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Chapter 994 "Time" Interview

"Time" is the most influential weekly news magazine covering the world in the United States, and is known as the "historical library" of the world.

Since its inception on March 1923, 3, it has always had a strong interest in reporting on China.

Its main founder and boss, Henry Luce, was born and raised in Shandong, a descendant of American missionaries in China.

During the decades when he was in charge of "Time", his historical relationship with China and his missionary family background enabled the publication to maintain its focus on China.

On September 1924, 9, the first Chinese appeared on the cover of Time Magazine.

He was the warlord Wu Peifu at that time.

In 1924, the first Zhifeng war broke out. It seems that Americans are also very concerned about this war that will determine the fate of China.

"Time" magazine's basic criteria for selecting the man of the hour is who has had the greatest impact on the world in the past 12 months, whether it is positive or negative.

The reason why Teacher Su also appeared in this magazine is because of his series of business operations. In addition to continuous acquisitions and acquisitions, he is also the first company in Asia to launch satellites.

In addition to these, there is his title - the youngest economist in China, and the title of 'Oriental Wizard'.

It is said that he may be the first person in China who can win the Nobel Prize in Economics.

These reasons are enough to make him also on this magazine.

As for why he was directly published in the magazine without a reporter interviewing him, the biggest reason is that he is elusive and often makes copies everywhere.

Teacher Su's huge profile picture appeared on the cover of Time magazine for the first time, using his graduation photo, with warm and bright colors.

In the lower left corner of the cover, it is written: "The Rising Man of Huazi: Su Chen", and the eye-catching title in the upper right corner is: "Su Chen: Friend or Enemy?" ".

The magazine introduced him like this: "Su Chen, a legendary name, a legendary Chinese, entered Harvard University in 1984 and published two far-reaching books in his spare time, "Principles of Economics" "macroeconomics".

At the same time, at a terrible speed, he completed the span from graduate student to doctorate in only one year, and his profound economic theory has won praise from many scholars.

After graduation, he published another book "Currency War", which successfully predicted the global stock market crash in 87, and was called the "terrible wizard of the East".

And these are just his academic achievements. He also has an aircraft carrier-like multinational company in Hong Kong - Shengshi, which has successfully completed several jaw-dropping acquisitions.

Acquisition of Jardine Matheson, Swire, and Standard Chartered by one's own efforts, the process of acquiring Jardine Matheson and Swire Pacific can be regarded as a textbook-level operation, and during the stock market crash in 87, it took out 200 billion Hong Kong dollars to rescue the market.

This is a young Chinese, but also a young scholar. In him, we see what China looks like after opening its doors again. China, including the Chinese, is rising at an unexpected speed! "

After reading the magazine in his hand, Teacher Su felt very innocent.

In fact, what he wanted more was to hide behind and make a small fortune secretly.

Now "Time" can put him under the spotlight.

In any case, I feel that it is cut first and played later.

But after thinking about it, things have happened, no matter how angry I am, it won't change the situation, so I might as well accept it openly.

And also accepted the "Time" magazine reporter Clark interview.

The interview is in his office.

Clark straight to the point: "Dear Mr. Su, thank you for accepting our interview. As far as I know, you should be the first Chinese to appear on the cover of Time magazine before you turned 30, which is enough proof of your excellence. "

"Mr. Clark, thank you for your compliment, but I have to say that the photo you put up is mine from several years ago. If someone sees this magazine and compares it with my current appearance, they will definitely think that I am a fake. Goods." Su Chen said with a smile.

The distance between the two sides suddenly shortened, and the communication method of question and answer is not necessary for the time being.

Clark smiled helplessly: "Mr. Su, we really want to take a photo of you now, but unfortunately, we often don't meet you, so we can only use your original photo through Harvard."

After the simple opening remarks, we will officially enter the topic.

Clark asked: "Mr. Su, we have been hearing gossip that Shengshi actually has the background of the Chinese government. Is this news true?"

"No, no, buddy, we have clarified this issue many times. We are just a small company without any official background."

Su Chen said, "Besides, when we invest in mainland China, we are also optimistic about the development of the mainland. This does not mean that we are a company with government background."

"Mr. Su, it is said that according to incomplete statistics, your personal assets will exceed US$200 billion. I wonder if this news is true?"

"Well, I don't think I can answer you, because I actually earn a very small salary. My annual salary is only one dollar, which is only a few dollars in our RMB."

Su Chen is not that stupid, insisting on saying that his net worth is tens of billions, because the wealth of those celebrities on the Forbes wealth list is also estimated, and the really rich people don't bother to be on that list.

It’s not that there aren’t any benefits to being on that list, but it’s a big shot.

A little low-key is appropriate.

Otherwise, someone might come and kidnap him.

Clark smiled, and said again: "It seems that Mr. Su can only be regarded as a group with a low annual salary. In fact, we only knew that you were the mysterious oriental wizard before, but we didn't know that you were the boss of Shengshi.

And I heard that your company does not have a board of directors, nor does it have any shareholders. As far as I know, many companies have a board of directors and a think tank. May I ask how you manage such a company with two people. "

Regarding this topic, it is basically an old tune, and Mr. Su explained the structure of his company.

Clark kept calling it amazing, because it was really incredible.

After interviewing for half an hour, Clark finally said: "Mr. Su, we all know that you are highly accomplished in the field of economics. Now that there are changes in Eastern Europe, do you think this will affect China?

Does your purchase of special national bonds also have something to do with this? "

Su Chen thought for a while, and said: "If there is no influence, it definitely does not exist. In fact, you are from the capital, and you must also feel some wind direction, but I firmly believe that these will not have any impact on our development. .

I believe in our government and our nation. We have experienced many ups and downs in the past, but under the leadership of our leaders, we have come through the same way.

This is the reason why I buy treasury bonds, because I believe that no matter how the outside world changes, we can all move forward and move towards a new era..."

(End of this chapter)