The four out-of-the-circle statements look at Zong Qinghou's business philosophy: Do not lay off employees over 45 years old, and pure water is labeled 596ml because it cannot deceive consumers
Zong Qinghou, founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, passed away on February 25, 2024. According to media reports, many local neighbors and even people from other places went to the site of Wahaha's original headquarters to mourn the entrepreneur.
Some of the out-of-the-circle statements that Zong Qinghou said before his death were also mentioned by many people. It is worth noting that behind these out-of-the-circle statements, it reflects his concept and business attitude as an entrepreneur.
"I will never dismiss someone, he is doing a good job here, why do you dismiss him?"
According to media reports, "not firing employees over the age of 45" is almost an unwritten rule of Wahaha. Zong Qinghou explained that everyone's level is high and low, and enterprises can arrange suitable positions and employment mechanisms that can be promoted and demoted, but as long as they do not violate the law and discipline, they should not be directly dismissed: "I will never dismiss people, he works here well, what do you dismiss him for? Although there are differences in ability, the poor ability will never be able to find a job? The boss should care about the interests of the employees and the small family of the employees, so that he has no worries. ”
When talking to Yang Lan about his daughter Zong Fuli's layoff, Zong Qinghou said, "I took him back. ”
"How much is how much, we can't deceive consumers"
Zong Qinghou passed away, and Wahaha pure water is a special water for many university laboratories, which has been hotly discussed by many people. Some netizens found a video of Zong Qinghou being interviewed by CCTV reporter Wang Bingbing.
In the video, Zong Qinghou responded to the statement of experimental water, saying that "our purity is relatively high". In addition, Wang Bingbing looked at the net content on the label and asked such a question, "Why is the net content not an integer, is 596 any special significance?" Zong Qinghou immediately explained: "At that time, I wanted to make 600ml, but when I produced it, I found that it was only 596ml, how much is how much, we can't deceive consumers." ”
On the e-commerce platform, the specification of Wahaha purified water is 596ml.
"I'm not going to retire, I'm just going to take a back seat"
On March 18, 2023, Zong Qinghou accepted an exclusive interview with the "Dialogue" column of CCTV Financial Channel, and the host said that Zong Qinghou is the oldest "old friend" in this season's column. In an interview at the time, he responded to the question of "retirement", "I will not retire, but I will take a back seat. Let the young men charge in front, and I will watch from behind, and if there is a deviation, I will turn it around and give them some ideas. ”
As he said, during his illness, the old man did not stop working, but took his work papers to the hospital. According to reports, on January 6, Zong Qinghou was lying on the hospital bed while inhaling oxygen, while discussing things in the company with his colleagues.
When asked why he didn't rest when he was sick, Zong Qinghou mentioned that the company was like his own child, and he couldn't rest assured. Another source said that on January 25, Zong Qinghou installed a physical signs monitoring instrument in the ward, and at that time he had a little fever, was conscious, and was in good condition, and also communicated with the installer about the use of the instrument. There are printers and many documents in the single room, and Zong Qinghou is still working during his hospitalization.
"We don't boycott e-commerce...... I don't approve of them burning money to buy traffic ......"
In 2018, Zong Qinghou said when talking about e-commerce: "We don't boycott e-commerce, nor do we embrace e-commerce", "I don't approve of them (e-commerce) burning money to buy traffic, buying other people's products and selling them at low prices, bringing down the price of the entire real economy, and finally developing into counterfeit products." ”
Prior to this, Zong Qinghou's statement on e-commerce had sparked heated discussions. In 2016, CCTV Finance broadcast the "Dialogue" column, when discussing "the deep reasons why China's manufacturing industry is facing a cold winter in 2016" and "how to revitalize the real economy", Zong Qinghou was asked how to view the five major changes proposed by Ma Yun "new retail, new manufacturing, new finance, new technology and new resources". Zong Qinghou said, "Except for new technology, everything else is nonsense. (Ma Yun) himself is not (engaged in) the real economy, (can) make something", new technology is what the real economy should pursue, can help the manufacturing industry from the low-end to the high-end.
However, after expressing the above views, Zong Qinghou shook hands with Ma Yun and clarified that he had a good relationship with Ma Yun, he added: "The Internet is a double-edged sword, which can help the development of the real economy, but if it is not done well, it will hurt the real economy greatly, in fact, we are not against the Internet." ”
In 2020, Zong Qinghou experienced a live broadcast. According to media information, in the three-hour live broadcast after Zong Qinghou, the number of viewers exceeded 1.07 million, and the number of likes was 5.27 million. is different from the general live broadcast with goods, Zong Qinghou pointed out the theme at the beginning of the live broadcast: "People's live broadcast is to bring goods, we are to deliver goods." In his cognition, Wahaha's promotion should still focus more on offline, because the price of beverage products is low and heavy, and the shipping cost may be terrible if it goes directly to consumers.
Up to now, Wahaha's official flagship store on Douyin alone has 620,000 fans, and 280,000 of the popular AD calcium milk in the store have been sold, and on the Jingdong platform, the drinking water of Wahaha's self-operated flagship store has 1 million+ evaluations.
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