Zong Qinghou, the founder of Wahaha, passed away, and the owner of Nongfu Spring, Zhong Sui, became a hot topic of discussion, what is the intersection between them?
On February 28, after the citizens of Hangzhou braved the rain to mourn Zong Qing, wreaths were piled up on the long street to remember the respected industrialist. Among the entrepreneurs who have passed away in China, very few people can enjoy this kind of treatment, which also shows that Zong Qinghou's personality and entrepreneurial spirit have influenced and infected countless people.
In an era of rampant materialism, it is not easy to be alone. Some entrepreneurs have just grown up, and their wives have changed one by one. Even, some entrepreneurs originally used their wives' resources to make their businesses bigger, but often when they flourished, it was when they abandoned their wretched wives. Zong Qinghou made the company bigger and stronger, and there was no negative news. He is low-key and introverted, honest and honest, honest and trustworthy, treats employees well, and helps the poor, and he brings us full of positive energy.
It is said that Zong Qinghou never dismissed or fired employees. Zong Qinghou believes that the ability of employees is large and small, and they just do their best. Zong Qinghou is very strict with himself, the approval does not stay overnight, and he dresses plainly, but he treats the employees well. An employee said that he took a few months off from the company because of something at home, but he didn't expect that in the past few months, the company also paid him half of his salary, which made him feel very warm.
Of course, Zong Qinghou also has a temper, he once fired a person, this person is still very famous, he is today's richest man in China, Zhong Sui.
After Zong Qing, who has such a gentle temper, why did he expel Zhong Zhang? It turned out that he was also from Zhejiang, and Zong Qinghou was very serious about Zhong. In the 1990s, Zong Qinghou asked him to be the company's Wahaha president in Guangxi and Hainan. However, Zhong Sui is a person who does not pay attention to the rules and has great ambitions, and for the sake of more benefits, he repeatedly crosses the line and sells his products to the Guangdong area.
This kind of behavior is called fleeing goods, which will affect the interests of other dealers and businessmen, destroy the market order, and also affect the brand image of the enterprise. Therefore, Zong Qinghou was very angry and fired Zhong Sui. For Zhong's behavior, Zong Qinghou could not tolerate it.
Of course, Zhong is indeed a business wizard. After losing Wahaha's general ** qualification, in 1993, he founded Yangshengtang *** and launched brands such as turtle and turtle pills, these products are huge profits, so that Zhong Sui made a lot of money. Later, he founded Nongfu Spring. It can be seen from the name that Zhong Sui is a very shrewd person, why do you say that? We know that the people who drink mineral water are mainly urban people, who live in bustling cities and yearn for nature, "farmer + mountain spring", which makes many people feel that Nongfu Spring is mountain spring water. Actually, it's not relevant at all.
Many people have seen an advertisement for Nongfu Spring: "We don't produce water, we're just nature's porters." Through this kind of marketing to consumers, Zhong has achieved more product sales. Today, the market value of Nongfu Spring alone is as high as 482.5 billion yuan, and the market value exceeded 750 billion yuan at its peak.
Zhong was born as a plasterer, but he is shrewd, has a keen sense of smell, dares to fight, and does whatever he makes money. In the early days, he raised shrimp, planted mushrooms, **Wahaha, and later founded Nongfu Spring, and also entered the field of big health. His Wantai Biotech currently has a market value of nearly 100 billion yuan. Wantai Bio's main business is in vitro diagnostic products and vaccine products, and in the three years since the outbreak of the new crown, Zhong has made a lot of money.
According to the 2023 Hengchang Burnt Fang Hurun Report, Zhong's wealth is as high as 450 billion yuan, surpassing Ma Huateng, Huang Zheng, Li Ka-shing, Ma Yun and other richest people, and he is the richest person in China. Moreover, Zhong's wealth is 170 billion yuan more than Ma Huateng, who ranks second. Wen Xu Shangfeng.