Liu Chuanzhi: Some people want to go further

Liu Chuanzhi, chairman of the Legend Holdings Co., Ltd., chairman of the executive committee; founder and honorary chairman of Lenovo Group (Lenovo).

In 1984, 11 researchers such as Liu Chuanzhi started from a small cottage less than 20 square meters at the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. They successively created leading companies such as Legend Group, Digital China, Junlian Capital, Hongyi Investment, and Rongke Zhidi. Yang Yuanqing, Guo Wei, Zhu Linan, Zhao Linghuan, Chen Guodong and many other leaders were trained. He has a long-term vision and continues to create new careers for Lenovo.

In 2011, Liu was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement of CCTV China Economic Year" award. In 2012, Fortune magazine and CNN jointly named Liu Chuanzhi as "China's Top 10 Most Influential Business People". one.

In an interview with reporters recently, Liu Chuanzhi counts on the ups and downs of those years. He never thought of giving up. He said: "When Lenovo met that kind of moment, I still insisted on my mission."

He saw three people in the street and Liu Chuanzhi smiled with his wife. Because when the young, the couple had to meet, wait for the old, pay for a three-wheeler. When he arrived, he took his wife in three rounds and toured in Beijing.

According to Liu Chuanzhi, when you bought a three-wheeler, you had to save money. At that time, I never thought that there would be reforms and opening up. I didn't think that there would be life today. I could not dream of dreams.

This experience was revealed by Liu Chuanzhi while attending a famous video site dialogue program.

Memories of entrepreneurship

People are constantly getting off the car

In the 1980s, Liu Chuanzhi encountered a series of problems when he started business with some people from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The people who came out with him have already made certain achievements in the field of science. "We all feel that we are amazing." When you do something bad, there will always be a variety of reasons to justify yourself. These people came out to run the business, there is no concept of time, a meeting, there is always someone late.

Later, with everyone, and then do it again, people will be dispersed. One day, Liu Chuanzhi set the rules, the meeting was late, and the penalty station was one minute. As a result, a colleague Lao Wu was late for the meeting on the same day. Lao Wu was an old leader of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Liu Chuanzhi said to Lao Wu, I'm sorry, Lao Wu, you are late. You have to stop for a minute. In the evening, after the meeting, "I went to your house for a minute to stand at the penalty station."

In addition to the internal troubles brought about by routines and habits, the market was later tested against Lenovo.

When Liu Chuanzhi was interviewed by reporters, he revealed the difficulties that Lenovo experienced:

In 1994, foreign companies entered China in large numbers and domestic computer makers were unable to parry. Liu Chuanzhi’s judgment at that time was: First of all, regardless of how powerful people are, let’s talk about what problems we have and whether these issues can be improved. He took the company’s many old comrades and young people to the Ministry of Information Industry and expressed his position to the minister “to hold high the banner of national enterprises”. At that time, "the heart of life is there, but confidence is not enough, but it is to fight it."

In 2004, Lenovo acquired IBM's PC division. Media friends appreciate Lenovo's courage, but no confidence. Many friends in the business community also chanted in private, unlike Lao Liu. Today, "We have been able to say that Lenovo has succeeded in acquiring IBM's global PC business."

After each hurdle, Lenovo will “re-compose”: what we do, what is the purpose, what methods we take, what the internal and external environment was at that time.

Liu Chuanzhi compares entrepreneurship with a train that moves forward. He said that there are people getting on and off the bus, which is normal, but there are always people who want to go further. Maybe your entrepreneurship can achieve a certain degree, and then it will definitely be better than not getting stronger. If you do a great job, you must do more difficult preparations. One of the words we often say is "There are countless difficulties that never waver."

Secret survival

Ideal not ideal

In an entrepreneur’s speech in recent years, Liu Chuanzhi, who is shown in a shaved head, announced a “secret”: there are ideals, not idealization, and it is still a useful principle for the survival of Chinese companies.

In the face of Liu Chuanzhi's bald headed image, Lenovo's colleagues are puzzled: Liu Zong, how do you shave his head? Liu Chuanzhi responded by saying that how can I not shave my head? Colleagues went on to say that your shaved head has not been discussed by the Group Executive Committee.

Liu Chuanzhi, who took part in the program and delivered a speech, showed his true nature. Memories of entrepreneurship, Liu Chuanzhi once described himself as saying that he voluntarily came out from the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The reason is to do it again. "I feel boring."

In the eyes of Liu Chuanzhi, Yang Yuanqing, chairman of Lenovo Group, is a true person. When Liu Chuanzhi feels that several people he cultivated disagree with his opinions, these people will directly speak out.

The two of them also had a lot of collisions. Liu Chuanzhi frankly said that he had "repaired" Yang Yuanqing.

Successful interpretation

Doing great things requires a firm goal

In the process of establishing Lenovo and the continuous development of the company, Liu Chuanzhi set a long-term goal for Lenovo and resolutely established it as a century-old shop, and he unswervingly pursued this goal.

Liu Zhizhi valued execution. He played an analogy between "boats and bridges": If crossing a river is a goal, one must be clear about whether it is necessary to build bridges or shipbuilding as a means. This is actually an implementation issue.

As chairman of Legend Holdings, Liu Chuanzhi’s definition of success is diverse: Some people’s goals are to do something, earn a dollar, enjoy a peaceful family life, be nice to the people around, have a sense of responsibility, and be conscientious. This is also a success.

He said that there is another kind of person who hopes to have a higher pursuit and must make a career and must make contributions to society. Those who really want to do a big business and feel that such a life is meaningful must have a firm target and perseverance.

Liu Chuanzhi, who was regarded as a successful person by various business magazines or programs, once encountered success after success.

Some netizens questioned Liu Chuanzhi: Many entrepreneurs' families have experienced "reorganization", but your family has always been very happy. How do you cope with beauty temptation?

Liu Zhizhi responded by saying: “I once met a beautiful woman and wanted to take a picture with her. The result was rejected. I repeatedly asked for it, and I continued to be rejected, which made me very depressed. After two to three years, I finally took a photo with this beautiful woman. This is very simple, this beauty is my granddaughter, when she was too young."