Chapter 86: Forbes Rich List

During the period of "playing" simulated driving in the driving school, Zhang Lexing often kept in touch with Chen Zishan, and occasionally when the two of them were free, Zhang Lexing would go to Boston on purpose, and naturally he would be "warmly received" by Chen Zishan. Especially on Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, two lonely hearts adrift overseas are once again next to each other, rubbing more violent sparks.

Several times after Zhang Lexing came back from Boston, he heard from Yang Xinxin that a man who claimed to be a reporter from Forbes magazine had visited him several times and wanted to interview Zhang Lexing, but unfortunately the reporter's luck was very bad, and every time he came, he happened to meet Zhang Lexing going out, and the interview plan had to be abandoned.

While Zhang was working on his seven-day trip to Palm Springs, it was time for the KylinWindows95 launch event on March 6.

For this grand launch, the VisualSystem Group has been planning for this grand launch event from a very early stage, developing a detailed advertising plan, constantly spreading the news about KylinWindows95 through television, newspapers and websites, and has been officially in action since February this year, led by the famous producer Glenn Abrams, to set up the launch event site in San Jose Park, mobilizing more than 200 people and taking 20 days to complete the venue. Before the press conference, Ballmer has announced on many occasions that it will launch KylinWindows95 in 12 languages at the same time at 0:00 on March 7, and other 17 language versions such as Japanese will be available before the end of August, and revealed some relevant product details, coupled with a global publicity campaign, which has completely stimulated the interest of users around the world.

Due to the time difference, when San Jose was still in the early morning of March 6, KylinWindows95 was first launched in New Zealand, which is also the first place in the world to start selling. At 23 o'clock local time on March 6, thousands of computer users were already lining up along Wellington Street, waiting to buy KylinWindows 95 CDs.

Next up was Australia, where a huge 4-storey KylinWindows95 box was towed into Sydney Harbour by a warship on a barge, and the city of Sydney sales began. Then there was a submarine excursion party in Poland, a free distribution of the British newspaper The Times with KylinWindows95 ads, and so on. At the same time, large fields in the United Kingdom are decorated with KylinWindows95 logos like magical crop circles, while the Empire State Building in New York is covered with neon signs flashing with KylinWindows95 logos, and huge banners with the words KylinWindows95 are hung on Toronto's TV station building.

At 21 o'clock local time on March 6, the press conference at the San Jose campus officially began. At this time, the venue has completely turned into a carnival scene, full of food, magic, clowns, hot air balloons, Ferris wheels, circus tents, more than 600 media and 2,200 heavyweights in the computer industry to participate in the event, they are eating and drinking free food and drink, while watching performances or enjoying the fun of games in the venue.

When the KylinWindows 95 conference officially began, more than 1,800 people immediately poured into the largest tent in the center of the venue, of which more than 400 were journalists, and the rest were representatives of some manufacturers and key members of the operating system development team. Zhang Lexing sat in the front row, looking around through the bright lights, and saw many people he knew, even including Mak Jiajun holding popcorn, at this time he was hiding in the corner and looking at the stage while eating.

As the curtain on the stage opened, the lights gradually dimmed. Suddenly, a place on the stage lit up, revealing the KylinWindows95 logo and the word "Start" on it, and the silhouette of a man sitting in a chair. The music of the Rolling Stones' "StartMeUp" sounded, and the lights on the stage gradually turned on, revealing the figure of the man, who was none other than Jay Leno of NBC, the most famous talk show host in the United States.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!" Jay Leno greeted the audience with a microphone on, and the audience immediately burst into applause.

After the applause stopped, Jay Leno continued: "I came to San Jose from New York yesterday and stopped by Miss Yang's house to be a guest, well, everyone knows that she is the greatest high-tech talent in the world. But yesterday I really saw what it means to be a high-tech talent, and the time display of her VCR is the same as when it leaves the factory, and it is still flashing 00:00 time. ”

Jay Leno is a person who likes to joke very much, and what he said just now actually implies that Yang Xinxin can't even adjust the time of the video recorder, of course, there is no malice, it is just a joke, obviously many people in the audience understood, and immediately burst into laughter.

"Alright, now let's have Jenny Yang ......," Jay Leno shouted with a wave of his hand.

As soon as the lights dimmed, the drum beat sounded, and the lamppost of the spotlight then turned to the left side of the stage, where Yang Xinxin, dressed in evening dress, had already appeared. Touching the microphone pinned to her ear, Yang Xinxin walked to the middle of the stage as originally planned, and the lamppost of the spotlight also moved with her figure.

Yang Xinxin came to the middle of the stage, and the lights came on, she looked at Jay Leno with a smile and said, "Oh, Mr. Leno, you must know that women are naturally troubled by electrical appliances." It turned out that I didn't even know how to use a computer, so I couldn't find a way to get into it, but luckily I found a window (Windows). ”

Yang Xinxin's humorous remarks caused a burst of laughter in the audience, and Jay Leno was not to be outdone, and continued to speak, so the two sang and introduced the KylinWindows95 system on stage. At first, Yang Xinxin and Jay Leno said on stage, during which a video of a little girl using KylinWindows95 was inserted to prove the simplicity of KylinWindows95 system. Then Ballmer and Fang Shaozhuo were also called to the stage to help, and the stage developed from a stand-up comedy to a group performance, and finally even Zhang Lexing, who was sitting in the audience and planning to watch the excitement, did not escape, and was also summoned by Yang Xinxin, and the group performance almost became a chorus, and the press conference became more and more lively.

After the press conference ended smoothly and everyone dispersed, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but stop Yang Xinxin and asked her: "Sister Xin, you also know that I don't like to participate in such activities, why did you want me to go up just now." ”

"Brother, I know you want to keep a low profile, but you can't keep a low profile now. Yang Xinxin didn't know where to get a magazine and threw it on the table in front of Zhang Lexing, and said, "You can see it yourself." ”

What was thrown on the table was a magazine called Forbes, which Zhang Lexing had in his office in Beijing, and he had flipped through a few copies at random, and it was only then that Zhang Lexing remembered that when he came back from Boston, the reporter Yang Xinxin was talking about seemed to be from Forbes magazine.

picked up the magazine casually and flipped through it, Zhang Lexing found that the highlight of this issue was the latest newly released list of the world's richest people, and he was ranking first. The relevant text in the magazine reads: "...... Zhang Lexing is a fairly low-key tycoon, according to our investigation, he came to the United States in 1981, and before that he had made tens of millions of dollars by selling software he wrote. After coming to the United States, Zhang Lexing co-founded VisualSystem, a company that is now in full swing, with former Intel employee Yu Youcheng and Hong Kong businesswoman Yang Xinxin......

After years of development, the current VisualSystem company has grown into a huge group, which controls a number of listed companies, according to the latest closing price, these listed companies have a market value of about $56.5 billion, and the unlisted part of the VisualSystem Group, according to the analysis of professional accounting firms, is estimated to be worth no less than $96 billion, or even higher. Zhang Lexing's shareholding in VisualSystem Group is believed to be no less than 60%, and the equity of those listed companies held by VisualSystem Group is between 35%~55%, which is equivalent to Zhang Lexing's personal assets of 72.855 billion US dollars.

According to another investigation, Zhang Lexing also set up a foundation called 'Red River' and made a large amount of investment through the Red River Fund, including EA, Cisco, Traveler and many other listed companies, and even IBM. Based on the latest closing price, the market value of the company's shares controlled by the Red River Fund is equivalent to 23.049 billion US dollars, plus the cash held by the fund is 10.6 billion US dollars, and the current personal assets of Zhang Lexing are as high as 106.404 billion US dollars, which has left the second Buffett with 10.458 billion US dollars far behind......

The accompanying article also attached a group photo of Zhang Lexing and Yang Xinxin during their entrepreneurial years, as well as a recent photo of Zhang Lexing. The author of the article obviously investigated very carefully, Zhang Lexing's assets in the United States are basically included, but Zhang Lexing doesn't like to be exposed, but unfortunately it's too late now, and he can't keep a low profile in the future.

Zhang Lexing put down the magazine and asked Yang Xinxin for advice: "Sister Xin, what do you think I should do in the future?"

"Brother, I know you like to keep a low profile and don't want to expose too much in the media, but it's impossible now, so many of your habits will have to be changed in the future. Yang Xinxin pulled Zhang Lexing to the chair next to him and sat down, and began to analyze: "First of all, Sister Zishan, you'd better send two female bodyguards over to avoid any accidents in the future." Then you should pay more attention to your own safety in the future, the name of the richest man in the world is not so easy to deserve, and there will definitely be more and more people who will beat you up in the future, you must arrange a few more bodyguards, don't run around casually. There is also a place to live, except for the small villa next to me, my brother, you have never bought another house, and even in Beijing you still rent a house, which is very unsafe, the news of you the richest man in the world will pass sooner or later, it is better to buy another house to live in, and it is better if it is the kind of independent house. You also often go to Hong Kong, if it is suitable, you can also consider buying such a house to live in, at least it is more convenient than staying in a hotel. ”

"Sister Xin, in fact, I want to buy houses, but I don't like those houses now. In my mind, there are two kinds of DreamHome, one is an intelligent eco-friendly house, which can control everything in the room with just a phone call, and the other is an island house, which has a small island of its own in the boundless sea, and then builds a house of its own on it......"

"As soon as you say it, I'm a little moved, if you really want to buy an island, brother, remember to call my sister along, and everyone can continue to be neighbors when the time comes." ”

……

When Zhang Lexing was still distressed by the exposure of his identity, some well-informed people around the world also took action because of the newly released rich list of Forbes.

Somewhere in Beijing......

An energetic old man sat on the couch, holding the same copy of Forbes magazine, and next to him sat a middle-aged man in a black suit.

After reading the magazine, the old man closed it and put it on the coffee table next to him, and then said: "I didn't expect this child to be so promising, and he actually created such a big industry by himself......

"Old chief, he has the technology we need, see if you want to send someone to contact him. ”

"Don't be too reckless, this kid's current identity is very sensitive, and rash action will bring him a lot of unnecessary trouble. The child's family were survivors of the retreat, but unfortunately we didn't take care of it, not only did his parents have an accident, but even the child was left behind. If it weren't for the fact that he was doing well now, I wouldn't know how to deal with my children's grandparents. ”

"Old chief, it's all because we didn't do our job well......

"Forget it, I can't blame you at this time, it was a long time ago. By the way, I heard that the girl of the Zhao family is with this child. ”

"According to our investigation, there is indeed such a thing, and the relationship between the two is already very close. ”

"Well, I've seen the girl of the Zhao family before, but she is very well-behaved, and she should get along with that child. Changqing, are you still arranging people in that child's company? ”

"It's arranged, after the big incident in Hong Kong a few years ago, according to your request, we have arranged for a lot of people to go in, on the one hand, to protect him, on the other hand, we also want to investigate the truth of that incident, but unfortunately there has been no result. ”

"This child also has a lot of industries in China, so you have the opportunity to take care of it more. ”

"Old chief, isn't it a little inappropriate for us to do this, if you don't inform the other side, I'm afraid it would be more appropriate for someone from the government department to come forward. ”

"Of course I said, you should pay more attention to the safety of this child's industry, and don't let some indiscriminate people make trouble. We owe this child too much, as long as we don't violate the policy and let this child come back for more development, I believe it will also bring benefits to the country. ”

"Yes, old chief, promise to complete the mission!"

An office in Wo Wong Building, Central, Hong Kong......

After reading the "Forbes" magazine in his hand, Li Ka-shing said to Li Zekai, who was sitting opposite him: "Zekai, this Zhang Lexing is really not simple, in just ten years, he has created such a large industry, and you have the opportunity to learn from others." Well, you can re-talk about the follow-up equity transaction of satellite TV, and see if you can change the cash purchase to an equity exchange, do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood, father, I'll do it. ”

...... in a Chinese medicine centre on Man Shing Street, Jordan Road, Hong Kong

Tang Jingyi happened to be on vacation today, and on the way to deliver medicine to an old customer, she happened to see a magazine placed in the window of the bookstore, and the person on the cover seemed to look familiar, and she didn't know how to buy the book. When she returned to her medical hall, Tang Jingyi took out the magazine again and read it carefully, this time she recognized it, the person on the cover was the person she rescued a few years ago, it seemed that he was all right now, Tang Jingyi also let go of a concern, casually threw the magazine on the table on the side, and walked to the back room.

Somewhere in Busan, South Korea......

"Xu, this seems to be the prey that slipped out of your hands. A grim-faced white man tossed a magazine at a Korean man who was practicing knives not far away.

The Korean man didn't look back, just turned around, and the magazine flying in the air was neatly split in half, and then he put away his knife and said: "No one can escape from my knife, not even the richest man in the world......"

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