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是中国的编剧能凭空虚构出这种故事就好了，如此一来，中国政府可能就没必要为保护国产电影业而对好莱坞大片采取配额限制了。风险投资家、亿万富豪王功权周一深夜在微博上以十分戏剧化的措辞公开宣称，将与情人私奔，此举让众多中国网民的心情在震惊与激动之间轮番更迭。
今年49岁的王功权在新浪微博上写道：“各位亲友，各位同事，我放弃一切，和王琴私奔了。感谢大家多年的关怀和帮助，祝大家幸福！没法面对大家的期盼和信任，也没法和大家解释，也不好意思，故不告而别。叩请宽恕！功权鞠躬！”新浪微博是中国最活跃的微博服务提供商。
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王功权新浪微博5月17日的截图显示了一条他宣布与情妇私奔的微博。身为风险投资家的王功权是个亿万富翁。
奇虎360今年3月在美国上市，募集资金达1.75亿美元，成为中国企业今年赴美上市当时最成功的一桩IPO。
奇虎360在美国挂牌上市后，王功权休了一个月的长假，并在微博上贴出了他拍自美国佛罗里达州大沼泽地国家公园(Everglades)、迈阿密海滩(Miami Beach)及夏威夷等地的照片。
回到北京两周后，他便宣布了这个私奔决定。截至周二下午，这条微博已被转发6万余次，评论超过3万条。
网友对王功权在私奔宣言中提及的王琴女士进行了人肉搜索，他们猜测此人是江苏中孚投资有限公司的创始人，今年34岁。周三记者打到该公司的电话无人接听。
中国是一个家庭至上的国家，人们常认为婚姻就是要门当户对，而大胆追求浪漫的爱情是一种放纵，最多是出现在流行歌曲和白日梦里。因此，王功权的私奔宣言引发了人们大量热烈的回应。
很多评论人士对王功权进行了猛烈抨击，认为他已为人夫，却逃避责任，做出和年龄不相称的事情。
但无论如何，也有很多人发了大量表达艳羡和支持的信息，有人甚至表示，他应该找个再年轻点的人私奔。
新浪微博一位用户写道：“在金钱社会下很高兴你能这样选择。”
另一位用户写道：“一个活得真实的人。人生最大的成功并不是你赚多少钱，拥有多少资产，而是，是不是真正过上了你想要的生活。”
私奔决定似乎真的出乎一些人的意料，包括王功权当初在万通的合作伙伴之一、房地产大亨潘石屹。
看上去潘石屹没有打通王功权的电话，他于周二在其新浪微博账户上写道：“请尽快与我联系！”一个小时后，他又发布一条微博说：“家人都非常着急，为你的安全担心，请速与她们联系。”
这并不是第一次有中国商业精英通过新浪微博讨论不宜公开的话题。今年1月，在线图书经销商当当网首席执行长李国庆在新浪微博开骂，公开指责摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)低估当当的IPO定价，并用一连串脏话和自编的“摇滚歌词”侮辱一位声称在摩根士丹利工作的微博用户。
不清楚王功权打算去哪里，也不知道宣布私奔会对他的公司造成什么影响。《中国实时报》联系到鼎晖投资一位不愿透露姓名的女士，她说王功权及整个团队都出去开会了，但拒绝提供任何团队成员的联系信息。
《中国实时报》拨打王功权手机，听到信息说，此号码是空号。
王功权异常公开地公布私奔计划，也让有关炒作的传言有了一定的根据：整个事情可能就是一个精心安排的计划，目的是为了炒作一家他打算与王琴合伙成立的投资公司。但另一些人否认了这种可能，说以王功权的富有，他不需要诉诸于廉价的宣传噱头。
希望从蛛丝马迹中了解王功权动机的人们，只能看到这位有名的诗词爱好者在新浪微博账户上留下的一首短诗。这首诗发表于他宣布私奔计划的前一天，题为“私奔之歌”，其中有几句是这样的：“总是春心对风语，最恨人间累功名。谁见金银成山传万代？千古只贵一片情！”
5月18日上午9点15分更新：《华尔街日报》另一博客专栏“Venture Capital Dispatch”报道说，鼎晖投资已经向有限责任合伙人发信，说王功权将休假一段时间，旗下创业投资基金和私募股权基金运转正常。一位有限责任合伙人说，如果私奔事件真的影响他的工作，他因为这种私人问题而离开他的基金，那么这就是一个问题；他是公司至关重要的标志性人物。
5月18日上午9点，王功权在新浪微博上发贴，内容如下：很多亲友担心我是因长期发表敏感言论和参与许志永等发起的争取教育平等权等活动而被政府失踪，奔走打探，甚至要报案、请律师、呼吁抗议等，再加上有太多不能再履行的会议约定或各种责任承诺，不便开机一一道歉，只好以微博方式一并告知私奔真相，以解众惑。至于被大家谩骂谴责致身败名裂，我无所谓。
Josh Chin
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If only Chinese screenwriters could dream up stories like this, Beijing might not have to erect quotas to protect the country's film industry from Hollywood.
In a move that alternately shocked and thrilled much of China's Internet-using population, billionaire venture capitalist Wang Gongquan took to his microblog late Monday night to announce, in rather dramatic terms, that he was eloping with a mistress.
'To all friends and relatives, to all colleagues, I am giving up everything and eloping with Wang Qin,' Mr. Wang, 49 years old, wrote on his verified account on Sina Weibo, China's most active microblogging service. 'I thank everyone for the years of care of assistance, and wish everyone happiness! I have no way to face everyone's expectations and trust, and I have no way to explain this to everyone. I feel ashamed and so am leaving without saying goodbye. I kneel down and beg forgiveness!'
A celebrated businessman, Mr. Wang was among the original founders of Vantone, one of China's largest private real-estate developers. He eventually went on to found a venture capital firm, CDH Venture Partners, which claims a $5.5 billion portfolio and was one of the early investors in Chinese antivirus software maker Qihoo 360.
Qihoo 360 went public in the U.S. in March, raising $175 million in what was then the year's most successful U.S. IPO by a Chinese company.
Following the Qihoo IPO, Mr. Wang took a monthlong vacation, posting photos from the Everglades, Miami Beach and Hawaii to his Weibo account.
Coming two weeks after he returned to Beijing, the announcement of his decision to elope had been reposted more than 60,000 times and drawn more than 30,000 comments by Tuesday afternoon.
Conducting a so-called human flesh search, many have speculated that Wang Qin, the woman mentioned in the announcement, is the 34-year-old founder of a Jiangsu-based investment company called Zhongfu. Calls to the company went unanswered Wednesday.
In a family-first country where marriage is often considered a matter of practical compatibility─romantic love being an indulgence best left to pop songs and daydreams─Mr. Wang's declaration has sparked an outpouring of passionate responses.
A number of commentators have slammed Mr. Wang, who is married, for shirking his responsibilities and failing to act his age.
But at least as many have gushed forth with messages of envy and support, with some even suggesting he should have chosen someone younger.
'In this money-obsessed society, it makes me happy to know you can make this choice,' one microblogger wrote on Sina Weibo.
'A person who lives honestly,' wrote another. 'The greatest measure of success in life isn't how much money you make, how much capital you accumulate, it's whether or not you're able to lead the life you want to live.'
The decision appears to have genuinely caught people by surprise, including real-estate mogul Pan Shiyi, one of Mr. Wang's original partners in Vantone.
'Please get in touch with me as soon as possible!' Mr. Pan wrote on his Weibo account Tuesday afternoon after apparently failing to reach Mr. Wang by phone. 'Your family is incredibly anxious, they're worried about your safety,' he wrote in another message an hour later. 'Please contact them.'
This isn't the first time members of the Chinese business elite have used Sina Weibo to discuss matters arguably best kept out of the public eye. In January, Li Guoqing, the chief executive of online bookseller Dangdang, hopped on the service to openly slam Morgan Stanley for undervaluing the company's IPO, using a string of vulgar slurs and made-up 'rock and roll lyrics' to insult another person on the site who claimed to work for the investment bank
It wasn't clear where Mr. Wang planned to go or what the announcement would mean for his company. Reached by China Real Time for comment, a woman at CDH who would not give her name said Mr. Wang and his entire team were out of town for a meeting but wouldn't provide contact information for any of his team members.
Attempts to call Mr. Wang's mobile phone were met with a message saying the number had been disconnected.
The extraordinarily public way in which Mr. Wang revealed his plans has lent credence to rumors that the entire story may is a ploy meant to drum up publicity for a new investment company he plans to form with Ms. Wang. Others have dismissed that possibility, however, noting that Mr. Wang is wealthy enough not to have to resort to cheap publicity stunts.
Those seeking clues as to what may be motivating Mr. Wang, a noted poetry fan, are left only with a short poem he posted to his Weibo account a day before he announced his plans to run away. Titled an 'Ode to Elopement,' it reads in part: 'Always facing the whispers of the wind with a heart longing for love, I loathe nothing more than laboring for profane achievements. Who has ever seen mountains of gold and silver last through 10,000 generations? Throughout the ages, the only precious thing is this feeling!'
UPDATE, May 18, 9:15am: Our sister blog Venture Capital Beat reports that CDH has distributed a letter to limited partners saying Mr. Wang is taking some time off and that both the venture and private equity fund were operating normally. 'If it actually impacts his job and he's leaving his fund as a result of this personal issue,' then it is a problem, says one limited partner. 'He is the key icon over there.'
Josh Chin
In a move that alternately shocked and thrilled much of China's Internet-using population, billionaire venture capitalist Wang Gongquan took to his microblog late Monday night to announce, in rather dramatic terms, that he was eloping with a mistress.
'To all friends and relatives, to all colleagues, I am giving up everything and eloping with Wang Qin,' Mr. Wang, 49 years old, wrote on his verified account on Sina Weibo, China's most active microblogging service. 'I thank everyone for the years of care of assistance, and wish everyone happiness! I have no way to face everyone's expectations and trust, and I have no way to explain this to everyone. I feel ashamed and so am leaving without saying goodbye. I kneel down and beg forgiveness!'
A celebrated businessman, Mr. Wang was among the original founders of Vantone, one of China's largest private real-estate developers. He eventually went on to found a venture capital firm, CDH Venture Partners, which claims a $5.5 billion portfolio and was one of the early investors in Chinese antivirus software maker Qihoo 360.
Qihoo 360 went public in the U.S. in March, raising $175 million in what was then the year's most successful U.S. IPO by a Chinese company.
Following the Qihoo IPO, Mr. Wang took a monthlong vacation, posting photos from the Everglades, Miami Beach and Hawaii to his Weibo account.
Coming two weeks after he returned to Beijing, the announcement of his decision to elope had been reposted more than 60,000 times and drawn more than 30,000 comments by Tuesday afternoon.
Conducting a so-called human flesh search, many have speculated that Wang Qin, the woman mentioned in the announcement, is the 34-year-old founder of a Jiangsu-based investment company called Zhongfu. Calls to the company went unanswered Wednesday.
In a family-first country where marriage is often considered a matter of practical compatibility─romantic love being an indulgence best left to pop songs and daydreams─Mr. Wang's declaration has sparked an outpouring of passionate responses.
A number of commentators have slammed Mr. Wang, who is married, for shirking his responsibilities and failing to act his age.
But at least as many have gushed forth with messages of envy and support, with some even suggesting he should have chosen someone younger.
'In this money-obsessed society, it makes me happy to know you can make this choice,' one microblogger wrote on Sina Weibo.
'A person who lives honestly,' wrote another. 'The greatest measure of success in life isn't how much money you make, how much capital you accumulate, it's whether or not you're able to lead the life you want to live.'
The decision appears to have genuinely caught people by surprise, including real-estate mogul Pan Shiyi, one of Mr. Wang's original partners in Vantone.
'Please get in touch with me as soon as possible!' Mr. Pan wrote on his Weibo account Tuesday afternoon after apparently failing to reach Mr. Wang by phone. 'Your family is incredibly anxious, they're worried about your safety,' he wrote in another message an hour later. 'Please contact them.'
This isn't the first time members of the Chinese business elite have used Sina Weibo to discuss matters arguably best kept out of the public eye. In January, Li Guoqing, the chief executive of online bookseller Dangdang, hopped on the service to openly slam Morgan Stanley for undervaluing the company's IPO, using a string of vulgar slurs and made-up 'rock and roll lyrics' to insult another person on the site who claimed to work for the investment bank
It wasn't clear where Mr. Wang planned to go or what the announcement would mean for his company. Reached by China Real Time for comment, a woman at CDH who would not give her name said Mr. Wang and his entire team were out of town for a meeting but wouldn't provide contact information for any of his team members.
Attempts to call Mr. Wang's mobile phone were met with a message saying the number had been disconnected.
The extraordinarily public way in which Mr. Wang revealed his plans has lent credence to rumors that the entire story may is a ploy meant to drum up publicity for a new investment company he plans to form with Ms. Wang. Others have dismissed that possibility, however, noting that Mr. Wang is wealthy enough not to have to resort to cheap publicity stunts.
Those seeking clues as to what may be motivating Mr. Wang, a noted poetry fan, are left only with a short poem he posted to his Weibo account a day before he announced his plans to run away. Titled an 'Ode to Elopement,' it reads in part: 'Always facing the whispers of the wind with a heart longing for love, I loathe nothing more than laboring for profane achievements. Who has ever seen mountains of gold and silver last through 10,000 generations? Throughout the ages, the only precious thing is this feeling!'
UPDATE, May 18, 9:15am: Our sister blog Venture Capital Beat reports that CDH has distributed a letter to limited partners saying Mr. Wang is taking some time off and that both the venture and private equity fund were operating normally. 'If it actually impacts his job and he's leaving his fund as a result of this personal issue,' then it is a problem, says one limited partner. 'He is the key icon over there.'
Josh Chin
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