5-year repayment of 100 million yuan loan, additionally guaranteeing and repaying 33 million yuan for others. Wang Ping, Chairman of Kangwang Industry and Trade, grew from a "young village chief" to a model of integrity.

5 years to repay a billion-yuan loan, additionally guaranteeing and repaying 33 million yuan for others; Wang Ping, Chairman of Kangwang Industry and Trade, grew from a "young village chief" to a model of integrity.

He is a village official, serving as 28 For years, leading villagers to actively build a beautiful home; he is an entrepreneur, starting from a family workshop, the most typical Yongkang boss. His forward-thinking was once questioned by villagers; he founded a business, which prospered but also experienced many ups and downs. ... He was once a "young village chief," but now he is a respected model of integrity. He is Wang Ping, Deputy Secretary of the Party Branch of Xiangzhu Fourth Village, a typical figure emerging from Xiangzhu Town's special education and rectification campaign "Establish Integrity, Abandon Bad Habits, Promote Righteousness." Today, let's listen to his story and feel the power of integrity around us.

Photo of Wang Ping (second from left) working in the village when he was young.

"Reputation is more precious than gold"

Repaying a huge guaranteed loan to keep his promise.

"In the 1990s, Chairman of Zhejiang Kangwang Industry and Trade, When Wang Ping first started his business, I visited his home. At that time, he often rode a bicycle to the steel market in Dayuan East Village, Gushan Town to purchase goods. After he and his wife finished the products, they used a handcart to deliver them to Xiangzhu Town." 15 On that day, town official Wang Jun recalled what he saw and heard years ago during enterprise cooperation.

Like many Yongkang bosses, Wang Ping from Xiangzhu is smart and started his business early. After years of hard work, Wang Ping's company grew from a couple's home startup to a larger enterprise, now having 200 many employees, with a factory area of 6.5 ten thousand square meters.

What broke the many years of peaceful and stable life was the 2015 year's guarantee chain crisis. 2015 In that year, Wang Ping's company suddenly faced a huge repayment amount due to the guarantee chain crisis. "At that time, there were two options: one was a friend's suggestion to 'shell out' the company to save some assets; the other was to take full responsibility and repay the entire guarantee amount." Taking full responsibility was not a small sum, but after consideration, he resolutely chose the latter.

What Wang Ping did not expect was that the risks brought by the guarantee chain were far beyond his imagination.

As the guarantee chain risk continued to spread, like many Yongkang enterprises at the time, Wang Ping's company also faced the risk of a broken capital chain. This sudden "double chain risk" plunged Wang Ping's company into a dilemma.

Misfortunes never come singly. 2018 In that year, affected by the China-US trade war, many of Wang Ping's company's export products encountered bottlenecks due to increased tariffs. At this time, 52 Wang Ping, aged

faced the most difficult moment of his life.

"A series of problems made me feel unprecedented pressure. Many friends advised me to give up, but I never had the idea of escaping," Wang Ping said firmly. "Reputation is more precious than gold; the company's brand and image cannot be lost, and personal integrity and principles cannot be compromised." It was under this "cannot lose" persistence that Wang Ping devoted himself to running the company, while alleviating financial difficulties by "slimming down" and selling some assets to keep the company healthy. 2019 In that year, Wang Ping targeted the fitness equipment industry and quickly launched related products, turning the company from crisis to safety. Wang Ping told reporters that from 2017 year to now, he has guaranteed and repaid 3300 million yuan for others, and repaid 1 billion yuan in loans for his own company. Throughout his words, Wang Ping remained calm, and this calmness is backed by the integrity and confidence he has accumulated through years of perseverance.

But Wang Ping's story of integrity goes far beyond this.

"The leading goose of a small village"

Serving as a village official 28 Years of outstanding contributions to the village

After hearing Wang Ping's entrepreneurial story, the reporter went to the entrance of Xiangzhu Fourth Village's natural village to hear what kind of person Wang Ping is in the eyes of the villagers.

"I know Wang Ping best; I grew up watching him." This year, 66 Wang Shaofeng, who once lived in the same Ming Hall as Wang Ping, after stating his purpose, voluntarily led the reporter around the village.

Villager Wang Shaofeng introduced the village scenery to the reporter.

"Look, the characters on this pavilion were written by Wang Ping. Our village built a park early on, and now everyone lives in new houses." Wang Shaofeng proudly told the reporter, "Our village carried out open-air cesspool removal and farmhouse renovation projects as early as the early 1990s, which was early in the whole Yongkang area."

During the visit, the reporter saw that the village's roads were clean and tidy, greenery was well arranged, and villagers' new houses were built in an orderly manner. Notably, the spacing between these houses is spacious and comfortable. As self-built houses from earlier years, the reporter couldn't help but praise the village's reasonable planning.

"That was Wang Ping's idea! His vision was very forward-looking." Wang Shaofeng told the reporter that when the village was planning, Wang Ping proposed that the spacing between buildings be as wide as 10 meters. Many villagers did not understand and thought it was a waste of space and that building more houses would be more practical. "But he insisted on persuading everyone, telling us that this way every household could park their car at their doorstep. Everyone laughed and said, 'We can't even afford bicycles, how can we drive cars?'"

Later, with the persistence of Wang Ping and several other village officials, the spacing between new farmhouses in Zhuangkou natural village was set at 10 meters. Today, the neatly parked cars between the buildings prove Wang Ping's words and witness the development and changes of Zhuangkou natural village.

"Before our village had roads, life was not this comfortable!" A villager overheard the conversation between the reporter and Wang Shaofeng and came over to chat, "When Wang Ping first became a village official, many people didn't believe in him. Some older villagers even said, 'Such a young guy, who has never properly farmed the fields, how could he possibly lead everyone well?'"

The old office building of Zhuangkou Natural Village

In fact, the doubts Wang Ping faced were far more than just a little. "He advocated for rural renovation, taking the opportunity to reserve development space for the village, exchanging 40 mu of land with neighboring villages, which is exactly the land where rows of new farmhouses are now built. When exchanging land, some villagers blamed him for trading poorly and called him a prodigal son. "... Villagers recalled the scenes from those years and finally all said, 'Now, everyone says it's all thanks to him.'"

Nowadays, Zhuangkou Natural Village 95% villagers live in new houses. The small village, once surrounded on all sides by other villages, now has wide roads connecting the village. Nearby villagers like to come here for walks and leisure. Last year, a provincial key project with a total investment of 3.3 hundreds of millions of yuan — covering an area of 300 mu pig ecological breeding farm settled in Xiangzhu Four Village, also adding more than 20 ten thousand yuan in annual income for the village.

"Although assets decreased, credibility increased"

Leading rural civilization to continuously reach new heights

Wang Qichao is the village committee member of Xiangzhu Four Village and was Wang Ping's good partner back then. When talking about the misunderstandings they faced from villagers while working together, he waved his hand: "Don't mention it, don't mention it, Wang Ping never took those things to heart."

Wang Qichao told the reporter that Wang Ping's greatest virtue is being kind, honest, and upright. "No matter what others say about him, he is not afraid because he acts without selfishness and always behaves properly." Wang Qichao told the reporter, "I also heard about him repaying the guaranteed loan. That shows his character. Compared to those tens of millions, he values his integrity much more."

"Although his assets decreased, his credibility increased." Villager Wang Jinxing told the reporter that in everyone's view, Wang Ping has always been like this, so his behavior has influenced many people.

The reporter also learned from villagers that to foster a culture of valuing education and etiquette in the village, Wang Ping and others established a study encouragement fund early on. Any student from the village who is admitted to Yongkang No.1 High School or key universities can receive financial rewards. Although the amounts are not large, it has motivated villagers for more than twenty years.

Wang Ping actively participates in bringing opera performances to the countryside

The reporter learned that Wang Ping has always been enthusiastic about public welfare and generously donated funds, often donating from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan annually. His donations have supported the village playground, street corner performances, as well as the construction of Jianshan Park and Xiangshan Park in Xiangzhu Town. ... Additionally, he has worked hard to promote mass culture and spread positive energy. As chairman of the city opera association, he actively participates in bringing opera performances to the countryside, having held over a hundred shows so far.

Wang Qichao told the reporter that although Wang Ping no longer lives in the village, he often appears in various places in the village because he always keeps the village's affairs in mind. For example, he noticed that the soil mound at the village entrance's "T-junction" was too high, creating a visual blind spot, so he promptly found a way to solve the hazard, relieving a worry for the villagers. The "T-junction" at the village entrance after renovation is much safer.

The "T-junction" at the village entrance after renovation is much safer.

From a "young village chief" in his twenties, to now, Wang Ping is not only a filial and virtuous model that everyone actively learns from but also a respected example of integrity.

[Reporter’s Notes]

"Being a person of integrity does not lead to loss."

"Being a person of integrity does not lead to loss." During the interview, Wang Ping said this many times. Wang Ping said that if he had "stripped" the company to protect his assets back then, the development of the fitness equipment industry would have nothing to do with him later, and he would have forever carried the reputation of a "deadbeat debtor." It would be very difficult to make a comeback...

"Wang Ping always has benefactors helping him and always catches good opportunities, which is related to his good character and many friends." The villager's words are simple but reflect the same truth.

"Being a person of integrity does not lead to loss." In fact, this is a universal value.

"Being a person of integrity does not lead to loss." In Mencius's words — "Those who follow the right path gain much help; those who lose the right path gain little help."

"Being a person of integrity does not lead to loss." In Confucius's words — "Virtue is not solitary; it surely has neighbors."

"Being a person of integrity does not lead to loss." This is not self-comfort. Because as long as one embraces integrity, the road will eventually become wider and wider.