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Chapter 417 CCTV Interview

"Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's money is earned, not stolen. If you're not convinced, go check Transsion's R&D investment."

"The person upstairs is mistaken. Didn't a big shot just say that your Uncle Huang Tianya also receives a limited-time subsidy every day, it's just that he cuts them a bit too much?"

Then someone checked, and a blogger dug up Transsion's R&D investment amount for the previous year, which was more than 500 billion US dollars.

Research and development personnel account for 52.5% of the total number of employees, more than half, and hold more than 20 valid patents.

"Holy crap, that's awesome?"

"Their ambition is quite obvious. After all, we admire a company that puts more than half of its employees in R&D positions, no matter how rich it is!"

Meanwhile, at Forbes headquarters, Steve Forbes sat in his office, looking expectantly at the Weibo comment section.

After watching for a while, his expression grew increasingly grim.

After all, there was no jealousy, no anger, no hatred, no doubt in this comment section; it was full of admiration, pride, and even a righteous temptation.

Instead of criticizing Shen Fei as they expected, people were praising him.

The $3 trillion wealth figure did not trigger any social conflict; on the contrary, it became the best proof of Transsion's technological strength.

He leaned back in his chair, took off his glasses, and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

He couldn't understand why, whenever American billionaires made the list, there were always people criticizing them for being greedy and exploitative, and demanding that they be taxed.

Then those wealthy people also went to great lengths to avoid being on the rich list, even resorting to private threats against them.

As a result, this richest man in China made the list, and the comments section was full of "Serves him right, you should take this money."

This wasn't the script he was familiar with!

He put on his glasses and called the investigation department again!

"Keep digging. There must be something wrong with the transmission; we haven't found it yet."

"Dig up anything useful—equity structure, related-party transactions, tax loopholes, overseas assets."

He hung up the phone and looked at Shen Fei's photo on the screen. He felt that this young man was different from all the wealthy people he had ever seen before.

……

Three days after the wealth list was released, CCTV's "Face to Face" program interviewed Shen Fei.

As soon as Fortune magazine published the article, relevant parties issued an emergency warning, as the figure was truly outrageous and could have a certain impact on Transsion Technology.

But what happened next was beyond their expectations, so after observing for three days, they finally decided to take the initiative to expand the scope of the matter and let everyone see a different Shenfei.

The interview was held in a conference room at the Guangzhou headquarters.

The location was also specially arranged in a simple style, without displaying any medals or banners, because Transsion no longer needs these external things to prove itself.

But a few lines of formulas were still left on the wall... to prove their pragmatism.

Reporter Dong Qian sat opposite Shen Fei, with a glass coffee table between them.

Dong Qian held the interview transcript in her hand. The lights and cameraman were already in place, and the red light on the camera was on.

A few minutes before the interview began, Shen Fei was looking down at his phone, his fingers swiping rapidly across the screen, seemingly replying to messages.

Seeing this, Dong Qian asked curiously, "President Shen, it's about to start, aren't you nervous?"

Shen Fei looked up and smiled.

He didn't send the message because he was nervous. Zhang Shiqing and Zhang Mingzhu were both telling him that he had to be careful about his image when appearing on CCTV at this time, and not to let himself go...

"What's there to be nervous about going on CCTV? I'm not even afraid of investigations in the United States, why would I be afraid of you?"

This remark made the entire film crew laugh, and the atmosphere on set immediately relaxed.

Following the photographer's instructions, the recording officially began on set.

All the questions were carefully prepared, but the first question was very direct, hitting the question that all netizens were most curious about.

"Mr. Shen, are you aware that you are now the richest man in China?"

Chen Fei flipped his phone face down on the table, crossed his hands on his knees, and showed a sincere but confused expression.

"Actually, I didn't know, because we've been doing research and development. Although I'm no longer on the front lines, I still occasionally visit various departments to check on their work."

In my memory, we have always been a small and micro enterprise, constantly climbing upwards, until I saw the news and realized that.

Forbes didn't notify me either.

Actually, I've never really understood why Forbes makes this list. My money doesn't belong to them, so why are they so concerned?

Dong Qian was slightly taken aback. She hadn't expected Shen Fei's words to be so unexpected, after all... it sounded a bit too pretentious.

But upon closer reflection, it seems to fit his personality quite well, since Shenyang Aircraft Corporation initially did indeed help out on the production and research front lines.

But after that brief pause, Shen Fei continued his attack. Although it hadn't caused any damage, Forbes' actions still angered him.

"This magazine uses us to make money. In the past, at the very least, it would provide the listed companies with corresponding regular issues."

But it seems we haven't received it.

Could it be that such a large company can't even afford a single publication?

After speaking, Shen Fei placed his hand on his chin, as if he was seriously considering the question.

Dong Qian also began to adapt to the situation, but in the end she decided to go along with Shen Fei.

"Mr. Shen, do you mean you didn't receive the publication?"

"Yes, I even consulted Penguin Horse, and they all received their copies in advance, while we..."

Shen Fei shook his head again.

"I never imagined that such a large company would be such a makeshift operation."

It seems it's time for Huang Tianya to step in, buy them out, and then set some rules for them.

He acquires companies all the time; no wonder he's the richest man. I glanced at the time on the wall today, worried about running out of time, and quickly moved on to the next question.

"There's a lot of talk online about you being the 'Mr. 3 Trillion Dollars.' Do you have any idea what that number means?"

"No!" Shen Fei shook his head, his tone sincere again, his answer sounding genuine. "Money is just a number to me."

"An unfamiliar number."

Shen Fei paused briefly, then continued, "It's not good for my math."

You tell me 3 trillion, and what comes to mind is three, followed by a one. As for how many zeros there are? I can never count them all.

Last time, our CFO told us how much revenue we would have in the third quarter.

After listening for a while, I finally asked, "How many digits is that?" He got so angry that he quit on the spot.

After saying that, Shen Fei blinked again, while the photographer next to him covered his mouth with his hand.

After all, as professional photographers, they've interviewed many people, and many of them like to say outrageous things, but someone like Shen Fei...

As for Dong Qian, she wasn't much better off. She almost burst out laughing too, and quickly looked down at the interview outline, but ultimately decided to continue the conversation along this topic.