The One Behind It All Chapter 123

When we were in Iran, domestic travel agencies kept sending me emails, enthusiastically introducing arrangements. I said that we didn’t need too many visits, and we mainly wanted to sit on the beach or by the pool and chat more. There is a song that goes: "Go home often, go home and see, even if you can't help your mother brush the chopsticks or wash the dishes, the old man doesn't expect his children to make much contribution to the family, he just wants to get together and chat about home affairs." "As a result, the visit to Iran was successfully concluded on the 8th. As soon as we put Vice Chairman Hu on the plane, we received a call from Ji Ping, saying that my mother came out of the vegetable market around 10 a.m., carrying two small bags of vegetables. He was seriously injured after being hit by a car, and Mr. Sun went to Kunming to organize rescue operations. Because they are thousands of miles apart, communications in Iran are so poor that it really makes people anxious. The flight had to make multiple transfers before we could come back. We had to stay in Bahrain for 6.5 hours, which was really painful. There was another thunderstorm in Bahrain, and the flight was delayed for another two hours. When we arrived in Bangkok, we were 10 minutes late. We didn't make it back to Kunming in time. The plane didn't arrive in Kunming until late at night.

When I returned to Kunming, I knew my mother was dying. Her head was completely damaged. Her heartbeat and breathing were all maintained by drugs and machines. The reason why she didn't tell me on the phone was because she was afraid that something would happen to me during the trip. I saw my mother lying peacefully on the hospital bed without saying a word, without having to worry or worry, as if she had never had such a rest in her life.

I really regret not calling my mother in Iran. On the 7th, Vice Chairman Hu met with our eight accompanying business leaders. I reported for two or three minutes. When I mentioned that I was Huawei, Vice Chairman Hu held out four fingers and said one of the four companies. I originally wanted to tell my mother the good news, saying that the head of the central government still knows about Huawei. But I didn't call, because no matter when I called my mother at home or abroad, she would always nag: "You are on a business trip again", "It's because your body is not as good as mine", "It's because of your wrinkles" "More than my mother." "Feifei, you can't walk as well as me. You are so sick at such a young age." "Feifei, diabetes gets worse faster if you attend too many parties, and your heart is not good." . I thought the conditions in Iran were so bad. When I called, my mother kept nagging me. Anyway, we would meet in a few days, so there was no call. And this is the biggest regret in my life. Due to the time difference, I could only call her early in the morning on the 8th, China time, to tell her the good news. If I had called her and delayed her going out for a minute or two, I might have avoided this disaster. This feeling of regret is really indescribable.

This time I went to Kunming to tell my mother the content of the conversation that Vice Premier Wu Bangguo had with me in Kuwait for half an hour when I visited Africa with Vice Premier Wu Bangguo in November. The chief said that he personally named me for this visit, with three purposes: 1. To encourage and affirm Huawei, and to let the accompanying ministers also have a positive understanding of Huawei; 2. To understand our company's operation and management mechanism. , see if it can help other companies; 3. See if the government can give us some help in exploring the international market. My mother was very happy after hearing this and said: "As long as the government has trust, as long as the company does well, everything else will pass with time." In the past two years, there have been some contents about Huawei on the Internet and in the media, which have been mixed with praise and praise. My mother went through the painful suffering of the "Cultural Revolution" and is not interested in reputation, but is very worried about some articles that do not understand our true situation. As I said, we are not a listed company and do not need to disclose it to the public. We are mainly responsible for the government and the effective operation of the enterprise. We will pay more than 2 billion in taxes this year and more than 4 billion next year (2001). Governments at all levels have confidence in us. We cannot debate in the media, as this will cause controversy. National paper is too expensive, and arguing for a small company like ours is too wasteful. For a small company like ours to interfere with the country's propaganda focus, we cannot bear such a big responsibility. The main thing is that they don’t understand it, and we haven’t introduced it. It would be nice if they understood it. Mom breathed a sigh of relief, understanding my silence. Maybe she can rest in peace.

After I took one last look at my mother, she suddenly passed away. In 1995, my father also suffered from diarrhea after buying a bottle of plastic-wrapped soft drink from a street stall in Kunming and then died of systemic failure. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the drinks, it’s that it takes such a long time to transport, has to be wholesaled many times, the stalls don’t have fresh-keeping equipment, and the elderly have poor immunity. This time, my mother wanted to accompany me to the suburbs of Colorful Yunnan for a walk. On the way back, she wanted to buy some pears from the orchard on the roadside. She wouldn’t let me get off the car. Later I asked my brother-in-law why he didn’t let me get off the car. , he said that mother was afraid that you would be lavish and not bargain with the price. I bought a big pack of pears for 4 yuan per kilogram. My father and mother were diligent and frugal throughout their lives, and they constantly taught me by example not to be lavish. In fact, I have been very frugal all my life, and she just used the hard times I had lived in the past as coordinates to measure.