Chapter 773: Interview with the Times (Part II)
"Now many people compare you to the Bill Gates of China, and you have become the dream of many people, what do you think?"
When Forbes magazine announced this year's list of global billionaires, Lu Deshuang jumped three times in a row and directly entered the top 100, and many similar Lu Deshuang is Huaxia Bill Gates, Lu Deshuang is equal to Huaxia Dream, etc., which made Lu Deshuang very irritable. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
This time I deliberately left this question in order to refute this kind of remarks.
"First of all, let me state that my next words do not mean to disparage Mr. Bill Gates."
No one wants to be anyone's stand-in, whose heir, as a reborn, Lu Deshuang naturally has his own arrogance, retorted: "Actually, from the very beginning, comparing me with Mr. Bill Gates is already a very big mistake, because we are not the same kind of people at all.
Many people want to be successful, so they blindly look at the biographies of all kinds of successful people, imagining that they are as developed as they are. But many times blindly following the life trajectory of successful people, blindly following the step-by-step process, and being fully sure, sometimes it does not speed up our progress, but disrupts our own plans.
For example, I strongly disagree with dropping out of school to start a business!
For a long time, Bill Gates has been regarded by the Chinese people as a model of self-made entrepreneurship, and the story of his struggle has been published in various newspapers and magazines. But in fact, many people don't know that the Bill Gates in their eyes is actually mythologized, and many people may not know that Bill Gates is not only a typical "rich second generation", but also an "official second generation"!
First of all, his father, William Gates, is the president of the Bar Association in Seattle, his mother Mary is the chairman of the board of directors of the University of Washington, and his sister Christie is a member of the Student Management Association of the University of Washington.
I know that I will definitely be doubted by many people when I say this, but let me tell you a little story I heard from an American friend about the beginning of Bill Gates' business.
It is said that when Bill Gates told his parents that he planned to quit school immediately and create Microsoft, he was strongly opposed by his parents.
When his parents asked him, "Why did you start your own business because you were a half-Harvard student?" Gates seemed to have a more ample reason, exclaiming: "Isn't it enough that my father is a well-known lawyer, my mother is the chairman of the board of directors of the University of Washington, my sister is a member of the Student Management Association of the University of Washington, and we are backed by our wealthy family?" He asked a series of questions, so that his parents were speechless.
In this case, the parents had no choice but to act according to their son's wishes.
Next, Gates will take out the traffic data software that he and Allen studied at Harvard, and say without discussion: "This is our first order to start a business, it is very important for our future development, and you have to help me." The son spoke, and the parents dared to slack off, and immediately used their brains to find a relationship.
My father approached a city official in charge of transportation in Seattle, Washington, because he had helped him win a lawsuit. The official agreed to help and finally agreed to buy the traffic data software.
With the help of the elder Gates, Gates won the crucial first order and received a net income of $3.8 million.
Bill Gates went on to make the most of it, and through his sister Christina, who is a member of the Student Management Association at the University of Washington, he acquired an $18 million set of student registration management software designed for the University of Washington's Experimental School.
The two successes further strengthened Bill Gates' confidence, and he set his sights on the computer giant IBM, determined to win bigger orders.
At this time, his mother was not only already a director of IBM, but also a good friend with the new chairman.
Therefore, when Bill Gates proposed to his mother to win a large order from IBM, his mother could not stand idly by, and with the help of his mother, Bill Gates successfully obtained an order worth $30 million.
This is also the largest order he got after starting his business, which laid a solid foundation for the company to become bigger and stronger.
However, in the Chinese report on Bill Gates, when introducing his mother, he only briefly introduced that she was an ordinary teacher, while his mother's former chairman of the University of Washington and a director of IBM did not mention anything.
Of course, I do not deny that Bill Gates is indeed a genius and a person worthy of my respect, but I hope that some media will not overly glorify and deify him, so as not to mislead the public into going crazy and deviating his life. ā
"That...... Can you tell us who this little story is with you? ā
Lu Deshuang smiled, he didn't have to guess, looking at the other party's expression, he knew that she was doubting herself in her heart, because of the long-term reports of the Chinese media, many people were almost misled by the history of struggle of Bill Gates, who glorified Shenhua, Lu Deshuang was not angry at this reporter's suspicion, and replied indifferently: "His name is Paul Allen." ā
As soon as this name came out, the female reporter of Time magazine decisively changed the topic and asked: "Then what do you think of the Chinese dream?" Now many people see you as a representative of the Chinese dream! "Because no one would suspect that Lu Deshuang was joking about such a thing, and who Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft, came out of his mouth, if not the whole story, but it is not far off.
Seeing that the reporter of Time Magazine changed the topic, Lu Deshuang did not continue to insist, he had already said what he should say, and replied with a smile: "Actually, I don't think that my success is the so-called 'Chinese dream', but I think the 'Chinese dream' in their mouth should be talking about the American dream."
In the United States, personal success is indeed the best interpretation and proof of the American dream.
For example, Edison, who founded General Electric by relying on personal invention, Rockefeller, an oil magnate, Morgan, a banker, Ford, who invented the automobile production line, Steve Jobs of Apple, Bill Gates of Microsoft, and Larry Page, Sergei Brin, the founders of Google, have created wealth and served the public life with their wisdom, and these people are all symbols of the "American dream" and idols of Americans.
In China, there are many people who are better and more outstanding than me, such as Mr. Yuan Longping, who is known as the father of hybrid rice, Mr. Deng Jiaxian, who is known as the father of the Chinese atomic bomb, and Mr. Qian Xuesen, who is known as the father of China's aerospace, the father of China's missiles, and the father of China's automation and control...... Compared with their contributions to the country, then my insignificant success is nothing, and I am not qualified to represent the Chinese dream! ā
PS: Others are smiling for the demolition, but my family is bitter haha, annoying!