January 5, 1913, Kemmons Wilson was born in the northwest of the southern city of Memphis Osceola American small town. His father, Charles Kemmons Wilson was in the Navy, when a fireman and a clerk, and later left the Navy, working in the National Life and Accident Insurance Company, to sell insurance. Due to the excellent work, accept the company appointed in 1912, went to Osceola, open an office there. His mother was born in Dole Wilson Memphis, a very poor family, she went to more than 10 years of age when the salesperson selling groceries. Their little boy was born, then there are ambitious for the young insurance stainless steel side table agent and the bride, a brilliant future looks bright. They gave little son named Charles Kemmons Wilson.
Dole took her baby back to Memphis, 336 North Street, Watkins moved to his mother at the residence. In obtaining government grants before those days, Dole has no choice but to go out and work to support themselves and their young son. Wilson later recalled: "My mother got a job as an assistant to a dentist, weekly wages $ 11 later, she became a bookkeeper, but she has never been a month in revenue over 125. dollars. In these circumstances, stainless steel side table you can imagine stainless steel side table it? look back, that is how difficult years, really struggled to live ah! " young age, Wilson began to work to earn money to start work at a young age to earn money a. His first job is to "cream bakery" advertising, earned $ 5. 6 years old, he found a more stable job is to sell "Saturday Post," priced at 5 cents each. A few months, he found "Ladies' Home Journal is priced at 10 cents each, but also allows him when the paper's stainless steel side table regional operators, employment for themselves and sell the other children. Wilson quickly found a dozen children from their residence in the neighborhood for him to sell the magazine. The sale of each copy of the magazine will be able to profit of 3 cents, which were sold for his magazine was 2 cents, stainless steel side table he was 1 cent. In such a small age, he will be able to plan, plan, and can be encouraged to work for someone else.
Kemmons' Wilson, age 14, at Madison Avenue and Belvedere Avenue at the corner grocery store Wagner found a job, when a shipping clerk Lang and soda fountain. This work has the advantage, that is how much you can eat as much ice cream to eat their own. One night, he was at work at this grocery store, received instructions to deliver to the first baseman for the New York Giants, an outstanding baseball star at Bill Terry. Terry lives in Willett stainless steel side table Avenue, in the south of this grocery stainless steel side table store, after a few blocks away. He jumped on a bike and ride to the destination. Wilson just ride Belvedere Avenue and Union Street intersection crossroads, stainless steel side table we feel there is a force to violently hit him to put him down in the middle of the street. Wilson lying on the ground, perplexed. His left leg was seriously injured, there are five fractures. The first time I saw his doctors say he will never walk again. But then, a very brilliant orthopedic stainless steel side table surgeon Dr. Willis Campbell made a check to him, and then said:. "Kemmons, I will make you able to walk again." stainless steel side table Sure enough, the doctor is not true remark, say cashed.
At the time, Wilson was very scared. However, Campbell doctors confidence that he refrained from fear. He stayed in the hospital for four months, apply a plaster stainless steel side table on the body 11 months. stainless steel side table Mother 多尔利 with meat-packing plant during work breaks to the hospital, into his son's room, take care of his son, counseling homework. In her full attention and sincere prayers of love beneath, under the careful treatment of a doctor Campbell, Wilson was finally able to walk again. Although his leg after a cure is still two inches shorter than the other leg, but just over a year after the accident Mingweierxun think, after this tough temper and can regroup and make a comeback, which is their future life is important also greatly exercise his own, so that later, when the hard times of the Great Depression when so many Americans stainless steel side table panic, he can not only survive, but also showed an innate entrepreneur should have a keen insight stainless steel side table and indomitable dedication to the spirit of the cause. Second, the hardships began operations 17 years younger popcorn and pinball machines Wilson did not intend to work for someone else, he would have to use their brains to think of a way. He has been like watching movies, stainless steel side table and often go to the theater to do some chores Memphis, so you can watch feature films for free. One day, an idea popped in my mind, he found that the theater is not for sale for the audience watching the film side pastime snacks, do not think that this is an opportunity that can be used to open up a market for themselves. So he went to Memphis to talk about theater manager, stainless steel side table the manager has to talk to his boss about, they finally decided to let him put one in front of the theater popcorn machine. Wilson installments way to spend $ 50 to buy a popcorn machine. He began selling popcorn, sell a nickel bag, business is booming, forty or fifty dollars a week can be netted. Memphis theater manager earns $ 25 a week, the manager stainless steel side table came to count the number of selling popcorn, stainless steel side table jealous of him, he felt his own hurt, and he wanted Wilson stainless steel side table to give up this venue, he wants to myself. Wilson had to leave, my heart indignant: "I want to start my own movie theater, so that someone would never put my popcorn machine ousting." A few years later, Wilson really do this.
After Wilson abandon popcorn, first engaged in the business pinball machine. Popcorn machine stainless steel side table after he was forced to sell the theater manager, will use the money to buy the five already used pinball stainless steel side table machine, the price is $ 10 each. He put these pinball machines were placed in crowded places stainless steel side table grocery stainless steel side table store, hotel lounge and so on. Wilson kept busy once he filled with $ 10, then went to buy a pinball machine, pinball machine to find a placement sites. He said: "I do not like to play pinball machine, pinball machine but I like money." Here is a small episode. Wilson has a pinball machine housed in William Lane hotel, he was about to come here twice a week to see pinball machines, stainless steel side table collect payment. One day, Wilson again. There are a slew of cigarettes in stalls named Sarah Boswell young woman said to him: "Kemmons, I know you live not so rich, but if you are willing to spend a nickel, I would to introduce you to a girl, she will certainly stainless steel side table be the most clever smart girl you've ever seen, "Wilson he said:." Well, I'm willing to take it a nickel. stainless steel side table "So, she was introduced to Dorothy Wilson. Lee, the girl became Wilson's wife love each other. operating theaters Kemmons Wilson has always wanted to do their own cinemas. He was informed that there is a pending sale of cinema, it has played a creative and articulate eloquence of its rapid growth, to raise the necessary funds, and finally run from his own cinema. The cinema is located within the city of Memphis on the Mississippi River on the outskirts of a community, it is called DeSoto Cinema, has been closed for years. stainless steel side table After Wilson went to observe, the owners went to the cinema. Owner asking $ 2000, Wilson believes can accept this price, the condition is to pay after he re-opened the cinema, to pay $ 25 a week, until the $ 2,000 payment. The cinema owners agreed.
Kemmons Wilson's mother always told him how she had a longing for their homes. 1933 Wilson was 20 years old, he had accumulated enough money to build a house mother. Thus, Wilson paid $ 1,000 in Poplar Avenue to buy a piece of land, and spent $ 1,700 of a house built, spent a total of $ 2,700. That place was not yet developed, in fact or in rural areas, but then the region has become the busiest in the city of Memphis, one of the most densely stainless steel side table populated commercial area. He has used this house as collateral to obtain a $ 6,500 loan. This gave Wilson a great inspiration, real estate industry, there are boundless opportunities. He said:. "If we say, $ 1,000 can buy a piece of land, build a house to $ 1,700, and then adopt it as collateral to borrow $ 6,500, that's what I aspire to run" So, it began the day, Wilson became a real estate agent.
Although Wilson is not the residential construction expert, but he soon found that he occupies a solid advantage over the years in the residential construction industry. This finding is this: almost anywhere around the central space of the house is not as expensive as the space outside the house, you can use the space to expand stainless steel side table the central area of the house, so that the average cost per square foot increased area dropped to about 2 dollars. If it wants to build 1000 square feet of housing, single room to expand is to make all of these, stainless steel side table it is possible to make the house of 1,500 square feet and the laying of pipes, wiring and installation of doors and windows and other costs almost nothing stainless steel side table changes, increased per square foot The reason is relatively low housing cost, the reason this is it.
In 1944, the Air Force sent Wilson flew over half the globe, to go there to participate in World War II's most formidable air. This air is called "over the Hump airlift", which aims to make China continue to stand in the war while the US and its allies, war with Japan. However, the Japanese occupation of China in many places, in fact, almost all control channels into China. stainless steel side table The only way to enter China is to fly a plane, taking off from the Assam region of British India, over the Himalayas and across the tropical jungles of Burma into China's stainless steel side table southwest. This air corridor stainless steel side table later called "hump" is a very dangerous route. Wilson was one of the pilots flying over the Hump. To the end of World War II, flying over the hump, a total of more than 600 transport aircraft crashed, killing the pilot 1000. Wilson over the hump in the fortunate survived, has stood the test, get exercise, will have a stronger. Third, to seize the opportunity once unpleasant holiday, seize the opportunity after the war a whimsical, Kemmons Wilson continue to operate stainless steel side table real estate, movie theaters, and many other industries, business is booming. Summer's day in 1951, Wilson with his mother, his wife and five children, stainless steel side table driving a car, excitedly to Washington, stainless steel side table DC, where the intention had an enjoyable stainless steel side table holiday. The party entered a motel, hotel shabby shabby, who bear head, no place to bathe, no entertainment, but shockingly expensive rents. Moreover, every motel, hotel for adults shared a room with every child is always an extra fee, $ 2 for each additional child. At that time, a room lodging is about 6-8 US dollars, Wilson had five children, so that, he lived in the room became $ 8 to pay $ 18. Wilson believes that this should not happen. Journey in the various encounters, make for an enjoyable vacation becomes unpleasant, so not waiting for the expiration of the holidays, stainless steel side table a Wilson would go home. On the way home, businessman like this to make his thoughts spinning stainless steel side table wheels, as is spinning. He thought: Why do not I open a motel?
Wilson wanted to open one of the best motels, this quest that he broke the original ideological barriers that car hotelier, the imagination is simply long wings. He thought: I opened the motel room, not only to give travelers the ideal accommodation, stainless steel side table but also get a lot of visitors to become a place of enjoyment and fun. Also, where I opened a hotel in the child absolutely not charge stainless steel side table additional fees, but also to provide children continue to play in the Mercedes-Benz car ...... forward, Wilson continues to think. He thought, and now trains out of fewer and fewer people, but more and more people driving a car, why not open a motel chain, stainless steel side table specializes in motels for travelers who like to enjoy the scenery along the road, spend time provides convenient accommodation? opened this hotel is certainly popular, it's not a way of making money is? ...... Wilson grew more and more, the more the more proud of the design.
Wilson conceived his ideal motel process, but also a lot of measurements. As early as in many years ago, he began to develop a lifelong habit, go no matter what, always carry a tape measure. So he began after that holiday, each to a motel, always stainless steel side table ask for their accommodation in every corner of every room asked careful measurement. After numerous measurements, he has accurately measured, stainless steel side table to make room can achieve high efficiency, but also meet the requirements of comfort, stainless steel side table its ideal area should be. He concluded that the ideal motel room area (not including bathroom) should be 18 feet long and 12 feet wide. Such a swing area available two double beds, chairs and some other furniture, and the remaining stainless steel side table space is still available for people to easily move around in the room. He thus derived formulas room, today 50 years later, the hotel industry is still the most widely cited formula.
Wilson quickly draw a sketch motel, then asked his friend, a professional graphics Eddie Blustein, motel construction draw engineering drawings for him. One night, about the upcoming completion of the above drawing in, Blustein watch TV, happened to see the TV in the play "Holiday stainless steel side table Inn." This is an old movie, starring flat Crosby and Fred Haas Tarzan Seoul. Blustein whim, they scribbled a few words on his drawing: "Holiday Inn." Wilson saw this very attractive after its name, said: "This was very good name we will use it.!" first Holiday Inn opened in time to set up first Holiday Inn, Wilson for the first time adopted a funding The method, called "made commitments." Wilson is to raise funds to assist a broker Memphis, surnamed named Duke Poindexter. He took Wilson's plan to find a national universal life insurance company, the insurance company agrees: The motel built in Wilson, Wilson, the company's loans to $ 325,000. stainless steel side table This is called "made commitments" from them. After Wilson "made commitments" First Tennessee Bank to borrow $ 325,000. j Gai banks know can recover the loan, because he had "made commitments", you agree to the loan. Although the construction of the first H Hotel false borrowed $ 325,000, but he only spent $ 280,000 to put it built. .
The first Holiday Inn in the construction process, erected signs outside the house like any other kind of elements as the Holiday Inn, perhaps Wilson has great significance. From him run cinema, it knows the value of signs, know how to be eye-catching signs, to be able to reveal a brand. He hoped that the resort's signature can be achieved: a vehicle on the highway traveling in either direction, even when far away, we could see the Holiday Inn signs. Thus, Wilson spent $ 13,000 out of a large sign, 50 feet high, the letters on the sign can change, so welcome stainless steel side table all kinds of people, various groups to stay at hotels. This is the first piece of the sign that says "Holiday Inn Motel," a few years, signs the name was changed to "Holiday Inn United States
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