Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

"Who would be willing to exchange [-] million shirts for a Boeing plane, let alone work five to sixty hours a week for a meager salary, but we have no choice. Who makes our skills inferior to others, we can only Engaged in the simplest labor-intensive work, you can watch helplessly as workers in developed countries work thirty hours a week, but receive high wages, drink coffee, red wine, smoke cigars, and enjoy life on the beach..." Yang Mo's eyes Lonely, he continued in an extremely dejected tone.

"Which classmate can tell me? Why is this?" Yang Mo asked in a deep voice as he scanned the audience.

"That's because we are poor and backward. Many high-tech technologies are in the hands of developed countries. We can't do computers, airplanes, mobile phones, engines, and precision instruments. We can only do labor-intensive work..." A classmate raised his hand. replied.

"That's very good! We can't do these high-end manufacturing industries for the time being and can only engage in labor-intensive work. As the top university in the country, have you really asked yourself, what are you studying for? Is it for many years to come? Let your children no longer need to engage in labor-intensive jobs, give them the right to choose a career, and give them the right to sit in a spacious office and engage in high-paying jobs such as design and R&D..."

"To be honest, I can't believe that in a top university like Huaqing University, we still need to discuss the issue of whether we should give up the high-end manufacturing industry? What about the international cycle, global collaboration, and the huge inflows and outflows from both sides? Theory is simply a false proposition. It has only one meaning of existence, and that is to strangle and castrate our high-tech industry. Its intention is to be punished..."

At this moment, a middle-aged man who looked like a professor sitting in the front row stood up and said with a cold snort: "Mr. Yang, what you say is a bit alarmist, isn't it?" The great cycle theory of "big in, big out" , has been verified by the coastal cities in eastern Guangdong Province and has been proven to be feasible and will truly bring opportunities for rapid development to eastern Guangdong!"

"Are you..." Yang Mo asked.

"He is Professor Gao Ling of the Department of Economics and Management, who returned from studying in the United States..." a staff member next to him introduced softly.

"Are you Professor Gao Ling? Could you please give me an example of an industrial chain where both ends are in and out of the country?" Yang Mo asked unhurriedly.

Gao Ling snorted and said: "Take the home appliance industry as an example! The ABS plastic steel materials, picture tubes, compressors, refrigerants, and R&D designs for TVs and refrigerators all come from Japan and Europe. After they are assembled and produced in our country, they are Selling to the European and American markets, this is a typical successful case of international collaboration with raw materials, technology, and brands all outside the country..."

"Professor Gao may not know that the brand premium will account for 35% of the profit from producing a color TV, and the picture tube will take another 35%. The remaining 30% minus labor is the profit of the assembly plant, especially the refrigerator. In this way, a compressor will take away half of the profit..."

"This is the second thing. China is a big country with a population of more than 10 billion. Whatever products we produce as OEMs, there will be a surplus and the prices will be reduced to cabbage prices. Others will easily take most of the profits. We have worked hard to After working hard for a long time and not making any money, we have to bear the risk of overcapacity? Why? Students, do you think it is fair?" Yang Mo asked in a deep voice.

"Unfair!" A uniform response sounded from the audience!

"Over the years, we have been falling into a strange circle. For products that cannot be produced in China, people will charge sky-high prices or even choke you and refuse to sell them to you. But once China makes a technological breakthrough and is able to produce such products, such products will be available in an instant. Being reduced to a mere bargain... Is there any student from the Department of Economics and Management who can explain to everyone why?" Yang Mo looked around and asked with a smile.

“According to the oil skimming theory, for products that we cannot produce, multinational companies will take advantage of technological leadership to seek high profits. For technologies that we do not have, others will be afraid that we will learn to steal their jobs, so they will not sell to us. After learning the technology, they will occupy the market through dumping, and kill the companies that have made technological breakthroughs in the bud!" A boy stood up and talked.

Yang Mo applauded softly: "What this classmate said is very good! Now you know why people will try every means to reduce us to a foundry? The so-called labor advantage is a false proposition, because cheap labor can be replaced at any time. Only Mastering core technology is fundamental!”

"Speaking of which, I would like to share a true story with you. When a foreign car company first entered China, we could only produce a few parts such as radios, floor mats, wipers, etc. for the entire car. We cannot produce a simple nickel-plated car logo, because the nickel-plated car logos we produce will soon have some spiderweb-like cracks, making the entire car logo dull. Is there any metallurgy? Can a classmate from the department explain why this phenomenon occurs?" Yang Mo asked, looking up at the audience.

The audience was completely silent, no one knew why...

Yang Mo continued: "I'm not here for charity. Do you want to learn? Come with the money. The technology transfer fee is more than 100 million US dollars. You can't even earn 1 US dollar for producing a car logo. How much work do you have to do like a long-term worker? How many years can it take to earn it back? In fact, it is very simple for this phenomenon to occur. It is as simple as one sentence to solve this technical problem..."

"Mr. Yang, how did you solve this technical problem?" The students from the Metallurgical Department asked all at once.

"I later consulted a professor at Huaqing University and learned that this phenomenon had nothing to do with the nickel plating process, but that the surface stress on the workpiece was not completely released before nickel plating. I share this story to tell you that many Technology is not as difficult as you think. What we lack often is cultural confidence..."

There was prolonged applause from the audience.

"I am very happy to spend two hours of pleasant time with you. Many of you will become leaders in your respective fields in the future. Your values ​​​​and worldview will influence many people and even an industry. You Our future is closely related to this country!”

"Mr. Yang, many of us will leave the campus. Can you give us a parting message for those students who are about to enter the society?" A girl who originally asked the question asked sincerely.

"I will give you my favorite sentence when I was young: young people should be ambitious, draw their swords to kill Kunlun, and encourage everyone!" After Yang Mo pondered for a while, he remembered a sentence in the letter written by Lin Yan to him.