Reporter Chen Xinghua

exist90They were once the envy of the rich and famous, but they were also the rats in the street, and they still have a chance to rise again after seeing the light of day.

More than four months ago, Mou Qiqi, the former chairman of the Nande Group who was jailed for "letter of credit fraud," completed his sentence and was released from prison to2017On New Year's Day, he announced that "a new round of the Nande Experiment will start from now on", once, it was this sensational sounding "Nande Experiment" that made him from China's "richest man" to the "richest liar", and reduced him to the status of the "richest man". "the top liar", reduced to the status of18Years of imprisonment.

"If life can be more than a hundred years, why not be crazy again?" This old grandpa, he's a bit crazy.

If Mou's revitalization of the "Nande Experiment" signals a return to the peak of his life, the "ex-rich" who were released from prison before him have already gone to the "Nande Experiment".V"The other side of the word peaked: "China's tobacco king" Chu Shijian in the1997imprisoned for embezzlement in 2007.2002He was released from prison in 2007 to grow frozen oranges, and by then, he was already75Age.10Years later, with the large-scale sale of Chu oranges, he had another name - Orange King.

Their lives can be called legendary, but they can't help but be jealous: why do they still have a chance to succeed after more than a decade in jail? After all, this era is brand new to them, and a large portion of those who have been working in the everyday world for a long time still haven't found the know-how to get rich, so why are they parachuted in from the old days and still able to make it in the mall like a fish out of water?

Looking closely at their experiences, they all have one thing in common: seriousness. It may sound commonplace, but in fact, it reflects the90A trait of the entrepreneur of the era: a high adversity quotient, finding ways to turn things around when in adversity.

Mou Qi was in Hongshan Prison in Hubei Province, in addition to the things that he insisted on every day, in addition to exercise, is to watch the "news broadcast" and read a dozen newspapers at home and abroad as well as to write reading tips and analysis articles. Every day a few thousand words, until he was released from prison, the notebook base up a few meters high, millions of words, with a few large snakeskin pockets to take away.

For him, reading the news was not so much a way of keeping up with current events as it was a way of analyzing his own life. He once lamented to the inmates around him after reading the paper, "It's so tiring and exhausting to be the leader of a great nation." The comment made passers-by giggle, but he had a serious expression on his face at the time.

His reading focuses on the areas of judicial reform and economic reform. Even the "Internet", which has emerged in recent years, has been a major source of interest.+", "entrepreneurship" and "creator" are not unfamiliar words to him. His reading notes contain reflections on his past experiences, and one of the manuscripts has96Pages, iterative revisions.

The high walls of prison didn't keep him from the outside world, and when he was released, he spent three months getting in shape, raising1000-2000The Nande Experiment" is the first of its kind in the world. Will he be able to make a name for himself in this new era for him as a third-time entrepreneur? The whole society is waiting to see.

The same is sitting in jail for more than ten years Chu Shijian, after fading in the90After the reputation of "China's Tobacco King", which was so famous in the past years, the company has spent a lot of time to develop its business in China.10Years to put himself in the "orange king" and "entrepreneur of entrepreneurs" coat. People wonder why Chu Shijian do any line of business can?

"Factory Director Chu has concentrated on a spirit of Chinese entrepreneurs, a spirit of encountering difficulties in moving forward and getting back up from them.
"Vanke Group founder Wang Shi said this about Chu Shijian.

Nowadays, many people will use "seriously you lose" to flirt with everything really people, but Chu Shijian body is a kind of everything more serious vigor. In the era of electronic sales, Taobao to win sales, the use of "brush" to fish in the water abound. Chu Shijian determined: if the quality can not keep up, the business will soon collapse.

When he was still in the cell, he had already started to measure the distance of each fruit tree with his feet. After his release from prison, while lamenting that the rest of his life was short, he and his wife went up the mountain every day wearing straw hats to take care of the fruit trees and discuss the scientific methods of fruit trees' optimal production. He and his wife are used to this lifestyle. "Young people are too eager, I80Age is still crawling around." In the early days of the business, college graduates who worked in the orchard did not work for a few months and left, after all, the wages are not high, but also have to work in the sun and rain to manage the orchard.

"I was brought up to be good at everything I did, to go down the river and get more fish than anyone else, and I don't lose at roasting wine. It's always right to be serious." When he75age from prison, people around him advised him not to continue to work, enjoy their old age, but he decided to plant oranges, and a kind of is more than ten years, and ultimately reversed the penniless life out of prison, and once again came into people's eyes, the

More than seventy years old and then start a business, Mouqi and Chu Shijian have issued a similar sentiment: there is no time. A76Third venture at the age of three, a74Age second start-up, no one knows how far they can go.

Some people say Mou has value in Beijing.10billion for the three properties with all the capital. But in fact, although these three buildings were built with Mou's capital, after nearly20Years of change in the house264A set of house has long been forcibly occupied, whether it can be recovered Mou Zhong's name, is still an unknown.

What's more, the valuation10A billion dollar house is a drop in the bucket compared to the program he is trying to revitalize.

During this period of time, the fire is not only the New Year's Day message mentioned in the "Nande restoration preparatory group", but also Mou Qi's head of white hair, standing in the Shanghai World Financial Center with binoculars overlooking the back of Shanghai. More than a decade ago, when everyone was usingBPIn the days of the machine, Mou used300Yuan made a fortune and set off a god-making movement with several personal myths, making himself a god-like being in his time. And now, he's just an ordinary old man.

Comparison of the present and the past, can not help but sigh. Now he was once again pushed to the position of the public opinion, and the previous praise of the situation is different, some people say he can become the second Chu Shijian, some people say that the times have changed he has no way to rise again. Now he is in "V"The right side rising that way? Or will it slide into a lower and sadder direction?

Only time will answer that question. Just as no one knew that Chu was in the75Age planted oranges in85The age can because of the orange sells well as "China orange king".

At a time when speculation and utilitarianism are prevalent, many people do not follow the rules and resort to any means in order to achieve what they want as soon as possible. Like the two old entrepreneurs who have been in jail for more than ten years, the entrepreneurial spirit of sticking to one thing and accumulating a foundation for it, and waiting for the right opportunity to make a move, is rare and precious.

This is in line with the spirit of "craftsmanship" that is being promoted nowadays.

To say that the entrepreneurial experience of older entrepreneurs has been blunted in this innovation-focused era can only mean that those who think that way are too young. Why are people willing to spend large sums of money to find an agent to buy imported goods? Because there are a lot of parallel imports in the market, and these goods are of good quality. And to build something of good quality, not by drilling any loopholes can be realized, or the need for rigorous service attitude.

Coupled with e-commerce to effectively stimulate consumption, crowdfunding to help entrepreneurship social environment advantages, can adhere to the rigorous and down-to-earth group of entrepreneurs, is the tide of the times.

The scary thing is that the group of people who are used to profit-seeking and low-eyed can no longer be quiet enough to do a good job. Just like the movie "Shawshank Redemption" says: when you are just in prison, you hate the high walls around you; slowly, you get used to living in them; eventually you will find yourself having to rely on it to survive.