As many people know, Tang Shuangning worked more than 12 hours every day and worked overtime on two thirds of Sundays. However, under this kind of work intensity, Tang Shuangning not only created endless calligraphy works, poems and essays; More creatively put forward many philosophical supervision theories.
A person familiar with Tang Shuangning explained his multiple tasks like this: "Tang Shuangning once said that people can only have more inspiration when they are busiest".
Although he is the vice chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, supervising rural finance, city commercial banks and other important work, Tang Shuangning never thought he knew a lot about finance. However, he believes that a real financier must be a philosopher first. By this standard, Tang Shuangning is obviously a financier.
Tang Shuangning appeared in public many times, so his speech was widely circulated. A familiar reporter said that Chairman Tang's speech was very vivid, such as the "soup effect" of his financial theory; The "four-dimensional theory" of bank supervision (managing legal person, managing risk, managing internal control and improving transparency); The "syllogism" of the reform of state-owned banks; Similarity of form and spirit; "Four Persistence Theories" in the reform of rural credit cooperatives: "Four Unbalanced Theories" in financial development; The "Jiulong Water Control Theory" of rural finance and so on. It sounds like poetry and prose at first, but after careful study, it is found that his metaphor is actually in place.
Tang Shuangning often said, let me talk about a problem on purpose, but I can't. I like to bring out the questions I want to talk about in chatting with you. His statement was recognized by the staff of the China Banking Regulatory Commission. A familiar director of a certain department of the China Banking Regulatory Commission told reporters: "In the past, Chairman Tang liked to quote classics and then allude to real problems, so the meeting atmosphere was very relaxed. He is not a leader who likes to sit still. "
In 2006, at the third China Private Enterprise Investment and Development Forum held in Peking University, Tang Shuangning wrote poems to analyze the banking reform, which was also impressive.
"Room du never points, seeks to break the plunge into force also concentric. If it weren't for the chaos in the buffer region, how could Ma Wei break the sweet soul? " It is unprecedented for Tang Shuangning to analyze the banking reform with ancient poems. Tang explained that it refers to the two prime ministers of Tang Taizong, who are two phases, each with its own strengths, good at strategizing, sizing up the situation and making concerted efforts with the Tang Dynasty. If it weren't for the separatist regime, the Anshi Rebellion and the demise of the Tang Dynasty would never have happened. Accordingly, it was related to the banking reform at that time. "Private capital and state-owned capital play an inseparable role in the construction of modern financial system. They can participate in the restructuring and transformation of the banking industry in the form of capital and play a role in it. However, because banking institutions are basically saturated, it is not appropriate to set up too many new ones. " At the end of June 2007, due to the need of work, Tang Shuangning was transferred from the vice chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission to the chairman of China Everbright Group. For this role change from referee to athlete, Tang Shuangning expressed his mentality change with a couplet: hold your head high as a public servant in the office, otherwise you will have no authority; Go to the enterprise and bow your head to be the master, otherwise there will be no money to earn. Horizontal batch: roughly.
It is generally believed that at that time, most large and medium-sized banks in China were listed except Everbright Bank and Agricultural Bank. Due to historical reasons, Everbright Group has a large number of enterprises, and its subsidiaries and Sun Company are complicated. The reform of Everbright Group is like a "heavenly book". At this time, Tang Shuangning was transferred as the chairman of China Everbright Group, which was quite a bit of an important task.
Tang Shuangning really lived up to expectations. Only about 50 days after he took office, the restructuring plan of Everbright Group was approved by the State Council. Not only that, the mission of the first justified "financial holding company" in China also fell on Everbright Group. Just four months later, Central Huijin Company successfully settled in, and Everbright Bank immediately stepped into the road of attracting investment and listing.
However, the restructuring process of China Everbright Bank was not smooth sailing. Tang Shuangning has made great efforts in the past five months, from the approval of the reform plan to the settlement of the dispute between new and old shareholders about "reducing their holdings".
A staff member around Tang Shuangning told the reporter that in June 2007, in order to make Huijin's shareholding plan pass smoothly, Tang Shuangning personally led a team to have face-to-face communication with key shareholders all over the country. At a shareholders' banquet, he had a few drinks with the shareholders, who had never had a drink. In addition, in order to promote the reorganization work, Tang Shuangning often works late into the night and relies on sleeping pills to help him sleep.
According to the 50-day schedule of Tang Shuangning's appointment provided by Everbright Group, since he took office, Tang Shuangning has been packed every day and basically hasn't relaxed for half a day.
To Tang Shuangning's relief, everything comes to him who waits, and Huijin's shareholding plan was finally passed with a high vote of over 90%. "I am very grateful to Huijin and the old shareholders for reaching a settlement on the basis of mutual understanding." Tang Shuangning said frankly in an interview with reporters.
It is worth noting that one thing Tang Shuangning did after he took office in China Everbright Bank. That is, shortly after the reform plan of China Everbright Bank was approved, Tang Shuangning unexpectedly held a high-profile meeting to strengthen internal management. What is even more incredible is that, unlike similar meetings in many units, Tang Shuangning also invited some high-standard media to attend the meeting.
"This is a meeting to expose our domestic ugliness, expose our scars and warn ourselves," Tang Shuangning said in the opening speech of the meeting. He pointed out that the purpose of convening this meeting is to deal with the minority, educate the majority, resolutely curb the high incidence of cases, shock and warn internally, reshape the image externally, and ensure the smooth progress of reform.
Tang Shuangning's move was welcomed by the outside world. When some media reporters chatted privately, they even thought that "since Tang Shuangning took office, Everbright Group has been more open and transparent than some listed banks."
According to Tang Shuangning's formulation of the "three major battles" of the reform of China Everbright Bank, the first two major battles of the reform of China Everbright Bank have been successfully ended, and Tang Shuangning is leading his team to the third battle-attracting investment and listing. Anyone familiar with Tang Shuangning knows that you can talk about him without talking about finance, but you have to talk about calligraphy. Even he himself often said, "I am good at poetry and calligraphy, and I know a little about finance."
Calligraphy and finance are completely different, and ice and charcoal are different. Because of this, many people who are not familiar with Tang Shuangning made jokes. For example, people in financial circles often call him and say that there is a calligrapher with the same name. He said "maybe". Someone in the calligraphy circle called him and said that there was a financier with the same name. He asked, "Really?"
In addition, Tang Shuangning's calligraphy has also spread many stories in the industry. It is understood that in the middle of the trading hall of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, there is a calligraphy work "Zi Qi Donglai" written by Tang Shuangning, chairman of China Everbright Group. The thing is this: On June 30th, 2006, Tang Shuangning, then vice chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission, went to Hong Kong for a working meeting with Joseph Yam, president of Hong Kong Monetary Authority. During this period, he met with Founder, Chairman of Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission, and Zhou, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Accompanied by Zhou, he visited the trading hall of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and promised to create a calligraphy work for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
When considering what kind of calligraphy works to send, Tang Shuangning felt that to create a calligraphy work for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, we must first bring auspiciousness to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and reflect the meaning of "cow"; Artistic creation is implicit, and it is impossible to write "cow" clearly. What shall we do? He remembered the story of "purple gas coming from the east", which is the story of Lao Tzu riding a green cow over Hangu Pass. Liu Xiang, a native of the Han Dynasty, wrote in The Legend of Immortals: "I went west, and I saw a purple floating in the shade, and Lao Zi rode past."
"Purple gas comes from the east" not only embodies the meaning of "cow", but also does not clearly write "cow", which is an excellent theme for the inscription of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. At this time, he had a brainwave and created a calligraphy work "Purple Gas Coming from the East", and entrusted Zhu Limiyi, a consultant of China Banking Regulatory Commission, to Zhou for safekeeping before the Spring Festival in 2007. Zhou was very serious. He wrote a letter to express his "thanks" and framed the work and hung it in the center of the trading hall. Hong Kong people believe in these things. Mr Ronald ARCULLI, Chairman of HKEx, joked with Tang Shuangning that since the painting was put up, the stock of HKEx has risen by nearly 70%.
So, why does Tang Shuangning have a special complex about calligraphy? According to Tang Shuangning's memory, he first practiced calligraphy by copying posters. Later, calligraphy became his way of rest, because sharpening the knife did not mistake the woodcutter, and rest could improve work efficiency. Later, it became a hobby, from passive to active, and he became interested in calligraphy. Later it became a need, and he couldn't leave.
Among many works, Tang Shuangning has a special liking for Weeds. His calligraphy is a combination of Zhang Xu and Huai Su's Wild Grass and Cai Yong and Cai Xiang's Flying White, which is tentatively named Flying Wild Grass Book. His wild grass works are full of ups and downs, steep and vigorous, full of charm, reaching the realm of no self, giving people a feeling of soul-stirring, and he is also known as "the first wild grass in contemporary China".
The unique way of evaluation by master Wen of Chinese studies. Regarding the wild grass style, Yang, a famous calligrapher, commented: If his works are spears and halberds, bent iron and coiled silk, they are all bold and magnificent, which cannot be used for reference.
In addition to his own school of calligraphy, Tang Shuangning also has his own unique understanding of calligraphy. In his view, calligraphy is an art that takes Chinese characters as the object, takes China's traditional brush and ink as the tool, and takes off-book kung fu as the basis to vent emotions and create aesthetic feeling. Extracurricular kung fu is to read thousands of books, take Wan Li Road, learn thousands of things, learn thousands of people, express their feelings around the world and broaden their minds.