The Big Shot's Ultimate Strategy for Turning the Tide from Desperation: A Minimalist Core Method

1. Surround the city from the countryside (weaker parties avoid strong opponents and target weaker ones)

- Big Shot's approach: Avoid direct confrontation with giants, focus on lower-tier, niche, and fringe markets
- Shi Yuzhu: Don't produce health products for first-tier cities, focus on middle-aged and elderly in county towns and rural areas
- Huawei: Start with small countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, rather than directly challenging Western giants from the beginning
- Lei Jun: Don't target high-end flagship products, pursue mass-market cost-performance
- Ordinary people: During downturns, avoid competing in top-tier tracks, first find niche areas where you can survive

2. On the theory of protracted war (endure, don't rush to decisive battle)

- Big Shot's approach: Failures don't cause collapse, don't gamble everything on a single shot, accumulate over time, and slowly turn the tide
- Lei Jun: Kingsoft suffered losses for over a decade, persisted without giving up, small wins lead to big wins
- Ren Zhengfei: Huawei has been low-key and patient for years, focusing on technology development, avoiding reckless expansion
- Ordinary people: Short-term results in downturns are normal, maintain steady pace, time favors those who persist long-term

3. Concentrate your superior forces for annihilation battles (don't disperse efforts)

- Big Shot's approach: No money, no resources, go all-in on one thing, breakthrough at a single point
- Huawei: Invest all funds into R&D, avoid diversification and reckless investments
- All big shots: During bankruptcy or downturns, cut all distractions, focus only on core business to survive
- Ordinary people: Most failures come from trying to do everything, dispersing effort, achieving nothing

4. From practice to practice (practice-based theory)

- Big Shot's approach: Avoid daydreaming, internal conflicts, do more work, review and summarize
- Jack Ma: During the internet winter, didn't talk about strategy, went out to meet clients and implement grounded projects
- Shi Yuzhu: Personally visited the countryside to understand the real needs before developing products
- Ordinary people: Thinking ten thousand times is less effective than taking action once, don't fear failure, review to grow

5. Grasp the main contradiction (contradiction theory)

- Big Shot's approach: In chaos and difficulty, only solve the most critical issue
- Pay debts first, ensure cash flow when short of money, save the company first in crises
- Don't get caught up in emotions, face-saving, or trivial matters; focus directly on core problems
- Ordinary people: Don't fuss over who is right or wrong, how others see you; prioritize survival and earning money

6. Mass line (leverage ordinary people, avoid solo efforts)

- Jack Ma: Alibaba's political commissar system, close to user needs
- Wahaha: Rely on nationwide distributors and common people to grow together
- Lei Jun: Engage fans in product development, promote word-of-mouth among the public
- Ordinary people: During downturns, don't tough it out alone; leverage networks and public demand, unite to succeed

7. Strategic retreat + preserve strength (fight when you can, retreat when you can't)

- Big Shot's approach: Don't force through a crushing defeat; cut losses and preserve capital to make a comeback
- Shi Yuzhu: When the giant building collapsed, decisively cut losses, shrink, and preserve reputation to rebound
- Don't stubbornly fight with sunk costs; timely retreat and admit defeat to seize second chances