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Chapter 1184: Chapter 1042: Rebuilding the Dignity of Rules and Order (Please Subscribe!)
I wasn’t sitting for long.
Nine o’clock.
The Annual Meeting began.
The host was a senior producer from CCTV.
Her resume was quite impressive. The former chief producer of "Dialogue," she had also served as the chief producer for the CCTV Finance Channel programs "Economic Information Network Broadcast," "First Time," "Economic Half Hour," and "Winning in Huaxia."
A very competent woman.
She looked over the entire guest list.
These business leaders and officials, whom ordinary people could only see on TV, didn’t make Wang Fen nervous at all; with her years of experience, she had interviewed most of the big shots present.
They were not strangers to her.
The next moment.
A knowledgeable voice echoed throughout the Conference Hall.
"Respected guests, good morning to you all. This is the ’Fifth Huaxia Business Leaders Annual Meeting.’ On behalf of the organizers, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the guests and friends from all walks of life."
"Gathering here at nine in the morning for such a meeting must be quite stressful for everyone, in terms of time and sleep. Today, we are here not only to discuss business philosophies and management methods."
"...Please welcome Mr. Liu Hua, the president of ’Huaxia Entrepreneur’ magazine, to deliver the opening speech."
After finishing.
Wang Fen stepped down.
Liu Hua took the stage.
He cleared his throat.
After a round of applause had passed.
Liu Hua said, "Respected Mr. Wu, respected President Xu, respected Mr. Daigen Yanai, distinguished guests, friends, ladies, and gentlemen, good morning to you all."
"First of all, on behalf of ’Huaxia Entrepreneur’ magazine and the organizing committee of the Huaxia Business Leaders Annual Meeting, I would like to express our warm welcome and sincere thanks for your presence."
"As per tradition, I would like to title this short opening speech ’Rebuilding the Dignity of Rules and Order.’ As the title suggests, rebuilding is necessary because something has been destroyed, collapsed, or even disappeared. So..."
Everyone below listened attentively.
Journalists took photos.
Text journalists quickly typed up Liu Hua’s words. This Annual Meeting was being covered exclusively in full by Sina Finance, with the requirement that within twenty minutes after a guest finished speaking, the update should be on Sina’s special topic page.
On the journalist list. 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Tang Qing also saw Rong Ying, except she was seated quite far back.
"Now I declare the 2006 Huaxia Business Leaders Annual Meeting open!" Fifteen minutes later, Liu Hua’s speech ended. The host Liu Fen then said, "Next, please welcome Mr. Xu, president of Economic Daily, to give his welcome speech."
After Liu Hua.
The big shots took turns speaking.
And Tang Qing was the sixth guest to speak.
It had to be said.
Regardless of whether they had written their speeches themselves, the content was of a high standard, and Tang Qing couldn’t help but nod inwardly. These topics and content, even if discussed again in ten years, would still be timeless.
The new era.
The new situation.
These leaders at the forefront of business saw everything very clearly.
Before Tang Qing, the President of China Merchants Bank spoke.
"Thank you to ’Huaxia Entrepreneur’ magazine for providing us with a moment to gather. I believe many entrepreneurs have been recently reading the book ’The World is Flat,’ which posits that in today’s highly developed information age..."
"..."
"Finally, I would like to end my speech with the words of Ford Motors’ Chairman Ford. The difference between a good company and a great company lies in the fact that."
"A good company can provide customers with quality products and services, but a great company not only offers products and services, but also strives with all their might to make the world safer, more harmonious, and better. Thank you, everyone."
"Wha wha wha~~"
A round of enthusiastic applause broke out.
Wang Fen took the stage.
"Thank you, President Ma, for your splendid speech. Next, we will hear from the youngest speaker of this event, but one whom nobody doesn’t know—that is the Chairman of Comet Group—Tang Qing. Please welcome him."
She was the first to start clapping.
The Conference Hall erupted into applause again.
Some genuine.
Some pretentious.
Tang Qing didn’t care; strength was the fundamental.
He walked up to the podium.
The venue fell silent, curious to see the young face on stage and eager to hear what he would say. This young man was younger than most of the attendees’ children.
Tang Qing didn’t bring a speech.
"Good morning everyone. I’m Tang Qing."
He paused and then continued.
"Before coming here, I had prepared today’s speech, mainly about the inheritance of Chinese Culture and issues about going global. However, after listening to President Liu’s speech, I suddenly changed my mind."
"Today’s theme of the Annual Meeting, as President Liu said, is ’Rebuilding the Dignity of Rules and Order.’"
"We have broken the old system of the planned economy, broken egalitarianism and the ’big pot’ system, broken absolute monopolies. The economy has developed, society has progressed, and entrepreneurs have thus gained social recognition and even respect."
"However, creating value by breaking the old order has its place in history; the purpose of breaking the old order must ultimately be to establish a new order. Hence, we say that entrepreneurs have broken what needed to be broken, and now have the responsibility to rebuild what must be rebuilt."
"Yesterday, everyone longed for success, heroes were not asked about their origins."
"But today, society’s demands are higher; not only are you required to be successful, but everyone pays more attention to the way you succeed, to the logic behind your success, and to the relationship between your success and the world."
"..."
"Counterfeit goods, substituting inferior products for good ones, cutting corners, business fraud, preferring comfort to hard work... These are the undesirable practices that have gradually spread since we broke away from the planned economy."
"As entrepreneurs of the new era, we have the responsibility and obligation to rebuild the morality of merchants, to establish a baseline for businessmen, to rebuild the dignity of rules and order. It is the responsibility of a generation."
"Thank you, everyone."
Tang Qing spoke what came to his mind.
An impromptu decision.
He put aside the speech he had prepared earlier. Compared to spreading Chinese culture, the inherent quality and behavior of Chinese merchants were a more pressing issue.
A mess within oneself.
How can one expect others to respect this group? It’s impossible. Even if it achieves global scale, it won’t be respectable. To rebuild business ethics, Tang Qing believed, was the most important matter in modern business society.
Sudan Red.
Ractopamine.
Melamine.
Plasticizers.
Fake vaccines.
A society that loses business ethics is terrifying.
"Wha wha wha wha wha..."
In the hall.
Everyone clapped.
They all thought Tang Qing spoke well, although he referenced President Liu Hua’s point of view. This showed that Tang Qing had not been blinded by his own wealth and possessed a strong sense of responsibility.
The happiest,
of course, was Liu Hua.
His viewpoint was acknowledged by Tang Qing and even suddenly turned into an impromptu speech.
In less than half an hour.
His words would appear in major media outlets, providing excellent promotion for the event.
