[< Fortune >'s 500 rankings are fair? This is a joke. Look at their rankings last year. The loss-making Tong Yong Motors, Chrysler Motors, and Ford Motors are all on the list. Now, Ford Motors had sold more than half of its businesses, and Tong Yong Motors is on the verge of bankruptcy. How can such a company be considered strong?]
[Also, they ranked Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, etc., and Bear Stearns, etc. at the top of the list. The two Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Group are in the top 100, but they have falsified their financial reports. How can they be on the list?]
[I am curious. What are < Fortune >'s editors thinking? What is the basis of their rankings? How can they set up a global forum? Who gave them the right to do so? What right do they have to rank other people's companies? A small company with such small assets and only two to three hundred people, where does their confidence come from?]
[Amazon is ranked below Lehman Brothers, but it is still making profits this year and is giving its shareholders high returns. Lehman Brothers had gone bankrupt. Google is the world's most widely used search engine and owns many patents. How can their rankings be so low?]
[I don't understand < Fortune >'s rankings. How can a magazine like this have any credibility? They claim that they can guide managers. Then I would like to ask who had been guided by < Fortune > to make money for their companies?]
[< Fortune > had slandered me many times, and I had ignored them. But that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. Where is your so-called professional ethics? Where is your fair reporting? Are your evaluations really accurate? Why did so many of the companies you rated as the best go bankrupt so quickly?]
[Many people had read your magazine and bought those companies' shares. Who is going to pay for their losses? Or, should they not believe it at all?]
After Feng Yu posted this long tweet, he shared it on his Facebook. In North America, Facebook is doing better than Twitter, and Feng Yu has a lot of fans in North America. Even if he is not attending university in North America, it will not stop him from using Facebook.
This tweet was shared by a lot of people. Not only Ralph and the rest are pushing for it, but < Forbes > is also pushing for it. Steve is very excited. He did not expect Feng Yu to cause such a commotion after he invested in < Forbes >.
What Steve wanted to say is that there are many problems with < Forbes >'s rankings. However, he wasn't criticized by anyone, especially when the person who criticized him was the richest man in the world. His influence was different.
As the number one Big V on the internet at this time, Feng Yu's number of fans was already very terrifying. Coupled with the promotion of some people with ulterior motives, this matter quickly became the hottest topic.
Traditional media reports might not attract much attention. After all, not everyone liked to read economic news. Actually, most people liked to watch interesting news. That was why entertainment gossip news attracted so many people's attention.
However, the online media was different. The speed of transmission was fast, and many people could express their opinions and views at will. They didn't have to worry about no media coverage.
The comments on the internet were not filtered by professional reporters or editors, so there was a mixture of good and bad people.
Some people are just here to watch the show and claim that the World's Richest Man is trampling on < Fortune >. Some people started to analyze Feng Yu's article, saying which views they agree with, complemented Feng Yu's views, or refuted Feng Yu's views. After all, not everyone can talk to Feng Yu.
But no matter what, this topic quickly became the top searched topic on Google and Twitter. It is also the top trending topic on Asia's Weibo.
Feng Yu looked at the popularity on the internet and made a few calls to make arrangements. After that, he went to his villa's rooftop to bask in the sun. Hong Kong's hillside villas are very quiet, and it's nice to stay there for a few days.
< Fortune >'s CEO saw the news online and immediately contacted the Editor-in-Chief. < Fortune > is a two-tier magazine. The Editor-in-Chief and the CEO are on the same level. One is in charge of the content, and the other is in charge of the operations.
But just like a big company, there is a CEO and a CEO. Although they seem to be on the same level, there has to be a priority. If not, if there is a conflict, the CEO will have to look for the boss to mediate.
< Fortune > is the same. Their CEO is in charge of operations, advertising revenue, sales, and everything else. He is the one who makes < Fortune > profitable.
So, sometimes, the Editor-in-Chief of < Fortune > will make some adjustments to the content according to the CEO's request. For example, it was the CEO's request to target Feng Yu.
He felt that this can show the unique side of < Fortune >. Even the World's Richest Man can't make them yield. This way, they will appear more fair and authoritative.
In the past, they had been doing this, and there were no problems. They thought that Feng Yu had compromised. After all, < Fortune > has been in business for so many years and is backed by the world's top media company, Times Media. They didn't care about Bill Gates back then, and they wouldn't care even if it was another World's Richest Man.
But they neglected that Feng Yu is not Bill Gates. Also, the intention to target Feng Yu is too obvious. Even Bill Gates can't stand it, let alone Feng Yu, who didn't like < Fortune > for a long time.
They thought that the impression that Feng Yu gave everyone was that he doesn't like to be interviewed. Even < Forbes > only had a written interview with him and didn't have any pictures. There were TV channels that interviewed Feng Yu, but it was a phone interview. Feng Yu didn't want to appear on the screen.
It is said that Feng Yu often goes to his team, Wind and Rain, to watch games. But he ordered the media not to use his face in front of the camera. Even if this will reduce the broadcasting fees of their team, Wind and Rain, he doesn't care.
Many top media companies in the world want to interview Feng Yu, but they can't. Feng Yu doesn't interact with the media. This is their impression.
That's why < Fortune > dared to do this. They thought that Feng Yu won't care about these things. He might not even watch < Fortune > at all. After all, even the subsidiaries that Feng Yu invested in don't have much coverage in < Fortune >. Their rankings are also very low. That's why the executives of those subsidiaries won't pay attention to these reports.
From < Fortune >'s point of view, this is a balance between both sides.
But they didn't expect that this time, Feng Yu would directly fire at them on Twitter. Moreover, his words are fierce and it seems like he is looking down on < Fortune >.
They are < Fortune >, the world's second most circulated business magazine, second only to < Business Weekly >. It sells even better than < Forbes >.
You, Feng Yu, have only invested in < Forbes >, and you want to step on us? We can use this opportunity to let < Fortune > step on you, Feng Yu, and become the world's number one business magazine!
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