The sign of a person's success is not the height he climbs, but the rebound when he falls to a trough.

——Wang Shi

On the evening of January 23, 2018, Wang Shi opened a New Year's Eve speech entitled "Return to the Future" at Beijing Water Cube. Wang Shi split his 100-year life into three 33 years. At this time, he was standing in the third life. At the two-thirds point, he wanted to use this event to sort out his first half of his life, look back at the past and look forward to the future with a sincere and simple attitude.

Standing on the podium of the Water Cube, Wang Shi spent three and a half hours with the 3,500 spectators who were invited to read from the emotional stories of him and his family, how to face the difficult moments of life, the life and death of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and the return of a hundred battles. He shared his thoughts and gains on life, the future, environmental protection, education, life and death, suffering, charity, beauty and love.

Wang Shi, dressed in a black turtleneck sweater and a slim black suit, looked relaxed and calm. "The past year has been a very important period for me," Wang Shi said at the beginning of the speech. He said that he would like to thank those who have given friendship, attention, help and even criticism for his and Vanke’s growth over the years, "I feel that without you, Vanke could not have, and without you, I would not be able to stand in such dignity. Here". Wang Shi laughed and said that he inherited his father, blushing and sweating slightly. In order not to sweat during the speech that night, "I haven't drunk water from morning until now." The audience thunderous applause.

Guest audience

The origin of life, reflection on life should be more to express love

In Wang Shi's life track, he is an "entrepreneur", a "climber", a "visiting scholar", a figure with layers of aura, and he has always been a tough guy in the outside world.

But in the speech on the evening of the 23rd, we were surprised to see that Wang Shi, who has always been a tough guy, started with warmth and talked openly about his parents and his family. We saw Wang Shi's deep love for his relatives. The influence of the native family on a person's character sometimes affects his life's fate. The speech started by tracing the origin of life, trying to tell the public that in the age of impatient, impetuous, and irritable, the love between parents and children is one of the uncertainties in the future, and there should be more reflection on life. To express love.

Knowing yourself is a difficult subject in life

Wang Shi also played on the scene and became self-confident, humorous and blackened his own language expression ability: "I am very shy when expressing in Chinese, let alone speak English." In a person's life, the hard part is to recognize oneself. From being a guest at the China Economic Forum of the Harvard Chinese Students’ Association and giving a speech on "Bluttering English" to going to Harvard as a visiting scholar, he frankly admitted that he "has a very difficult life, and I don’t understand at all. I only borrowed students’ notes to copy them. I can only do my homework. I rarely finish my homework at two in the morning. I have to go to morning class at 8:30 in the morning. I can hardly make it. I tried to retreat many times, but I managed to persist."

"We have nurtured many entrepreneurs locally, but there are big limitations on how to develop further. One of the problems is international exchanges. We will find in Davos and at some conferences in the homes of Chinese companies in the world, Hong Kong and Singapore. , Taiwanese entrepreneurs communicate with foreign countries like fish in water, while mainland entrepreneurs are self-contained. You go out to communicate, but due to language barriers, there is no communication together. So I have to compete with my shortcomings, I just want to live This is a language barrier. Of course, language is a tool. Through this kind of learning, I learned that Chinese culture needs a lot of understanding when I go abroad."

After studying at Harvard, Wang Shi felt that it is not only necessary to systematically understand Western culture, but also to understand traditional Chinese culture more systematically, so as to know which ones we should keep, which ones should be critically absorbed, and which ones should be combined.

Entrepreneurship is a life and death battle

Courage, goal, luck, the same cannot be less

Life is full of infinite challenges, especially in business, the uncertainty of the future, the fierce competition in the external environment, in the waves of revolutions, Wang Shi talked about entrepreneurship from mountain climbing, talked about how companies should accept challenges, life How to accept the challenge.

Wang Shi talked about the timing of starting a business: “We don’t look at what happens when we succeed, but before we succeed, many young people think a lot about how you do it. The courage of entrepreneurs is very important. From a certain perspective, entrepreneurs It's a bet.

Entrepreneurship is a life-and-death battle. When you have nothing, you must fight for imagination, daring to enter, not restraining, and having the mentality of gambling. Wang Shi talked about his own pot of gold and said, "In fact, my success is part of Luck and fluke. Later you will find that your business is basically involved in such a gambling and adventure, and there are many situations like this. Entrepreneurship requires taking risks. In the early days of entrepreneurship, you often encounter "gambling" elements. Courageous, but when a company grows bigger, "gambling" will cause great risks."

As for the future, I don't know what can be done in the future. But if I do a business, I will make a great business. What is a great business? Wang Shi said: "I think it means that the value of the company in society has surpassed the scope of its products and services as a company, and his culture has had a positive impetus in the entire society."

"Let go" is the test

In 1999, Wang Shi decided to resign as general manager of Vanke. He believes that what companies need to establish is more of a system, a team, and a brand, rather than personal charm. "What do I bring to Vanke? I chose industry diversification and real estate; the second one established a system to establish an enterprise system; the third established such a team; the fourth one was a brand." Wang Shi said.

After letting go, he went to work the next day. "No one came to report to me all morning. There was an office meeting for the general manager. I instinctively wanted to rush over, but I knew it was not possible. I felt that the beast was still fighting." In the first two weeks after resignation, he felt The subordinates are not reporting their work, but waiting for instructions, "It is a formality to resign from the position of general manager." He said, "You just have overcome the desire for power and it is not enough. You must open up a new world for yourself and open up the society. A place where you can play a role. That’s why after 99 years, I started to do charity in society more, to do charity in society, and to do outdoor activities that I couldn’t achieve my childhood dream. I went hiking and flying umbrellas. , Go sailing, go rowing, do these things."

This is not easy to do, but Wang Shi did it.

How should life face difficult times

Browning once said in a wonderful statement-"The hero does not live in a honeypot, he will torture his soul every day, the cage is a great place, and the headwind is blown by the sailor. Everything needs to be welcomed. Setbacks. This setback makes everything smooth in life rugged. It is necessary to welcome all the stings. This sting is not when we sit down or stand still, but rather we have to move forward courageously."

In the past two years, many people have worried about Wang Shi's hard times. Wang Shi sighed about this. There are actually many such moments, but the impact on the soul is great, or the darkest moment should be the impact brought by the “donation gate” in 2008, which is far greater than the difficulties faced in the past. . After a lapse of many years, Wang Shi confided that such experience is very precious and made him realize how to re-understand himself and the social environment, as an entrepreneur, what to do.

Wang Shi summarized the difficult moments in life: First, you must have the entrepreneur's ability to withstand pressure, make bad plans, second, maintain an optimistic attitude, and third, let difficult experiences turn into your life's wealth. "Now with hindsight, since I am an entrepreneur, I am responsible to shareholders, Vanke employees, and the market. Obviously from this perspective, I should apologize not only, but also quickly."

Regarding vitality and beauty, Wang Shi has his own unique view. From the pairing and decomposition of DNA, Wang Shi extended the origin of life to the third stage of life. In his view, beauty is to maintain a healthy attitude and a strong body.

Wang Shi gave a few examples to share with you, how to maintain your health from diet and exercise? How to pursue beauty?

When it comes to diet, Wang Shi advocates everyone to improve their eating habits, optimize their diet, and promote healthy eating. When talking about sports, Wang Shi shared the story of rowing in Cambridge, telling how to experience the joy of life during sports. He also invited the audience on the stage to exercise with him, showing how aerobic and anaerobic exercises reflect The beauty of vitality.

Wang Shi interacts with the audience aerobic and anaerobic exercise

The host Bi Xiaonan, together with guests Ma Jingfen, Wang Jian, Wang Shi, Sun Mian and the 3,500 people present, asked about life and the future. Explains the "story of life and death" from different angles, telling the story of life's suffering and longevity

Regarding the value of life, everyone has their own answers. In the anxiety of reality, we often ask ourselves, is this the life I want? How can I live better in my life?

Jobs's motto "Remember that you are about to die" is a daily reminder of what life is. "Glory and pride, embarrassment and fear will all disappear in the face of death. If you are aware that you are indulging in fear of losing something,'remember that you are about to die' will be a good antidote."

In the future, "life and death" is a key word that cannot be avoided, but we will be a little taboo. Regarding this, during the life-and-death dialogue, Ma Jingfen, chairman of Chucheng Manor, expressed from the perspective of women and vitality "how women can counteract the grievances and tribulations of the years" and "what is the source of vitality". She talked about starting her business at the age of 82. At that time, the old man sonorously stated the entrepreneurial vision of "I will be the spokesperson of Yunnan's good products", and this is her vitality.

From left to right: Sun Mian, Ma Jingfen, Wang Jian, Wang Shi

And Wang Jian, chairman of BGI, a scientist who seized the opportunity to participate in the Human Genome Project at the beginning of the development of genomics. He talked about his unique insights into his life and hopes that health is accessible to everyone. What Wang Jian doesn't like to hear is "old care". He said to declare war on the disease to keep more families away from cancer panic. Wang Jian, who hopes that "gene technology will benefit mankind", said, "Human birth, old age, sickness and death are resignation. Can we not resign to fate if we are born, old, sick and die? Why should I resign to fate?"

From a cultural perspective, Sun Mian, the president of "New Weekly", talked about life and death in this way-"We have a journey from life to death. If we think of death, don’t we live, this is related to the business we are engaged in and what we have to do in life. The things are exactly the same. Many people told me that you have experienced so many things. There may be failures and successes. What does it mean to you? I said nothing. I am alive."

Public welfare is not giving and receiving, but equal attention and mutual giving

In the "Return to the Future" speech, "pursuing a better life" is one of the high-frequency words. The good life is more than one paradigm. It was Wang Shi's pursuit of a better life to challenge the limits in each quadrant by doing business, climbing, and reading. But one thing made him realize that the beautiful limits of the self as an individual may not be important. More importantly, how to use the power of individuals to influence more individuals and let more people take action to create a better life and a better society for us. This matter is public welfare.

Wang Shi shared the story of Jume and Pan Wenshi on the spot. From the shock brought by the blind boy Jume and the banner and letter of Professor Pan Wenshi, he has a deep understanding: I can become more noble and use my actions to drive more people to participate. Charity and public welfare come. Wang Shi said, "I can no longer make publicity for the sake of publicity. I should try to combine my outdoor adventure activities with charity activities. "The adventure is extreme and the charity is unlimited." In the following adventure activities, I will try my best to give him a charity The theme, Antarctica, fundraising to save the white-headed langur; Mount Everest, climbing to the top with zero rubbish, etc..."

There will be miracles in action

According to Wang Shi's understanding, the so-called charity and public welfare are not only the relationship between giving and receiving, not only giving money and things, but also equal attention and mutual giving. Similarly, outdoor adventure is a respect for nature and is consistent with the spirit of environmental protection and ecological protection.

In his speech, Wang Shi talked about what to do in the next stage of his life. He hoped that in his third thirty years, he could spend one third of his life on public welfare and environmental protection.

He changed the world with real charity actions

From the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008 to the "Earthquake Resistance School" Zundao College 10 years later, the current Zundao School was fully donated by Vanke Group that year. In the past ten years after the earthquake, Vanke Group has always paid attention to the development of Zundao School and invested a lot of money every year to maintain school buildings, build campus culture, establish teacher reward funds, and establish student care and assistance funds. We can see that this entrepreneur is actually using actions to change the world.

"Public welfare" is the vision and goal of building a common beautiful world. Therefore, every person, every company, every organization is closely related to public welfare. All this is to enable human society to progress and build a better world.

The Rockefeller Family Susan Rockefeller

"Back to the Future" invited Vanke Party Secretary to Thaw, the fourth-generation heir of the Rockefeller family Susan Rockefeller, Professor of Conservation Biology at Peking University and Executive Director of the Center for Nature Conservation and Social Development Lu Zhi, and Shi Yanlihe, Chairman of the Chen Xiangmei Charity Foundation Radha Muthiah, CEO of Global Clean Stove Alliance, shared their charity story. From the perspectives of women's rights, environmental protection, and care for the disadvantaged, the social responsibilities that "the reason why people are" should be explained to make life more complete.

From left to right: Lu Zhi, Susan Rocksophie, Radha Muthiah

From left to right: Susan Rocksophie, Radha Muthiah, Shi Yanli, Lu Zhi

At the same time, Wang Shi invited many charity colleagues to join the stage. "Salute to charity people", "Let us pay tribute to all of China and the world who have contributed to charity and environmental protection." Call everyone to use actions instead of slogans to change China and the world.

At the end of the speech, the audience sang "Blue Lotus" in a "flash" format with fire, giving the audience a surprise and touch.

"Back to the Future" 2017-2018 New Year's Eve" is co-organized by Vanke Foundation, Deep Diving Company and CTEAM, and co-organized by Chengli College.

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