen Automobile Co., Ltd. was opened, and it was successfully listed on the Shanghai ** Stock Exchange in the following year, opening a new chapter.
What is the name of Xiamen Golden Brigade?"Little Golden Dragon"？Not because of its small size, but because it symbolizes a determination to focus on the small car segment. Huang Peiyu had in-depth cooperation with Volkswagen and wanted to build commercial vehicles, but he was limited by the policy restrictions of foreign joint venture projects.
In the face of such a dilemma, Huang Peiyu poured all his hopes into the field of sedans after the listing of Xiamen Automobile, and he knew that this would require a huge investment of 1.6 billion yuan. However, the limitations of the domestic financing environment forced him to seek a NASDAQ listing in overseas markets.
However, this journey was hampered in 1998, and in 1998 Huang Peiyu was suspended from his post and placed under investigation on suspicion of embezzlement of the company's assets. Sadly, in the same year he was sentenced to a suspended death sentence and confiscated part of his property, an incident that undoubtedly interrupted his path to achieving his ambition.
The ruling in 2002 came to an end, and Huang Peiyu's 15-year career behind bars left a deep imprint on the history of Xiamen. His hard work and sacrifice, especially the regret of the sedan project, was undoubtedly a major setback in his career.
Wong is an ambitious and action-driven innovator, despite his immature, lofty and self-esteeming personality. He once confessed: "My defect is that I am too arrogant and respond twice as much to good and evil, which sometimes becomes my Achilles' heel, hindering the development of my career and not conducive to the survival of officialdom." ”
However, it is this imperfection that has created today's glory, such as the rise of King Long Bus and Xiamen ***. He is not perfect, but his existence is indispensable, and he is the indelible founder of Xiamen's automobile industry.
Excerpt from "Automotive Business Review: The Pioneer Behind Xiamen Automobile, Remembered by History".