Chapter 430 Beijing University Report Meeting
The large conference hall of Beijing University was already crowded with thousands of teachers and students, not only the seats were filled, but even the corridors were already full of people. Teachers and students are looking forward to it, because they heard that Dr. Jim, an American expert, who is giving a report today, is conducting the most cutting-edge, trendy, and fashionable computer IT research, and is also the boss of a computer company (at this time, many people in China still can't tell the difference between a boss and a CEO).
In this era, it is quite rare for foreign experts and scholars to visit and give reports in China, especially this Dr. Jim, who is personally accompanied by several old experts of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was even received by national leaders and appeared on the CCTV news, and the gold content is quite high. Therefore, not only teachers and students from computer-related departments came to listen to the report today, but even many liberal arts students came to join in the fun.
However, in the backstage lounge, Jim smiled bitterly at several leaders of Beijing University and experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences who accompanied him: "Thank you very much for your warm reception, and I also feel the enthusiasm of the Chinese." Just please don't arrange any more activities, I have postponed my trip back to China twice, I really can't delay it any longer, the company still has a lot of things to deal with. I'm so sorry and thank you!"
Professor Zhang, who was in charge of accompanying the reception, hurriedly said politely: "We should be thanked, thank you Dr. Jim for your support to China's scientific research." Today is guaranteed to be the last stop, though...... There will be an internal exchange meeting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences tomorrow morning, what do you think ......?"
"Alright, alright!" Jim said with a smile as he raised his hand in surrender, "I'll rebook my flight home tomorrow night." ”
"Thank you, thank you so much. ”
Jim smiled bitterly again, in fact, he came to China to sign a joint venture agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and it was Bingshan Network that invested 300,000 US dollars, accounting for 75% of the shares, to establish a joint venture called Hanhua Technology. It is a very small investment, it is nothing more than that Hujiang Hongyan Miao Fuxiang got involved in the line of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and then called Jing Jian with great interest, Jing Jian finally remembered this matter, and asked Jim to go to China by the way.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in China, Jim was treated with hospitality, and his enthusiasm made Jim feel overwhelmed. The joint venture agreement went quite smoothly, and it was nothing more than a few words on the contract. However, immediately after that, there are meetings with leaders, banquets of all sizes, news meetings, and reports to universities...... To be honest, Jim had never had the experience of being sought after everywhere like this, and for a while, he was a little fluttering.
In fact, this was the state of the Chinese scientific community at that time. It is better to sell tea eggs than to make missiles, this sentence is not a joke. The poor of the universities and research institutes? The rats they raise are all in tears. Locally, a $300,000 project may not be a big deal, but at the Academy of Sciences, it's already a major foreign-funded cooperation project. Who would have thought that the Chinese Academy of Sciences would become the most tyrant academy of sciences on the blue star in the future?
Therefore, for foreign experts and entrepreneurs like Jim, there is nothing else to be given but enthusiasm and honor. After all, those experts and scholars in China have quite high statuses, and it is much easier to arrange for leaders to meet with them and go to the Central Radio News.
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Amid warm applause, Jim waved to the teachers and students in the audience and sat down in his seat with a smile. After a few opening remarks, he went straight to the point, introduced the latest developments in the computer IT industry in detail, made some predictions for the future, and at the end of the speech, briefly introduced the situation of the iceberg network.
After more than an hour, it was time for the Q&A session. The first question is a good one: "Dr. Jim, what is the future of computer IT? ”
Jim smiles, "There are two mainstream views right now: instrumentalism and core technology. But I belong to the radical group, and my companions and I believe that if nothing else, this is the third industrial revolution. Please forgive me for this little leak, I am a revolutionary theory!"
Amid the laughter, Jim continued: "The first and second industrial revolutions were both energy revolutions, or power revolutions, that led to a leap forward in industrial technology. And this industrial revolution is an information revolution, which can also make a qualitative leap forward in all walks of life......"
The second questioner asked, "If, as you said, computer IT is the third industrial revolution, then the key language – English, and China uses Chinese characters, can it be said that China's chances are quite small?"
Jim smiled and nodded: "That's a great question, but there seem to be some misunderstandings." We are doing in-depth research and R&D, and we definitely need to be proficient in computer language with English as the standard. But our dream is to bring this new technology into every household. In other words, the goal of our research is to make users fool-proof, not only in North America, but also in China. And this time, Hanhua Technology Co., Ltd., a joint venture between our company and your Academy of Sciences, has given the highest priority to research and development of Chinese character input method and software sinicization. In addition, I would like to share the importance of the North American market as much as the Chinese market for our company. ”
In fact, what Jim said was nothing more than diplomatic rhetoric, saying a few words to please the host, anyway, it would be a favor and not a fee. However, the teachers and students present really loved to listen to these words, especially the Chinese people at this time especially expected to be praised by foreigners, so as soon as the words fell, they immediately broke out into warm applause.
"Dr. Jim, can you tell us about your entrepreneurial history? I heard that you are quite young, self-made, and already a multi-millionaire. ”
In the midst of laughter, Jim happily gave a brief overview of his experience. Then I poured a chicken soup, anyway, the chicken soup in China and the United States is about the same.
The atmosphere was very good, and another student asked, "Dr. Jim, do we Chinese have a chance to be as successful as you?"
Jim showed an incredulous expression: "Of course! Don't you know that the largest shareholder of our iceberg network is Chinese?"
"Chinese?" the audience was in an uproar. Someone else shouted, "Is it from our continent?"
"Of course! He's a student from China to the United States, and he's still studying at ULCA. ”
"Huh?" the order is already a bit chaotic. A female classmate rushed to ask, "Is he also a multimillionaire?"
"Billionaire, right?" Jim laughed, "he's Mr. Bramble, and he's famous in our computer IT world. In addition to our iceberg network, he is also the fourth largest shareholder of Microsoft. The market value of Microsoft's stock alone is now more than $100 million, right?"