roccoschili Chapter 863 Unplanned trip to Hong Kong (4) (page 13)
Chapter 863 Unplanned trip to Hong Kong (4) (page 13)
Hong Kong.
Afternoon~
Kowloon Peninsula, Tsim Sha Tsui.
In the room of Peter F. Wallenberg Jr. on the tenth floor of the main high-rise building of the Peninsula Hotel, 22 Salisbury Road.
David lowered his head and carefully looked through the documents in his hand, while listening to little Peter sitting next to him speaking in a low voice.
"The daily trading volume and trading price of the Chicago Exchange gold futures contract are completely open and clearly available~"
"The gold spot transaction records of the London Exchange and the Zurich Exchange will also be released on time for everyone to view."
"But for transactions that occur outside these three major gold trading markets, without the help of people familiar with the local market, it is difficult to estimate even rough statistics, let alone obtain detailed transaction conditions in the local gold market."
"So, when I accepted Uncle Schroeter's invitation, my request to him was... to ask him to help us organize a social dinner in Hong Kong!"
"Dinner party?"
"When?"
"Tomorrow night."
"Uncle Schroter, are you coming too?"
"Should come."
"Even if he has something to do and cannot make it back, Norwich Montague will come from Tokyo and host the dinner in his place."
"Where are the invited guests?"
"Do you have a list here?"
"Yes~ at the very back." Little Peter pointed to the folder in David's hand.
David turned to the last page, looked at the dense guest list, and smiled with an increasingly weird expression.
"Have all the top bank executives and shareholders in Xiangjiang received the invitation?"
"Absolutely~" Little Peter smiled and nodded. He did not continue this topic, but mentioned another thing.
"The people who came here to help me collect information in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore all belong to a non-profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, the European Management Forum."
"Have you ever heard of this forum?"
"I think I've heard of it."
David closed the folder in his hand, frowned and looked at little Peter. A very clear "guess" had already flashed through his mind, but he answered vaguely.
Little Peter didn't find anything "odd" in David's expression, and continued with a smile.
“The founder of this forum was Klaus Schwabern, a former professor at the Geneva Business School, who founded it in 1971.”
"In 70, Professor Klaus Schwabern accidentally read the book "The American Challenge" written by French politician and journalist Jean-Jacques S. Schreiber, and felt strongly inspired. ”
“He envisioned a platform for European business leaders, with the European Management Forum as a new form of dialogue among senior managers in European businesses.”
“At the forum, participants can freely discuss a range of commercial, economic, political and social issues affecting the European business community, both regionally and globally.”
"So in January 1971, the first European Management Forum seminar was successfully held in the Swiss town of Davos."
"31 representatives of top European company managers from 450 countries participated in this meeting."
"In addition, 50 experts and scholars in the fields of economics and management from all over the world will participate."
"Your teacher, Professor Armstrong Bartley, and the famous American economist and Nobel Prize winner in economics Paul Samuelson were all participants in the first forum."
"When the European Management Forum was held in 76, the purpose of the forum was to be an independent, self-supporting, non-profit foundation dedicated to the strategic needs of Europe's outstanding business decision-makers."
"It was also during this year that the forum began to expand its focus from Europe to the world."
“In January this year, at the Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, someone proposed that the Forum should be transformed from an organization that mainly organizes meetings into an organization that fully utilizes its capabilities to create knowledge.”
“Therefore, after discussion, the forum’s board of directors decided to launch the annual Global Competitiveness Report through a comprehensive factor assessment of a country starting this year.”
When little Peter said this, he suddenly noticed a strange smile on the corner of David's mouth.
"what happened to you?"
"I said it...is there something wrong?"
"No~ It's not your problem, it's me... I got distracted..."
David habitually rubbed his chin with his hand and asked little Peter in a joking tone.
"Since this European management forum is held every year in the Swiss town of Davos, why not call it... the Davos Forum?"
"Is it because it doesn't have enough influence?"
"Only one proposes that a Global Competitiveness Report should be launched every year so that the forum can gradually be recognized by more countries and experts in the world?"
"..." Little Peter nodded silently, stared at David for a while, and asked.
"In your opinion, if this Global Competitiveness Report wants to be successful, what aspects should it focus on most?"
"Oh?" After hearing the "exam questions" thrown by Peter, David suddenly felt a sense of absurdity in his heart. He shook his head slightly, crossed his legs, and smiled confidently.
"This "Global Competitiveness Report" should set the direction of discovery...become one of the most professional institutions in the world engaged in competitiveness assessment and evaluation!"
“Regarding the competitiveness ranking, it must be based on the factor index (GCI) defined by the forum for the global competitiveness ranking. Competitiveness is defined as the combination of institutions, policies and various factors that determine a country’s productivity level, and is based on the performance of each country on some important indicators. The performance will be graded.”
When David said this, he looked at little Peter with even stronger confidence in his eyes, raised his left hand and smiled.
“I think the basic components of the index should include institutional construction, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education, higher education and training, commodity market efficiency, labor market efficiency, financial market development level, technology readiness, market Scale, business maturity, level of innovation, etc.”
"These... twelve important reference indicators for competitiveness ranking are the main basis for determining a country's competitiveness. They also reflect the overall competitiveness of a country."
"So, I can tell you very clearly now~"
"The first, second and third place in this year's Global Competitiveness Report must be the United States, Japan and Germany!"
"In Asia, apart from the island countries, Singapore and Hong Kong will definitely be ranked among the top 20 in the world."
"Xiangjiang, ranked within twenty?"
"Have you...already known the basis for judging the Global Competitiveness Report?" Little Peter asked with surprise and deep confusion in his eyes.
"I don't know, it's all a guess!"
"As for why Xiangjiang is ranked in the top twenty, maybe when we attend the dinner party tomorrow and meet these elites in the banking industry in Xiangjiang, you can find a more reasonable answer for yourself."