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Gao Yuan had considered this topic in advance and had talked about it with everyone, asking everyone to think about it carefully.

Future changes in the world economy is a very sensitive and important topic.

Gao Yuan continued, "I have spent the longest time thinking about this topic, so I will speak first. Let's start with China. At present, China is gradually losing the title of "World Factory". There are many reasons for this factor. On the one hand, it is because our product knowledge is shallow processing and assembly."

"So it seems that there are many factories and workers, but in fact our profits are very limited. The real big money is earned by foreign companies. They don't have to put in much effort, they just collect patent fees or sell the assembled products."

"Assuming a product has a profit of 100 yuan, many factories in China can only make 3 yuan or 1 yuan, and some factories can only make a few cents or a few cents."

"So China needs to reform its factories. On the other hand, as China's labor remuneration rises, a large number of companies feel that costs are getting higher and higher, so they move their factories to other countries."

"The term cheap labor has both advantages and disadvantages. At present, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. And this is where the changes are. Where will those factories move to?"

"The small countries in Southeast Asia and Africa are the most important things I want to talk about. Have you noticed that the more developed the economy of a country, the slower its economic growth rate, while the more backward the economy of a country, the faster its economic growth rate. When China's economy was backward, foreign capital poured in like crazy, and with the help of China's development, their capital grew exponentially."

"To give an inappropriate example, the stock god Mr. Ba bought BYD shares a long time ago, which were worth about 300 million yuan. Ten years later, he sold all of these shares and earned a return of more than 30 billion yuan."

"..."

After Gao Yuan took the lead in expressing his opinion, everyone followed suit and expressed their views.

They are all very interested in this topic.

Work together and brainstorm.

Regarding future economic changes, everyone's views are actually relatively consistent. First, as the economy is in decline, we should try to reduce risky investments. If we must invest, we might as well target some foreign countries with high economic growth rates.

If you must invest domestically, you might as well focus on precious metals, such as gold. As for investments in the stock market and funds, they are pure nonsense, and they are greener than leeks.

Moreover, if a group of their size enters the stock market, it will easily cause unrest and trouble, and there is suspicion of stock market manipulation.

Although the total market value of China's stock market is high at over 80 trillion yuan, the actual daily inflows and outflows of funds are 100 to 200 billion yuan more and 80 to 90 billion yuan less.

On the basis of the original foundation, Gao Yuan can drive the market up by investing 50 to 60 billion yuan.

Of course, necessary investments still need to be made to support some companies to become bigger and stronger, thereby driving economic development and providing more jobs for society.

For example, Yuanfang Group currently has more than 700,000 employees, and it is expected to have nearly one million employees by the end of this year after expanding its production line. Behind these one million employees are millions of families.

With Yuanfang Group around, they have wages to support their families, and they also have spare money to consume and drive other industries.

This is the value of Gaoyuan.

Similarly, other socially responsible companies should do the same and shoulder their own responsibilities. The more the economy goes down, the more cautious they should be when laying off employees.

When some companies encounter a downturn in business, the first thing they consider is layoffs. They even come up with a plan, euphemistically calling it - widespread layoffs.

The salary savings from laying off those employees is probably less than the salaries of a few senior executives.

The second topic is about the future development of the industry.

This topic has been discussed countless times.

It's nothing more than new energy, artificial intelligence and the like, but Gao Yuan put forward another insight - space exploration.

While exploring space, it can drive the development of artificial intelligence and robotics industries. At the same time, when exploring space, the discovery of new elements and new energy can also greatly drive the development of the new energy industry.

For example, the moon has a large amount of helium-3 resources.

This resource can be used for nuclear fusion.

If we really talk about clean energy, nuclear energy is definitely the energy with the widest application prospects and the most efficient one.

As for the current new energy vehicles, strictly speaking, they are not so-called clean energy. The main method of power generation in countries around the world is actually thermal power.

Although other methods of power generation are also being vigorously promoted, such as hydropower, wind power, solar power... these energy sources are affected by environmental and other factors and are not particularly stable.

This situation does not exist for thermal power generation. Electricity is generated by burning coal, and there will always be electricity as long as coal is burned.

Burning coal means pollution, so how can it be clean?
Nuclear power generation is completely different. One kilogram of nuclear material can generate enough electricity through fusion to meet the electricity needs of a large city for a year.

As for things like the metaverse, Gao Yuan felt they were completely unimportant.

You haven’t even figured out the real world yet, and you’re trying to figure out the virtual world.

The third topic is how to make Chinese products break the blockade and go global.

This topic is a bit difficult. Who among those present doesn't want to sell their products overseas? However, facing the blockade of Western countries, everyone is powerless.

A few ideas were put forward, but they were still somewhat unrealistic.

By the time the three topics were finished, it was already 5:30 in the afternoon.

Today's visit and discussion are over.

In the evening, everyone gathered together to eat and drink. During the meal, they talked about the three topics of the afternoon and discussed them for a few sentences.

On the third day, everyone went to Gao Yuan’s alma mater, Zhejiang University.

With so many well-known figures traveling together, Zhejiang University’s security has been stepped up several levels.

This time, Gao Yuan and others did not get off the bus at the school gate, but took a Coaster to the administrative building of Zhejiang University.

On behalf of Zhejiang University, President Huang warmly welcomes all entrepreneurs to visit.

Those present were all influential figures in the business world.

Principal Huang was extremely respectful to these gods of wealth.

It is graduation season now. Senior students have already submitted their papers and are now taking photos in groups on campus to put a perfect end to their college life.

The same thing happened many years ago when Gao Yuan graduated from Zhejiang University.

Wearing a black bachelor's gown and taking photos with my roommates at every place in the school, perhaps I can never go back to that time. Even if I go back, I can never go back to my twenties, the time of my youth.

The entrepreneurs present were all highly educated, and when faced with these graduating students, they were reminded of their own college days.

Among them, Qiu Bojun is the oldest, and his era was different from today.

"When I graduated from college, there was no such thing as a graduation dinner. That was something only rich kids did," Qiu Bojun said. "I wore clothes full of patches and ate in the cafeteria with my roommates. I ordered several meat dishes for the first time, and my meal tickets were used up very quickly. Before the day I left school, I was already short of money."

"It wasn't just me. Almost all the male students in the class were like this. Later, it was the counselor who mobilized the girls in the dormitory to collect more than a dozen meal tickets, and we were able to get through it."

For Qiu Bojun, his university has changed a lot over the years. The red brick walls and tiled roofs have long since disappeared, and today's universities are not only beautifully built, but some good schools even have elevators in their dormitories. The conditions are excellent.

"Hahaha, Mr. Qiu's past is very interesting."

Everyone laughed.

This smile did not contain any mockery, but rather admiration.

In Qiu Bojun's era, very few people could get into university. At that time, universities had not yet expanded their enrollment, so there were very few places available.

As time goes by, the country continues to expand the enrollment of universities in order to popularize education, and now the quality of universities is also declining.

Of course, no matter how other universities decline, Zhejiang University has always maintained its strength and has always been one of the best universities in the country.

"When I was in college, there wasn't so much to do," Lei Jun said. "By then, food stamps and the like had already retired from the stage of history, and there were more places to spend money. But fortunately, when I was in college, I made a lot of money by writing code."

When he was in college, Lei Jun made a lot of money by writing code. To this day, his code is still at textbook level and has been included in the textbooks of his alma mater.

Shortly after graduating from college, Lei Jun joined Silver Mountain Company, where he was hired at the manager level. He eventually worked his way up to general manager and took the company public.

Lei Jun's career has been smooth sailing, and he has basically not encountered any major setbacks.

Recalling the glorious past years, everyone was filled with emotion.

"Let's go and walk around the school." Gao Yuan suggested.

"Let's go. This is my first time at Zhejiang University." Some bosses echoed.

Led by President Huang, everyone walked out of the administrative building and strolled around the university campus.

"Shit, Mr. Gao? Mr. Lei Jun? And that one seems to be Mr. Li..."

Soon, some sharp-eyed students recognized the identities of several people.

This was what Gao Yuan had expected. There was nothing he could do about it because these people were too well-known.

But Gao Yuan really wanted to walk around his alma mater.

These situations cannot be avoided and can only be accepted.

"Senior, I want to take a photo with you as a graduation souvenir."

A student said hurriedly.

Gao Yuan doesn't go back to Zhejiang University very often, but whenever he does, he will definitely take photos with his classmates.

Moreover, Gao Yuan is not arrogant. He usually won't refuse as long as someone is requested to take a photo with him.

"sure, no problem!"

Gao Yuan waved his hand, motioning him to come to his side.

"Damn it, Mr. Gao, I want to take a photo too."

"Mr. Lei, I want to take a photo with you."

"Mr. Li is here too. By the way, Mr. Li, I majored in automation control and have received an offer from your company. I will be your employee in the future."

"I'm a computer science major. I didn't expect to see Mr. Qiu. He's a person from the textbooks, the first programmer in China, my role model..."

"..."

These students didn't expect that they would meet so many big guys. They originally just planned to take photos as a souvenir, but they didn't expect to meet so many big guys.

This situation has only been encountered in large economic forums.

For economic forums of that level, students like them rarely go in as spectators. Even if they do, they are just NPC-like spectators and cannot get close to these bigwigs.

After taking a group photo, President Huang asked the students to stay calm and then continued to lead everyone to visit Zhejiang University.

But behind them, there was a large group of students.

As they walked, they arrived at the playground of Zhejiang University.

The students were playing football on the playground, sweating profusely.

These big guys were all infected by this atmosphere and almost wanted to go up and play football with the students, but considering their age, they were afraid they could not adapt to such high-intensity sports, so they had to give up.

At the edge of the playground, two girls in graduation gowns were attracted by the situation in the distance.

"Why are there so many people watching? Is there some kind of entertainment event coming to our school?"

One of the girls asked.

"Maybe, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people. Those variety shows are so annoying. What kind of place is Zhejiang University? It's a famous university in China. These variety shows shouldn't disturb the students."

Another girl said, "I remember there was a variety show that came to Zhejiang University to record before. It was called to let Zhejiang University students observe celebrities up close, and they recruited extras, paying only 50 yuan a day."

"Isn't this bullying? Even if it's a film studio, when recruiting extras, they have to pay 120 yuan a day, right? Do you really think students are easy to bully?"

"Besides, the academic atmosphere in the school is strong. When these stars come, their fanatical fans will follow, which will seriously affect the students' study and life."

The fanatical fans of celebrities are terrible.

Ordinary people who want to visit Zhejiang University must make an appointment.

In order to avoid affecting students, there is a cap on the number of reservations available each day.

Those fanatical fans who failed to make an appointment actually tried to break through the gate, clashed with the security guards, and even tried to climb over the wall to get in.

That variety show caused strong opposition from Zhejiang University students and was almost kicked out of the school.

Who would have thought that just a few years later, another variety show would be held at Zhejiang University?

"Tomorrow on the official forum of Zhejiang University, there will definitely be a lot of students scolding them," the woman said. "Variety shows like this should be cancelled sooner rather than later."

"Wait, it doesn't look like a variety show, there are no cameras."

Her best friend said, "There are no equipment and staff who can see the sky. Those staff are not good people. Aren't they just workers? They are just lucky to work next to the stars. Do they really think they are important people?"

They push and shove ordinary people, fearing that ordinary people will block the way, and even stand in front of celebrities to clear the way. They are no different from lackeys. (End of this chapter)