In May this year, the Heren Charity Foundation founded by Cao announced a donation of 654.38+000 billion yuan to build Fuyao University of Science and Technology, a public university, to cultivate skilled and applied talents for China's manufacturing industry.
The scale of the school is set at about 3,000 ~ 5,000 students, mainly in science and engineering. The specialty setting is aimed at the relatively weak science and engineering fields in China and is blocked by foreign countries. Each major is equipped with standard laboratories, aiming at cultivating talents urgently needed by domestic high-tech industries.
Cao Xuejian's original intention was because he realized that the dilemma faced by China's manufacturing industry was the shortage of talents and advanced technical talents. As one of the earliest industrialists in New China, he made his fortune by manufacturing. So he is very worried about the future of China's manufacturing industry.
Colleges and universities with 654.38+000 billion yuan will be directly handed over to the state after completion. The donated Heren Charity Foundation was established in Cao in May, 20 1 1. He personally donated 50% shares of Fuyao Glass, totaling 300 million shares. At that time, the market value was 3.549 billion yuan. Both the form of charity and the proportion of donated property were initiated by China.
However, there are many "noises" about the donation of 654.38+0 billion yuan on the Internet, thinking that Cao is only seeking other interests.
Some people think that Cao originally made glass. The cost of a piece of glass is only a few hundred dollars, and it can be sold for ten times the price when it is changed hands. This is simply making money. This way of making money is also called "philanthropist", which is really pseudo-charity.
Others think that Cao did charity in China because he set up a factory in the United States, which provided employment opportunities for Americans. He was afraid that China people would poke him in the spine and scold him for forgetting his ancestors, so he spent money to whitewash himself.
Someone even asked Cao directly: Why would you rather donate 1 1 100 million to build a university than give employees a salary increase?
In this regard, Cao's response is: "I give my employees a raise, depending on whether my peers can bear it. If I raise my salary blindly, it will only bring bad influence to society. "
Although there are different opinions about Cao's donation to the school, there is no denying that Cao is the best in China at present. From the first donation of 1983 to 2020, Cao's accumulated personal donation reached1200 million yuan, the highest in China.
He doesn't rank high on Forbes list because his personal wealth was donated ten years ago.
However, many people don't know the name of Cao, the first good man in China. Even if he donated money, he was suspected of having ulterior motives. When he invested and built factories overseas, he was rhythmically said by some media to "run away".
In this issue, my son will tell you how Cao, who was once mistaken for a "traitor", made his fortune.
My family is poor and I have been doing business since I was a child.
Cao's ancestors used to be a rich family for three generations, but it only began to decline from his parents. Since he was born, his father has been working hard to support his family, while his mother took their brother and sister and lived by farming in his hometown in the mountains.
Because his family was poor, Cao began to go to school at the age of 9, and was later forced to drop out of school because of mischief. So his time at school is no more than five years. After dropping out of school, he took on the burden of making money to support his family, buying and selling tobacco and wholesale fruit with his father.
He grew up gradually, and the years of doing business with his father honed him and taught him to think independently. In his view, although his father is smart and can do business, he does small business. The government does not recognize and support him, and there is no future at all. He is still young and doesn't want to follow his father's old path.
He believes that if you want to settle down in this world, you must do what the government allows you to do, and of course it must be a business that can make more money.
Today, Cao, who is over 60 years old, can still recall his mother when he was young, which is another important role in his life growth. He remembered the scene when his mother always woke him up with tears at two o'clock in the middle of the night. At that time, he was fourteen or fifteen years old and was in the growth stage. For family expenses, he gets up early every day to go to the market, wholesale fruits and distribute them to retailers.
Even though the family was poor, Cao's mother did not relax her education for her children. She often says to her children, "Don't tell others that you are hungry, because even if others know, they will only look down on you. Be poor, be rich and be rich. Look up and smile when you go out, and don't be looked down upon by others. "
Outside, Cao and his brothers and sisters always have clean clothes. On the surface, it is old clothes, but in fact it is full of patches.
This is related to Cao's mother's habits. No matter who it is, as long as the clothes are broken, the patch is always sewn into the lining and hidden, and the home is very clean.
Mother often teaches them:
"No one will sympathize with your poverty. To get rid of poverty, you have to rely on yourself. Poverty is not terrible, the most terrible thing is that you have no ambition. "
Catch up with the wind and do a lot.
1968, Cao got married, and his illiterate wife stayed in her hometown and went out to the society by herself.
Coinciding with the reform and opening up, Cao followed his father in business since childhood. He bought black fungus from Fujian and sold it to Jiangxi, making a small profit.
1976 participated in the preparation of the special-shaped glass factory in Gaoshan Town, Fuqing City and became a buyer. 1983, he contracted this small factory on the verge of bankruptcy. After only one year of acceptance, he turned losses into profits and earned 220,000 yuan.
Get rid of dependence and be China's own glass.
1984, Cao Wangde, who thought he had made small achievements, was reminded by the driver: "Don't smash the car glass, you can't afford it!" Cao felt ashamed, but when he looked back, he was startled. A piece of car glass actually costs more than 6000 yuan, catching up with cars with lower configuration in that era.
The reason why automobile glass is so expensive is that no domestic enterprise can produce automobile glass at that time, and 100% of automobile glass in China is imported. When Cao saw the opportunity, if he could make automobile glass, he would not only make a lot of money, but also get rid of China's dependence on foreign glass.
At that time, Cao borrowed more than 654.38 million yuan, introduced the most advanced production equipment from Finland, and recruited technical talents from all over the country. After numerous technical breakthroughs, he successfully developed domestic automobile glass, which changed the history of China's automobile glass market 1000% dependence on imports.
1986 started to set foot in automobile maintenance glass. Shortly thereafter, they broke the monopoly of Japanese automobile glass in China market with their own automobile glass. 65438-0987, founded Fujian Huayao Automobile Glass Company.
This Fujian Huayao Automobile Glass Company is the predecessor of Fuyao Glass Group.
In the 1990s, Japanese glass could not survive in the China market and was basically eliminated by Fuyao Glass.
Cao's production capacity is expanding too fast, and the growth rate of cars can't keep up. Soon, China will not have enough cars to install Cao's car glass.
By the end of 1990s, Cao's automobile glass had been exported abroad in large quantities.
1994, Fuyao entered the American market. Although there was a loss in the middle, Cao Wangde later changed the sales model to direct sales and immediately turned losses into profits. By 2000, Fuyao had exported more than 200 million pieces of glass.
The first company to counterclaim the United States won.
Now people basically know that Huawei is as tough as the United States. However, the first China enterprise that dared to compete with the United States was not Huawei, but Cao Fuyao Group.
In February, 20001,the United States initiated anti-dumping proceedings against more than a dozen offshore enterprises in China, among which Fuyao Group, the strongest, was the key target. The United States thought that Cao and Fuyao would admit cowardice. Unexpectedly, Cao actually filed a complaint with the US Department of Commerce, and the United States began to delay. As long as the verdict is delayed, the ultra-high tax will also be a great pressure on Fuyao.
The lawsuit lasted until 2004, when the US Department of Commerce finally lost the case and ruled that Fuyao had no dumping behavior. Cao spent hundreds of millions of dollars on this lawsuit.
However, Cao himself was satisfied with the result, because it was the first successful anti-dumping case since China joined the WTO. This lawsuit also shows the world that China enterprises are not all soft persimmons. Cao joked that the lawsuit made an international advertisement for Fuyao, which turned the world's attention to China enterprises.
In 2005, Cao Yijia withdrew his American green card and resolutely returned to China. At that time, in order to make his family willing to go back, he even put down his cruel words: "If you don't go back to China, you can't inherit my property."
At that time, Cao realized that an entrepreneur should be patriotic and have a sense of social responsibility, otherwise he would be a small boss.
He once explained this to the media:
"Those who choose to emigrate are not entrepreneurs. He is a small boss, really married and ambitious. He will not immigrate, he must be responsible for history. "
In addition to restoring China nationality, Cao also started his charity, of course, because of his patriotism.
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Cao personally went to the disaster area and donated more than 20 million yuan. Later, he donated 654.38 billion yuan in Yushu earthquake.
In 2009, Cao donated 700 million shares of Fuyao Group named after his father to establish the "Heren Charity Foundation".
The market value is as high as RMB 3.549 billion, accounting for 70% of his total shares.
Doing good deeds is misunderstood as "ulterior motives"
However, because of a documentary, Cao was misunderstood again.
In 20 19, Cao Wangde accepted the request of former US President Barack Obama's documentary team to shoot his factory in the United States in public.
Later, the documentary American Factory won the Best Documentary Feature Film Award at the 92nd Academy Awards.
At the beginning, Cao invested 600 million dollars to build an automobile glass factory at the old factory site of Moran General Motors, which was misunderstood as running away.
"Cao is transferring his assets and immigrating to the United States."
The netizen also named him Cao Paopao.
The 70-year-old Cao was very wronged after knowing it: "Do you believe me to run? I am a global supplier of automotive glass, and I must build factories anywhere according to the needs of global automotive factories. "
As an industrialist, Cao has always been interested in the development of China's industry. However, the number of takeaway brothers in China has exceeded 8 million, and the employment scale of manufacturing industry has been declining. He repeatedly stressed that manufacturing is the foundation of the country and the foundation of a strong country. To this end, Cao donated tens of billions to establish universities, and used the money for discipline construction and personnel training in manufacturing industry.
Perhaps patriotic industrialist Cao said in the media:
Today, it is difficult to run a university on our own, but Cao's practice is admirable. It is hoped that Fuyao University of Science and Technology will attract more financial support and more outstanding talents in the future, continue to train talents for the country, and truly realize:
"The country will be strong because of you, the society will progress because of you and the people will be rich because of you."
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