Aspirants Case Studies - Crystal's Inland Empire

## Napoleon Bonaparte > **“I have made all the calculations: fate will do the rest.”** > — [The Mind of Napoleon](https://archive.org/details/mindofnapoleon0000jchr) ![[IMG_9796.png]] ### **Thought Board** - What kind of personality did Napoleon have in his youth? Before the rise? - What made the rise? - To what extent did he believe in fate, ambition, power? ### **Napoleon's Reading List** source: --[Napolen the Reader](https://www.napoleon-series.org/research/napoleon/c_read1.html) During his years at Brienne Military College (1779-1784), he became an avid reader and acquired a taste for the **classics of Ancient Greece, Rome, the Renaissance and of France's Age of Louis XIV. ### Booklist - dramas of Voltaire and the three great dramatists of the Age of Louis XIV, Corneille, Moliere, Racine - Plutarch's [**The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679100-plutarch-s-lives) - Machiavelli's The Prince - The [Essays of Montaigne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne)) - Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws - Raynal's Philosophical History of the two Indies - Marigny's History of the Arabs - John Barrow's History of England - Buffon's Natural History - Plato's Republic - Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther - the political and philosophical works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau ![[horse chess.png|200]] Of all histories, his biggest favorite was Plutarch's **The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans**. It stimulated him to dream and worship the exploits of empire-building heroes such as Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, two of whom he later emulated as a conqueror. Will Durant, author of The Age of Napoleon, the final volume of his popular "Story of Civilization" series, best sums up Napoleon's love for Plutarch's Lives. >"He (Napoleon) breathed the passion of those ancient patriots and drank the blood of those historic battles". He was so steeped in Greek and Roman history that Pasquale Paoli, the great Corsican rebel leader was to later remark to him, "There is nothing modern in you; you are entirely out of Plutarch." ### Motivation There were several reasons why he decided to conduct a self-directed university-equivalent of what amounted to a crash course in the humanities. - First of all, he wanted to acquire new knowledge that he did not get when he was at Brienne. - Secondly, he aimed at intellectually improving himself. - Thirdly, he wanted to find out what was wrong with the current French society. He wanted to know why there was so much injustice, unnecessary poverty, corruption among high officials. ### Reading Focus > A passage he copied down from Raynal's Philosophical History of the Two Indies is especially fascinating because it explains why Alexander the Great decided to make Egypt, of all places, the center of his vast empire. Emil Ludwig notes that Napoleon memorized this passage so perfectly, that he could recite it by heart thirty years after he took down these words. ### Napoleon's Words Source: — [The Mind of Napoleon](https://archive.org/details/mindofnapoleon0000jchr) #### Prologue “It is an almost instinctive belief of mine,” writes Stendhal, “that any man who holds power lies when he speaks,and especially when he writes.” In his “romantic and epic dream”—the words are his— he created a hero to suit the needs of his imagination, a humanity to suit the needs of his hero, and a background to suit the magnitude of the action. Certain external and by no means accidental similarities between Napoleon’s career and that of [[Young Hitler|Hitler ]] have blinded some men to the far more significant contrasts. Hitler destroyed the law; Napoleon was a law-giver whose code spread across continents. That difference alone should be enough to discourage comparison. Hitler was a maniacal crank with an ideology; Napoleon, sane and self-controlled, despised ideologies. .. But why insist on the contrast? Perhaps there is no difference between them but the difference between the Age of Reason and the Age of Hatred. It’s a substantial difference. #### The Heart Letter to Jéréme, 1802: > Die young, and I shall accept your death—but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all. Letter, 1807: > All my life I have sacrificed everything—comfort, self-interest, happiness—to my destiny. Letter to Talleyrand, 1797: > All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything. Conversation, 1816z: >A consecutive series of great actions never is the result of chance and luck; it always is the product of planning and genius. Great men are rarely known to fail in their most perilous enterprises... . Is it because they are lucky that they become great? No, but being great, they have been able to master luck. #### Mastering the Fortune Letter, 1797: >He who fears to lose his reputation is sure to lose it. When asked why, in 1797, he stopped at Leoben instead of marching on to Vienna: >Because I was playing at Twenty-One, and I held at twenty. On the capture of Malta, 1798; dictation, c.1817: >Napoleon made sure that he might dare, and dared. To his staff, on the projected campaign of 1812: >To sum it up, a battle is my plan of campaign, and success is my whole policy. To Caulaincourt, December 1812: >This is how the smallest events change the destinies of the world. The mistakes of our enemies often are more useful to them than their abilities and cause us to commit mistakes still greater than theirs. At the beginning of the 1813 campaign, in conversation: >If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds. . . . >“I have made all the calculations: fate will do the rest.” ![[kriiisbella_httpss.mj.runYLCZ3ozh79c_pixel_art_object_crown_m_e3cc210f-bcce-4d60-9a5b-feee3f5add7d_0.png|200]] #### Ambition Conversation, 1804: >Besides, as far as I am concerned, I have no ambition—or, if I have any, it is so natural to me, so innate, so intimately linked with my existence that it is like the blood that circulates in my veins, like the air I breathe. It causes me to act neither more precipitately, nor in any way differently,than do the natural motives that move me. I never am obliged to fight either for or against ambition. Ambition never is in a greater hurry than J; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking. Conversation, 1805: >There is only one thing to do in this world, and that is to keep acquiring more and more money and power. All the rest is chimerical. ## 全斗焕 [世纪大审判](https://book.douban.com/subject/1327890/) <details><summary> 前言 </summary> 1937 年从大邱师范学校毕业以后，他曾在当地小学当过 3 年小学教师。作为一个农家子弟的朴正熙，能够当上日本殖民当局公立学校的教师，无论从社会地位上还是从薪水待遇上都可以说是“ 有了出息” ，而早在师范学校期间就曾**大量阅读拿破仑等伟人传记**的朴正熙却并不甘心只做一个普普通通的小学教师。于是。他在 3年后的1941年 4月远赴中国东北报考当时设在伪满洲国“ 首都” 新京（今吉林省长春市）的满洲军官学校预科班，开始走上军人之路。 这个满洲军官学校就在今长春市的近郊，当年在这个学校学习的伪满战犯中有不少人曾记得有一个名叫高木正雄的朝鲜籍学员，而这个高木正雄就是朴正熙的日本名。其实在 1945 年光复后才建立起来的韩国军队中，有不少像朴正熙这样在这个满洲军官学校学习过的人，其中当上将军的就有 15 人，而最“ 出息” 的当然还是朴正熙。 到 1942 年 10 月，朴正熙作为满洲军官学校预科的优秀毕业生而被派往东京参加日本陆军士官学校本科学习，1944 年 2 月毕业后被派到日本关东军担任少尉，曾在我国华北地区参加讨伐中国抗日军队的战斗，到 1945 年 8月时已成为关东军中尉。1946 年，被解除武装的朴正熙回到光复后的韩国，经过由美国军政当局主持的士官学校的短期训练后成为新生的韩国军队的一名骨干。 1948 年 10 月，朴正熙国参与南朝鲜劳动党组织的武装暴动而被捕，第二年被军法会议判处死刑，后来经军队老上司的解救才勉强得到释放和恢复军籍。一向以反共亲美而闻名的朴正熙居然也有过因共产党嫌疑而差点被枪决的经历，不能不说是一个奇异的因缘。 1950 年朝鲜战争爆发以后，朴正熙重新恢复军队指挥官职务，而后历任第 5 师团长、第 7 师团长和第 6 军管区少将司令、第 2 军副司令官等要职，逐渐成为韩国军队内部少壮派势力的核心人物。这些少壮势力主张严厉处罚曾经支持李承晚独裁统治和非法积蓄大量私财的军队高级将领，并整顿腐败混乱的军内秩序，改善军人待遇，提高军队在社会中的地位和影响力，对新上台的民主党政权的软弱无能也抱有强烈的不满。这些少壮派势力大都是陆军士官学校第八期（以下简称陆士八期）出身的校尉级军官，并得到朴正熙等部分高级将领的支持和怂恿，早在李承晚政权后期就已开始策划发动军事政变。 1961 年 5 月 16 日凌晨 3 点，朴正熙率领全副武装的政变部队 3000 余人以代号“ 烽火作战” 的军事演习的名义强渡汉江进入首都汉城，仅用两个小时就完全控制了政府办公大楼和广播电台等重要据点，进而以所谓军事革命委员会的名义向国内外宣布六项“ 革命公约”和在全国实行非常戒严，当天晚上 7 点便宣布完全接收民主党政府。当政变部队强渡汉江的枪声响起来时，责任内阁总理张勉既没有调动军队进行镇压也没有请求驻韩美军介入。而是慌慌张张地跑到一家修道院躲了起来，大难临头的民主党责任内阁居然和总理失去了联系，作为国家首脑的尹潽善总统也无可奈何地哀叹道：“ 该来的还是来了” 。当天早晨 9 点，发动政变的朴正熙同已经宣布担任军事革命委员会主席的陆军参谋长张都暎中将一道来到总统府要求尹潽善“ 事后承认” 他们擅自颁布的非常戒严令。尹潽善先是借故拒绝了实际上要将政变合法化的这一要求，后来得到绝不伤害原政府成员的保证后才被迫答应了他们的要求。 于是在两天后的 18 日. 那位像鸵鸟一样只顾缩头藏身的张勉总理才从修道院里走出来，在政变军的“ 武装护卫” 下召开紧急国务会议，匆匆通过了内阁总辞职后向军事革命委员会移交政权的决议。 … 再说朴正熙采用欲取先与的手段，故意宣布要将国家政权完全交给国民选举产生的民主政府，然后暗中指使军队将领公开要求延长军政统治，以“ 勉强接受军内同志强烈要求” 的形式开始了窃取总统宝座的最后冲刺。他一边假惺惺地声称“ 希望再也不要出现像我这样不幸的军人” ，一边以陆军大将衔退出军队现役并加人民主共和党，进而动用大量政治资金和许多非法手段在 1963 年 10 月的第五届总统选举中勉强战胜在野党候选人尹潽善。成为韩国政府的第五任总统，开始了当代韩国的第三共和国时代。 落选的在野党候选人尹浩善在选举结束后曾公开揭露朴正熙一派非法操纵选举甚至偷偷修改计票结果等舞弊行为，宣布自己实际上是“ 胜于选举而败于计票”的“ 精神上的总统” 。就这样经过军事政变上台的朴正熙政权在政治、外交上积极推行反共亲美路线，先后通过韩日关系正常化和派兵支持美国侵越战争等措施在政治、外交、军事和经济等方面得到美国和日本的大力支持，同时在经济上通过强有力的政府干预推行大出大进的出口导向型经济开发战略，到第三次经济开发计划完成后的 1977 年时. 人均国民生产总值已由 1962 年的 83 美元增长到 944 美元，增长 11 倍多，出口总额也超过 100 亿美元，成为当时世界上第 17位的出口大国，使韩国由一个贫穷落后的农业国一跃而成为名列“ 亚洲四小龙” 的新兴工业国家，史称“ 汉江奇迹” 。 … 于是，他趁女歌手唱歌助兴的机会悄悄来到室外，吩咐忠于自己的亲信部下一旦听见室内枪声响起就立即动手击毙在附近等候着的朴正熙的随身侍卫，然后亲自拿起早已准备好的大口径的西德产“ 尤尔塔”手枪进入室内，直接向还在饮酒作乐的朴正熙和车智澈“ 乓乓” 开了两枪，时为当晚 7 点 42 分。据当时在场的女歌手回忆，枪声响过后朴正熙紧闭着眼睛挺了一会儿便猝然歪倒在一旁，中弹的右胸口处汩汩地冒着鲜红的血，而刚才还在趾高气扬的侍卫室长车智澈则抱着中弹的手臂躲进了旁边的卫生间，金载圭的手枪义恰恰在这个时候卡了壳。金载圭遂匆忙跑到室外，从部下手中要来一把新枪，再次冲进室内，迎面击毙了刚好企图向外逃命的车智澈，然后咬着牙把枪抵在尚未完全咽气的朴正熙的头上狠狠地补了一枪，连任 5 届总统并统治韩国 18 年的朴止熙就这样惨死在自己的心腹手中，史称“ 十· 二六” 事件。螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。刺杀朴正熙成功的金载圭尚未来得及掌握军政大权，便在 5 个小时后的第二天凌晨被朴正熙的另一个亲信、国军保安司令全斗焕逮捕，经军法审判后于当年年底同 7 名同案犯一道处以绞刑。在接受军法审判时，金载圭曾经表示自己是“ 以野兽般的心情向维新（指标榜“ 维新”的朴正熙独裁统治）的心脏开了火” ，他的家属和社会各界也认为金载圭的暗杀之举是反独裁的正义行动，曾积极开展营救活动，由 31 位著名律师组成律师团免费为金载圭进行了法庭辩护。后来一个民间团体在汉城近郊的金氏墓地前竖起了一个“ 义士金载圭将军追慕碑” ，迄今还有不少当年曾经遭到军事独裁政权的残酷迫害的人们前去参拜。朴正熙之死结束了长达 18 年的军事独裁统治，也结束了以“ 维新” 独裁为特色的第四共和国统治，但却未能给韩国国民带来一个真正的民主时代。以全斗焕为代表的所谓新军部势力很快控制了朴正熙死后一度飘摇不定的韩国政局，并通过新的军事政变又一次建立了军部独裁统治。这一新军部势力的代表就是后来依次担任第五共和国和第六共和国总统而又依次沦为阶下囚的全斗焕和卢泰愚。由全斗焕和卢泰愚等新军部势力建立起来的军事政权实际上是朴正熙军事独裁统治的继续和延长，使得这种军事独裁统治在只有 50 年的当代韩国政治史上占据了 30 多年的时间，从而在年轻的大韩民同的历史上留下了一道长长的军事独裁的阴影。 </details> 尽管学习成绩不好，全斗焕却以其特有的==健壮体魄和豪放直爽的性格==成为陆士足球部的守门员和主将，还结交了不少意气相投的朋友，其中就有后来与他一同发动政变的卢泰愚、金复东等人。全斗焕能够成为这些同学中的“头儿” ，据说是因为他的拳头最硬的关系。当时，正当青春年华的他们以全斗焕为主结成一个叫“ 五星会” 的小团体，立志要成为像举世闻名的美国五星上将麦克阿瑟那样的杰出军人。 1955 年 9 月毕业后，全斗焕作为陆军少尉到横贯朝鲜半岛中部的军事分界线一带当了几年小队长。==急于出人头地的全斗焕不甘心走按部就班地一级一级升官的正常道路，遂于升为中尉的 1958 年主动报名参加了刚刚组建的空降兵部队。==当时，韩国国内尚没有能够进行特种兵训练的设施和条件，所以主要军官都要派到美国去接受训练。1959 年 6 月，全斗焕和老同学卢泰愚等人一道被派到美国特种战术学校接受了为期 5 个月的心理战教育，这也是他第一次出国“见了大世面” 。回国后，已当上中队长的全斗焕和李圭东将军的女儿李顺子结了婚==。李圭东曾任陆军士官学校的参谋长，全斗焕就是在陆士学习期间结识了这位参谋长家的“ 千金”== ，经过多年的恋爱结为夫妇。当时正在梨花女子大学医科读二年级的李顺子中断了学业成为一个“ 大尉夫人” ，后来两个人也一直维持了夫唱妇随的恩爱关系。到朴正熙等人发动军事政变成功后的 1960 年 7 月，==全斗焕又作为韩国空降兵部队的首批预备教官被派到美国特种兵学校接受了极为严格的特种训练==。这种特种训练包括在到处都有毒蛇猛兽的森林地带和荒野沙漠等恶劣的环境中实际进行残酷的野外生存训练，身材矮小的全斗焕却凭着顽强的意志以相当优异的成绩完成了这一训练。==当时和他一起接受训练的还有后来成为朴正熙的侍卫室长的车智澈和跟随全斗焕发动军事政变的崔世昌等人==。全斗焕在短短两年内接连两次被派到美国去接受训练，预示着他在军队中的官运已经开始亨通，而在陆士第十一届同学中也成为颇有威望的领头人 -- 全斗焕通过与**朴正熙是早期陆士同学的岳父李圭东将军**和在**朴正熙手下做副官的陆士同学**，已经对朴正熙的为人和志向有所耳闻，所以一听到是他领导的政变便喜出望外，急忙独自跑到设在陆军本部的政变指挥部，==直接向朴正熙打听了政变的具体情况==。朴正熙对这个在政变第二天就赶来表示参与的青年大尉很是欣赏，告诉他政变的主导者就是自己，并号召全斗焕等青年军官也积极支持这场政变。==在朴正熙那里吃了定心丸的全斗焕立即赶到陆军士官学校，以汉城地区陆士同学会会长的身份说服了当时还对朴正熙等人不大熟悉的陆士同学和后辈学员们转向支持政变==。几天后，陆军士官学校的上百名学员排着整齐的队列全副武装地走上汉城街头，举行了公开支持军事政变的示威游行。号称“ 未来将军” 的陆士学员们的这一公开行动，成为促使当时还在彷徨中的韩国军队转向支持朴正熙政变集团的一个重要契机，全斗焕也因此而成为朴正熙的一个红人，开始走上政治军人的道路。全斗焕遂纠集卢泰愚等同期同学于 1964年 3 月成立了叫做“ 一心会” 的秘密组织，自己当上了首任会长。“ 一心会”的名字取自“会员之间要同心协力地一心为国家、一心为朋友” 之意，特别强调会员之间的相互团结和同学义气，会员则以陆士第十一期为中心，严格挑选陆士各期中南韩地区出身的讲义气、能抱团的干练人员，从而==在韩国军队内部逐渐形成了通过学缘、地缘和江湖义气、个人野心相结合的一个势力集团。==全斗焕利用自己接近朴正熙的有利条件，积极为“ 一心会” 会员们寻求出路。每当“ 一心会” 的会员遇到升军衔和调动职位等重大选择时，==全斗焕总是不惜拿出自己的钱来到处打点和疏通上上下下的关系，从而将自己的亲信安排到各个重要部门。==就是在平时，他也总是借口庆贺升官和调动职位等名义向后辈同学和部下们赠送大笔金钱和摆酒请客处笼络人心、拉帮结伙，逐渐在军队中形成了一个自上而下、盘根错节的“ 一心会” 关系网。==当时已经成家的全斗焕还寄居在老丈人家里，但却总是把自己的工资全部用在上上下下打点和交际上，对于“ 一心会” 的弟兄们更是慷慨解囊，经常是拿出钱包里的钱连数也不数地全部赠送==。正是这个“ 一心会” 势力，后来成为支持全斗焕发动军事政变并维持全斗焕和卢泰愚的军事独裁统治的所谓“ 新军部” 势力的核心力量。 ## Younge Hitler [The Young Hitler I knew by August Kubicek](http://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffmaster/Reading/Copy/hitlerprophetwagner.htm) [_The Mind of Adolf Hitler: The Secret Wartime Report_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind_of_Adolf_Hitler#:~:text=Langer's%20report%20also%20concluded%20that,urinate%20or%20defecate%20on%20him.%22) <details><summary>Read More</summary> Chapter 10 -- In That Hour It Began 19:38 It was the most impressive hour I ever lived through with my friend. So unforgettable is it, that even the most trivial things, the clothes Adolf wore that evening, the weather, are still present in my mind as though the experience were exempt from the passing of time. … Hitherto I had been convinced that my friend wanted to become an artist, a painter, or perhaps an architect. Now this was no longer the case. Now he aspired to something higher, which I could not yet fully grasp. It rather surprised me, as I thought that the vocation of the artist was for him the highest, most desirable goal. But now he was talking of a mandate which, one day, he would receive from the people, to lead them out of servitude to the heights of freedom. It was an unknown youth who spoke to me in that strange hour. He spoke of a special mission which one day would be entrusted to him, and I, his only listener, could hardly understand what he meant. Many years had to pass before I realized the significance of this enraptured hour for my friend. … I was also present when Adolf Hitler retold this sequel to the performance of Rienzi in Linz to Frau Wagner, at whose home we were both guests. Thus my own memory was doubly confirmed. **The words with which Hitler concluded his story to Frau Wagner are also unforgettable for me. He said solemnly, "In that hour it began."** </details> <details><summary>From the Author:</summary> You take the role of a psychoanalyst. The game takes place in your office, where you diagnose your new client, Mr. Hitler. You will use both Freudian and Jungian concepts to diagnose Hitler’s complexes. He comes to you with a problem - he claims he has some anger issues. You will use psychoanalytic techniques to diagnose the source of his trauma, that could be triggering his anger and hate. The game is a classic conversation game (akin to visual-novel types), and could also be considered a "conversational walking simulator". You try to uncover the depths of Hitler's personality through conversation. You will be able to talk with him during 3 therapy sessions, a few months apart. Each session features 3-8 decision points, that will influence the final ending. Research This game is intended as a serious game. I have thoroughly researched Hitler's history, psychological reports (Ott, Langer, Fromm, Jung) and reports by people who met him, including his close friend **August Kubíček** and the Hitler's family doctor Eduard Bloch. The facts in the conversations are verified by multiple sources. </details> ## Steve Jobs Indian Trip source: [Steve Job's handwritten letter](https://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2025/01/21/steve-jobs-letter-on-his-india-experience-in-the-1970s-sold-at-auction/) Written on Jobs’ 19th birthday, February 23, 1974, the letter was addressed to his childhood friend Tim Brown, just two years before he founded Apple with Steve Woznaik. In the single-page letter, Jobs reflects on Zen Buddhism and shares his dream of visiting India and the Khumb Mela, a revered Hindu pilgrimage and festival. In the letter, Steve Jobs appears to be responding to a letter written by Brown. He appears pensive, and speaks about having “cried many times”. “I wish to go to India for the Kumbh Mela, which starts in April. I will be leaving sometime in March, not really certain yet,” he says. Jobs appears to be already heavily influenced by Hinduism, signing off his letter with a “Shanti, Steve Jobs”. Steve Jobs had planned to visit the ashram of Neem Karoli Baba in Uttarakhand, but when he reached Nainital, he realized that Neem Karoli Baba had passed away the previous year. He however stayed at the ashram in Kainchi Dham, where he found comfort in Neem Karoli Baba’s teachings. Jobs stayed in India for seven months, and immersed himself into the culture. When he returned, Jobs had been transformed and his parents could barely recognize him. “My head had been shaved, I was wearing Indian cotton robes, and my skin had turned a deep, chocolate brown-red from the sun,” Jobs had said. He was also wearing the orange robes of a sadhu. ## Steve Jobs's Words source: [Make Something Wonderful](https://book.stevejobsarchive.com/) ## 王磊 [货殖列传｜王磊：从导游到阿斯利康中国掌门人](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_12838297) <details><summary>Read More</summary> 1972年，王磊在上海出生，21岁从上海外国语大学毕业后，外语专业的他获得的第一份工作是导游，主要工作内容是带领外宾游历国内风景名胜，足迹遍布全国，看上去游山玩水，实际上“起早贪黑，天蒙蒙亮就得出去帮客人管行李”，“爬黄山身上背七八个包，做了三年导游，一年上十几次黄山。” 如今再说起三年的导游经历，王磊辛苦之外更觉收获，还曾建议刚工作的毕业生不妨先做一两年导游试试：一年可能要见几千个不同的人，不仅可以跟外宾交流，提高外语水平和讲解水平，还能锻炼跟人打交道的能力。 1996年，正在考虑换工作的王磊向罗氏制药中国投了三次简历，“死活得进这个行业”。背后的原因并不复杂，一个王磊虽然是文科生，但是对化学感兴趣，另一个是家里还没有做医药的人，从事这行既可以帮自己，也可以帮家里人。 当时的上海罗氏制药有限公司刚刚成立两年，但从全球来看，罗氏制药已经是全球知名的百年药企。==因为专业背景的问题，王磊前两次的简历都石沉大海，“连面试的机会都没有”，第三次的总经理助理属于行政岗位，外语专业以及导游身上自带的亲和力==，最终让他抓住“最后的机会”。 助理虽算不得药企的核心，但却成为王磊进入医药行业的门票，而获得这张门票时还有一段有关电脑的插曲。 当时，面试官问王磊“是否会使用电脑，是否知道windows office”，这个问题一度让他很绝望：“大学毕业以后是做了三年导游，电脑还没见过，那个时候学校的电脑好像都锁在学校一个很神秘的房间里，大家去不了，而且知道的是 DOS系统，也不是 windows的系统。” “我这个人绝望归绝望，还是能在绝望中保持乐观。”在确认当时办公室没有电脑的情况下，王磊给面试官的回答是“我会”，下一个问题接踵而来：第二天就要入职，他需要立刻学会这项技能。 “当时公司在徐家汇，过马路的时候正好看到东海计算机厂，就到门市部买了一台386的机器，然后马上通知自己的学计算机专业的朋友连夜住到家里，帮我把怎么开机、关机、操作windows和office都学了。” 当时一台386报价13000元，王磊庆幸道：“幸亏做导游还赚了点钱的。” … 王磊与苏博科相识于罗氏制药任职期间，当时王磊被调到瑞士工作，而苏博科已经是罗氏制药部门的CEO，两个人坐一辆公共汽车，“别人看到他都躲掉，前半部车就空着，所以每次都是我上前去跟他说话，可能因为我做过导游会与人相处，他也蛮有兴趣了解一个中国人到罗氏总部怎么工作的”。 苏博科2012年加入阿斯利康，担任全球CEO，第二年王磊入职阿斯利康，王磊说这是一个巧合。 … 王磊办公室的置物架上有一个装饰的盘子画，上面写的是郑板桥的《竹石》：咬定青山不放松，立根原在破岩中。千磨万击还坚劲，任尔东西南北风。 中国医药行业的变革之风未曾停止，考验着所有从业者。对于王磊而言，压力归压力，更重要的是如何解决一个又一个问题。 王磊说：“总归中国越来越好，世界也越来越好，这些方向没变的话，作为一个医药行业的从业者，这应该是最好的时代。” </details> [一名MNC中国高管的野心与焦虑](https://bydrug.pharmcube.com/news/detail/6c9998e2a01015bfdae6aaadb3f13314) <details><summary>Read More</summary> 过去十年，是阿斯利康中国和王磊彼此成就的10年。从2018年国家医保局成立之后，医药销售“野蛮生长”的时代逐渐成为过去。近几年来，和骗保相关的阿斯利康的负面新闻屡屡出现。 … 在业内人士眼中，江湖气比较重的王磊，作为这批高管团队的带头大哥，“他也希望自己的兄弟能过上好日子。”便也多了一份“养家”的任务。据上述知情人所称，早在走私案发生之前，因为阿斯利康的合规性做的很严格，一些销售团队的“费用”需要想办法出。据称，王磊曾经推动过“剥离阿斯利康的一些管线，联合资本，成立新的公司”的尝试。但都不是很成功。 … 王磊的“贵人”，现年65岁的阿斯利康CEO Pascal，在近几年很可能退休。他退休后，王磊在阿斯利康的地位很可能也会收到影响。 能力极强，深谙中国社会规则的王磊，做为职业经理人，为阿斯利康中国做出了漂亮的销售业绩。但他的薪酬，仅仅是职业经理人的薪酬，在强调合规性的阿斯利康，他赚钱的渠道“很受限制”。他的收入，甚至不及在中国生物制药繁荣期，那些胆子大的“空手套白狼”的投资人。 “名，王磊已经不缺，但在利上，或许他会有不平衡的感觉。”对于走私事件，一位业内人士猜测。 </details> [为何王磊被称为中国医药圈‘传奇’](https://www.yicai.com/news/102337113.html) <details><summary>Read More</summary> 王磊在中国医药圈常被称作一个传奇。他总是戴一副黑框眼镜，穿一件无领西装，有时他在上台发言时，喜欢将西装披在身上。 在业内看来，王磊的传奇性主要体现在他的业务能力和超广的人际关系网。他曾带领阿斯利康中国从2014到2015连续两年实现近20%的业务增长，使阿斯利康中国成为在华增长最快的跨国制药企业，也是多年来当仁不让的“销售冠军”。 一位在瑞吉酒店参加医疗峰会的业内人士对第一财经记者说，他曾与王磊有过几次见面，虽未深入交谈，但王磊给他的第一印象是“没什么架子”。“如果你不认识他，完全不会想象他经营着一家几百亿业务的大企业。” … “他英语非常好，所以在跨国药企早期进入中国发展时具有很大的优势；他还是一个非常努力的人，在罗氏工作的业绩出色，后来才有机会被送往巴塞尔总部，并在那里拿到了通往外企高层的敲门砖。”对于一些人质疑王磊的专业性，认为他导游出身，没有医药背景，一位熟悉王磊的人士这样告诉第一财经记者。 后来，王磊在罗氏期间结识了现在阿斯利康全球CEO苏博科（Pascal Soriot），苏博科从罗氏离职，加入阿斯利康后，毫不犹豫地带上了王磊。 苏博科加入阿斯利康时，这家百年药企正面临被“卖身”的命运。苏博科拒绝出售，并立下军令状，要带领阿斯利康重振业绩，王磊则是阿斯利康在中国市场的“得力干将”。 2023年，阿斯利康中国区销售额接近60亿美元，为该公司贡献了约13%的营收。 “在中国，60亿美元规模的跨国药企非常罕见，阿斯利康是极少数的一家。”一位跨国医药企业高管对第一财经记者表示，“王磊的目标很清晰，就是销售业绩导向。有一段时间阿斯利康疯狂扩张销售团队，直到这几年一些药品进入了医保谈判目录，加上集采的影响，阿斯利康的扩张速度才慢下来，销售增长也首次降到了个位数。” </details> [重磅: 王磊升任阿斯利康亚太区执行副总裁](https://www.cn-healthcare.com/api/third/article/488161) ## 肖磊 [肖磊Elite Talk2016](https://b23.tv/Awg3H51)