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Video: Hillhouse Zhang Lei and His Friends talking about Value

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Video: Hillhouse Zhang Lei and His Friends talking about Value

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Zhang Lei 张磊, CFA, is a Chinese billionaire businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of Hillhouse Capital Management, Ltd.

In this topic, you will be able to understand:
- what is considered as the core value
- the key to start a business
- the lifestyle Zhang's possess
- what actions to take every day
- how to socialise with business partners

English Translation

The other one, I think the most essential value, actually is still long-termism.
In other words, are you a person who believes long-term values means victory?
If you view things in a short-term, Everything will be difficult to do.
If you view from a longer perspective, most of the things can be understood.

This is so-called, which we also see that on books: the water flow does not compete to be the first, instead it competes for flowing continuously, endlessly.

Origin: Laozi, Dao De Jing
(Interpretation: Metaphor to describe: When we act, we do not have to compete to be the first in the short -term, but we have to aim to act persistently in the long-term.)

It is not saying that you have to become the first or go beyond others in the short-term. It is not that important.
They key is to do it continuously and endlessly.
You can see somebody who practise running a marathon. He/She can run up to 11.5 kilometres at first.

That is amazing. If Zhang Lei can run 11.5 kilometres, I have to run at least 22 kilometres.

(Interpretation: Joking about if people like Zhang Lei, men in their 40’s, can run 11.5 kilometres, I have to perform better when I start running. But this is not the case, this is only a short-term view.)

Running is a long-term process, and so is starting a business. It is a long-term practice process.
Finally, I think there is one more thing, that is, I think
When people think of long-termism and value creation, you cannot just as view it in terms of entrepreneurship.

I think that you are having narrow thinking in entrepreneurship.

(Interpretation: Long-termism and value creation is not only used in entrepreneurship.)

I believe long-termism and value (creation) are ultimately a lifestyle.
Your own lifestyle, choice of life philosophy.
Whether you are looking for a job or looking for a boyfriend or girlfriend, you must adhere to a long-term principle.

You (may) ask yourself if this is a long-term choice that will calm your soul.

(Interpretation: Whenever you make a choice, you have to ask yourself…)

Rather than being forced to make a very anxious choice under the hustle and bustle.
If you are careless on everything, there must be no long-term.

When you are stuck in the present, you have to think of poetry and fields far away in heart.

(Learning poetry and having fields far away from cities is a metaphor of the ideal life.)
(Interpretation: Although you are stuck in the present, you have to dream about your ideal future in mind.)
(Interpretation: Only when you are living in present, you realize how precious it is the value of the ideal life. But it may be far too ideal for people to make a living so people still live in the present)

You have to use long-termism as your measuring ruler.
How does long-termism make a measuring ruler? Not when starting a business,
But it is your daily lifestyle, every choice you make every day, everything you do,
Let’s say I am going to take a postgraduate entrance examination today, I am going to do something soon or I am going to join this job,
All things can be viewed with long-termism,
Is this something that is valuable to me in the long term, or is it only valuable in the short term?
(To answer this,) I will go back on this question, can you apply the long-termism to the micro-decision making every day?
Small decision making every day, small decision making every day. Inside each small decision,
you apply long-termism, you create value and discover.
In the end, I think it actually forms a muscle memory
Form muscle memory, you formed muscle memory allow you to stay with long-termism naturally.

(So,) You will not panic. People say that when you have surplus food in your hand, you don’t panic from the bottom of your heart.
Overcoming different periods is equal to having values in the hands so nothing you have to panic.

(Interpretation: Chinese in the old days experienced famine and people work to have food only. Therefore, when you have food in surplus, you have nothing to worry.)
(Interpretation: Food in surplus = Values that overcome time, stay in long-term)

If you are more relieved and is not in a panic, slowly you will be more calm.
Therefore, it is easier to choose a long-term partner and to walk with him/her.
Everything is easy to handle, and it is easy to solve.

This is my own understanding, just drew an eye on a dragon then.

(Interpretation: drawing an eye on a dragon is an idiom meaning having the finishing touch on a well-established work)
(Interpretation: Zhang is giving himself a final statement on his well-establish speech, to make the speech more persuasive and state the key points)

(Applause) This is cheering up for one another, thank you for being the supporters.

(Interpretation: People give reactions to one another to create a livelier atmosphere. Zhang joked about the applause as a socialising act.)


CEO Zhang please give me an autograph.

(Interpretation: Similar to you ask a celebrity for an autograph, asking Zhang for it is an humorous way to show appreciation for his speech.)

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