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New HongJi's core value of “taking responsibility” is not only embodied in the responsibility of work, but also in the practice of social responsibility, New HongJi and Suzhou School for the Deaf and the Blind, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering and other schools for a long period of time to carry out school-enterprise cooperation. On May 24, 2023, invited by the Center for Japanese Studies of Soochow University and on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Japanese Department of the University, our General Manager, Mr. Li Jian, gave a lecture titled “Compound Interest of Time” in the classroom 208 of Chongyuan Building.
On behalf of the School of Foreign Languages, Prof. Meng Xiangchun from the School of Mechanical Engineering expressed his warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to Mr. Li for his visit. Professor Shi Hui, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, and some teachers and students from the Department of Japanese and the Department of English attended the lecture. As a practitioner of intelligent manufacturing/digital management in China and an expert in corporate strategic positioning and financial management, Mr. Li gave a vivid lecture on time compounding to the teachers and students of the college. The lecture opened with loud applause.
As a financial term, “compound interest” refers to the calculation of interest, the interest of a certain interest cycle is calculated from the principal plus the total interest accumulated in previous cycles, that is, “compound interest”. Li Jian, general manager of the United States through the story of a usually very frugal elderly long-term investment in the company's shares, after his death to a university in New York donated 22 million U.S. dollars to the real story so that everyone immediately understood the importance of “compound interest”, continuous and stable is the fundamental to obtain huge gains. Subsequently, General Manager Mr. Li Jian shared with us the story of our employees who have been working in the same position for more than ten years and have become the company's “greatest treasure”, which is the “compound interest of time” and the key to success for young people.
To be successful, it is equally important to have the right values. Success is a goal that everyone pursues, but everyone has a different view of success. General Manager Li Jian defines success as “spending one's life in one's favorite way”. Each of us, especially college students in a period of confusion in life, need to seriously think about what are the real core values. Mr. Li Jian gave a lot of suggestions based on his own life experience, such as choices can be slow, but need to be reasonably planned, once you make a choice you should stick to it and not give up; you should stay happy at work and dare to take on responsibilities, and so on. General Manager Li Jian also shared with the audience “the Japanese enterprises I know” and “the past and future of China's manufacturing industry”. During the visit to the Japanese factory, he felt the “craftsmanship” of striving for excellence and highly praised it. After analyzing the development history of Japanese companies and economy and comparing it with Chinese companies, he pointed out that China has the most complete range of industries in the world, Chinese people are smart and diligent, and Chinese culture has a long and profound history, so Chinese manufacturing is bound to grow rapidly in the future.
During the questioning session, three students asked questions on “employment of Japanese and other small language majors”, “how to apply compound interest thinking to daily life”, “what abilities do enterprise leaders value in college students” and so on. General Manager Li Jian not only answered them one by one, but also prepared books, pens and other gifts for the students, encouraging them to ask more questions and dare to be the first.
Everyone was deeply attracted by General Manager Li Jian's eloquent and humorous style of speech, which included real and vivid examples, professional knowledge such as the history of Japan's economic development, and a large number of thought-provoking philosophies about life, and even though the lecture, which was planned to last one and a half hours, was extended to two hours, everyone said that they could not get enough of it. Teachers and students in the audience were inspired by the wise words and expectations such as “I hope that I can be the first valuable person for you before you enter the society today” and “I planted a seed in your heart today, and I hope that you can make it germinate by watering it yourself”, which reflected the rich life experience and strong life philosophy of General Manager Mr. Li Jian. This reflects Mr. Li Jian's rich life experience and strong sense of social commitment and responsibility. The prediction that China's manufacturing industry will lead the world in the near future made everyone feel the greatness of the motherland and the confidence of the nation, and New HongJi will continue to uphold the mission of “Changing the global perception of China's manufacturing industry”, to deepen its innovation in the manufacturing industry, and to shoulder more social responsibilities.