We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Guangzhou in August is in the middle of the hottest summer. The sun is as hot as molten gold, shining on every inch of land. It seems as if an invisible flame is burning between heaven and earth, making people truly feel the scorching heat of "the sun is scorching, like a fire."

As I walked, sweat couldn't help but flow freely, like a continuous drizzle, silently soaking my clothes.

There are subtle differences between the scorching heat in Guangzhou and the scorching heat in Hong Kong Island.

First of all, from the perspective of temperature, Hong Kong Island benefits from its geographical location surrounded by the sea, so the temperature is slightly milder than Guangzhou, with a bit of marine humidity and stuffiness.

Guangzhou, on the other hand, is a completely different scene. The heat here is more like a straightforward scorching heat, as if the sun directly penetrates the clouds, baking the earth hot and giving people an indescribable baking feeling.

Of course, this is only compared with Hong Kong Island. The heat in the north is another matter.

The streets are bustling with people and traffic, interweaving a prosperous and vibrant urban picture, fully demonstrating the prosperity and vitality of the era.

Pengcheng has taken off, and its economy has been expanding in recent years, benefiting the entire Guangdong province greatly.

As the capital of Guangdong Province, its hard power and soft power cannot be underestimated, and its development is natural and logical.

Especially for the factories relocated by Hong Kong businessmen, Guangzhou became the second place of settlement besides Pengcheng.

In recent years, due to the large number of businessmen and employees coming to Guangdong from Hong Kong, the cheap prices have led to a phenomenon in which many people earn money in Hong Kong but spend it in Guangdong.

However, amid this rapidly developing wave, Luo Nianzhong keenly perceived the underlying chaos and disorder.

The roadside hair salon opened early in the morning, and fashionably dressed women moved stools to sit at the door.

It seemed that the work was hard. Every woman had heavy bags under her eyes and looked physically tired, but they all looked glorious.

Maybe it was because the weather was too hot. She wore a skirt with her legs apart, not caring at all about the spring scenery that was vaguely visible underneath. Passersby passing by were all feasting their eyes on it.

This is the kind of place that Guo Degang talked about, where you can't even find a single tool related to hairdressing, but it's actually full of business so early in the morning, which is something Luo Nianzhong didn't expect.

Of course, the chaos goes far beyond that.

"Ah, fourth sister, look, there is a thief over there."

While waiting for the traffic light, Luo Laowu suddenly screamed, and Luo Nianzhong, who was looking at the documents in his hand, was startled.

Following the direction of her finger, I saw a young man with disheveled hair cutting the bag of a lady in front of him with a knife among the crowd waiting to cross the road.

In public, the young man acted so openly, and no one in the crowd around him was willing to look at him.

"This is too much. How could those people turn a blind eye to it?"

Luo Laosi was filled with indignation, "Shouldn't they have spoken up to stop the thief?"

Stop it? Not to mention whether there will be retaliation later, they have knives.

This is still good. The situation is even more chaotic near the train station, and you can even see biker gangs robbing people on the street.

Luo Nianzhong has seen people robbing people openly, but he still lets the enemy do the same to him.

I remember that in 02 in my previous life, Luo Nianzhong went to Zhengzhou on a business trip.

After you exit the station, someone will openly pick your bag in front of you, regardless of whether you know it or not.

The other party was holding a knife, and Luo Nianzhong didn't dare to say anything. Now or tomorrow was more important.

He later told the incident to the locals, who told him that human lives would generally not be taken, but if he resisted, a group of people would instantly appear from all around and beat him up.

This is something that will occur in the process of economic development in every city, and I believe many people have experienced and seen it.

It's not just rabbits. This was also the case in Europe and the United States in the early 20th century and in Hong Kong Island in the s. There are many such examples.

However, just because Luo Nianzhong doesn't care about life doesn't mean he won't do anything to help others.

"There's a thief. Miss, someone has scratched your bag."

With a shout, Luo Nianzhong felt that the noisy street suddenly became quiet.

The thief who was stealing a bag was about to succeed. He was just imagining whether to look for No. 88 or No. 17 tonight, but was instantly awakened by the shout.

"Damn it, you don't want to live anymore, right? I'm from the Flying Tiger Gang, how dare you ruin my business."

He was just thinking about seeing which bastard was ruining his plans so that he could teach her a lesson, but he immediately became discouraged after glancing at her.

Only five meters away, the two generals Heng and Ha rolled down the car window and looked at him angrily. Their godly looks made him feel that being angry could be so good-looking.

But the thief was not stupid. Not to mention that the people sitting in the car were obviously not people the Flying Tigers could mess with, even the dark-skinned man sitting in the passenger seat was staring at him with a look that made him feel scared.

The thief stood there anxiously, not knowing what to do. Fortunately, the green light saved his life.

The crowd moved and the car drove away, but the people in the car were very indignant.

This time it was not because of the thief, but because of the woman who was rescued.

"I told her there was a thief, but the woman just stared straight ahead without any reaction. It's so infuriating."

"Could he be deaf-mute?"

"Hmm?" Lao Wu's question made Luo Lao Si fall into deep thought.

"It's possible, but that's too pitiful. He is disabled but determined, yet still gets robbed."

Luo Nianzhong almost laughed out loud when he heard the conversation between the two. What deaf-mute? It was obvious that he didn't dare to look back.

Do you think everyone can be as unscrupulous as you two? If you were an ordinary person, you would have been surrounded by the Flying Tiger Gang.

Anyway, this is just a little episode.

This time when I came to Guangzhou, the United Airlines order was a matter of concern, but now there was no need for Luo Nianzhong to go and say hello.

The remaining thing, which is also the main purpose of this trip to Guangzhou, is to build a multifunctional integrated data center.

When an Internet company grows to a certain size, it will have rigid demands, and this rigid demand is security and infrastructure needs.

For example, an Internet company must build a power station of its own.

The city where it is located may not experience power outages for 20 to 30 years, but it must be built.

Because you can't afford a power outage. If you do, global business will be paralyzed.

Another example is the data center. Take Penguin for example. It has at least two or three backup centers across the country.

It may never be used in a lifetime, so this huge investment is just for show and a waste of money, but it must be built.

This is true not only for Internet companies, but also for many Far East companies, as it is a rigid demand.

This is the case with a multifunctional integrated data center, where various supporting projects can ensure that it can operate normally unless force majeure occurs.

There is only one such multifunctional integrated data center in Hong Kong Island, which is the underwater fortress center built in the northern waters of Tuen Mun. This huge project cost Far East nearly 30 billion Hong Kong dollars in total.

The result of the evaluation is that unless there is violent crustal movement or the end of the world, this underwater fortress will operate all the time, even in the event of a tsunami or an earthquake below magnitude 9.

In addition to this super-large multifunctional integrated data center, Far East-related Internet companies have built corresponding data centers all over the world.

For example, data centers in Europe, data centers in North America, data centers in South America, and so on.

It can be said that in this era, no company can compare with Far East in terms of network security, but this is not enough.

"Have you really thought it through? This plan is too expensive. Our investment in data security already far exceeds that of other Internet companies."

Halfway up the Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou, there is a mansion that the Luo family spent a huge amount of money to build in Guangdong Province.

I remember that when the officials from Guangdong Province saw the planning application for this mansion, their eyes almost fell out.

Isn't it just building a house to live in? Is it necessary to spend more than 100 million RMB to open up the mountain and build a road?

This was more than 100 million RMB in the early 1990s, and the value was unimaginable.

However, for Luo Nianzhong, everything is worth it, because the more than 100 million RMB not only covers the construction cost of this luxury house covering an area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters and the cost of building roads, but also covers the large area of ​​land from the waist to the foot of the mountain.

The area of ​​this region is large enough to build at least thirty or forty top-notch luxury villas, which would be worth tens of billions of dollars.

"So you came from Hong Kong Island just to tell me this?"

Welch and other senior executives of the Far East Group have absolute trust in Luo Nianzhong. Now there is only one person who raises some concerns for no reason, and that is Chris, the eldest wife of the Luo family and his bedmate.

"I am so free. I came to Guangzhou just to visit and inspect various Rabbit companies, and I met you at the first stop."

Chris took away Luo Laosi's little hand that was placed on his chest and glared at her unhappily. He still looked at Luo Nianzhong in confusion, waiting for his answer.

“In fact, this matter was not urgent at first, but after what happened in Paris, I felt that it was necessary to put it on the agenda.

Data security is one aspect, and time cost also needs to be considered. This is something that all technology companies will have to face in the future.

You may think that a multi-energy integrated data center costs too much, but do you believe that when large Internet companies want to build their own multi-functional data centers in the future, the Hong Kong dollar will need to be converted into US dollars?

"Two or three hundred billion dollars? That's impossible." Chris didn't believe it at all. There were no more than fifty companies in the world with a market value of more than 20 billion dollars.

Luo Nianzhong just smiled and didn't explain further.

Three hundred billion dollars? Google's data center costs more than that, but its scale and facilities are incomparable to the underwater fortress on Hong Kong Island. This is the time cost.

Another point is that in the future, when Internet companies pay attention to data security but do not have the capital to build, I can rent my venue to you.

What is it like? A land-based version of cloud computing.

So when the day comes for cloud computing, it will be inevitable to move from the ground to the cloud and be bound to the Far East system.

In fact, Far East has already proposed the concept of cloud computing, but it is still just a concept and project, and not much money has been invested in research and development.

Luo Nianzhong knew that this was the future, but the current hardware conditions were not sufficient for him to increase investment, and it would take a few years.

"For Internet companies, data is the most important thing. The events in Paris have made me plan to push forward this plan."

In July, a serious explosion occurred in the Paris subway. It had nothing to do with the Far East, but the explosion site was very close to the Far East's European data center, which caused damage to some equipment and data loss.

According to Chris's idea, in order to prevent such incidents from happening again, a backup center can be established. However, Luo Nianzhong is playing a bigger game.

In his plan, five multi-energy integrated data centers will be built around the world, where all Far East network data will be stored, and of course other companies can also do so.

In addition, every Internet company needs to build its own data center and its own backup center.

Although the effects seem to be the same, the establishment of a multifunctional integrated data center can greatly reduce the construction costs of each company's own data center.

It is like a root server, searching layer by layer.

You can also think of it as a disguised version of cloud computing. The hardware has been set up, and it's just waiting for the software to connect it.

Of course, there is also the iteration of technology. Today's servers use cluster technology. Sooner or later, they will not be able to expand and will not be able to withstand the impact of data.

Controlling the Internet industry? Not as important as controlling data.

"It's up to you." Chris knew that Luo Nianzhong's decision could not be changed.

She had no doubt about her husband's long-standing success, but these absurd ideas always puzzled her and raised her doubts.

Luo Nianzhong was in charge of the affairs of the Far East's multifunctional integrated data center, and he had the final say. Chris did not ask too many questions, and the two talked about Chris's trip to the north.

"How is it? What problems did you find during the inspection in Guangdong Province?"

“There are many problems, but they are not major ones. There are only two that need to be solved in a short time.

The first is talent. Our Far East companies are OK, but many Far East companies are not so ideal in terms of talent recruitment."

Luo Nianzhong understood that Chris was talking about the private enterprises here that had invested in by the Far East. They didn't dare to even think about recruiting high-end talents, and mid-level talents looked down on them. The biggest reason was the salary.

How did Huawei rise in the past? It was because of its large number of talented people, but how did Huawei's people come from?

From 1997 to 99, Huawei did something very important, which was called talent monopoly.

It can be said that the four major universities in China, namely Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, have all been captured by Huawei.

What does it rely on? It's money.

At that time, the average salary per person was less than a thousand yuan, but Huawei dared to pay three to five thousand yuan, and also gave a settling-in allowance of ten thousand yuan.

The effect of Huawei alone is that other private companies have no one to use.

Those with higher education have been recruited by foreign companies and the state, so where can other private companies find talent?

But now the Far East Group is much larger than Huawei, which has caused an even greater shortage of talent.

Not to mention high-end talents, even mid-level talents prefer foreign companies. If domestic private enterprises want talents, the salary structure will inevitably be broken, which is a problem.

"You don't need to worry about this. John has already told me that the group is already thinking of a solution."

This is a huge talent pool, and it is impossible for Far East not to make arrangements.

Seeing that Luo Nian had an idea in mind, Chris asked another question.

"I heard from several well-developed companies we invested in Guangdong Province that the government approached them, hoping that they could take over some companies with poor performance."

The wave of layoffs may break out earlier than expected.

Guangdong Province is still relatively good, but the situation becomes more serious as you go north.

"I know this."

This is a big thing. Although it is a burden, it is also a big opportunity.

Luo Nianzhong's contemplation made Chris think that the other party was indifferent. He glared at him and left in a bad mood.

Chris believed that these issues needed attention, but they did not have to be resolved. Obviously, Luo Nianzhong's attitude made her angry.