Chapter 336: Keynote Speaker
At the same time, Russell, a senior professor at William Business School and Nobel laureate in economics, contacted Xie Changgeng to express his interest in the opening 10,000-word article published in the third issue of The Economist magazine this year.
From the perspective of Internet investment, this article expounds the internal logic of the development of the Internet, and provides a good reference for the global economic and academic circles to study the Internet.
Therefore, Professor Russell, as the organizer, immediately suggested to the conference preparatory group that this article should be used as a topic for group discussion in this forum, that is, to explore the impact of the current Internet economy on the global economic development.
Russell hopes that the author of this article, Changgeng Hsieh, will be the keynote speaker in the discussion and systematically explain his understanding of the Internet economy.
Of course, Lao Xie agreed, but the real author of this article is Li Feng, Lao Xie is more to provide theoretical support, in fact, he wants to make a systematic explanation, Lao Xie is not sure enough.
As a top professor in China, Lao Xie is also well-known in the world, but Lao Xie is strong in technical analysis and lacks a grasp at the macro level. Especially for the rapid development of the Internet economy, in fact, people of Lao Xie's age have obviously felt that they can't keep up with the times.
If it is not well elaborated and deviates from the main thrust of the discussion, it is obviously a joke.
In the final analysis, the Internet is the world of young people, young people are naturally sensitive to new things, easy to penetrate, and for the older generation, thinking solidification is an important barrier, because their knowledge formation period is not in the Internet era, their own cognition and experience have not joined the elements of the Internet, so it is quite difficult to upgrade cognition and thoroughly integrate into the rapid development of the Internet economy.
This is not only fully realized by Xie Changgeng, but even Nobel laureates like Russell and the world's top economics professors cannot avoid it.
The knowledge barrier has made this group of top thinkers of the old era realize that in order to fully integrate into the upsurge of the Internet economy and stand at the forefront of the tide to guide the country, the requirements are so high and difficult that they almost have to reshape their knowledge structure.
In the boom of the Internet economy, they can no longer play a leading role, and even if they follow, they already feel very difficult.
So after Xie Changgeng agreed to Russell's request, he never had a bottom in his heart, after all, this is the world's top elite forum, and dozens of cameras will broadcast everything in the forum live and broadcast it around the world.
To prepare a systematic exposition within a day or two, even Lao Xie finds it very difficult.
After thinking about it, Xie Changgeng planned to discuss with Li Feng, and after dinner, Lao Xie knocked on Li Feng's door.
At this moment, Li Feng was making further plans for the next investment in the Internet industry in the United States, and when he saw Lao Xie coming to him, he put down his work and made a cup of coffee for Lao Xie.
"Li Feng, at this forum, we have an arduous task, which is to systematically expound on the articles published in the "Economist" magazine, focusing on what is the Internet economy and how to develop the Internet economy. Xie Changgeng sat down at the small square table in the living room of the suite and took a sip of coffee, "I can't grasp this keynote speech, and the time for this forum is tight, and I need to prepare several speeches, focusing on globalization and the trade system, for the Internet economy, I can't do it, why don't you speak on my behalf." ”
Lao Xie kicked the ball to Li Feng at once.
In this forum, there are more than 10 large and small meetings, of which Lao Xie needs to participate in six or seven, in addition to the conference, each sub-forum needs to speak, so we must do deep thinking.
And one of the great features of this forum is that it allows for debate, and when different points of view arise, the two sides can further debate.
The guests are all elites from all over the world, naturally no one can admit defeat, and once their views are not supported by the majority, the loss of face is a small matter, and the loss of academic authority can be a big matter.
Li Feng paused slightly: "Professor Xie, it's not impossible for me to speak, but I participated in the forum this time, as your assistant, and you have already felt it in the airport hall just now, in fact, even the people in our own team are very disdainful of me." If I were to make this statement, would the organizers agree to it?"
"I will communicate with them about this, after all, I am old, I can excuse myself on the grounds of physical discomfort and other reasons, as long as you can ensure the quality of your speech, I can solve other problems. Xie Changgeng said.
"That's fine. Li Feng nodded, there are not many opportunities to speak at such a top forum, if you can grasp such an opportunity, it is definitely a good thing for yourself, if you want to invest in the United States in the future, if the financier knows that you still have the strength of this layer, things will definitely go much smoother.
"Then I'll leave it to you. Old Xie Chang breathed a sigh of relief.
After a day of rest, the third Global Economic Leaders Forum finally opened in the afternoon of the next day, as the participants arrived at the residency one after another.
The scale of this forum is larger than the previous two sessions, and the time of the forum has also been increased, focusing on globalization and the world trade system, the Internet economy, new materials and new energy and other hot economic topics of global concern.
The opening ceremony and main venue of the conference were held in the Central Auditorium of William Business School, which was built in the late 19th century and was the first building of William Business School and the symbol of the school.
Today, the 5,000-seat auditorium not only welcomed more than 500 participants from all over the world, but also almost the entire Williams Business School students came to observe the opening ceremony of this global event.
More than 200 news media from more than 50 countries around the world will broadcast live coverage of this top-level forum.
Due to the considerable success of the previous two forums and the directional guidance for the future direction of the global economy, people have placed more expectations on the third Global Economic Leaders Forum this year, and look forward to more significant results in this forum.