Rebirth of the World’s Richest Man

"This is not just about attending the annual meeting. Wealth also wants to calculate your assets. We believe that the merger of your two companies, Huaqing Holding Group and Huahua Bank, can already enter the world's top 500."

The voice of the leader of the light industry came over the phone.

Zhang Weiyi was a little stunned. The world's top 500 companies. If domestic companies have a dream at this time, it would be the world's top 500 companies, especially for some large companies.

In 1995, Fortune officially began to include lists of companies from various countries and rank the top 500 companies, instead of only including some companies from Citigroup before.

From that time on, domestic companies began to want to enter the ranks of the world's top 500 companies. Of course, for the vast majority of domestic companies, this is an elusive dream that can only exist as a slogan. .

After all, it is difficult for many companies to even go public, let alone compete for the top 500 companies in the world.

Last year, only eight domestic companies were among the Fortune 500 companies, and only five mainland companies were on the list. They are electric power companies, petrochemical groups, industrial and commercial companies, telecommunications companies and Bank of China Corporation.

But what is the concept of these five companies in China? They are all companies closely related to the lives of domestic people.

A few years ago, the first Fortune Global 500 was launched in 1995. By that time, many domestic companies had set the Fortune Global 500 as a goal.

Hier was the first to shout out. That year, Hier's sales were less than one-eighth of the Fortune 500 entry criteria. At that time, Hier's goal was ten years later, that is, until 2006. By the year, we will be among the top 500 companies in the world.

In the six months after Haier announced its goal of becoming a Fortune 500 company, that is, in the first half of 1996, more than 30 companies announced their intention to enter the Fortune Global 500. Like Haier, they set a time limit for themselves. The goal is to become one of the world's top 500 companies in eight or ten years.

From then on, the ranking of the world's top 500 companies was like the Olympic Games in the business world, attracting the keen attention of domestic enterprises.

It is not only the spontaneous actions of enterprises, but also relevant departments are helping, focusing on supporting some enterprises and preparing some enterprises to enter the world's top 500, such as Changhong, Zhengda, etc., there are also timetables, then That was in 2010.

These are comrades from the national team, as well as comrades from the provincial teams, who are supported by each province to build a top 500 domestic enterprise.

Anyway, everyone had one goal at that time, which was to become one of the world's top 500 companies. Zhang Weiyi also asked Jiang Xiaobai at that time if Huaqing Holding Group would also provide a timetable to see when it would be ready to enter the world's top 500 companies.

That year, Hier was only one-eighth of the sales standard for the Fortune Global 500, but that year, Huaqing Holding Group's sales reached one-half of the Global Fortune 500 standard.

It can be said to be very promising, but Jiang Xiaobai did not agree. At that time, domestic enterprises were all clamoring for entry into the world's top 500 companies. Huaqing Holding Group, the leading domestic private enterprise, quietly disappeared. participate.

But now only two years have passed since 1996. In just the third year, Fortune actually feels that Huaqing Holding Group is qualified to enter the Fortune Global 500.

In fact, not only Fortune has the Fortune 500, but Forbes and Business Week have rankings of the Fortune 500.

It's just that the rankings on Fortune's side are more famous and more credible.

The wealth algorithm is also very complex. It is mainly based on sales revenue. The most important thing is to look at the size of a company.

Business Weekly mainly looks at market value, and its rankings are limited to developed countries. Therefore, basically no one in China knows the ranking of Business Weekly.

Forbes, on the other hand, takes into account annual sales, profits, total assets and market capitalization.

Now that Huaqing Holding Group can enter the Fortune Global 500, Zhang Weiyi did not speak for a long time. To be honest, he has been waiting for this day for a long time, although Huaqing Holding Group did not shout slogans or set any goals.

But he always thought that Huaqing Holding Group could enter the Fortune Global 500, even if it was at the rear.

However, he never thought that it would be realized so soon. He originally thought that it would be after the millennium, or even before 2005, that it would be good.

But I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. This year is 1999, and we haven't entered the millennium yet.

Zhang Weiyi was so shocked by the news that he couldn't speak for a long time, his face was full of ecstasy.

"Hey, Mr. Zhang, are you still listening?"

There were constant inquiries from the leaders of the light industry on the phone, and Zhang Weiyi finally came to his senses: "I'm here, I'm here. I'll report the good news to Chairman Jiang now."

Although Zhang Weiyi is excited and excited, he has not been dazzled by the surprise. It is certainly a good thing to be included in the world's top 500, but this is not only for Huaqing Holding Group, but also for Hua Qing Bank.

Two enterprises must join together to form one company, but are these two enterprises considered one company? Strictly speaking, it doesn't count. After all, the two companies have two sets of team members. Although there are accounts between each other, they are not unified.

It's not a superior-subordinate relationship. There is no relationship other than being a boss.

What is Jiang Xiaobai's attitude towards letting these two companies join forces and enter the Fortune Global 500?

And whether Jiang Xiaobai himself is willing or not is also a question. After all, Jiang Xiaobai has shown that he is not very interested in entering the top 500 in the world.

"Okay, then please ask Mr. Zhang to report to Chairman Jiang."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Weiyi called Jiang Xiaobai. Jiang Xiaobai was still in Yamato at this time, negotiating acquisitions with Yaohan Company. Yaohan Company also had many second- and third-level companies, but after a few After months of negotiations, this negotiation has also come to an end. Jiang Xiaobai expects it to be at the end of this month.

Or by early May, all negotiations will be completed, and by the second half of the year it will be time to reorganize Yaohan Company.

When Jiang Xiaobai received Zhang Weiyi's call, he was still a little confused. He didn't know why Zhang Weiyi suddenly called him.

"Director Jiang, our company has received an invitation letter to Fortune's annual meeting this year. Fortune's annual meeting will be held in Shanghai this year. You are invited to attend..." Zhang Weiyi said with suppressed excitement.