Chapter 231 I really don’t use the second master as a swordsman
Zhang Wei returned to Tsinghua University with the end of 2005.
At this time, it was also the time for final exams at Qingdao University, and Zhang Wei realized that he had been busy for a semester and had not attended a serious class.
So Zhang Wei hurriedly went to Principal Gu and asked Principal Gu to approve a note so that he could go to the School of Economics and Management. He had to register before the end of the first semester.
"Oh, you are finally back. If you don't come back, I will call you to come back." Principal Gu said while rummaging through a stack of heavy documents. .
"Are you looking for something from me?" Zhang Wei asked.
"Well, I found it, look at this." Principal Gu found a piece of paper from the file and handed it to Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei took it and saw it was a meeting notice.
“Notice on convening the National Science and Technology Conference, in order to formulate the development plan of science and technology, commend advanced units and figures in the intellectual community, reward outstanding research results, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of the vast number of intellectuals. On January 9, 2006, the 4th National Science and Technology Conference was held in the Great Hall of the People..."
After reading the meeting notice, Zhang Wei looked at Principal Gu with some confusion, and then asked Said: "Principal, are you asking me to attend this meeting? Am I qualified to attend such an important meeting?"
"Of course you have to go, and you can't go empty-handed. You have to write a few reports and take them with you." Principal Gu said.
“I still have to write a report!” Zhang Wei felt a little irritated when he heard that he had to write something, and then asked: “This meeting is quite important, right?”
“That’s quite It's important. This kind of meeting has only been held three times since the founding of the People's Republic of China. This is the fourth time!"
Principal Gu picked up the difference, took a sip to moisten his throat, and continued: "I still remember the first time! The first National Science Conference was held in 1978, which was chaired by Mr. Guo Moruo. That conference was called the "Spring of Science". It was also at that conference that science and technology modernization and science and technology were the primary productive forces. Concept.
The second National Science and Technology Conference will have to wait until 1995. That science and technology conference was mainly related to education. The strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education was determined at that conference. . The rapid development of our Tsinghua University over the years also benefited from the conference at that time.
1999 was the third National Science and Technology Conference. The conference mainly called for knowledge innovation and scientific and technological achievements to be transformed into productivity and to improve the overall quality and comprehensive national strength of our country. January next year will be the fourth National Science and Technology Conference. ”
“What is the theme of next year’s conference? "Zhang Wei asked.
Principal Gu replied: "Deploy and implement the "National Medium and Long-term Science and Technology Development Plan Outline." This is a fifteen-year strategic plan to strengthen the country through science and technology, spanning from 2006 to 2020.
Our goal is to strive to increase the proportion of the whole society's R&D investment in GDP to more than 2.5% in 2020, the contribution rate of scientific progress to more than 60%, reduce the dependence on foreign technology to less than 30%, and authorize invention patents. Ranked among the top five in the world in terms of volume and number of citations to international scientific papers. ”
Zhang Wei nodded as if he was stunned. Except for the proportion of investment in science and technology research and development in GDP, these goals have all met the standards and even exceeded the task.
As for the first item, investment in science and technology research and development will account for 2.4% of GDP in 2020, which is 0.1 percentage points short of the target value.
But when formulating this plan, I never imagined that China's economic growth would be so fast. According to estimates at the time, China's GDP would reach Japan's level in 2020, which was already very high.
With Japan’s GDP of US$4.8 trillion at the time, 2.5% was already considered a lot. When we made this plan, we never imagined that it would be 2.4% of US$15 trillion by then.
Zhang Wei continued to ask: "This "Science and Technology Development Outline" is a matter of national strategic level. I am just a college student. To say that I speak lightly is to praise myself. Who should I be? What kind of report are you writing?”
“The official document of this outline will not be released until the Science and Technology Conference, but I have already obtained some of the core content in advance. The outline has identified 62 key areas and priorities. Themes include energy, environment, agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, informatization and other fields.
There are also 22 cutting-edge technology research projects. These 22 cutting-edge technology research projects are relevant to you. Among them, there are five biotechnology research projects, including target discovery technology, animal and plant species and drug molecule design technology, genetic manipulation and protein engineering technology, stem cell-based human tissue engineering technology, and new generation industrial deep pit and fissure technology.
The third and fourth items, genetic manipulation and protein engineering technology, and human tissue engineering technology based on stem cells, are all related to the topics you have done this year. Genetic scissors and nucleoside modification technology, aren’t they genetic manipulation and protein engineering? As for IPS cells, it is human tissue engineering technology based on stem cells.
So you have to write two reports on these two points, mainly to introduce your technologies. If it can be combined with the development of science and technology in our country and add some descriptions of technological prospects, it will be more alright. "Principal Gu said.
"The meeting will be held on the 9th next month. You ask me to write a report at this time, and I have to write two reports. You are really difficult. "Zhang Wei said helplessly.
"I am already taking care of you. Among the 22 cutting-edge technologies, there is also high-temperature superconducting technology among the new material technologies. Your graphene has good thermal properties. Conductivity, there will be opportunities to develop high-temperature superconducting materials in the future. If I weren't afraid that you would be too busy, I would have asked you to write another report on graphene. "Principal Gu said.
"Okay! Just catch me and bully me!" Zhang Wei said, stretching out his hand, and then said: "Principal, please open the letter of introduction for me. I will go to the School of Economics and Management to register first, and then go back to write the report. , okay?”
“There is no need to write a letter of introduction. I have already greeted Dean Qian Guoguang of the School of Economics and Management and Director Bai Qian of the Department of Economics. You can just go to them directly. ." Principal Gu said.
"Then I'll go over now. Why don't you give me a call first?" Zhang Wei said.
"That's okay, I'll call!" Principal Gu picked up the phone and dialed a number.
After a while, Principal Gu ended the call and said: "Qian Guoguang is on a business trip and is not in the hospital now, but Director Bai Qian is still there. Bai Qian is also the deputy dean of the School of Economics and Management. You go Just look for him.”
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Zhang Wei came to the Department of Economics and met Bai Qian, a gentleman.
"Zhang Wei...er, classmate Zhang Wei! Welcome!" Bai Qian hesitated to address Zhang Wei, but finally called "classmate".
After all, if you want to study here in the future, it is definitely not appropriate to call you "teacher".
"Director Bai, I'm sorry, this semester is almost over, and I just came here to report!" Zhang Wei said.
"It's never too late to have a good meal, and it's never too slow to say a good word. You can come to our economics department, which is a blessing to us!" Bai Qian said politely.
After the two of them sat down, Bai Qian asked: "I heard from Principal Gu that you are very interested in economics?"
"That's very interesting! Some time ago I went to Japan as an exchange student and found the Japanese economy after World War II very interesting. They were able to achieve greatness in such a short period of time and then remain stagnant for ten consecutive years.
I really want to know how this happened. That’s what happened, so I took some open courses on economics and found them very interesting, so I planned to study economics systematically,” Zhang Wei said confidently.
"Economics is profound and profound, and many economic phenomena are indeed very interesting and worth spending energy to study." Bai Qian nodded with deep approval.
Zhang Wei continued, "Director Bai, in addition to reporting to you today, I have another thing to do, which is to ask you for leave. There will be a National Science and Technology Conference next month next year, and Principal Gu has assigned me a task. , asked me to write two reports. I don’t have time to come to class before that.”
“It doesn’t matter, it’s the end of the semester anyway, and the courses for this semester are basically over. You can come back to class next semester.” There's enough time." Bai Qian stood up, took out a junk book from the bookshelf behind him, and handed it to Zhang Wei.
"Principal Gu has specially instructed that you have to go to the Department of Biology to do scientific research, so time will definitely be tight. If you don't have time, it doesn't matter if you don't come to class. You will not be recorded as absent from class. This There are several books here, all of which are basic theoretical knowledge related to economics. You can take them back and read them yourself. The undergraduate courses in our department usually cover these contents. If you don’t understand anything, you can ask directly. Me."
"Thank you, Director Bai." Zhang Wei took the book and looked at the titles. They were all basic economics books, so he asked: "Director Bai. , do you have any books on finance? I’d like to read them too.”
"Finance is also available. But it may be more advanced. It is mainly in English. There are many exclusive terms in it. If you are not a finance major, you have to look up the dictionary."
Bai Qian said, looking for I picked up two books on finance and handed them to Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei took it and saw that they were all English books.
Bai Qian then introduced: "Both of these are books used by the University of Hong Kong as financial teaching materials. Hong Kong's financial industry is very developed, and the finance major of the University of Hong Kong is also among the best in Asia. It speaks volumes about others' ambitions. If so, their teaching level in finance is indeed several levels higher than ours at Tsinghua University.”
“Director Bai, didn’t you come back from the United States?” Zhang Wei? Ask.
Bai Qian introduced himself: "I received my Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1993, and then taught at Boston College. In 2000, I went to the University of Hong Kong to teach for two years, and then I Come to Tsinghua University.
When I was in the United States, I mainly worked on projects for the World Bank. My research focused on the country's economic transformation and the regulation of public utilities. Later, when I went to the University of Hong Kong, my research topic changed to the reform of state-owned enterprises.
Over the years, my research has mainly focused on applied economics focusing on industrial structure. In fact, I have not delved deeply into finance. If you are interested in finance, I would like to introduce you to Director Li from the Finance Department. He is also a Ph.D. from Harvard and is my senior brother. "
"Thank you, Director Bai. I will definitely ask you for advice if I have any questions. Zhang Wei paused and then asked: "So, from studying to working, you have been in the United States for more than ten years!" Have you bought a house in the United States? ”
“I bought it. When I was in the United States, my wife had a better job than me, so I bought a small house with a mortgage. Later, my wife quit her job to give birth to her second child, and we returned to China. "Bai Qian said.
"Is the house sold? "Zhang Wei said.
"It has been sold. Since I plan to return to China for development, there is no point in keeping the house in the United States. Not only repay the loan, but also have to pay property tax, which is not cost-effective."
"Just sell it." Zhang Wei He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just sell it?" Bai Qian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Actually, I lost money on the sale. I heard from my friends in the United States that in the past two years, housing prices in the United States have skyrocketed. If I If I sell it now, I might be able to sell it for hundreds of thousands of dollars more! What a pity, I am just a teacher and have no chance of getting rich!”
“Director Bai, don’t say that, maybe I will make a living! In a year or two, you will be glad you sold the house!" Zhang Wei said.
Bai Qian glanced at Zhang Wei in surprise: "Why, are you also interested in real estate?"
"Well..." After Zhang Wei pondered for a moment, he decided to give a few spoilers first, so he said mysteriously: "Didn't I just come back from the United States? This time I went to the United States, I found that the real estate market in the United States is about to collapse. !”
“The U.S. real estate market is collapsing? Is the U.S. going to tighten its mortgage policy?” Bai Qian asked.
When Japan punctured the real estate bubble, it mainly used three tactics. The first was to tighten the mortgage policy, the second was to tighten the land policy, and the third was to raise interest rates.
If it were placed in the United States, this tactic of tightening land policy would definitely not work. Land policy is the foundation of the United States and cannot be tampered with. In addition, federal and state laws are different, so you can't do it even if you want to.
The United States has been doing this to raise interest rates. In order to get out of the Internet bubble, the federal benchmark interest rate in the United States has been reduced to 1%. It has been increasing in recent years and is about to rise to 5%. But the real estate market in the United States has always been hot.
So the only possibility Bai Qian can think of is that the United States will tighten its mortgage policy.
Zhang Wei then said: "The mortgage policy in the United States is indeed loose, but if you ask Wall Street to tighten the mortgage policy, you might as well kill them. There is a saying that you will never look back until you hit the wall, but Wall Street Help me, if I hit the wall, I won’t look back if I don’t pretend to be in pain!”
“Your metaphor is very vivid, but if the United States is not tightening its housing loan policy, why do you think that the United States is tightening its mortgage policy? Is the real estate market going to collapse? "
"It's because the financial, financial and real estate bubbles have blown too much, so I want to learn about finance!" Zhang Wei said.
"Uh..." Bai Qian was speechless.
Damn it, you didn't even learn the basics, and you came to me and made nonsense about how the US real estate is going to collapse!
I am an economist after all. Don’t you think this is a bit of a trick? Do you really not regard Mr. Guan as a swordsman?
But then, Bai Qian looked relieved again.
In terms of economics, how can I compete with a biologist?
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After leaving the School of Economics and Management, Zhang Wei went to Weiguang Technology Company.
“Brother Xiaoyao should have recruited a few employees while I’m in the United States!” Zhang Wei thought in his mind and walked into the office area rented by Weiguang Technology in Zhongguancun.
The office area still looks very simple. In addition to the grid desk and water dispenser, there is only a projector, probably to demonstrate the point of view of the copywriting.
There are dozens of cubicles for work, most of the seats are still empty, and only a few are occupied.
Looking carefully, black-rimmed glasses, plaid shirts, and jeans are almost the standard outfit for these people. In addition, most of them have thin hair and look like they have been drinking too much.
In this outfit, at that time, he must have been an excellent programmer!
Zhang Wei walked into the office, and no one paid any attention to him. Everyone was busy with their own business.
Programmers, nine out of ten are nerds. Most programmers are innately immune to things like social nerdiness.
Zhang Wei went straight to Yao Xiaoguang's office, knocked on the door, and walked in.
"Zhang Wei, you are back from the United States!" Yao Xiaoguang was surprised when he saw Zhang Wei.
"Brother Xiaoyao, I didn't bring you anything. I bought some macadamia nuts to give you some protein." Zhang Wei handed two bags of macadamia nuts to Yao Xiaoguang.
Yao Xiaoguang didn't care, he pulled Zhang Wei to his computer and said at the same time: "You're back just in time, hurry up and try out our "Three Kingdoms Generals"!"
< br>Zhang Wei was startled: "Test it? Have you made this game? So fast!"
(End of this chapter)