Without the wild excitement that first-time entrepreneurs often feel when they achieve success, Jiang Weiping, at 67, remained calm as he watched the stock price fluctuate on the large screen at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
       How should we evaluate this 'Lithium King' of China?
       He rarely attends forum events and almost never accepts media interviews, yet he possesses the humble and pragmatic qualities of a doer. Over a decade, he has built a lithium empire for China.
       He does not have an ostentatious style that craves attention, but occasionally, in appropriate settings, expresses his vision and views on industry and corporate development with a rational and objective attitude.
       His demeanor is calm; he does not wear his emotions on his sleeve, nor does he show outward signs of sadness. However, he has grand visions and immense resolve, and when decisive action is needed, he does not hesitate.
[Bold Resolve When Taking Risks]
       One day in 2012, Jiang Weiping got up and went to work as usual, but what awaited him was a bolt from the blue: Rockwood intended to acquire Talison.
       Rockwood was one of the top three global lithium salt producers at the time, while Talison was the world’s largest spodumene producer, owning the highest-quality and largest reserves of spodumene ore— the Greenbushes lithium mine.
       If these two companies successfully join hands, other global lithium industry players will be trembling, and Chinese enterprises will be heartbroken.
       At that time, China's lithium resources mainly depended on imports from Australia, and Talison was the most important supplier. According to statistics...