The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 310 Investment Plan: Splitting the Lakeside Island
On February 4, 1987, in the secretary's office of the administration building at the Weizigou campus of Harbin Institute of Technology, Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang were dumbfounded.

Starting from scratch is just too shocking, isn't it?

If we do this, our superiors will be furious if they find out.

Lotte Group has been established for over six years and has a deep-rooted presence overseas with an extremely extensive network of connections.

Moreover, with numerous companies such as Dolphin Games, Huashun, and Zhuoyue Technology, it's not impossible for Harbin Institute of Technology to start afresh, as Wang Duoyu mentioned.

But is it really necessary to take such a risk?

Liu Deben said:

"Duyu, putting aside the question of whether or not to start a new business, let me ask you, you just said that we still have opportunities to make money in the second half of this year? Why is that?"

Wang Duoyu nodded and said solemnly:

"Old Liu, as you all know, I've been collecting information from major American newspapers for the past six months, mainly because I've noticed something: the situation in America is very serious."

He immediately presented Liu Deben and the other man with a conclusion: the American economy is a false prosperity!

Wang Duoyu elaborated on this conclusion in great detail.

First and foremost, there's the historical context.

The late 1950s and the entire 1960s were a golden age for American economic development.

Its characteristics include sustained and stable economic growth, low inflation, and low unemployment.

By the 1980s, the US stock market had experienced decades of bull market.

A simple set of data is enough to illustrate the point: the market capitalization of U.S. stocks grew from $2.472 trillion in 1980 to $5.995 trillion in 1986.

Starting this year, the average daily trading volume of US stocks has reached 180.6 million shares, setting a new historical record.

The stock market is experiencing an unusual boom, with its growth rate far exceeding that of the actual economy.

Because of the high returns of stocks, a large amount of international speculative capital and private capital are continuously flowing into the stock market.

These funds engage in speculative trading in the stock market in pursuit of short-term profits, creating a false boom in the stock market.

In addition, Reagan's Star Wars program, along with the high inflation and unemployment rates caused by the previous economic crisis, greatly weakened the United States' economic strength.

At the same time, due to the availability of high-quality and inexpensive products from Japan and Germany, as well as products from Harbin Institute of Technology and Want Want Group, the United States' market share in the international market and even the domestic market has been declining.

The trade deficit and budget deficit continue to rise!
On the other hand, the United States is continuously relaxing its control over the financial market and providing tax breaks to stimulate stock investment, resulting in a huge influx of international speculative capital into the US market.

Leaving aside other countries, Japan alone has invested a large amount of money in the US stock market in the past period, and will continue to invest in the next eight months, with new investments exceeding 20 billion US dollars.

There was no other way; with the yen appreciating and the dollar depreciating, companies like Toshiba and other Yamato-based corporations had no choice but to continuously expand into overseas markets.

Besides these so-called international speculative funds, the US real estate issue that Wang Duoyu mentioned in a meeting with Zheng Baoyin and others last year is also one of the culprits behind the false prosperity of the stock market.

The American Savings and Loan Associations that Wang Duoyu mentioned before were introduced in the early 1980s. After Reagan took office, two bills were passed that relaxed the regulation of the Savings and Loan Associations.

The relaxation of financial regulations has led many institutions within the association to invest funds in short-term speculative projects such as the US stock market.

This further creates a false sense of prosperity in the stock market.

"This is my observation, and the US stock market will continue to prosper for the next six months."

Wang Duoyu stated confidently:

"Therefore, if we can get involved, we will definitely be able to make a lot of money."

In a lifetime, there are very few opportunities to earn so much money legally and legitimately.

For Wang Duoyu personally, he naturally doesn't need that much money, because he has already achieved financial freedom.

Although he achieved financial freedom, he was still not truly free in reality; otherwise, the looting incident on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau wouldn't have happened.

Therefore, he needs to make money and improve his skills.

Having money in your hands allows you to control more resources and prevents others from restricting your personal freedom.

Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang were deep in thought about this matter. After Wang Duoyu finished speaking, the former finally spoke:

"Duoyu, I agree with your judgment and inference, but whether it will actually erupt, and how long it will take, is hard to say, isn't it?"

"If we can't be certain, and our funds get caught up in this, what if something unexpected happens in the future... we can't afford that responsibility..."

Makes sense!
Old Liu is just that kind of conservative old man; his personality has always been like that, and he can't change it.

Lü Gongliang nodded in agreement, and then asked:
"By the way, Duoyu, how much money do you plan to invest in this financial investment?"

Wang Duoyu said:

"Given our current financial situation, I believe that allocating eight billion US dollars and investing it in the US stock market in batches starting this month is the most appropriate course of action..."

From February to August of this year, the preparation time is about six months.

After August, the US stock market will experience fluctuations. Investing funds at that time could cause further market volatility.

In the original timeline, Black Monday in 1987 occurred on October 19th.

At that time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508.32 points in a single day, a drop of 22.6%, marking the largest single-day decline since 1941.

Within six and a half hours, the New York stock index lost more than $500 billion.

Horror!
In this timeline, Wang Duoyu not only involved Harbin Institute of Technology, but also had Maple Leaf Holdings make arrangements in advance.

Maple Leaf Holdings alone prepared $12 billion, and had already begun investing these funds in the market before February.

If we add the eight billion US dollars from Harbin Institute of Technology, the total amount of funds will reach two hundred billion US dollars.

This size is truly astonishing.

Despite the fact that the New York Stock Exchange lost over 500 billion US dollars in one go in the original timeline, a loss of 20 billion US dollars could very well cause a market collapse.

Moreover, in addition to the 20 billion US dollars from Harbin Institute of Technology and Maple Leaf Holdings, other international capital from Japan and other countries will also invest a large amount of money in the US stock market.

Given the backdrop of the Plaza Accord and the Louvre Accord, the devaluation of the US dollar was inevitable, and so much international speculative capital would naturally be withdrawn from markets such as Japan and Germany.

The decades-long bull market in the US stock market makes it the most suitable investment target for these international speculative funds.

With the combined efforts of many parties, the prosperity of the US stock market will continue, but Wang Duoyu is uncertain how long it can last.

"so much?"

Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang were immediately shocked, their pupils dilating considerably.

Eight billion US dollars is no small sum.

Investing such a huge sum of money in the US stock market is tantamount to gambling.

Even if Harbin Institute of Technology could come up with such a huge sum of money, it would be the stock market, which is like gambling, and it would be completely unnecessary for Harbin Institute of Technology at present.

If you win, that's fine, but what if you lose?

Although Wang Duoyu's analysis was very logical and he had never made a mistake before, it was still gambling.

Given Harbin Institute of Technology's current operating conditions, it can develop gradually without taking such a big risk.

Last month, a group of senior executives from Harbin Institute of Technology held an annual summary meeting.

Dolphin Games alone generated $12.39 billion in revenue, while the total revenue of all companies combined reached $36.8 billion.

This portion of the funds does not include Lotte Group's revenue.

Total revenue in the domestic market reached RMB 4.25 billion.

Therefore, by operating these enterprises step by step, Harbin Institute of Technology can also develop and grow well.

There is absolutely no need to take the risk, especially not with eight billion US dollars.

Therefore, Liu Deben and the other man kept persuading Wang Duoyu not to be so impulsive and to reduce his investment, for example, to 2 billion or 3 billion.

In this way, even if there is a financial loss, it won't be too severe.

It's important to understand that it would be extremely difficult to secretly take away eight billion US dollars within the next six months without alerting the leaders in Beijing.

Even with the upcoming launch of the MP3 player this May Day, the 2G phone to be released after October, and numerous other products such as the second-generation PHS phone launched last year, the total revenue of all companies affiliated with Harbin Institute of Technology this year will most likely exceed 40 billion US dollars.

With an annual revenue of 40 billion US dollars, they took out several billion US dollars, plus another two to three billion US dollars from last year's profits, totaling 8 billion US dollars, and invested it all in the US stock market over six months.

It should be possible to barely conceal this from the leaders in Beijing.

But the consequences might be something Liu Deben and his group could not afford to bear.

With its increasing size, Harbin Institute of Technology has now attracted strong attention from Beijing.

After all, the total revenue of companies affiliated with Harbin Institute of Technology last year was US$36.8 billion and RMB4.25 billion, which, if converted to RMB, would amount to RMB140.4 billion.

In 1986, excluding companies affiliated with Harbin Institute of Technology and Want Want Group, Harbin's GDP was 13.9 billion RMB.

In 1986, if we exclude companies such as Maple Leaf Holdings, Facebook, Magic Toys, and Walsin Technology, and only consider companies based in Harbin, the total overseas revenue of Want Want Group was US$4.23 billion, and the total domestic revenue was RMB1.39 billion.

Converted to RMB, based on the current USD/RMB exchange rate of 3.7, Want Want Group's total revenue in Harbin would be RMB 17.41 billion.

Adding the 140.4 billion yuan from the Harbin Institute of Technology system, Harbin's GDP in 1986 was 171.341 billion yuan.

Shanghai's GDP is 58 billion RMB, Beijing ranks third with 34.2 billion RMB, Guangzhou ranks fourth with 33.8 billion RMB and Tianjin ranks fifth with 32.1 billion RMB, and Chongqing ranks sixth with 22.7 billion RMB.

The combined GDP of all the cities ranked second to sixth is only 180.8 billion RMB.

In other words, the GDP of Harbin is equivalent to that of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Tianjin combined.

so horrible.

Even just the companies affiliated with Harbin Institute of Technology have exceeded the combined GDP of Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou.

With such a powerful economic scale, how could the leaders in Beijing not be paying close attention?

Under such close scrutiny, it would be extremely difficult to secretly take away eight billion US dollars, even if it were done over six months.

Therefore, Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang tried to persuade Wang Duoyu not to make such a big move.

If you really want to do this, it's best to communicate with your superiors first.

"Oh, if that's the case, then forget it, pretend I didn't say anything!"

After about ten minutes, Wang Duoyu stopped smiling and brought up the matter again after the two of them had finished speaking.

Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang were immediately taken aback.

"Duoyu, it's not that we disagree with your investment plan, but eight billion US dollars is just too much. On the other hand, if we keep it a secret, Lao Lü and I can't afford the blame from above."

This is absolutely true!
Even though Harbin Institute of Technology has been upgraded and Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang have been promoted, they are still ultimately subject to the management of Beijing.

"Yeah, that's why I said it, just pretend I didn't!" Wang Duoyu rolled her eyes and said:
"Just pretend you never heard of this, forget about it. I won't pay attention to the US stock market anymore; after all, it's gambling."

Stock trading is gambling, although it's not exactly the same thing, but it's a fact.

In his past life, Wang Duoyu had seen far too many things like this.

However, if you are bullish in the long term rather than speculating in the short term, then you can still act when you are sure of the opportunity.

Of course, you also need to be mentally prepared.

The best way is actually to deposit the money in a bank; this is the most conservative and safest method.

Even if the interest rate is very low, or even close to zero like in Japan in my past life, I still want to deposit my money in the bank.

Most ambitious middle-aged men are in debt.

Therefore, saving money is the key!
Having been given a second chance at life, Wang Duoyu naturally had a high degree of confidence, which is why he dared to place such a heavy bet.

However, since Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang are unwilling to take the risk, then let's just forget about it.

Operating in a step-by-step manner is also a good choice. In any case, Wang Duoyu will no longer interfere too much with the financial management of Harbin Institute of Technology.

He then shifted his focus more towards Want Want Group, allowing Maple Leaf Holdings to control more funds.

Within the Want Want Group, he is the true decision-maker, and he doesn't need to waste much of his time.

On the contrary, at Harbin Institute of Technology, as the university grows larger, Wang Duoyu will face more and more constraints.

It's not that Liu Deben and his group wanted to cause trouble for Wang Duoyu; the fact is that the consequences were too severe for anyone to bear, and even Wang Duoyu might suffer a crushing defeat because of it.

Therefore, the best solution is to avoid engaging in such risky gambling and speculative activities altogether.

Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang: "."

Both of them were speechless when they heard Wang Duoyu say he was giving up.

Is it really necessary to go this far?
Wang Duoyu is already thirty-one years old this year, so he should be more mature. Why does he look even 'younger'?
After all, only young people would just quit like that.

"Old Liu, Old Lü, is there anything else? If not, I'll head out now."

After saying that, Wang Duoyu got up and left the office.

Lu Gongliang and his companion really didn't know what to say to Wang Duoyu, so they simply didn't try to stop him.

After leaving the secretary's office, Wang Duoyu went home.

Liu Xiaoli and the others were still immersed in joy.

After all, she's pregnant with another baby. Although it's not twins, it's still great!

If I could have another daughter, that would be perfect.

The two sisters, Wang Meili and Wang Meihe, hoped to have a son, but unfortunately, they already had two daughters.

Now that family planning policies have been implemented, enforcement will be even more thorough.

However, Wang Meili and her sister were relatively kind; they didn't mind being fined.

A few days have passed in the blink of an eye, and with the Lantern Festival just around the corner, Harbin Institute of Technology has already started its new semester.

After the start of the new school year, Wang Duoyu and his friends will be moving soon.

That evening, Wang Duoyu got home from get off work, and his neighbor Li Liangshun's wife, Audrey Layton, was visiting him again.

Since last October, when Li Liangshun's daughter, Li Xinyi, got into a fight with Wang Junhong, Li Liangshun's family has been visiting Wang Duoyu's house once or twice a month.

Wang Duoyu neither had much affection nor much dislike for this relatively warm neighbor.

Wang Duoyu didn't have much affection for Audrey Layton, the British mixed-race woman; he felt more dislike than goodwill towards her.

why?
It's not that Audrey Layton isn't pretty; on the contrary, she's quite good-looking, with a model's figure, definitely a beauty with above-average looks.

The reason there was more dislike was because the other party was a bit too enthusiastic.

Even if Wang Duoyu could understand that Li Liangshun and his family had only been back in China for a short time, and perhaps they were just as hospitable when they were in England, they wouldn't visit other people's homes so often, even when they were abroad.
Besides, Wang Duoyu has so many relatives that he doesn't need this kind of meaningless socializing.

It is said that something is amiss when things are out of the ordinary, but Wang Duoyu really didn't notice anything. Yuan Zuliang and the others had also mentioned this matter to their superiors and had indeed investigated it. When Li Liangshun and his family were in England, there was nothing unusual about them.

Wang Duoyu simply nodded slightly to Audrey as a greeting, and then returned to his study.

"I'm moving tomorrow, and I won't have anything to do with these neighbors anymore."

In the study, Wang Duoyu thought to himself.

However, he still needed to remind Liu Xiaoli and the others not to disclose their home address casually.

Of course, after their family moved to the Weizigou campus, they wouldn't have any neighbors, because their family was relatively independent.

The next morning, many cars arrived at Wang Duoyu's house. Many of Wang's relatives came to help with the move, but the drivers were Mu Xiaowu and his security guards.

Neighbors like Li Liangshun were quite surprised that Wang Duoyu would move.

However, after Wang Duoyu's instructions, Liu Xiaoli and the others didn't mention it that much.

And there won't be any moving celebrations this time.

The reason is simple: Wang Duoyu has been forced to organize many such celebrations, so now he naturally wants to keep things as simple as possible.

At Harbin Institute of Technology, on the Weizigou campus, near the faculty housing area, a large lake extends into this area, with several islands in the middle of the lake. These islands are just islands; only one of them has a road connecting it to the outside world.

At this moment, Wang Duoyu and his group arrived at the lake by car and then slowly drove into the island in the middle of the lake along this path.

"Dad, this island is so big! Will we live here in the future?"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Wang Junhong turned around and asked.

It was around mid-February at the time, and the lake was still frozen over, not yet melted.

However, many flowers and plants have already been planted along the path; these are small flowers and grasses that can bloom in winter.

In addition, there are many trees on the island in the middle of the lake, all lush and green, which form a strong contrast with the other bare trees.

"Yes, from now on, this will be our home!"

Wang Duoyu nodded and smiled, and the two brothers, Wang Junhong and Wang Junan, immediately cheered.

Soon, the car drove through the narrow road and traveled about a hundred meters on the island in the middle of the lake before finally arriving at the villa's entrance.

This island in the middle of the lake is not small. Although it is an artificial island, it is not a perfect circle, but rather an irregular circle. Its north-south diameter is about 1.2 kilometers, and its east-west diameter is about 1.1 kilometers.

Similar to Ersha Island in Guangzhou, the villas are all built in the center of the island, and the villa gates do not face the path leading to the outside world directly, but face the other side.

Apart from Wang Duoyu's family, no one else lives on the entire island.

To be honest, what Wang Duoyu's family is doing is really a bit exaggerated.

But there's no way around it. If Wang Duoyu lives off-campus or in those villas with other teachers, he might easily get into trouble.

Only in this way can we minimize external prying.

Moreover, there are not just one villa on the island in the middle of the lake, but three.

Besides the rooms for Wang Duoyu's family, there was another building that housed Yuan Zuliang and the security personnel, and the last building was Wang Duoyu's study, which was actually a small office.

This building has three floors, each floor is 150 square meters, which is not very big.

The second and third floors are for storing books, while the first floor is the reception room and Wang Duoyu's usual office.

In addition, there are three underground floors.

The entire underground three levels house the Dawn supercomputer's main body and database.

Wang Duoyu spent tens of millions of RMB just to provide a home for this supercomputer.

The Dawning supercomputer was developed at the end of last year, and its floating-point operation speed has reached 100 billion operations per second, making it the world's fastest supercomputer.

After successfully completing the Nebula supercomputer with over 10 billion calculations per second in 1984, Wang Duoyu launched the Dawning supercomputer project, which has a capacity of 100 billion calculations per second, in September of the same year.

Successfully completing this project in over two years is quite an achievement.

With a few years to go, it is hoped that the floating-point operation speed of supercomputers will break through 500 billion operations per second before the year 1990 arrives.

In this way, once the 1990s arrive, a supercomputer project with a trillion floating-point operation speed can be launched.

The Dawning supercomputing project is now teeming with talent.

And as time goes on, more and more talented people will join in.

Even in a few years, all the researchers at Dawning Supercomputing will be Chinese citizens, with no foreigners among them.

The total revenue of companies affiliated with Harbin Institute of Technology reached US$36.8 billion last year, of which the Nebula supercomputer, capable of performing billions of floating-point operations per second, contributed to the revenue.

The material cost of a single Dawning supercomputer is as high as 80 million RMB.

This doesn't even include the human resource costs for researchers like Pang Dianchen, Ci Yungui, and Lü Xuemin. If we include those costs, the total is definitely over 100 million.

Therefore, if Dawning supercomputer is to be sold next year, it will inevitably be in the form of 'hundreds of millions of US dollars'.

"Wow, our house is so big..."

After getting out of the car, Wang Junhong and the others cheered and ran around in the living room, then dashed from one room to another.

Then the rooms were quickly assigned.

The villa has 200 square meters on the first floor and the second floor, as well as two lower floors.

Two hundred square meters is a very spacious and comfortable space. Not to mention that Wang Duoyu's family currently only has five people, if you include the unborn baby in Liu Xiaoli's belly, that makes six people.

Even in the future, when Wang Junhong and the others have grown up, it will still be enough for them to live in.

"Duyu, are there two more floors underground? Why do we need so many houses?"

Liu Xiaoli also took a stroll around, but she didn't go to the second floor; instead, she wandered around the basement.

She was genuinely surprised to see the empty room.

"Hehe, you might feel like there's a lot of space now, but you won't feel that way for long."

Wang Duoyu said with a smile.

There are two underground floors. One floor is used to store vegetables, wine, etc., and the other floor can be used for leisure and entertainment.

For example, singing, watching movies, playing billiards, etc.

Take watching movies as an example; now, color projectors using cathode ray tube technology are installed in basements.

That way, we can watch movies on a 'big screen' from here in the basement.

Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) is currently developing an LCD projector, a technology that will become the mainstream in the future market. If it can be developed ahead of schedule, HIT will have another technological product that will lead the world.

When it comes to film projection technology, Wang Duoyu naturally remembers IMAX technology.

IMAX technology was developed in the 1960s and was exhibited at the Montreal World's Fair in 1967.

However, their multi-projector large-screen projection system encountered many technical problems, which led them to design new systems with only a single projector and a single camera.

According to the original timeline, IMAX would have gone public on NASDAQ in 1994.

Wang Duoyu plans to have Maple Capital acquire the company, and then have them install several of these projection systems at Harbin Institute of Technology.

"Okay, you have a point!"

Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes at him, then turned and went upstairs.

At noon, the family cooked a fairly substantial lunch at home as a simple celebration of moving into their new house.

No one was invited; it was just a gathering of a few close relatives of Wang Duoyu's family, and no one else was present.

Originally, Wang Duoyu planned to invite Old Wang's relatives over for a lively gathering that evening, but in the afternoon, he received a phone call that a leader from Beijing was coming over.

When the leaders arrived, he couldn't go home for meals because Liu Deben and his team had already arranged for the canteen to prepare food.

There weren't many people at dinner tonight. Besides Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang, there were Fang Lihe, Lü Yangui, and Qi Haimin.

The latter is a leader from the Ministry of Education, because Harbin Institute of Technology's current superior department is the Ministry of Education, not the Ministry of Aerospace Industry where Fang Lihe works.

The canteen at the Weizigou campus is larger and has a more modern design than the one at the old campus.

Inside the small private room of the cafeteria, ten dishes and a soup were laid out on the table.

However, it seems that people don't drink much soup; instead, they drink alcohol.

"Duoyu, you're thirty-one this year, right?" Fang Lihe raised his glass and said.

"You're already this age, and it's the Spring Festival now. It's not fair to say you've only had two drinks."

"Boss, the Lantern Festival is over, why is it still Spring Festival?"

As the old saying goes, "The New Year celebrations don't end until the first month of the lunar calendar; on the second day of the second month, people sell savory food; after eating it, the festive atmosphere fades."

Fang Lihe's words received unanimous agreement from Qi Haimin and others.

Wang Duoyu was speechless, but he just pretended to be dead.

Drinking alcohol is fine, but don't overindulge.

After several rounds of drinks and several dishes, Lü Yangui put down his cup and finally spoke, getting to the point:

"Duoyu, I heard you seem to have some investment plans recently, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Duoyu glanced at Liu Deben and Lü Gongliang, picked up a slice of onion, put it in his mouth, and said while eating:
"Yes, there was such a plan, but Lao Liu and Lao Lü thought it was too risky, so the plan was shelved."

This time, it was Lü Yangui, Qi Haimin, Fang Li, and the three leaders who came. There were only six people in the room, and no one else.

Therefore, what everyone was talking about was definitely not a trivial matter. Wang Duoyu had already prepared himself mentally, but he just didn't expect it to be about the previous investment plan.

Before Lü Yangui could press further, Wang Duoyu continued:

"To be honest, this plan is indeed very risky. I believe the three leaders have learned about the general situation from Lao Liu and the others, right? Now that you know, what are your thoughts?"

Qi Haimin suddenly interjected:

"Professor Wang, I agree with your plan, but the eight billion US dollars you mentioned earlier is indeed too much. I suggest twenty-five billion US dollars."

This was the result of their discussion. Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu pondered for a moment and said:
“Okay, no problem. Let’s invest according to this figure. That way, entering the market over about six months won’t be too abrupt.”

Is 2.5 billion US dollars a lot?
Of course, there's a lot of nonsense.

Even though the US dollar is depreciating against currencies like the German mark and the Japanese yen in today's global market, it is appreciating against the Chinese yuan.

And this upward trend is quite significant.

For example, the USD/CNY exchange rate was 3.5 two years ago, 3.7 last year, and it is expected to continue rising this year.

The reason is simple: the government has been releasing RMB.

In the original timeline, there were many reasons why the RMB depreciated, one of the biggest being the effort to boost exports.

In this timeline, the export volume of Harbin Institute of Technology and Want Want Group was not small, but this was just an isolated case, and the scale was not very large.

On the other hand, even though exports have brought back a lot of foreign exchange, especially last year, the combined revenue of Want Want Group and companies affiliated with Harbin Institute of Technology alone reached US$41.03 billion.

It should be noted that even though Japan was affected by the Plaza Accord, its total exports fell from 41.6 trillion yen in 1985 to 34.6 trillion yen in 1986.

Based on the current USD/JPY exchange rate of 143, 34.6 trillion yen is equivalent to 241.9 billion USD.

Therefore, compared with Japan, the funds of Harbin Institute of Technology and Want Want Group are really not much.

But investing $2.5 billion in the stock market is still a considerable amount of money; it can be considered a big fish.

However, compared to those financial giants who often have billions or even tens of billions of US dollars, it is still slightly inferior.

"You agree?"

Qi Haimin, Fang Lihe, Lü Yangui, and the others were immediately taken aback; they had thought Wang Duoyu would disagree.

"Well, eat as much as your stomach can handle. Two billion US dollars is a good deal. Why wouldn't I agree?"

Wang Duoyu nodded with a smile.

He didn't want to waste his breath arguing with Fang Li and the others about so many profound principles.

Therefore, whatever they say goes.

If Harbin Institute of Technology doesn't invest, then Want Want Group will definitely increase its funding.

"Okay, since you agree, that's good."

Fang Lihe and the others were overjoyed and quickly spoke up.

"Let's drink! Let's drink!"

The best outcome is when everyone is happy; if a dispute arises, it can be very difficult to resolve.

Wang Duoyu raised his glass, clinked glasses with them, drank and ate a few bites at the same time, and then continued talking about business.

The second matter concerns Lotte Group and whether or not to get involved in this investment adventure in the US stock market.

Qi Haimin and the others asked Wang Duoyu for his advice, and the latter replied:

"Didn't they just agree to invest $2.5 billion? I thought Lotte Group was already involved."

"I've already told Lao Liu and the others that this stock market crash will definitely sweep the globe and will affect the entire United States."

"So even if we're going to short sell, we need to be cautious."

Upon hearing the words "sweeping the globe," Qi Haimin and his colleagues all became serious and focused.

Fang Lihe said in a deep voice:

"Duyu, could you explain your reasoning in more detail?"

Wang Duoyu shook his head and said:

"I believe Lao Liu and the others have already explained the general situation, so I don't want to go into details."

"Secondly, you can take back and review the situations I mentioned earlier, as well as the notes I took and the newspapers I reviewed. I believe you will be able to understand them."

"Finally, I believe you leaders can obtain more information from other sources to corroborate my point of view. However, I hope you can be careful not to leak this information, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble and may even affect our investment plans."

This investment plan is no joke.

Therefore, he has never mentioned Maple Leaf Holdings to Liu Deben and the others.

Maple Leaf Holdings must remain more hidden to avoid being exposed.

At the end of the year before last, in the few months following the signing of the Plaza Accord, Maple Leaf Holdings clearly made nearly 20 billion US dollars, but Wang Duoyu strictly forbade anyone to leak this information.

None of the senior executives, including Zheng Baoyin, who were in the know, dared to speak out.

Although Fang Li and the others were leaders, and it wasn't that Wang Duoyu didn't trust them, he just didn't want them nagging him or interfering with his affairs.

Therefore, Liu Deben and the others were unaware of Maple Leaf Holdings' affairs.

"no problem!"

Qi Haimin and the others nodded repeatedly and did not continue the topic.

The topic of whether Lotte Group would invest in the US stock market was thus dropped, and the conversation shifted to other matters.

Harbin Institute of Technology may be restructured!
More accurately, it needs to be broken down.

why?
Because this group is too large, and Harbin Institute of Technology was originally a national defense science and technology university, but now it has been polluted by money and has become too commercialized.

Therefore, it is necessary to separate companies such as Dolphin Group, Lotte Group, and Huaxin Company, so that Harbin Institute of Technology can focus more on scientific research and education and no longer interfere in business operations.

"Oh, which leader suggested it?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu was instantly enraged and impulsive, but he managed to restrain himself.

He asked the question calmly and indifferently, without any change in expression, as if the matter had little to do with him.

Did they dismantle Harbin Institute of Technology?

Haha, this guy is a genius!

State-owned enterprise reform is inevitable, but Harbin Institute of Technology has grown from nothing to where it is today without any problems, and has integrated scientific research, education and enterprise management very well.

Furthermore, the business transformation path that combines production and research is a very successful experience abroad, and now many domestic companies are also following this path.

Furthermore, Tsinghua University has Tsinghua Technology Service Company, Peking University has Founder Group, and Fudan University has Fudan Development Corporation.

Almost all top universities have affiliated companies, but you don't see them focusing solely on education and neglecting business management.

This is just plain greedy; it's outrageous.

"Duoyu, don't overthink it. This is just a rough idea, still under discussion. Whether or not to split it up is just a discussion. The leaders are just worried about whether Harbin Institute of Technology can manage it."

Upon hearing this, Lü Yangui panicked and quickly offered an explanation.

(End of this chapter)