For most people, success is fate, but for JD founder Liu Qiangdong, success is determination.Liu Qiangdong once said this sentence about life:Through the desert, you can see even more magnificent oasesLiu Qiangdong, who truly came from a grassroots background, founded JD E-commerce Company

For most people, success is fate, but for JD founder Liu Qiangdong, success is determination.

Liu Qiangdong once said this sentence about life:Through the desert, you can see even more magnificent oases

Liu Qiangdong, who truly came from a grassroots background, founded JD E-commerce Company. He is a true entrepreneur and also a true fierce person.

Despite achieving great success in his career, Liu Qiangdong revealed in an interview program that he once had a son who was still the most guilty person in his life.

Liu Qiangdong, who started from scratch

Liu Qiangdong's ancestral home is Lailong Town, Suqian, Jiangsu. This place is only a few dozen kilometers away from the famous Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, which indirectly reflects the excellent water transportation conditions in Lailong Town.

For three generations, Liu Qiangdong's grandfather and grandfather relied on mountains and rivers for food, relying on ships to transport goods for a living.

At that time, the country had just been established, and due to the guidance of ideology and Marxist theory, the Liu family's ships were taken over and managed by the local government due to public-private partnerships. For a period of time, life was relatively difficult, barely maintaining food and clothing.

After the reform and opening up, it brought new opportunities to the Liu family. Liu Qiangdong's parents bought a small boat and picked up the canal boat business held by their parents.

Liu Qiangdong still remembers clearly that his favorite thing to do when he was a child was to follow his parents to the canal, and then plunge into the water with a fierce son, and with his playmates, flip the river and sea in the canal, playing naked in the water.

Playing with water belongs to playing with water, and studying belongs to academic pursuits. Liu Qiangdong calls himself "North Jiangsu Forrest Gump", which means he can also be considered a person with a story.

During the college entrance examination, Liu Qiangdong was admitted to the Department of Sociology at Renmin University of China with a record of being the top scorer in the county's humanities.

Due to his poor family background, Liu Qiangdong brought 76 boiled eggs on his back to report to the people's congress, to the point where he later felt nauseous when he saw boiled eggs in plain water.

Only a humble family understands the hardships of a humble family. During his college years, Liu Qiangdong decided to start living independently and no longer ask for a penny from his family.

At the beginning, Liu Qiangdong earned tuition and living expenses by copying envelopes by hand. Each envelope can earn a reward of three cents. Later, Liu Qiangdong went to the wholesale market to purchase discounted hardcover books and sold them in office buildings to earn a price difference.

But these means can only be considered as "small money" and cannot be called "windfall".

So Liu Qiangdong found another way - to write programs and engage in programming. Due to Liu Qiangdong's continuous work in the school computer room, he has a certain foundation in computer science. In his sophomore year, Liu Qiangdong rode his bicycle to a company in Mentougou every day to work as an intern programmer, earning his first bucket of gold in life.

In addition, Liu Qiangdong also participated in the rural informatization transformation project of his hometown government department and took the time to develop a catering management system for fast food restaurants in Shenyang.

In just a few months, Liu Qiangdong made over 100000 yuan through a busy schedule.

In 1995, Liu Qiangdong, a senior in college, learned that a restaurant outside the west gate of the campus was about to be transferred, and his heart was moved by it.

After investigation, he felt that the restaurant's location was good and the customer flow was also good, so he decisively bought this store.

Liu Qiangdong, who is still a student, has such courage and determination, which is not only impressive but also astonishing.

He himself said:At that time, I thought I was a man, already an adult, and I wanted to earn money on my ownPerhaps this is the original driving force behind Liu Qiangdong's courage to step out of entrepreneurship.

His bold words are admirable, but his realistic sense of bones gave Liu Qiangdong a powerful blow. Due to Liu Qiangdong's busy graduation thesis, he can only go to the restaurant once a week, and the logistics and cash register are all managed by the employees themselves.

Unexpectedly, one's selfless trust was rewarded with ruthless betrayal. Half a year later, the restaurant business not only failed to make a profit, but also suffered a loss of 240000 yuan.

The failure to operate a restaurant has led Liu Qiangdong to strongly reflect and question whether "human nature is inherently good" or "human nature is inherently evil".

His own answer is that operating a company not only relies on internalizing employees through values, but also requires managing employees to form external constraints.

Liu Qiangdong, who was heartbroken, still persevered and continued to start his own business.

On June 18, 1998, with a savings of 12000 yuan, Liu Qiangdong came to Zhongguancun and rented a small counter to sell high-value IT products such as recorders and CDs as agents.

Since you want to start a business, you need a name. At that time, Liu Qiangdong and his girlfriend Gong Xiaojing were in a passionate relationship and referred to the company's name as "JD Multimedia".

Gong Xiaojing was a native of Beijing and was still pursuing graduate studies at the National People's Congress at the time. His family has been in politics for three generations, and his grandfather has participated in the Long March. His father is a junior cadre in the Gyeonggi region, and his mother is the general manager of a state-owned enterprise.

Therefore, Gong Xiaojing is simply supporting her boyfriend's career. Gradually, the relationship between the two gradually reached a low point, and in addition, the woman's family has been disagreeing with their relationship, leading to a peaceful breakup between Liu Qiangdong and Gong Xiaojing.

Years later, when Liu Qiangdong recalled this relationship, he was deeply moved and said with a hint of bitterness:Her family background is too good, and she will definitely choose to work in politics in the future

Without the shackles of love, Liu Qiangdong devoted himself wholeheartedly to his career and made JD.com bigger and bigger.

In July 2016, Fortune magazine announced that JD had entered the Fortune Global 500, and Liu Qiangdong had also become the annual economic figure held by CCTV, regarded as a successful example of private entrepreneurs.

A Secret Life

After successfully starting his own business, Liu Qiangdong never mentioned anything about his private life, so it is widely believed that Liu Qiangdong has never been married and is still alone.

There are even rumors that Liu Qiangdong's tragic love experience in his early years hurt his heart, and from then on, Liu Qiangdong bid farewell to being a lesbian. These rumors have been proven to be just a catch up afterwards.

However, on November 6, 2010, Liu Qiangdong participated in the program "Wealth and Life" hosted by Ningxia TV. When answering the host's question, Liu Qiangdong said:I feel particularly guilty about my son, and I can say from childhood to adulthood

Then the host asked again:How old is your son

Liu Qiangdong calmly replied:My son is four years old and often only sees him once a month

The host saw that there was still a chance to dig deeper and continued to ask:Is my son in Beijing now

Liu Qiangdong also said:In Beijing, because I often go on business trips, I rarely see my son. Moreover, my son is in full care and only comes home on Fridays

Subsequently, Liu Qiang swayed his hands back and forth, as if to cover up his ashamed expression, saying:I really hope to be able to play with him for a month or two without work

From this interview, the outside world only learned that Liu Qiangdong had once been married and speculated about who his biological mother was, but Liu Qiangdong remained silent about this.

But two years later, it was rumored that the son's mother was Zhuang Jia, the sales director of JD Small Home Appliances.

This is not something that netizens came up with. Someone has submitted evidence. On July 15, 2012, Liu Qiangdong posted tomatoes on his own Weibo platform on his balcony.

Eleven minutes later, Zhuang Jia also posted a photo of a tomato on Weibo, which was widely interpreted as his son's biological mother.

This situation can be remembered in retrospect, but for Liu Qiangdong, he still needs to look forward.

In early 2014, a paparazzi captured a photo that instantly sparked a heated discussion online.

Milk tea sisters Zhang Zetian and Liu Qiangdong, who are 19 years apart, hugged each other sweetly on the streets of New York, occasionally touching their fingers together. Under a mountain of hard evidence, the two also admitted their love affair. Liu Qiangdong is still confessing to Zhang Zetian on Weibo:Xiao Tian is the purest and kindest person I have ever seen

However, some sources also said that it was Zhang Zetian, the younger sister of milk tea, who chased Liu Qiangdong backwards.

In 2013, Zhang Zetian, who was studying at Tsinghua University, applied to Barnard Women's College in the United States for exchange. During this period, Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Zetian met.

Zhang Zetian often visited the photography circle of Columbia University and met Liu Qiangdong at a party.

I don't know if it was for taking shortcuts or if he really developed love, so Zhang Zetian began to pursue Liu Qiangdong. After meeting multiple times, the two finally established a romantic relationship.

This relationship, Liu Qiangdong probably comes from the bottom of his heart. He often praises Zhang Zetian as a virtuous wife and mother and the best girlfriend on the internet and in interview programs. It's not like hiding one's emotional life before.

On August 8, 2015, Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Zetian registered their marriage at the Civil Affairs Bureau.

However, it is worth pondering that before his marriage, Liu Qiangdong advanced his salary from JD for ten years, totaling 2.65 billion yuan, cleverly converting this salary into his premarital property.

It has to be said that Liu Qiangdong has been working hard in the mall for many years and truly achieved the maximization of capital returns.

Every year during the "June 18th" and "Double 11th" events, other e-commerce companies hire film and television stars to boost their platform's momentum, while JD.com uses Zhang Zetian's identity as an internet celebrity to save a large amount of endorsement fees.

In 2017, the daughter of Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Zetian was born. It is said that the daughter is the father's "little cotton jacket", and this statement is absolutely true.

On February 26th, Zhang Zetian posted a warm family photo on Weibo and even imitated the tone of his daughter Dai, writing:Hello Baba

In the photo, JD CEO Liu Qiangdong, who has always been tough, transformed into a full-time nanny, accompanying his daughter crawling on the floor mat and smiling at the camera, expressing his happiness beyond words.

Their daughter, on the other hand, wears pink clothes and a beautiful hairpin on her head, making her look only adorable.

Subsequently, Liu Qiangdong also revealed that he had purchased a large number of toys specifically for his daughter and hoped that her daughter could play all of them.

In order to cultivate his daughter's artistic skills, Liu Qiangdong also hired foreign teachers to teach her painting skills, and even arranged painting rooms.

It seems that Liu Qiangdong wants to make up for the lack of fatherly love in his son by his daughter.

Liu Qiangdong's fatherly love was quickly rewarded.

On February 14, 2018, Valentine's Day, it was also Liu Qiangdong's birthday. In the early morning, the account "Zhang Zetian's fan group" shared a photo of Liu Qiangdong and his daughter.

In the photo, the daughter is holding a colorful balloon with a "Happy Birthday" in her hand, braiding her hair and looking out of the window. Presumably, as a father, Liu Qiangdong is also very pleased.

Nowadays, Liu Qiangdong is considered a hero who has retired and his children are both successful.

It is rumored that the son is already 18 years old and studying at a private high school in the United States. It is highly possible to study at a university in the United States, obtain a degree, and return to China to inherit his father's business, inherit his family property, and take charge of JD's future development.

My daughter is only five years old now and is studying in a high-end kindergarten in Beijing. As for future development, it is highly likely to follow the path of art and not manage the company.

Conclusion:

As a man, during Liu Qiangdong's entrepreneurial period, he lacked companionship with his son and was indeed not considered a qualified father.

However, this is also a helpless move. To provide better material conditions for children, it is necessary to sever emotional bonds in order to have the energy to pursue their career.

But after all, the emotional deficiency cannot be compensated by spending too much money, and his son has become Liu Qiangdong's eternal pain.

In middle age, Liu Qiangdong had no choice but to learn from his mistakes and spend time with his daughter, hoping that he would not repeat the same mistakes.

References

Liu Qiangdong Becomes a Daddy Karamay Daily

Liu Qiangdong's 44th Birthday Celebrated by His Daughter "Pingdingshan Evening News

Fortune Life "Ningxia TV

Liu Qiangdong: A Tidy E-commerce King: Foreign Economic Practice

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