Chapter 1104 The wealth is in our own hands
Forbes magazine was founded in 1917 and was named after the creator Forbes, and its current successor is Steve Forbes.
After launching the Forbes Rich Rankings in 1982, Forbes gradually formed a scene of two heroes competing for power with Fortune Magazine.
Forbes' headquarters is in Big Apple City, and a special interview team came to Luocheng to interview Liu Qingshan.
"Hello, Mr. Mountain, I'm Randle."
The reporter in charge of interviewing Liu Qingshan shook hands with him enthusiastically, and then handed Liu Qingshan a paper sheet with an outline of the interview.
After Liu Qingshan glanced at the outline, he put it on the coffee table: "Mr. Randall, I am very dissatisfied with your magazine. You have calculated my assets incorrectly."
Randall was stunned. This kind of thing had happened before, and it was Prince Hamede, who had a good relationship with Liu Qingshan.
He felt that Forbes Magazine calculated that his assets were billions, which resulted in his rankings being sold to 18.
Otherwise, he would be in the top ten, so Hamad was so angry that he sued Forbes magazine: Who do you look down on?
Liu Qingshan continued: "Many of my assets are mortgaged by banks or others. They are debts, so how can they be counted in it? So this is unreasonable."
Randall understood a little and couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Mountain, you won't sue us too, right?"
Liu Qingshan also laughed loudly, and the atmosphere immediately became relaxed and pleasant.
Randall immediately explained: "Since the bank agrees to your mortgage, it means I am worth it, and it is often worth it. Just like your Earth Net and Columbia Film Company, it is constantly appreciating."
"So, Mr. Mountain, your assets are less than more."
This is true. These foreign banks do not like to do loss-making business. It is good if they can mortgage 50 million to you.
Bankers have never been charitable.
After chatting for a while and getting to know each other, Randall officially started the interview:
"Mr. Mounting, first of all, please allow me to congratulate you on behalf of Forbes Magazine, congratulations on becoming the youngest billionaire!"
Randall is already middle-aged. Looking at the young and handsome face in front of him, he feels a lot of emotion:
A 27-year-old billionaire, with personal wealth in the world, has unlimited potential in the future. How could the gap between people be so big?
"Isn't the youngest billionaire Bill?" Liu Qingshan remembers that when Microsoft went public a few years ago, Gates was called the youngest billionaire.
Moreover, this name will be broken by the Facebook person in the future.
The Internet industry can always create miracles.
"Mr. Gates was over 30 at that time, and you are only 27 now," Randall said with a smile.
Liu Qingshan nodded: "Okay, in fact, young is also a kind of wealth, and it is the greatest wealth that a person has."
"Just like the Queen of Great Britain, if she asked her to take out half of her wealth in exchange for thirty years of youth, I think she would be very happy."
Randall now really admires the young man in front of him for being able to speak such philosophical words.
He nodded sincerely to Liu Qingshan: "Mr. Mount, I think all the young people will be very happy to hear this."
Liu Qingshan also smiled: "There is an old saying in China that time does not come to people, so we should encourage you in time, so we should try our best to do what we like while we are young and strive to create wealth."
Randall joined in at the right time: "Then Mr. Mount, let's talk about your entrepreneurial history first."
"As far as I know, you started from scratch, and that will be very inspiring to everyone."
Rich people are also divided into levels. Those who inherit their ancestral property will generally only be envious, such as "Why is my dad not Li Moumou?"
Such are the royal families of various countries and the wealthy N generations in the family.
This is basically the case in the top ten rich list now.
And those like Liu Qingshan are a bit unique. His wealth was created entirely by himself and belongs to the rich generation.
This is not only enviable, but also admirable.
Foreign society never hides the pursuit and worship of wealth, so successful people like Liu Qingshan are more popular.
Next is Liu Qingshan’s story, which sounds like a legend to Randall and others.
"Mr. Mounting, you are really the lucky son!" Randall couldn't help but exclaim.
Liu Qingshan smiled and shook his head: "The goddess of luck will not favor ignorant and lazy people."
Randall realized his prejudice and nodded in agreement: "Yes, Mr. Mountain, behind his seemingly lucky, is actually a manifestation of hard work and strength."
Originally, he wanted to promote Liu Qingshan as a lucky person to gain huge wealth. After all, writing this way is more legendary.
But now Randall changes his mind. Knowledge and wisdom are the best companions to change his destiny. Isn’t this more meaningful?
After completing the interview with the main part, Randall asked again: "Mr. Mountain, as far as I know, many billionaires are enthusiastic about charity, and will you take out your own property to help others?"
Liu Qingshan smiled and shook his head: "I probably wouldn't do this."
"But, even Soros can do charity." Randall was stunned. In the United States, doing charity is definitely a compulsory course for rich people and celebrities.
“Donating money to charities is just the least technical approach.”
Liu Qingshan smiled and said, "In fact, there are more ways to help others."
"For example, you can open a factory and provide employment opportunities to more people and improve their living conditions. This practice is more meaningful than giving directly."
Randall nodded: "Mr. Mountain, then how did you do it, can you tell me?"
"Of course, just like the medical team I organized, in Africa, is committed to helping AIDS patients and has achieved good results. These are all free, and this form should be more meaningful than direct donation."
"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 investment cost, and locals will benefit from it."
For example, our investment in Liland and the construction of Rainbow City have provided at least 300,000 local natives with opportunities to live and find employment.
"Now they can rely on their own hands to make money to support their families; they can live with dignity without opening their hands and waiting for others' alms."
Finally, Liu Qingshan concluded: "In China, there is an old saying that it is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish. I think teaching those who need help some survival skills is more lasting than giving them financial aid directly."
Randall couldn't help but slap: "Mr. Mountain, you said so well and it's very inspiring. I think there will be more people who will benefit from it."
Liu Qingshan smiled: "There is a long way to go to change poverty, and more knowledgeable people do need to join in."
"In addition to donating money and materials, it is best to guide the poor to create wealth with their own hands, which will have a broader meaning."
Randall stood up and shook hands with Liu Qingshan: "Mr. Mount, thank you for your teachings, it has benefited me very much."
He said this completely because he respected his inner feelings and had no intention of being artificial.
After all, many rich and famous people do charity just for the sake of doing charity, and only care about the reputation they gained. They will not consider it so meticulously and effectively like Liu Qingshan.
In Randall's view, this is true charity.
He finally realized that Mr. Mountain, the rich man, seemed to be different from the rich man he had interviewed.
But if he wants to find the difference, he is a little confused and can't explain it clearly.
Randall knew this was important because it was probably Mr. Mountain's most unique personality charm, and he had to grasp this point, so that this interview would be truly fulfilled.
Since I didn't have a keen eye to discover this, I could only ask:
"Mr. Mounting, 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 that knowing yourself is the most difficult, and I can't do it either."
"You are too modest." Randall didn't want to let go of this key question.
After thinking for a while, Liu Qingshan said, "Then I will just talk about my own ideas. They may not be correct, but they are very suitable for me."
"There is an old saying in China that if you are poor, you will be safe, and if you are rich, you will be able to help the world. I want to extend this sentence. If more people can become richer and the overall wealth of society increases, then you have the hope of gaining greater wealth."
These words made Randall think deeply.
This was the first time he heard this argument, and he had no way of judging whether it was right or wrong.
But what is certain is that this strange idea was something he had never heard of when he interviewed other rich people before.
Perhaps this is the characteristic that Mr. Mount was independent of other rich people and was exclusive to Liu Qingshan.
But no matter what, Randall decided to report truthfully. If it was not done well, it would trigger a widespread social discussion. In that case, his interview would be the most successful.
Before he knew it, the morning passed like this, Randall stood up and shook hands with Liu Qingshan:
"Mr. Mounting, I sincerely thank you for accepting my interview. I wish you can go further on the Forbes Rich List. Can you finally tell all your advice to all readers?"
Is the richest man in the world? I will work hard!
Chapter completed!