New York, USA, "Business Week" headquarters, affiliated with Bloomberg Intelligence.
Just after going to work, the deputy editor of "Business Weekly" personally took a fax and knocked on the editor's glass door.
"Editor-in-Chief, we received a fax." He smiled and added, "An interesting fax."
"What fax?" The editor-in-chief adjusted his tie, looking nonchalant.
"I am an economic analyst at Citibank, and together with twelve of my friends, we made this list of the top 100 companies in mainland China..." the deputy editor read out personally.
"The top 100 list, I think, um, it's a bit interesting..." The editor finally turned his head, adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and looked down from the top of the glasses, "The list is from Fortune and Forbes.
Business, but, after all, neither we nor Forbes have set foot in the mainland Chinese market... By the way, how credible is this list..."
"God knows." The deputy editor smiled and raised his eyebrows.
"Heinwei?" The editor-in-chief took the fax and read it word for word until the end. The name of the last contact person caught his attention, "Citibank?"
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A little later, this fax was also brought to the desk of the editor-in-chief of The Economist. "Have you called?" She glanced at the assistant in front of her and lowered her head.
The female assistant smiled sweetly and said, "I called. This woman named Heinwei is an accountant at Citigroup. She made this list. I called to confirm..."
"Is the list convincing?" The female editor-in-chief was very forceful, writing in her hand without looking up, "I'll think about it again, don't worry..."
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USA, New York, Forbes Magazine.
"Hello, good morning!"
During office hours, editor-in-chief Laurie Minard walked in with a briefcase. He looked
I was in a good mood and kept saying hello to the colleagues I met.
"Mr. Minard," the secretary came in, holding a cup of coffee and a fax in her hand, "here is a fax for you."
"Put it on the table, Rebecca." Laurie Minerd flipped through the desk calendar on the table. There was a simple reminder on it, "Today is my daughter's birthday. Remember to remind me this afternoon. By the way, order one for me."
Birthday cake, and reserve seats for six people at Riverpark..."
"Okay, Mr. Minard." The secretary agreed and put the coffee on the table. Her hand shook and the coffee spilled on the fax.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It's just an ordinary fax. The fate waiting for it is the shredder. I think the shredder also smelled the aroma of coffee and asked you to sprinkle the coffee in your hand on this fax."
Little things did not affect Laurie Minard's mood. He even made a joke when he saw the secretary quickly wiping the coffee stains on the table.
After briefly reading a few manuscripts, his eyes finally fell on the fax with coffee sprinkled on it. He carefully picked up the fax to avoid getting his hands dirty. The fax was in English, with a list attached at the back.
one.
“back around 1985,when the forbes four hundreds list of america……”
"Interesting, what did he want to say?" Laurie Minard smiled and couldn't help but flick the fax in his hand. The coffee got on his fingers, but he just frowned slightly and his eyes remained on the fax.
superior.
"This year marks the 20th anniversary of China's reform and opening up, and next year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of New China. If success is defined as how much wealth one has, then these 100 people are the most successful people in mainland China. Their stories can make readers around the world better
Understand the Chinese society that is about to enter the 21st century..."
Seeing that he was attentive, his secretary Rebecca gently closed the door from the outside.
"oh, my god."
Rebecca heard an exclamation from behind her, just like when Laurie Minard received the call from Mr. Forbes to become the editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine.
What happened to him?
She didn't know that in the office, the look on Lauri Minard's face was already excited. His eyes were wide open, revealing a fanatical light, "This is a ranking list that belongs to China, a unique ranking list, unique, yes,
Unique...interesting, in China, this is the first person to eat crab..."
He excitedly walked around the office holding the fax, and the remaining coffee stained his fingers. He touched his cheek with his hand, and the coffee stayed on his face again.
"Rebecca, come here." Laurie Minard opened the office door excitedly and snapped her fingers, "Immediately, contact this person based on this fax."
Rebecca reached out to take the fax, but Laurie Minard still held the fax firmly in her hand, including the list at the back.
The 100 people on the list are divided into four levels. The first level is those with a net worth of more than 1 billion yuan, the second level is 500 million to 1 billion yuan, the third level is 100 million to 500 million yuan, and the fourth level is
The starting value is 50 million, which means that the rich people in China on this list have a starting value of 50 million.
Fifty million will make you one of China’s richest people!
"Look, look," Lauri Minard couldn't help but walked out of his office. The space in the office was too small. He needed more people and more space to share his joy, "You guys
Look, this is the story of China's richest people. Their age, origin, zodiac sign, family, how they got their first pot of gold, and the industries they are involved in..." He quickly flipped through the fax, "Oh, and their
Gossip!”
He excitedly walked among the employees. All the employees were stunned. They didn’t know why their editor-in-chief was so excited. “China is moving towards the world. This is the first wealth ranking list since China’s reform and opening up. I believe that this list
The single meeting will cause a world-class sensation..."
"Publish it and immediately adjust the content for next month. I want this list to appear on our cover!"
"Rebecca, contact Mr. Forbes, I want to see him right away, yes, now, he will understand the value of this list!..."
He waved the list in his hand like a flag, and ran back to his office excitedly under the gaze of his employees, but his eyes still stayed on the fax.
"If your journal is interested, you can contact me." This was the last sentence on the fax, which was accompanied by an e-mail and a phone number.
"Send him an e-mail right away, no, call him, Forbes has published this list!" Lauri Minard said loudly to the secretary who followed him.
"Okay, Mr. Minard," Rebecca said, "and, you just said..."
"What did I just say?" Lauri Minard looked puzzled. "Aside from this list, what else did I say?"
Rebecca looked at him strangely and shrugged, "You said today is your daughter's birthday..."
oh!
"Damn, I almost forgot, this bastard list!" Laurie Minard looked at the fax in his hand again, smiled and flicked it with his hand.
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China, Shanghai.
It has been a day since the fax was sent. From the release of the list to the translation into English, there were almost no twists and turns, and there were no waves. Everything went smoothly.
Heinwei touched her ears, which felt warm.
"Your ears are red." Peng Bo smiled.
"Well, I don't know why, it's very hot." Heinwei smoothed her hair back, "Donald, are you sure someone will use it and pay for it?"
Her subtext is obvious. These are big-name international financial and business magazines. She is just an unknown executive at Citibank. Moreover, this list was completed in less than five days, and it was translated into English.
It only takes ten days, so the accuracy can be imagined.