After interviewing Shen Fang for a few more questions, they invited the second guest, Wang Wanda, to the stage.

"Is Mr. Wang a former soldier?"

Wang Wanda nodded: "I started as a soldier. I enlisted in a border defense regiment of the Jilin Provincial Military Region in Ji'an County and was assigned to the reconnaissance platoon of the regiment's special service company. I served for 8 years and was later promoted to platoon leader. After that, I went to the Army Academy to study. After graduating in Dalian, I stayed at the Army Academy as a deputy director."

This is absolutely true; Wang Wanda's family is a "red" family (a family with connections to the Communist Party), no joke. He rose from a junior employee to deputy director in just seven years.

"Then I chose my major that same year."

Why this major?

Wang Wanda smiled and said, "I had no choice but to start my own business. I couldn't work in an office and sit there doing nothing all day. I didn't want to live like that for the rest of my life, so I chose to start my own business and founded Wanda Group."

What are your thoughts on the future direction of China's real estate market?

"The future trend of China's real estate market will continue to rise, reaching an unprecedented peak. A great era for China's real estate market is about to arrive."

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Third place.

Liu Lianxiang.

"Mr. Liu, you started out as a technician, right?"

Liu Xianglian nodded: "I studied at the Military Telecommunications Engineering Academy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (now Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology), and later went to the Tenth Institute of the Tenth Academy of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission in Chengdu to become an intern researcher. After that, I went to the countryside and worked at the Xihu Liberation Farm in Hunan and the Baiteng Farm in Zhuhai, Guangdong. The heavy labor back then was an 'unbearable thing'."

Chen Weihong's face turned green—is this something to be said?! Seriously?!

How did you build Lenovo?

Liu Xiang smiled and said, "I want to thank Zeng Maochao, the director of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. With his support, I founded Beijing Computer New Technology Development Company (the predecessor of Lenovo). Lenovo's journey has been glorious, arduous, and full of struggle. Young people cannot think that they can get carried away by enjoying the benefits of the times or having a bit of good luck. Manufacturing is not something that can be achieved by just shouting slogans. The path is not easy! Lenovo's trade-industry-technology approach is a way to break down barriers and go global. Ordinary people cannot understand such wisdom."

These words were meant for Shen Fang to hear. Shen Fang smiled faintly and didn't retort. It was just casual conversation anyway; a few words were enough. If it really came down to it, he wouldn't waste any more words and would go straight for the kill.

Chen Weihong was completely stunned. The atmosphere was so tense, guys, could we even continue recording this show?!

After asking a few simple questions, they quickly invited Brother Ma to come on stage. Brother Ma was very polite, very courteous, and very shy. He pretended to be cool, but the show recording was just a bunch of big shots talking nonsense, trying to raise their prestige, and spouting some big, empty talk. There was no real substance at all.

After recording the program for more than two hours, Shen Fang's buttocks were numb.