Rebirth of the Wild Age

If you search for Fudan’s school anniversary on the Internet, you will probably be confused, because there are three results.

The first is May 27th, a school anniversary publicly recognized by Fudan University. It is an adjustment made to commemorate the liberation of the Shenghai.

The second and third types are school opening days, September 4th and September 14th. And there were more search results on September 4, but it was probably wrong, and I don’t know who made the mistake, and then a large number of related webpages were all wrong. The real school day was September 14, the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1905, when Fudan Public School officially opened.

As a result, Fudan’s centennial school celebration is set for September 24...Maybe it is to take care of the military training of new students, and the school also needs time to organize and organize.

The problem is that it's only early May, why did Song Weiyang go back to attend the school celebration?

Haha, Fudan's centennial celebration activities have been carried out one after another since New Year's Day. On January 1, the "Oriental Pearl Tower Climbing Competition" and "New Year's Concert" were held at the same time, kicking off the centennial school celebration that lasted for more than half a year.

Halfway through, they organized the "China Mayor Forum", "21st Century University Presidents Annual Meeting", and "Pacific Rim Mathematics Conference"... These were all sponsored by Fudan University, and they all revolved around the centennial anniversary.

The event that Song Weiyang came back to attend this time was called "Shenghai Forum" (the first), which was held at the same time as the "Fortune Forum" in Beijing. The "Fortune Forum" is global, with many domestic and foreign leaders participating, and the official atmosphere is stronger. The "Shenghai Forum" is also global, with a stronger academic atmosphere, and belongs to the highest standard of Fudan's Centennial Anniversary Series.

Due to time constraints, Song Weiyang could only choose one of the two, but he chose Shenghai's side for the sake of face.

Returning to Shenghai from Gangcheng, Song Weiyang just in time for the welcome dinner. He was placed in the top position. The guests at the same table are a little bit inconvenient to say, just mention those who are in foreign countries: Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Vice President of the World Bank, Secretary-General of the Boao Forum, and Mr. Lee from Singapore. etc.

If it were changed to last year, Song Weiyang would definitely not be eligible to sit at this table, and it is likely to be arranged at table 2 or table 3. But this year is different, the world's richest Chinese, and the world's seventh richest.

Although on this occasion, wealth cannot be used to measure status. But at this moment, China is still struggling to develop. A figure in the top ten of the world's richest list is far more valuable than a figure like this ten years later-things are rare.

The banquet has not yet officially started. As the youngest and richest person at table 1, Song Weiyang received the attention of other guests at this table, or took the initiative to communicate with him in English or Chinese.

Song Weiyang generally doesn't send out business cards, but the people at this table are obviously exceptions. Not only did he post it all over at table 1, he also sent out tables 2 and 3. No way, all the guests present here are big men, one third each in politics, academics, and business, and there are several presidents of top universities at home and abroad.

I have to say that Fudan University's face is so great that it has organized a forum to invite so many awesome people.

By the way, among the guests invited to this forum, Song Weiyang is the only domestic private entrepreneur. Because the forum is mainly for academic exchanges, it talks about some macro-level things, and it hardly involves specific business behaviors. Entrepreneurs don't know what to do when they come here.

The local official gang gave a speech at the dinner, and amidst applause, the food and drink began. Xianjiu and Xifeng's various beverages were open for supply at the banquet, and they were all sponsorship qualifications given by Song Weiyang's face. Unfortunately, except for guests from Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, other foreigners are not used to drinking baijiu.

The forum officially started on the second day, and the whole process was extremely boring, and each guest speaking at least had to speak for more than 20 minutes. And it's all of that kind of macroscopic things, and if you expand them appropriately, you can use them as a master's thesis.

Some people’s speeches were slightly bright, but most of them made Song Weiyang doze off listening. Maybe they have a certain degree of foresight, but Song Weiyang is a traverser, this kind of foresight is common sense to him.

The theme of the forum is "Economic Globalization and Asian Choices", which can be developed around three aspects: energy, finance and IT. The guests choose their own focus when speaking.

Although Song Weiyang is particularly rich, he is not even considered a beginner in academia, and is scheduled to speak on stage on the last day. But it doesn't matter. The Singaporean Mr. Lee also spoke, and talked about the car wheel. After squeezing out the water, there is no nutrition.

What is particularly nonsense is that as soon as Mr. Li finished his speech, Fudan leaders personally took the stage and awarded Mr. Li an honorary doctorate certificate.

Amidst the sparse applause, Song Weiyang finally came to the stage, and the foreigners put on simultaneous interpretation headphones and waited for him to speak. Song Weiyang bowed first, then smiled and said: "Dear leaders, guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen: Thank you for giving me this opportunity to express my views. I don't understand academics or policies. , Discussing scholarship policies with leaders and experts is purely a matter of tactics..."

There is no need to play humor in this kind of occasion, one is more serious than the other, and your jokes will only be despised.

Song Weiyang went straight to the subject and said: "The theme of this forum is'Economic Globalization and Asian Choices'. It mainly focuses on energy, finance and IT. When I accepted the invitation, the organizer Fudan University told me : "You can talk about IT, you are an expert in this area." I am not an expert, and I am not talking about IT today, I want to talk about energy."

"The issue of economic globalization is very complicated, especially in energy. There are many developing countries in Asia that lack capital, technology, and industrial strength. They can only rely on the sale of natural resources to seek development. Natural resources are the most basic products, and their prices are often The pressure is very low, and it brings a series of environmental problems. Today, I will talk about rare earths without saying anything else. It is purely a personal point of view and has nothing to do with academics."

"The great man said during his southern tour that there is oil in the Middle East and rare earths in China. Rare earths are widely used in the six fields of information, biology, new materials, new energy, space, and oceans recognized by the scientific community today. , The United States’ 35 strategic elements, and Japan’s 26 high-tech elements, all include all rare earth elements. At present, China accounts for 95% of the proven rare earth reserves, and 97% of the world’s rare earth supply comes from China. Petroleum Resources have made Middle Eastern countries rich and oily, but China’s rare earths have been sold for pork prices."

“I’m very happy that the Chinese government can pay attention to this situation. Starting from this year, it has banned the export of raw rare earth ore and has substantially increased the export tax on rare earths. But I think it should go further. At present, China’s rare earth industry is scattered with overcapacity and disorderly competition. , Indiscriminate mining, large quantities of cheap exports, and even repeated prohibitions on smuggling. I believe that relevant departments should take the lead and carry out strong industry integration, and the excess part should be purchased and stored by the state."

“Now there are more than 1,000 rare earth companies in China, distributed in more than 10 provinces and cities across the country, but less than 10 have an annual processing capacity of more than 2,000 tons. Many small companies are indiscriminately mining and cannot sell after mining. They can compete with each other and sell their precious rare earth resources into Chinese cabbage. At the current mining speed, China’s proven rare earth reserves will be exhausted in at most 30 years."

"Since 1983, Japan Benzene has established a reserve system for the share of rare minerals to seal a large number of rare earth mines. At present, more than 80% of the rare earths of Japan's benzene are exported from China. The United States, which has the world's second largest reserves of rare earths, also started in 1999. We gradually stopped mining rare earths and sealed up the largest rare earth mine in the United States, and switched to importing from China to replenish our strategic reserves..."

"Economic globalization is not about buying and selling at will. It must be based on equality and freedom. Now many natural resources in developing countries have been excessively depressed in price, and China's rare earths are seriously underestimated. I think the current rare earth prices, A three to five times increase is normal. The current ultra-low prices are extremely abnormal. I also have an electronics company. Rare earth prices are actually not good for me. It will increase the cost of my products. But I hope that including rare earths in The various natural resources in the country can be exploited and sold in an orderly manner for a long time, so that the long-term development of the industry can be realized."

"If this continues, what should we do if China's rare earth mines are dug up in 30 years? What should we do if the rare earth mines in the United States are dug up in 50 years? At that time, how will our high-tech products obtain important raw materials? How will human society realize science and technology? Progress? Regulating rare earth mining ~www.readwn.com~ Adjusting the price of rare earths is beneficial to the long-term development of the whole world and mankind. We can't just focus on our eyes..."

Song Weiyang is definitely a different kind. The other speakers all expounded macro-theories, and they all said good and empty words that everyone likes to listen to. Song Weiyang ran to talk about rare earths, and made it clear that he hoped that the central government would implement strict control. Some representatives of large multinational corporations immediately looked unnatural.

All speeches made at this forum will be sorted out for the government and research institutions to read.

Song Weiyang only hopes that his own speech can attract the attention of relevant departments and carry out rare earth control earlier than in another time and space.

This thing is actually much better than coal, because the price is too low and the quantity is not very large. Take cerium oxide for example. It costs more than 10 yuan per kilo, which is cheaper than pork!

From ten years ago to the present, the global demand for rare earths has increased three times, while the export prices of rare earths in China are falling, and the prices are lower than those sold in the 1990s. Counting the continued depreciation of the U.S. dollar over the years, the price of rare earths in China has actually fallen even more terribly. This is completely incompatible with the laws of the market-the real reason is not being held down by foreign devils. However, the demand for rare earths is so high that Chinese companies are digging hard. If we dig it but cannot sell it, and the supply exceeds demand, we will fight a price war and continue to sell rare earths at low prices, resulting in lower and lower prices.

As long as the government forcibly integrates rare earth companies, shuts down and transfers a large number of small mines, and controls the annual mining volume, the price of rare earths will rise immediately.

What status is Song Weiyang now?

After the manuscript of his speech was exposed, the domestic media had a collective climax before the official could respond. Especially in the southern department, immediately sent reporters to unannounced visits to rare earth companies, and also exposed a large-scale rare earth smuggling group.