Chapter 2110: Wisdom and Strength

Elder Huo smiled slightly. "You shouldn't ask me; you should ask Andong."

The eldest Huo son looked at Zhou Andong again, but he didn't ask again, instead waiting for an answer.

Although he believed that the mainland had enough wisdom and strength to deal with it, the Huo family's business was fully laid out in the mainland, so he was still a little worried.

Zhou Andong held his teacup and organized his language. "I just said that reform and opening up, the influx of Western ideology, cannot be stopped.

And what we can do now is defense. The two major battlefields of the cultural war are studying abroad and universities. First of all, strictly review the children of cadres going abroad to study, and after they return, including international students without political backgrounds.

Entering government departments must undergo strict political review and a three-to-five-year observation period. During the observation period, they must not hold leadership positions, let alone enter confidential departments."

Mr. Huo did not respond immediately upon hearing this; instead, he remained silent for a while before saying, "Doing it this way carries the suspicion of killing everyone with one blow. After all, most people still hold a heart full of passion and have returned to serve the country."

Once this is done, it will certainly chill some people's hearts, so whether to do it and how to do it must be treated prudently and studied carefully."

The eldest Huo son echoed, "Indeed, if such strict measures are taken for all international students, it may affect some people's enthusiasm and even trigger social dissatisfaction.

But if management is not strengthened, it may allow some people with ulterior motives to mix into government departments, bringing potential risks. This indeed needs to be weighed and handled cautiously."

A smile appeared on Zhou Andong's face, and he nodded in agreement, but the corners of his mouth curled up imperceptibly.

Don't talk about this era; even twenty-plus years later, among those who can go abroad to study, except for those who take public funds, how many are children from ordinary families?

Whether now or in the future, the vast majority of people who can go abroad to study come from the elite class. However, among these people, how many choose to stay abroad and not return?

And among those who return, how many are just messing around abroad, returning with diplomas from diploma mills to swindle? And how many don't want to work in government departments but choose to start their own businesses?

A strict review system first eliminates those who mess around abroad and return with diplomas from diploma mills to swindle. These people are often wealthy and possess certain political resources behind them.

Then exclude those who start their own businesses; the remaining people, relative to the country's huge population base and the number of undergraduate university graduates, are simply insignificant.

Even if the country is in urgent need of talent, it won't be short of these few international students. More importantly, those who truly have passion and long to serve the motherland, how could they care about this mere three-to-five-year observation period?

Zhou Andong naturally wouldn't say these words; the higher-ups couldn't possibly not consider them, so it didn't make much sense for him to say them.

"Another thing is universities. This is relatively simple, which is to ensure that the political review of teachers, professors, and school leaders is done well. From the three generations of ancestors to the three generations of descendants, everything must be checked clearly. If there is any problem, they must absolutely not be hired."

The huge living room fell into silence. Elder Huo and the eldest Huo son didn't speak, but were deep in thought.

Zhu Mingming looked at this one, then at that one, then stood up, tried to lighten her footsteps, and poured water into the three men's teacups again.

I don't know how long it took, Elder Huo silently picked up a cigarette and lit it, and then remembered to hand one to Zhou Andong.

"Anything else?"

"Yes!" Zhou Andong had been holding it in for a long time, and he took a hard drag of the cigarette. "I don't know if Grandpa Huo has noticed that half of the international students who go out are studying finance."

Elder Huo was stunned. He really hadn't noticed this. Maybe relevant departments in the country had data, but what did this have to do with the cultural war?

Zhou Andong lowered his head and took a sip of tea that had become a bit cold. "Besides the cultural war, there is also a financial war. You should be very familiar with this."

"Reform and opening up, connecting with the world, finance is an indispensable link, and our finance is still in the initial stage of learning. When these international students majoring in finance return to the country, they will definitely occupy major positions in financial departments. We must be vigilant."

Think about later generations, China's finance—from securities, from monetary policy to various universities, to stocks, to insurance, etc. —many of those in high positions are pro-American and returned from studying in the United States.

It can be said that at that time, finance had been infiltrated into every aspect of the country. From legislation to infiltration, the entire set of things in securities was done by these people, all with backgrounds of studying in the United States.

The three major American banks—Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley—China's largest financial projects were all undertaken by them.

Not only that, there were also the Big Four accounting firms. Since they stepped into the Chinese market, they actually had the right to audit the financial reports of all A-share companies.

That is to say, even if we have completed the audit work ourselves, it still needs to be reviewed and stamped by them again to be effective.

More importantly, even the Big Four banks need to accept their audits. What does this mean?

The Big Four banks are core institutions that control China's economic lifeline. All the most underlying data was opened up without reservation like that. If someone says there are no traitors in this, who can believe it?

Besides that, there is the legal field, especially economic law. The root of legislation and the spirit of law are all Western. Look at those so-called entrepreneurs, as well as organizations like the Red Cross (not the Red Cross Society), they have long been riddled with holes by infiltration.

Those well-known entrepreneurs, on this vast land of China, have enjoyed endless opportunities and policy dividends, earning hundreds of billions of yuan in wealth.

On the other side, they unhesitatingly chose to transfer their wealth abroad and donated generously, even without hesitation donating hundreds of millions or even billions abroad.

However, when asked why they didn't donate to the country, they showed an arrogant and contemptuous attitude.

And one typical example is the Evergrande thunder. In this incident, PwC became a key player.

Who dares to say this is not traitors colluding with the United States, attempting to use Evergrande to explode China's economy?

I don't know how long it took, the eldest Huo son said with a somewhat dry throat, "Financial departments are the easiest to be ignored and the easiest to be infiltrated."

Elder Huo held a cigarette in his hand but hadn't smoked it, then looked up slightly, looked at the ceiling, and after a while, said softly.

"If it weren't for Andong's reminder, even I would have ignored this part. It seems I have to make a trip to the country." ===== CHAPTER 2111 =====