Lin was born in an ordinary peasant family in Jieyang, Guangdong. In that well-known special era, Lin's primary and secondary schools were deprived by fanatical "revolutionary thoughts", so July of 1979 was also "black" for Lin. After failing in the college entrance examination, there is no possibility of re-examination for family reasons. Lin, 16 years old, works in a small processing factory in the village to earn some living expenses for his family.
However, young Lin is not satisfied with this. He has a higher goal: maybe I can earn more money when I go out. So he learned from others in the village, took the only 32 yuan money in his family and went to Guangzhou alone to start a ceramic business. "My first business was to set up stalls, sell ceramic bodhisattvas and sell incense burners."
Lin recalled his experience when he was young and said proudly, I was really bold and cautious. Looking back now, I admire myself. At that time, I will take a ferry from Guangzhou to Panyu. My little man is really tired of carrying a lot of goods and going back and forth on the boat and dock again and again. In this state of life, Lin still has the freedom to read books, that is, the gap between waiting for people to buy things.
At that time, Lin sold Guanyin, Luohan and other figure art ceramics, and the production process was relatively rough and the price was cheap. In the Pearl River Delta at that time, this kind of ceramic handicraft was still very popular. But selling on the street is still very risky, because it is a "feudal superstition" that should be confiscated.
Lin started running in the Pearl River Delta, Guilin, Shanghai and almost all of South China at the age of 16 or 17. During this period, he not only learned to do business to make money, but also touched all kinds of things and opened his eyes. "At that time, it was not easy to do business, and I had to go out to find my hometown government for approval. Now it seems that aboveboard businesses have to be done in secret, and they are often confiscated halfway. I am often fined when I go to the farm, "Lin said with emotion.
Behind it is a strong pressure to survive, and in front of it is an attractive aura of getting rich. Lin has no legal concept. He does everything to make money. In the autumn of 198 1, although Lin only made a net profit of 1000 yuan in two years, he learned to do business and be a man in the ups and downs.
Today, Lin still looks back and says with emotion, "Setting up a stall is the basis for me to be a boss." After several years of wandering, Lin has been cultivated into an excellent figure.
Four years of military career has developed a strong will.
198 1 autumn, Lin realized that it was impossible to make big money and get ahead in the street stall business. He doesn't want to be pushed around any more. He wants to be his own master. "I am a soldier!" This idea changed his life.
In 23 days, the personnel carriers crossed the mountains, took the Beijing-Guangzhou line to the Longhai line, came to the ice and snow Yarlung Zangbo River from the Pearl River Delta with pleasant climate, and were stationed in Gongga County, Shannan region of Tibet. Snow-capped mountains at an altitude of seven or eight thousand meters, harsh climate and environment, even birds are rare. Many soldiers can't adapt, but Lin lives a full life every day, because he has good health and "ambition". Every day, when I come down from my post, under the dim light, Lin is fascinated by the ocean of knowledge.
Lin said with a smile: we are all excellent soldiers, because we have persisted, and that kind of suffering is unimaginable to ordinary people. If those petty bourgeoisie give it a try now, there will definitely be no desire for petty bourgeoisie anymore.
After serving as a soldier for one year, Lin became the monitor of the boot training class and reached the admission score of the military academy with the fourth place in the whole army. But this time, it was his eyesight that made him miss the university again. Seeing that he was eager to learn and make progress, the army leaders sent him to a radio communication training class. Unexpectedly, these months of study have planted the genes of Lin's great career as a general practitioner today. Four years of military camp life has turned an ordinary young man into a mentally independent and strong person.
Four years later, Lin retired and went home.
Frequent job-hopping as a boss is for learning.
At first, Lin worked in a wireless power plant with a monthly salary of 180 yuan based on the radio technology he learned in the army. This kind of treatment, which is less than the upper class and more than the lower class in the mainland, does not satisfy Lin. He is convinced that in the turbulent economic heat wave in Shenzhen, there must be the best stage for Lin. Lin resolutely jumped ship and worked as a repairman in a Hong Kong-owned electronics factory.
However, the current situation of electronic factories is no different from that of "contract workers" in Xia Yan: the workshops work overtime 24 hours a day, and it is common for workers to work from 7 am to evening 1 1. The labor intensity is extremely high, personal freedom is strictly restricted, and the treatment is minimal.
Lin is angry. Less than 20 days after he entered the factory, he protested to the boss in Hong Kong. He stood at the gate of the factory and mobilized the workers to "rebel". Under pressure, the boss in Hong Kong made some improvements to the working hours and wages of the workers, but he left in the tears and admiration of the workers-he was fired.
After leaving that electronics factory, Lin applied for more than 30 factories in a few years, including Taiwan-funded, Hong Kong-funded and Japanese-funded factories. Workers, salesmen, salesmen and supervisors have all worked, and the highest salary is 6000 yuan, but he has been "jumping". Frequent job-hopping will arouse the suspicion of family and friends. Is there something wrong with Lin's ability? In fact, Lin wants to know all the experience he needs as a boss.
I started my own business for 6 years and opened 2 companies.
1993 During the Spring and Autumn Period, with the help of her elder sister-in-law and friends, Lin took advantage of her being a demobilized soldier, found a room as an office in the Great Wall Chemical Plant of the Guangzhou Military Region, rented an extension telephone line of the Pearl River Hotel, and rented an open space next to the Great Wall Chemical Plant as a warehouse. Borrowed more than 10 million from relatives and friends, bought a pager and a bicycle to "arm" myself, and bought a car that was almost scrapped for transportation with 6000 yuan. In this way, boss Lin's first company, Guangzhou Military Region Jinlong Industry and Trade Development Company, opened a chemical trading firm.
It was an era of seller's market. As long as there are goods, people will buy them. Lin's chemical trading firm soon gained considerable income. Subsequently, the energy accumulated by the forest in 14 "blooms and bears fruit" for itself for the first time. His second company,1Guangdong Darijia Coatings Co., Ltd., established in June 1999, sent him to the second stage of his career. "Do a line and love a line", and you will achieve anything. In order to improve the competitiveness of products, he began to prepare new products-vacuum cooking coatings. Its development and production fill the blank of electroplating coating production in China. So far, it is the only high-quality product of its kind in China that has been recognized by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and reached the national quality standards.
Successfully turned to GPS industry
Everything is working normally, and Lin is not satisfied. He feels that these products have low high-tech content, and their vitality may not last long with the development of the market. He's turning. He thought about the technology he learned in the army and the information he learned at home and abroad over the years. He focuses on GPS (Global Positioning System).
This technology is a combination of satellite positioning system technology, digital mobile network (GSM), short message communication technology (SMS) and computer network communication technology, which spans many industries and has high technology content. In August, 1999, Lin began to investigate the GPS market in China. He wants to build the largest motor vehicle safety service network in China and become the largest GPS system integrator.
In March of 20001year, Lin established Datong (China) Technology Co., Ltd., and soon became the first enterprise in the industry to pass the international quality system certification. In 2002, it became the only enterprise in this industry that won the "China Excellent Enterprise"; The first unit to approve the drafting of national enterprise standards for GPS industry; The first unit in the same industry to pass the complete set of qualified certification of the Ministry of Public Security; The first enterprise to pass the GPS terminal inspection of the National Communication and Navigation Equipment Quality Supervision and Inspection Center. The big three links first choose private car groups. Lin said: "I have read the information of relevant departments. By the end of 2004, there were more than 249,500 stolen cars in China, including 0/40,000 cars/kloc. If you use GPS, 90% can be recovered. "
In the monitoring center of the headquarters of the big three links, the reporter saw an electronic map with the scale of 1∶5000 designed and made by the company's professionals on the special website of the big three links, including major provincial capital cities and some big cities in China, which can be accurate to every street; Member users can check the car online as long as they enter the car number and password. The staff told reporters that electronic maps are extremely professional and second to none in China, and even public security organs use their production. At present, the website construction is more and more humanized, and everything is the best for the convenience of customers! "We are taking the chain operation route. First, we will set up a small network in the Pearl River Delta. After stability, we will develop in the mainland. The regional market bridgehead of GPS safety net has been established in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and based on this, the three links have formed a market network centered on South China and covering East China, North China, Central China, Southwest China, Northwest China and Northeast China. In the three northeastern provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, the three links have created a model for the GPS market.
At present, the Big Three Links Company has established its own subsidiaries in 2 1 prefecture-level cities in the province, with 16 branches and 53 monitoring centers in the whole country. According to the statistics of relevant departments, among more than 0/00 similar enterprises in the domestic GPS industry, the market share of Big Three Links is over 40%. Cooperation units include Shenyang Transportation Bureau, Baisha Tobacco Factory, Guangzhou Suibao Escort, Guangdong Telecommunication Bureau and many bus and taxi companies.
There is a holy place in my heart.
Lin believes in Buddhism. He said: "There must be a shrine in people's hearts. In other words, we must first confirm the principles, that is, justice, honesty, respect, gratitude, loyalty and responsibility. This is the key to being a man of character! There is an old saying that is the truth, that is,' As you sow, you reap'. "
Lin often goes back to his hometown. He succeeded and hoped to do something for the development of his hometown. The feeling of returning home in clothes is what everyone is keen on, especially a successful person. But at the same time, Lin is also a good man. His hometown is very poor. One town and three villages, the annual financial income of the village Committee is less than 30 thousand yuan. When Lin returned to his hometown, he saw that the village office was extremely dilapidated, so he rebuilt the village office with his own money and invested in repairing the ditches in the village to improve the environment. Seeing that the old people in the village have no activity places, they donated money to build an activity center for the elderly, and gave each old person a certain living allowance every year and deposited it in a special account. He has helped five children who dropped out of school to return to school.
1995, he built a highway in his hometown, and he remitted his wish without saying anything; 1998 donated money to Deng Gang Middle School in Jiedong County; Donate money to Project Hope, Red Cross, Glorious Project and tsunami-stricken areas in Indonesia ... He said it was not a show, but a wish.
Lin said: Most people live outside the spotlight. Don't feel sacred, but your heart must be sacred. Don't take everything as homework, there are many equally meaningful things besides homework.