Chapter 2981: Letting Go Gradually

O'Hei's visit to California this time was mainly to seek support for his plan to increase taxes on the rich, so Feng Yiping should not be the first to speak out in such matters.

The American people like him very much, yes, but he also knows that there are people who are not without a ripple in their hearts about his surpassing Bill Gates and Buffett in the past two years.

Carlos, the Mexican telecom tycoon, once surpassed Gates to become the richest man, but Americans all know that the tycoon is not welcome even in Mexico and is regarded as a "national humiliation" by many people.

In Mexico, the areas involved in his business empire are even more than Samsung in South Korea. From cradle to grave, Mexico is simply the "Kingdom of Carlos". He is everywhere. As long as Mexicans need to consume, Carlos is making money every minute.

The problem is that most of the companies that make up his huge business empire, including his main company, America Movil, were acquired at low prices during the large-scale privatization process in Mexico in the 1990s.

His success is only based on his relationship with the Mexican president and other politicians. His business empire is a corrupt empire that encroaches on national interests. He is just a greedy monopolist.

Such a rich man will not only fail to win the respect of Americans, but will also be despised by them.

But the reason why Feng Yiping surpassed Gates and became the world's richest man is mainly because of the success of a series of high-tech companies under his control, and even the reputation of his company is better than that of Microsoft... This is not to say that some Americans will not feel frustrated and disappointed.

Many Americans still have mixed feelings about Feng Yiping becoming the world's richest man.

So he is really not suitable to show off his wealth like Ivan's father.

And if he clearly stands up to support Obama's plan when no one else has expressed their views, then he will be the number one club - this will inevitably lead to the scorn of the rich people in the same camp as him.

Frankly speaking, the United States' taxation of the wealthy class is still stronger than that of most countries in the world. No rich person will be willing to further increase the amount of tax paid. They prefer to do charity when they have no choice, which can at least improve their reputation, right?

William Daley, who sat two tables away with his back to them, also felt that his boss's plot was a bit too much. How could he expect Feng Yiping to provide such support that would make him cut himself off from his class?

Feng Yiping smiled. He did not respond to Little O'Hei's words and talked about another thing, "Buchanan should have told you that we have a new plan in the works. Next, we plan to provide financial support to more small American businesses through Internet financial services."

"Follow-up, we have more plans in preparation,"

"Mr. President, please believe that our commitment is strong, and our support for our friends is also strong,"

But please don't expect it.

"Haha, of course I know," Little O'Hei stood up with a smile, "Let's go for a walk?"

This Internet celebrity bar, which is usually a check-in place for many people, is not open to the public today, but it is rare for people to walk around inside.

Because he was in the center of San Francisco, he could see the prosperity everywhere. "Feng, at the beginning of the year, the people in the economic team didn't think much of your predictions in Frontier,"

"Now it seems that he was wrong," Little O'Hei began to complain, that is, to explain why he had such an idea just now.

"It's normal that they don't support it. The outlooks in the January issue of Frontier are just the opinions of most economic experts."

Frontier, a serious political and economic magazine, has long ceased to be a platform for Feng Yiping to speak out on global issues. It has become one of Feng Yiping's most influential and successful projects.

Although the qualifications of Frontier are far inferior to those of Time Magazine, Forbes and other publications, its foundation is no worse than these well-known publications with a long history, and even stronger than them.

The reason for this is the popularity of Frontier, and the reason why it is popular is all because of its reputation.

Its reputation is naturally because since its inception, the analysis and judgment of major political and economic events in the world in Frontier has been surprisingly accurate.

The outlook published in the January issue of Frontier magazine every year can be said to be the essence of the essence of Frontier magazine, and the analysis of the world economic trend in this outlook every year is amazingly accurate.

Through this, Frontier magazine has attracted a large number of world-class economists with real talents and knowledge. The power of this think tank has long surpassed organizations such as the World Bank.

Before 2009, the key conclusion of this outlook was made by Feng Yiping, but since 2010, this outlook has become the crystallization of the collective wisdom of this group of world-class economists.

It has to be said that Feng Yiping's luck is really good.

He had always stayed in China and was impressed by the international economic situation in 2008 and 2009, but he had no impression of the global economic situation in 2010.

Originally, he thought that because of subprime loans, fiscal deficits, sluggish consumption, and the high international oil prices, the outlook for 2010 should not be too optimistic, but the final collective result there tended to believe that the global economic situation in 2010 would definitely be much better than expected.

They believe that the economic stimulus plans launched by various countries will allow world trade activities, which have fallen sharply due to the financial crisis, to recover quickly in 10 years, thereby driving the overall global economic situation to a better state.

Feng Yiping chose to support their opinions because we all know that after hitting a trough, there may indeed be a rebound.

As a result, just as they predicted, world trade rose sharply in 2010 after continuous sharp declines. The total world export trade of goods increased by 16% compared with 2009!

This is the largest increase since 1950.

The global economy recovered effectively this year and showed short-term glory.

Looking forward to this year, Feng Yiping completely let go, not only because he should let go when he failed, but also because the collective wisdom of the team that included world-class economists made him feel very reassured.

It was also because he used some of the information he remembered to confirm their judgment, and he felt that their judgment was right - he didn't know much about the global economic situation in 2011, but he remembered that the price of gold would hit a record high again in 2011. A new high, which says something very powerfully.

Their judgment on this year is relatively pessimistic. Feng Yiping believes that this should be right, but this is certainly not accepted by some people.

The current development trend clearly proves that their judgment is correct.

Since the beginning of this year, global trade growth has also shown a downward trend, world economic growth has also slowed down accordingly, and the global economy as a whole has shown a weak recovery trend.

Because several developed economies in Europe have experienced a slowdown in economic growth due to the sovereign debt crisis; because due to the decline in global economic growth and high unemployment, countries have introduced various trade protectionist policies...

Their achievements let Feng Yiping know that he could finally let go again.

"Although most of their previous views were correct, the truth is often in the hands of a few people," he said.

"But obviously, we are not the correct minority," O'Hei said. "Feng, our current unemployment rate is close to the 10% mark,"

Feng Yiping thought that this was probably why he remembered that the Occupy Wall Street movement would appear in the second half of this year.

"I believe that this problem will gradually be solved. Again, on the basis of win-win cooperation, we will provide more support to many small businesses in the United States,"

"But Mr. President, there is never a panacea for economic problems that can work immediately. No matter how good the plan is, it will take time,"

"I also believe that your support rate will not be greatly affected by this..."

Xiao Aohei laughed at himself, "Because we have hit rock bottom."

Feng Yiping wanted to laugh, but he held it back, "No, this is because the American people can see that the United States' economic situation is the best among developed countries,"

This is not to say that O'Hei and his economic team did a good job. The main thing is that they successfully transferred the crisis, mainly to Europe.

When Europe is in dire straits, the situation in the United States will of course be much more pleasing to the eye.

"You don't have to worry about next year's election. You know, we will always be your most loyal friends,"

Xiao Aohei's eyes really lit up now...