The stewardess in uniform knocked on the door, and after receiving permission, opened the door and walked into the private VIP room.
Her boss, Zhang Yida, was sitting cross-legged on a leather sofa watching TV. There was also a middle-aged man watching with gusto.
She knew that this was Mr. Zhang Qinghua, the boss's father.
Why did she always think that Zhang Yida was self-made? Unexpectedly, he was also from the second generation of rich people.
How did she know?
In fact, she also saw the hot discussion on the Internet and questioned whether Zhang Yida started from scratch.
Netizens also posted evidence:
Zhang Qinghua, the father of Zhang Yida, was born in 1970 in a small mountain village in Rongcheng, Sichuan Province...
After running a township enterprise, he started his own business in the late 1990s and founded the Xingnong Feed Factory...
After more than ten years of hard work, he has become a well-known "business tycoon" in Jinyu County with a "net worth of hundreds of millions"...
Not only the text, netizens also attached various pictures, including the exterior of Xingnong Feed Factory, Zhang Yida’s Santana that witnessed his father’s struggle history...
I can only say that netizens are so resourceful and can dig out any information for you.
After Jack Ma became famous, his father's identity as the vice president of the Zhejiang Provincial Folk Art Association was revealed;
Papa Bonima is a director of Yantian Port, a listed company. He drove Daben in the 1990s and has a close relationship with the Chaoshan business gang;
Huang Xin's father is an engineering tycoon, and his family owns a cement factory with an annual output worth hundreds of millions. When Huang Xin was in high school at the age of 16, he was able to access the Internet through the post and telecommunications office in his hometown county. That was in 1995, when Zhang Yida was born.
Although there were some small voices on the Internet in the past, Zhang Yida actually did not start from scratch. His father had strong financial resources and provided huge help in the early days of Ruixiang.
But because no favorable evidence could be produced, this view was scorned by most people, thinking it was a conspiracy theory, pink eye, and just making excuses for their own failures.
As soon as the Forbes 2017 list came out, Zhang Yida’s fans immediately discovered the new world.
Zhang Yida's father, Zhang Qinghua, ranks 500th with a net worth of 6.6 billion yuan.
Even though he is the last one, he is still a billionaire!
So driven by curiosity, more details were dug out.
Zhang Qinghua holds 28.98% of the shares of Pate Holding Group and is the second largest shareholder, with an equity value of over US$510 million;
It holds 49% of Dogford's shares and is the second largest shareholder after Pate Holdings, with an equity value of over US$500 million;
In addition, there is a feed factory with an annual net profit of 10 to 20 million.
The stewardess put her thoughts aside and asked softly: "Mr. Zhang, would you like something to drink?"
"Dad, would you like something to drink?"
Zhang Qinghua ignored Zhang Yida. He was concentrating on watching "The Sword" played on TV and didn't hear it at all.
"Second Battalion Commander, where is your damn Italian cannon? Pull it up for me quickly."
"Aim for me, hurry up and blast the damn thing!"
…
This is the most classic section of "Bright Sword". Li Yunlong attacks Ping'an County to rescue Xiu Qin, which can be called the turning point of World War II.
When Zhang Yida watched this drama when he was a child, the most regrettable thing was that Xiu Qin was also bombed to death.
The flight attendant was also quite surprised. She had never served on a business jet before and thought that rich people lived a very elegant life. She did not expect to be so down-to-earth and she also loved watching anti-Japanese dramas.
As Li Yunlong roared "fire", Xiuqin, the Japanese, and the city tower were reduced to ashes.
Zhang Qinghua finally came to his senses and asked, "What were you talking about just now?"
Seeing his father's concentration on watching the drama, Zhang Yida also laughed, "I asked you what to drink?"
"Oh, just make a cup of tea!"
Zhang Yida said to the flight attendant again: "Let's make two cups of tea!"
The flight attendant nodded and smiled, turned around and left, and gently closed the door.
Zhang Qinghua glanced at the departing stewardess, patted the leather sofa under his butt, leaned back, and sighed: "This is fucking life!"
It’s over!
Zhang Yida closed his eyes, this is the sequelae of watching too much Liang Jian.
Zhang Yida opened his laptop and checked today's work emails.
An email sent by the public relations department caught his attention. The main message was that because of the announcement of the Forbes rankings, Zhang Qinghua ranked among the Top 500, so there was a lot of controversy on the Internet about him starting from scratch.
Does the public relations department need to do anything?
Zhang Yida did not rush to reply to the email, but took out his mobile phone and logged on to Weibo to see what happened first.
His Weibo account was blocked some time ago and was released again within a few hours.
Cao Guowei even made a phone call himself and explained to Zhang Yida for a while: It was purely an accident and the employee made a mistake!
Zhang Yida is too lazy to say more. There are some things that everyone understands tacitly.
Jack Ma's Weibo has more than 20 million fans, and Lei Jun also has more than 10 million fans, but Po Nima is determined not to open an account on Sina Weibo.
Lei Jun posted advertisements on his Weibo account three times a day. He is truly a model worker in Zhongguancun.
In fact, the truth is that there is a dedicated team behind the scenes to help Lei Jundai operate it.
What Zhang Yida did was similar to Lei Jun's, except that his advertisements touched Ali and Sina's side.
Now Zhang Yida’s anti-fans are concentrated on Weibo and Zhihu.
Other platforms are basically Zhang Yida’s territory, and it is difficult for black fans to survive.
Opening Weibo, Zhang Yida followed the instructions in the email and found the original Weibo text.
“The so-called self-made thing is just a dream weaved in this fucked-up era.
Without the first pot of gold, no matter how great your abilities are, you won't be able to do anything.
Grassroots entrepreneurs are those who have worked hard in society for many years and accumulated a certain amount of funds, connections, and resources before starting a business.
Even so, the consequences of entrepreneurial failure are not something that most entrepreneurs from ordinary families can bear.
Huang Xin dared to give up his Ph.D. and failed to start a business many times but was still struggling with food and clothing. The biggest source of confidence came from his well-off family.
Zhang Yida was able to spend millions to start a business at the age of eighteen, not because he had a good father.
Regardless of how many rounds of financing they received later or how many venture capital investors favored them, it all depends on whether their first pot of gold came from family support?
…”
Don't tell me, Zhang Yida thinks what this person said is quite reasonable.
However, when it comes to starting a business, although capital and background are important, they are not absolute.
It also depends on personal ability, mobility, and even luck.
The point of view was still too extreme. Zhang Yida shook his head and then watched various discussions.
"What the blogger said makes sense. The so-called self-made thing is a joke."
“If you haven’t solved the problem of food and clothing, how dare you start a business?”
"Starting a business? Do you have mines at home or oil in the fields?"
…
In addition to the overwhelming support, there are also sporadic objections.
"How come Zhang Yida is not considered self-made? Has his father been on the rich list before? Didn't you see that the sources of wealth shown in Forbes are Pate Holdings and Dogford?
The Xingnong feed factory that their family used to live in is not ranked at all and can only be called a middle-class family."
This view was immediately criticized.
"If you earn 10 to 20 million a year, can you still be called a middle-class family?"
"Zhang Yida from a middle-class family! Haha, learn from Bonima!"
"We are already a wealthy family, my friend, what are you thinking about?"
"Hey, you can't start a business without money."
"That Lu Min in Miaofenqi, after all, he started from scratch, right?"
"That's just a side dish, take jujube pills!"
…
Zhang Yida can actually understand these remarks. The reasons are very complicated and related to human nature.
Bonima and Jackma have been criticized frequently. Now that he has ascended to the position of the richest man, it is his turn to bear the pressure.
In addition to questioning Zhang Yida's self-made career, there are also people who have taken the lead and questioned Zhang Yida's companies.
"The Yimin Department is engaged in loan sharking, the Zhonghe Department pushes you mindless news and videos all day long, and the Ruixiang Department's mini-program advertisements are flying all over the sky..."
Zhang Yida was laughed at. Penguin’s games were criticized for being a money-stealer, and Taobao was criticized for being fake.
I guess I have experienced all the infamy they have suffered.
I looked at Zhihu again, and the popular question is "Did Zhang Yida start from scratch?"
The answers below are also varied, and various experts and scholars have jumped out.
The serious school believes that it is not a self-made business. Before receiving venture capital, Ruixiang had built a company and developed an APP software.
And these require at least an investment of hundreds of thousands!
Ordinary families really can’t afford it.
The loose-minded people think that they must be self-made. Can the Zhang Yida family compare with the Shi Cong family?
No matter how successful he is after his career is over, the label of self-made man will never stick to him.
Zhang Yida also answered this question using trumpet.
"Thank you for the invitation. We are over the Pacific Ocean and will soon arrive in New York...
According to incomplete statistics, there are 2 million high-net-worth households in China, that is, households with investable assets of 10 million yuan.
Zhang Yida's family belongs to one of them.
It really doesn’t matter whether he started from scratch, what matters is that we live our own lives.
There is no point in complaining. If you don’t have the first pot of gold, just accumulate it. If you have the first pot of gold and you have ideas and preparations, then go implement your own plan.
Finally, to borrow a sentence from Brother Hao: What's the use of envying others, we have to take action ourselves!"
After pretending to be cool, Zhang Yida responded to the public relations department by email.
His attitude is very clear. As long as the company and him are not slandered, netizens can say whatever they want.
As for whether he started from scratch, it really doesn't matter to him anymore.
There is no need to maintain this god-like aura all the time!
After sending the email, Zhang Yida walked out of the private VIP room and chatted with the executives of Zhonghe Group and Pate Holdings who were sitting outside.
He himself was going to New York to discuss music copyright matters with the three major record companies.
Pate Holdings, on the other hand, went to the United States to inspect pet medical research and development companies.
Pate Holdings has currently integrated three major sectors including pet e-commerce, hospitals, and food.
After reaching a cooperation in the research and development of pet medical drugs with Beijing University Founder, Pate Holdings officially entered this field.
In the United States, the pet economy is relatively developed and there are many animal health companies.
Pate Holdings came to inspect this time because it wants to represent some products. If there are suitable opportunities, it will also consider mergers and acquisitions.