Chapter 718: The Richest Man Who Suddenly Came
Just when Gpad was conquering the United States, the Internet of the Celestial Empire was stunned by a bombshell message.
On October 10, 2007, Hurun once again released the 2007 Celestial Empire Rich List, Jiang Hui suddenly became the top of the list from last year's list, and was actually revealed to have become the richest man in the Celestial Empire with a net worth of more than 150 billion.
"Mr. Hurun, some netizens have questioned your list data, how do you explain it?"
As soon as this list was announced, it caused a major wave on the Internet.
A familiar reporter immediately connected to interview Hurun.
"I don't understand what you mean, can you be specific?".
As a foreigner who has lived in the Celestial Empire for many years, Hurun is very comfortable with all kinds of interviews.
When the reporter didn't ask a specific question, Hurun naturally wouldn't answer any question.
"It's Jiang Hui, the richest man on the rich list, everyone doesn't understand how 150 billion yuan was calculated, can you explain it to us?", the reporter continued to ask.
"Do you believe that Jiang Hui has a net worth of 150 billion?" asked Hurun.
"It's not that I don't believe it, but the vast majority of netizens don't believe it," the reporter said.
"I knew you would ask that, let me tell you, Jiang Hui's net worth of 150 billion is estimated by us according to the most conservative plan, and it will definitely only be more, not less."
Hurun obviously also expected that he would put Jiang Hui in the position of the richest man, and many people would definitely come to ask.
"The most conservative? Can you elaborate on that? I'm a little confused."
"I'll give you a break, first of all, the school intranet and Meituan, which have been listed, have a combined market value of more than 200 billion. Although Jiang Hui's stake in these two companies is not very high, we have arranged for professional personnel to investigate the composition of the shareholders of the school intranet and Meituan.com, and after the investigation, I can be sure that Jiang Hui owns at least 30% of the shares of these two companies," Hurun said.
"More than 30%? That is, relying on the school intranet and Meituan alone, Jiang Hui's net worth has exceeded 60 billion?"
"Yes, that's just the beginning. Korn Kuan Games, which is the largest game company in the Celestial Empire and is also well-known in the world, we estimate that it made a profit of at least 3 billion yuan in the first nine months of this year, and even according to the valuation given by the most conservative venture capitalists, Korn Kuan Games is more than 20 billion, and this company is basically wholly owned by Jiang Hui", Hurun continued.
"That's already 80 billion."
"There is also Guanghui Weibo, and the current valuation given to it by the venture capital circle is generally more than 50 billion, and Jiang Hui also owns at least 30% of the shares."
"According to you, it's already 95 billion."
"It's not over yet, Gphone, you know it, right?"
"Of course, I'm using a Gphone right now."
"We have calculated that according to Gphone's current sales, it will make a profit of at least 10 billion this year, which is just its profit. Although Guanghui Mobile has never accepted any contact from venture capital, as far as I know, the valuation of Guanghui Mobile is definitely not less than 50 billion, and Jiang Hui holds at least 50% of the shares of this company."
"According to what you say, Jiang Hui's net worth is already 120 billion, and he is still 10 billion short of surpassing Country Yuan's successor."
"Yes, in addition to the companies just mentioned, there are also Guanghui Film and Television, Guanghui Pay, Guanghui Drone, Autohome, Tudou, YY Live, Guanghui Auto, Douban, Qunar, Guanghui Investment, as well as overseas Twitter, potato, Nico and other companies, these are definitely more than 30 billion," Hurun said.
"Not to mention so many companies, even Tudou alone has exceeded 30 billion, and potato and Nico will not be lower than this number."
According to the valuation given by the current venture capital circle, any of the three video websites under the Korn Ferry Group has a chance to exceed 50 billion, plus Twitter, which is already 200 billion.
"Yes, although Jiang Hui's stake in these companies is more complicated, I have reason to believe that Jiang Hui's shares in any of the above companies will not be less than 20%."
"Listening to you say this, 150 billion is really a very conservative estimate, but it's really hard to believe."
"Don't talk about you, even when I first got this data, I was very surprised, I estimated it according to 150 billion, which has fully taken into account everyone's acceptance, otherwise even if Jiang Hui's net worth is more than 200 billion, it will stand up to scrutiny," Hurun said.
"I would like to ask again, did you contact Jiang Hui himself when you released this list?" the reporter continued.
"No, as far as I know so far, the wealthy people of the Celestial Empire are generally not very cooperative with the wealth investigation, and in order to avoid interference with our investigation, we have not contacted Jiang Hui himself," Hurun Fuhao.
The Hurun Rich List is jokingly known as the "Pig Killing List", and the rich people of the Celestial Empire have always had a tradition of not exposing their wealth, so naturally, the really rich people don't like to be put on this list and be looked at by the general public with a magnifying glass.
On the contrary, it is some "local tyrants" who have half a bucket of water, and they show off their wealth there with a little money.
"If that's the case, then what if Jiang Hui himself denies your data?"
"I've come across these situations every year, but I want to say that every one of our data has a source, and we are not afraid that they will question me, and we are willing to confront him face to face to confirm," Hurun said with a smile.
For Hurun, the release of these lists is itself for the sake of fame and the interests behind it.
If Jiang Hui jumped out to question the list and had to confront each other one by one, it would have fulfilled Hurun's wish.
In this way, the Hurun Rich List will definitely receive higher attention, which can be regarded as advertising in disguise.
This is like a lot of celebrities, in fact, they are not afraid of scandals, and even need constant hype.
Only by continuously increasing the exposure will the popularity continue to increase, and the corresponding appearance price will also continue to increase.
"That's right, what you hope for the most is that Jiang Hui jumps out and questions it, so that you can be regarded as rubbing the hot spot of the richest man."
With Jiang Hui's current popularity in the Celestial Empire, even without the title of richest man, it is amazingly high.
Let's just say that Jiang Hui has more than 20 million fans on Guanghui Weibo, which is more than most superstars.
Not to mention, Jiang Hui's fans are of relatively high quality, not like some stars, there are always a bunch of zombie fans.
Therefore, if nothing else, every time Jiang Hui posts a message on his Weibo, it often becomes the headline of the day.
"There are some things you don't have to say."
(End of chapter)