“It was revealed that some Chinese tycoons such as Lianxiang Liu Chuanzhi, Ali Baba Lu Yun, and Fosun Guo Guangchang ignored the ‘Babilu’ banquet because they were suspected of being afraid of being persuaded to donate, and were criticized by netizens.”

"Lu Fei publicly clarified on Weibo: Guests participating in this event do not need to make any charitable commitments or make donations."

"Imitating the 'Babylu' Charity Dinner, a 'Civilian Charity Dinner' was launched by netizens on Weibo. No invitation is required. Anyone can come. There is no compulsion to donate or not."

"..."

The news frequently made hot searches. That night, the media had been struggling to find the venue of the Babylon Charity Dinner. At the Lafayette Castle Manor in Changping, luxury cars appeared at the door.

Except for a few who came, like Chen Guangbiao, who took the initiative to get a quota, most of them were carefully selected and invited by Gao Yuanyuan.

Mengniu's Niu Gensheng, Wanda's Wang Jianlin, BYD's Wang Chuanfu, Vanke's Wang Shi, Sunac's Sun Hongbin...

Basically, they are all friends in Master Lu's circle.

"Brother Lu!"

"Brother Niu! Welcome, welcome!"

Lu Fei shook hands with him and asked, "How is Mengniu doing lately?"

"Hey, don't mention it, I'm going to hand over power and hand Mengniu over to other people." Niu Gensheng said with a smile.

"Brother Niu wants to retreat?" Lu Fei was surprised.

"Yes, I will retire when I find a successor. I will take care of my Lao Niu Foundation and do charity." Niu Gensheng said, "No, I will learn from you and Bill Gates and Buffett. I have prepared a lot.

Problem, I will ask my brother for help later."

"Of course, no problem." Lu Fei agreed.

"Brother Lu, are there really no donations for today's charity dinner?" Niu Gensheng asked in a low voice.

"Need not."

Lu Fei swore that whether to donate or not is a completely voluntary decision made by these rich people and their families. They will never ask each other to do anything, let alone the guests present.

I don't know how many times I said this throughout the night.

On the other hand, it was Wang Chuanfu's turn. The few words he said had nothing to do with charity, and all he talked about was the BYD OEM factory in southern Henan.

"Let's go, let's meet Bill Gates and Buffett."

Lu Fei smiled and said, "You must have met Buffett, right?"

"I met him once during the signing ceremony for strategic investment in BYD." Wang Chuanfu followed him, weaving in and out of the crowd.

"king!"

Buffett's eyes lit up. After their introduction, Bill Gates said with great interest: "Is this the combination of Edison and Jack Welch that Lu and Warren often mentioned?"

Wang Chuanfu slowly merged into the conversation, and while changing glasses, he quietly revealed the good news about BYD New Energy——

In addition to the sales of new energy vehicles that have exceeded last year's record, the first pure electric bus K9 has been successfully developed.

"The electrification of taxis and buses and the new energy vehicle strategy can be said to have taken the first step. With the 'one', the 'two' is not far away. In the future, the new energy field will develop faster and faster."

Lu Fei told BYD's plan with reservations.

Bill Gates and Buffett are very interested and have been asking about new energy vehicles, technology, platforms, and especially investment.

"Investment in new energy is not only in the automotive industry chain, but there are also new opportunities in semiconductors and even the Internet field."

Lu Fei showed a mysterious smile.

"internet?"

Buffett and Bill Gates are addictively driven.

"Warren, do you remember that I invested in a taxi-hailing app called Uber in the name of a joint office?" Lu Fei asked.

Buffett smacked his lips and said, "If I remember correctly, the current valuation of Uber by 18 funds and institutions is only over 5 million US dollars, right?"

"5.4 million, to be precise."

Lu Fei said seriously that Uber was born at the wrong time. It had not yet caught up with the explosion of mobile Internet, smartphones and new energy vehicles, and its potential had not yet been activated.

Then he revealed to the three people: "I plan to launch a taxi-hailing software similar to Uber in the country in the next two years."

"Why does it take several years?"

Wang Chuanfu felt itchy in his heart.

"With the current communication conditions, at least it needs to iterate from 3G to 4G, and the map navigation of the supporting software must also keep up with the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the taxi-hailing software. This will take time."

Lu Fei Tuqiong said, "Moreover, Microsoft's assistance may be needed."

"Oh?" Bill Gates became more and more interested as he listened.

"In the area of ​​map navigation, I have fallen in love with Nokia's Navteq. I would like to invite Microsoft, Logic, and BYD to form a consortium for a joint acquisition." Lu Fei smiled.

Nokia spent US$8.1 billion to acquire Navteq for its mobile phone business. If the mobile phone business declines or is even sold, map navigation will naturally become useless.

No doubt it will be sold too.

With Microsoft involved, the acquisition has a higher chance of success.

“Why not just use Google Maps?”

Bill Gates was half serious and half joking.

"There is a saying in China that it is better to have your father and your mother than to have it yourself." Lu Fei said directly that in the future, whether it is a Microsoft or Android operating system, map navigation will definitely be indispensable.

Bill Gates nodded, "When you return to the United States, I will help you. Let's exchange opinions with Ballmer first."

"Cheers!" Lu Fei raised his glass.

"cheers!"

Buffett, Bill Gates, and Wang Chuanfu clinked glasses together.

After the group discussion in twos and threes, Li Hong took the stage as the moderator on the temporary stage set up.

Bill Gates, Buffett, Lu Fei and Gao Yuanyuan, as the sponsors, also came on stage and sat in a row facing the crowd.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​hosting this charity dinner?"

"My wife and I had intended to donate our property, and recently established a fund specifically to support rural teachers." Lu Fei glanced at Gao Yuanyuan, "It happened that Warren called me and said, 'Donate

Half of my net worth's charitable donation pledge, I thought, why not!"

Buffett added, "At Lu's suggestion, we decided to make this plan public. The donation can be completed during the participants' lifetime, or it can be implemented after their death."

"In other words, you plan to donate half of your property?" After hearing Li Hong's question, Bill Gates and Buffett turned their attention to Lu Fei, suggesting that he should answer this question.

The wealthy people in the audience all turned their attention to him.
Chapter completed!