Tan Sheng was still capable of doing things. Wan Feng had no idea what means and methods he used to invite the sixteen people drawn by Wan Feng to Wang Baohe Restaurant, and he never thought of asking.
As long as people are here, that's enough.
Wang Baohe Restaurant is one of the oldest restaurants in Shanghai, said to have been founded in 1744.
1744 should have been the Qianlong period. Wan Feng was shocked when he calculated it. It was more than 240 years!
Wang Baohe has a restaurant called Crab King in Shanghai, also known as the ancestor of wine. It is famous for specializing in Wang Baohe old wine and clear water river crabs.
In the 1980s, the average cost of dining here was over 100 yuan per person.
What does it mean that per capita consumption exceeded 100 yuan in the 1980s? Before the mid-1980s, it was a worker's several months' salary.
Even in 1991, a meal here would cost a month's salary.
Therefore, the working class cannot afford to spend money here at all.
Then who has eaten the food here over the years?
Wan Feng naturally thought of the evil capitalism.
Since it is called the King of Crabs, it means that most of the dishes here are related to river crabs.
Tan Sheng is still not up to the mark. As the public relations director of Nanwan Group, you don't even know what kind of taste I, the boss, have. Do you still want to climb up?
Lotus crab roe, emerald shrimp and crab, yellow crab bowl, Yangcheng crab roll...
Looking at the dishes that all had the word "crab" in their names, Wan Feng frowned.
The sixteen people invited by Tan Sheng, plus Tan Sheng, Wan Feng, Han Guangjia and Lu Jinshui, made exactly twenty people, sitting at two tables.
After everyone was seated, Tan Sheng started the opening speech: "Uncles, grandpas, aunts, brothers, sisters, and younger brothers... I don't seem to have any younger brothers or sisters. Compared to you all, I'm actually the youngest."
A few people laughed softly.
"Compared to you all, I'm the youngest, but compared to our boss, I'm still older. This is Wan Feng, the boss of Huaguang Company, which we founded in Shanghai."
Tan Sheng led the applause, and these experts and masters also applauded politely.
Everyone looked at Wan Feng curiously. This boss was indeed quite young, looking to be only about twenty-four or twenty-five years old.
Tan Sheng opened the curtain, and Wan Feng had to come on stage.
"This is Mr. Yao Guosheng, who works at Wireless Fab 7 and has made unique contributions to the field of integrated circuits."
"This is Mr. Qiu Zhen, who is very famous for his plastic lead frames and precision molds."
"This is Ms. Kong Xiangyan, who has unique insights into gallium arsenide and silicon wafers."
Tan Sheng introduced the experts and scholars present to Wan Feng one by one. Wan Feng nodded and shook hands with each person he was introduced to, saying things like "I'm honored to know you."
After the handshake, Wan Feng also said a few words.
"I'm very happy to meet so many leaders in the domestic semiconductor industry here today. Let's toast to our acquaintance today. This wine is Wang Baohe's most famous Shaoxing Huadiao. It's brewed from pure glutinous rice and has a very low alcohol content. Drinking it in moderation is good for your health. Everyone here is my elder, so as a junior, I'll drink first as a sign of respect."
Wan Feng didn't know whether Huadiao was brewed from glutinous rice, but he just said it that way. If he didn't know, probably few people here knew either.
This wine is actually not white wine but rice wine. The alcohol content is indeed not high. Wan Feng estimates that the alcohol content is about the same as that of beer, and even if it is higher, it is not much higher.
Everyone present drank it regardless of whether they could drink or not, and just treated it as a beverage.
Then we eat the food until three rounds of wine have been drunk.
In the north, people usually discuss things at the dinner table after three rounds of drinks. Wan Feng didn't quite understand why this happened.
After three rounds of drinking, the diners are probably full, but the wine hasn't reached them yet and they are still sober. It's a good time to talk about things. If it's any later, they will probably drink too much and talk nonsense.
Wan Feng stood up and spoke again: "You are all elites in Shanghai's semiconductor industry. You should have made greater contributions in your respective fields. Unfortunately, the general trend does not allow it. Although our country has entered a period of rapid development since reform and opening up, the country's foundation is weak and its resources are limited. If we want to achieve rapid development, we must make choices. Unfortunately, our semiconductor industry has become an orphan, and we are in a precarious situation with no idea where to go."
Wan Feng's words touched the hearts of these experts and scholars, and there was a sigh at the table.
"We're facing unemployment now. You've all dedicated your entire lives to the semiconductor industry. You must be feeling incredibly lost right now. Forget about contributing to your beloved careers. You can barely even afford to eat, am I right?"
"Manager Wan! What you said is absolutely right. I am lost and don't know where to go." A man who looked to be in his forties said in a heavy tone.
"This senior's words speak for what everyone is thinking. Although there are foreign companies merging now, will they truly support China's semiconductor industry? Because of differences in the system, foreign companies are controlled by large capitalist chaebols. They only care about profit, and even the concept of nation-state is blurred in the eyes of capital. They will do anything for profit. They come to China simply for profit. They will transfer those old and outdated technologies and production lines to China and will not support our semiconductor industry at all."
He nodded slightly in agreement with Wan Feng's point of view.
"Everyone has heard about the Gulf War a few days ago, right?"
These scholars and experts usually focus on scientific research and have little interest in international current affairs, but they have heard of events as big as the Gulf War, and many of them nodded.
"Why was the Iraqi army, fighting on its own doorstep, defeated in just 42 days? At the time, the Iraqi army boasted 48 divisions totaling 1 million soldiers, 6,000 tanks, 4,000 artillery pieces, and an air force equipped with 1,000 combat aircraft. Yet, the army of such a regional hegemon suffered enormous losses, while the coalition's losses were almost negligible compared to the Iraqi army. Do you know why?"
These people know almost nothing about military affairs, so how could they know the specific reasons?
"Actually, it's just one thing: high technology! The coalition's ground forces barely made any moves. The only attacks were aerial bombardments and missile attacks. I can hit you, but you can't hit me. How can the outcome of a war like this be certain? Speaking of high technology, everyone should understand that no matter what kind of high technology there is in the world, it's inseparable from semiconductors. This means that the level of a country's semiconductor industry directly determines the outcome of future wars."
As soon as Wan Feng said this, everyone present looked solemn.
It turns out that the tiny semiconductor components in their hands are actually related to the safety of the country.
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