[Fortune Story] Billiards King and His golden couple
Moderator:
New concept of wealth, creating new wealth. Hello, I’m Wang Kai. In the winter of 2001, in an apartment in panggezhuang, Daxing District, there was a middle-aged man in his fifties who had not slept for more than half a month. No matter day or night, this man is mumbling, looking in a trance, and he is about to have a nervous breakdown.
Commentary:
This middle-aged man who is troubled by insomnia is called Gan Lianfang. He is the chairman of the largest billiard table manufacturer in China.
In the same period: Gan Lianfang, Chairman of Beijing Xingpai Group
It’s just that the quilt and mattress are all wet, that is, I suddenly break out in sweat and sweat, and I can’t sleep at one or two o’clock or two or three o’clock. I can’t sleep when I walk upstairs and downstairs, and my head hurts when I fall asleep.
In the same period: Gan Lianfang, Chairman of Beijing Xingpai Group
The worst time, I watched TV and talked about the wave guide mobile phone and the fighter in the mobile phone. That’s what I talked about. I kept talking about it the night before until I didn’t sleep all night the next morning. I said it was broken and I was mentally ill. Go and see it quickly.
Commentary:
Gan Lianfang did not eat less medicine prescribed by the hospital for insomnia, but his condition did not relieve at all. As a last resort, under the introduction of friends, he even began to take drugs to treat mental illness.
In the same period: Gan Lianfang, Chairman of Beijing Xingpai Group
I slept after taking a pill, and slept all night. I ate it for more than half a month, and then I said stop taking it. I was addicted and couldn’t stand it without it.
Moderator:
You see, this is the first time I’ve heard that the medicine prescribed by the hospital doesn’t matter, and it’s only effective to take the medicine for treating mental illness. What is it that makes China’s "Billiards King" such a mess? We have to start from the beginning.
Commentary:
Gan Lianfang was originally a farmer in the suburb of Daxing, Beijing. Since 1988, he started the business of producing billiard tables with his family from scratch. In the middle and late 1990s, his billiards table established a monopoly position in the domestic market. Almost all billiards competitions in China are sponsored by his enterprise.
During the same period: Ding Junhui player
Before I became famous, I often heard that they held big competitions, as well as world-class competitions and national competitions.
Commentary:
However, after more than ten years of rapid development, Gan Lianfang’s billiards career began to enter a trough.
During the same period: Fan Rongjian, Vice President of Beijing Star Brand Group
I have been the leader for several years, so in this case, the whole industry is in the open, and many enterprises are starting to copy our products. Just around Daxing, there are dozens around Hebei.
In the same period: Gan Lianfang, Chairman of Beijing Xingpai Group
In 1996 and 1997, we should have made a profit of 15 million yuan, but by 1998, we were basically flat and had no profit, and by 1999, we should be in a state of loss.
Commentary:
Due to the low technical threshold for the production of billiard tables, the billiard tables produced by Gan Lianfang were hit by counterfeit products, and the national billiard market shrank, and the annual loss of Gan Lianfang actually reached 5 million.
In the same period: Gan Lianfang, Chairman of Beijing Xingpai Group
If we don’t increase its publicity expenses, update our equipment and invest in scientific research in time, the billiards will shrink. If it shrinks, it should, I’m not exaggerating, die and disappear.
Moderator:
Gan Lianfang’s billiards career has reached a crossroads. Whether to go or stay, Gan Lianfang faces a painful choice. Maybe there are too many unsatisfactory things in business, but seeing the new people in the domestic billiards field coming forth in large numbers, Gan Lianfang feels that he can’t give up the billiards business that has dug up the first bucket of gold for him.