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Since　Forbes'　first　China　rich　list　in　1999，　Sichuanese　tycoon　Mou　Qizhong，　actress　Liu　Xiaoqing，　orchid　king　Yang　Bin，　Shanghai　developer　Zhou　Zhengyi，　entrepreneur　Tang　Wanxin　and　investment　boss　Zhang　Rongkun　h*e　been　sentenced　to　prison　for　crimes　ranging　from　tax　evasion　to　fraud　to　stock　manipulation　to　bribery。　Now　Gome　founder　Wong　Kwong　Yu，　second…richest　on　our　list　last　year，　is　under　investigation　for　stock　manipulation。

What　was　their　real　crime，　though？　Wang　would　argue　that　the　only　difference　between　the　jailed　and　the　free　is　who　is　lucky　enough　to　keep　the　f*or　of　the　government。　All　wealthy　capitalists　in　China　share　a　〃terrible　history〃　of　corruption，　he　says，　without　which　〃they　wouldn't　be　where　they　are　today。〃txt電子書分享平臺

美國福布斯雜誌對王剛的專訪：（3）

To　root　out　all　the　capitalist　criminals，　Wang　suggests，　the　munist　Party　would　h*e　to　root　out　itself。　And　the　party　needs　the　wealthy　class　it　helped　create，　to　make　the　economy　go　and　stay　in　power。　The　party　can　sacrifice　a　few　of　the　rich；　the　only　question　is　which　few。

〃Before，　it　was　Mou　Qizhong，　today　there's　Wong　Kwong　Yu，〃　Wang　says。　〃Tomorrow，　who　will　it　be？　God　only　knows。〃

By　the　end　of　〃The　Curse　of　Forbes，〃　our　anti…hero　Feng　Shi，　a　Beijing　real　estate　magnate，　goes　to　prison　after　helping　his　love，　Jiang　Qing，　flee　the　country。　Wang　playfully　suggests　that　readers　might　see　in　Feng　and　Jiang　the　real…life　Beijing　property　tycoons　（and　Forbes　rich　listers）　Pan　Shiyi　and　Zhang　Xin　the　chairman　and　CEO，　respectively，　of　SOHO　China。

〃I　h*e　no　way　of　knowing　what's　going　to　happen　to　Pan　Shiyi　and　Zhang　Xin，　if　the　same　thing　might　not　happen　to　them，〃　says　Wang，　who　doesn't　know　the　couple　and　makes　no　spec