The preparatory work had just begun.

After reviewing the PPT slides, there was a brief exchange.

Huang Jiayue, the intern responsible for speaking, seemed rather bold. As Su Yehao prepared to leave, she approached him with a smile and said:

"Mr. Su, my teacher in university is a member of the World Electric Vehicle Association. He owns a Nissan lithium-ion car and has even won the United Nations Environmental Protection Award for his research on air pollution in Europe. He would be very happy to know that there are people like you who are determined to contribute to the protection of the Earth's ecology."

Although it wasn't clear if she was flattering him, Su Yehao felt good after hearing it.

He shook his head and replied:

"Some people devote themselves wholeheartedly to environmental protection. I'm just doing business while happening to cater to the general trend of environmental protection, doing it as a matter of convenience."

Huang Jiayue didn't hesitate, telling him, "That's good too. Compared to unrealistic slogans, technologically driven changes motivated by profit are more likely to go further."

Su Yehao smiled, feeling that her words had hit the nail on the head.

Walking forward, he said:

"I always feel that the Earth is stronger than we imagine. It has experienced mass extinctions and suffered multiple asteroid impacts. Compared to protecting the Earth, we are actually protecting ourselves. Otherwise, I worry that one day, people will completely wipe ourselves out because we are unable to adapt to changes in the living environment, such as the emergence of super viruses due to pollution and radiation, or exceeding a critical value, triggering a systemic ecological disaster. These are all possible."

"Indeed, there are studies that say Mars lost its atmosphere and may have had life before. But Mars is still Mars now, only everything on the surface has been destroyed, and the Earth's future may be the same."

Huang Jiayue wasn't tall, and she quickened her pace to keep up with Su Yehao, before adding:

"Currently, electricity is mainly generated by burning coal. Has Mr. Su ever considered increasing investment in solar and wind energy at an appropriate time?"

"...You have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time. It will take a long time to complete the transformation of the energy industry. It's useless to rely on my efforts alone. I'm already investing in hydropower in the mainland. You also said that there needs to be a profit motive, and now a new opportunity has arrived."

Su Yehao said that while he was doing business, he was also making some contributions to environmental protection.

Industrial upgrading is often accompanied by the application of new technologies, which in turn releases many opportunities. Environmental protection that only involves investment is difficult to sustain in the long run.

For example, there are a total of thirty to forty species of fish in the Pearl River. If you want to restore the population of fish, the purchase amount of each type of fry would probably require several hundred million RMB. Added together, that's an investment of over ten billion RMB.

I'm afraid that before these little fish grow up, they will be caught by fishermen again.

In this case, it's better to simply ban fishing to allow the fish populations to recover, and invest tens of billions of RMB to open factories and issue subsidies, allowing some fishermen to directly change jobs and continue to supply the market with fish resources through artificial breeding.

Similarly.

Su Yehao always felt that donating money to the medical field was only a temporary solution.

If he truly wanted to obtain a comprehensive medical security system, it would be better to steadily improve the economy first. Only in this way could a long-term virtuous cycle be achieved.

Many problems, when summarized, ultimately come down to not being wealthy enough.

A small city like Hong Kong, with a total population of only six or seven million people, has annual expenditures exceeding 20 billion Hong Kong dollars for comprehensive free medical care, affecting education, infrastructure, and other social welfare programs, and medical expenses are still increasing year by year.

If the same model were moved to the north, calculated with that astonishing population, the entire medical security system would go bankrupt before long, and things like education, elderly care, and infrastructure would collapse. The development achievements of so many years would probably be ruined.

Su Yehao's business also maintains a delicate balance. In the short term, his investment in environmental protection is destined to be limited.

Recently, he invested in a twelve-inch wafer fab in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, and will also invest in eight-inch or twelve-inch wafer foundries in Pengcheng and Shanghai, with a total budget of nearly six billion US dollars.

Not only that, Hong Kong Microelectronics Group is also in contact with several companies in Baodao, trying to supplement its talent shortage and shorten its development cycle through acquisitions, which is also very expensive.

Therefore, continuing to acquire the Three Gorges Dam hydropower generating units is already the limit of what Su Yehao can do.

Koko Venture Capital is more optimistic about the photovoltaic industry, and has invested in many projects successively. 5s Asset Management has also participated in the photovoltaic and wind energy sectors, merely trying to seize new opportunities that conform to the trend of the times. Environmental protection itself is not within the scope of consideration.

Compared with these good businesses that can bring both fame and fortune, pure public welfare undertakings such as protecting animals and plants are undoubtedly much more difficult.

Some experts have even suggested to him that he promote the opening up of the trade of some protected animals, because although animals like macaws and red pandas are endangered in the wild, the number of artificially bred populations is quite large.

With profit as a premise, people always seem to be able to burst out with full motivation.

If fruits like durian and cherries, which can earn money, could be grown in the desert, then it is estimated that there would be no deserts left in the world in less than a century.

Analyzing from this perspective, the most efficient way to protect the mainland environment is not how much money Su Yehao personally donates, but to directly incorporate environmental protection indicators into the assessment of certain people and certain units.

This trick would probably have immediate results, but it would be a bit offensive...

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Su Yehao was still in the assistant's office, discussing the strategic planning issues of Taobao.

Near noon, Su's father suddenly called.

He thought that he wanted to see the children, or have a meal together, so after answering the call, he only said: "I'm busy, Dad, you can go first. Nangong and the others are at home."

Su's father replied: "No, I've encountered some trouble here and want you to help me think of a solution."

Hearing this, Su Yehao immediately became interested. With his old man's current strength, there were very few things he couldn't handle, so he immediately asked: "Could it be that the CFO ran away with the money? You can actually ask me for help?"

"Huh?! What's wrong with my CFO? Could it be that you heard something outside?"

"...No, I was just joking. Dad, don't be suspicious, otherwise wouldn't I be harming him."

Su Yehao said helplessly.

He only heard Su's father say "Oh," and added:

"Last month, didn't I get another piece of land in Xiamen, planning to develop a seaside-themed cultural tourism city? Now several developers who got land around us are throwing a tantrum, saying that it will affect their buildings and want us to give them an explanation."

After hearing this, Su Yehao immediately asked:

"There's such a good thing? Once our cultural tourism city is built, the surrounding housing prices will definitely be high. There will be shopping malls and scenery. If we acquire all of their buildings, no one will object anymore?"

"...Very reasonable, sure enough, a bystander sees the game. My thinking is suddenly enlightened."

Su's father inferred from this, laughing and saying:

"I might as well redesign their buildings. I was thinking that the area of the cultural tourism city was a bit small. This time, it's just right. The housing prices in Xiamen are only over 3,000 yuan. Let's hold on to them for a while, lest we sell them cheaply at that time."