Chapter 1433: The Global Rich List Released
March 1st.
A press conference was held in the distance.
Before the start of the press conference, on February 28, local time in the United States, the Forbes list of the world's richest people was released.
Over the past few years, Chinese people have not paid much attention to this list of the world's richest people.
Without him, there is no need to pay attention.
Before Li Dong, even before this year, no one in mainland China had been in the top ten, let alone the top 100, for many years.
The tycoons of Xiangjiang are often on the list. It can be said that everyone is a family. However, in fact, mainlanders do not have a great sense of belonging to the list of tycoons in Xiangjiang.
This has also led to whether it is Forbes or Hurun, in the mainland of China, they will release the list of China's richest people separately to gain attention.
In the Forbes China Rich List released in November last year, although Li Dong ranked first, because the global list is generally released in March, Li Dong did not enter the top 100 global list at that time.
According to the data in November, Li Dong can be ranked around 40th.
Because of this comparison, mainland China this year has become more concerned about the global rankings, which they did not pay much attention to in the past.
As early as the Yuanfang annual meeting, netizens were calling for the global ranking to be released as soon as possible.
Money, wealth, ranking, these things are always the targets of ordinary people's attention.
Even if Li Dong had more money, he would not give them more points, but just watching the fun was exciting enough.
At this moment, Forbes does not have a real-time list, and the wealth of some rich people is only announced a few times a year, so every time this time, it will attract the attention of countless people.
Of course, side glances belong to side glances.
However, the people look at Li Dong differently.
Before the list was released, netizens had already begun to commotion.
Forums, Weibo, and PP are all talking about it.
It's not waiting for Li Dong to surpass anyone, nor is it waiting for Li Dong to create miracles.
Netizens who had different opinions in the past, now have unified opinions.
Before the list appeared, netizens began to shout: "Slap me, face me!"
"Squeeze Brother Pao's water!"
"Yuanfang annual meeting, didn't Brother Pao say that Yuanfang's net assets exceeded 200 billion yuan? Yuanfang is almost all his, which means that Paoge's wealth has exceeded 30 billion US dollars, squeeze the water!"
"Let Brother Pao feel ashamed to face others, and chop him in the middle!"
"30 billion U.S. dollars, I don't believe it, Brother Pao can blow hundreds of billions, too much water!"
"The richest man in China who can brag, don't brag about being the richest man in the world!"
"If Brother Pao is worth 30 billion US dollars, he will never believe in these lists again."
"Squeeze the water!"
"..."
Netizens couldn't wait, calling for Li Dong to be squeezed, almost occupying half of the Internet.
As for the richest man in China, the richest man in the world, that doesn't matter.
They just wanted to see how good Li Dong was.
During the annual meeting, who dared to shout the slogan that the net assets exceeded 200 billion, who would believe it!
In 2008, due to the impact of the world economic crisis, the wealth of the rich shrank severely. Li Dongzhang was able to increase it, but this guy insisted on blowing it up!
It was previously announced that some of the richest people lost more than tens of billions of dollars in wealth this year. If others are so miserable, I don't believe you, Li Dong, are really so good.
Forbes only gave the statistics in November last year, 100 billion nods, only 3 months, 200 billion?
If you rob a bank, you can't rob 100 billion in 3 months!
In particular, the economic crisis has not yet passed, and the value of some industries has not been maximized. At this time, if you dare to blow 200 billion, it will not be 2 trillion when you look back?
Therefore, netizens are extremely upset about Li Dong's bragging, and this time he has to slap him in the face.
...
Faraway Building.
Li Dong came early today because of the press conference.
In the early morning, Li Dong was also hanging out on the Internet.
original,
He thought that with the release of the Forbes Global Rich List, he would definitely become the object of attention, and it was possible that he would even be hailed as the pride of China.
After all, after so many years, he, the richest man in the mainland, is expected to enter the top ten of the world's richest list.
But when he saw the comments from netizens, Li Dong almost vomited blood.
The attention of the public is the attention of the public, but the painting style is wrong!
How did he become an enemy of the people?
Didn't you praise me yesterday that I have a heart and a pattern?
Today, all the fuck want to slap me in the face, whoever I provoke!
Staring at the computer, Li Dong's face was ugly, and he cursed: "They are all white-eyed wolves, and they squeezed water for me. There are too many people who want to slap me in the face. In the end, my face is swollen!"
Ma Huateng, who was sitting across from him, held a teacup and played with his taste: "There are still reasons for being an enemy of the people.
It is not wrong to be able to blow it, but it is wrong to blow it too much.
If you insist on blowing up something worth 100 yuan to 1,000 yuan, the eyes of the masses are discerning. "
Li Dong raised his head and glanced at him, and said angrily, "Why are you still here!"
Ma Huateng smiled lightly and said: "Then I'll go. It just so happens that our due diligence has not been completed yet, and I don't want to announce the news with you now. It's shameful to cooperate with you later."
The cooperation between Tencent and Yuanfang has not yet formally reached an agreement.
However, there is a press conference here in the distance, and Li Dong hopes to break out some exciting news at this time. Yesterday, he asked Ma Huateng to prepare and attend the press conference with him.
Ma Huateng thought about it for a while, and finally agreed.
To cooperate with Yuanfang in e-commerce, in fact, he also has this appeal.
So early in the morning, Ma Huateng rushed over in person.
In the end, Li Dong was fine, he didn't say anything else to him, he just stared at the computer and waited for others to praise him. Ma Huateng despises this kind of person ten thousand times.
Li Dong snorted and didn't bother to answer.
Seeing this, Ma Huateng said again: "Why hasn't the list been released yet? You keep saying that our statistics are not authoritative, and you are almost the only one who has the final say on the value of the distant place.
You are really powerful, with a powerful mouth.
You said that Yuanfang is worth 200 billion, so is it really 200 billion?
Banks, investment banks, and financial institutions have all done authoritative valuations for you. If you still don’t accept it, you are awesome.
Say you blow it, but you still don't admit it.
Okay, the Forbes list still has some authority in the world. This time your wealth is still not that much. Does it mean that your knowledge of distant places is not deep enough and you overestimate the value of your industry? "
Li Dong snorted and said: "What do a group of foreigners know? They have such good eyesight. Why do they make any list? Let's be the richest man.
If it is less than 30 billion US dollars, it means that they have a problem with their vision.
All in all, the distance is definitely worth the price.
The things are here, the prospects are here, and the value is also here. Can anyone deny it?
Also, for Yuanfang Mall, my current valuation is very, very low.
4 billion RMB plus a pat, you will be given 10% of the shares. How much is Yuanfang Mall worth?
Including Paipai, it is only more than 40 billion, less than 50 billion.
If it wasn't for you Ma Huateng this time, would I have given him this chance?
The value of more than 60 billion, how much discount do I give you? "
Ma Huateng laughed, shook his head and said: "People are shameless and invincible, these words can only be applied to you.
60 billion, if the water is slightly squeezed, it will be less than 10 billion, which means that your water is bigger than imagined.
Also, it’s not just Paipai.com plus 4 billion in cash, don’t forget, our traffic portal, isn’t this payment? "
"Then you used Tenpay to settle in Yuanfang Mall, and I'll settle the score with you?"
Li Dong snorted, and said again: "When the meeting is announced, don't forget, 6 billion in cash plus Paipai.com plus you to open the traffic portal, and it will be right to entrust Yuanfang e-commerce to 100 billion later."
Ma Huateng was a little tired and said after a while, "We are a listed company."
"What's wrong with the listed company? The contract hasn't been set yet. Let me put it this way, who can hold you accountable?"
"You are so shameless!"
Ma Huateng shook his head and cursed, it's this time, why are you still underestimating your wealth every day.
He has reached the top in China, and is even a well-known rich man in the world. Li Dong should be indifferent to wealth at this time.
So what if the mall is valued at 10 billion?
Anyway, Li Dong doesn't introduce foreign capital, so no matter how high the valuation is, it won't be of much use.
Of course, if you really want to raise funds or go public, it is still necessary.
But it's not worth it, like Li Dong, it's unnecessary to make such a big deal to the outside world.
Li Dong's property was already highly valued by the outside world. No one would underestimate Li Dong, let alone devalue his property value on purpose.
But this guy, as if he has never seen money, how much wealth does it really help him?
Li Dong didn't care what he thought, while refreshing the computer, he said with a smile: "You have to eat when you are shameless, do you think you are more shameless than me?
Money, no one thinks too much.
Don't pretend like you don't care, if you really don't care, Tencent will sell it to me for 10 billion.
Anyway, so much money is enough for you to spend your whole life.
If you have the ability, don't release any good news, and don't brag about this and that, why publish all kinds of data.
Anyway, you don't care about money, if the stock price falls, let it fall.
You people, hypocrisy is hypocrisy, why make excuses for yourself.
Don't care about money, don't care about money, Ma Yun is now like a grandson, bragging about his Ali's prospects and future, so that people can invest in Ali?
Don't care about money, here you are lowering the price with Yahoo, and there you are bragging to the outside world?
You said, whether you have conflicts or not, you don't care if you slap yourself in the face, why?
Not for money! "
Ma Huateng was speechless, and it took him a while to retort powerlessly: "Money is just a path and process, not our final appeal."
"hehe!"
Li Dong said contemptuously: "It's as if it's true. After the process, the stock price has fallen to bean curd later. If you tell me that again, I will reluctantly believe you."
After chatting a few words, Li Dong suddenly said: "Come out!"
Ma Huateng said casually: "This is the first time I've seen a rich man like you staring at the rich list all the time..."
"Stop talking nonsense, you guys are more anxious behind my back than I am, watching secretly, as if someone doesn't know.
If you want to say that you don't read these lists, I will send you directly from afar! "
Li Dong continued to sneer, although these guys said they didn't care, but when the list came out, they read it with gusto.
The ranking has risen, and everyone is happy.
The ranking has dropped, and I don't know how to scold my mother behind my back.
A list is not the most important thing, the key lies in the existence of the list, which will have a great impact on some companies.
Not to mention listed companies, whether the boss of an unlisted company can convince investors or not, the list plays a very important role at this time.
Like Facebook, which is not listed yet, if the Forbes list gives Zuckerberg a wealth estimate of 500 million US dollars, Zuckerberg can smash other people's magazine rooms!
Just kidding, his personal wealth is 500 million US dollars, how much is Facebook worth?
When I went back to raise funds and found an investor, the investor said over and over again, "Your prospects are unclear, and even Forbes only gave so many valuations..."
Although you can choose not to raise funds, and not everyone will care about this, it is a weakness after all.
Therefore, the rich still value these more authoritative lists.
Of course, these rich people really don't care about the small reports and small rankings in street stall magazines.
Whether it is overestimated or underestimated, it has no influence, and no one has time to deal with them.
With that effort, millions of tens of millions have been earned.
While talking, Li Dong suddenly scolded again: "Damn, look down on Brother Dong!"
Ma Huateng didn't know when he walked around behind him, and when he saw the list clearly on the computer screen, he laughed and said, "This time my face was swollen!"
"Fuck you, it's better than not being able to see the name!"
Li Dong cursed, but his face was full of displeasure, my 30 billion dollars!
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at the same time.
All over the country, netizens cheered and jumped for joy.
"Slap in the face!"
"Hahaha, what a slap in the face!"
"Let Brother Pao continue blowing, you can really blow it!"
"22 billion U.S. dollars, 8 billion U.S. dollars less, more than 50 billion yuan, this water is too much!"
"Brother Pao doesn't know where to hide and cry now, I think he's ashamed to face people, he's being slapped in the face in front of the whole world!"
"..."
at the same time.
In the Entrepreneur Club group.
Everyone was chatting, and Xu Shengzhe sent out a series of laughing emojis, and said with great joy: "Anecdotes, anecdotes in the world!
This is the first time I saw the world's 5th richest man being slapped in the face!
Does no one see how high he ranks? "
Ma Yun calmly said: "Who has the time to look at this, the fifth in the world, that is also 22 billion US dollars, is it possible that it can become 30 billion?"
Since Liu Chuanzhi became Donghei because of the interview video, only Wu Yajun in this group was reluctant to say a few words for Li Dong.
Seeing that everyone was ridiculing, Wu Yajun still said something fair: "Don't be like this, 22 billion US dollars is not a lot. Although the difference is 8 billion US dollars, it will be blown back sooner or later."
"Hahaha……"
Everyone gloated and laughed wildly, laughing. Yanagawa Shi, who just arrived at the company early in the morning, said with emotion: "Compared to making money, there are few people in the world who can compare to him."
After all, he added another sentence: "It's just a bit stingy. By the way, have any of you ever seen him treat guests? The kind of big meal?"
"No!"
"Not once!"
"Come to the mountain city, I invite you."
"I invited you to the capital, but he said he didn't bring his wallet."
"It's not that he doesn't have a wallet. He doesn't have a wallet at all. Even if he has one, don't try to pick out a big guy."
"That said, he seems to be really picky."
"You can't say that, didn't you give out red envelopes last time..."
"Stupid, he's getting married and having a baby soon, did he run away with the double red envelopes? Those who didn't snatch the red envelopes are fine, but those who do, if they don't show favors, they can hunt you down for a hundred years later, believe it or not?"
"It's not possible..."
"Then why don't you try it? How much you robbed, if you don't pay it back 100 times, can he let you go?"
"It seems to make sense."
"..."
Everyone ridiculed for a while, if other entrepreneurs are on the list of the top ten richest people in the world at this time, they will definitely be congratulated.
But this is Li Dong, the most shameless Li Dong, who congratulates him!
However, the facts cannot be denied.
This is the first person in the history of Mainland China!
The first tycoon to be listed among the top ten richest people in the world!
The first tycoon to enter the top five directly!
The first to enter the top ten richest people in the world before the age of 40.
It is still this session, and many sessions, the only top ten richest man under the age of 50.
In the list just released, apart from Li Dong, the youngest person is Ambani, the richest man in India. He is 52 years old and ranks eighth.
Gates, who once again regained the position of the richest man, is also 54 this year.
And Li Dong, 24 years old, is more than twice as young as the youngest of them.
The oldest of the top ten, 90-year-old Karl Albrecht, the richest man in Germany, is two years older than Li Dong's great-grandfather.
But this time, Karl ranked even lower than Li Dong. Li Dong and Sweden's richest man, the Kamprad family, tied for fifth place, and Karl ranked seventh.
In fact, the two have a bit of a relationship. In 2006, Li Dong went to Germany to watch a football game and saw Aldi supermarkets all over Germany.
At that time, Li Dong told Xu Shengzhe that he wanted to learn and catch up with Aldi.
But at that time, Xu Shengzhe attacked Li Dong, saying that the other party was the richest man in Germany, with more than 5,000 stores, and the number one rich man in Europe...
Anyway, in July 2006, no one thought that Li Dong would really surpass the opponent.
Regardless of store size or wealth.
Today, although Yuanfang supermarket stores are still not as good as Aldido, Li Dong is different from the Albrecht brothers. They only operate retail, while Li Dong has entered into diversified development.
After less than 3 years, Li Dong achieved wealth transcendence.
A joke in 2006 has become a real thing now.
Xu Shengzhe didn't remember this scene at the moment, but when Li Dong was free, he replied in the group, "Three years of sharpening the knife, once reaching the top.
Xu Shengzhe, you looked down on me in the past, but today Master Dong has surpassed Albrecht, so you still don't kneel down! "
As soon as these words came out, Xu Shengzhe remembered what happened back then.
But being slapped in the face by Li Dong in front of everyone, Xu Shengzhe didn't do it, and immediately retorted: "Albrecht is two brothers, one seventh and one tenth, with a total wealth of more than 40 billion US dollars, and only one Aldi , just talking about retail, people will beat you for a few blocks, beyond a fart!"
Li Dong, who was rushing to the press conference, saw this, and immediately shy, and replied: "Sooner or later, give me another three years, no, just one year!"
No one answered these words, even Xu Shengzhe didn't bother to answer them.
One year is hard to say, relying on retail alone, Li Dong wants to surpass the other party in one year, it is a dream, and someone will dare to bet in ten years.
But other industries, especially the Internet industry, these days, it seems that money is worthless, and the market conditions are good, this is really uncertain.
Xu Shengzhe didn't answer the question, just said: "It's not too late to brag about the supermarket surpassing Aldi!"
Aldi’s revenue in 2008 exceeded 60 billion US dollars. Although there is no specific value, it has been one of the top ten retailers in the world for these years. Li Dong wants to reach more than 400 billion yuan through supermarkets, but few people really believe it.
Li Dong also turned a deaf ear to Xu Shengzhe's words, whether you care about my supermarket or not, it is now counted as a group, whoever counts as a single industry with you!