Chapter 839
The US is undeniably strong, but in certain areas, such as mobile phones and semiconductors, the US used to be strong, but what about now, when Li Linfei considers himself stronger than them.
There should be a corresponding courtesy to those who are stronger, but it is clear that many Americans do not see Li Linfei in their eyes.
Although those American media had touted Li Linfei, it did not mean that all Americans could accept him.
At least, for those capitalists who were whacked by the Future Group, they hated Li Linfei and even wanted him to die.
They didn't mind seeing him make a fool of himself when Li Linfei spoke at MU, but unfortunately, they didn't succeed.
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The New York Times: Li Linfei, the richest man in China, gave a public speech at MU, threatening to become the richest man in the world within six months.
The Associated Press: A speech full of lies and arrogance by a Chinese entrepreneur.
The Washington Post: Li Linfei makes another wild statement, this time aiming to become the richest man in the world.
Reuters: A brilliant speech by Li Linfei, founder of the Future Technology Group.
Russian News Agency: Shameless Yanks, China's richest man's Mida speech sniped, in critical condition
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As the richest man in China, a mobile treasure trove of news, Li Linfei's every move is of great interest to the media from all walks of life.
At 6pm US time, various countries in the Western world reported on his speech at MU accordingly.
On the American side, there were both positive and negative comments, with the New York Times evaluating Su Li Linfei's speech from a more moderate perspective, with little overstatement.
The Associated Press and the Washington Post, however, stood by the American side and criticised and condemned Li Linfei.
On the European side, the British Reuters and The Times, also relatively neutral, neither licked Li Linfei nor denigrated him, but of course these two newspapers are owned by News Corp.
It was the Russian side of the news agency, on the contrary, that undermined the Yanks severely. However, because of a literal error, many Russian netizens thought that Li Linfei had been assassinated by a sniper while giving a speech at the University of Michigan.
Many Russian netizens expressed their solidarity with Li Linfei to bring peace and justice to the world.
But then it turned out that there seemed to be a mistake ...... which was fucking embarrassing.
In addition to the judgments of various Western countries thought, within China, some media also reported on the matter in detail.
The Xinhua News Agency: China's famous entrepreneur Mr. Li Linfei in Harvard public speech, encountered questions and targeting, hegemonic response.
"September 29th, US time, 1:30 p.m., Li Linfei, founder and chairman of Future Technology Group, gave a speech at the University of Michigan, here is the detailed report."
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In response to Li Linfei's speech at the University of Michigan, Xinhua News Agency gave a full report.
Since Li Linfei was in the news all year round, the Chinese netizens were not surprised to see his report appear again this time.
However, this time, because Li Linfei was stirring up trouble abroad, many netizens expressed their fervour about it and supported Su Yang.
"The Yanks are going too far, these questions are obviously targeting on purpose."
"Boss Li is still as testy as ever, he still dares to be so wild in America, isn't he afraid of being stabbed?"
"About to become the richest man in the world in six months? Really, I feel a bit hung up."
"After blowing his bull at home, he couldn't find a rival, and now Li Da Shenhao has gone abroad to blow again."
"Boss Su is still taking it easy, less pretentious, this is not in the country, ah, be careful of really being cut down."
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Seattle, USA, on the shores of Lake Washington.
Gates smiled when he learned of Li Linfei's speech at MiU in his spacious and high-tech mansion.
Although the world's richest man is now Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, with US$120 billion on the world's richest man, of course this is only on the surface, and many people consider Gates to be the invisible richest man, who could have surpassed Jeff Bezos on the surface if he hadn't made charitable donations and given up 700 million shares of Microsoft stock.
Gates rarely watches the news these days as he considers most of it irrelevant and has devoted himself to his philanthropic work since resigning from Microsoft over a decade ago.
In business Gates is successful and admirable in personality, things that are undeniable and that even Su Yang is ashamed of.
The person who called to tell Gates about Li Linfei was Gates' good friend Warren Buffett ...... a lovely old man who currently ranks second only to Gates in wealth.
The two didn't cross paths much in the open, but they had a very good relationship in private.
At first Gates was surprised, but after listening to him, he realised he had something else in mind.
Gates laughed, "Man, is there more?"
Buffett froze and said, "He says he's going to overtake you and become the richest man in the world in six months, you sound like you're so laid back you don't care about it?"
Gates said easily, "Wouldn't surpassing me be surpassing you?"
Buffett was silent. Gates said, "You know, at our point, wealth rankings don't really mean much anymore, it's mostly about the amount of wealth."
"Well, in reality, the amount of wealth is just a string of numbers, and I personally don't think it matters if it's more or less."
"And, I've been the richest man in the world for too long, since the end of the last century, I'm tired of it, someone has overtaken me, in fact I should thank him instead."
Buffett said, "Well, your words have merit, but it doesn't matter to you, but I've lost over $10 billion in the last six months because of him, $10 billion you know!"
As a senior citizen, Warren Buffett was very conscious of his mood changes and did not use too many mood swings to affect his health.
But this time, he couldn't control himself.
Because at this rate, he would end up with a loss that would exceed thirty billion dollars.
Chapter 840
Thirty billion dollars, ah, think of the miserable situation in the future, Buffett even want to kill Li Linfei's heart.
Gates laughed lightly, "Business competition, there are losses and gains, you're doing risky investments, old buddy, you should understand this."
Buffett sighed, "I know, but I just can't help but feel bad."
"Don't feel bad, take care of your health, I don't want to hear news of Mr Buffett dying of a myocardial infarction in a few days." Gates laughed.
Buffett was silent and said, "Don't you gloat, I hear his company, too, is doing super cloud computing, maybe in a few months, you'll have to go straight to him."
"Like I said, I don't care, I've made enough money in the first few decades to spend the rest of my life, even if Microsoft goes under now, it won't affect my quality of life." Gates said unconcerned.
Buffett sighed, "I'm not as good as you, you have a good heart, but don't you have any thoughts about the fact that he said he was going to be the richest man in the world in six months?"
Gates thought for a moment and said, "He wants to be the richest man in the world, just give it to him, I've been wearing this title for twenty years, I don't care anymore, I'm looking forward to seeing if or when he will be crushed after sitting in this position, he is now, even more crazy than I was at the beginning."
Looking back, Gates' mind was very complicated, looking at the current Li Linfei, he saw himself back then.
Gates continued, "However, if he said within two years, to become the world's richest man, I think with his current foundation and development momentum, there is nothing wrong, within six months ...... is a bit exaggerated."
On the time for Li Linfei to become the world's richest man, Gates held the same view as most people and felt that six months was not very realistic.
Li Linfei's excellence can not be denied, but any achievement, not overnight. Half a year ...... is too short a time.
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After the lecture at Mida University, many people came to visit Su Yang at his residence, but one by one he turned them back, and a few days later Li Linfei left for New York.
Rockefeller Center in New York, USA, is a complex of a dozen commercial buildings.
The famous Craggy Top observation deck is located on the 70th floor. At noon, after meeting with several famous local American business tycoons, Li Linfei stood here and looked into the distance.
As the second best place in the whole of New York, second only to standing on top of the Empire State Building overlooking the panoramic view of Manhattan, Li Linfei had the illusion of looking at the city of Xiangzhong from here, from the headquarters of the Future Technology Group.
"Mr. Li, the development report for this quarter has been assembled, do you want to go directly to the hotel to see it, or?" Wang Xu asked in a low voice next to him.
Li Linfei twisted his head to look at him and turned towards the lift entrance, "No office today, going for a stroll, wouldn't it seem like this trip to the US is all meaningless if we don't look around when we come to New York?"
As the world's most famous financial street, Wall Street is home to many financial institutions that influence the United States and the world, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank, where a real-life version of The Wolf of Wall Street is played out every day.
But there are also some dirty deals going on, and these capitalists are discussing how to deal with Li Linfei.
Right now, because there are so many tourists, Wall Street gives Li Linfei only one sensation: crowdedness.
Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, where the most luxurious boutiques in all of New York are gathered, is called the 'Street of Dreams'.
But Li Linfei had no desire to spend money at this time, so he just took a look and left.
In the afternoon, Li Linfei took a car past Central Park, crossed Times Square and eyed the Statue of Liberty ...... until 7pm, when he returned to the hotel arranged by Freed.
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While Li Linfei was already in dreamland, sleeping soundly, Forbes announced the new season's ranking of the rich.
TOP500 Global Rich List.
1、Jeff Bezos: US$120 billion.
2. Gates: US$95.5 billion.
3. Linfei Li: US$93 billion. (rough guess, no details)
4. Warren Buffett: US$85.2 billion.
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Many journalists who were expecting to be the first to get information when the Forbes Rich List was refreshed got what they wanted, as expected.
At the end of the new quarter of 2019, the top 10 of the global list has not changed much in terms of people, it is still the same ten people as before.
But what is amazing and shocking is that Li Linfei ...... whose wealth is US$87.7 billion and ranked eighth in the world since the beginning of this year, and who has not changed for half a year in a row, actually leapt to become the third richest person in the world in mid-November with a wealth of US$93 billion!
Two days ago at a speech at MiU, Li Linfei let slip that he would become the richest man in the world within six months, and most people, for the most part, laughed at his rambling words.
However, when the American media published the Forbes ranking competitively, those lackeys who had previously ridiculed Li Linfei and used it as a laughing stock for a large number of special approvals, were directly dumbfounded.
What the hell oh, didn't they say it was only US$87.7 billion, how come it suddenly went up to US$93 billion?
Forbes people, what's wrong with this? What the hell is going on here? Sheeter!
Even though Li Linfei did not become the world's richest man straight away, the jump from eighth to third was a shocking change.
Shocked, surprised, curious, incredulous ......
In a flash, the major mainstream forums in the United States were abuzz with excitement.
"OMG! Isn't he only 8th in the world, how did he suddenly change to 2nd?"
"Conspiracy, I smell a strong smell of conspiracy."
"It can't be! The people at Forbes must have taken money from Li Linfei."
"I specifically went to Forbes' official website and it says 'rough guess, exact details unknown' after Li Linfei's wealth, which should mean he doesn't have that much money and Forbes overstated it, right?"
"Friend upstairs, you're overthinking it, Forbes means that Li Linfei's wealth is more than that, but doesn't know the specifics, so it doesn't dare to write it down."