Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 739: Atypical World's Richest Man

Forbes has also delayed publication due to special events in its history:
During times of economic turmoil, the wealth of the rich fluctuates dramatically, and editorial offices need longer to verify data;
Major business events, such as corporate mergers and acquisitions, family divisions, and wealthy people being involved in legal disputes, will need to wait for the dust to settle before being included in the list;

But this time it was postponed for 2 months, which is very rare.

Financial media around the world have speculated on the reasons why Forbes delayed the release of the list, but Forbes's delay this year was not due to these usual factors.

But with the rise of the Hurun list in recent years, the data differences between the two lists have been repeatedly questioned, and Forbes has had to be more cautious to defend its authority.

In addition, I encountered an unspeakable problem like a card bug.

On May 5, the Forbes Rich List released a statement explaining the reason for the delay, apologizing, and finally saying that the list will be announced tomorrow.
This announcement, which was a preview of the situation, immediately attracted a barrage of abuse from the global financial media and netizens who were paying attention to the list.
"Either you publish it immediately, or you don't fart. Does the Forbes boss often cut off his shit halfway through on purpose?"

"I think Forbes has nothing else to do, so he just drags it out."

"Why is it that watching a list release is like watching iQiyi? Do we need to be SVIP instead of VIP to watch it in advance?"

"If I didn't want to see how the richest people in China rank in the world, who would care who Forbes is?"

"Okay, okay, let's do this, right? What's Forbes' address? I want to send them razor blades!"

On May 5, the Forbes Rich List, which has attracted worldwide attention, was announced as scheduled. This belated list was finally presented to the world:

The latest list data shows that this year there are 1810 billionaires on the list, with a total wealth of an astonishing 6.48 trillion US dollars. It is worth noting that the billionaires on the list are obviously getting younger, with 67 of them being under 40 years old.

Although his personal wealth has shrunk by $40 billion compared to last year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still sits firmly on the throne of the world's richest man with a net worth of $750 billion, successfully achieving the glorious achievement of "winning the title of the world's richest man for three consecutive years."

Ortega, founder of Inditex Group (Zara's parent company), ranked second with a net worth of US$670 billion, while Buffett, the "stock god" of Berkshire Hathaway, ranked third with a fortune of US$608 billion.

It is worth noting that seven of the top ten movies on the list are from the same country. This concentration reminds us of the situation in which Hollywood movies occupy an absolute advantage of 30% of the top 90 movies in the world box office, mainly from Disney, Warner, Universal, Marvel and other studios, with only three non-local movies making the list.

In the top 10 of the rich list, in addition to the Spanish richest man who ranked second and the Mexican richest man who ranked fourth, the most eye-catching are the Asian faces who broke into the top ten for the first time:

The Other Shore Group, Chen Mo, US$440 billion, global ranking: 7.

It has surpassed Oracle's Larry Ellison ($435 billion) and is second only to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg ($446 billion).

From No. 2014 in 100, No. 2015 in 33, to now approaching the top, Chen Mo's rise is faster than riding a rocket, which can be called a miracle in contemporary business history.

Meanwhile, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk ranked 127th with a net worth of $94 billion.

Domestically, among the wealthy, Wang's wealth has grown rapidly to US$242 billion, ranking 19th, thanks to Wanda Commercial Properties' listing in Hong Kong and the successful acquisition of AMC Theaters in the United States and Infront Sports in Switzerland.

其他上榜的华夏科技巨头包括：阿里巴巴老马（205亿美元，第24位）、腾讯小马（117亿美元，第57位）、百度李彦洪（90亿美元，第76位）。

Xiaomi's Lei Jun (US$178 billion, 28th) and JD.com's Liu Qiangdong (US$108 billion, 62nd) also performed well.

It is worth mentioning that LeTV, which has been in the limelight in China's technology market recently, has a market value of only 1500 billion yuan (about 230 billion US dollars), and its founder Jia Yueting's net worth of 46 billion US dollars did not even make it into the top 200 of the Forbes Global Rich List.

Internet entrepreneurs occupy seven seats among the top ten richest people in China, fully demonstrating the strong development momentum of the digital economy.

With the official release of the Forbes Rich List, after extensive coverage and in-depth interpretation by major financial media around the world, this list has sparked heated discussions from all walks of life. As the saying goes, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Zuckerberg stared at the list and frowned unconsciously.

Although he found out that Bi'an also started out as a social networking company and there was no direct conflict between its business and Facebook's, the Oriental man behind him made him feel an unprecedented sense of oppression.

Although the expressions of several other wealthy people who are often in the top ten of the list vary, most of them do not care.

In their view, the business empire of this Oriental man is still mainly limited to the domestic market. Although he has a lot of overseas layouts, they are still thin and not to be feared.

However, when Sergey Brin (Google), Tim Cook (Apple), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Bill Gates (Microsoft), giants who control the lifeline of the global economy, received an email and clicked to read it, everyone's expression froze in an instant.

This email contains a shocking secret that could completely overturn the existing rankings.

At this moment, these business giants' perception of Chen Mo is being completely reshaped.

When they discovered that this young man from the East had already quietly surpassed them, the nature of the whole matter had changed fundamentally.

For the first time, these bigwigs who had been working in the business world for decades deeply engraved the name of this oriental man in their memories.
Three days after the Forbes list was released, an email from Microsoft founder Bill Gates lay quietly in the mailbox of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

"Several opinions on talent strategy and organizational optimization, for reference"

Satia:

The global business landscape has been undergoing some subtle yet profound changes recently, which require us to remain highly vigilant and think deeply.

The rapid rise of China Bi'an Technology Group, especially Chen Mo's entry into the top ten of the global wealth list at an astonishing speed, fully demonstrates the explosive growth potential of Eastern technological power.

This is no longer just a competition at the commercial level, but also involves a deep-seated game at the technological sovereignty, industry discourse power and even national strategic level.

1. Rotation mechanism for key technical positions:

A cross-department rotation system is implemented for Chinese technical backbones involved in AI core algorithms, cloud computing architecture, and Windows underlying code to avoid forming a technical closed loop in a single team.

Chinese scholars in the institute should participate more in public academic exchanges and appropriately reduce their exposure to commercially sensitive projects.

2. Optimization of management structure:
The Asia-Pacific business reporting line has been adjusted to a dual-personnel system (Chinese + non-Chinese partnership model)
3. Intellectual property firewall upgrade:

Implement dynamic encryption for source code repositories accessed by Huaxia employees

Set up access rights isolation walls for sensitive business modules

4. Rebalancing of cultural integration:
Gradually reduce the scale of celebrations of traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festival, and eventually cancel them

5. Subsequent recruitment strategy:
Gradually reduce the proportion of Huaxia employees in the total employees

Consider increasing the proportion of employees recruited from other regions such as India
I know these measures may spark some controversy, but we must face two facts that cannot be ignored:

In the past 18 months, the Bi'an Group has systematically acquired 37 Silicon Valley technology startups.
The annual growth rate of patent applications from Chinese technology companies is as high as 40%, and some of their businesses are highly overlapping with Microsoft's core businesses.

In particular, Bi'an Cloud Computing poses a direct threat to Azure, and Xiaomi Cloud WPS, which has a close relationship with Bi'an, is posing a severe challenge to Office.
It should be emphasized that this is by no means discrimination against a specific race or nationality, but rather a necessary measure based on the protection of trade secrets.

Just like the strategy we adopted when dealing with competition from Google, we must prepare for the future.

It is recommended that specific implementation details be drawn up before the next quarterly board meeting.

Remember: While maintaining business diversification, ensuring business security always comes first.

Best wishes, Bill

Although the title and content of the email used euphemisms such as "for reference" and "suggestions", Nadella knew that this was actually an order that had to be executed.

As the CEO who nominally holds all decision-making power at Microsoft, he is well aware that Bill Gates' influence on Microsoft is unmatched on key issues, and the founder's opinions must be fully respected.

Otherwise, you will never have the chance to be respected again.

But this is the first time Bill Gates has sent such an email since he took office three years ago.

However, this is the first time that Nadella has received such a specific and tough email from Bill Gates in the three years since he took office.

Nadella clearly realized that the direct cause of this email was the release of the Forbes Rich List and the sudden rise of Chen Mo of the Beyond Group. But he still had doubts in his heart: Was Mr. Bi overreacting? Was there any important information that he didn't know yet?

Still, Nadella understands these adjustments are necessary.

In particular, this was a perfect opportunity to marginalize former colleague Qi Lu and another Chinese executive Harry Shum.

He fully recognized the outstanding technical capabilities and professional qualities of his two Chinese colleagues, but the business world is like a battlefield, and since he was ultimately the CEO, he had to make the necessary decisions.

Nadella remembered that there seemed to be an anecdote in Chinese history: when a new emperor ascended the throne, he would often purge his former colleagues to prevent future troubles. He thought that if he took similar measures, they would surely understand.

But deep down in his heart, he couldn't help feeling a little sad: today the Chinese are being targeted, will it be his turn tomorrow as an Indian?
The truth is far more intriguing than it seems.

The impact of that mysterious email was by no means limited to Bill Gates. After receiving the email, many leaders of American technology giants began to adjust their strategies for employing Chinese employees.

Then these capitals began to show their bloodthirsty fangs.
(End of this chapter)