"Dear distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, the 1999 Fortune Global Forum Shanghai Annual Meeting opens today..."
Li Wen stepped onto the podium, facing all the guests and the global audience, and began to speak, "This is the largest gathering in the history of the Global Forum. At this time, the whole world is focusing on Shanghai...
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“The total number of official representatives for this annual meeting is five hundred, which is three times the size of the previous annual meeting in Budapest..."
Along with other big guys, Peng Bo also sat in the audience and listened quietly. His position was in the first row. “The reason why the bosses of large overseas companies actively participated in this annual meeting is because of China’s rapid development.
The attractiveness of the economy to them...Fortune Magazine Officially
The publication of rankings of the largest companies began in 1955. Since 1995, Fortune has used total revenue as the only ranking indicator, released the previous year's top 500 companies every year, and selected economic development
The most dynamic city holds a global annual meeting..."
Li Wen raised his head and looked at the audience, "The world is optimistic about China, and only by understanding China can we grasp the future. Like everyone else, Time Warner also attaches great importance to the Chinese market." His eyes searched the first row, "Today, in this forum
At the opening of , please allow Time Warner to make a major personnel arrangement..."
The whole place was silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes were searching for Peng Bo. "Congratulations." Huey, the editor-in-chief of Time Warner who was sitting next to him, smiled and stretched out his hand and said in very bad Chinese. It seems that these two people
He practiced every word.
"Same joy." Peng Bo responded. He turned his eyes to the stage and heard Li Wen announce loudly, "The board of directors of Time Warner unanimously approved the appointment of Mr. Peng Bo as the president of Time Warner China!"
President of Time Warner China!
The promotion from chief representative to president shows that Time Warner attaches great importance to China and also to Peng Bo!
Wow——
There was a storm of applause from the audience! Many people who knew him or not were congratulating him in English!
Peng Bo stood up with a smile, shook hands with Bill Gates, Dell and others who were sitting closest, and strode towards the podium.
Li Wen also smiled and stretched out his hand, and the two held their hands tightly.
"Congratulations." The same Chinese words were also spoken by an American. Peng Bo couldn't help but smile to himself, "Same joy." He also responded in Chinese with a smile.
Li Wen didn't understand what Tongxi meant, so he didn't need to ask anymore. He smiled and took a square plaque from the hand of the service lady in cheongsam and handed it to Peng Bo. The applause from the stage immediately started again.
into one piece.
Amid the applause, Li Wen walked off the stage with a smile. Next was the release ceremony of Peng Bo's 50 People List in 50 Years!
"Dear Chairman Li Wen, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, now, I announce the establishment of Time Warner China!..."
Peng Bo looked at the hundreds of elites in global business, politics and academia in the audience, his voice was trembling, "The following is the release ceremony of Time Warner China's 50-year ranking of China's 50 people. Please watch the big screen..."
The exciting music sounded immediately, and in the colorful light and shadow, Peng Bo turned his head...
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During the three days, including plenary meetings and multiple group discussions, Peng Bo felt that he was overwhelmed. Breakfast time was also a meeting and discussion. However, Heinwei, as the host's girlfriend, a police car cleared the way just after 7 a.m.
Several Casebauer buses parked at the Shanghai Bund one after another.
Dozens of well-dressed ladies made people doing morning exercises on the Bund stop and watch. They were the wives of CEOs and domestic and foreign dignitaries who came to attend the annual meeting of the Shanghai Fortune Forum.
Under Heinwei's persuasion, they got up early and came to the Bund with great interest to experience the "Morning in Shanghai".
Mrs. Kissinger was very interested when she saw more than 70 women in white clothes and red trousers performing Mulan Boxing moves one by one under the leadership of a coach. She followed the moves and took pictures of their proficiency.
movements. She sincerely praised, "Mulan Fist is very beautiful."
Under her guidance, more than a hundred ladies also started gesticulating, feeling the different morning in Shanghai, China...
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In the past few days, Zhang Ruimin's speech in the forum has stood out among many CEOs around the world.
...Haier founder, when a batch of substandard products appeared, should they be destroyed or mixed into the market? He chose to destroy them without hesitation; he also said that he took the lead in smashing a batch of substandard refrigerators with a hammer. After that, he required the refrigerators to be
Label the name of the producer and smash the unqualified ones yourself; Zhang Ruimin also mentioned that he investigated the sales of Haier washing machines in rural areas and found that many farmers used washing machines to wash sweet potatoes. He did not think that this was because the farmers were of low quality, but instead produced a
Grow a new product that “can both wash laundry and sweet potatoes”…
At the sub-forum, Glass Edwards, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, took the stage. He took a bottle of Coca-Cola, quietly unscrewed it, and poured it into the glass in front of him. In front of the other speakers, everyone was
Same orange juice.
This move was captured by many Chinese reporters and attendees, who were impressed by this "well-planned promotion."
Peng Bo also noticed the difference between Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs. When Chinese companies were still fighting for the market through price wars and discussing whether substandard products should be destroyed; when Chinese entrepreneurs were trying to "show off" their company's "quality first" philosophy,
I just realized that when we need to "adapt products to the market", the development of multinational companies has already passed this "initial stage". The speeches of foreign representatives discussed "the supervision of listed companies" and "the social responsibility of monopoly enterprises".
", or "Business Ethics in Market Competition"...
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Three days passed quickly. There were passions and collisions, sparks and lightning. This forum, which had been prepared for nearly 10 months, came to an end as dozens of business jets flew away and thousands of volunteers dispersed.
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Peng Bo also returned to the company, where Cui Yan, Lu Gengshen and others were working overtime to produce sample films for "China's Richest List" and "The World's Top 500 List".
Watching the film, Peng Bo was very satisfied. In the footage, Cui Yan's questions were very intelligent and well-paced, and Kissinger's answers were also very relaxed and humorous.
"Dr. Kissinger, you are an old friend of the Chinese people...what do you think China will be like in 50 years?"
Kissinger in the camera was very relaxed, "In another 50 years, China will become a major country with great influence on the world."
"If you use one color to describe China, what color would it be? When you go to Shanghai, which streets and scenes in Shanghai attract you the most?..." Cui Yan's question is very emotional.
Sure enough, Kissinger smiled, "There are many red colors in China, but the one that impressed me the most
Or the yellow glazed tiles of the Forbidden City." Then, he leaned back in his chair and said, "Second question.
"That's a bit professional," he replied with a smile, "Actually, I didn't talk to my wife until last night.
It was the first time we visited Shanghai Street together. I had to walk for 20 minutes every day because my wife wanted me to lose weight."
Cui Yan and Kissinger both laughed, but Peng Bo excitedly slammed the table, "This film is done."
"Boss, phone number." Luo Yan walked quietly. At some point, she stood next to Peng Bo and handed over the phone.
"Donald, good news." Li Wen's excited voice came unabashedly through the phone.