Old K says every week – talk about things in the petrochemical design industry. Post 44: There are many meetings in peacetime

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This post was last edited by henglinkou on 2021-4-18 at 11:36. Article 44 in the series \"Lao K talks about various things in the petrochemical design industry\": There are so many meetings in peacetime these days – an overwhelming number of them. Classified by conference level, there are world-class, **-level, industry-level, local-level, company-level, and so on ； Classified by the nature of the conference, there are political, economic, cultural, academic, exhibition, awarding, review, and so on ； Classified by their role in meetings, there are effective ones, ineffective ones, those with negative effects, and so on. Although the Internet is highly developed these days and video conferences are easy to conduct, people still seem to prefer to meet in person for meetings. As soon as the pandemic started to improve, various associations began organizing offline meetings again; of course, that’s because offline meetings allow for greater profits. Now, the purpose of many meetings is to generate profits. As the saying goes, everyone is driven by the pursuit of profit; there’s nothing wrong with making money itself, but it becomes a problem when exploitation and deception occur for the sake of profit. There are many companies today that specialize in the conference industry; they spend their time figuring out how to bring people together for meetings and how to generate profit from them. Some scammers are truly skilled; they can even organize meetings of world leaders. By holding such meetings every year, they can earn enormous amounts of money ； Some sophisticated scammers lure entrepreneurs to the Great Hall of the People for award ceremonies, and some of these entrepreneurs actually fall for it, being given titles such as World-Famous Outstanding Chinese Businessman, One of China’s Top 10 Young Private Entrepreneurs, or One of China’s Top 10 Agricultural Entrepreneurs. All of these titles come at a cost, ranging from hundreds of thousands to even millions of yuan. Some meetings are a win-win situation: the organizers benefit, and the attendees receive gifts and get to enjoy themselves, but in the end it is **or the company that suffers losses. Last century, there were particularly many meetings of this kind – meetings held in tourist cities, or even abroad. Many attendees brought their families along on the trips, which is why so many people rushed to attend such meetings. **Special regulations were even introduced to curb the excessive number of meetings. The purpose of holding meetings is to study or resolve issues. It is necessary to follow the principles of efficiency and cost-effectiveness: avoid holding meetings when issues can be resolved without them, use online meetings when that is possible, and limit the scale of meetings when a smaller group is sufficient. All of humanity’s actions driven by the pursuit of profit and pleasure, while contributing to social development, also give rise to problems of waste and environmental damage. How to enable society to develop in a positive manner remains an issue that requires continuous study. Tip: You can enter “Lao K’s Weekly Updates – Talks on Matters in the Petrochemical Design Industry” into the website’s search engine to view previous posts