Perhaps because he is the head of a big company, Chen Shaopeng never talked about his childhood to anyone. But when he opened his heart to reporters, everything seemed to go back to 37 years ago.
At that time, Chen Shaopeng's family was not rich. In order to avoid years of wars and disasters, his grandfather moved his family from Fujian to the northwest, settled in a village in Jingtai, Gansu, and lived with his back to the loess. Shao Peng's father used to be a doctor in the village health clinic. Later, due to natural disasters in the 1960s, Mr. Chen gave up his job and went back to the field to pick up hoes and continue his parents' career as an "earthwork worker".
Chen Shaopeng recalled that despite the poor family conditions, his father attached great importance to his children's education. One year, my brother was admitted to a key middle school in the county. Because he is far from home, he needs to stay at school. However, when the father took his younger brother to report to school, he was told that all the dormitories in the school were full. This stumped my father. Where can I find a place to live for my brother in a county town without friends? In order to let the children go to school, Mr. Chen went to the school gate and knocked on doors, hoping that someone could take his son in. "This is very difficult for ordinary people to do. After all, it is knocking on the door of strangers. " Chen Shaopeng said with some excitement that everything comes to him who waits, and finally a dentist promised to take his brother in. "
It is because of his good family education and hard-working brother who set an example for him that Chen Shaopeng loved learning very much when he was a child. When he was in elementary school, he had taught all the junior high school textbooks to his younger brothers and sisters at home. By junior high school, he had taught himself high school courses.
Chen Shaopeng admits that his parents and family have the greatest influence on him. "I have dreamed of becoming a scientist who studies knowledge since I was a child. I hope my parents can be proud of me one day and let them live a comfortable life. " This is the simple ideal of Chen Shaopeng as a teenager, just like many miserable children.
Generally speaking, Chen Shaopeng was a good boy in the eyes of his parents when he was a child, but he also had the same "feeling of flesh and blood" as other China children who grew up at that time.
"I studied very well since I was a child, especially Chinese. I have been the first grade from primary school to junior high school. Science courses such as mathematics, physics and chemistry are always in the top three in the whole school. " Now talking about his "achievements", Chen Shaopeng is still very proud. Even such a good boy was beaten by his father. "My father seldom hits me, but whenever he hits me, it's because I'm too stubborn about something. At home, I don't do anything that I think is right."
But the beating didn't change Chen Shaopeng's stubborn character. From 65438 to 0985, Chen Shaopeng was admitted to a key high school in Baiyin. "At that time, there were three boys in the school, and my grades were also very good, so everyone studied harder. You pass me because you are afraid that the other side will pass you. It is this persistent personality that made me never relax my studies when I was a student, and I have today's me. " 1June, 988, Chen Shaopeng, who was about to take the college entrance examination, was bent on applying for the National University of Defense Technology, because in his view, it would not only put on his long-cherished military uniform, but also realize his dream of becoming a scientific researcher. But things always backfire.
My second brother, who has been engaged in education for many years, insisted that Chen Shaopeng apply for the computer major of Beijing Institute of Light Industry (now Beijing Technology and Business University), because the visionary second brother had realized at that time that computers would play a role in the future social development. Stubborn Chen Shaopeng acquiesced in this decision made by his second brother. "Maybe this is fate. I don't know what I thought at the time, so I agreed. "
"Although I applied for a computer major, I just saw the computer captain before I went to Beijing to study. In fact, I have never even touched the computer. " Chen Shaopeng some embarrassedly smiled and said. But it was such a decision that changed his life.
The first semester ended soon, and the school held a computer typing training class during the holidays. After consideration, Chen Shaopeng decided to sign up. In the final exam, Chen Shaopeng was selected by the student affairs office of the school with the first place, responsible for typing documents for the school and helping teachers to input papers on the computer. Chen Shaopeng attached great importance to this precious job opportunity, because although he was a student of computer science at that time, he didn't have many opportunities to contact computers because of limited conditions. Now he can use his position to deal with computers every day. In his spare time, he applies what he has learned from textbooks to his work. "So it is best to study in the whole grade, because I can have more practical opportunities than others. It was also during this time that I really fell in love with computers. " He said. Because of his rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience, when he graduated from the university, Chen Shaopeng got the qualification to stay in Beijing with the first excellent result in the whole school, and was assigned to work in the computer center of a unit under the Ministry of Light Industry at that time.
1992 at the beginning of July, Chen Shaopeng, who should have reported in September, could not hold back his joy and reported to his new unit in advance. Colleagues in charge of receiving the newly assigned college students are all surprised, because the new office has not been vacated and the dormitory has not been cleaned up, but since we are here, we must accept it first. However, the first job assigned to Chen Shaopeng was not to study any subject, but to help move, make room for the new office, and collect the luggage checked by international students at Beijing Railway Station ... When other newly assigned college students reported for work, Chen Shaopeng had packed everything.
"Maybe I was born unwilling to be lonely." Chen Shaopeng, who wanted to do something big, was uncomfortable with the slow working environment in the office, so he decided to jump ship.
One day in February, 1993, two job advertisements in Beijing Youth Daily showed Chen Shaopeng's hope. One is that a communication company is recruiting technicians, and the other is Lenovo's job advertisement. Chen Shaopeng now clearly remembers the slogan in Lenovo's job advertisement: "If you want to stand tall and see far, please be a Lenovo." "This slogan is very impactful and caught my heart at once." Chen Shaopeng said with emotion.
In order to improve the chances of success, Chen Shaopeng submitted resumes to both companies. Two days later, Chen Shaopeng received an interview notice from the communication company, but Lenovo didn't hear from him. With the last glimmer of hope, Chen Shaopeng made an appointment to go to the company for an interview two days later, in order to give Lenovo another two days.
Fortunately, two days later, just as he was about to go out for an interview with that communication company, he finally received an interview notice from Lenovo, so he immediately called the communication company: "Sorry, I won't go for an interview."
At that time, Lenovo was well-known in Beijing, and 70 or 80 people interviewed Chen Shaopeng in Beijing at the same time. The interview was held in Zhongguancun, a canteen near the old Lenovo headquarters. The first level is the written test. To Chen Shaopeng's surprise, when he looked up after concentrating on answering the questions, he found that all the other applicants had handed in their papers, and he was left alone in such a big canteen. This makes Chen Shaopeng feel "hitched". "am I that much worse than others?"
Later, he learned that most of the people who went to the interview that day were non-computer majors, and many of the problems were similar to the professional problems of translating an English article about mouse technology into Chinese. So many people hand in their papers in advance without knowing it at all. 1on March 3rd, 993, Chen Shaopeng finally became a member of Lenovo's big family with solid basic skills and enterprising spirit. In fact, Chen Shaopeng, who started as a salesman in Lenovo, was a technical research and development person at the beginning of the interview. Becoming a salesman by mistake is the second turning point in his life.
"After being admitted by Lenovo, I was assigned to work in a department. After working for two days, I realized that this is the sales department, not the technical research and development personnel I applied for. " Chen Shaopeng said. Because I just went to the sea from a state-owned enterprise, I finally entered Lenovo's work. Therefore, Chen Shaopeng did not dare to ask the leader again, so he became a salesman in the sales department. 12. "I learned later that I was transferred to the sales department," he said with a smile.
1995, Chen Shaopeng came to Chengdu market (Southwest China) where Lenovo was not known as a computer brand at that time. Although the business card printed at that time was "Lenovo Southwest Manager", in fact, Chen Shaopeng was a veritable "First Army" at that time. He was the only Lenovo employee in Chengdu, but there were almost no Lenovo products.
Faced with this difficult situation, Chen Shaopeng decided to open the first Lenovo store in Chengdu. After getting the approval from the headquarters, Chen Shaopeng took a boy he hired locally, and they started a month-long work, from adding furniture and decorating storefronts to interior furnishings, and finally opened Lenovo's first store in Chengdu.
Because of his outstanding performance, after working in Chengdu for a period of time, Chen Shaopeng was successively transferred to the "Northwest Region" and "South China Region" where Lenovo has no local roots. At present, it has become the top 3 Guangdong market in Lenovo Greater China, which was once made by Chen Shaopeng.
"I never thought I would get to where I am today, but I think since the leader gave me this burden, I should do it well." Recalling the ups and downs for many years, Chen Shaopeng said with emotion. A series of "misfortunes" may make the world lose a scientist, but there is an out-and-out outstanding China entrepreneur, and this person is Chen Shaopeng.