The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

The Spring Festival of 1985 marked the beginning of a new era for many Chinese people living in cities.

Because, this year, the Internet was born.

Nowadays, computers have become almost universal in the cities of Dragon Country.

Many families have already regarded computers as a household necessity, basically on the same level as televisions.

Moreover, the popularity of computers is still continuing.

The popularization of computers in rural areas is actually accelerating.

Today, 30 percent of households in rural areas have computers.

This is a remarkable achievement.

After all, in today’s Eagle Country, the computer penetration rate is actually only about 50% at most.

This year's Spring Festival Gala was the first to face competition from the Internet.

This generation’s Spring Festival Gala was first broadcast live nationwide in 1983.

1985 was only the third Spring Festival Gala.

The Spring Festival Gala is still full of vitality and still very popular.

However, with the advent of the Internet, many people's interest has shifted from television to computers.

Young people, in particular, are addicted to the Internet.

I wish I could stay online twenty-four hours a day.

Naturally, this new phenomenon also attracted the high attention of CCTV’s senior management.

Wang Haoran has actually discussed this matter in detail with Director Zhang Yunhui.

He also advised Zhang Yunhui to hurry up and build CCTV's own Internet client.

Because after this client is built, everyone can watch TV programs on their computer through the Internet.

In this way, there will be no possibility of being abandoned due to being out of date in the new era.

Zhang Yunhui is also a person who listens to advice.

He listened to Wang Haoran's advice and with the help of Pangu Technology technicians, he completed the CCTV video client in just over two months.

This client consumed a lot of costs and resources. It took more than 200 million yuan to build the computer room and the client, and also required a new team.

The total investment exceeded 5 million yuan.

This amount of money is a huge sum for CCTV today.

During this process, Zhang Yunhui actually encountered a lot of resistance within CCTV.

Because there are quite a few conservatives in the leadership team.

These people think that spending so much money on CCTV Video is really not cost-effective.

Because CCTV Video will not bring more revenue in the foreseeable future, at least four or five years.

Isn't this just extravagance and waste?
In order to build CCTV Video, some people even reported to the higher-ups that Zhang Yunhui was wasting the country's money by doing this.

Fortunately, the higher-ups support Zhang Yunhui.

This enabled CCTV Video to complete its construction smoothly.

The 1985 Spring Festival Gala was also broadcast live simultaneously on CCTV Video.

After ratings evaluation, the proportion of CCTV Video’s Spring Festival Gala ratings in the total ratings reached an astonishing 30%.

This means that if there is no CCTV Video, the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala will inevitably drop significantly, and many people will give up watching the Spring Festival Gala and choose to use the Internet.

The Internet has an extraordinary appeal to many people.

There are so many things it can do.

Wang Haoran is still very busy this Spring Festival.

Today, Pangu Technology's business scope is quite extensive.

Computer products, mobile phone products, communication technology providers, automotive products, Internet products, etc. are all Pangu Technology's main products.

At the same time, Pangu Technology has also provided the country with a considerable amount of advanced radars, electronic warfare equipment, and even some aircraft engines.

This means that Pangu Technology is actually half a military-industrial enterprise.

Today, Pangu Technology is not only the strongest engine for Longguo’s economic development, but also has a very important position in the world.

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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it was the end of March 1985.

At this time, Pangu Technology had already cooperated with domestic companies and began to expand the delivery speed of Internet equipment.

In fact, the Dragon Country market is now the largest consumer in many areas.

During the promotion of the Internet in Longguo, the production capacity of Internet-related manufacturing enterprises has become very considerable.

Its production capacity can basically meet a considerable portion of overseas demand.

IBM signed a contract with Pangu Technology at Yingge's home. After the first installment was received, Pangu Technology, at IBM's urging, began to send technical personnel to do route design work before building Yingge's national network a few days later.

This job is actually quite simple.

As long as you study the map, figure out the main transmission backbone lines, and then set up the paved routes in cities and villages, there will basically be no problem.

However, what made the technical personnel sent by Pangu Technology feel depressed was that things were not that simple.

This is because the United States practices a federal system, and its individual states have a great deal of autonomy, and they each have their own interests.

Moreover, Brother Eagle has almost no state-owned assets.

Even many railways and roads were built by private companies.

The land is also owned by private companies.

IBM, you want to build an Internet dedicated line through my territory?

Then you have to talk to me about compensation.

Many landowners will take the opportunity to ask for a very high price.

Then, we need to negotiate.

To build such a nationwide Internet network, it is necessary to pass through many private territories.

In this case, we have to talk to each one individually.

People know that this is Brother Ying’s national project, and since the government is providing subsidies, they will definitely ask for a high price.

In the end, the negotiations were a little bit difficult.

When Eagle Brother was preparing to build a nationwide network, it took three months but he was unable to sign on even a few companies.

At this time, the optical cable project built from Brother Long's house through the ocean floor was progressing quite rapidly.

Brother Ying and Brother Long each paid half of the money for this optical cable.

The construction party is Brother Long’s company.

Once the survey is completed and the plan is made, the laying process will be much faster.

Compared with the numerous difficulties encountered by Eagle's family in building a national network, the speed at which Bear's family built a national network was much faster.

Yes, incredibly fast.

Because the Xiong family’s mobilization capabilities are also super strong.

At the command from above, the task was broken down to local authorities across the country.

Mobilization orders were also issued locally, which could mobilize tens of thousands of people to participate in the action at one time.

The Xiong family's survey and construction plan was completed before the Spring Festival.

Naturally, the Xiong family has no habit of celebrating the Spring Festival.

So, after they made their plans, they immediately started to act.

Their national network first centered around Moscow and St. Petersburg, and then built major trunk lines through railways and roads.

The trunk line construction work was completed in just over a month.

By early March 1985, they had already begun promoting Internet users nationwide.

At the same time, they also began to build some of their own domestic websites.

In fact, the IQ of the Big Bear people is not low, and they have also produced many mathematical and scientific geniuses. In recent years, the Big Bear has sent a large number of international students to the Dragon Kingdom every year.

This is just like when Brother Long sent many people to study abroad in Daxiong.

It's just that times have changed and everyone's status has been reversed a little.

Brother Long is also very open to the international students sent by Daxiong. Except for some sensitive military majors, all international students of Daxiong can study.

This also allowed Daxiong to acquire a lot of outstanding computer software and hardware talents.

Of course, during this process, Brother Long also unceremoniously intercepted Daxiong's top talents.

The international students sent by Daxiong, those who are particularly outstanding, will be given the opportunity to be recruited by Brother Long's company and be retained for their own use.

Daxiong's students also very much hope to stay and work at Longge.

Because the salary, benefits and other things that Brother Long was offered by a large company at that time were much better than those offered by Daxiong.

Moreover, Brother Long's material life is much richer in comparison.

Yes, the living standards of ordinary people in Long’s family are much higher than those of the Xiong family.

This is also a manifestation of the fact that things change over time.

Xiong has devoted a lot of effort to the construction and development of his own Internet.

They hope to build a completely independent domestic Internet.

However, they also knew that this was certainly unlikely.

Because Brother Long is leading the development of the entire Internet industry around the world.

And Xiong had to obey the Internet order and system established by Brother Long.

With the rapid construction of the Xiong family's Internet, several important computer client software from Longguo also quickly became popular in the Xiong family.

These include the instant messaging social software QQ, the search engine Baidu, and the information social software Weibo.

These three software are built into the navigation page of Pangu Technology's computer browser.

As long as the users in Xiong's family use Pangu Browser to surf the Internet, they can find it quickly.

Of course, in addition to the above three software and websites, other news websites of Longguo can also be easily logged in here.

Most importantly, the interfaces and languages ​​of these websites and software have all been changed to Russian.

This is even more popular with people on the bear side.

Anthony is a relatively outstanding computer expert in the Xiong family. He has also studied Internet and other majors in Longguo. During the construction of Xiong Ge's national network, he is the main technical instructor.

After intensive construction and promotion, by the end of March 1985, Brother Long had helped Xiong build a nationwide network.

Moreover, all of Xiong’s agencies and departments have been connected to the Internet.

The individual and family consumption capacity in the big cities here is still good.

They also developed millions of Internet users in a short period of time.

However, the place where Bear Emperor Osterlund lives is also connected to the Internet.

Ostlund himself was also very interested in this new thing.

Because he knew that this represented a new direction for technological development.

He also learned how to use the Internet with the help of his secretary.

He was browsing the web and forums in his office.

However, he soon felt that something was wrong.

Because he found that the websites and forums he visited were basically domestic websites in Longguo.

There are very few local websites in Daxiong.

Ostlund frowned and said, "What's going on?"

"Why are almost all the websites accessible now belong to Dragon people?"

"I registered a QQ account, but when I added friends, I also found that there were many Dragon people among them..."

“What about our own website and software?”

When the secretary Seryosha, who was standing next to him, saw that Xiong Di was a little angry, how could he dare to say anything nonsense!
He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, how about I call the person in charge and ask him to explain it to you, okay?"

Ostlund nodded and said, "Tell them to come over right away!"

"I need an explanation!"

Soon, the busy Anthony was found by Osterlund's men and brought to the Bear Emperor.

Anthony had been reminded by Seryosha on the way here.

He probably also knew why the Bear Emperor was angry.

"I have met His Majesty!"

Anthony saluted Ostlund.

Ostlund sneered and said, "Anthony! How did you manage such a big task given to you by the country?"

"Why are all the websites we can access now from Dragon Country?"

“Where is our own website?”

Anthony hurriedly explained with a panicked look on his face: "Your Majesty, the main reason is that building a website is a very complicated matter."

“It will take at least three or four months just to develop it.”

"And our national network is being laid out too quickly."

"As a result, our own domestic website development has not been able to keep up."

"It is expected that in two or three months, a large number of our own websites and forums will be built and launched in China!"

After hearing the explanation, Osterlund's expression eased a little.

He said: "I think the large number of websites and software that Longguo has built are quite good."

“Why not just copy it, make it our own and put it online?”

Anthony grinned, not quite sure how to explain this to Ostlund.

"Your Majesty, those software and websites in Dragon Country actually have patents and copyrights."

"Besides, even if we want to imitate it, it's not that easy."

"Because their software and websites all have core codes."

“We can’t copy it at all.”

Ostlund suddenly realized something and said, "So that's how it is!"

"Then hurry up and create a website and software that truly belongs to us to replace those Dragon Country people's online content!"

Osterlund knew that once Longguo Software swept across the entire Daxiong, it would be difficult for Daxiong to develop its own Internet industry again.

In addition, Longguo Software was very popular in Xiong's place, which made Osterlund feel very urgent and uncomfortable.

Because he is also a smart man, he knows that if the Internet really grows and develops, then software with a large number of users can play a significant role in public opinion.

If these softwares were in the hands of the Dragon people, then the Bears would lose a large part of the public opinion platform.

For this reason, Osterlund is eager to completely replace Longguo Software.

But this is obviously a very difficult task.

This work cannot be done too loudly.

If I really do that, it will make Brother Long uncomfortable.

In short, Ostlund is really a little anxious now.

It is said that after Osterlund got off work in the evening, he returned to his home behind the house.

His daughter Maria Sharapova was sitting behind a computer in the living room, surfing the Internet.

Sharapova is now 20 years old.

She is currently studying international relations at Moscow State University.

Sharapova will graduate next year and will face the issue of whether to choose a job or continue her studies. (End of this chapter)