Liu's high EQ business

Original: http://songwei.baijia.baidu.com/article/95095

Today 9:30 A.M., Lenovo Holdings listed on HKEx, the bell is Liu, he is 71 years old, haired. According to Mr Liu himself, a year or two after listing is his retirement date. Liu is the most representative of the first generation of private entrepreneurs in China, experienced legend, life twists and turns.

A latenews reader today wrote me a few moments of his dealings with Liu, who he thought was a key moment in his life: a game with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a war with Ni Guangnan, a break-up of Lenovo, a comeback board, a stock market, and the important reason that Liu was able to pass through the high EQ business.

The contributor, once a media person, has now left the industry.

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Today is the first day of Lenovo's IPO, and the goals he described four years ago have been fulfilled today.

There are many articles written by Liu, but most of them focus on his views and experiences. Today, I'd like to talk to you about how Mr Liu treats the media. And the one thing that makes me most influential is his high eq.

If you've ever spared Liu's 1.5-hour pigeons, you'll probably be impressed, too. A dinner in 2008, he was at the Zhili Kaikan near Peking University. I have gone from the distant East ring, and arrived 1.5 hours later than the appointed time. All the way nervously, but received Liu aide's message: Liu always please drive don't worry, we wait for you. To the room, sure enough a table of people in Liu insisted on all still eat cold dishes chatting, he personally walked to the door to greet. I am very happy to talk. After the meeting each sent a pen, not expensive, but pre-carved everyone's name (custom). Leaving, a succession of people left, Liu will everyone to the door.

What was the other topic of the dinner conversation that day? I think of another Liu story: Liu "contracted" the Lenovo bought a car, at that time in the CAS system is still very rare. He drove through the compound, definitely not from the colleagues behind, he always get off early, say hello, chat a few words, watched each other go away and continue to open the car.

A story of eating, a story of buying a car, it is not difficult to see Liu, a traditional Chinese-style high EQ business. I'm afraid there won't be a lot of people who care about a meal or a pen, but think of it as the first business leader in China, a "respect from Liu", something that impresses many people. Similar can be see Feng Lun wrote the story of Li Ka-shing, the same vain, and Feng Lun relish, is nothing more than he respected the respect of the people-is to you "flattered."

He later had several meals with Liu (almost once a year), and every time he took up a toast with several of his presidents, and with each guest he had a clink and a few words of jokes. This Chinese toast, perhaps others do is just ordinary, but Liu is a business leader, is an elder, to do memorable. All of us here are editor-in-chief of various media, perhaps the most important thing in their hearts is not money or anything, but the feeling of "face". And Mr Liu undoubtedly understands this point deeply.

For them, it was charm. Respect for strangers can turn them into friends, respect for young people can turn them into believers, and respect for former colleagues can avoid a lot of trouble. Countless people who work in Lenovo like to worship the old patriarch as the spiritual leader, presumably with the respect of the people can not separate.

Said back to work. Chatting with Liu is also a rare experience: he doesn't lie. If you've interviewed him, you'll be able to feel it too soon. Even if you have prepared a question that you think is very sharp, it is almost impossible to write any negative after talking to him. He is so magnanimous to say, what problems are not shy, what things do well, where to do bad, where to make him angry, what is his goal, he never deliberately persuaded you.

Objectively speaking, as a big company, Lenovo's negative is very small, and Liu's personal negative is even less. This is due to the cost of advertising, but more importantly, and Liu's personal, interpersonal, speech has a direct relationship. He said to do, not good to admit, do not lie, and express clearly, you can also take him how to do?

How to interact with the media is only a small part of Liu's style. Lenovo from the original Chinese Academy of Sciences 200,000 Yuan capital contribution to the world's 500 strong, Liu does not take credit not greedy not aggressive, 1.1 points to solve the equity problem, so many older generation of private entrepreneurs have turned the boat, but he step by step always stand firmly, the end of all parties, to today may already be conclusive.

This is not just a matter of emotional quotient, it should be called Chinese-style political wisdom.

Liu's high EQ business