Li Dehui

Strategic Concepts & Mechanics

Competitive AdvantageWestern Skills East-Deployed

Signature MoveSwift Decision Before Competitors React

Decision FrameworkChain-Link Causation in Business Moves

Strategic PatternOpium Revenue as Government Co-Dependency

Competitive AdvantageGateway Colony as Arbitrage Position

Signature MoveReason in Hand Without Retreat

Cornerstone MoveBuy Low When Partners Flinch

Signature MoveStraddle Legal and Illegal Simultaneously

Identity & CultureModest Exterior Conceals Grand Ambition

Cornerstone MoveGold Mountain Return Then Gateway Domination

Signature MoveCautious Name, Bold Action

Primary Evidence

"Thus, in 1890, he and his younger brother Li Wenyi left their birthplace, Shuiwell village in Pingxiang, boarding a ship in Fuzhou bound for the "Gold Mountain," San Francisco (historically referred to as "Gold Mountain," and later changed to "Old Gold Mountain" after Australia discovered gold, calling Australia the "New Gold Mountain" to distinguish) to start a new life (Li Dehui, 1995:48)."

Source:Hysan, the Smoking King of the Generation

""In those days, the two brothers moved to Hong Kong... established Xichanglong Company at 202 Queen's Road Central. My great-grandfather and grand-uncle often traveled between Hong Kong and home," and the company's main business was "importing blue cotton from the British, selling it to Hong Kong residents." The term "blue cotton" refers to "indigo denim," a primary fabric used by the general public for making clothes (Li Dehui, 1995: 25), in considerable quantity."

Source:Hysan, the Smoking King of the Generation

"According to Li Dehui's accounts, after arriving in the U.S. in 1890, Li Liangyi and his brother found employment at the Union Cigar Company located at 17 Dupont Street in San Francisco."

Source:Hysan, the Smoking King of the Generation

Appears In Volumes

Hysan, the Smoking King of the Generation