"However, our founder, who is also the chairman, still felt that this was not enough to show everyone the importance we should place on him, so he flew back from Hong Kong overnight and invited him to take the stage!"
Many students in the audience were moved by his sincerity. When Lu Feng walked onto the stage, applause broke out. However, there was more surprise than applause. They did not expect the chairman to be so young.
"Thank you for the applause, students. I heard many people exclaim 'Ah!' when they saw me. Do you think I'm too young? Let me introduce myself. My name is Lu Feng, Lu as in mainland China and Feng as in mountain peak. I am the founder of Hurricane Capital. We are not a Hong Kong-funded company, nor are we a foreign-funded company. We are a company that has grown up in the north."
“You might not be familiar with the name Hurricane, so let me change it to Wipuda! Do you all know it?” Lu Feng asked the crowd.
"I know, the television!"
"Selling televisions!"
"Everyone knows it's a TV brand, so it seems I'm doing quite well. Hurricane Capital was formerly known as Jiafeng Group, which owns brands such as Wepuda and Jiaxun. So why did I get into semiconductors?"
"Because foreigners are bullying us! You all study electronics, so you should know that the most advanced electronics in the world today are in Europe, America, and Japan. So how much does a processor cost? You might not know, but I'll tell you, it's around ten to one hundred US dollars. So how much do they sell it to us for? The cheapest one costs one hundred US dollars!"
"Do you know how much the 486 processor, which was released in 1993, sold for in the market? You probably don't know, but it sold for more than two hundred US dollars abroad, and you simply couldn't buy it for less than five hundred US dollars in China, and there was no stock available. If you wanted to buy it, you would have to pay six hundred or even seven hundred US dollars!"
"At the current exchange rate of 8, five thousand yuan for such a small thing! Everyone knows the most basic principle of industry: the greater the output, the lower the cost. To be honest, saying they make ten times the profit is an understatement."
"Why is it that their workers can generate more value in one hour of manufacturing processors on the production line than we can earn in ten days of factory work?"
“I have visited many factories in Europe. Their workers are not as hardworking as ours. Why can’t we live a good life despite our hard work? It’s because of industry. The products that they can produce in one hour are something you can’t afford even if you work in a factory for ten days. They can make a month’s worth of profit from you in one hour!”
“I decided right then and there that I wanted to work in the high-end industry. Some of you may have seen the news about Jiafeng’s split last year, which lasted for a long time. You may have also seen a lot of people cursing me, and some even called me a traitor. I don’t care about any of that. I only care that the workers there can earn almost the same value in a year as the workers here in eight hours!”
“It’s like the hour, minute, and second hands of a clock. We’re the second hand now, spinning faster than anyone else. But even a slight movement from others makes us stronger. So I resolutely quit. I can’t keep going. Wepuda has great sales; it’s a nationally renowned TV manufacturer. Isn’t it profitable?”
“It’s very profitable, that’s what I tell my classmates. Jiafeng Group’s annual net profit can reach 2 billion yuan, making it one of the top private enterprises in China. But do I care? I really don’t care, because every time I go to the factory and see those workers on the assembly line who dare not waste a moment, I feel like I’m letting them down!”
“I feel this is my responsibility, that I didn’t do a good enough job. If Jiafeng were a world-class semiconductor company, they wouldn’t be so tired, and they could live in big houses, drive cars, travel, drink coffee, and live a leisurely life!”
"We have an old saying that everyone has a responsibility for the rise and fall of the nation. What I want to say to you students is that you are all talents sent down by Heaven without being bound by convention. You should have a greater sense of responsibility than ordinary people. When it takes an hour of hard work for us workers to afford the industrial products that an outside worker makes, it is a disgrace to the intellectuals of this land!"
"Everyone says they study for the rise of China, but I want to say that I will fight for equality for workers for the rest of my life!"
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