After Steve Forbes' efforts, he finally reached an agreement with Zhuke on the specific time of the interview.

Well, an interview will be held the day before the new Forbes Rich List was released.

The interview date is here as scheduled!

The interview officially begins ~

Steve Forbes, the head of Forbes Group, interviewed Zucker in person.

"I'll say something extra first. As the head of Forbes, you interviewed me personally this time. Is it because my personal wealth has increased significantly this year?"

Zhu Ke took the lead in asking back.

Steve Forbes was stunned, but still nodded and said, "Yes. Last year, your personal wealth ranked 27 in the United States and 53 in the world. Compared with last year, your personal wealth has increased significantly this year."

Zhuke smiled: "Can you tell me directly before the list is officially released?"

"cannot!"

Steve's answer was extremely straightforward.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ke spread his hands and made a helpless expression: "Okay, I can't convince you, but you have to be polite for the interview later."

Zhuke was also afraid that Steve would ask some sensitive topics.

Especially international political issues have always been the focus of Zhuke's avoidance.

Just make money, don’t talk about politics!

——This is the rule that Zhu Ke followed.

Steve smiled and said, "So I would like to ask you, do you have a certain understanding of the wealthy families around the world?"

Zhuke: "Of course."

Zhu Ke is not vague at the moment and directly said the names of many famous wealthy families.

The Walton family behind Walmart, the Mars family behind Mars Group, the Koch family behind Koch Industry, the Werte Heimer family behind Chanel, the Anheis family behind InBev, and the Lee family behind Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai Properties...

Zhuke gave more than twenty names in a row, each of which was a super rich family.

Currently yes!

So will it in 2020!

And his wealth will be much more doubled. For example, the Walton family, which ranked first, has directly risen to nearly $200 billion;

The Mars family behind the Mars Group is not much worse, with the family assets reaching US$130 billion;

The Koch family behind Kori Industry is also a master of more than $120 billion.

"Then the question is here!"

"What did you think about the two houses of Congress that just passed by, and once again held a large-scale discussion on the wealthy tax?"

Steve slyly raised the issue of "rich people's tax".

Zhuke immediately pointed at Steve and said, "Man, the first question is so explosive. Do you think I'm not dying fast enough?"

Since the 1950s, the collection points and tax rates of the wealthy tax have always been the focus and debates among many wealthy people.

"Mr. Wald? You know. As the global economic development slows down, trade wars are constantly being launched between major powers? People are worried about the global economy falling into a recession. For example, the Corvante family, the major shareholder of BMW, has shrunk by $6.7 billion in just two years."

Steve Forbes said.

Zhuke nodded and said, "But even so? As far as I know, the daily income of these wealthy families is still very amazing? So the huge wealth gap has become a focus of many people's attention."

"The discussion on the tax on the rich has become increasingly intense."

......

In fact, Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the 2020 presidential candidates of the American Democratic Party, has made the tax on the wealthy as one of the core of her campaign.

She said: "In the future, a 2% tax on wealthy people with wealth above $50 million will be imposed on wealthy people with wealth above $1 billion will be imposed on wealth above $50 million."

What is the tax on the rich?

To put it bluntly, the government forces the rich to cut their losses.

That's right, it's a compulsory nature, regardless of whether you agree or not.

However, her policies are not popular in the United States, and private property is sacred and inviolable.

After some contemplation, Zucker replied: "As far as I know, since the last century, more than 20 European countries have previously imposed taxes for the rich? But most countries including Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, etc. have finally abolished the tax on the rich."

“Why cancel?”

"Because this kind of barbaric, compulsory, almost robbery-like behavior of cutting flesh? It cannot solve the problem of wealth inequality? Instead, it will bring many new problems..."

In a word? Zhuke does not support the so-called rich tax.

Want to cut off your flesh?

Of course, Zucker would not agree!

Similarly, the vast majority of the rich people in the United States will not accept it. Whoever dares to open up about this topic is the enemy, and it is the enemy that will never stop!

......

In the following time, Steve Forbes asked several questions again.

"How do you think of the Internet under the circumstances back then?"

Steve heard it.

Zhu Ke replied: "The current Internet situation is generally serious. First, the Internet bubble in early 2000 and the recent 9/11 incident, during which batches of Internet companies and technology companies fell."

"But I always insist that the dawn of the Internet will come soon!"

From the Internet to finance;

From finance to real estate;

Zhuke and Steve Forbes have made many discussions in all aspects including hotels, food, retail, entertainment and media, medicine, etc.

This interview should be the longest interview that Zhu Ke has received since time traveling.

Finally, it is approaching the end.

Steve asked: "Mr. Wald, tomorrow is the day when Forbes magazine's rich list is released. Have you ever predicted your personal wealth ranking?"

Zhuke shrugged and smiled, "It's as much as you should."

Upon hearing this, Steve smiled and said nothing.

......

The next day.

The highly anticipated Forbes annual rich list has been officially released!

[The Top 400 Rich Richies in the United States]

no.1: Bill Gates;

Bill Gates, who once again topped the global rich rankings of Forbes magazine this year, has become the world's richest man for the eighth consecutive year.

Total personal wealth: US$58.7 billion.

Don't think a lot...

You should know that before the Internet bubble broke out in 1999, Bill Gates' total personal wealth was as high as more than 120 billion US dollars!

The recent 9/11 incident also severely reduced Bill Gates' personal wealth, otherwise it would have been able to exceed 70 billion US dollars.

no.2: Warren Buffett;

Warren Buffett, known as the "God of Stocks", has disclosed the total personal wealth of $32.3 billion this year with the holdings of Berkshire Hathaway and investments in various industries.

no.3: Paul Allen;

With its identity as Microsoft's second largest shareholder, its total personal wealth is as high as US$30.4 billion.

no.4: Larry Ellison;

As the chairman of Oracle, his total personal wealth in November 2001 was as high as US$26 billion.

On the top 400 rich people in the United States, three of the top 4 are Internet tycoons.

Forbes said: In the form of global Internet stocks and technology stocks plummeted, many wealthy people who used to make their wealth soared by the surge in Kewang stocks, and their wealth also shrunk significantly with Kewang stocks exploding, evaporating hundreds of billions of yuan in value.

For example, Masayoshi Son, the founder of SoftBank, had a personal net worth of $76 billion at the beginning of last year, but this year it was only $5.6 billion.

The decline in personal net worth is terrifying.

no.5:Juke Wald;

That's right!

In November 2001, the fifth place in the Forbes list of the top 400 rich people in the United States was Zhu Ke.

The total value of personal wealth disclosed is as high as US$22.8 billion!

Once the list is released, everything is silent!
Chapter completed!