Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 548 Instructing Jack Ma

Facing the shocked Li Yiwen, Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Yes, what's the problem?"

"You don't have a fever, do you?"

Li Yiwen reached out to touch Lu Yiming's forehead.

"Is this the sun coming out from the west or is it just out of my mind? Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, you donate money to him? He's richer than you!"

This is difficult for Li Yiwen to understand.

Donations are normal.

It's okay to donate [-] million, after all, it's worth it.

But if you donate money to the richest man in the world, is there something wrong?
Lu Yiming explained: "Cousin, don't be so surprised. I have a reason for doing this. After all, it's a gathering of the world's richest man, so it's outrageous to take a million and 80 yuan. Besides, the people here in the United States value it very much." This so-called social responsibility of a big company. If I don’t do charity, maybe the MP3 market will be snatched away by Apple. They guys have no other skills, and they are politically correct. of."

Li Yiwen admitted that what Lu Yiming said was very reasonable, but he still couldn't help muttering: "That doesn't need to donate [-] million US dollars."

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Do you really think that if I claim to donate 5.00 million U.S. dollars, I really have to give 500 million U.S. dollars in cash? Cousin, you underestimate American charity. I claim to donate 500 million U.S. dollars. [-]%, that is, [-] million in cash. The remaining [-] million, although nominally charity, but I can control it myself, I can use it for business and investment, and I don’t have to pay taxes on the money I earn.”

When Li Yiwen heard this, he slapped his thigh immediately, and said, "Isn't this a reasonable tax avoidance? The 500 million is invested, and the 500 million can be earned back. Isn't this the more you donate, the richer you are?"

Lu Yiming said: "That's right. In fact, I have considered donating to charity before. When the time comes, I will find someone from the Salt Water Fund to manage it. Then the fund managers are all people we know well. As long as they are handled by us You can control their behavior if you hold the handle. You said, in this way, what is the difference between donating money and not donating money?"

Li Yiwen seemed to have opened the door to a new world, remembering that he had been engaged in finance for so many years, but he didn't even know about it, and sighed suddenly: "I really didn't expect that I could still play like this."

Lu Yiming said: "I'm just giving an example. Bill Gates spends more money than I do. In order to avoid the huge inheritance tax, they directly said that they donated all their assets. They can manage the money. Aren't they all his people?"

"Is this capitalism? Love it."

On the weekend, Lu Yiming took Shi Qingxue, escorted by Zhao Tiezhu, and attended Bill Gates' charity dinner in full dress.

As usual, the charity dinner is held in Bill Gates' super villa.

As night falls, the whole hill is illuminated by neon lights, the beach is as bright as day, and in the huge infinity pool, beauties in bikinis are playing and playing, forming a choppy landscape.

No one with a reputation in the American business world will miss such a grand event.

Lu Yiming stared intently at the bikini beauty in the swimming pool, and said with emotion: "It's still a capitalist who knows how to play."

Shi Qingxue put her hands on her hips, stopped in front of Lu Yiming, pouted and said, "Hey, what are you looking at? Do you want me to change to something like that for you to see enough?"

Lu Yiming wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and said with a silly smile, "Okay."

"Okay, you're tall, don't look at it." Shi Qingxue pinched Lu Yiming's cheek, looking fierce.

Lu Yiming curled his lips and muttered, "Stingy."

At this moment, Bill Gates walked towards Lu Yiming with an old man in his seventies.

Seeing someone approaching, Shi Qingxue quickly restrained herself, acting quite well-behaved.

As a lady of everyone, she still knows how to judge the occasion, and she will never do anything that would embarrass Lu Yiming.

"Hi, Lu, I want to introduce you to a big guy."

45-year-old Bill Gates pushed the [-]-year-old man in front of him and said to Lu Yiming: "This is Buffett, Mr. Warren Buffett. Warren, this is Lu Yiming. He claims to be the stock god of Xia Guo. Are you American stock god, it is very necessary for you two to get to know each other. Warren is the investor I admire most in America, and Lu Yiming is also the investor in Xiaguo I admire most.”

To put it bluntly, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the most famous Americans in Xiaguo, are definitely able to stand up to each other.Lu Yiming also looked curiously at the ancient old man in front of him.

At this time, Lu Yiming's mind was thinking about this old man born in 90, who was played like a monkey by a post-[-]s generation at the age of [-].

"Hello, Mr. Buffett."

Lu Yiming took the initiative to stretch out his right hand.

"Hello."

Buffett was obviously also very interested in Lu Yiming, and said with a smile, "I've heard of you, a financial genius from the ancient East."

Lu Yiming said: "Mr. Buffett, I think I need to correct one point. In fact, I prefer investing in industries."

Buffett was very surprised, because Lu Yiming's current money is basically earned from the stock market. This kind of person actually said that he prefers investing in business?
It feels amazing.

Bill Gates said: "Lu Yiming has invested in many Internet companies."

Buffett was taken aback after hearing this, and then said: "The Internet, this is something you young people like. I always feel that the risk is too great. And is the Internet an industry? I think the Internet is more imaginary than what I play. Unreliable."

As we all know, as a stock god, Buffett is very conservative in investment, and most of his investments are companies with specific products and real assets such as Coca-Cola.

As for the high-risk Internet industry, he didn't even touch it.Especially when the virtual currency appeared later, he uttered bold words, saying that he would never invest in virtual currency, because virtual currency cannot create real value.

Although Lu Yiming met Warren Buffett for the first time, he had already figured out the investment preferences of this old man. After all, in the street stall literature, such as "Buffett's investment knowledge", "Buffett teaches you to trade stocks" and so on , I have already flipped some concepts over and over again, I don’t know how many times.

"Mr. Buffett, look at what you said. High risk often means high return. You can't deny that. After all, I'm a young man and I can afford to lose, so I'm a bit more aggressive."

Warren Buffett said somewhat depressed: "But, as far as I know, you never seem to fail."

Lu Yiming said calmly, "Maybe it's because I'm lucky."

Buffett obviously didn't believe this, and said: "One or two times can be good luck, but if you can succeed every time, it can only be said to be true."

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Mr. Buffett, are you complimenting me? Then I thank you for your compliment."

At charity dinners, all the famous people come, and Warren Buffett is no different from the star among these people.When they saw Warren Buffett talking and laughing happily with a young man with an Asian face, they all had expressions of surprise on their faces.

"Who is this young man? Why do I seem to have never seen it? Why can he communicate with Mr. Buffett?"

"I think I'm starting to be interested in this Asian? Is it Japanese? Or Bangzi? Or Southeast Asia?"

Someone who knew Lu Yiming's identity because he had attended Bill Gates' banquet before said, "That's Lu from the Kingdom of Xia. It is said that he is the youngest richest man there. He is very good at trading stocks."

"He is very good at stocks? No wonder he can talk and laugh with Mr. Buffett. I just don't know what they are discussing."

"Maybe they are exchanging stock trading experience."

"Can Xia Guo also speculate in stocks?"

"Maybe we should go and listen."

At this moment, a person walked towards the highest point of the hall with a microphone.He is Mark Sussman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

"Welcome to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Charity Dinner, gentlemen and ladies. As you all know, we at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are committed to applying human innovation to the fields of reducing health and developing inequality."

Mark Sussman spoke, and many people in the audience stopped talking, which was to show Mark Sussman some respect.However, they have long been familiar with this kind of activities, so they naturally seem to lack interest in Mark Sussman's same rhetoric.

To be honest, they all have their own foundations for donations and so on. The reason why they came here today is because this banquet was organized by Bill Gates, and they had to come to support it.

After the lackluster opening remarks, it entered the only part of the dinner that had a little something to watch - recognition.This charitable donation is claimed to be to solve the problem of hunger in Africa.The rich people present have long been familiar with such a theme, and they shouted one after another for 80 and 100 million.

Although the numbers are loud, everyone knows how many people can actually reach Africa.

At this moment, a slightly harsh voice spread throughout the hall.

"I donate $[-] million."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound.

This was naturally said by Lu Yiming.

Those who didn't know Lu Yiming couldn't help laughing, looking stupid.

Is this kid here for the first time?
Really thought it was a donation?

[-] million dollars?Do you know what you're talking about, little brother.

"I want to ask who is this? They actually want to spend [-] million for charity?"

"Where did the ignorant brat come from?"

"Are all Asians so rich now? It's [-] million at the first word."

Although it is said that among the people present, all of them are worth more than [-] million, but that is their worth. If they really took out [-] million cash in their hands, at least one-third of the people present would have to stop eating.

"Anyway, donate [-] million as soon as you open your mouth. This guy is a ruthless person."

"Lu, he seems to have a good relationship with Bill Gates, and the two have a deep cooperation."

"I heard that he has a good personal relationship with Bill Gates. It seems to be true. This mysterious oriental rich man is also a person with a background, so he is not easy to mess with."

Not to mention other people, even Bill Gates himself was a little shocked by Lu Yiming's generosity—even though he was the first to remind Lu Yiming to save money and avoid disaster.

"Lu, you are definitely the most generous friend I know!"

Lu Yiming said righteously: "There is an old saying in our country called 'take from the people, use for the people'. Our wealth comes from the society, so we should give it back to the society. The refugees in Africa are so pitiful. We must help them. The destiny of our mankind is a community, and no one can do without another."

Lu Yiming's words were so politically correct that the rich people around him gave out approving voices - no matter how stupid Lu Yiming's behavior of donating [-] million yuan was, this little guy's cognition is definitely online!
And this scene happened to be recorded by the reporters.

The next day, after the news reports came out, the negative news about Lu Yiming disappeared in an instant.

On the contrary, it was about his generous donation of [-] million U.S. dollars, which was written about in a big way, and even the officials personally came off the stage to praise and encourage this kind of behavior.

This is the national condition of the United States. As long as the rich are willing to donate money, the government will encourage and advocate, so that more rich people can also join in.

Although many so-called donations are left-handed and right-handed, it is better than rich people who are completely empty.

After all, the donated money will establish various foundations, and many ordinary people will always benefit from it, so as to reduce the operating costs of society.

So even if he knew that Lu Yiming was not a good person, even if he made money by shorting US stocks, as long as Lu Yiming was willing to donate money, the officials would recognize and encourage him.

As for tax evasion?

Wouldn't it be enough to charge more from others?

When James Chanos and George Soros saw the report, they hated it.

"This despicable and shameless guy actually escaped in this way!"

"Now everyone is praising this young man. Everyone seems to have forgotten that he once shorted US stocks and caused us great harm!"

"He is a sinner of America."

James Chanos was very unwilling and asked, "What are we going to do? Should we just leave it at that?"

George Soros gritted his teeth and said: "For the time being, we can only hold back, and we will always find a chance to do it in the future."

Both of them were very unwilling, but they did not dare to confront the authorities.

James Chanos snorted softly, and said a little sourly: "[-] million dollars, he is really willing."

George Soros sneered: "You don't know what this kind of donation is all about. Aren't we also big philanthropists?"

The more ruthless people are, the more they need to use their identity as a philanthropist to decorate themselves. In fact, it is just a cover-up. These days, which serious rich man will do charity?
James Chanos said dissatisfiedly: "And this Bill Gates, who actually colluded with outsiders, I think he is a traitor at all."

George Soros sighed: "It's a pity that we have no evidence, and Bill Gates is not easy to mess with. His faction has gradually risen in recent years. In the future, it will have more and more influence on politics. Don't provoke, let's try not to provoke."

In the hotel where Lu Yiming lived, the doorbell rang. When Qingxue was lying on the sofa watching a movie, she hurried over to open the door, but saw a strange man with a thin figure and sunken cheeks standing outside. She frowned and asked: "who are you?"

The person on the opposite side said in Xia Guo's words: "Surely this is Mrs. Sister-in-law? I'm Jack Ma, a good friend of Mr. Lu Yiming."

Hearing that she was a good friend of Lu Yiming, Shi Qingxue put down her guard, and heard Jack Ma called her "Sister-in-law", she blushed and clarified, "We are not married yet."

Jack Ma said with a smile: "It's not a matter of time."

At this moment, Lu Yiming who heard the movement came out from inside.He saw Jack Ma at a glance.I have to say, just like this, it is too recognizable.

"Huh? Old horse? Why are you here? When did you come to America? Come, come in and sit."

Lu Yiming came over and invited Jack Ma into the suite.

Jack Ma said exaggeratedly: "It was only after I came to the United States that I learned through the newspapers here that you, the richest man in Lu, have done so many earth-shattering events!"

Afterwards, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Mr. Lu, did you really earn $32 billion by shorting US stocks?"

Regarding the profit from short selling, Lu Yiming didn't calculate carefully, so he said, "It's about the same."

Jack Ma said with emotion: "32 billion U.S. dollars, I'm afraid I won't be able to make so much money in my whole life."

Lu Yiming patted him on the shoulder and said, "Have a little confidence in yourself, maybe within ten years, your worth will be far more than this little money."

After all, Jack Ma was also the man who had been the richest man for a few days. In a few years, when Ali made his fortune, the speed would still be very fast.

Jack Ma said: "Mr. Lu, is 32 billion US dollars just a small amount of money in your opinion?"

Lu Yiming took out this month's Forbes magazine, smiled and said to Jack Ma: "You are the cover figure of this month's Forbes, can you give yourself more confidence? And don't you say you want to change the world? Just earn 32 billion US dollars If not, what can we do to change the world?"

In March 50, Jack Ma opened Alibaba.com, which was registered in Xiangjiang in September.Because of this, he was on the cover of "Forbes" magazine, becoming the first Xia country entrepreneur to win this honor in the magazine's 2 years.Ali was rated as the most popular B[-]B.

Jack Ma said: "I came to you today mainly because I am confused about Ali's future."

"Oh?"

Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows, which seemed unexpected but also reasonable.

"Tell me."

Right now, the entire Internet industry can be described as jittery. Although Ali has not spent all the money he raised before, Jack Ma is already worried about the follow-up financing.

However, there is another remarkable feature of Internet companies, that is, when you stop burning money, it means that you will not be able to produce good performance.

If you don't have good performance, you won't be able to raise money.

Ali at the moment can be said to be caught in a dilemma.

Jack Ma said: "Now there are rumors that the Internet is dead. Is this industry really hopeless?"

(End of this chapter)