The One Behind It All Chapter 1

In 1987, Aiden, a 43-year-old retired PLA cadre, and several like-minded middle-aged people founded Huawei with more than 20,000 yuan. At that time, no one except Aiden may have imagined that this small company born in a dilapidated factory would soon rewrite the history of communications manufacturing in China and even the world.

This is a picture scroll showing the history of Aiden and Huawei. It mainly takes Aiden’s life experience as the theme, and uses Huawei’s development history as a supplementary line. It introduces in detail what kind of person Aiden is and how he brought Huawei from the border to the border. Small companies in small towns have grown into multinational giants that dominate the world. It shows readers the real Aiden, a respected, mysterious and low-key man who has accomplished great things.

The US "Times" commented that Huawei is repeating the process of outstanding global companies such as Cisco and Ericsson, and is becoming the "most dangerous" competitor of these telecommunications giants. The British "Economist" commented that "its (Huawei) rise is a disaster for foreign multinational companies."

Preface

There are many Chinese companies that have become bigger and stronger, but not many can dominate the scene like Huawei and are praised by foreign giants. There are so many entrepreneurs in China, but there are very few who can work quietly like Aiden, and there are even a few Few people know who Aiden is.

Huawei's high-quality products have changed our lives, and Aiden's indomitable spirit is touching.

Aiden Ren, Huawei's irreplaceable spiritual leader, has led Huawei from a small company with a registered capital of more than 20,000 yuan to a large company with sales of more than 30 billion US dollars. company. With such impressive results, he did not feel complacent. Instead, he hid behind the scenes, showing a low-key attitude and attracting countless media spotlights.

Suddenly, various names such as low-key, mysterious, and coyote were constantly added to Aiden, but he never responded. As a result, some people have made various speculations about him, saying that he is mysterious, that he has flaws, that there is an ulterior conspiracy behind him and Huawei, that he is aloof, that he is simple and rude, that he is inhumane ...to name a few. Whether it was slander or praise, he was indifferent. Go your own way and let others say whatever they like!

The US "Times" commented that Huawei is repeating the history of outstanding global companies such as Cisco and Ericsson, and has become the "most dangerous" opponent of these telecommunications giants. The British "Economist" commented that "its (Huawei) rise is a disaster for foreign multinational companies."

Aiden lives a low-key life of obscurity

There is no doubt that Aiden is a legendary figure. He hides in the city and behaves indifferently. He never faces the public and the media. So far, not many outsiders have seen his true face.

I think back then, in order to survive, Aiden founded his own company. At that time, Aiden lived with his parents in a small house of more than ten square meters in Shenzhen, cooking on the balcony. Parents usually collect vegetable leaves or buy dead fish and shrimps when closing stalls in the market to make ends meet.

Poverty is the first pot of gold for those who make great achievements, and hunger is a person's inexhaustible source of motivation. "Working hard will rejuvenate the country, but leisure will perish." Aiden thanked life for the gifts it gave him. He believes: "Huawei's most basic mission is to survive." Surviving in the high-tech field requires extraordinary perseverance.

Aiden's forbearing character determines that he will hide himself under the Nine Earths. Just like a person who works underground, a person who digs, mines and explores the underground world, Aiden and his colleagues move forward silently, cautiously, calmly and unshakably. They work for 15 to 20 hours a day, and there is almost no sign of distress. The romance seems to be something from another world and has nothing to do with them. It's as if what they want is this long-term darkness, which is so incredible, unknown and incomprehensible, and they are willing to be the donkeys driven by the world! In their strong spirit, there is dignity; in the proud dignity, there is willpower; in willpower, there is the inner desire for the heaviest burden; in the desire, there is desire. of explosive power.

"Death makes something exist, nothingness makes profit." Huawei under the leadership of Aiden almost never actively promotes itself, and even when it encounters attacks, it does not argue.

"Wearing a wrinkled shirt, maybe with ink stains on his body, and walking around on Shennan Avenue early in the morning, outsiders would never think that this is the famous president of Huawei." This is Aiden in the eyes of an internal employee. Aiden is not an introverted person. People who know him well say that Aiden speaks directly from his heart and is a good-natured person. He can do his best for the smallest clients, but he will not waste any words for the media who are doing good things.

Businessmen spend huge sums of money to appear at media events, and entrepreneurs are eager to become the vice chairman of the Federation of Industry and Commerce and the qualifications to be a representative of the National People's Congress, but he declined politely. Others' value lies in the square, while his value lies in his focus on business management. He is a silent, lonely, decisive person who does not seek to be informed and persists to the end. He has the courage to dare to win. He can always make an independent and incisive analysis of all winners and the accidental factors of each victory.

Aiden is doing a great cause of great heights

"Do a career, do a high-level career" is a saying that Aiden very often talks about, and Huawei itself has become the best example.

In 1987, Aiden, a 43-year-old retired PLA cadre, and several like-minded middle-aged people founded Huawei with more than 20,000 yuan. At that time, no one except Aiden may have imagined that this small company born in a dilapidated factory would soon rewrite the history of communications manufacturing in China and even the world.

In the first two years, the company mainly sold a HAX switch from Hong Kong on a consignment basis, profiting from the price difference. Huawei thus obtained its first pot of gold. At this time, domestic program-controlled switch technology was basically blank. Aiden is sensitively aware of the importance of communication technology, and he has invested all of Huawei's funds in the development of its own technology. This desperate move did not disappoint him - Huawei developed the C&C08 switch. Since the price is 2/3 lower than similar foreign products and the functions are similar, the market prospects of the C&C08 switch are very promising. This strategy of independently developing technology established at the beginning of its establishment made Huawei take great risks, but it ultimately laid the foundation for Huawei's moderately leading technology.