CCTV China Economic Person of the Year, hosted by the "Economic Half Hour" column, belongs to the first session this year. Moreover, it took the lead in opening the online voting mode, with a total of more than 1,237,000 netizens voting for candidates, and then 100 economists and 50 financial journalists served as judges, and finally selected 10 economic figures of the year.

The show will be broadcast on New Year's Day, but since it is recorded, the real award ceremony will be on December 28.

The award ceremony was held at the Jingcheng Hotel, perhaps because this was the first time, and even the dinner was not prepared. The winners and judges from other places stayed in the hotel arranged by CCTV early, and they could only eat buffet until tonight, and then left after the awards.

I have to say that CCTV is very picky!

Just like the Spring Festival Gala in previous years, the performance fee is only enough for round-trip air tickets and accommodation, and big-name stars have to lose money to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, and pay their accompanying assistants out of their own pockets.

Song Weiyang had dinner at the side of the courtyard before taking Chen Tao, Shen Si and Hong Weiguo to the hotel, and then was guided to the lounge by the staff.

"Boss Song, long time no see. Wang Shishi took the initiative to say hello.

Song Weiyang walked over with a smile, hugged Wang Shishi, exchanged a few words of greeting, and then turned to shake hands with Zhang Ruiming and said, "Mr. Zhang, I wish you a happy New Year's Day in advance." ”

"Boss Song is too polite," Zhang Ruiming hurriedly said, "I also wish you a happy New Year's Day." ”

Wang Shishi pointed to the seat against the wall and said, "Elder Wu is over there." ”

Song Weiyang nodded and said, "As soon as I came in, I saw that there were the most people around Wu Lao, so let's not go to join in the fun for the time being." ”

Among Mr. Wu's 10 laureates this year, the only one is a pure scholar, most of the others are corporate CEOs, and there is also a chief adviser to the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

At this moment, Mr. Wu and the chief adviser of the China Securities Regulatory Commission were sitting in chairs together, surrounded by more than a dozen financial people, and even financial reporters were taking the opportunity to interview.

On the other side of the lounge, Mr. Liu of Lenovo was chatting with Boss Zhang of the Oriental Group, and the boss of Qingyu Beer was joking with Mr. Hisense.

Suddenly, a few more people came in, led by Mr. Tian of Netcom, and Song Weiyang immediately went over to say hello.

The boss of Netcom must have to provide it, because Song Weiyang still has to do online games, and the telecom servers in the north are too stuck, and only by using Netcom can players be retained.

"Hello Mr. Tian!" Song Weiyang said with a smile and shook his hand.

This Mr. Tian smiled and said: "Boss Song, I have admired my name for a long time, and I finally met the real person today!"

Song Weiyang said: "Each other. ”

Mr. Tian casually said a few words, and then went directly to Mr. Liu's side, obviously having an unusual relationship with Mr. Liu, and later even became a non-executive director of Lenovo.

After a brief exchange with each other, the 10 awardees were clearly divided into three small groups: one was the financial group, headed by Wu Lao and Liang Advisors, the other was the electronics and communication group, headed by Mr. Liu and Mr. Tian, and all the members of the Taishan Club were also attached there, and the other was an industrialist group, and the core figures were the CEOs of Haier, Hisense and Qingyu Beer, all of whom happened to be from Qingyu City.

Song Weiyang didn't go anywhere, he sat alone in the corner and played with his mobile phone, talking to Chen Tao and Shen Si from time to time.

There were also 50 financial journalists in the lounge, all of whom were judges for the event. These people went around talking and chatting with the bosses, and of course Song Weiyang was not let go, and there were several who asked him to do an exclusive interview another day.

"Boss Song, didn't bother you, did you?" a young man in his 30s walked over.

Song Weiyang nodded and smiled: "Hello." ”

The young man lifted his glasses, took out his business card and said: "I am Wu Xiaobo, a reporter from the Zhejiang branch of Xinhua News Agency, and I graduated from the Department of Journalism of Fudan in 90. ”

Song Weiyang immediately shook hands and said, "Hello senior, I have admired the name for a long time!"

"I don't dare to be a big name, I only have a little name in the circle," Wu Xiaobo said, "I have always wanted to interview Boss Song, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity, this is a big regret in my heart." ”

Song Weiyang said with a smile: "China's well-known entrepreneurs, I'm afraid you have interviewed more than 90%, right?"

Wu Xiaobo said: "There should be 50 percent. ”

Song Weiyang said: "Among all the financial writers in China, I like your articles the most, which are detailed and informative, novel and serious, and the whole text is full of agility. ”

Wu Xiaobo said: "I am very happy to be so highly praised by Boss Song. ”

Song Weiyang suddenly smiled: "After all, he is a senior, of course he has to pick up good words when he meets for the first time." ”

Wu Xiaobo pointed casually: "Qin Shuo over there is also an alumnus, he was in the same class as me in Fudan at the beginning, and he was escorted to graduate school at the same time, and he is now the editor-in-chief of "Nanfeng Window". ”

Song Weiyang said: "I'll invite the two seniors to dinner another day, and accept your interview by the way, anyway, this interview can't run away." ”

Wu Xiaobo is very discerning, and when another reporter came over, he took the initiative to quit and give up his seat.

After about half an hour of waiting, everyone was taken to the hotel's auditorium. The ten winners and award presenters sat in the front row, economists and financial reporters sat up in the second row, and friends of Chen Tao, Shen Si, Hong Weiguo and other winners sat at the back.

The hosts are a man and a woman, both of whom are cameos as the hosts of "Economic Half Hour", the male is called Zhao He, and the female is called Wang Xiaoya.

Zhao He's hosting style is more stable, and Wang Xiaoya's hosting style is more lively, and the two complement each other well. This year belongs to the first session, the host first talked about the original intention of the selection activity, and then introduced several heavyweight award presenters, and finally began to get into the topic.

There is no big screen at the scene, let alone the VCR, and the host can only read out the winners' resumes and award-winning speeches.

The first person to take the stage to receive the award was Mr. Liu of Lenovo, followed by the chief adviser of the Securities Regulatory Commission, and the third read Song Weiyang's name...... The rankings are in no particular order, and the order is arranged directly with the name pinyin, so that no one will be offended.

"Let's applaud the guest of honor, President Yu of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade!" said the host Zhao He loudly.

Chairman Yu, wearing a loose suit, waved his hand into the side of the stage, shook hands with the host Zhao He, and stood side by side.

Zhao He smiled and asked: "The winner who will be announced soon, he has created many Chinese firsts, and he himself is also very famous in society." Can President Yu guess who this person is?"

President Yu said: "This year's 10 candidates are all well-known and have created the first place in China, and your questions are too broad. ”

"Then listen to me read out the award-winning speech," Zhao He said in a standard broadcast tone, "He is an idol of contemporary Chinese youth entrepreneurship, and he became a trendsetter at the age of 17 in the business tide of reform and opening up." He owns the first private enterprise listed overseas, and the agricultural cooperation model created by this enterprise has helped more than 80,000 farmers across the country to increase their income......"

After three minutes of reading the award-winning speech, Zhao He asked, "President Yu, now you know who it is, right?"

President Yu smiled and said, "Xifeng's Boss Song, I met him yesterday. ”

Zhao He was surprised: "You met him yesterday?"

Chairman Yu nodded and said, "Yes." We are discussing a matter that is conducive to the development of many domestic enterprises, and it is currently progressing smoothly, and everyone will know the content next year. ”

"It seems that it is another great thing," Zhao He said, "Chairman Yu, you can make an official announcement." ”

President Yu opened the envelope slowly: "The one who won the first CCTV Economic Person of the Year is Song Weiyang!"

"Bang Bang!"

Song Weiyang walked up to the podium amid applause and received the trophy from President Yu: "Thank you CCTV, thank you for "Economic Half Hour", and thank you to President Yu. At that time, I should be even more grateful to the country, without the great decision of reform and opening up, I would not have the opportunity to come to the stage to receive the award today. Thank you!"

"Okay, let's leave the stage to Mr. Song Weiyang. Zhao He said and left with President Yu.

Wang Xiaoya immediately walked up to the podium, stood beside Song Weiyang and said, "Mr. Song, choose one." Are you going to give a pitch or do you want to be interviewed?"

The topic selection speech is an envelope containing ten topics, and the winner will randomly select one to give a speech, and the on-site interview is an interview with Wang Xiaoya.

Song Weiyang said with a smile: "Let's interview on the spot, it's very pleasant to chat with beautiful women." ”

"It's a great honor," Wang Xiaoya opened the note in his hand, "Mr. Song, there are 5 questions on this note, all of which are selected from the questions asked by netizens." The first question is, how much money do you really have?"

"Hahahaha!"

The audience burst into laughter because the topic was so popular that it was often discussed in print media and online forums.

Song Weiyang asked, "Do you really want to answer?"

Wang Xiaoya said: "I think this is what everyone here and the people of the whole country want to know, of course, Mr. Song can also choose to keep it secret." ”

Song Weiyang said: "I don't know. ”

"You don't know?" Wang Xiaoya said in surprise.

Song Weiyang said: "I really don't know, it's not that I want to hide it deliberately. Xifeng Company and Shenzhou Technology, these two companies I haven't touched money for a long time, and I haven't even counted the shareholder dividends that come into the account every year. Taurus Capital has invested in many projects, and how much these projects are worth requires professional financial personnel to make it clear. Take Google in the United States, for example, which was valued at more than a billion dollars a year ago, and now it has fallen to hundreds of millions of dollars, and these assets are changing all the time. ”

Wang Xiaoya summed up: "In other words, you have too much money to count?"

"That's not it, you can still count it clearly. Song Weiyang said.

Wang Xiaoya said: "Counting money is also a trouble. ”

Song Weiyang said: "Indeed. ”

Wang Xiaoya said: "I also want to have this trouble. ”

"Hahaha!"

The scene burst into laughter again.

Wang Xiaoya said: "Then, let's say it differently. You ranked second in this year's Hurun Report, with a personal asset of 10 billion yuan. Do you have a rough estimate, is it really more than 10 billion, or less than 10 billion?"

Song Weiyang said: "It's more." ”

"Is it too much?" Wang Xiaoya confirmed again.

Song Weiyang said: "Anyway, Hurun was a blind guess when he did statistics, and I am also a blind guess now, it depends on who you believe." ”

Several other CEOs laughed, because Hurun guessed this statement, which obviously hit their laugh.

Wang Xiaoya said: "The second question from netizens is, what is your biggest trouble?"

Song Weiyang said solemnly: "He looks too handsome." ”

"Huh?" Wang Xiaoya was stunned.

Song Weiyang said with a serious expression: "I have a friend named Ma Xiaoyun, and he always tells people that a man's wisdom is inversely proportional to his appearance, which is equivalent to judging my IQ to be negative. I usually don't dare to go out, for fear of being watched by girls and making people lovesick is not good. Among today's 10 winners, I don't dare to say that the others are the first, but I am definitely the most handsome. So when I was in the lounge before, they all sat together and chatted, and threw me alone in the corner to play with my phone, which was too handsome to be isolated by everyone. ”

The other nine winners sat in the audience, smiling, all amused by Song Weiyang's shamelessness.

Wang Xiaoya searched his intestines and scraped his stomach and said, "Hmm...... Mr. Song is very humorous and very confident, and people who are humorous and confident often succeed. ”

Song Weiyang said: "Thank you host for helping me summarize the successful experience. ”

The scene sounded laughter again, and those who didn't know thought it was a talk show.

Wang Xiaoya couldn't hold it anymore, but Song Weiyang's thinking was too out-of-the-box, so he hurriedly retracted it and said: "The third question from netizens, as the richest man in the world, Bill Gates donated $16 billion worth of stocks in 1999 and $5.1 billion worth of stocks in 2000. As China's richest man, how does Mr. Song view philanthropy, and how much do you plan to donate?"

This question seems presumptuous and abrupt, but CCTV is very measured, because they have investigated and know that Song Weiyang has charitable donations every year, which is equivalent to helping Song Weiyang promote a positive image in disguise.

Song Weiyang didn't play his cards according to the routine at all: "The $20 billion donated by Bill Gates is a reasonable tax avoidance method." ”

The director of the program and Wang Xiaoya's faces changed at the same time, and hundreds of people at the scene were also shocked, and they were all incredulous at Song Weiyang's answer - not surprised by Bill Gates's tax avoidance, but surprised that Song Weiyang dared to say anything.

Wang Xiaoya smiled and said, "Why is it a tax avoidance?"

Song Weiyang said: "This is not what I said, it was said by Fortune magazine in the United States. American charitable funds are tax-deductible, and charitable funds can be invested, and Bill Gates's donations are donated to funds in his own name. These donations are not used for a precise purpose, which means that the money is still his own, but under a different name. Of course, I appreciate Bill Gates's philanthropic actions, although he may be to avoid taxes, but he will definitely use the money for charity, which can help many people in need. As for netizens asking me when I donate, I donate every year, but millions of donations, unlike Bill Gates, who donates tens of billions of dollars at once. Don't ask me about charity in the future, otherwise it's a show. ”

Wang Xiaoya is completely bottomless now, Song Weiyang has been informed of the program process in advance, and even if Song Weiyang chooses to give a speech, the "random" speech topic will be revealed in advance. The first two winners are very stable, and Wang Xiaoya said with palpitations about Song Weiyang's nonsense: "The fourth question, are you confident in the upcoming 2001 Chinese economy?"

Song Weiyang said: "All kinds of data show that China's economy in 2001 will be completely out of the predicament. Entrepreneurs can take action, next year is full of opportunities, it just depends on whether you have the ability and luck to seize it!"

Wang Xiaoya finally breathed a sigh of relief, didn't dare to gag anymore, and hurriedly asked the fifth question.

Today's award ceremony was broadcast live on the Internet, and when Song Weiyang said that Bill Gates' donation was tax avoidance, it directly caused a quarrel among netizens. Because there is no talk of charity tax avoidance at all, Bill Gates's $20 billion donation was held to the sky, I don't know how many Chinese worship and admire, and the result is actually to avoid taxes for a long time.

Many netizens chose not to believe this kind of news of refreshing the three views, and even scolded Song Weiyang for spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, which caused Song Weiyang's supporters to refute, and the two sides sprayed each other in the dark on the Internet.