From a poor son-in-law to a technology godfather, his life was full of controversy, but no one can deny his legend.
In 1944, Liu Qingyun was born in a barren mountain village in southeastern Guizhou. He studied hard and was admitted to university, but at a turning point in his life, he chose to join the family of a high-ranking official. His father-in-law's contempt and his wife's indifference made him suffer the humiliation of being dependent on others. His career as a state-owned enterprise came to an abrupt end due to a business mistake. He got divorced in middle age and left home. He huddled in a warehouse and founded Huaju Company, struggling to survive by purchasing on credit and working through the night on research and development.
On the way to starting a business, his second wife accompanied him through the desperate situation when suppliers cut off supply and employees resigned en masse. However, after the company's rise, she sadly left due to differences in ideas. When Hua Ju competed in the international market, Western sanctions followed one after another. His eldest daughter was detained abroad. Technical blockade and broken capital chain pushed him to the edge of the cliff. At the same time, the children born to the three wives had different surnames, which led to factional infighting within the company. The second daughter established a separate family, and the youngest son was still difficult to convince the public.
In his twilight years, Liu Qingyun was sitting in a wheelchair directing domestic chips to break through, while still staring at the financial report data in his hospital bed. Before his death, the three girls finally put aside their suspicions and worked together to protect the business empire he left behind.
This is a history of personal struggle and a microcosm of a generation of private enterprises. There are no cheating tricks in the book, only real Chinese business wisdom: from the political marriage of a "brother-in-law" to the hardships of "being the boss during the day and sleeping on the floor at night" in the early stages of starting a business; from the desperate counterattack under international sanctions to the art of balancing in family infighting. Power, money, and family ties are intertwined into a web, and Liu Qingyun has spent his life proving that dignity is always earned by oneself.
