Perhaps the most successful entrepreneur and investor in Chinese history, Mr. Lü is an ultra-long-termist. Lü Buwei was a small Defender of the State during the Warring States period, and his family had been engaged in business. Follow from an early age

Perhaps the most successful entrepreneur and investor in Chinese history, Mr. Lü is an ultra-long-termist.

Lü Buwei was a small Defender of the State during the Warring States period, and his family had been engaged in business. From a young age, he followed his family in business, cultivated a compound interest thinking, and became a friend of time.

His family business spread throughout many countries in the Warring States, including the Zhao State and the Qin State of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and can be said to be the CEO of a multinational company of that era.

Once Lü Buwei went on a business trip to the Zhao Kingdom, and at the dinner party, he met the fallen Winner, and after inquiring, he was the crown prince of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (one of the three most outstanding Qin kings before Qin Shi Huang) and one of the twenty sons of An Guojun who was not valued.

Because he was born of a concubine, Win Yiren was not liked by An Guojun and was sent to Zhao Guo as a hostage, so he was not expected to come back alive).)

Lü Buwei befriended Win Yiren and began to venture capital to win Yiren (Win Yiren was only one of Qin Zhaoxiang's more than 20 grandsons at this time, which shows how difficult this venture capital is), how did he do it?

His eyes and ears in the Qin kingdom helped him find out that An Guojun's favorite was Princess Huayang, a native of the Chu state. But this princess had no children, and Lü Buwei tried to get Princess Huayang to recognize Yiren as an adopted son.

He did not know Princess Huayang, so he entrusted people to know Princess Huayang's sister first, and he knew the reason: the woman's appearance lasted for a limited time, and when An Guojun changed his heart, your sister had nothing, and this winner was filial and capable (as a hostage in the Zhao Kingdom, he crossed the border several times and experienced the Battle of Changping of Qin Zhao).

The younger sister told her sister Princess Huayang that Princess Huayang did not know Win Yiren at all, and the two had never met. Lü Buwei operated to let the Win Yiren return to the Qin Kingdom, to meet the Princess of Huayang, the Win Yiren was ready to go, Lü Buwei said, don't wear this, you want to wear the clothes of the Chu State, change the name to Zi Chu, the result is that the first impression of the Princess huayang is very good.

Princess Huayang blew the wind in her ears every day in front of An Guojun, and she must make a stranger as the heir, and An Guojun agreed.

Lü Buwei was named a guest secretary, but at this time, Lü Buwei's investment was still far greater than the return, and the Win Yiren wanted to succeed him across two generations (King Zhaoxiang of Qin and Prince An Guojun). It is estimated that Lü Buwei did not expect anything.

Who knew that under the ultra-long-term thinking and action, luck also came, King Zhaoxiang of Qin died a few years later, An Guojun succeeded to the throne, and he also died that year, and Win Yiren successfully became the king of Qin.

It is estimated that the Win Yiren never thought that he would inherit the throne, and a few years ago he was still a hostage of the Zhao Kingdom, and he could die at any time. He felt that all this was brought to him by Lü Buwei (and indeed it was), so he made Lü Buwei the Minister of Qin.

Lü Buwei leapt from an entrepreneur of a small country in the Warring States to a chancellor of the Qin State, the first power of the Warring States, and to some extent assisted Yingzheng, the son of The Yiren, to become the First Emperor of Qin a few years later.

It can be said that this is the highest achievement achieved by entrepreneurs. In fact, Lü Buwei's venture capital success is far more than this, but also at least includes his protégé, Li Si, the minister of Qin Shi Huang's reign.