Chapter 210: Boiling Public Opinion
Forbes magazine also highlighted in the article that at the beginning of October 2001, Lin Feng only owned less than 100 million US dollars, and now 20 months later, Jiangfeng's assets have increased 155 times, and its assets have grown at a frightening rate.
At the same time, Forbes magazine also mentioned in the article that the market value of Jiang's Group is only the most conservative estimate, once listed, it is expected to exceed at least $10 billion in market value, and assets will exceed the $20 billion mark in one fell swoop. For Jiang's Group, listing is not a problem, because its industries are all excellent assets such as real estate, biotechnology, information technology, and mining, and the question is when Jiangfeng will let it go public.
Finally, Forbes lamented that the $15.5 billion wealth was only created by Jiang Feng in two and a half years, and what kind of point he will reach in the future, can we imagine?
What Forbes magazine didn't know was that Jiang Feng also commissioned Ozawa Masaoshi to set up Maria Trading Company in Japan, and the company's assets, after a year of development, have doubled from the initial $100 million; In addition, Jiang Feng and the Chinese government and the military jointly established a large military enterprise -- Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group, a large military industrial enterprise that concentrates the production of various military equipment, and its registered capital alone has reached a huge 20 billion yuan, of which Jiang Feng accounts for 38 percent of the shares, more than 900 million US dollars; As for the earth-shattering wealth of the "Dragon's Tooth" mercenary organization and the "Satan" mercenary organization hidden under the surface of the water, it is even more incalculable.
However, even so, the news published by Forbes magazine was like dropping a depth charge, making the world that had just gradually subsided due to the end of the "Iraq War" turbulent again, and the global media was in an uproar.
As the most influential newspaper in the United States, the New York Times was the first to comment on this article in Forbes.
The New York Times sees itself as a "newspaper record" when it comes to news reporting, and the result of this policy is to go beyond the local news in New York. The New York Times rarely reports on an event first. And if it does report on an event in the first place, then the reliability of the report is so high that it is often used directly by other newspapers and news agencies around the world as a source of news.
Originally, the news of such a Chinese as Jiang Feng could not be reported by the New York Times for the first time. However, 80 percent of Jiangfeng's assets come from the "Jiang Investment Fund", and the headquarters of the "Jiang Investment Fund" is located in Midtown Manhattan, New York. In this way, Jiang Feng can be regarded as having an extremely close relationship with New York.
The New York Times commented that Jiang Feng, a Chinese, and the Jiang Investment Fund, to which he belongs, had just turned over the clouds in the international financial market a few months ago. Then with a big victory, it suddenly acquired the world's No. 1 sports brand - the Premier League giant Manchester United, and also made a high-profile acquisition of "Xiaomi Group" in China. His recent unexpectedly high-profile behavior is obviously that he has accumulated strength and is no longer willing to be lonely.
However, it is undeniable that the future of this young Chinese is limitless. And this "Jiang's Investment Fund", which has recently caused global shocks, is only one of the many companies under Jiang Feng's name. Counting the "Jiang Group", a thriving business aircraft carrier involved in many industries, this young and shocking Chinese already has wealth beyond everyone's reach. We only expect one thing, at what age will he become the richest man in the world?
Review of the New York Times. There was a global uproar.
The richest man in the world? Chinese? -- Not kidding, the mainstream media in the West sneered.
As soon as the New York Times remarks came out, all the media went upside down.
This is too exaggerated, actually saying that a Chinese has become the richest man in the world. Jiang Feng can outperform Microsoft's president, Bill Brown. Gates?
Bill. Gates is the best representative of the American spirit, but now he may be surpassed by a Chinese, especially if this Chinese appeared so suddenly, a few months ago a real little-known person. This made all the American media feel like they had taken a bite of poop. Feeling sick all over.
As the ace reporter of the "Washington Times", he has been fabricating "China's * * military * * threat * theory * " for 20 years, concocting fake news such as "Chinese submarines tracking US aircraft carriers" and "China spending a lot of money to secretly steal the stealth technology of US B-2 bombers". Gertz, who has the support of some people in the Pentagon and Congress, also stood up for the first time to criticize the New York Times' comments.
The Washington Times is just a local tabloid newspaper that is only distributed in the Washington area, and it has a reputation for being conservative and right-leaning. The Washington Times is seen by the outside world as a frigate of the Republican administration in the United States, as well as a political bellwether for the CIA and the Pentagon.
The richest man in the world? This kid who didn't know where to crawl out dared to dream of being the richest man in the world and dreaming for a hundred days! Let's see how he became the richest man in the world, but I don't think it's easy for him to keep his current assets.
There is also a background to the fact that the Washington Times would publish such a heated commentary from Gertz.
The media in the United States is not the "free media" as we think it is, but like most countries, it takes a position first. The media determines the tone of their comments based on their own beliefs and positions. Therefore, Chen Shui-bian will submit his book to the "Washington Times" and the "Washington Times" will publish his submission, which is by no means an accidental coincidence, but a "selective proximity."
If you pay close attention to the US media, you will find that the "Washington Times" is the earliest standard-bearer of the propaganda of the "theory of China's threat and threat," and the newspaper has never concealed its stand of supporting Taiwan independence.
What kind of newspaper is The Washington Times? What kind of stories are behind the paper?
As a matter of fact, former Harvard University professor Saloma III pointed out in his work analyzing the basic structure of conservative forces in the United States, "The Politics of Bad Omens: The Labyrinth of the Structure of the American Neoconservatives," that the American conservative right is an incomparably large structure, which is composed of think tanks, foundations, religious groups, large corporations, media, and school organizations, and the Washington Times, which was founded in 1982, is an extremely important one as a far-right propaganda machine.
Normally, normal media are just "watchdogs", but the Washington Times is actively "attacking dogs". After more than 20 years of evolution, the newspaper has become a propaganda machine for the ultra-right forces in the United States, Japan, and South Korea. The CIA and the Pentagon have also continued to use it as a political balloon to build momentum for specific policies. This status of the media allows the CIA and other agencies to use it to do many things that are inconvenient for the government.
Against this backdrop, it is not surprising that the Washington Times would publish such a fiercely worded commentary.
However, to everyone's surprise, in the United States, the vast majority of newspapers and periodicals hold similar views to the "Washington Times", only the "Wall Street Journal", which has long had good credibility and authority, is relatively neutral, it believes that Jiang Feng, a young man from that mysterious country in the East, can rise like a comet, and in just a few years, reach the top ten in the world of wealth, then there must be its uniqueness. However, it remains to be seen what the truth will be.
However, the views of all newspapers in the United States are not as extreme as those of the well-known British newspaper The Sun. The newspaper, which had made its fortune on sensationalism, expressed its opinion unceremoniously: this young man who made his fortune by financial speculation was only a moment of good luck, but there are times when people have bad luck, and I will see how he will face the bad luck that follows. There are too many examples of bankruptcies overnight in this world, especially this kind of guy who made his fortune because of financial speculation and has no background.
The Sun's views are shared by a large part of the British people. As for why this is so, it is that Jiang Feng bought the pride of their British people, Manchester United. In the 11 years of the Premier League's existence, Manchester United have won eight of the eleven Premier League titles, which is definitely a miracle that is difficult to replicate. However, now, the pride in the eyes of the British has become a private property of the Chinese, which is difficult for the British to accept.
For a long time, The Times was considered the number one mainstream newspaper in the United Kingdom and was known as "the faithful recorder of British society". The Times played an important role in British domestic politics and international relations.
Although they belong to Murdoch's News Corp., the king of the media, the Times's views have always been at odds with The Sun's. This time was no exception. Immediately after the Sun newspaper published its extreme views, the Times published a commentary in support of Jiang Feng.
The Times argues that it is a ridiculous and naïve view that some newspapers attribute Jiang Feng's great success to luck. Looking at the methods used by Jiangfengji's investment fund to smash up and kill all sides in the international financial market in March and April, as well as Jiangfeng's two domestic crackdowns on the acquisition of China's well-known pharmaceutical company Taiji Pharmaceutical Group, we can see that Jiangfeng's success is by no means accidental. Moreover, if you can earn a net worth of $15 billion just by luck, then the rich people in this world will be worthless.
At the same time, the Times believes that Jiang Feng's investment of $1.2 billion to buy Manchester United in the Premier League is an investment that is beneficial to all parties. Manchester United, as the most successful sports brand in the last decade, can definitely bring huge economic benefits to Jiangfeng; For Manchester United, Jiang Feng's investment will be able to ensure its competitiveness. Because, the richest man from Russia is about to buy the London club Chelsea, which will surely lead to the rapid rise of the team. Without outside funding, Manchester United will soon lose their competitiveness under the onslaught of the golden dollar.
Because of the influence of "The Times" in the UK, its views have also been supported by many Britons, especially some Manchester United fans who were originally optimistic about Jiang Feng's entry into Manchester United. (To be continued.) )