162 years ago today, July 30, 1863 (June 15, 1863 in the lunar calendar), the birthday of Henry Ford, the father of industry. Henry Ford (July 30, 1863-April 7, 1947, 156 years ago) was born on a farm in Michigan. His original plan was to become a farmer. At the age of 17, he left home for Detroit, where he got a job at an electrical company. He spends every night building engines. In 1892, his first car was built, which could carry two people and was similar to the two-wheeled carriages used by farmers. In 1903, he founded the Ford Motor Company with $100,000. All experts predict that he will go bankrupt in six months. In fact, Henry Ford, the talented organizer, later ruled the world's largest automobile empire and made his company the most complete industrial company. In 1908, the first Ford Model T came off the assembly line and sold for $950. Between 1909 and 1910, a total of 18664 cars were sold. When he gave up this production model in 1927, more than 15 million cars were put into use. Since 1913, Ford has planned to implement flow operation in his factory. Fordism later became the creed and most important reference of all industrial groups. Ford himself is undoubtedly the true founder of 20th century industry. Some say he envisioned and developed mass production. This is accurate, but not comprehensive, because he also invented mass consumption. In 1914, he increased the minimum wage for workers to $5 a day, compared with $2 a day in the auto industry. He believes the increase is related to producing more cars in less time and with less money, making cars affordable for everyone. At its peak in the 1940s, Ford's automobile empire spanned 33 countries and employed more than 500,000 people. Wherever there were roads, Henry Ford built factories. His political views, racist stance, and wartime attitudes discredited him and deprived him of the trust of the American urban middle class, which he himself helped create and build. The car-manufacturing king returned to lead his empire after losing his son in 1943 and remained until 1947 at the age of 83. He is a vegetarian and gets up at 6:30 every morning and never drinks or smokes. He said,"Drinking, smoking, and playing politics are the main reasons for failure in life."