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一旦时世艰难、民暴露出端倪，美国最富裕的阶层将照例遭到公共清洗。如今选择的靶子就是AIG， 自从Ida Tarbell （一个作家）及其信众们（相当于中国的红卫兵小将）把洛克菲勒推向美国最遭人痛恨的人，这一现象就颠扑不破。
在美国，言论自由，法院独立还有选举代表们，他们都有自己的弊端，但是事实是，他们能够帮助纠出谁是罪有应得的害群之马，怎样才能拨乱反正。
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中国走的是不同的途径，这些年来很多很突出的中国福布斯富豪榜的成员已经被拘留或者是关押——这就是王刚描述的诅咒。
自从福布斯富豪榜1999年在中国建立，四川企业大亨牟其中，演员刘晓庆，杨斌，上海开发商周正义，企业家唐万欣还有投资老板张荣坤，都已经因为偷税漏税、股市欺诈，操纵贿赂被宣判入狱。现在我们去年富豪榜的第二名国美老总黄光裕已经涉嫌操纵股市被调查。
但是什么才是他们真正的罪行？王刚认为入狱和自由唯一的区别就是谁能足够幸运地得到政府的青睐。在中国所有富有的资本家都有*的可怕历史，他说，没有这些他们不可能到达今天的位置。
“以前是牟其中，现在是黄光裕。”王刚说，“明天会是谁，只有上帝知道。”
在福布斯咒语的结尾，我们的主角冯石，一个北京真正的房地产商，会在帮助了他的爱人姜青逃出国外之后入狱。王刚开玩笑地说读者会看到冯和姜等北京地产大亨（福布斯富豪榜）的真正生活，就像SOho中国的潘石屹和张欣。
我并不知道，如果同样的事情发生在潘石屹和张欣身上会怎样。王刚说，除了这对夫妇是有钱人之外，我们对他们一无所知。但是在中国这样的环境下，他们真的必须小心。
潘和张可能已经损失了大部分股票市场上的纸面财富——Soho股份已经从2007年最高峰下跌了70％——但是他们看起来并没有理由去担心政府会突然认定他们的所得为非法，星期四在他们的北京办事处见到他们的时候，他们声称他们会困惑，但是不会恐惧。
“他会说他必须要说的，但是事实是我们并不生活在恐惧中。”张欣说。“每一个人都是罪犯吗？那就是你们认为的吗？那并不是事实，完全不是事实。说中国的每一个富人都是罪犯，那怎么可能是事实？”
它可能不是事实，但是那并不意味着中国的某些人会幸免于福布斯的诅咒。
《Forbes》原文链接：
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美国福布斯杂志对王刚的专访：（2）
The 'Forbes Curse' In China
Gady Epstein，
Think AIG Executives are despised？ Try China， where the rich h*e their own problems。
From the outset of Wang Gang's new Chinese novel， 〃The Curse of Forbes，〃 it is clear that rich people will not fare well。 We learn right away that the protagonist Feng Shi is， 〃like so many rich people，〃 perennially in debt。 He is burdened with the 〃original sin〃 of corruption that mints so many tainted fortunes in China。
This anti…hero hates the world， and even as he falls for the young beauty Jiang Qing in this doomed capitalist love story， he understands the world hates him。
〃Forbes is a curse， you know，〃 Feng tells Jiang， in an excerpt translated recently at a Penguin Group…sponsored workshop in China。 〃If you get onto the Forbes list you'll be dead meat in no time。〃
If you think the executives at AIG h*e it rough （whether they deserve it or not）， try being rich in China。 Numerous members of Forbes' China rich list h*e been jailed over the years， and the rest， Wang believes， h*e to wonder if they're next。
〃I feel a lot of sympathy for them， and I also hate them。 It's kind of a tragic class in China，〃 Wang says， speaking over dinner recently at a dumpling restaurant in Beijing。 〃Poor people and the middle class really hate them， and it's unclear whether the government， in order to deal with public opinion， will punish them。〃
America's wealthiest are subject to a ritual public purge whenever hard times hit and excesses e to light。 Today's target of choice may be AIG， but this has been true since Ida Tarbell and the trust…busters made John D。 Rockefeller the most hated man in America。
In the ， a free press， independent courts and elected representatives—each with their own shortings， to be sure—help sort out who deserves to be pilloried， and how to fix the underlying mess。
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China takes a different approach。 A number of prominent members of Forbes' China rich lists over the years h*e been detained or imprisoned – the 〃curse〃 Wang describes。
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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电子书分享平台
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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 specific claim against them other than that they are wealthy。 〃In an environment like China， they really h*e to be careful。〃
Pan and Zhang may h*e lost much of their paper fortune in the stock market—SOHO's shares are down 70％ from their fall 2007 peak—but they seem to h*e no reason to worry that the government will suddenly decide that their gains were ill…gotten。 When