Chapter 378 Hurun Rich List

Hong Kong.

The Peak.

In the Li family's villa halfway up the mountain, Li Kai, who had nothing to do, was sitting leisurely on the sofa, but soon the contented expression on his face completely disappeared, and his eyes became sharp.

He was looking at the report about Mingyuan Technology in the newspaper with a burning gaze, especially the sentence "Is he a business tycoon or a marketing genius?", coupled with the photo of Lu Yiming looking high and mighty, which made him so angry that his liver hurt. He couldn't help but curse loudly: "God is so blind. How could he let this loser named Lu get rich again?"

On the other hand, the elderly Li Chaoren remained calm and sat quietly on the sofa, with a blank expression and a calm gaze.

After Li Kai vented his anger, he said to Li Chaoren, "Dad, are we just going to let it go? Although we can't find any evidence, the person who instigated the fight between our Li family and the Wu family must be the treacherous villain Lu Yiming. There's no need to even think about it."

Li Chaoren closed his eyes, leaned his head gently on the sofa, and said lazily: "So? What are you going to do?"

Li Kai thought about it carefully and came up with what he thought was a brilliant idea: "We can give him a big thumbs up!"

After hearing this, Li Chaoren became slightly interested. He opened his eyes and looked at his second son Li Kai. He asked calmly, "Oh? How do you praise someone to death? Tell me about it."

Li Kai grinned and said , "Who do poor people hate the most in this world? The rich. Dad, you know, those losers who have no money never look for the reasons for their failure from themselves. They think that the reason they have no money is because the rich have squeezed their money-making space and made their money."

He boasted of his accurate grasp of human nature, but at this moment, a frightening cold light flashed in his eyes: "As long as we expose Lu Yiming's identity and wealth, and then secretly guide public opinion and spread rumors, we will surely make Lu Yiming a rat crossing the street, and everyone will shout and beat him! By that time..."

Li Chaoren's eyes lit up after hearing this. He nodded with interest and praised, "Well, this is a very good idea."

"But who are you going to ask to do this?"

Li Kai obviously had an idea, and immediately told Li Chaoren everything: "I happen to know a foreigner named Hu Run. He is very ambitious and is not satisfied with being a small worker in Andersen. He wants to set up his own company and make a Hurun Rich List to rank the mainland's wealthy people by seniority. So I don't have to do anything. I just need to put Lu Yiming's information on his desk and then help him set up a company, and everything will be solved."

Xia country.

Zhonghai City.

Andersen Company.

Hurun was looking worriedly at the pile of documents in front of his desk. As a 28-year-old English boy, he was very anxious.

In terms of talent and knowledge, he is very proud. After graduating from Durham University in 1993, he went to study Chinese at Renmin University of China at the age of 23. He then went to study Japanese in an island country. He is proficient in seven languages including German, French, Luxembourgish and Portuguese.

But the knowledge only armed his mind but failed to fill his wallet.

He had worked in the accounting industry for six years and was recognized as an outstanding employee of Andersen every year, but so what?

Now he is still a working class worker, but his friends are doing well, either starting their own businesses or getting promoted in their careers.

He traveled thousands of miles from London to China Overseas, and after two years, he was still an unknown accountant. The money he earned was not enough to buy a yacht, let alone to fill up the yacht.

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became, so he couldn't help but make a long-distance call to his father in England.

"Dad, what should I do to become rich?"

Although his father was not a wealthy man, he had been an accountant all his life and had met at least 800 business leaders. He had some vision and told Hurun, "It is not easy to become a wealthy man. First, you have to think about two things - first, who are you in Zhonghai? And who are you in Xiaguo?"

Hurun is a smart man, and smart people never need to say too much.

After listening to his father's words, he quickly understood one thing. Now, let alone in Zhonghai, even in the building in front of him, no one knew who he was except his colleagues in the company.

If you want to make money, you must first let others know who you are!

Fame and fortune, fame and fortune, being famous can bring benefits!

Hurun felt that he had realized something!

But then he became a little discouraged.

How easy is it to become famous?

However, Hurun immediately thought, since fame can bring money, can money bring fame?

He has come into contact with many wealthy people and discovered many interesting things.

For example, ordinary people will pay close attention to anything related to money, especially the rich people in Xia Country. How much money do they have? Not only ordinary people in Xia Country want to know, but many foreigners also want to find out.

Hurun thought, if he could find a way to find out how much money these rich people have and then make the information public, then wouldn’t his name, Hurun, be spread along with the names of these wealthy people?

He felt that as long as he could come up with a ranking of the richest people in mainland Xia, he would definitely be able to gain huge public attention.

By then, won’t it be easy to make money?

This is the plan, and the logic is the same, but it is very difficult to actually implement it.

In the culture of the Xia State, there are many arguments to prove the benefits of "not showing off wealth", such as "an innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure". When it comes to wealth, everyone is reserved and introverted, and will never easily reveal their wealth to outsiders.

Hurun is just a small accountant now. Not to mention that he is a foreigner, even if he is an alien, in this ancient land of Xia State, it is not a simple task for him to count the assets of the rich in Xia State. This requires strong connections to ensure that he will not be beaten out when he goes to interview.

"Who should I look for?"

This is another question.

The more Hurun thought about it, the more annoyed he became.

Every time a problem seems to be solved, a new one pops up, and the cycle repeats itself, like a knot that can never be untied.

Just when he was about to give up his fantasy, he received a call.

The person on the other side spoke very directly.

"Hello, Mr. Hurun. I am Li Kai from Cheung Kong Group. Is it convenient for us to chat?"

Hurun was not unfamiliar with the idea of leaving. After all, as an accountant in Xia Country, he was certainly very interested in knowing something about the family background of top tycoons like Li Chaoren.

In fact, it was precisely because of his understanding of these wealthy people that he came up with the idea of exploring the wealth of the wealthy people in Xia State.

"Mr. Li Kai, I'm glad to receive your call."

On the other side, Li Kai said straight to the point: "Didn't you want to set up a company to rank the richest people in the mainland? I am very interested in your plan and am willing to help you realize your wish."

When Hurun heard this, he was overjoyed.

He was just worrying about not having any opportunities in this area, but unexpectedly, he received such a great gift when he left!

Li Chaoren's relationship is definitely strong enough!

In fact, in Hurun's impression, Li Chaoren's family should be the richest family in Xia Country!

Suddenly, Hurun had an idea.

This Li Kai called and expressed his willingness to support the ranking of the richest people. Could it be that he just wants to be number one?

Very likely!

Hurun wants to attract attention by making a list, and naturally there are people who want to attract attention by being on the list!

The plan worked!

Running in both directions!

"Mr. Li, to be honest, I was just studying the feasibility of this plan. For someone like me who has no roots in Xia Country, it is too difficult. If Mr. Li is willing to help me, that would be great. I would be very grateful to you."

Li Kai didn't pay much attention to Hu Run's somewhat lame compliment, but said, "We have an idiom in Xia country, called courtesy and reciprocity. I can help you achieve your wish, but I also hope you can do me a favor."

Hurun was already getting excited, thinking about how to rank the rich people according to their seniority. Before Li Kai finished speaking, he readily agreed, "No problem. Not to mention one favor, I will do you ten favors if you ask me, Mr. Li!"

Li Kai was neither sad nor happy about Hurun's statement. He said calmly: "Very good, I will send you a fax later. I don't care about other people, but this person must be on the list, and must be in the top ten. You must publicize his deeds. And I will also pay a fee as the activity funds for your investigation of the wealth of the rich."

When he heard that Li Kai was going to give funds for the event, Hurun patted his chest and said, "Let alone the top ten, even if he is ranked first, it will be no problem!"

He wanted to make this list just to attract attention and make himself famous. In fact, he didn't care who ranked first. If he wasn't afraid of being beaten or laughed at, he would have made up some people and made the list.

Soon, Hurun received a fax from Li Kai in Hong Kong.

However, when he saw the contents of the fax, he was so shocked that he was speechless!

"Oh my God, is this true?"

Now, even without Li Kai's emphasis, Hurun intends to focus on reporting the 17-year-old Xia Guo business genius mentioned in the fax.

A few days later.

Baiyun No.1 Middle School.

Lu Yiming, who had just finished class, was about to go to the toilet when he was caught by Zhu Hanwen: "Lu Yiming, come to my office, there is a foreigner looking for you."

"Foreigner?"

Lu Yiming was very confused. After a while of thinking, he couldn't remember any connection he had with any foreigner.

Zhu Hanwen brought Lu Yiming to the office and said to the foreigner, "Sir, this is the Lu Yiming you are looking for."

Lu Yiming raised his head and looked at the foreigner in front of him. He had an ordinary appearance and did not look familiar at all.

He was immediately certain that he had never seen the person before him in his past and present lives.

And this person, of course, is Hurun.

The first time he saw Lu Yiming, he was amazed at his youth.

Reading the information is one thing, and now seeing the real person is naturally another thing.

Hurun found it very interesting when the identities of a seventeen-year-old boy and a billionaire overlapped.

It was as if he had found another reason to make this list.

"Hello Mr. Lu, I'm Hu Run, nice to meet you."

He spoke fluent Chinese with clear pronunciation, which shocked Lu Yiming.

But then, the two words "Hurun" gave Lu Yiming a shock.

“Are you Hu Run?”

Lu Yiming is very familiar with this name. In the era when he lived in, the most joked thing was that after getting up in the morning, the first thing people would do was to check the Forbes Rich List and the Hurun Rich List. If they were not on the list, they would just go to work.

Hu Run smiled slightly, with a somewhat surprised expression on his face: "Mr. Lu knows me? When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Hu Run is the Chinese name I gave myself after I came to Xia Country. My real name is Rupert Hogwolf."

Many British people who come to China are very arrogant and disdain to give themselves a Chinese name, just like no one would deliberately give themselves an African name after going to Africa.

But Hurun is obviously not such a person. He is very smart and knows that if he wants to make money from the Xia people, he must first gain their recognition.

However, after hearing Hu Run's self-introduction, Lu Yiming's face became so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it, let alone approval. He looked coldly at the smiling English boy in front of him: "So, what are you going to do by coming to see me?"

Faced with Lu Yiming's attitude, Hu Run was just slightly stunned, and then his face immediately returned to normal. He said in his usual enthusiastic tone: "Mr. Lu, I understand that you are a genius in Xia Country. Your ability to make money is unmatched even in the world. I hope to report your deeds and let people all over the world know about your existence."

This is the same as Lu Yiming guessed.

This guy is planning to create a Hurun Rich List!

Before Lu Yiming was reborn, the first Hurun Rich List appeared in October 1999.

It’s less than a year from now.

Could it be that this guy has already started collecting data?

It’s so fucking awesome!

As the saying goes, a tall tree attracts the wind, and Lu Yiming never wants to be in the limelight.

A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. This is a lesson learned through blood and tears from the ancients.

If my "heroic deeds" were to be made public, would I still be able to live a good life in the future?

I can hardly stay in No. 1 Middle School anymore.

Want to be famous all over the world?

It would be better to just die.