On August 6, data from the Forbes real-time billionaires list showed that Justin Sun's personal net worth of approximately $8.5 billion has surpassed the Wang Jianlin family wealth, which stands at around $4.4 billion.

Regarding this shift in the wealth rankings, Justin Sun issued a lengthy statement, saying, "Each generation has its own version of a god." He noted that seeing the changes on the list stirred no particular emotion in him, serving more as a cautionary reminder. Sun cited Wang Jianlin as an example, stating that he was once the "version god" of his era, and that Sun himself was a young man underestimated by others in his early years.

In his view, the most brutal aspect of generational shifts is that those at the peak are always the last to notice, and he himself may not be an exception. He mentioned that if a young person expresses an idea he cannot understand, or even one he instinctively wants to mock, he would not have the confidence of Wang Sicheng but instead would listen to the young person's perspective. "Because arrogance is always the first asset to be liquidated. We can never predict the future, but trusting the young is never wrong." Sun concluded his statement with a note tagging it as "Sunism +1."

Years later, the old grievances from the Warren Buffett lunch incident have resurfaced among netizens. At the time, Justin Sun successfully won the bid for a charity lunch with Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett, and Wang Sicheng directly reposted related content, making harsh remarks. Now, Wanda is mired in a debt crisis, the Wang Jianlin family wealth has significantly shrunk, with assets largely consisting of commercial real estate, all while carrying debt guarantee liabilities.