Chapter 2710: 2436 Chapter Excellent Men Are Loved by Everyone

2436 Chapter Excellent Men Are Loved by Everyone

Although Ye Zhen was sitting in the back, she could fully feel Zhou Andong's radiant charm. Her gaze never left Zhou Andong, not even for a few seconds. Her heart also unconsciously quickened its pace.

"How could so few women resist such an excellent man?" Ye Zhen murmured: "Qiu Qiu, I really am a little jealous of you."

Zhou Andong stood on stage, his gaze toward the back; Ye Zhen felt it, and an unconscious smile appeared on her face, but it quickly vanished.

"The central authorities clearly proposed focusing efforts on advancing economic construction, and then clearly establishing a socialist market economic system as the goal of our country's economic system reform. In an era centered on economic construction, economic system transformation means the arrival of an era of societal development and innovation."

Saying this, Zhou Andong smiled slightly, looking at the four big shots: "What I'm about to say will surely offend people, but this is a government-industry-academia symposium, and I cannot avoid saying some things, because how our country moves toward a market economy, the most important thing is for the government to change its mindset."

"During the reform and opening-up process, the government must change its law enforcement approach and service philosophy, shifting from traditional punishment-based management to preventive service, enhancing enterprises' sense of gain and satisfaction."

"Only then can we promote rapid enterprise development, and when enterprises develop, they can cultivate more talent and develop more competitive products. Only when enterprise products have competitiveness can they more quickly drive the country toward a market economy..."

Zhou Andong's words made many people widen their eyes. They never expected Zhou Andong to dare speak so frankly, and the nickname 'Zhou Da Pao' was truly deserved. But why were they so excited? If the government could truly change as Zhou Andong said, their lives would be much better.

Zhou Andong spoke eloquently for over ten minutes, feeling it was about time to wrap up: "The foundation of modern societal progress is enterprises; the key to enterprise development is reform; the direction of deepening reform is autonomy."

"Just like Wang Zong of Ordos downstairs, he, through repeated mechanism innovations, not only revitalized enterprise advantages but also drove the development of the entire western Inner Mongolia region."

"More importantly, his pioneering approach led an era's enterprise management thinking and methodology. As early as ten years ago, Wang Zong launched the first mechanism innovation, implementing a performance-based wage system reform."

"He changed the original fixed wage into a floating quantified monthly wage system, and simultaneously, different positions for different pay, piece-rate wages, etc., became pioneers in breaking the planned economy's 'big pot' system..."

Wang Zong, sitting in the second row, smiled, feeling truly honored to be praised by Zhou Andong in such a setting.

"At this moment, our country is undergoing unprecedented great changes; China's yesterday is already written in history, China's today is being created by billions of people, China's beauty will become even more beautiful, and we should have this confidence. We have seen difficulties before; nothing can hinder the Chinese people's forward steps, and I firmly believe this."

Zhou Andong's words were resonant and powerful, stirring the hearts of most people downstairs. Because, like Lian Xiangzhi and his ilk, who already disliked Zhou Andong, they naturally found his words unpleasant to hear.

"If the 1980s were an old train, slowly carrying people's yearning for love, dreams, and a beautiful life forward, then the 1990s are a high-speed train, bringing our Chinese people to find love, realize dreams, and rush toward the endpoint of a beautiful life."

"Therefore, the 1990s are an era of rapid change and rapid development."

"And today, we are holding this meeting here to exchange, learn, and jointly promote career development. We embrace change, embrace the future, embrace opportunity, demonstrating a pragmatic, innovative, collaborative, and open spirit, realizing self-worth, sharing my experience and ideas, and contributing our strength to jointly push industry development..."

After Zhou Andong finished speaking, he bowed again toward the leaders, experts, scholars, and the audience below: "Thank you, leaders, experts, scholars, and all the big bosses for giving me the opportunity to speak on stage, thank you!"

Thunderous applause rang out; Zhou Andong's speech was full of substance. Especially his proposal to change the government's service mindset—only Zhou Da Pao would dare say such things in such a setting; they lack the courage.

But Zhou Andong is different—he is the manager of a wool factory, a proper bureau-level leader, and with his donations to the country, plus his influence as chairman of the Yu Gong Group and his acquisition of Sony Entertainment, his opinions at the symposium will certainly be valued by central leaders.

Although the government's ideological shift may take a long time, there is still hope. For them, having hope is good; with hope comes anticipation.

Zhou Andong handed the microphone to Cao Zhenyu, whispering: "Cao Ju, let's go for a drink tonight."

Cao Zhenyu blinked, watching Zhou Andong step down from the stage, microphone in hand, saying: "Today, we gather here to uncover the methods of success, explore future development trends, how to achieve coordinated development, and better leverage our own advantages—next, please welcome Liu Xiangchun, chairman of Hope Group, to speak."

At this moment, Zhou Andong just returned to his seat; Liu Xiangchun stood up and gave Zhou Andong a thumbs-up.

Zhou Andong smiled and softly said: "Keep it up!"

Liu Xiangchun nodded, stepped onto the stage. He truly admired Zhou Andong—without even preparing a speech, let alone having prepared one, being able to deliver this speech perfectly off-the-cuff is not something ordinary people can do. Anyway, making him speak off-the-cuff, he couldn't do it.

Because each person's speaking time is regulated, about fifteen minutes each. After Liu Xiangchun finishes speaking comes Wang Maoqun, then the old Wang of Ordos...

Eight big bosses spoke in the morning; Lian Xiangzhi was the seventh speaker, dissatisfied with this arrangement but could only complain inwardly. After all, he must maintain his elder brother image. Also, this symposium had four big shots participating, and he feared the news reaching their ears.

After the eight big bosses finished speaking, the last was a big shot delivering a summary speech, timed to arrive at 11:10 a. m. The afternoon is a seminar; after the morning adjourns at noon, over twenty hotel staff come in to rearrange the venue.

Just as Zhou Andong went to the restaurant to eat, a woman with disabled legs appeared at the Gulou Market. Although disabled, her clothes were patched everywhere, but they were washed very clean.

Even her long hair was neatly combed, her face spotless. Only she wore no shoes; her pair of lower legs were bizarrely twisted, making her look shocking to behold.

The woman lay on a wooden board, each corner of which had a small iron roller. She supported herself with her hands on the ground, and each laborious forward slide produced a clattering sound as the iron rollers rolled on the ground.