Text/Editor: Wind
When you think of China's richest man, whose name comes to mind!
"Wang Jianlin" or "Jack Ma?" ”
Once the business empire they created directly covered the whole of China, including food, clothing, housing and transportation. ”
And these two are also regulars on the Chinese rich list, holding high!
However, as the saying goes: "Flowers do not have a whooping day." ”
The official release of China's rich list in 2023, many people were surprised to find that Ma Yun and Wang Jianlin have fallen off the list.
As we all know, the ranking of the rich list is not just a number, it represents the weather vane of the entire business world and the rise and fall of an industry.
This list attracted everyone's attention immediately after the announcement, so do these changes bring elimination or opportunities?
So who can stand at the top of the list this time?
01 Jack Ma is worth half of his value
Jack Ma is the founder and former executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba.
His business covers a wide range, such as Taobao, Alipay, etc. that we use every day.
And this series of business penetrates almost the entire "food, clothing, housing and transportation" of the Chinese people. ”
As a result, Ma Yun himself has been China's richest man for three consecutive years.
Not only that, but he was also a regular on the list of new rich people, occupying the top three positions all year round.
But unexpectedly, Ma Yun has become the biggest variable in China's richest man list in 2023?
According to statistics, in the latest ranking of China's richest people, his fame and wealth are rapidly declining in an appalling way.
In addition, in recent years, Ma Yun's image in the hearts of the Chinese people has not been as brilliant as before.
Back then, he founded Ali with the method of "rookie counterattack", and then launched a variety of APP that is convenient for the people.
Subsequently, Ma Yun's popularity became unprecedentedly good, and he became one of the most well-known entrepreneurs.
However, with Jack Ma's "operation of confusion" in recent years, he has become an ugly capitalist in people's minds.
So what happened to make Jack Ma's reputation plummet?
According to insiders, there are three reasons.
1. Ant Group's listing plan was halted
As we all know, Ant Group is a financial technology giant under Jack Ma, which covers Huabei, Borrowing, Alipay and so on.
The first two should have been used by many people, and it is because of these two lending platforms that more and more young people have become "moonshine people." ”
Some people may not know that the money lent out of the account did not come from Jack Ma's pocket, but from the bank.
In this way, it is a bit like "empty gloves white wolf." ”
Huabei, borrowing is to use this slightly "edge" way to earn benefits for themselves.
If normal operation is fine, but once something goes wrong, most of the risks will need to be paid by the state and the people.
As we all know, going public is a very important thing for a company.
In order to go public, Ant Group deliberately downplayed finance, mainly emphasizing technology, and they tried to go public with the coat of technology.
However, due to changes in regulatory policies and concerns about financial risks.
Chinese regulators immediately halted Ant Group's listing process and ordered it to rectify immediately.
Through this incident, there was a huge negative impact on Ma's assets.
Not only that, but he also faces a series of hefty fines.
2. Monopolistic practices are punished
Today, Ali and Tencent are veritable Internet giants.
According to insiders: "Where there are new economic growth points, they hunt them after all." ”
The most common are none other than Meituan, Ele.me and other food delivery platforms.
Many netizens ridiculed this: "If there are no takeaway riders in the world, it is estimated that ordinary people in the city will be starved to death!" ”
This shows the crazy influence of these apps.
And the capital operation among them relies on crazy investment in the early stage and wild income in the later stage.
Now that some civilian software has been monopolized by the two giants, prices have begun to skyrocket.
For example:
The price we ordered for takeout before may have been slightly lower than in a physical store.
But now there are many more such as "delivery fee", "packaging fee", "handling fee" and so on to the original price, and these fees are still rising!
Including some time ago, because of masks, some community shopping has also begun to become very popular.
And when these big giants get involved, they keep the price of agricultural products to a minimum.
Then let those small traders smash their things into their hands and cannot be sold, so they can only choose to sell to capital at a lower price.
And just like that, it came and went.
In the long run, isn't the price of commodities the final say of capital?
Later, the relevant units of the state also discovered this situation and began to vigorously rectify it.
Alibaba is said to have been fined 18.2 billion this time.
The failure of the group's listing + high fines have rapidly reduced Ma's assets.
If this is just a loss of profit, then one thing has made Ma Yun's reputation plummet.
3. Encourage overtime 996
As a migrant beast, the most annoying thing every day is nothing more than "overtime", "overtime" and "overtime"! ”
As a capitalist, Ma Yun once made a suggestion.
Ma Yun said: "People should work more than 12 hours a day. ”
Not only that, he also claimed: "These extra overtime hours, no subsidies, no leave." ”
As soon as this remark came out, it quickly caused a huge controversy.
This so-called "wolf competition" has completely violated the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China.
Therefore, hearing this remark, countless netizens also had a very bad impression of Ma Yun.
02 Wang Jianlin
"This year, I set a small goal, which is to earn him 100 million."
This is what Wang Jianlin said in an interview.
As a leading real estate company, he is indeed arrogant and capable.
Wang Jianlin's assets have dominated the throne of China's richest man for several years in a row.
But unexpectedly.
It is such a confident and arrogant entrepreneur who did not even squeeze into the top 10 of the 2023 rich list.
This result is really very surprising!
However, in recent years, there have been a series of adjustments to national policies, such as purchase restrictions, loan restrictions, etc., which directly affect the real estate industry.
As a result, Wang Jianlin can no longer make huge profits through real estate as before.
In addition, a large number of overseas competitors are also targeting the huge Chinese market.
"New technologies" and "new models" have also made the competition in the entire market particularly fierce.
But as the saying goes: "The mall is like a battlefield!" ”
No one is always a victorious general, and the failure of a decision will bring a series of unpredictable consequences.
Those who follow Wang Jianlin may know that in recent years, he who claims to be "fully funded" has also begun to cash out wildly.
This move is tantamount to showing the public the risks that Wanda Group now faces.
Wang Jianlin also has a winning quote: "Tsinghua Beida is not as bold as Wanda!" ”
Since 2017, the industry leader Wanda Group has begun to make rapid progress, making a series of high-priced acquisitions in overseas markets.
According to insider statistics: "By the second half of 2017, Wanda Group's debt had reached 1.9 trillion yuan. ”
It was from this year that Wang Jianlin began to gradually walk down the "altar of the king." ”
Soon after, the mask period broke out...
Among them, the most widespread is Wanda's various money-making businesses.
For example: "Mall! Oh hotel! and various cinemas, etc."
In this way, Wanda Group's revenue has since fallen sharply.
But: "The hemp rope is broken in the light"
Soon after, there were also problems with the listing of Wanda Group.
In 2014, Wanda was actually listed on the Hong Kong stock market, but because the company is an asset-heavy enterprise, it is not optimistic and the market value is very low.
Therefore, Wanda Group was not convinced: "There is no place for the master to stay here!" ”
Subsequently, they decisively delisted and decided to go to A shares to seek true love.
But what I didn't expect is that A-shares, like Hong Kong stocks, think that you are a real estate person, to put it mildly, you are an upstart.
Therefore, people A shares will give you "a number plate" to let you wait in line!
There was really no way, Wanda waited silently for 5 years, but it was really not a matter of going on like this.
As a result, Wanda Group, which has hit a wall everywhere, is ready to return to Hong Kong stocks.
Later, 22 investment companies such as Ant Technology, Tencent, Country Garden and Chow Tai Fook invested 38 billion yuan and won 21.17% of Wanda Commercial Management's shares.
This is undoubtedly a "gambling agreement!" ”
The requirement for their capital contribution is that Wanda must go public, and if there is an accident, then the money must be spit out with interest.
This is tantamount to a very risky bet.
Later, after Wang Jianlin got the investment, he thought that he could go public smoothly, but the accident appeared again...
Hong Kong stocks actually rejected the other party's application: "In the past, you loved to ignore it, but now you can't afford to climb high!" ”
Once, twice was rejected, which gave Wanda a heavy blow.
Subsequently, Wanda began to finance and borrow debt.
According to statistics, Wanda has failed to go public three times, and there is only half a year left before the end of 2023.
It can be said that Wanda's pressure can be imagined!
So who is China's richest man in 2023?
03 China's richest man: Zhong Xiaoxi, chairman of Nongfu Spring Company and chairman of Yangshengtang Company
Many people must be very incomprehensible: "How can one person who buys water beat so many Chinese companies?" ”
What is even more amazing is that Zhong Xiaoxi's family background is very average, and he does not even have a higher education.
But don't forget that although Nongfu Spring is only a drink, their number accounts for almost 80% of the entire industry.
According to statistics, Nongfu Spring's annual profits have grown steadily, and the profits alone are close to 10 billion!
In addition, the beverage market is also very stable, as long as the quality control is good, the risk is less than other industries.
Take the simplest example: "Coca-Cola has been in the business for 100 years, but it is still very popular today." ”
And the chairman Zhong Xiaoxi is also very low-key, in addition to the main Nongfu Spring, he also fried adult vitamins, refreshing lozenges, turtle turtle pills and other things.
In the end, it took Zhong Xiaoxi nearly 20 years to successfully list Nongfu Spring, which became the richest man in China.
epilogue
There is an old Chinese saying: "Flowers are not red." ”
And shopping malls are also like this, countless medium-sized enterprises, large enterprises are crazy involution.
Than scale, than operation, than model.
Under this crazy competition, survival of the fittest is a normal thing.
Therefore, keeping up with the pace of the times, keeping up with the pace of the trend, and not being abandoned by the times is the most important thing.