MTL - Hello 1983-Chapter 1105 Wealth is in our own hands
Chapter 1105 Wealth is in our own hands
Forbes magazine was founded in 1917, named after the creator Forbes, and the current successor is Steve Forbes.
After the launch of the Forbes Rich List in 1982, Forbes and Fortune magazine gradually formed a scene of two heroes competing for hegemony.
Forbes is headquartered in the Big Apple, and a special interview team came to Los Angeles to interview Liu Qingshan.
"Hi Mr. Mountain, this is Randall."
The reporter who was in charge of interviewing Liu Qingshan shook hands with him very enthusiastically, and then handed Liu Qingshan a piece of paper with the outline of the interview on it.
After glancing at the outline, Liu Qingshan put it on the coffee table: "Mr. Randall, I am very dissatisfied with your magazine. You miscalculated my assets."
Randall was taken aback. This kind of thing really happened before, and it was Prince Hamed who had a good relationship with Liu Qingshan.
He felt that Forbes magazine had undercounted his assets by several billions, and as a result, he was ranked eighteenth.
Otherwise, it would be ranked in the top ten, so Hamed sued Forbes magazine in a fit of anger: Who do you look down on!
Just listen to Liu Qingshan continue: "Many of my assets are mortgaged by banks or other people. They belong to arrears. How can they be counted in it, so this is unreasonable."
Randall understood a little bit, and couldn't help laughing a few times: "Then Mr. Mountain, you won't sue us too, will you?"
Liu Qingshan also laughed, and the atmosphere immediately became relaxed and cheerful.
Immediately Randall explained: "Since the bank agrees to your mortgage, it means that I have value, and it is often worth more than the value. Just like your Earth Network and Columbia Pictures, they are continuing to appreciate."
"So, Mr. Mountain, your assets are less, not more."
This is true. These foreign banks don’t like to do business at a loss. For items worth 100 million, it’s not bad if they can give you a mortgage of 50 million.
Bankers have never been charitable.
After chatting for a while and getting to know each other well, Randall officially started the interview:
"Mr. Mountain, first of all, on behalf of Forbes Magazine, please allow me to congratulate you on becoming the youngest billionaire!"
Randall has passed middle age, looking at the young and handsome face in front of him, he also feels a lot of emotion in his heart:
A 27-year-old billionaire, his personal wealth ranks among the top three in the world, and he has unlimited potential in the future. How can the gap between people be so big?
"The youngest billionaire, isn't Bill?" Liu Qingshan remembered that a few years ago, when Microsoft went public, Gates was called the youngest billionaire.
And this name will be broken by the person from Facebook in the future.
The Internet industry can always create miracles.
"Mr. Gates was over 30 years old at that time, and you are only 27 years old now." Randall said with a smile.
Liu Qingshan nodded: "Well, in fact, youth is also a kind of wealth, and it is also the greatest wealth a person has."
"Just like the queen of Great Britain, if she is asked to give half of her wealth in exchange for thirty years younger, I think she will be very happy."
Randall now really admires the young man in front of him for speaking such philosophical words.
He nodded sincerely to Liu Qingshan: "Mr. Mountain, I think all young people will be very happy after hearing this sentence."
Liu Qingshan also smiled: "We have an old saying in China, time waits for no one, and timely encouragement, so we still have to work hard to do what we like while we are young, and strive to create wealth."
Randall joined in at the right time: "So, Mr. Mountain, let me tell you about your entrepreneurial history."
"As far as I know, you are completely self-made, which will be very instructive to everyone."
The rich are also graded. Those who inherit their ancestral business are generally only enviable, such as "Why isn't my dad Li XX" and so on.
Like the royal families of various countries, as well as the rich N generation in the family, these are all of this kind.
The current top ten rich list basically belong to this situation.
And someone like Liu Qingshan is a bit unique. His wealth is completely created by himself and belongs to the rich generation.
This is not only enviable, but even more admirable.
Foreign society has never hidden the pursuit and worship of wealth, so successful people like Liu Qingshan are more sought after.
What follows is Liu Qingshan's narration, which sounds like a legend to Randall and others.
"Mr. Mountain, you are really a lucky son!" Randall couldn't help but marvel.
Liu Qingshan smiled and shook his head: "Goddess of Luck will not favor ignorant and lazy people."
Randall realized his prejudice, and he nodded in agreement: "Yes, Mr. Mountain, behind the seemingly lucky is actually a manifestation of hard work and strength."
Originally, he wanted to emphasize that Liu Qingshan is a lucky man who can obtain huge wealth. After all, writing like this is more legendary.
But now that Randall has changed his mind, knowledge and wisdom are the best companions to change destiny. Isn't this more meaningful?
After finishing the main part of the interview, Randall asked again: "Mr. Mountain, as far as I know, many billionaires are enthusiastic about philanthropy. Will you also donate your property to help others?"
Liu Qingshan smiled and shook his head: "I probably wouldn't do that."
"But, even Soros can do charity." Randall was taken aback. In this part of the United States, doing charity is definitely a compulsory course for the rich and famous.
“Donate to charity, that’s the least technical thing you can do.”
Liu Qingshan said with a smile, "In fact, there are more ways to help others."
"For example, you can open factories to provide employment opportunities for more people, thereby improving their living conditions. Such an approach is more meaningful than direct charity."
Randall nodded: "Mr. Mountain, how did you do it, can you tell me?"
"Of course, like the medical team I organized in Africa, it is dedicated to helping AIDS patients and has achieved good results. These are all free of charge. This form should be more meaningful than direct donations. "
"But even if the condition of these patients is stabilized, it is still not enough to improve their living conditions, so we try to invest there and develop ostrich breeding together."
“Maybe in another year or two, there will be some output. In that case, I can slowly recover the cost of the investment, and the local people will also benefit from it.”
Another example is our investment in Liland and the preparation of the Rainbow City, which has provided at least 300,000 local aborigines with opportunities to live and work.
"Now they can rely on their own hands to earn money to support their families; they don't need to open their hands and wait for others' charity, so they can live with dignity."
Finally, Liu Qingshan concluded: "In China, there is an old saying that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. I think that teaching those who need help some survival skills will last longer than directly giving them financial assistance."
Randall couldn't help clapping his hands: "Mr. Mountain, what you said is very good, and it is very inspiring. I think more people will benefit from it."
Liu Qingshan smiled: "There is a long way to go to change poverty, and we really need more insightful people to join in."
"In addition to donating money and materials, it is best to guide the poor to use their own hands to create wealth, so that it has a broader significance."
Randall got up and shook hands with Liu Qingshan: "Mr. Mountain, thank you for your teaching, it has benefited me a lot."
When he said this, he completely respected his inner feelings, without any affectation.
After all, many rich people and celebrities do charity now, doing it entirely for charity, only caring about the prestige they get, not like Liu Qingshan, who thinks so carefully and is effective.
In Randall's view, this is the real charity.
He finally realized that Mr. Mountain, a rich man, seemed different from the rich men he had interviewed.
But if he was asked to find out the difference, he was a little confused and couldn't explain clearly.
Randall knows this is very important, because this may be Mr. Mountain's most unique personality charm, he must grasp this point, this interview is truly complete.
Since I don’t have a keen eye to discover this, I can only ask:
"Mr. Mountain, can you evaluate yourself, I think chatting with you is very different from other rich people."
Liu Qingshan smiled and spread his hands: "Mr. Randall, you know, knowing yourself is the most difficult thing, and I can't do it either."
"You are too humble." Randall didn't want to let go of this crucial question.
After thinking for a while, Liu Qingshan said: "Then I will talk about my own thoughts. It may not be correct, but it is very applicable to me."
"There is an old saying in China, that is, if you are poor, you will benefit yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. I want to extend this sentence. If you can make more people rich and the overall wealth of the society increases, then you can hope to get more. Great wealth."
These words made Randall fall into deep thinking.
This was the first time he had heard such an argument, and he couldn't judge whether it was right or wrong.
But what is certain is that this kind of peculiar thinking was unheard of when he interviewed other rich men before.
Perhaps this is where Mr. Mountain is independent from other wealthy people, and it is a characteristic that belongs exclusively to Liu Qingshan.
But no matter what, Randall decided to report truthfully. Maybe it will trigger a wide-ranging social discussion. In that case, his interview will be the most successful.
Unknowingly, the whole morning passed like this, Randall got up and shook hands with Liu Qingshan:
"Mr. Mountain, I would like to thank you sincerely. Thank you for accepting my interview. I wish you further progress on the Forbes rich list. Finally, can you tell all readers your advice?"
Are you the richest man in the world? I will work hard!
Liu Qingshan also smiled and shook hands with Randall: "Wealth is in our own hands."
(end of this chapter)
