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Chapter 597 Epilogue [The Return of the Top Star]

This content creator's videos are so long; they used five episodes to study Chen Guiliang's paper.

Chen Guiliang watched for only about ten minutes before turning off the video, saying, "They're praising me way too much. There are plenty of insightful people in China. If you look into the development history of some high-tech fields, you'll find that the country set the tone as early as the 80s and 90s. Those leaders and scholars are the truly brilliant ones..."

"No way, what era are we living in? Why do some people think that the US has good welfare, high wages, and doesn't have to fight? I'm not going to argue with you. Let's look at the data directly. Battle reports can lie, but the front lines can't lie... Wait a minute, let me get a report."

"Okay. This is UBS's Global Wealth Report for last year, released this year. Let's look at this chart. The horizontal axis is wealth score, and the vertical axis is population share..."

"By the way, this chart further subdivides 90/95/99, so it looks severely distorted. I'll remake a chart for you based on this data. Please wait a moment..."

"Now that the chart is done, let's look at China first. Of the world's population with a wealth score of 100, China accounts for 19.7%. That means that out of the world's 100 richest people, about 20 are Chinese. This doesn't prove anything, it just shows that there are many wealthy people in China. Now let's look at the middle-income situation."

“全球财富评分60到90的人口，中国人的占比分别是29.2%、39.1%、45.4%、40.7%。80分那一档最多。全世界每100个财富80分的人，就有45个是中国人。”

"Some might say that China has the largest population, so it should also have the largest middle-income population. According to this logic, China should also have the largest number of poor people, but what is the actual situation?"

"Look at the chart. The proportion of Chinese people with a wealth score of 10 or below is 0%. This demonstrates the true value of China's comprehensive poverty alleviation efforts! This is not China boasting; it's from UBS's '2022 Global Wealth Report,' compiled by foreigners."

"Let's look at the United States. Americans account for nearly 8% of the world's poorest population with a wealth score of 10 or below. That is to say, nearly 8 out of the world's 100 poorest people are Americans."

"The strangest thing is not this, but the fact that in the rating range of 20 to 43, the percentage of Americans is 0%! This is unique in the world."

"What does this mean? It means that in the United States, there is no transitional buffer between the middle class and the destitute. Today you may be middle class in America, living in a small country house, but tomorrow you could be destitute, struggling to even put food on the table!"

"If the social welfare system in the United States were good, this situation would never have occurred. This is extremely abstract; the lower and middle classes in the United States are either middle class or destitute. There is absolutely no middle ground."

"Looking at the range from 45 to 80 points, that's definitely the middle class. The percentage of people in this group in the United States is very low. If we compare global wealth reports from the past decade, we can draw the conclusion that the American middle class is rapidly shrinking."

"It's even more interesting when you look at it in the context of India. The 0% wealth share in the US is exactly the same as the highest wealth share in India. In other words, the largest population in India is in the transition zone from abject poverty to the middle class. If you convert that to the Indian population, you can conclude that most Indians live very poorly, but they don't starve and are much happier than the lower class in the US."

"If you don't believe the domestic media and think it's brainwashing propaganda, then go and look at reports from authoritative foreign institutions. Ignore everything else and just look at the data and charts. As I said before, battle reports can lie, but the front lines can't."

"If you combine the historical population data and immigration figures of the United States with this table, what it reveals is chilling. How many people starve to death in the United States every year! It's terrifying to think about."

The number of viewers in the live stream is increasing; in fact, the website shows that it has already exceeded 1000 million.

"I'll take these two images; I'll use them when I'm arguing with people."

"Holy crap, the population percentage in the transitional zone is almost zero, that's terrifying!"

"You believe what capitalists say? Chen Guiliang is the biggest capitalist in China!"

"They've already provided data charts, and it's a UBS statistical report. Anyone who still doesn't believe it is either stupid or malicious."

"What do I care about the poor lives of America's working class? Can you give me a raise? Can you let me stop working 996?"

"Another pay rise is coming. A classic case of bad luck."

"Those capitalists like Ma Jie have already fallen from grace, when will Old Master Chen fall as well?"

"Support Chen Laozu!"

"..."

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "I stopped making public appearances before I started wearing a mask, and I didn't even post on Weibo. Do you know why? Because public opinion has changed, and speaking out is bound to lead to trouble, and I'll inevitably get into trouble sooner or later." "There's a lot of hostility now, and even celebrities don't dare to speak out. I can understand that, and it's an inevitable trend."

"Of course, the specific analysis is more complex and can be reduced to a few abstract questions: Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?"

"The new generation of young people cannot find their place in society, nor can they find their own value!"

"This is a thought, or a pursuit, that people will inevitably have after they have solved the problem of food and clothing. The middle and lower classes in the United States will not think about these things because they must first solve the problem of food and clothing."

"I won't say what young people should strive for, because I'd get a lot of flak for saying that. But all things being equal, if you work harder than others, you'll still have a brighter future. By 'hard work,' I don't mean ineffective competition. It means first understanding yourself, then setting clear goals based on your own circumstances, improving your abilities, and then seeking out, seizing, and executing opportunities..."

"The current situation is very difficult; it's a world undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Those who don't understand these changes should read modern history, especially world history before and after World War I and World War II..."

"It's simply a matter of the East rising and the West falling. As long as we weather this storm, China's economic upswing will arrive, and all Chinese people will benefit. How long it will take is uncertain. It won't happen all at once; it's a process of ebb and flow, a struggle..."

Chen Guiliang glanced at the comments: "Okay, okay, I won't give you any more motivational speeches. You're asking me how to invest? Haha, do you guys really believe I've never failed at investing in the past ten years?"

"Don't ask me about A-shares. The safest investment is gold. The more outrageous the situation in the US becomes, the higher the price of gold will rise. You can buy it long-term for the next two or three years..."

"Bitcoin? Don't touch that stuff. It's too complicated; even I can't control it..."

"AI? Those Americans are definitely betting on AI. Once they develop it, it will bring about earth-shattering changes, and may even change the way human society operates..."

"But what they need to solve is the electricity problem for AI. Don't think it's outrageous, the Americans working on AI are experiencing power shortages. Building new power plants? They can't build them. Musk is so rich, I'd be impressed if he could even build a power plant in the US."

"Musk announces a global virtual power plant plan with a total investment of $10 trillion? Here's a little-known fact: a power plant must first be able to generate electricity."

"Stop with the nonsense. I know about virtual power plants. The waste-to-energy company I invested in has already been connected to a virtual power plant. In the next two years, there might not be enough waste in the whole country to burn..."

"New energy vehicles? I used to consider getting into that too, but then I thought, I'll invest in batteries and intelligent driving systems instead. Let them mine for gold, I'll sell hoes and jeans. Let me reiterate, intelligent driving is assisted driving; there's no truly intelligent driving system yet. So please, don't fall asleep while driving..."

Chen Guiliang glanced at the time: "My wife and kids will be back soon, so today's live stream ends here. By the way, I've been taking the time to finish writing 'Those Things About the Ming Dynasty' these past few years, and it should be published around New Year's Day. It'll be sold at cost price, so if you're interested, go ahead and buy it. If you're reluctant to pay, I'll make the electronic version completely free three months after the physical book is published."

Chen Guiliang ended the broadcast and left.

Although the live stream screen went black, the chat remained active.

All the streamers and their teams will be working late tonight to create video clips. Many more content creators will be carefully analyzing these clips, examining each sentence Chen Guiliang said.

In fact, at this time, "Chen Guiliang started a live broadcast" had already become a trending topic.

Some of the things he said during his live streams, which seemed like casual conversation, actually contained a great deal of information.

His analysis of UBS's "2022 Global Wealth Report," in particular, was widely used by content creators for more detailed analyses. This quickly sparked a heated online debate, with many American students joining in, stating that the American middle class had indeed fallen directly into abject poverty without any transitional phase.

The claim that Musk can't build power plants in the US is also very strange, with a large number of netizens discussing why it can't be done.

Of course, there are also many people who look for loopholes in Chen Guiliang's words. As long as they find a fault with something, they can easily attract a lot of traffic by criticizing Chen Guiliang.

Tonight, the entire internet and all platforms are flooded with discussions about Chen Guiliang.

(End of this chapter)