Pingchuan.
When Nasdaq closed, it was already 4 am on the 26th in China.
Even at this hour, there were still many people who could not sleep.
When the Forbes World's Richest List was updated, many night owls appeared instantly.
"Brother Pao is too awesome!"
"He's firmly in the top spot. Will anyone have any hope of surpassing Brother Pao in his lifetime?"
"I pity these people. Brother Pao is still young. It's so pitiful to lose all hope so suddenly."
"Who are they? Even if they can't become the world's richest man, it's still good to be the richest man in their own country. Look at Hua Xia and Hua Xia. Who can surpass Brother Pao in the future? "
"That's true. But the most pitiful one is Longhua's Hsu Shengzhe. That's really pitiful. He hasn't even become the richest man in a city, let alone a country. No, I heard that he lives in the same district as Brother Pao. Could it be that he hasn't even become the richest man in the street?"
"Really? That's too pitiful. This time, Longhua is also going to be listed. I heard that after it's listed, Hsu Shengzhe's net worth might exceed 30 billion RMB. He hasn't even become the richest man in the street? "
"Something like that. It's not even enough to convert it to USD, let alone RMB."
"Then the others should feel better. If you ask me, I think Hsu Shengzhe should move. It's too pitiful."
"…"
The netizens started discussing Weibo, then Li Dong's position as the richest man in the country, and finally, the netizens started sympathizing with Hsu Shengzhe.
His life as a real estate tycoon was really pitiful.
Even if the others were pitiful, they still had some reputation in the local area. Hsu Shengzhe, on the other hand, no one in Pingchuan would mention Hsu Shengzhe for no reason. Li Dong was enough.
…
Hsu Shengzhe saw the netizens' discussions.
At this time, he was not asleep yet.
Longhua was about to be listed, and Hsu Shengzhe had a lot of things to do. Furthermore, Hsu Shengzhe had been keeping an eye on Weibo. He was busy until the wee hours.
As a result, he casually browsed the internet before going to sleep, and Hsu Shengzhe suddenly couldn't fall asleep.
What's going on recently?
As if Li Dong's attack on him wasn't enough, when did a real estate tycoon like him fall to the point where the whole nation sympathized with him?
So what if he was the richest man in the world?
My Xu family has been the wealthiest family in Jiangbei for decades, and I've never seen anything!
Hsu Shengzhe retorted indignantly while reading the heated discussion on the internet, "I'm not from the same district as that bastard. That guy is a Qingyang resident, and I'm the richest man in Pingchuan!"
Unfortunately, this could only comfort himself for a while.
The outside world didn't care about any of this. All they knew was that Li Dong had risen to power in Pingchuan. Far away's headquarters were also in Pingchuan. That was enough.
Hsu Shengzhe sighed for a while. Actually, he didn't care about whether he was the wealthiest person in Pingchuan or not.
But in this life, it seemed that he was destined to be suppressed by Li Dong to the point where he couldn't even lift his head.
He was still young, and he was only a few years older than Li Dong. Li Dong was suppressing those old men, and they might be finished in a few years.
But he still had a long way to go. He had been suppressed from his youth to his old age …
If he was far away, it would be fine. But he was familiar with that guy, and he was right in front of his house.
It was hard for others to feel this way.
"110 billion USD!"
This was Forbes's revaluation of Li Dong's wealth.
Weibo and Tencent had created more than 51 billion USD for Li Dong.
At the same time, with the eruption of these two factors, the valuation of other industries in the distance also increased again.
Weibo and Tencent had exploded at the same time. Far Away Mall's performance had exceeded Amazon, and Li Dong owns 90% of the company's shares. Even if Far Away Mall was not listed, it was still valued at more than 20 billion USD.
This was only the valuation before the company was listed.
Far Away Mall and Far Away Finance had created more than 25 billion USD for Li Dong.
The rest of the companies, Far Away Retail, Dong Yu Real Estate, and Far Away Logistics, were worth more than 30 billion USD.
In the end, Forbes estimated Li Dong's wealth to be 110 billion USD!
He was also the first person in the world to have a personal wealth of more than 100 billion US dollars.
Mexico's telecommunications tycoon, Carlos, was ranked second with 48 billion USD.
Bill Gates was ranked third. His net worth had increased to 46 billion USD.
But the combined wealth of both Bill Gates and Li Dong was still less than Li Dong. Many people were shocked by this.
All these years, Bill Gates and the rest had been the World's Richest Man.
But now, not only had he been surpassed, he had been left behind to the point where he couldn't catch up even if he doubled his wealth. Needless to say, it was indeed a very despairing thing.
Even if they really didn't care about money or fame, to suddenly have such a huge gap between them was still a huge setback for these self-confident bigwigs.
… …
Hsu Shengzhe was not the only one who was frustrated. Li Dong's wealth was more than 100 billion USD, and he had made all the entrepreneurs feel frustrated.
Fame and fortune were things that many people could not avoid.
Furthermore, this was not only about fame and fortune!
Li Dong's net worth was more than 100 billion USD, and he was the World's Richest Man. This means Far Away Mall's reputation will continue to grow, and Li Dong's reputation will continue to grow.
Facing such an opponent, could Li Dong really win?
Once Li Dong cashed out on Tencent and Weibo, he could cash-out billions of USD at any time.
If he cashed out too much, it would be risky for the company.
But with the current situation, Li Dong could only cash-out about 10% of his shares, and the risk was not too high. That meant that if Li Dong wanted to cash out, he should have no problem cashing out more than 5 billion USD in half a year.
Li Dong could take out more than 30 billion RMB at any time.
Also, even if he did not cash out his Tencent and Weibo shares, Li Dong could use them as collateral. It was not limited to China, but also internationally.
When that time comes, he could use more money.
How could a company with more than 100 billion RMB in cash flow compete with them?
Just by using money, they could crush you to death!
For a company, money was not everything, but it could still achieve 9999 RMB!
… …
On the 26th of Hua Xia time, the morning Central TV News Channel made a long report on Weibo's listing.
It also talked about the resumption of Tencent's listing.
Far away had created too many firsts in these two listing plans.
This was the first time that Hua Xia's company had caused such a sensation in the international market.
Another point was that Far away's two subsidiaries going public had indeed stimulated the financial market. Now, there were signs of recovery in the financial markets everywhere.
This was something that Hua Xia's previous companies could not achieve.
One company had led the recovery of the entire economic market. Although Far away had only moved a little, and even if it did not Far Away, the economy would still recover. But at this critical moment, Far Away's role was raised infinitely.
Far Away occupied two of the top four global internet companies in terms of market value.
Once Far Away Mall went public, it might surpass Google and occupy more rankings. This was also interpreted by Central TV as Hua Xia's internet development had reached the world's top level and was catching up with Europe and America.
In this August, Li Dong was pushed to the top not only in Europe and America, but also in Hua Xia and the entire world.
Twenty-four years old, the age of youth.
Twenty-four years old, many of the younger generation had not stepped out of the ivory tower.
But Li Dong, at twenty-four years old, had already achieved something that the latecomers did not dare to say they could surpass.
… …
Hua Xia was a hot topic among the people. The world was also discussing it.
Meanwhile, in New York, Li Dong returned to his room after the victory party. He bent over his desk and started writing.
Weibo's success, Tencent's success, was actually built on the foundation of others. It was built on the foundation of his previous life.
In this life, the real business that belonged to Li Dong was actually retail.
The retail industry was not considered high-tech. It was not even considered an industry.
But it was true that Li Dong had single-handedly built it.
From nothing to strong, he had done a lot of things that other companies could not do in his previous life.
He defeated Carrefour and forced foreign retail to be unable to survive in Hua Xia. He made Faraway Supermarket all over Hua Xia. Li Dong did not dare to say how much contribution he had made to society, but the user experience, environment, price, and authenticity of Faraway Supermarket …
These were related to the daily lives of ordinary people. In any case, Li Dong still felt that he had made a little contribution.
When his personal wealth became the richest in the world, when the IT industry was about to become the absolute hegemon, at this time, Li Dong thought more about Faraway Retail.
This industry that he had been in since his rebirth, how far could it go?
Li Dong abandoned the glory that he had just obtained. He looked at the information over and over again, perfecting his plan over and over again.
… …
On August 28th, Hua Xia time, Li Dong and his team returned to China.
This time, it could be said to be a fruitful return with countless honors.
The news of Li Dong's return spread. Outside Pingchuan Airport, there were cameras everywhere. The number of media from all over Hua Xia was no less than the number of tourists.
This August was Li Dong's August.
Outside Pingchuan Airport, countless media outlets were waiting in anticipation. Countless people were looking forward to what Li Dong's first words would be upon his return.
Excited?
Excited?
Or indifferent?
Just as these media were in a heated discussion, there was soon news that Li Dong had left through a special channel. Only the top executives of Faraway Tech and Weibo were left.
This instantly made countless people extremely disappointed.
At this juncture, Li Dong did not even show up. This was too disappointing. What else could be better than praising him here?
When Liu Hong came out, the first thing the reporters asked was nothing else but anticipation. "President Liu, is General Manager Li here?"
Seeing that everyone was looking forward to it, Liu Hong sighed inwardly, but he smiled and said, "General Manager Li has other matters to attend to. If anyone has any questions, you can ask us about Weibo's listing in the United States …"
Liu Hong changed the topic. Seeing that the others had no choice but to stop thinking about Li Dong and ask about the specific situation of Weibo's listing.
Even though Central TV had interviewed them before, they did not say much. Everyone was more concerned about the details of these executives who were personally involved.
… …
Outsiders were all guessing where Li Dong had gone.
Li Dong had actually returned a long time ago. He actually came back a step earlier. Liu Hong and the others did not come with him, but came back on a chartered flight.
Just as Liu Hong was being interviewed, Li Dong had already taken off his suit and changed into casual clothes. He held a maidservant's hand in each hand and led Tian Xiaoyu and Little Shitou to the school in front with a smile on his face.
Of course, at this time, Tian Xiaoyu had just changed her name to Li Xiaoyu.
After being busy for so many years and experiencing a series of successes and attention, Li Dong suddenly felt that sometimes, standing at the top of the world was not enough to make people happy and excited.
Compared to being interviewed by the media, he was more happy to report to the school with his two children.
Walking on the bustling campus road, there were not many people who cared who this sunny big boy was.
No one would have thought that Li Dong, who had just caused a sensation in the world, would appear here at this time.
When Li Dong took off his suit, it was as if all the glory had gone with the wind.
However, this feeling made Li Dong feel extremely relaxed and enjoyable.
The two maidservants beside him also had a satisfied smile on their faces. They did not think about how much glory Li Dong had received in a second and whether it would be a waste of time to accompany them at this moment.
They only knew that they were very, very happy at this time.
The news was everywhere.
Because it was a unified registration day, the school did not receive them in the office. Instead, they chose to set up an outdoor registration area.
The teacher in charge of registration didn't pay attention at first. When she asked about Li Dong's identity, Li Dong immediately said, "I am Li Xiaoyu's father …"
The teacher was dumbfounded when he said this.
They were handling registration for junior high school students, and some of the student's information was also recorded. The thirteen-year-old Li Xiaoyu was not old, but she was not young either.
Even if her father had given birth at the age of eighteen, she should be in her early thirties.
However, Li Dong, who had taken off his suit, did not pretend to be mature. Even if he looked slightly more mature than his peers, one could tell at a glance that he was not more than thirty years old.
In reality, although Li Dong had changed a lot in the past few years, he had not aged to the point of being old.
He was in his twenties. People with good eyesight wouldn't make a mistake.
The teacher in charge of registration wasn't too old either. In fact, she had just graduated from school not long ago.
When she heard Li Dong's words, she couldn't help but size up Li Dong for a while.
The more she looked, the more the young female teacher felt that this person was somewhat familiar.
However, there was still some difference between the real person and the Li Dong in the media.
After a while, the female teacher asked hesitantly, "May I ask, how old are you this year?"
"24 …"
"24, Li Xiaoyu …" The female teacher repeated. Then, her pupils shrank, and she opened her mouth to say something.
Li Dong smiled and put his finger up. He laughed and said, "That's right, but shock, surprise, shock … there's no need for these. I'm just an ordinary person. Today, I brought my two daughters to school to register … "
"Daughters!"
The female teacher didn't care about anything else. She looked at the two girls beside her again and again.
Li Dong smiled and said, "Why? Are you questioning my ability to give birth at the age of ten? "
"Pfft …"
The female teacher almost choked to death. At this time, she finally reacted. She had long heard that Li Dong had adopted two children. This was actually not a secret in Pingchuan.
It was just that she had been too shocked and had forgotten.
At this time, although she knew that Li Dong was joking, she hurriedly said, "No, no …"
Li Dong smiled again. "Of course, when I was ten, I was a little kid. How could I do that kind of thing? It's better not to lead the children astray."
"I … I …"
The female teacher was nervous and helpless at the same time. Was this what she said?
You're the one who said it!
After a while, the female teacher suppressed her nervousness and hurriedly said, "Mr. … Mr. Li, Li Xiaoyu and the others are really going to our school?"
This was something that she had not expected at all.
And before this, there had been no news at all. If there had really been news, they wouldn't even need to report at this time. The principal would have already brought the teachers to visit.
Li Dong smiled and nodded. "They'll go to school here. The school is quite close to home. There's no need for a car to pick them up. It's only a ten-minute walk. The two children can accompany each other and go to and from school by themselves. There's no need for the family to worry …"
The female teacher's face was full of resentment. I'm not asking about that!
I just want to ask why your children would go to a commoner's school!
Moreover, do you need a car?
And the children go to and from school by themselves? Don't tell me you don't care if they're not your biological children?
But if you really don't care, why did you come personally to report?
Just as her thoughts were running wild, Li Dong seemed to read her mind. He smiled and said, "Don't feel pressured. Actually, I just want them to live a more low-key and ordinary life.
Today is the first time, so I came with them.
In the future, I'm afraid I will come less often.
Although I want them to live a more ordinary life, if there are any problems, you can call me at any time. I've also left my number.
You also know that people like us, living under the spotlight, are under a lot of pressure.
And I don't want my next generation to live in such an environment from young.
Your principal and the dean don't know about the situation of these two children. Whether you say it or not, I hope you don't give them too special treatment.
Of course, I won't object to taking care of them appropriately. When you have time, you can also visit me and have a chat.
I think the school should focus on educating people. What do you think, Teacher Zhang? "
"Yes, yes, yes. Mr. Li is right …"
The female teacher hurriedly responded. She couldn't remember what she talked about with Li Dong after that.
It wasn't until Li Dong left with the two children that the female teacher pinched herself and felt a wave of pain. Only then did she realize that it wasn't a dream.
It really was Li Dong!
…
After returning to the East Garden, Li Dong smiled and repeated the scene with Shen Qian.
Shen Qian smiled and teased, "It's a little unreal if you go. I should go. If I say that this is my daughter, no one will doubt it."
Li Dong laughed and said, "You go? You look like you're 18. Would anyone believe you? "
"Go to hell. All you know is to comfort me."
Shen Qian laughed and scolded him. After chatting for a while, she asked, "This time, Weibo and Tencent's listing have been successful. Are you going to carry out your plan next?"
Li Dong shook his head and said, "There's no rush. I'll think about it after a while. Besides, your due date is near, so I don't have to busy myself with these things. When the child is born, I'll start again. There's no rush for this month or so. Next, I'll focus on my family, and my career will be secondary. "
Shen Qian nodded. She seemed to have thought of something. After a while, she said, "Actually, you don't have to be by my side all the time. When we got married, I already said …"
Li Dong shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about these things. I'll arrange it myself. Also, you don't have to do this to create any pressure for yourself. There are some things that I've already thought through. Your current task is to be happy every day and wait for the moment of delivery. "
Shen Qian nodded. This time, she really didn't mention these things. Some things were better left unknown.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
