There is indeed a generation gap, as Xing Baohua views them from the perspective of an elder.

"Hello, what's your name, and what's your major?" Xing Baohua asked a student.

"Hello, factory manager, I didn't expect you to be so young. I majored in Chemistry and Applied Materials. My name is Wang Bingtong."

"Okay." Xing Baohua nodded, already having made arrangements for this person's whereabouts.

The selection of materials for mobile phones is still very important. This is an area where research and development can begin.

The next student introduced himself: "Hello, factory manager, I'm Geng Peng, majoring in Electronic Engineering and Information Science."

Xing Baohua nodded; this guy was in the same major as him. He'd be the one for future hardware modifications or research and development.

Next up was a girl. She smiled shyly, didn't look up at Xing Baohua, but still said confidently, "Hello, factory manager, my name is Fang Tongtong, I... I study business administration."

Computer Automation

Department of Mathematics

"Precision Machinery and Instrumentation"

Department of Physical Optics

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After asking each person individually, I got a general understanding of their situations. These were people carefully selected by the ministry, each with different expertise.

But for Xing Baohua, if used well, his future contributions to the electronics factory will be enormous.

Xing Baohua's products will no longer be those of a single communications equipment supplier, but rather a supplier across multiple product areas.

Bringing these people into the meeting room required a show of force first. These were all high achievers, unruly individuals. Each possessed their own unique qualities, and Xing Baohua needed to intellectually challenge them. Only in this way could he subdue them.

Just as he entered the meeting, the security guard informed Xing Baohua that two more groups of people had arrived, claiming to be from the AB factory.

Alright, they've all come together. Let the two factory managers go down and bring them up.

Soon after, the two factory managers, A and B, led the people up.

There were quite a few people, more than a dozen.

Except for the chief engineers of factories A and B, everyone else went out to wait.

Let's have a short meeting.

To be precise, take a class.

There's a small blackboard in the meeting room, which is used for drawing diagrams during meetings.

Now, Xing Baohua wrote "sony" on the blackboard.

Do you all know? Half the people in the meeting room know.

"Do you know why I wrote about Sony? It's not because they're a great company or anything, but because we're going to follow the path of imitation within the next ten years."

Many people looked at Xing Baohua, waiting for him to continue.

"Sony has successfully integrated home appliances and entertainment. To name just a few examples, there are large appliances like TVs and refrigerators, as well as smaller ones such as radios, tape recorders, camcorders, cameras, and game consoles."

What are the differences between us and domestic manufacturers or our own factories?

You might think it's not about technology or equipment, but what's lacking is talent. Only people can create.

It's true that we lack equipment, but we can manufacture it ourselves. So why do we need so many imported machines now? Because it's better to buy than to make.

Time is money, or perhaps they just want to buy and start production as soon as possible to earn money quickly.

For example, our factory, which has only been established for nine months. I started out making over $20,000 from selling stereos, so I came here to take over this factory.

To put it bluntly, I was just a junior manager at the machine factory back then. But so what? I had a creative spirit, so why couldn't I create in the machine factory? That wasn't my territory, and I didn't have the final say there. So I left to take over the factory.

The learning machine was developed in a 1:1 scale based on a computer. How was it developed? Because I got hold of a discarded Atari circuit board. I fixed it, and it's still my main computer in the office.

I had to reverse engineer Atari's motherboard several times before I was able to manufacture the learning machine.

Who among you can do it? I didn't go to university, but that's not important at all. What's important is, can you create? All of our technology industries need independent research and development. Regardless of success or failure, at least we've done the research.

I filed two patents for my creation, one for Motorola and one for Alcatel. Motorola paid less, but the two-way paging system patent they gave me in exchange has proven incredibly valuable. Have you ever seen the Rice brand pager commercials?

I can confidently say that we are number one in the world. This patent for motorcycles has existed for many years, so why hasn't it been put into production? Is it because the technology is substandard or the production equipment is inadequate? Neither. I'll leave that question for you to ponder.

I managed to create the world's first product by exploiting a loophole in this patent.

Alcatel gave us ten million US dollars in cash and ten million dollars worth of equipment, the most advanced of which was a fully automated robotic welding arm. I took two of them; with these, we can produce more sophisticated motherboards.

Look, all the equipment and industries here are related to your majors, whether it's hardware or software.

The only difference between us and Sony right now is in the comprehensive management of the supply chain, especially in terms of supporting facilities. To put it bluntly, we have nothing. And it is in this environment that I achieved another world first. No, I should say three world firsts.

By piecing together components from various sources, I was able to manufacture the world's first lightweight mobile phone, achieving 90% domestic production. If a suitable battery industry is found in China, then 100% domestically produced communication equipment will be produced in our factory, saving the country a significant amount of foreign exchange reserves and generating even more foreign exchange.

After Xing Baohua finished speaking, he slowly looked at the stunned crowd.

In this era, talking about money, status, or welfare is useless.

The mission of these talented individuals is to dedicate themselves to creating a spirit or glory for the nation.

After saying all that, I just want to say how amazing I, Xing Baohua, am. No matter how amazing you are, no matter how capable you are, can you create more or contribute more than me?