Chapter 334: Old Rules, Acquire It!
Wen Ming has not appeared in public for a long time, however, there are countless news about him.
Recently, because of the list of the world's richest people published by Fortune magazine and Forbes magazine, there has been a very big gap in the value of Wen Ming, which has aroused heated discussions around the world.
The root of the heated discussion is that the value figure of Wen Ming assessed by these two magazines is like a joke.
"$99.9 billion? How could it be so coincidental that the difference of $100 million reached $100 billion? ”
"Most of the world's richest people are worth a lot, but the coincidence of $99.9 billion is so coincidental that I seriously doubt the seriousness of the Fortune survey results. Perhaps, this is just a random number written down by their editor-in-chief. ”
Many people think it's a coincidence and think it's incredible, but the number of people talking about it is not much, because the richest man in the world is too far away from the lives of ordinary people.
However, when Forbes also made a joke, the discussion on the Internet became enthusiastic.
Few American netizens know a certain meaning of the number 1314, but various exchanges between countries in modern society are becoming more and more frequent. There are not only international students who have gone to the United States from China, but also American students who have returned from studying in China, and there is also an exchange area that can cross borders, such as the Internet.
So soon, a certain meaning of the number 1314 appeared in very authoritative news reports through heated discussions among American netizens.
The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece titled "The World's Richest Man Forever?" 》
The article reads: "The fact that Mr. Wen Ming, the founder of Apple, is the richest man in the world, no one in the world will doubt it, and the only uncertain factor is what Mr. Wen Ming's worth should be." ”
"It is a well-known fact that when assessing the value of a wealthy person, the valuation of the property he owns cannot be fully factored into his value, because the valuation is not a more credible market value. If the valuation is credible, then we at the Wall Street Journal can also find someone to help us make a trillion-dollar valuation, and then our boss will become the new richest man in the world. ”
"Perhaps, this is the main reason why Fortune magazine and Forbes magazine have very dramatic data on the evaluation of Mr. Wen Ming's worth."
But in fact, all of Mr. Wen Ming's product valuations are not given by non-professionals found at random, nor are they self-touting marketing methods. Apple's valuation was endorsed by Mr. Teresa Roy and Mr. Bill Gates, Tesla's valuation was recognized by Sequoia Capital, and Facebook's valuation was recognized by the entire Wall Street. Of these three companies alone, Mr. Wen Ming's shares are worth more than $190 billion. ”
In addition to these three companies, Mr. Wen Ming's newly established umbrella defense contracting company has received orders of more than $7 billion from the U.S. Department of Defense. At present, we have not verified what the products involved in this huge order are, but based on the normal profit level of defense contracting companies, the $7 billion order can already make the valuation of Umbrella Company more than $10 billion or more. ”
In other words, we believe that Mr. Wen Ming is worth more than 200 billion US dollars, creating an unprecedented record. Among the 224 countries and regions in the world, there are only 48 countries and regions with a total annual GDP of more than 200 billion US dollars, that is to say, Mr. Wen Ming's worth exceeds the annual GDP of 176 countries and regions. ”
"Why, then, is Forbes' $131.4 billion worth after Fortune's $99.9 billion?"
"According to reliable sources, Forbes magazine would have had a hard time determining the value of Mr. Wen Ming because of the difference in valuation and market capitalization. But later, after communicating with Mr. Cage, the head of Mr. Wenming's private legal team and now the vice president of Tesla, they came up with a figure of $131.4 billion. ”
According to our analysis, using Chinese language art to interpret the number 1314 can be extended to another meaning - a lifetime. So we have reason to think that this is Mr. Wen Ming announcing to the world with the help of Forbes magazine that he will be the richest man in our world in this life. ”
The report of the "Wall Street Times" completely ended the discussion about the numbers 999 and 1314, and the discussion of the Internet and news media around the world has turned into whether it is possible for Wen Ming, who is the richest man in the world in his life.
Bill Gates, the last richest man in the world, was the richest man in the world for a total of 14 years from 1995 when he first became the richest man in the world to 2010 when he was replaced by Wen Ming. From 1995 to 2007, he was the richest man in the world for 13 consecutive years, no matter on any of the world's richest lists.
In 2008, the position of the world's richest man was replaced by the owner of Walmart, and in 2009 he became the world's richest man again.
It can be said that in the impression of many people, the word richest man in the world represents Bill Gates, and Bill Gates also represents the word richest man in the world.
14 years is not a long time for a person's life, especially for Wen Ming, the founder of Apple Inc., who is only 20 years old.
However, does Wen Ming have a chance to live another 14 years and surpass the record set by Bill Gates?
Fortune magazine may have published a story because it felt that its authority had been compromised.
"Since the beginning of Fortune, no individual in the world has ever been worth more than $100 billion, although this is a value that is destined to be realized, but before it really appears, we must maintain enough awe and serious research attitude."
"We believe that Mr. Wen Ming is by far the richest person in the world who is most likely to achieve this value level. However, before Mr. Wen Ming's property was listed, we still maintained a research attitude towards its valuation. This is not disrespect for Mr. Wen Ming, on the contrary, this is our greatest respect for Mr. Wen Ming. ”
However, Mr. Wen Ming lived up to our respect and arranged the Forbes rich list in a joking way to redefine his worth. He even used numbers like 1314 to promote his attitude to the world. We admit that Mr. Wen Ming's talent is incomparable, even Einstein's talent for making money is far inferior to Wen Ming. ”
"But how long should a life be?"
The content of the article is neither humble nor arrogant, and while explaining it, it also discredits the opponent's unauthority, and it is also a fierce shot at the Wen Ming that caused this dramatic result.
The whole world knows that Wen Ming has pancreatic cancer, and his chance of surviving 5 years is very small, only 1%.
Moreover, this 1% base is for patients who have pancreatic cancer.
After this article in Fortune magazine came out, it sparked controversy all over the world, and the most fierce reactions were undoubtedly Apple and Tesla.
Cage called Wen Ming as soon as possible, and said in a very guilty tone: "I didn't expect them to do this." ”
In Cage's view, with the size of Fortune magazine, it is impossible to offend Wen Ming so blatantly. "Forbes", which is at the same level as "Fortune" magazine, still doesn't let Cage determine Wen Ming's worth?
Wen Ming also knew about this matter, and he has been immersed in research on new products recently, so I don't know how much controversy Cage's joke has caused.
"It's okay, I'm not that cautious. It's not like they say I won't live for five years, I really won't live for five years, right? ”
After Wen Ming comforted Cage, he said, "I'll give you a task to buy Fortune magazine for me." ”