A small target” of China’s richest man amuses Chinese

For an ordinary person, a small target means an iPhone, a decent job, an outbound travel or buying a house. Would he have known that a small target refers to 100 million yuan, he'll feel ashamed to talk about his target openly.  

Recently, a piece of advice given by Wang Jianlin, China's richest man and the chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, has become a hit on Weibo, China's Twitter-like social networking site. When asked to give some advice on how the young people would become wealthy in an interview in a reality show, Wang said: "You shouldn't be that ambitious. Set a small target first, like earning 100 million yuan (about US$15 million). 

The statement amused the Chinese net users very much. Some users jokingly commented: "Now I understand, Wang's wealth of 170 billion yuan is actually made up by 1,700 small targets."

Other said: "Thinking of his wealth, this is indeed a small target."

Some even cited Armstrong's famous line in another way, "That's one small step for Wang, but a giant leap for mankind."

Many users made various adaptations for fun. Take a look: 

Set a small target first, like winning a Grammy award. 

@Fcyco：看了王健林叔叔，我决定先定一个能达到的小目标，比方说我先入选一次格莱美。

Set a small target first, like looking more charming than Fan Bingbing and getting taller than Yao Ming. These are not difficult, just small targets. 

@大卜大卜噗：先定个小目标，比方说长得比范冰冰好看，个子比姚明还高。这不难，就是个小目标。

Set a small target first, like getting a full score (150 marks) in mathematics. 

@–媛媛姐–：也没什么啊，就是数学考一百五。

For the young striving for a better life in larger cities, it's inadvisable for them to buy a sea-view villa. Set a small target first, like buying a 200m² apartment. 

@收效甚微-：所以到大城市奋斗的年轻人也是一样，不要总想着出来就买海景别墅，先定个小目标，比如先买个200平米的公寓。

Set a small target first, like losing 35kg in body weight. 

王尼玛：先定一个能达到的小目标，比如说我先瘦它70斤。

Set a small target first, like attracting 100 million followers for my Weibo account. 

先定一个小目标，比如说，我先给微博拉一亿个粉。

One even offered 9 tips to earn 100 million yuan, jocosely. 

1. For an excellent stock speculator, he needs two or three bull markets; 

炒股水平高的基本需要二到三个牛市

2. For a skillful property speculator, unremitting efforts for 10-15 years are needed;

炒房眼光准的基本需要十到十五年的坚持不懈

3. For a gifted entrepreneur, more than 10 years is needed; 

创业有天赋的基本需要十年以上

4. For a corrupt but lucky government official, at least 15 years is needed; 

做官，清官不可能，运气好的贪官也基本要十五年以上

5. For a successful office worker, he needs two lifetimes to make so much money; 

打工有水平的基本需要两辈子

6. For one that works abroad and is willing to endure hardships, he needs three lifetimes to make so much money; 

出国肯吃苦的需要三辈子

7. For a woman that wants to become rich after getting married, she has to give birth to two or more children, with a man she doesn't love! 

有通过婚姻致富条件的基本需要和不爱的人生两个或以上孩子

8. For one that has already had more than 1 billion yuan, he needs a sound project. 

已经有十个亿以上的人需要一个好项目

9. It's the easiest and fastest way to have so much money for he who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth. 

投胎水平高的需要的时间最短，可以含着金钥匙出生。

Do you have any other ways to earn 100 million yuan? 

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