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

Chapter 308: It's so strange between them, I don't know who is whose father

The secret is: it turns out that Daxiong’s national Internet network was built with aid from Longguo!
It only took about three or four months to build Daxiong’s Internet.

Moreover, according to the details of this romantic story of a princess marrying a poor foreign boy, Dragon Country is the first country in the world to build a nationwide Internet!
Moreover, Longguo controls the entire set of Internet technologies!
Longguo is also the leader and rule maker of global Internet technology!
This confuses many ordinary people in Eagle.

What puzzled them was: since Eagle was the most technologically advanced country in the world, and Eagle's media was promoting Eagle as the leader in the development of the world's Internet, why were Dragon and Bear the first to build the Internet and allow ordinary people to use Internet services at very low prices?
Moreover, the news also revealed some things that made ordinary people in Eagle Country envious: using the instant messaging software QQ, one can chat and communicate with the opposite sex in other countries thousands of miles away, and who knows, the other person might be a princess or a prince...

This is so interesting...

This instant messaging software called QQ is said to be a product of Longguo Company, but it can be freely selected in more than one hundred languages.

Many people in the Eagle Country are eagerly looking forward to the construction of the Internet in their country as soon as possible.

Many people called their local city hall hotline to ask questions about domestic Internet construction.

The local municipal hotline operators were overwhelmed.

Moreover, they don’t know how to explain many problems to the public.

For example: Why does the Eagle set global Internet standards and control core Internet technologies, but lags behind the Dragon and the Bear in Internet construction?

Another example: Why do most people from the Eagle Country who have been to the Dragon Country say that the Dragon Country is ahead of the Eagle Country in almost all technological fields? Who is lying?

Since the local city hall could not solve the problem, many prominent local middle-class people or small business owners united to write letters to the congressman.

Members of Parliament all have their own constituencies.

They can become senators because they have the support of the people in their constituencies.

Therefore, if residents of a constituency write jointly to inquire, then they will definitely take action.

Soon, some senior congressmen demanded that Nelson, the president of IBM, who led the construction of Eagle Internet, be questioned.

Nelson had to go.

He was surrounded by the congressmen and asked many questions.

Nelson was simply embarrassed by the question.

For example, someone asked: Is your company's Internet technology equipment developed by Yingjia itself, or in cooperation with Longguo?

Nelson must tell the truth.

However, he tactfully emphasized that IBM also made a lot of contributions when it cooperated with Longguo Pangu. Therefore, the technology used by Yingjia to build the Internet network can also be said to be a self-developed product of Yingjia.

Another congressman asked: "Since you have in-depth cooperation with Pangu Company, and we also own a considerable number of shares in Internet technology, why did Long and Xiong build a national network first?"

Nelson replied with a wry smile: "Because we are facing many difficulties now."

“When we were building the national Internet network, we needed to discuss land purchase issues with many land owners.”

"Those people are really too much. They make all kinds of difficulties and ask for all kinds of exorbitant demands. This makes it almost impossible for us to move forward with construction."

"And neither dragons nor bears have this problem."

"All their land is state-owned, and they can mobilize millions of people to work together, and their wages are very low, or even zero."

"If we continue to encounter various difficulties at home during the construction of the Internet in the future, I estimate that the construction of our national network will still be very slow."

"But, everyone, I have good news for you: We have basically built a large Internet network in major cities in China, such as New York, Los Angeles, and Washington. We will start to develop customers soon."

In short, Nelson was bullied in various ways in Parliament, which made him feel like crying.

Although most people in the world already know that the entire world's Internet is dominated by Dragon Country.

However, the Eagle media still insists on promoting clumsy rhetoric in their country such as "The rules of the Internet are set by the Eagles", "The Eagles dominate the development of the Internet around the world", and "The Eagles are still the most powerful".

Their idea is very simple: if you don’t believe it after I tell you once, I’ll tell you more than once.

Even if the whole world knows that what they say is false, they will still insist on saying it.

The Eagles are not without smart people, and naturally there are many people who know that their media is lying and trying to fool the public.

However, even if these smart people tell the truth to people around them, it will be of no use.

The Eagle family has been carrying out programs such as happy education for many years, starting in the 70s.

Now, it has basically achieved quite great results.

However, after Nelson was questioned by the congressmen, he was summoned by the Eagle King.

After Nelson came to Eagle King's office, Eagle King said with a serious expression: "What's going on?"

"Even the Giant Bear has built their own nationwide Internet network!"

"There's an article in the Giant Bear media saying that even the most remote small villages in the uninhabited area of ​​Siberia have access to the Internet!"

"And we still don't have any clues at all!"

"Mr. Nelson, you really disappoint me so much, don't you?"

Nelson had no choice but to tell his story again about how various land owners had asked for exorbitant prices.

"Your Majesty, it is really difficult to get anything done here."

"We have spent a lot of time and money trying to sort out the difficulties."

"But we will still encounter many problems in the foreseeable future."

Eagle King said: "Didn't you say that the network in big cities such as Washington, New York, and Los Angeles has been built?"

"You can definitely develop customers in these big cities first!"

Nelson said with a bitter face: "However, we have not yet built our own website or instant messaging software as useful as Longguo."

“We don’t have that technology.”

"We need to import technology from Longguo."

“Even if we have the technology, we still need to go through a relatively long period of exploration before we can build a usable Internet ecosystem.”

The Eagle King frowned and asked, "How long will this take?"

Nelson said: "It will probably take at least one or two months."

"Your Majesty, the submarine optical cable from Dragon Country to our Eagle Country has been built."

"However, we have not yet opened the channel to put their data into our country."

The Eagle King stood up a little irritably and walked back and forth in the office.

He waved his hand angrily and said, "Damn it!"

"We are being led by the Dragon Nation in the development of advanced technology!"

“It’s a bad feeling.”

"We are in a passive position now."

"I can't see at all that we can turn the tide!"

"I asked you to work harder on integrated circuits, but now the gap between us and Longguo in the chip field has widened again!"

"We don't even have a single advanced chip manufacturer in our country!"

"I feel that we may soon be pushed down from the throne of hegemony."

The actor was very depressed.

He felt that he had made a great effort.

He carried out many effective reforms.

But, in the end, it didn't have much effect.

When he first came to power, Brother Long was already a leader in the field of electronic technology and had surpassed Xi Fang in many industrial fields.

It can be said that the actors were sent here in times of crisis.

The actor was also ambitious at the beginning and wanted to do something big.

The actor felt that he had a trump card in his hand.

He should be able to successfully turn things around within two years and keep the Eagles great.

But now that four years are almost over, the distance is getting farther and farther.

Moreover, Eagle has been feeling increasingly uncomfortable lately.

What makes it sad is that its leading high-tech has been surpassed!

What makes it most uncomfortable is that more and more countries dislike the US dollar. The eagle used to be able to print money at will and then use the money to purchase goods all over the world.

It can exchange paper for other people's supplies.

This is also the main reason why the Hawks are trying to quench their thirst with poison and constantly demanding to strengthen the status of the US dollar as a global currency.

Similarly, this is also the main reason why the Eagle family is becoming more and more financialized.

They think, if you can get something for nothing, why bother to screw in the screws so hard?

If the Eagle's currency loses its status as a global currency today, it would be a very terrible thing for the Eagle.

However, we are still relatively lucky now: Long is not trying too much to de-dollarize himself.

The dragon still recognizes the US dollar, which is a huge comfort to the eagle.

But dragons trade with many countries in the world, and in many cases, they directly barter goods.

This is definitely not a good thing.

Nelson looked at the actor with a little trepidation.

He was worried that he would be held accountable and targeted.

"Your Majesty, we have tried our best."

“We try to do things.”

"However, the other party is already too powerful in the field of electronic technology."

"We can't catch up with them at all."

Nelson explained carefully.

The actor returned to his chair and sat down.

He glanced at Nelson and asked, "Mr. Nelson, what do you think we should do now?"

"Do we need to show our good will to the dragon?"

Nelson shrugged and said haltingly, "Oh, then your Majesty will have to make the decision yourself."

"However, I now feel that we no longer have the ability to suppress the other party."

"On the contrary, if the other side imposes economic and technological restrictions on us, we will definitely feel uncomfortable."

“Now, the situation has changed subtly.”

"We are already in a disadvantageous situation."

The actor nodded and said, "You are right."

"But if we lose our hegemony."

"Then we will lose control over the world's resources."

“We will decline rapidly!”

"This is absolutely unacceptable to us..."

Nelson thought: Even if you don't let go, you will gradually lose it!
This is absolutely certain!

As a member of the Eagle family's ruling elite, Nelson and other tycoons naturally do not want to lose their hegemony.

Because they can also reap many benefits of hegemony.

However, the Eagle is indeed in a precarious situation now...

The so-called chaebols actually have no country of their own.

They only pursue their own interests.

They want to protect their wealth and pass it down from generation to generation.

Therefore, chaebols have absolutely no loyalty.

The reason why they still stand firmly with the Eagle is because the Eagle can bring them the greatest benefits.

If one day they find that the eagle can no longer protect their interests, let alone maximize their interests.

Then, they will definitely jump ship decisively after finding the next home.

This has actually happened once in history.

That time, after the decline of Emperor Poppy, the squid chaebols collectively abandoned them, and they jumped onto the new ship of the Eagle family.

Then, a puzzling scene happened: the old overlord gave the throne to the eagle without crying, making a fuss, or fighting.

This is a very strange thing.

You know, Emperor Poppy started two wars in the late 19th century to maintain his throne! He hoped to completely tame the challenger.

However, Emperor Opium eventually handed over power to the Eagle family gradually and peacefully after 1945.

Among them, there must be a huge number of chaebols who pushed for it.

Of course, there is another reason: Emperor Ping is already too weak to maintain his throne.

If it doesn't roll down by itself, then it will be beaten down!

This is the bloody reality.

Emperor Ping finally chose to step down from the throne.

Afterwards, he showed goodwill to the Eagle family in various ways.

The two gradually developed into a confusing relationship of conjugated father and son: no one knew who was the father.

Nelson felt that the situation had now developed to the point where Emperor Poppy would have to step down from the throne.

However, the chaebols can't find a suitable host now...

It is absolutely impossible for these financial tycoons to change their homes if they cannot find a host.

They would like to take the dragon as their new host.

Unfortunately: that's simply not possible.

The Eagle King said, "Mr. Nelson, I really don't know what to say!"

"I think we should show some kindness to the dragon."

"We should strengthen our relationship with him!"

"I think we should just connect that optical cable!"

The actor Eagle King feels that there is a lot of public resentment now.

He was eager to get the Internet working as soon as possible.

He believes that the Internet is also similar to a kind of milk dice game, which may be able to paralyze the lower-class people in the Eagle Country and make them less dissatisfied.

The freedom that the Eagle family advocates is actually the freedom of degeneration and the freedom of self-destruction!

They can do whatever they want, no matter what the hell.

In this way, the dissatisfied people can be consumed by those things, and naturally, the pressure on the elites will be reduced!

Nelson was excited: As long as the Eagle King agrees to access the Internet on the Dragon's side, then the Internet on the Eagle's side can immediately provide very good services.

Then, they can start making money.

In order to build this Internet, some financial giants such as Nielsen have already made considerable initial investments.

Most of it is their own money.

For every penny the chaebols invest, they want to make a dollar.

Being able to start making money is definitely a great thing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"As long as we have access to that optical cable, we can actually influence and corrupt Brother Long's people..."

Nelson said to the Eagle King with a smile on his face.

The Eagle King was a little puzzled: "What do you mean by that?"

(End of this chapter)