Chapter 45 Section 6 Business and Industry Figures

Luo Fangbo, originally named Luo Fang, was called Luo Fangbo because of his respect. Born in Meixian, Guangdong in 1736.He joined the Tiandihui in his early years and devoted himself to the revival of the nation. In 1772, he led his fellow countrymen to sail from Humen to Pontianak in Borneo (now Kalimantan) by canoe.Here to build gold, he and his fellow villagers organized the "Lanfang Company" to engage in gold mining and planting, and purchased arms for self-defense against pirates and Dutch colonists.Once, the natives rebelled, and the local sultan turned to Luo Fangbo for help.After he discovered the falsehood of the rebel chieftain, he won the surprise attack.Since then, the Sudan has been commensurate with his brothers, and later gave up the land for thousands of miles. In 1777, according to the wishes of the expatriates, Luo Fangbo established an independent democratic "country" with a democratic republic.He served as the "General Manager of the Great Tang Dynasty", also known as the "Chief Guest of the Great Tang Dynasty", that is, the head of the Chinese visiting overseas.There is a public office under it, a system is established, and officials are elected publicly.He attached great importance to economic development, encouraged mining and land reclamation, advocated business, and developed transportation.He attached great importance to education, and set up Chinese schools widely, and did not charge tuition fees.He also opened an arsenal, cast cannons, trained soldiers, and became a prosperous and powerful "country".

In 1795, Luo Fangbo fell ill from overwork, and he summoned the heads of deacons to order the funeral and abdicate to pass on the virtuous.He was only 58 years old when he died. Zhang Bishi was born in Dapu County, Guangdong in 1840. At the age of 16, he crossed the sea with others to Jakarta, the Netherlands at that time, worked as a helper first, and then opened a business agency to sell alcohol from various countries. At the end of the 19th century, he cultivated rubber, coconut, pepper, coffee and mining industries in Southeast Asia, and became a wealthy overseas Chinese. In order to revitalize the motherland's industry, he successively invested in the construction of the Guangdong-Han Railway and the Guangsan Railway, and founded Shandong Yantai Changyu Brewing Company, as well as banking, mining, and glass industries.The "Koya Brandy" produced by Changyu Brewing Company won the gold medal at the San Francisco International Commodity Fair in 1915, so it was renamed "Gold Award Brandy" and became famous all over the world.Zhang Bishi was enthusiastic about social welfare and education. When the Yellow River burst in 1900, he proposed to raise more than 1 million taels of silver to relieve the victims of the disaster in the motherland. He died of illness on September 12, 1916 at the age of 75.

Hu Wenhu was born in Yangon, Myanmar in 1882.His ancestral home is Yongding County, Fujian Province.His father went to Yangon from his hometown in 1861 and opened Yongantang Chinese Medicine Shop.After the brothers Hu Wenhu and Hu Wenbao inherited their father's business, Hu Wenhu went to various countries to investigate the pharmaceutical industry in the second year and researched good prescriptions. His tiger brand trademark Wanjinyou became popular at home and abroad. Hu Wenhu was enthusiastic about creating cultural education and various charities, building schools, running hospitals, and setting up newspaper offices. These are his three major causes to serve the society.Brothers Hu Wenhu and Hu Wenbao care about social charity and public welfare, donate regardless of national boundaries, regardless of religion, and have been awarded many honors and medals by governments and charitable organizations.Hu Wenhu died of illness on September 5, 1954 at the age of 72.

Dr. Hu Wenhu's daughter, Dr. Hu Xian, inherited her father's will. After hard work, she served as the chairman of the "Sing Tao Daily" Group, the chairman of the World Chinese Newspaper Association, and the vice president of the International Journalism Society.She cares about the construction of the motherland, actively invests in mainland China, and has done a lot of philanthropy. Tian Jiabing was born in Dapu County, Guangdong in 1919. Since the age of 18, he has gone to Vietnam and Indonesia to run industry and commerce. In the late 1950s, he moved to Hong Kong, bought 300,000 square meters of beach in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, and reclaimed the sea to build a factory. At the end of 1960, he produced the first batch of artificial leather.After more than 20 years of hard work, it finally won the reputation of "Hong Kong Artificial Leather King".

Tian Jiabing cares about the construction of his hometown and the motherland. Over the years, he has donated huge sums of money to his hometown of Tai Po and the motherland, building bridges, roads, schools, hospitals, hydropower stations and investing in culture, art, industrial and agricultural production and other fields. In January 1994, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences named the No. 2886 asteroid it discovered as "Tianjia Bingxing" in recognition of his significant contributions to China's medical and educational undertakings. Zeng Xianzi was born in Meixian, Guangdong in 1933.As the "Asian Tie King", he went through a arduous road of entrepreneurship and finally established Goldlion (Far East) Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong.Subsequently, it gradually expanded to leather products such as leather shoes and leather bags, and entered more than 40 countries and regions such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Europe and the United States from Hong Kong. In 1985, he was elected as the chairman of the Asian Necktie Association.

Zeng Xianzi always thinks about repaying the motherland and hometown for the kindness of upbringing.He donated a huge amount of money to his alma mater, Meixian Dongshan Middle School and Sun Yat-sen University, as well as cultural education, sports health and social welfare undertakings of the motherland.According to incomplete statistics, he has donated more than 200 projects, with a total amount of more than 80 million RMB, 230 million Hong Kong dollars and more than 18 million US dollars.He donated 100 million Hong Kong dollars to establish the Tsang Hin Chi Education Foundation, which played a positive role in promoting the development of China's education.

The Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences named the asteroid No. 3388 it discovered as "Zeng Xianzi Star".