Evergreen Group is one of the top ten consortiums in Taiwan, China, with total assets exceeding 100 billion yuan.
Evergreen Marine Corporation is one of the largest shipping companies in the world.
In Taiwan Province, Zhang Guowei, the young son of Evergreen Group, is definitely a different kind of existence. He is not only the boss of Xingyu Airlines, but also the company's gold medal pilot. He spends 1,200 hours of flying every year. As the heir of the former Evergreen Group, Zhang Guowei didn't need to work so hard, but because his father's will was too partial, he and his three half-brothers were at odds, and were finally "designed" by his brothers to leave the house.
Facing the "encirclement and suppression" of his brothers, does Zhang Guowei still hope to make a comeback?
At the end of 2021, the 17 A350XWB wide-body airliners ordered by Xingyu Airlines will start to be delivered one after another, which means that Zhang Guowei has won the battle for this legacy A satisfactory answer sheet was obtained.
Zhang Rongfa is a well-known "Emperor of the Sea" in Taiwan Province. He started his sailing career at the age of 18. With his personal strength, he became the captain step by step from the third mate, second mate, and first mate.
Having more than ten years of sailing experience, Zhang Rongfa has accumulated a lot of money. Finally, in 1968, when he was 42 years old, he got his wish and established Evergreen Shipping with a 15-year-old ship. After
, Zhang Rongfa continued to expand his business territory. In March 1989, he established EVA Airways and became the top five super rich people in Taiwan. Zhang Rongfa went smoothly in his career. He married two wives successively. With his first wife Lin Jinzhi, he had his eldest daughter Zhang Shuhua, sons Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng;
and his second wife Li Yumei gave birth to his son Zhang Guowei.
When Zhang Guowei was born in 1970, Zhang Rongfa had not yet divorced Lin Jinzhi, so in the eyes of outsiders, he was just an illegitimate child.
Being indebted to Zhang Guowei, Zhang Rongfa loves him very much, and basically takes him with him wherever he goes.
This made Lin Jinzhi's children very dissatisfied, and they crowded out Zhang Guowei everywhere.
In order to ease the conflicts among the children, Zhang Rongfa sent Zhang Guowei to study in California, USA, and planned to take over his own company after he returned from his studies.
After learning of his father's wishes, Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng, who were not treated by Zhang Rongfa, were full of resentment, and they spread rumors about Zhang Guowei unscrupulously.
The reason why Zhang Rongfa stubbornly wants to hand over his career to Zhang Guowei is mainly because he saw how he looked like when he was young from Zhang Guowei's life. This youngest son is stubborn and unyielding, and he strives for excellence in work.
In 1993, after Zhang Guowei obtained a master's degree in economics from the University of California, Zhang Rongfa arranged him to work in EVA Airline. .
Zhang Guowei has always been interested in aircraft, and learned a lot of relevant knowledge when he was studying in the United States. Soon his talent was put to good use, so Zhang Rongfa entrusted him with the purchase of aircraft.
The strict Zhang Guowei strictly checks the quality of the aircraft, so that the seller has a headache when he sees him.
One day in 2000, Zhang Guowei was bored looking out the window on the plane, when suddenly a flight attendant figure appeared in the window, he turned around involuntarily, and was immediately attracted by the beautiful and moving flight attendant.
This stewardess is named Cai Qingshan, who has worked in EVA Air for many years and is very outstanding.
As the company's future successor, Zhang Guowei's pursuit of Cai Qingshan was like finding something out of a bag, and he quickly captured the beauty's heart.
The relationship between Zhang Guowei and Cai Qingshan was strongly opposed by Zhang Rongfa.
What Zhang Rongfa values is the right marriage, and he hopes that his son and daughter-in-law will form a strong alliance, which is conducive to career development.
But Zhang Guowei made it clear many times that he would not marry anyone other than Cai Qingshan.
Seeing his son insist on going his own way, Zhang Rongfa went to Cai Qingshan's home to propose marriage while complaining that he was disobedient.
However, it is easy to fall in love and difficult to get along with each other. The differences in personalities coupled with the fact that we get together less and leave more, Zhang Guowei and CaiQingshan's marriage lasted only three months before it died in name only.
Considering the reputation of the family, Zhang Guowei did not file for divorce until half a year later.
Zhang Guowei's flash marriage and divorce broke Zhang Rongfa's heart.
A rich second generation like Zhang Guowei doesn't need to worry about his other half. Soon he met Ye Shuwen, who is also a flight attendant.
In order to pursue Ye Shuwen, Zhang Guowei abused his power and took the initiative to transfer to Ye Shuwen's route.
used to be Cai Qingshan, and now is Ye Shuwen. Zhang Rongfa thinks that his son was given ecstasy soup by the stewardess.
He said nothing and disagreed with the relationship between the two, and in a fit of anger he fired him as the general manager.
Zhang Guowei, who has Zhang Rongfa's domineering blood flowing in his bones, is not soft on his hands. In September 2007, he single-handedly carried a basket of fruit to Ye's family to propose marriage, and the two got married in a notarized manner the next day.
Next, Zhang Guowei declared the transfer of the shares of Evergreen Group in his hand, and donated all the shares of EVA Air and the shares of Evergreen International to the Zhang Rongfa Foundation, calculated based on the closing price of on that day. With a market value of nearly 2 billion Taiwan dollars, it can be regarded as a complete break with the Zhang family.
z2021zZhang Guowei's unfeeling made Zhang Rongfa very sad. In his plan, Zhang Guowei was the candidate to be the first successor to his business empire. He didn't understand why his son couldn't understand his painstaking efforts.
Seeing the conflict between Zhang Rongfa and Zhang Guowei intensified, Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng felt that the opportunity to express themselves had come. They stood with their father and criticized Zhang Guowei for disregarding the family's reputation.
Although Zhang Guowei lost his property, he gained a wife who loves him deeply. In his opinion, this is incomparable to hundreds of millions of assets.
Soon, the media photographed Zhang Guowei in plain clothes queuing up to eat in a fast food restaurant, renting a house in a dilapidated community, driving a second-hand Honda car, and walking to the hospital to deliver meals to his wife who just gave birth... ...Zhang Guowei became a "fool" described by the media, a "fool" who gave up status and money for women.
Although it seems sad, Zhang Guowei enjoys this ordinary happiness. The moment
left the wealthy family, he secretly made up his mind to create a happy life for his wife through his own efforts, instead of clinging to his father's halo.
In order to seek a stable life, Zhang Guowei brought Ye Shuwen to live in the United States.
In the United States, Zhang Guowei obtained the aircraft driver's license , and mastered the aircraft maintenance technology, and is familiar with all the more than 3 million parts on the aircraft. With such professional capabilities, Zhang Guowei can fully support his family and live a life without worrying about food and clothing. He has also made plans to live in the United States for a long time, but at this moment he received a letter from his father.
Zhang Rongfa still couldn't let go of Zhang Guowei in his heart. He had sent someone to watch his youngest son's every move. In the end, his iron will gradually softened as his youngest son continued to prove his stubbornness, and he even appreciated him more. After
learned that Ye Shuwen was pregnant again, Zhang Rongfa felt that this was the best time to ease the relationship between father and son, so he sent a heartfelt letter to Zhang Guowei.
In the letter, Zhang Rongfa apologized for his actions, and implored Zhang Guowei to take his wife home with him because his grandfather wanted to see his grandson.
In addition, Zhang Rongfa also expressed his concern about the future development of his business empire. Although Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng have already taken up positions in EVA Air, they are not the best candidates. As long as Zhang Guowei is willing to come back, he will Evergreen is handed over to him for management.
Zhang Guowei was touched by his father's letter, but what worried him was that even with his father's support, Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming and Zhang Guozheng would not easily let him take charge of EVA Air.
He is used to seeing too many brothers who seem to be in harmony because of interests, and even fight violently.
Zhang Guowei's hesitation, his wife Ye Shuwen naturally saw it, she knew that her husband liked airplanes, and if he could return to EVA Air, he would be able to fully utilize his talents.
Ye Shuwen said emotionally: "I know that flying is your lifelong hobby, and entering Evergreen is undoubtedly your best opportunity for development. You don't want to turn against your brothers because of interests.But if you think you can avoid conflicts by hiding here, you are very wrong, unless you publicly promise to give up your father’s property, otherwise they will always regard you as a thorn in their side!” Zhang Guowei’s wife’s words made Zhang Guowei wake up like a dream. If you can’t lose it, you might as well get back what belongs to you.
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In October 2009, Zhang Guowei returned to Taiwan with his wife and children.
The next day, Zhang Rongfa announced the return of his youngest son, but he did not let Zhang Guowei enter the company’s management Instead, let him repair the machine with the technicians. On the surface, Zhang Rongfa hopes that Zhang Guowei will start from the grassroots again. In fact, he has his own concerns. Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng have already joined the board of directors. The performance will enter the company's top management, and it will definitely give them an excuse.
So...he has to wait for the opportunity.
After working at the grassroots level for four years, Zhang Rongfa announced that Zhang Guowei had joined the company's board of directors.
Zhang Guowei lived up to everyone's expectations. Under his leadership, Evergreen Aviation is booming, and it has been ranked first in the selection of the best airline brands by consumers in Taiwan for 10 consecutive years, and was named "one of the top ten safe airlines in the world" by a well-known American aviation magazine.
Unfortunately, on January 20, 2016 Zhang Rongfa passed away due to illness. According to his will, in addition to deposits, stocks and real estate of about RMB 10.5 billion being inherited by Zhang Guowei alone, Zhang Guowei was also designated to take over as the president of the Evergreen Group.
Such an arrangement caused Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng to Strongly dissatisfied, but after all, it was the father's intention, and the sons could only express their regrets in interviews with the media.
On February 18, Zhang Guowei took his father's "imperial decree" and announced that he would be the president of EVA Group and the director of EVA Air from now on
However, it was not until then that Zhang Guowei discovered that although he was the president of the company, he had basically been emptied out. The three brothers not only had close relationships with other shareholders, but also owned shares Sufficient influence.
That is to say, the company development plan he formulated, as long as the three brothers oppose it together, it is just a dead letter.
Zhang Guowei can only hope to win over other shareholders to fight against his brothers, but other shareholders do not buy him at all
Soon, they "started" on Zhang Guowei.
z2021zOn March 11, 2016, Zhang Guowei flew a plane from Taipei to Singapore.
The plane just took off, Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, Zhang Guozheng Immediately convened the board of directors, not only dismissed Zhang Guowei from the post of chairman, but also laid off 10 managers who had close contacts with Zhang Guowei.
Then the three brothers also changed the representatives of Zhang Rongfa fund in EVA Air, indirectly Zhang Guowei's position as director of EVA Air was also removed, and a message was sent to him: EVA Air's flight safety department assessed that Zhang Guowei was not suitable to fly, and decided to send another pilot to take over Zhang Guowei's flight mission.
Zhang Guowei will take the plane as a passenger, back to Taichung After Zhang Guowei got off the plane, he got the news from his wife Ye Shuwen, and he was shaking with anger.
But far away water can't solve near fire. The next day, many media in Singapore reported the news that Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming and Zhang Guozheng launched a "coup" and Zhang Guowei was kicked out.
Faced with long guns and short guns, Zhang Guowei couldn't say a word.
Zhang Guowei’s troubles are not just being “expelled” by EVA Air. After
took down the chairman of EVA Air, the brothers went all out and pursued the victory, "escalating" the war to Zhang Rongfa's will.
Zhang Rongfa's will, on the surface, seems to be biased, but in fact it is helpless.
Because when he made his will, Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng had all obtained the shares they should have in the family company, and held controlling shares in each Evergreen company. He could only ensure that Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang The three Guozheng brothers cannot kill Zhang Guowei.
However, what Zhang Rongfa did not expect was that even with the " Shangfang Sword ", Zhang Guowei could not be preserved.
What is bad for Zhang Guowei is that ZhangGuohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng discovered a huge loophole in the will. It turns out that Zhang Rongfa has always been a strong supporter of charity. Shares are given to children, and the main inheritance under the name will be donated to the society. Therefore, he is also known as Taiwan's "No. 1 Naked Donator".
Zhang Rongfa’s inheritance in Taiwan exceeds 50 billion Taiwan dollars, and he also owns properties and assets of at least 30 billion Taiwan dollars overseas. The three brothers believe that the property his father wants to donate includes the part of Zhang Guowei’s inheritance.
The three brothers took Zhang Rongfa's words as "command arrows" and asked Zhang Guowei to fulfill his father's behest: donate all property, and all property except the residential property.
They put pressure on Zhang Guowei in an interview: "Father has done things in an upright manner all his life. If Zhang Guowei does not donate, he will really live up to his father's expectations of him." superior. If
donated all of them, he would have almost no leverage to make a comeback. If
doesn't donate, with his temperament that always treats money like dung and cherishes fame, the kind of aggrieved by the fire is not something ordinary people can understand.
Under the high pressure of public opinion, Zhang Guowei donated all the shares of to , and left the Evergreen Group. It took only a few working days from the time he became the president to his departure.
was kicked out by his three brothers, Zhang Guowei was very angry, but Huluo Pingyang was bullied by dogs, and his friends who had a good relationship with him before all avoided him, only his wife stood by Zhang Guowei's side, comforting him since there is no place for him here You can go back to America.
Thinking about the high-profile return to Taiwan a few years ago, Zhang Guowei is really unwilling to return to the United States with his tail between his legs. He wants to resist instead of laughing at himself while watching his three brothers become victors.
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In May 2016, Zhang Guowei founded Xingyu Airlines. He wanted to challenge EVA Air and regain everything that belonged to him.
Facts have proved that Zhang Guowei is capable of operating. He rented three planes without money. After earning the first pot of money, he went to the United States to purchase planes himself.
In this way, with the efforts of Zhang Guowei, as of now, Xingyu Airlines has successively obtained 11 regular routes and 2 regular charter flights air rights . The delivery of 17 A350XWB wide-body passenger aircraft ordered by
has also started a few days ago, and it is expected that all deliveries will be completed by the end of 2024. At that time, the overall fleet of Xingyu Airlines will reach 27 aircrafts, and the routes will cover Northeast Asia, , Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau, and North America. Wait for more than 20 waypoints.
Facing the rapid development of Zhang Guowei's Xingyu Airlines, Zhang Guohua, Zhang Guoming, and Zhang Guozheng's EVA Air has faced huge challenges, and its profits have been declining year by year.
The media asked Zhang Guowei if he wanted to defeat EVA Air and finally complete the acquisition.
Zhang Guowei was silent for a moment and said: "Young people should work hard. It is useless to fight for inheritance with older brothers. It is better to work hard on your own." The distance between him and his dream.
But later, the road to dreams still depends on oneself.
The development of Xingyu Airlines in the past few years made Zhang Guowei very grateful to his father for letting him enter the grassroots training.