榜樣總是跑在最前端。在尋求新榜樣的努力中，人們將所有美好的標簽都貼到了民營科技企業家、以及被冠以“知識精英”之名的海歸派身上。新的體制環境對他們寵愛有加，他們成了官員推寵的座上賓，傳媒報道的寵兒。如果說臺灣高科技的經驗是緣起于新竹的那3000個歸國留學生，那么我們也有理由將所有光環都加到民營科技企業家和海歸們頭上。

Models are always most attractive. In people's efforts in finding a model， they attributed all the good qualities to the national capitalist in the field of science and technology， and to the “returned students”， the so-called “elite intellectual”。 Besides enjoying the rules and systems favorable to them， the national capitalists are the favorites of the government officials and reporters. If we attribute the high technology of Taiwan to those 3000 people who have studied abroad， we can justify our practice of attaching all the good qualities to the national capitalist in the field of science and technology， and to the “returned students”。