"After '97, Hong Kong is bound to face transformation, and the economic model that used to be based on entrepot trade as the pillar will definitely decline, so my positioning for the future of Hong Kong, an international port, is a science and technology port, a cyberport, and a telecommunications port. ”

"Everyone is now saying that the future must be the world of the Internet and the world of high technology, and the Internet and high-tech industries need only two conditions: money and people. ”

"Xiangjiang is one of the world's financial centers, we have money, and we also have the best scientific research universities in the world, Xiangjiang University and Xiangjiang University of Science and Technology, and we also have people. ”

"If this Cyberport can't be built, then there will be no place in the world to build it. ”

Everyone laughed.

At the University of Hong Kong, the small auditorium that can accommodate 100 people was full, and Li Zekai, who spoke fluent English, foamed at the mouth on the podium to explain his positioning and plans for the future of Hong Kong.

"You don't seem to be interested in his plan?" Wu Ying asked Zhang Chen beside him in a low voice.

"On paper. Zhang Chen smiled and said to Wu Ying in the same low voice.

Wu Ying and Zhang Chen came to Pengcheng a day ago, Wu Ying came to Xiangjiang as a representative of mainland entrepreneurs to participate in the handover ceremony, and Zhang Chen, in addition to wanting to witness this historic moment with his own eyes, is that he wants to remotely direct the blitzkrieg against the two cities of Goryeo that began on July 2 in Xiangjiang.

Xiong Xiaoge was also in Xiangjiang and came to Xiangjiang University to participate in a seminar co-organized by IDG to discuss the development direction of Xiangjiang after its return.

As soon as Xiong Xiaoge saw that Zhang Chen was also here, he got Zhang Chen an invitation to the seminar, saying that the representatives of entrepreneurs who came to attend the ceremony this time basically came back, and there were also some local celebrities in Xiangjiang who participated, such as Li Zekai.

Since Li Chaoren became the richest man in China, his fame is skyrocketing, and his two sons are even more sought after.

Especially this youngest son, who got Li Chaoren's start-up capital of $400 million to create Xiangjiang Satellite TV, was acquired by Murdoch for $950 million just two years later, with a profit of more than 5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

After earning the first pot of gold, Li Zekai founded Yingke Digital, entered the telecommunications industry in a high-profile manner, and recently frequently proposed the concept of Cyberport, which was even praised by some high-level executives in Kyoto.

Therefore, Li Zekai, as a leader of the new generation, is naturally the heavyweight guests of this seminar, Zhang Chen and Wu Ying can only sit on the stepped seats in the third row of the stage, while Li Zekai is sitting on the stage as a guest speaker to guide the country.

Wu Ying was a little surprised when he heard Zhang Chen's words: "Why? What he said makes a lot of sense, this is a little superman, he is not much older than you when he became famous, and they all said that he will definitely be able to take over Li Chaoren's class in the future, and he may not be able to say if he is blue." ”

The corners of Zhang Chen's mouth twitched: "I don't know if I will take over or not, but what kind of science and technology port and Cyberport Xiangjiang wants to build is no play." By the way, how was this entrepreneur representative elected? I won't talk about Lao Liu, why don't you have me?"

Wu Ying smiled: "You are jealous." Then he pointed to the first row, "They are all recommended from all over the world, Yu Yue has the most entrepreneurs, do you see, Zong Qinghou of Wahaha and Lu Guanqiu of Vientiane are sitting there, and the representatives of all places are together in addition to the CEOs of state-owned enterprises and central enterprises, there are a total of forty or fifty." The list was reported two months ago, and at that time, your iCom in the United States had not yet been released, so who knows about you. By the way, you haven't said why Li Zekai's Cyberport plan is not working. ”

Zhang Chen smiled and didn't speak.

Zhang Chen and Wu Ying whispered here, but the situation on the stage changed abruptly.

When talking about the comparative advantages of the mainland and Hong Kong, Li Zekai may have been talking too highly, and suddenly said: "After the completion of the Cyberport, the comparative advantages of Hong Kong and the mainland will not shrink, but will expand. ”

Liu Chuanzhi was slightly embarrassed in the first row of the audience, and many mainland entrepreneurs were a little uncomfortable listening to this in the audience. But who made us poor, a Li family, assets equivalent to the total GDP of a province, Xiangjiang's foreign exchange reserves are not much worse than the whole of China, the total GDP of a small land in Xiangjiang is equivalent to 19% of the whole of China, and the per capita income is 30 times that of the mainland.

People are poor and short-minded, and if they have one or two ugly sentences, they can only endure it.

Sitting on the stage with Li Zekai was Zhang Wuchang, a professor at the School of Economics and Finance of Xiangjiang University, with a wild posture and silver hair, "Xiangjiang's comparative advantages in the mainland are indeed very obvious, but the mainland also has many advantages that Xiangjiang does not have, such as Zhongguancun in Kyoto now, the development is very good, Xiao Li, the Lianxiang you just mentioned started from Zhongguancun, and Mr. Liu sat in the audience. Mr. Liu, what do you think of what Mr. Xiao Li just said?"

A staff member of the University of Hong Kong handed the microphone to Liu Chuanzhi: "What Mr. Xiao Li said just now is very good, and I also think that Hong Kong will have a better future in the future." In view of this problem, I believe that the development of the mainland and Hong Kong is not antagonistic, but mutually reinforcing and common development. Xiangjiang develops a cyberport, Zhongguancun can also develop a science and technology city, Huaxia is too big, and the southeast, northwest, and central should be developed. Speaking of which, I am reminded of what our recently deceased chief designer once said, let some people get rich first, and the first rich will lead the latter to get rich, and finally achieve common prosperity. Now that Xiangjiang is about to return, as a member of the Chinese nation, I believe that Xiangjiang has the big tree of ancestors to rely on, and it will definitely develop better and better, and I also believe that with a young handsome man like Mr. Xiao Li, the future of Xiangjiang will be brighter. ”

Lianxiang and Li Zekai cooperated, although Liu Chuanzhi was also a little uncomfortable with what Li Zekai just said, and he couldn't tear his face, so he had to remind Li Zekai that Xiangjiang was about to return, don't talk too much.

Zhang Chen shook his head when he heard this, especially in the next few topics, some of the Xiangjiang people present had too strong a sense of superiority, especially the so-called real estate prodigy Luo Zhaohui, who opened his mouth and closed his mouth How are you Huaxia, when others speak, they also interject from time to time, and they are very arrogant. And the entrepreneurs on the mainland, because they have too many concerns, do not fight back, which makes Zhang Chen depressed.

In this kind of seminar, basically everyone will express a few words of their own opinions, and Wu Ying also has the opportunity to speak one or two sentences, which is also painless.

The more Zhang Chen listened, the more angry he became, and pushed Wu Ying beside him: "You stay, I'll withdraw first." ”

Although Wu Ying was also a little uncomfortable, seeing that no one else had left, it was always not good for him to go first, so he hesitated: "Look at the end of the agenda seminar and lunch and group photo, isn't it okay to go first?"

Zhang Chen sneered: "I'm full of gas, eat a fart lunch." "Pick up the bag and stand up to leave.

The gun shot the first bird, Zhang Chen's seat was in the middle, and the seat gap in the auditorium was relatively small, similar to a movie theater, and if you wanted to leave, there was a lot of movement. Zhang Wu often has people leaving the table, looking at it and finding that he doesn't know it, the entrepreneurs who come are all people with heads and faces, Zhang Wu often knows everything, but who is this young man? It looks a little familiar, is it that an entrepreneur has no time and sent his own son and nephew?

Zhang Wuchang probed to the audience and asked Xiong Xiaoge who was leaving, Xiong Xiaoge saw Zhang Chen leave the table, he couldn't help but be stunned, and briefly introduced Zhang Wuchang.

Zhang Wuchang was very happy to hear Zhang Chen's name, and raised the microphone: "It's Mr. Zhang, right?

The big guys in the front row turned around in unison, especially a few big guys who knew Zhang Chen, such as Liu Chuanzhi and Duan Yongji, they didn't know that Zhang Chen was also here, and waved their hands to Zhang Chen to say hello.

Zhang Chen stopped, turned around and said yes with an unhappy face.

Zhang Wuchang gathered his unkempt white hair, "Let me introduce, some people may not know, this young man is amazing, two months ago, there was a company called Matrix in the United States, their iCom computer was very popular as soon as it was listed, even my son in the United States bought one, Matrix, is the company founded by this young man." He is also a partner at IDG and has invested in numerous high-tech companies. Zhang Chen, we have been talking about Cyberport just now, you happen to be doing high-tech investment, and it seems that you don't agree with some of the points of view on your face, it doesn't matter, we are just expressing our opinions in this seminar, and you can also express your own opinions. Xiao Li, Xiao Luo, you are all known as prodigies, but Zhang Chen is younger than when you earned your first pot of gold. ”

Luo Zhaohui raised his eyebrows, showing contempt, he was engaged in real estate, and he didn't know what iCom was. In his opinion, how can you make money by making computers.

Li Zekai smiled and applauded with everyone.

Zhang Chen thought about it, handed the bag in his hand to Wu Ying, walked to the stage, took the microphone in Zhang Wuchang's hand and knocked on the trial sound, Luo Zhaohui shouted: "Don't try, the equipment here is different from the mainland, they are all high-end goods, there will be no failure, just say it." ”

Luo Zhaohui didn't say much this morning, Zhang Chen raised his eyelids, Wu Ying and Xiong Xiaoge in the audience were very familiar with Zhang Chen, and when they saw Zhang Chen's expression, they knew that it was going to be bad.

Zhang Chen raised the microphone: "Thank you Professor Zhang for your compliment, I dare not take it seriously." I have just listened to the speeches of my seniors and have benefited a lot. In front of all the seniors, I shouldn't have made an axe in my class, but since Professor Zhang asked me to talk about it, then I will talk about it. Say right or wrong, don't be surprised by the seniors, after all, I'm young. ”

Everyone in the audience laughed.

Zhang Chen paused and looked around at everyone: "My point of view is very simple, there are only three points: first, after the return of Xiangjiang, it will still be one of the international financial centers in East Asia, and Xiangjiang, as the most important offshore financial center in East Asia, will play an increasingly important role in the internationalization of China's capital. ”

This is a cliché, and everyone is not surprised by this point of view, and there is a relaxed smile on their faces, and it seems that there is nothing new about this so-called prodigy.

Zhang Chen held the microphone and continued: "Second, the Cyberport project cannot succeed in Xiangjiang. ”

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the audience was in an uproar, although Li Zekai was still smiling, but his smile was stiff, he didn't expect Zhang Chen's second sentence to completely deny the Cyberport plan that he was proud of, and some people couldn't help but question it.

In the face of doubts, Zhang Chen's face did not change, and made a quiet gesture: "Third, the difference between the advantages of Xiangjiang and the mainland will not get bigger and bigger, on the contrary, the GDP ratio between Xiangjiang and the mainland will fall from the current 1:5 to 1:15 in ten years, to 1:20 in 15 years, and to 1:30 in 20 years." I'm done. ”

The audience was in chaos, Xiong Xiaoge stomped his feet anxiously, Wu Ying raised his hand to hide his face, the entrepreneurs in the mainland were at a loss, and the guests on the Xiangjiang side were directly scolded, and even Zhang Wuchang frowned slightly.

Zhang Wuchang stopped Zhang Chen, who was about to leave, and said solemnly: "Xiao Zhang, do you know what you just said?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "Of course." Is there anything wrong with what I'm talking about?"

Luo Zhaohui said loudly: "Young man, don't pretend to understand if you don't understand! Isn't it great to open a computer company? Have you finished your homework? Go home and eat milk for two years before you come out to talk!"

Li Zekai waved his hand to stop Luo Zhaohui's shouting: "Zhang Sheng, I want to know, why do you say that the Cyberport project cannot be successful?"

Zhang Chen sneered slightly: "Mr. Li, if I'm not mistaken, you just said that Xiangjiang has a lot of money, a lot of schools, and a lot of talents, so it can build an East Asian Silicon Valley, right?"

Li Zekai nodded and said, "Yes, is there any problem?"

Zhang Chen shook his head: "New York also has a lot of money, a lot of schools, and more talents, why is Silicon Valley in the Bay Area, where birds don't in the first place? According to you, New York should come out on top in this scientific and technological revolution, isn't it? In terms of wealth, New York has Wall Street, and in terms of education, New York has Columbia University and New York University, and not far away Boston has Harvard and MIT, the world's top universities, and countless talents pour into New York every year, so why hasn't New York built Silicon Valley?"

Yes, if there are more money and more people, what city in the world can compare to New York?

Li Zekai is confident: "The formation of Silicon Valley is a product of chance, and we can only extract the most important conditions from these accidents, and San Francisco and Los Angeles are the economic centers of the West Coast of the United States, not a place where birds don't." And, from a cost-effective point of view, the price of land in the Bay Area at that time was much cheaper than in New York... ”

Zhang Chen immediately said: "That's right! The land price is cheap! I want to ask, is the land price in Xiangjiang cheap?"

Li Zekai was speechless for a while, "This is different. ”

Zhang Chen did not wait for Li Zekai to retort: "There is no difference, a very important reason why Silicon Valley has been able to develop is that Stanford has given its large tract of land to entrepreneurs for free, while New York is possible? New York has every inch of land, is there any place where it can be used by entrepreneurs for free? At the beginning of the establishment of Silicon Valley, not only the land price was low, but the cost of living was also low, which allowed these entrepreneurs to devote their limited funds and energy to their careers. A bowl of wonton noodles costs 20 Hong Kong dollars, the cost of living is 10 times that of the mainland, and the land price is even more unattainable.

Li Zekai's brain teaser turned: "Cyberport itself is built for large companies, our target is IBM, Intel such world-class companies, Xiangjiang's policy advantages and international financial center status and high-quality talent advantages, will level or even reduce their costs in other aspects, in terms of comprehensive advantages, there is no place to compare with Xiangjiang." ”

Zhang Chen shook his head and said: "Financial centers and innovation centers cannot coexist, this is my basic thesis. I can assert that not only Hong Kong, but all the international financial centers in the world, including London, Paris, Frankfurt, New York, and even Shanghai in the mainland, will not become innovation hubs. You say that finance and innovation are partnerships, but in reality, capital and innovation are partnerships. Finance is the industry that needs stability and risk control the most, and its internal culture and structure are completely different from innovation. The end result is that the hard-working Cyberport will become a real estate project under the high income and high cost of the financial center, which will drive up the surrounding land prices, which will not benefit the development of Hong Kong, and only those shameless property speculators who have nothing but greed will benefit. ”

The scene was silent, Zhang Wuchang's eyes were full of color, and he almost applauded.

Luo Zhaohui saw Zhang Chen's eloquent appearance, he just made a fortune by speculating in real estate, and his lungs were about to explode, "Mainland boy, what are you talking about? Who is shameless? Say it clearly!"

Zhang Chen glanced at Luo Zhaohui, "Take it easy, I didn't say you, with your IQ, it will go bankrupt before the Cyberport is built, and it will not be your turn to benefit." ”

(End of chapter)