Chapter 490: Father and Son
On this side, Lu Yiming spoke eloquently, full of righteousness, morality, and patriotism.
On the other side, Wang Hongsheng also nodded repeatedly and praised it highly.
Did you see that? The ideological awareness of our Fu Ri University students is so high!
Afterwards, Lu Yiming changed the subject and adopted a business-like tone.
He looked calm and confident as he said, "I predict that in the next 20 years, Xia's economy will develop rapidly, and we will soon become the world's second largest economy."
"The prosperity of China Overseas will shock the whole world. By then, the demand for high-end residential properties in our country alone will become very huge. Therefore, our Future Fund will make arrangements in this field in advance, which can be regarded as preparing for a rainy day."
"In fact, I also own a real estate company called Jingyi Real Estate. One of our main businesses in the future will be the luxury housing market. After all, we strive for excellence."
Even Chen Li, the official representative, who was used to hearing all kinds of propaganda during meetings, couldn't help but be surprised after hearing Lu Yiming's words. She asked repeatedly: "Is President Lu so optimistic about Xiaguo's future? Isn't this goal a bit too ambitious to become the world's second largest economic entity?"
There was no doubt that what Lu Yiming said was too shocking and beyond her imagination.
However, Lu Yiming did not need to worry too much. He still used a decisive tone and said solemnly: "Not at all. I predict that our country will surpass the island country and become the world's second largest economic entity around 2010. Whether what I said is right or not, we will know in ten years."
"Really?"
Chen Li showed an expression of disbelief. After all, Xia Country's global economic ranking was still seventh, and there was a big gap between it and the top five. Even if it simply wanted to catch up with the other party, it would be very difficult, let alone surpassing the other party.
Only Lu Yiming understood that in the future, Xia Kingdom, by deeply cultivating the real economy, especially in the manufacturing industry , would eventually lay a solid foundation for the country's take-off and begin to lead the world in many fields.
Of course, who would believe such a thing right now?
In the perception of the people of Xia State, the moon in foreign countries is rounder.
Lu Yiming doesn’t have any super powers, nor does he think he is great and glorious. He just experienced that era.
"My prediction is here. You can look it up later to see if it's true."
Chen Li smiled and said, "Then we'll wait and see. Well, thank you Mr. Lu for accepting my interview. My dear audience, this episode of our program ends here. Thank you for watching and listening. See you next time."
After the closing remarks, the staff began to pack up the machines. Chen Li took the initiative to hand her business card to Lu Yiming and said softly, "Mr. Lu, this is my business card. If you have any comments or suggestions about our program, you are welcome to call me to communicate."
Chen Li is 25 years old and 1.7 meters tall. When she puts on high heels, she has an upright posture, long legs, and exudes a mature temperament.
It was a rare occasion for her to take the initiative like this. If it were another man, he would have lost control long ago.
However, Lu Yiming, who was middle-aged in his previous life and had seen all kinds of storms, was calm at this moment, which young people did not have. He just smiled indifferently, put the business card in his pocket, and replied casually: "Okay."
Seeing that Lu Yiming didn't make any other moves, Chen Li took the initiative to ask, "Mr. Lu, can you give me your business card? During the production of the program, I want to keep in touch with you as much as possible to achieve the best results."
The look in her eyes when she looked at Lu Yiming was full of emotion.
Lu Yiming didn't think much about it and handed a business card to Chen Li.
"Okay, then we won't bother you anymore. Goodbye Mr. Lu, goodbye Principal Wang."
"goodbye."
Wang Hongsheng sent the man away, then smiled and said to Lu Yiming: "Good boy, I didn't expect you to be so well hidden! You really are worthy of being my student at Fu Ri University."
Lu Yiming couldn't help but complain in his heart: I've seen people flatter themselves, but I've never seen anyone flatter like you!
However, he still said modestly: "It's all because of the good education in school. The patriotic atmosphere is strong. I was also influenced by Fudan University."
Within a few days, Lu Yiming's exclusive interview was broadcast on TV and immediately attracted a lot of attention.
Zhonghai is the most open among the coastal open cities, with a developed economy and open customs.
Naturally, they are very concerned about everything related to money.
The ratings of financial programs far exceed those of other types of programs.
As if they can get rich by watching more financial programs.
Now there is a personal interview with the richest man, who wouldn’t be interested?
Peng Dingguo is a well-known economist who often participates in the recording of various financial programs and has a good reputation among ordinary people.
It was he who called on everyone to sell their houses and save the money not long ago.
On this day, he had just finished recording a program and received a call on his way home from get off work.
"Mr. Peng, I'm Xiao Xie from Ru Real Estate."
Peng Dingguo frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"
He had previously commissioned Ru Real Estate to help him find an old villa, and this Xiao Xie was the salesperson who contacted him.
Xiao Xie could only tell the truth: "The previous owners are not planning to sell their houses now."
Peng Dingguo frowned upon hearing this and asked in a displeased manner, "Why? Didn't we have a good discussion before? The contract is almost signed."
Hearing this, Xiao Xie immediately smiled bitterly: "Mr. Peng, you haven't watched the news recently, have you? It's all in the newspapers and on TV. Our Xia country's richest man, Lu, has come out in person to speak. He is very optimistic about the economic development of Zhonghai. He especially mentioned houses, saying that they are scarce resources. Holding them will only become more valuable. Selling them now will be a huge loss. Tell me, who would be willing to sell a house?"
Peng Dingguo was unhappy when he heard this and cursed in his heart.
In order to make money for himself, and also to help certain capital forces to acquire buildings and renovate them, he worked hard to trick the people of Zhonghai into selling their houses for money, and he often promoted this idea on TV programs and in media magazines.
Now that we have finally achieved some results, how come a Cheng Yaojin suddenly appears?
"Okay, I got it."
After hanging up the phone in frustration, Peng Dingguo bought a financial newspaper at the entrance of the community and indeed found the relevant report.
Then he revealed a vicious look, as if he wanted to eat someone: "So what if you're the richest man? If you're blocking me from getting rich, I'll still deal with you!"
Peng Dingguo has obviously made up his mind to write an article tonight to refute Lu Yiming's ridiculous arguments!
Not only did he write the article, but on the second day's show, Peng Dingguo also criticized Lu Yiming on TV, saying that he was sensational and talking nonsense, and that it was impossible for Xia Kingdom to surpass Japan and become the world's second largest economy.
For ordinary people, it is not easy to perceive something as macro and vague as the world's largest economy. No matter where a country ranks, it seems that it will not have any impact on people's daily lives.
On the contrary, in today's society, especially in so-called international metropolises like Zhonghai, what people watch on TV are Japanese TV dramas, movies and animations, what they read in bookstores are Japanese animations, and all the home appliances they use are Japanese brands.
From a normal person's perspective, every aspect of life is controlled by Japan. We spend a lot of money to buy Japanese products. You tell me that our economy can surpass Japan? Do you think I'm stupid?
What Japan exports to Xia is mostly household appliances, TV dramas, movies, novels, and comics that are within the reach of ordinary people. What Japan imports from Xia is basically industrial raw materials and industrial products that have almost nothing to do with ordinary people's lives. Therefore, it goes without saying that ordinary people have a stronger sense of what things they are most sensitive to.
Lu Yiming didn't watch TV or read newspapers on weekdays, so he had no idea about this. He only found out about it when Guo Guangchang called him and talked about this matter.
He immediately asked Zhao Tiezhu to buy a newspaper. When he read it, he was immediately furious.
"My goodness, there are really people who have nothing better to do than to confront me?"
After Lu Yiming finished reading what Peng Dingguo wrote, he was completely delighted.
It would be fine if you just talk about the facts, but you mock me for not understanding economics in your words? It's really hilarious. Who else in the world understands the development of the times better than me?
Lu Yiming had no intention of pampering this so-called expert who was only good at being complacent. Naturally, he took out paper and pen on the spot and wrote an article in response.
Soon, a lengthy article of several thousand words appeared on paper.
Lu Yiming reviewed it several times and found no problems, so he found an envelope and put it in it. He also called Zhao Tiezhu and asked him to send it to the newspaper as soon as possible.
Editorial department of Financial Daily.
Deng Xiaobing sat in his seat, typing on the keyboard happily.
He had just received news that an article he had reviewed had caused a strong social response, and the newspaper's sales had increased by 20 percent, which meant that he would have to add another bonus this month.
"It seems that the richest man is a traffic code . Once the article criticizing the richest man came out, it actually had such a big effect."
Deng Xiaobing wondered if he should also put on a pseudonym and write an article to attract traffic.
Anyway, the so-called experts are all the same kind of people, laymen watch the excitement while experts look at the details.
What's the saying? Once the so-called experts get into your field, you realize how stupid they are.
Nowadays, anyone can become an expert as long as they know how to package.
Just then, an editor came in with a big box and said loudly, "Today's submissions are here. Come and pick them up. It's the same old rule."
Newspapers have columns. Newspapers will invite columnists and assign an editor. Generally, the name of the editor-in-chief will be written directly on the submission envelope. Such manuscripts basically go directly to a specific editor.
There are also those who are not columnists. They can see the submission method and write directly to the editorial department to collect the manuscripts. These manuscripts will be distributed according to work. Those who have columns will get less, and those who do not have columns will get more.
Deng Xiaobing has three contracted columnists, one of whom is Peng Dingguo.
In the previous issue, Peng Dingguo wrote a column that increased the newspaper's sales by 20%. Deng Xiaobing felt a little sorry that Peng Dingguo did not contribute to this issue.
But the subsequent manuscript with his name on it made him ecstatic.
"Wow! Lu Yiming? Isn't this the richest man in the mainland? He submitted his work to me?"
"Oh yeah, Peng Dingguo scolded him last time. Haha, is this going to be a war of words? It looks like my bonus this month is going to break the record!"
Deng Xiaobing was so excited that he almost laughed out loud.
The words "richest man" are themselves the code for wealth. When Peng Dingguo wrote an article scolding Lu Yiming, newspaper sales increased by 20%. Now the richest man has personally written an article to scold him back, how can the newspaper sales be low?
Thinking of this, Deng Xiaobing said proudly: "Brothers and sisters, tomorrow's front page headlines are here!"
Suddenly, dozens of pairs of eyes in the huge editorial office looked over here. Editor-in-chief Hu Xijin ran over with a cigarette butt in his mouth and asked, "Good article? Show me quickly."
He snatched the unopened envelope from Deng Xiaobing’s hand, squinted his eyes slightly at the smoke, and said vaguely: “You haven’t even read the manuscript, and you’re telling me this can make the headlines?”
Deng Xiaobing said proudly: "Of course, don't you see who wrote this article? Lu Yiming! The richest man in mainland China, Lu Yiming!"
"What? An article written by Lu Yiming?"
Hu Xijin was so scared that the cigarette fell to the ground, burning his lips and causing him to let out a strange cry.
But no one paid attention to this detail, everyone's attention was on the fact that the richest man had submitted his article .
"Why did the richest man come to write an article here?"
"Yeah, is he so idle? Does he have time to write articles? Is the money he earns enough for him to have a meal?"
"What's the big deal? Didn't he appear on the show a few days ago?"
Several editors were talking to each other.
Deng Xiaobing said, "You don't understand this, do you? Didn't Peng Dingguo, my columnist, write an article yesterday to scold Lu Yiming? It directly increased the sales of our newspaper. I guess this is the richest man's response."
When Hu Xijin heard this, he was so excited that he slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, okay, curse more!"
The sales volume increased by 20% after scolding him for one issue. If he scolds him for eight or ten issues, wouldn’t the sales volume explode?
Hu Xijin opened the envelope and took a look, then threw the manuscript to Deng Xiaobing and said, "This is the headline for tomorrow's front page!"
Soon, Lu Yiming's article was officially published in the newspaper and quickly caused a sensation.
Because Lu Yiming did not have any debate with Peng Dingguo on economic theory, but instead made some sarcastic remarks.
"Most of the people who understand economics best in the country have chosen to start their own businesses. At the very least, they are senior executives of well-known companies, or at the very least, they are members of a certain think tank, right? But I'm sorry, I searched for a long time and couldn't find your name in any relevant institutions. So when you say you understand economics, I don't think it's convincing."
"You are an expert, and you say I don't understand economics. Then how about we each make a prediction? Not for a long time, but for the economic situation in the next three months. Let the people of the country be witnesses, and whoever makes the more accurate prediction wins. If you win, I will give you one million in cash directly. If our predictions are the same, you also win."
"Of course, even if you lose, you don't have to give me one million. I'm a very easy person to talk to. You just need to call me dad in person on the TV show. How about that?"
When Peng Dingguo saw the newspaper, he became so angry that his face turned purple and he tore up the newspaper in anger.
"You little brat, you are going too far!"
Since he became a special columnist for Financial Daily, no one has dared to question his professional level in this way for a long time.
Now, a young man who is still a freshman in college thinks he is the best in the world just because he earns some money?
How ridiculous!
After being angry, Peng Dingguo immediately felt that this was a great opportunity to become famous.
He was not at all nervous about the challenge. After all, the economic situation was ever-changing and no one could predict it with complete accuracy. But as long as he could predict a few points correctly, he could find a way to deal with it when the time came.
Therefore, Peng Dingguo was still very confident in himself. After all, he did not think that Lu Yiming could accurately predict the economic situation in the next three months.
"Haha, just because some ordinary people call you the stock god, you really think you are the stock god? That's ridiculous. If your prediction is wrong, I want to see how you end up."
