Chapter 147: I'm Not Rich
At a time when the accusations of manipulating other countries' elections were serious, Wang Yongyuan also received a phone call:
"Did you really promise Santos that if he became president, he would invest $5 billion in their country?"
"Yes, we had that promise. ”
"Why make that promise that the outside world thinks they are interfering in their national elections? ”
"We just think that country A can make money there if it pursues Santos' policies, and it's just a business activity that has nothing to do with politics. We support policy, not a single politician. ”
"Can you take that back?"
"I'm sorry, there is no way to take this back, our company also needs to have integrity, otherwise there will be no way to do business in the future. ”
Supporting Santos' election as president is related to Wang Yongyuan's basic base, so it is impossible for him to retract such words.
No matter how much pressure he has to withstand.
Of course, this is not a very important political issue, the Western media disgusting China is not a matter of a day or two, if you don't need to use much cost to calm this public opinion, of course you will choose to calm public opinion.
If the cost of the need to draw is too great, then make them disgusting.
Anyway, no matter how much you cater to them, you can't be friends with them.
Everyone knows that.
Wang Yongyuan's assets are currently mainly in foreign accounts, and this is the card in his hand.
No one would choose to abandon a big capitalist with deep pockets like him in order to pander to the public opinion of the Western media.
He can still withstand such pressure.
Doing business is inherently risky, and it's impossible to have smooth sailing.
Just when public opinion was surging, Lilia also reposted Gu Mu's Weibo about investing $5 billion in country A's industry - I'm not rich, but I want to say that if there is one day, I am also willing to invest $1 billion in this country.
Now Lilia is not only the head of the Night Angel brand clothing, but also the head of the Lilia Angel Charity Foundation, which is a charitable fund with $3 billion in assets.
It's not that the so-called "not rich", but very rich.
But there's nothing wrong with her saying this, because she really doesn't think of herself as a rich person.
Compare with the other brothers and sisters, although those few do not have as much cash as hers, not even 1/10 of her cash, but they can inherit the oil field, that is, a steady stream of wealth, and they can earn money lying there.
It's not like she has to worry about losing money when she does business.
Compared with Gu Mu, she is still not a rich person, and her assets are one less zero, so she can be said to be very poor.
However, for the vast majority of people in this world, having assets of more than $3 billion is definitely considered rich.
This retweet of hers suddenly became popular in the online world, and the phrase "I'm not a rich person" became popular all of a sudden, just like "I don't know my wife, my wife is beautiful and weak", and "I regret starting a business Jack Ma", which has become a stalk.
A person with $3 billion in assets who said he would invest $1 billion in a certain country to develop industry said that he was not a rich man, giving people a strong sense of disobedience.
In a few days, a lot of jokes about this sentence were created, which made Lilia's popularity on Weibo greatly increased, and the number of followers soon exceeded 10 million.
And the content she expressed on Weibo also made Santos a little more popular.
One billion dollars is not as eye-catching as five billion dollars, but it is still a large number.
Someone left a message on Lilia's Weibo, asking her why she wanted to invest $1 billion in that country, and Lilia's answer was - I believe in Mr. Wang's investment vision, he can invest $5 billion, of course I dare to invest $1 billion.
Although the actual reason is to make an agreement with Wang Yongyuan in order to compete for the inheritance, her answer gives the outside world a wrong judgment, that is, she thinks that country A does have great development potential, so she will invest so many assets.
Some small capitalists began to think about whether to follow in the footsteps of the big capitalists and get a little leftovers.
Of course, big capitalists will not consider such a problem, because at present, country A is not suitable for making too much investment, and the possibility of losing money is very high.
With funds, you can make money wherever you invest, and there is no need to take such a big risk.
Small capitalists do not have that kind of vision, and many will only follow in the footsteps of big capitalists.
Wang Yongyuan also has a certain reputation in the investment community, and the title of the god of Chinese investment is not given in vain, he has taken a fancy to the land in Africa, and has made such a big bet in country A, which makes people feel that there must be great development potential there, and they will not suffer losses if they follow the investment.
In this case, there was a sudden increase in articles about country A on the Internet.
Now is the Internet era, and the news spreads very quickly, and after such news reaches country A, it has caused great repercussions.
The statement of the two rich men (although one of them claims to be not rich) is the weight of $6 billion.
As long as they vote for Santos to become the president of country A, they can get that much investment.
It was definitely the largest investment ever made by country A.
Santos doesn't need more commitments anymore to get the most votes.
Because no matter how good the promise is, there is no way to fulfill it without the support of capital.
As long as the country is truly rich and strong, those promises will be kept.
Santos inexplicably became a celebrity in the online world during this time, and when he participated in that economic forum, he was interviewed by many media outlets.
In addition to the initial interview was a capital operation, the media that was really willing to interview him was the back.
He didn't expect such a heat himself.
But it's not a bad thing for him, it's a good thing.
This time, he also called Gu Mu to thank him.
Gu Mu replied to him: "As long as you can be elected president and carry out all the things you promised, it is the best thank you to me." ”
The economic forum on the Silk Project lasted for five days, and Santos spoke at the forum several times.
After the closing of the forum, he took his team to Pengcheng.
Pengcheng happened to be holding an international exhibition of trade between China and Africa, which is also a derivative of the Silk Project, and Country A also participated in the exhibition, and he came here this time to give the exhibition platform.
It was the province where he was a legislator.
In his discussion with Wang Yongyuan, that province will be built into a special economic zone of country A, which will drive the economic development of the entire country A.