November 2011, Beijing, Fengxing Building.

Lin Feng sat on the side of the sofa and smiled at the two American ladies sitting across from him, Nancy Gibbs, the executive editor of Time magazine, and Hannah Beech, the East Asia correspondent.

Yes, he is being interviewed by Time Magazine.

Nancy Gibbs is a very famous editor-in-chief in the United States, she has been working in the position of executive editor-in-chief of Time magazine for 25 years, it can be said that she is famous, to be honest, Lin Feng did not expect that she would fly to China to interview him in person.

Not long ago, Time Magazine just announced eight candidates for the 2011 Time Magazine Person of the Year, and Lin Feng is one of these eight people.

The Person of the Year is the most influential thing in the world at the end of each year. The winner can be an individual, a couple, a group of people, a concept, a place, or even a machine, as long as it has had the most selected impact, both good and bad, in the past year. The winners will be announced in December.

Speaking of which, Lin Feng has been selected as a candidate many times in the past few years, but he has always been defeated at the last moment, perhaps because from a global perspective, he has not been able to achieve the meaning of "the most far-reaching" before.

Like Putin the Great in 2007 and Ao Guanhai in 2008, compared with them, Lin Feng is naturally almost meaningless.

Originally, last year was the most promising, but in 2010, Facebook suddenly emerged as the most shocking emerging technology giant company in the world that year, and Xiaoza overtook Lin Feng. This is also quite criticized, after all, compared to Lin Feng, Xiao Za's influence is much worse......

After entering 2011, the Cool Wind Group, which has been freed from the shackles of patent infringement, has made great progress in various businesses: the global sales of Xphone are expected to exceed 100 million units;

Fengxing announced that it will enter the field of artificial intelligence, and it is unrivaled in the field of cloud computing, with a global share of nearly 20% (including Amazon's share);

The total market value of Lin Feng's companies is close to 450 billion US dollars! (180 billion for Fengxing, 150 billion for Coolwind, 75 billion for Amazon, and 40 billion for Tencent)

Therefore, this year Lin Feng is still very promising.

This is also the reason why Nancy personally flew to the capital this time.

"Rich, what do you think made you so successful at such a young age?" asked Nancy with a smile.

She knew very well that the 32-year-old Oriental man sitting smiling in front of her could almost be said to be the richest person in the world, and it was estimated that he had assets worth more than $100 billion!

And Nancy has also carefully studied the history of Lin Feng, even though she is familiar with most celebrities in the world, and even presidential dignitaries such as Putin the Great and Ao Guanhai, but she still feels amazing about Lin Feng's resume!

At the age of 21, he graduated from college and started his own business, led the first company to go public at the age of 24, with a net worth of more than $1 billion, became the richest man in China at the age of 26, led the Fengxing Group to go public at the age of 28, with a net worth of more than $20 billion, and entered the top ten of the world's richest list, and founded the Cool Wind Group at the age of 30 to develop Xphone mobile phones, making it one of the best-selling smartphones in the world.

Now 32 years old, he is already worth $100 billion, and it is almost no surprise that he will become the richest man in the world. And now he is also known as the "father of mobile Internet" all over the world.

This is a figure who is changing the world, and the most terrifying thing is that he is still young.

And his main opponent, Steve Jobs, just died of illness on October 5 this year......

"Well, I guess it's my love of life, my passion for entrepreneurship, and my ambition to succeed. Lin Feng thought for a moment and said with a smile.

"Oh, can you explain?"

"Of course, if I didn't have a love for life, I wouldn't have thought of starting a business, and if I didn't have the passion for entrepreneurship, I might not have persevered in the face of the initial difficulties, and I didn't have the ambition to succeed, I might have retired a long time ago, bought a small island, and enjoyed life. ”

"That's not enough, right? A lot of young entrepreneurs have that, but none of them succeed as you. Nancy asked with a smile.

Lin Feng nodded: "Yes, this may be my luck, I was born in China, this is a great country that has inherited thousands of years of civilization, although in the past hundred years, due to some historical reasons, it has sunk, but now this Oriental sleeping dragon has awakened, it is regaining new vitality, and I happened to start my own business when my country's economy was developing." ”

"The world is entering the information age represented by the Internet and mobile Internet, which is the most important technological revolution in the past 100 years. ”

"If I have to say that I have the foundation of my success, then it is my country and the opportunities given to me by this era!"

His answer made Nancy nod speechlessly.

China's economic rise has long been a fact recognized by the whole world.

Speaking of which, she is also very envious of young entrepreneurs like Lin Feng who can rise in this era, just like Zuckerberg in the United States...... By the way, Xiaozha's Facebook, Lin Feng is also one of the major shareholders!

"Rich, in addition to your own industry, your investment in many technology companies in Silicon Valley is also praised, whether it is the earliest investment in Myspace, Youtube, or Facebook, Titter, and even the emerging uber and other companies, have proven to be tens of billions of dollars worth of "unicorn" companies, because of your sharp investment vision, and also known as the "investment god", how do you judge which companies are valuable? Do you really have a pair of eyes that travel through the future?" asked Nancy curiously.

Lin Feng's investment accuracy in Silicon Valley is so amazing that every company he invests in has risen so rapidly that some people say that he has a pair of "eyes that see through the future".

Lin Feng laughed: "How could it be...... I'll tell you a secret, Nancy," he smiled.

"Investing is actually very simple, and my logic is whether the company's products can change people's lives. Myspace has made social networks popular, Youtube has brought people to share videos freely, Facebook has brought people closer together, and Uber has changed people's ...... of travel."

He pointed to his eyes: "My eyes, see their value, it's that simple. ”

Well, it's a lot of crap, but Nancy can't help it, he makes a point, doesn't he?

"Rich, tell us about your family, your wife is known as the "Angel of the East", and your children are the youngest billionaires in the world, they are said to be just 4 and 1 years old, but you have allocated more than 10 billion wealth to them? What do you think about that?"

Lin Feng shook his head and smiled: "This is a misunderstanding by the media, in fact, they don't have these wealth, and I don't approve of giving my children too much money from an early age, which is not a good thing." I just allocated the corresponding family trust fund to ensure their growth and living needs. You should understand how trust funds work......"

"As you should know, I have donated some of my assets to the Maple Leaf Foundation, which is used for philanthropy, and the other part to the family trust. Charity and family continuity are the future I have in mind. ”

"The Maple Leaf Foundation has donated more than 20 billion yuan to charities including the Red Cross Foundation in Chinese mainland, UNESCO, and Children's Charities of the United States, and has carried out public welfare relief work in education, environmental protection, medical care, etc. ”

"As for my own wealth...... , To be honest, I really don't know how much money I have......" Lin Feng silently pretended to be forced.

Compared with Repentance Ali Jack Ma, Wang Jianlin, Nothing, Ma Huateng, an ordinary family, and Liu Qiangdong, who doesn't know his wife, this force should be relatively low-key......

"Wealth has reached my stage, to be honest, the number is meaningless, more importantly, I can use this wealth, what kind of contribution to the society, next, I will put more energy into charity and public welfare, and continue to devote myself to improving people's lives, using technology to make people's lives better and more convenient. ”

He easily shifted the topic from family trust and wealth to the Maple Leaf Foundation and charity and public welfare.

Well, for Time magazine, gossip really wasn't their focus.

The impact and significance of this era is what they want to excavate.

"Some people call you the father of the mobile Internet, what do you think about this?"

Lin Feng shook his head and smiled: "I am still young and not qualified to be called the father of a certain industry, but I will continue to promote the development of the global mobile Internet, because I believe that this is the trend of the times, technology is changing people's lifestyles, the popularity of smart phones, the development of mobile communication networks, the combination of mobile and the Internet, so that people can connect with each other more easily, quickly and conveniently enjoy various services, and all of this will be more in-depth with the development of mobile Internet." ”

"Maybe one day, we can be far away from the ocean, but still face-to-face communication, we can go to another city or other places we want to go through driverless cars, while enjoying a movie, we don't have to do dangerous work, we are all working by robots, we don't have to go to stores and supermarkets for anything we want to buy, we just need to say a word to the smart housekeeper of the home, and there will be drones that will be delivered to the home soon......"

Lin Feng imagined affectionately: "I am looking forward to the arrival of this day, and this is also a bright future that I am working for!"

…………

The cover of the December 2011 issue is Lin Feng, dressed in a blue casual suit, smiling in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, with the deep and dazzling night view of Beijing in the background.

"Time Magazine's 2011 Person of the Year was announced, and Lin Feng, the richest man in the world, was elected!

Time magazine commented on him: "He is one of the most dazzling figures of this era, he represents the re-emergence of the ancient civilization of the East in the modern commercial society, and he created the era of mobile Internet." He's Richard Lin, a 32-year-old Chinese!"

(End of book)

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