If you search for Fudan school anniversaries on the Internet, you will probably be confused, because there are three results.

The first is May 27, which is the anniversary of Fudan and is an adjustment made to commemorate the liberation of Shenghai.

The second and third are both foundation days, which are September 4 and September 14, respectively. And there were many more search results on September 4th, but they were probably wrong, and I don't know who got it wrong, and then a lot of related pages got it all wrong. The real founding day was September 14, the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1905, when Fudan Public School officially opened.

As a result, Fudan's centennial celebration was set for September 24...... It may be to take care of the military training of new students, and at the same time, the school also needs time to organize and prepare.

The problem is that it's only early May, why did Song Weiyang run back to attend the school celebration?

Hehe, Fudan's centennial celebration activities have been carried out one after another since New Year's Day. On January 1st, the "Oriental Pearl Tower Climbing Competition" and the "New Year's Concert" were held at the same time, kicking off the centennial celebration activities that lasted for more than half a year.

In the middle of the process, the "China Mayors Forum", the "21st Century University Presidents Annual Conference", and the "Pacific Rim Mathematics Conference" were held...... All of these are hosted by Fudan University, and they all revolve around the centennial celebration.

The event that Song Weiyang came back to participate in this time was called the "Shenghai Forum" (the first session), which was held at the same time as the "Fortune Forum" in Beijing. The "Fortune Forum" is global, with many domestic and foreign leaders participating, and the official atmosphere is even stronger. The "Shenghai Forum" is also global, with a stronger academic atmosphere, and belongs to the highest standard of Fudan centennial celebration series of activities.

Due to time reasons, Song Weiyang could only choose one of the two, and chose Sheng Hai's side because of his face.

Returning to Shenghai from the port city, Song Weiyang was just in time for the welcome dinner. He was placed in the front position, and the guests at the same table were a little inconvenient to say, just mention the people who mixed abroad: the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Executive Vice President of the World Bank, the Secretary-General of the Boao Forum, Mr. Li from Singapore, and so on.

If it were changed to last year, Song Weiyang would definitely not be qualified to sit at this table, and it is likely that he will be arranged at table 2 or table 3. But this year is different, the richest Chinese in the world and the seventh richest person in the world.

Although on such occasions, status cannot be measured entirely by wealth. But at this moment, China is still struggling to develop, and it is far more valuable to produce a top 10 figure on the world's richest list than to produce such a figure ten years later - scarcity is expensive.

Before the dinner officially began, Song Weiyang, as the youngest and richest person at Table 1, was focused on by the other guests at this table, or took the initiative to communicate with him in English or Chinese.

Song Weiyang usually doesn't give out business cards, but this table is obviously an exception, he not only sent it all over at table No. 1, but also sent out table No. 2 and table No. 3. There is no way, all the guests here are big guys, one-third of them are from politics, academia, and business, and there are several presidents of top universities at home and abroad.

I have to say that Fudan University has a really big face, and it invites so many awesome people to a forum.

By the way, among the guests invited to this forum, Song Weiyang is the only domestic private entrepreneur. Because the forum is mainly academic exchanges, they all talk about some macro things, and almost do not involve specific business behaviors, and entrepreneurs don't know what to do here.

The local official boss gave a speech at the dinner, and in a round of applause, eating and drinking began. Xianjiu and Xifeng's various drinks were openly served at the dinner, and they were all sponsored by Song Weiyang based on his face - unfortunately, except for guests from Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, other foreigners were not used to drinking liquor.

The forum officially began on the second day, and the whole process was extremely boring, and each guest spoke for at least 20 minutes. And it's all about the macro nature, and if you expand it properly, you can use it for a master's thesis.

Some of the speeches were slightly bright, but most of them spoke, which made Song Weiyang doze off when he listened. Maybe they have a certain degree of foresight, but Song Weiyang is a traverser, and this kind of foresight is common sense for him.

The theme of the forum is "Economic Globalization and Asia's Choice", which can be carried out in three aspects: energy, finance and IT.

Although Song Weiyang is particularly wealthy, he is not even a beginner in the academic world, and he was scheduled to speak on the last day. But it doesn't matter, Mr. Lee from Singapore also spoke, and he said some nonsense, and after squeezing out the water, there was no nutrition.

What is particularly nonsense is that as soon as Mr. Li finished his speech, Fudan leaders personally came to the stage and presented Mr. Li with an honorary doctorate certificate.

In the midst of sparse applause, Song Weiyang finally came to the stage, and the foreigners put on simultaneous interpretation headphones and waited for him to speak. Song Weiyang bowed first, and then smiled: "Distinguished leaders, distinguished guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen: thank you for giving me this opportunity to expound my views. I don't understand academics or policies, and discussing academic policies with leaders and experts is purely a class ......."

There is no need to play with humor on this occasion, each is more serious than the other, and you will only be despised if you tell jokes.

Song Weiyang went straight to the point and said: "The theme of this forum is 'Economic Globalization and Asia's Choice', which mainly focuses on three aspects: energy, finance and IT. When I accepted the invitation, the organizer, Fudan University, said to me, 'You can talk about IT, you are an expert in this area.' I'm not an expert, and I'm not going to talk about IT today, I want to talk about energy. ”

"The issue of economic globalization is complex, especially in the area of energy. There are many developing countries in Asia that lack capital, technology, and industrial strength, and can only rely on the sale of natural resources to seek development. Natural resources are the most primitive products, often priced very low, and bring a series of environmental problems. Today, I won't talk about anything else, just talk about rare earths, which is purely a personal opinion and has nothing to do with academics. ”

"The great man said during his southern tour that there is oil in the Middle East and rare earths in China. Rare earth in today's scientific community recognized by the six major fields of "information, biology, new materials, new energy, space, ocean", has a wide range of applications, the United States 35 strategic elements, Japanese benzene 26 high-tech elements, all include all rare earth elements. At present, China accounts for 95% of the proven rare earth reserves, and 97% of the world's rare earth supply comes from China. Oil resources have enriched Middle Eastern countries, but China's rare earths have been sold for pork prices. ”

"I am very pleased that the Chinese government has taken this situation seriously and banned the export of rare earth raw ore from this year and significantly increased the export tax on rare earths. But I think we should go further, because China's rare earth industry is currently scattered, with overcapacity, disorderly competition, indiscriminate mining, a large number of cheap exports, and even smuggling. I believe that the relevant departments should take the lead in strengthening the integration of the industry, and the excess part should be collected and stored by the state. ”

"At present, there are more than 1,000 rare earth enterprises in China, distributed in more than 10 provinces and cities across the country, but less than 10 have an annual processing capacity of more than 2,000 tons. Many small enterprises dig indiscriminately, and after mining, they cannot sell them, so they can only compete with each other at a lower price, and sell valuable rare earth resources into Chinese cabbage. At the current rate of mining, China's proven reserves of rare earths will be exhausted in 30 years at most. ”

"Since 1983, Japan has established a reserve system for rare minerals, and a large number of rare earth ores have been sealed, and more than 80% of the rare earths exported by Japan have come from China. The United States, the world's second largest rare earth reserve, has also gradually stopped mining rare earths since 1999, and has sealed the largest rare earth mine in the United States, and turned to imports from China to replenish its strategic reserves......"

"Economic globalization is not a casual sale, it must be based on the premise of equality and freedom. Many of the natural resources in developing countries are now being overpriced, and China's rare earths are seriously undervalued. In my opinion, it is normal for the current rare earth price to triple or five, and the current ultra-low price is extremely abnormal. I also have an electronics company, and the price of rare earths is rising for me, which is actually not a good thing for me, and it will drive up the cost of my products. However, I hope that various natural resources, including rare earths, can be mined and sold in a long-term and orderly manner, so as to achieve the long-term development of the industry. ”

"If this continues, what will happen if China's rare earth mines will be dug up in 30 years? What will happen if the rare earth mines in the United States will be dug up in 50 years? At that time, how will our high-tech products obtain important raw materials? How can human society achieve scientific and technological progress? Rectifying rare earth mining and adjusting the price of rare earths will be beneficial to the long-term development of the whole world and all mankind, and we cannot just stare at the ...... in front of us."

Song Weiyang is definitely an outlier, and the other speakers all expounded macro theories, and all said some good and empty words that everyone likes to hear. Song Weiyang came to talk about rare earths, and made it clear that he hoped that the central government would strictly control it, and the representatives of some large multinational companies immediately looked unnatural.

All the presentations at the forum will be compiled and made available to governments and research institutions.

Song Weiyang only hopes that his speech can attract the attention of relevant departments and carry out rare earth control earlier than another time and space.

It's actually much easier to manage than coal, because the price is so low, and the quantity is not very large. Take cerium oxide as an example, at more than 10 yuan per kilogram, it is cheaper than the price of pork!

From a decade ago to the present, the global demand for rare earths has increased threefold, while the price of China's rare earth exports is falling, and the price is lower than it was in the 90s. Counting the continuous depreciation of the US dollar over the years, the price of rare earths in China has actually fallen even more terrifyingly, which is completely inconsistent with the laws of the market - the real reason is not that the price has been depressed by foreign devils. Instead, there is so much demand for rare earths, but Chinese companies are mining hard. If you dig it and can't sell it, the supply exceeds demand, so you will fight a price war and continue to sell rare earths cheaply, resulting in lower and lower prices.

As long as the government forcibly integrates rare earth enterprises, closes down and transfers a large number of small mines, and controls the annual mining volume, rare earth prices can rise immediately.

What is Song Weiyang's identity now?

After his speech was exposed, before the official could react, the domestic media had already collectively climaxed. In particular, the southern department immediately sent reporters to visit rare earth enterprises, and also exposed a large rare earth smuggling gang.