game trailblazer

Chapter 159 Forbes Rich List
During the period of "playing" simulated driving in the driving school, Zhang Lexing kept in touch with Chen Zishan. Occasionally, when both of them were free, Zhang Lexing would make a special trip to Boston, and naturally he would receive Chen Zishan's "warm" hospitality.Especially during New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, the two lonely hearts wandering overseas meet again, and the friction creates more intense sparks.

Several times after Zhang Lexing came back from Boston, he heard from Yang Xinxin that a man who claimed to be a reporter from "Forbes" magazine came to visit several times and wanted to interview Zhang Lexing, but unfortunately the reporter had very bad luck. When I met Zhang Lexing and went out, the interview plan could only be dropped.

When Zhang Lexing was working hard to write his travel plan for a seven-day trip to Palm Springs, the time for the KylinWindows3 conference on March 6th came.

For this grand conference, VisualSystem Group started planning very early, formulated a detailed advertising plan, and continuously disseminated news about KylinWindows95 through TV, newspapers and websites, and officially started to take action in February this year , led by the famous producer Glenn Abrams, set up the press conference site in the San Jose campus, mobilized more than 2 people, and took 200 days to complete the layout of the venue.Before the press conference, Ballmer has announced on many occasions that Kylin Windows 20 will be launched in 3 languages ​​around the world at midnight on March 7, while Japanese and other 12 language versions will be launched before the end of August, and Some relevant product details were revealed, coupled with a global publicity campaign, it has completely aroused the interest of users all over the world.

Due to the time difference, when San Jose was still in the early morning of March 3, Kylin Windows 6 was first launched in New Zealand, which is also the first place in the world to start selling.At 95:3 local time on March 6 in New Zealand, thousands of computer users lined up along Wellington Street, waiting to buy KylinWindows23 CDs.

Next came Australia, where a huge KylinWindows4 box as high as a 95-story building was placed on a barge and dragged into XN Port by a warship, and the sales activities in XN City also began.Then there was the submarine excursion party in Poland, the free distribution of the British "Times" with the KylinWindows95 advertisement, and so on.At the same time, large farmlands in the UK are decorated with KylinWindows95 trademark patterns like magical crop circles, while the Empire State Building in New York is covered with neon lights flashing KylinWindows95 trademarks, and a huge sign with the words KylinWindows95 written on it The banner hangs on the TV station building in Toronto.

At 3:6 local time on March 21, the press conference in the San Jose campus officially started.At this time, the venue has completely turned into a happy carnival scene, full of food, magic, clowns, hot air balloons, ferris wheels, and circus tents. More than 600 media and 2200 companies in the computer industry came to participate in this grand event. For top manufacturers, before the official opening of the press conference, they were all eating and drinking free food and drinks, while watching performances or enjoying the fun of games in the venue.

When the press conference of KylinWindows95 officially started, more than 1800 people immediately poured into the largest tent in the center of the venue, among which more than 400 were reporters, and the rest were representatives of some manufacturers and Key member of the operating system development team.Zhang Lexing sat in the front row. Looking around with the bright lights, he saw many people he knew, including Mai Jiajun holding popcorn. At this time, he was hiding in the corner While eating, he looked up to the stage.

As the curtain on the stage opened, the lights gradually dimmed.Suddenly, a spot on the stage lit up, revealing the logo of KylinWindows95 and the word "Start", and reflected the silhouette of a man sitting on a chair.The music of the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" sounded, and the lights on the stage gradually turned on, revealing the man's figure. It was the most famous talk show host in the United States, Jay Leno of NBC.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!" Jay Leno, wearing a microphone, greeted the audience, who immediately burst into applause.

After the applause stopped, Jay Leno continued: "Yesterday I came to San Jose from New York, and I stopped by Miss Yang's house as a guest. Well, everyone knows that she is the greatest high-tech talent in the world. But yesterday I Only then did I really see what a high-tech talent is, and the time display of her video recorder is the same as when it leaves the factory, and the time of 00:00 is still flashing non-stop.”

Jay Leno is a person who likes to joke very much. What he said just now actually implies that Yang Xinxin can't even adjust the time of the video recorder. Of course, this is not malicious, it is just a joke. Obviously, there are many people in the audience I understood everything, and there was a burst of laughter immediately.

"Okay, now let's invite Jenny Yang (Yang Xinxin's English name)..." Jay Leno waved his hand back and shouted.

As soon as the lights dimmed, the drums sounded, and the spotlight turned to the left of the stage, where Yang Xinxin in evening dress had already appeared.After touching the microphone attached to her ear, Yang Xinxin walked towards the middle of the stage as originally planned, and the spotlight pole followed her figure closely.

Yang Xinxin came to the middle of the stage, and the lights came on. She looked at Jay Leno with a smile and said, "Oh, Mr. Leno, you must know that women are naturally troubled by electrical appliances. So I even I couldn't even use a computer, and I couldn't find a way to get into it, but fortunately I found Windows (Windows) later."

Yang Xinxin's humorous statement caused a burst of laughter from the audience, and Jay Leno continued to talk, not to be outdone, so the two introduced the KylinWindows95 system on stage.In the beginning, only Yang Xinxin and Jay Leno spoke on stage, during which a video of a little girl using the KylinWindows95 system was inserted to prove the simplicity of the KylinWindows95 system.Then Ballmer and Fang Shaozhuo were also called to the stage to help out. The stage developed from crosstalk to a group performance. In the end, even Zhang Lexing, who was sitting in the audience to watch the excitement, did not escape, and was also called by Yang Xinxin. The performance almost turned into a chorus, and the press conference became more and more lively.

After the press conference was successfully concluded and everyone left, Zhang Lexing couldn't help stopping Yang Xinxin, and asked her, "Sister Xin, you also know that I don't like to participate in such activities, why did you want me to go up just now?"

"Brother, I know you want to keep a low profile, but you can't do it now." Yang Xinxin took a magazine from somewhere and threw it on the table in front of Zhang Lexing, and said, "You can see it yourself. .”

What was thrown on the table was a magazine called "Forbes (Forbes)". Zhang Lexing had it in BJ's office. He had flipped through a few copies at random. It was only then that Zhang Lexing remembered that when he came back from Boston, Yang Xinxin The reporter in question appears to be from Forbes magazine.

Picking up the magazine casually and flipping through it, Zhang Lexing found that the highlight of this issue was the latest global rich list, and he was ranked first.The relevant article in the magazine is written as follows: "... Zhang Lexing is a rather low-key rich man. According to our investigation, he came to the United States in 1981, and before that, he had sold software written by himself. Tens of millions of dollars in profit. After coming to the United States, Zhang Lexing, Yu Youcheng, a former Intel employee, and Yang Xinxin, a female entrepreneur from Hong Kong, co-founded VisualSystem, which is now in full swing...

After years of development, the current VisualSystem company has grown into a huge group, which controls a number of listed companies. According to the latest closing price statistics, the market value of these listed companies is about 565 billion US dollars, and the unlisted part of VisualSystem Group, according to According to the analysis of professional accounting firms, the estimated value is not less than 960 billion US dollars, or even higher.Zhang Lexing’s shareholding in VisualSystem Group is believed to be no less than 60%, while VisualSystem Group’s shareholding in those listed companies is between 35% and 55%. The two parts are equivalent to Zhang Lexing’s personal assets of US$728.55 billion.

According to another investigation, Zhang Lexing also set up a foundation called 'Red River', and made a lot of investment through the Red River Fund, including EA, Cisco, Traveler and many other listed companies, and even IBM.Calculated based on the latest closing price, the market value of the company’s stock held by Honghe Fund is equivalent to 230.49 billion US dollars, plus the cash held by the fund of 106 billion US dollars, the current known personal assets of Zhang Lexing are as high as 1064.04 billion US dollars, and No.2 has already owned 104.58 billion US dollars. Billion-dollar Buffett is far behind..."

The article also attaches a group photo of Zhang Lexing and Yang Xinxin when they started their businesses, and a recent photo of Zhang Lexing.The author of the article obviously investigated very carefully. Basically, Zhang Lexing's assets in the United States were included, but Zhang Lexing didn't like being exposed. Unfortunately, it was too late now, and he couldn't keep a low profile if he wanted to keep a low profile in the future.

Zhang Lexing put down the magazine and asked Yang Xinxin for advice: "Sister Xin, what should I do in the future?"

"Brother, I know you like to keep a low profile and don't want to be exposed too much in the media, but it's impossible now, so you will have to change many of your habits in the future." Yang Xinxin pulled Zhang Lexing to sit on the chair next to him. Get down and start to analyze: "First of all, you'd better send two female bodyguards over to Zishan's side to avoid any accidents in the future. Then, brother, you should pay more attention to your own safety in the future. The title of the richest man in the world It’s not that easy to be. There will definitely be more and more people trying to get your ideas in the future. You must arrange more bodyguards and don’t just run around by yourself. There is also a place to live, except for the small villa next to me , brother, you have never bought another house, even in BJ you still rent a house, which is very unsafe. The news that you are the richest man in the world will spread to the public sooner or later, it is best to buy another house to live in, and if it is unique The one in a detached house is better. You also go to Hong Kong often, if it’s suitable, you can also consider buying such a house to live in, at least it’s more convenient than staying in a hotel.”

"Sister Xin, actually I want to buy a house, but I don't like the houses now. There are two types of DreamHome in my mind. Everything, the other is the island house, in the boundless sea, own a small island of your own, and then build your own house on it..."

"When you said it, I was a little moved. If you really want to buy an island, brother, remember to ask your sister to go with you. Then we can continue to be neighbors."

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When Zhang Lexing was still distressed by the exposure of his identity, some well-informed people from all over the world also took action because of the newly released rich list by "Forbes".

BJ somewhere...

A hale and hearty old man was sitting on the sofa, reading the same Forbes magazine, and beside him was a middle-aged man in a black suit sitting on the sofa.

After reading the magazine, the old man closed it and put it on the coffee table next to him, and said, "I never imagined that this kid would be so promising, and he would create such a large industry by himself..."

"Old chief, he has the technology we need in his hands. Do you want to send someone to contact him?"

"Don't be too reckless. This child's identity is very sensitive now, and rash actions will bring him a lot of unnecessary troubles. This child's family is a survivor of the evacuation operation that year. It is a pity that we did not take good care of it. Not only did his parents die Unexpectedly, even this child is living outside. If he is not doing well now, I don’t know how to face the child’s grandparents.”

"Old chief, it's all because we didn't do a good job at the beginning..."

"Forget it, I can't blame you at this time. It happened a long time ago. By the way, I heard that the girl from the Zhao family was with this child."

"According to our investigation, there is indeed such a thing, and the relationship between the two is already very close."

"Well, I've seen the girl from the Zhao family before, but she's very cute, and she should get along well with that kid. Changqing, are you still in that kid's company?"

"It was arranged. After the big incident happened in Hong Kong a few years ago, according to your request, we have arranged many people to go in. On the one hand, we wanted to protect him, and on the other hand, we also wanted to investigate the truth of that incident back then. It's a pity. Nothing came of it."

"This child also has a lot of industries in the country. You have the opportunity to take care of it."

"Old Chief, isn't it a little inappropriate for us to do this? Why don't you inform the other side? It might be more appropriate for people from the government affairs to come forward."

"Of course I have said that you should pay more attention to the safety of this child's property, and don't let some dubious people make trouble. We owe this child's family too much. As long as we don't violate the policy, let this child If the children come back and develop more, I believe it will also bring benefits to the country."

"Yes, old chief, promise to complete the task!"

An office in the Hutchison Building in Central, Hong Kong...

After reading the "Forbes" magazine in his hand, Li Ka-shing said to Li Zekai who was sitting opposite him: "Zekai, this Zhang Lexing is really not easy. In just a dozen years, he has created such a large industry. If you have the opportunity, you have to show respect to him." Let’s learn. Well, you can discuss the follow-up equity transaction of satellite TV to see if you can change the cash purchase into an equity exchange, do you understand what I mean?”

"Understood, father, I will do it now."

In a Chinese medicine hall on Wencheng Street, Jordan Road, Hong Kong...

Tang Jingyi happened to be on vacation today. On the way to deliver medicine to an old customer, she happened to see a magazine in the window of the bookstore. The person on the cover seemed familiar. I bought it.When she returned to her clinic, Tang Jingyi took out the magazine and read it carefully again. This time she recognized it. The person on the cover was the one she rescued a few years ago. It seems that everything is fine for him now, Tang Jingyi Then he let go of one thing on his mind, casually threw the magazine on the side table, and walked into the back room.

Somewhere in Busan, South Korea...

"Xu, this seems to be a prey that slipped from your hands." A white man with a cold face threw a magazine at a Korean man who was practicing a knife not far away.

The Korean man didn't look back, just turned around, and the magazine flying in the air was neatly divided into two halves, and then he put his knife away and said: "No one can escape from my knife, not even the richest man in the world... "

(End of this chapter)