Chapter 688 Postscript(2/2)
There was a news about Liang Zuo's aftermath for a while, and Lin Chaoyang was gone from the outside world.
It was July that the public saw news about him again.
To be precise, the news is not about him, but about their family.
In July, Forbes magazine released the "2001 Global Rich Ranking". Affected by the Nasdaq stock market crash, the technology upstarts who were in the rankings in the past few years have become phoenixes that have lost their hair this year.
A large number of technology wealthy people went bankrupt. Even if they were not, their wealth had shrunk several times, or even dozens of times.
Even Bill Gates, who had been ranked first for several years, has dropped his net worth from $90 billion to $58.7 billion, but even so, he is still the well-deserved richest man in the world.
In this global rich ranking, the "Lin Chaoyang Family" once again ranked in the top 10 with US$19.2 billion, ranking 6th in the global rich list, and continued to be the richest man in Asia.
Lin Chaoyang is quite satisfied with the ranking of Forbes.
It shows his strength but does not show much popularity, which is very consistent with his usual low-key style.
Controlling points has always been his strength.
However, Lin Chaoyang is not always so low-key.
At the beginning of July 2001, the curtain of the Olympic Games was slowly opened in Moscow. Five cities, including Paris, Toronto, Osaka, Istanbul and Yanjing, will compete for the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
As early as a month before the voting, the International Olympic Committee Ethics Committee had called five bidding cities and was not allowed to attack opponents. This move is a major improvement in the bidding of the Olympic Games this year.
Since it is not possible to attack the opponent, everyone can only change their flowers and "Wang Po sells melons".
The countries behind several bidding cities not only spared no effort to promote domestic media to sing praises for their own cities, but also wanted to win over international media.
In this regard, China has always suffered a relatively disadvantage in the past.
But this time it is different. Mingpao Enterprise, which is mastered by Tao Yushu, vigorously waving the flag for Yanjing's bid for the Olympic Games. Mingpao Enterprise, a media giant that has been hiding its strength for ten years, finally made its debut in front of the people of the world with all its might.
Star TV, which covers billions of Asian population, has Asia-Pacific news networks with users all over the world, and has penetrated into the newspaper networks of subway systems in Asia and Europe.
With the strong support of Mingpao Enterprise, Yanjing is far ahead of its competitors in international voice with a leading position.
On July 13, in Moscow, the Russian capital, IOC President Samaranchi stood in front of the microphone and announced historic choice:
The host city of the 29th Summer Olympics is Yanjing!
At this moment, the venue was boiling and China was also boiling!
A hundred years after being called the "Sick Man of East Asia" by the world's powers, the ancient Chinese nation finally stood in front of the world with a dignified and majestic attitude.
On the day when the Yanjing Olympic bid was successful, Lin Chaoyang and his wife found the Yanjing Municipal Government and expressed their hope to donate another venue for the Olympics.
But China is no longer the China that was more than ten years ago. Yanjing feels that the government's financial resources are enough to bear the Olympic expenses and can no longer use private donations.
But the country is paying attention to the prosperous Olympics, and every Chinese child wants to do his best.
Not only Lin Chaoyang and his wife, but also patriots at home and abroad, also hope to do their best.
Finally, after some negotiations, Yanjing took out the National Swimming Center planned for the Olympics, and many Chinese entrepreneurs at home and abroad pledged it.
The National Swimming Center has an alias name, which is the Water Cube.
With the enthusiastic donation of Chinese people around the world, the construction funds of Water Cube 1 billion yuan were successfully raised in just a few days.
Among them, Lin Chaoyang and his wife donated 200 million yuan. This astronomical donation does not seem abrupt against the couple's name "the richest Chinese in the world". The couple made a strong and high-profile appearance.
Seven years have passed in a blink of an eye, and China’s changes are changing with each passing day, and Yanjing’s changes are even more tremendous.
The "Five Ring Road" in Xiao Yueyue's lyrics has been repaired, the total subway mileage has reached more than 190 kilometers, and the urban greening coverage rate has increased from 43% seven years ago to 50%.
On August 8, 2008, Yanjing was clear in midsummer, and Olympic athletes and international media from all over the world gathered together. Tens of thousands of people from the capital gathered in the Bird's Nest Stadium, and Lin Chaoyang and his wife were also among them.
In the past seven years, the world has changed.
In 2003, Tao's father died of illness. In 2004, Dongdong went to the United States to study. Before he could return home, he made his girlfriend's belly bigger. After hesitation, he finally decided to get married with his son. Lin Chaoyang and his wife were forced to be grandparents.
Recently, Lin Chaoyang discovered that Yan Yan seemed to be in love, but the girl refused to reveal her boyfriend's origin, which made Lin Chaoyang very worried.
For fear that his daughter would repeat the mistakes of his brother, he gave him a pregnancy before marriage and made him happy to be his grandfather.
If that's true, Lin Chaoyang would cut the pig that he had never met before alive!
Tao Yumo took over his sister's career and became a flying man in the air.
Of course, all this is worth it. Now she is the veritable "second richest man in Asia". She is so rich that her best friend Maggie Cheung has become a pendant on her legs without any intention of making progress.
As Zi Liang's national anthem was heard, the five-star red flag was rising slowly, and Lin Chaoyang's chaotic thoughts were interrupted.
Looking up, the five-star red flag and the Olympic flame shine together.
Everything is new and vibrant.
"What are you thinking?" Tao Yushu asked, holding his hand.
"Nothing. In the blink of an eye, I have reached the age of knowing my destiny."
"How about not being happy? Your grandson is two years old!"
Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "Know the destiny! Know the destiny!"
Tao Yushu looked at him in confusion, wondering where his melancholy came from.
"Destiny!"
Lin Chaoyang sighed and looked up at the sky. All living beings were like ants, but how did his little ant change his fate against the will of heaven?
Chapter completed!