Cao: Entrepreneurs have national boundaries.

"I'm already a dying man. Everything I do now is just for social progress. This is a responsibility. " Cao Zeng, known as "the king of glass" and "the best in China", was deeply touched.

Only clean windows can see the bright world. His heart is firm, he concentrates on glass management and never plays "cross-border"; He is persistent and fearless, even if he loses everything, he will lead the team to win the international lawsuit against the US Department of Commerce. He is the only person in China business who won an Oscar. He makes money with one hand and makes money with the other. There are many complex temperament opposites in Cao, which makes people wonder what kind of person he is.

Do only one thing in your life

"China people should have a piece of their own glass and a sky looking out from their own glass."

Cao's hometown is Fujian. He dropped out of school at the age of 14. He has planted tremella, worked as a cook, repaired bicycles, worked as a fruit seedling salesman and tasted the hardships of the lower class. 1976, he worked as a buyer in the special-shaped glass factory in Gaoshan Town, Fuqing City, and found that the glass market had great potential, so he contracted this small factory on the verge of bankruptcy in 1983. From 65438 to 0986, he began to dabble in automobile maintenance glass. Soon after, he broke the monopoly of Japanese automobile glass in China market with his own automobile glass. 1987, he founded Fujian Hua Yao Automobile Glass Company. This is the predecessor of Fuyao Glass Group.

Everyone already knows a lot about the following story. Fuyao has become the world's largest supplier of automotive glass, and Cao has also become a world-renowned "glass king". From poor to world-famous, Cao has his own rhythm-since the establishment of 1987 Fuyao Group, Cao has been concentrating on making glass and has never wavered. Many people are curious, why doesn't Cao choose a more labor-saving financial and real estate industry and take a diversified road when he has sufficient funds? Cao's answer is: "I don't think that's my business." They say I'm corny, that's all right. I believe that I may make a lot of money by doing P2P and Internet investment and financing platform. But I didn't do it for money, and I will never do it. "

Because of his concentration, in 2009, he stood out from the representatives of 43 countries and regions around the world and won the Ernst & Young Global Entrepreneur 2009 Award, becoming the first Chinese winner since the award was established. In 20 16, he won the Golden Phoenix Award, the highest prize in the global glass industry. The jury said that "Fuyao Group led by Cao changed the pattern of the world automobile glass industry".

In the face of overwhelming honor, Cao appeared unusually sober. He concluded to himself: "Everything you do in life, if you pursue it, is your job. When you do it, you should do it exquisitely and give full play to it. I PK myself, every day is the first. I have only done one thing in my life, and that is to make a piece of glass that belongs to China people. "

Anti-dumping of "losing everything"

"I think your media will call for this. It is forbidden to compare who is the richest and who is rich. The comparison of the rich list should be cancelled. The evaluation of the rich list is itchy, which is not conducive to educating our citizens. We must set an example like Yuan Longping. "

In the face of national interests and national dignity, Cao is never vague. In order to erect the banner of China enterprises on the world stage, he doesn't care about the cost, at any cost.

At the end of 200 1, China joined the WTO, and Cao seized the opportunity and immediately strode to the world. Unexpectedly, just a few steps away, a heavy blow hit us. In 2002, the U.S. Department of Commerce ruled that more than a dozen China enterprises were dumping in the United States, and they would be severely investigated for anti-dumping, including Fuyao Group.

According to the statistical data at that time, from 1989 to 2002, there were more than 3,000 anti-dumping cases in the world, of which more than 500 were against China enterprises. At that time, many overseas enterprises in China were not familiar with international rules, and faced with the deliberate difficulties of the United States, they had no choice but to accept the punishment. Although Cao believes that the loss of American market has little impact on Fuyao, it is important that Fuyao has not dumped, and failure to respond to the lawsuit means acquiescence, which is an unwarranted humiliation for China auto glass industry.

Moreover, Americans say that Fuyao received subsidies from the China government and then dumped products at low prices in the United States. This accusation, which is seriously inconsistent with the actual situation and slanders the country, is unacceptable to Cao. He got angry and said, "OK, I'll fight you to the end." He hired a well-known American lawyer group with a large sum of money and took the US Department of Commerce to court with a complaint. During this period, he constantly emphasized to everyone in the company that this battle is not only related to the American market, but also crucial for Fuyao to enter the international market. No matter how much it costs, he will fight this lawsuit to the end. This protracted war lasted for more than four years. Cao persisted at all costs, and Fuyao finally won a great victory.

When the news came out, the whole country was boiling. This is the first successful case in the dumping investigation lawsuit after China joined the WTO. This remarkable victory can be called an international advertisement, which not only enabled Fuyao to successfully enter the American market, but also increased the market share of Europe, Japan and Australia. Cao finally realized his ambition of going from China to the world.

"Entrepreneurs have national boundaries"

"Business has no national boundaries, and entrepreneurs also have national boundaries."

After going to the world, the cost problem followed, and the freight rate of transnational transportation of automobile glass was high. In order to reduce costs, it has become a general trend to build factories overseas. On June 20 14, 10, Fuyao American factory was officially put into production, which is the largest investment project of China enterprises in the United States. However, the act of building a factory in the United States has been misinterpreted by many media. For a time, the remark that "Cao Wangde wanted to run away and Fuyao actually became an American enterprise" exploded in China.

Cao was a little excited when he said that he had been "misunderstood" in setting up a factory overseas. "We are the largest glass manufacturer in the world, and we undertake the loading of glass in automobile factories all over the world, so I have to produce it all over the world and have global supply capacity. All foreign investments of Fuyao Group are approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce. " "65% of Fuyao's market sales are in China. What am I going to do when I'm finished? "

Later, in a video interview, Cao was "outspoken" about the domestic investment environment and compared the manufacturing costs of China and the United States in detail. Someone calculated that setting up a factory in the United States can "earn more than 10%" than in China. This interview brought him more stigma. But Cao did not regret saying these words. "China is very kind to me, so I said these words in order to enhance the competitiveness of the country." .

"I don't hide my views when I speak on many occasions, because I love my country. My mother told me that my son is not too ugly for his mother and the dog is not too poor for his family. " Cao Dui said: In fact, as early as 1995, Cao's whole family got the American green card for the convenience of enterprise development, but in 2005, he realized that Fuyao glass had become synonymous with China automobile glass, and if he immigrated, China would lose an important national brand. Cao resolutely withdrew his American green card and made a mandatory request to the whole family. "He must return to China to live, and whoever does not return to China will be deprived of his property inheritance." Cao, who has already succeeded, believes that making money is an entrepreneur's job and it is an entrepreneur's obligation to repay the society.

An outspoken "inferior"

"Guiguzi divides people into three categories: the upper class cherishes words like gold and says nothing. Middle-class people beat around the bush and talk about it again after a bend. The words of inferior people are straightforward and not abrupt. People like me talk nonsense and are inferior. I am a farmer entrepreneur. It doesn't matter anyway. Inferiority is nonsense. "

Don't reduce my taxes. I'm fine. I'm fine.

At the 20 18 sub-forum on individual tax reform of Boao Forum for Asia, Cao, a "glass king" with frank personality and generous words, told a lot of big truths. "I suggest that large enterprises should not reduce, and small and micro enterprises should be exempted directly, because small and micro enterprises cannot borrow from banks. Every country has its own national conditions. "

As a "network celebrity" in the enterprise family, "dare to tell the truth" has become a label that Cao Wangde can't get rid of. In recent years, he has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion many times. He disdained Li Ka-shing to make big money by real estate, and thought that Ma Yun would only brag to make quick money, even commented on Pan Shiyi's "implication" and even predicted that "real estate would collapse sooner or later". In a big discussion about tax burden caused by him, he also showed some complicated "two sides". "I am warning the people of China to be careful, to consider how to improve the competitiveness of the country, and not to flatter and talk nonsense all day." Cao mercilessly criticized the problems existing in the development of China's real economy, pointing out that China's "comprehensive tax burden is 35% higher than that of the United States".

On the other hand, he also said to some sharp criticisms: "If you want to have confidence in the government and believe that it will do the work, why do you mention so many things that you shouldn't?" He also said, "From my personal point of view, these things (high tax burden) are not the business of the government, nor the IRS or the Ministry of Finance. What exists is reasonable. At first, finance was too difficult. It is understandable to follow the past (implementing such standards). "

This reflects his simple and lovely side, as well as his personal standard of living and philosophy of life.

In the storm of public opinion, Cao Wangde also received many well-intentioned reminders: "My friends are advising me not to talk nonsense. I just talk about the problem realistically and remind me to pay attention to the real economy. I come from China, and my career focus is in China. "

Of course, many people take his meaning out of context. But he doesn't seem to be able to protect himself. If you ask him about tax cuts, he will still answer frankly. Because he doesn't think he has done anything that is sorry for the society and the country. In his view, China is the China of China people. He makes suggestions for the interests of the country, not for the disadvantages of the country, so he has no ideological burden. Cao is practicing a couplet hanging in the office with actions-"Born in fear, never forget hell, adversity is frank".

The only person in China's corporate world who won an Oscar.

"You can shoot whatever I dare to do, and you can broadcast whatever you shoot."

On February 10, 2020, the documentary "American Factory" invested and produced by the Obamas won the Best Documentary Feature Film Award at the 92nd Academy Awards. When the director received the award, he thanked Cao, who could not arrive at the scene due to the epidemic. Based on the financial crisis in 2008, the documentary tells the story that the Dayton factory of General Motors in Ohio closed down, and China Fuyao Group took over and turned it into a glass manufacturing factory, employing thousands of blue-collar American employees. Cao and his Fuyao glass, because of this documentary, once again entered the international field of vision.

After the Oscar ceremony, the leading actor Cao recorded a video and posted it on the official WeChat platform of Fuyao Group. He congratulated the two directors and said frankly, "I know you criticized me in your own way, but I still thank you, and I will accept your criticism objectively." This will greatly help me to continue to develop in the United States in the future. What attitude will I use to overcome my shortcomings and make the factory more American? ""I am a person's character, aboveboard, and I told him that you can shoot whatever I dare to do, and broadcast it when it is filmed. I am proud to tell you that I have come here aboveboard all my life. " Cao said to him. It is because of his broad mind and magnanimous personality that he conquered the harsh Oscar judges in the United States and let the whole world know about China's corporate culture.

Entrepreneurs who don't pay bribes, Buddhists who do great things

"God gave you the fate of wealth. Money is money to you. For me, I am losing weight and eliminating fat. "

Cao has many two sides. He haggles over operating costs, but spends a lot of money on charity. He pursues money and luxury houses, but he is also poor in water; He fights and attacks in business, but as a Buddhist, he talks about "letting go" at night ... Looking at the business circles in China, few entrepreneurs like Cao have so piously integrated their beliefs into business management and personal practice. As one of the most successful entrepreneurs in China's manufacturing industry, Cao, who is now worth more than 654.38+025 billion, admits that he only regards these wealth as the basis of his excess body fat and self-discipline.

Cao Wangde considers himself an entrepreneur who doesn't pay bribes. "He never sends a box of moon cakes." He has never lent anyone a penny, but since the first donation of 1983, too many individuals have donated more than1200 million yuan. This year, we invested 654.38 billion yuan to build Fuyao University of Science and Technology. "I think a truly successful man, the money he earned in my hand, must repay the society before I die! I do business not for money, but for the prosperity of the country. Because we are from China, the prosperity of our country depends on our own efforts in China. " Cao said to him:

Thirty years, times make heroes. Nowadays, persistent teenagers are over 70 years old. Cao used his experience to explain what China's entrepreneurial spirit was. Cao He Fuyao Group is the epitome of the background of the times, which supports every entrepreneur to forge ahead. Today, entrepreneurs in China and enterprises in China have made great strides on the world stage and will begin another 30 years that we can't imagine. (coke) according to