"Boss, why did you come personally to attend such a small event?" The secretary looked at Boss Jia in confusion. He didn't understand why his boss came all the way back from Fusang to the Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing to attend such a small event!
Secretary Chen wasn't the only one who didn't understand. Many of the people present didn't understand either.
Most of the people present were researchers from the Institute of High Energy Physics and workers from Sprint. They looked at Boss Jia, who had come uninvited, in confusion.
These researchers had mixed feelings about Boss Jia. On one hand, they envied Boss Jia's wallet, but on the other hand, they sneered at Boss Jia. He was just a businessman who reeked of money. How could he compare to researchers like them?
It was a pity that researchers didn't have much money. What was even more pitiful was that they had sent their resumes to the Daqian Electronics Research Center several times, but they didn't get any response. This businessman who reeked of money actually looked down on them.
"Mr. Jia, may I know why you've come to our place?" Other than his secretary, Director Qian of the Institute of High Energy Physics was also standing beside Boss Jia.
He was originally wholeheartedly focused on connecting the first network cable. However, he didn't expect the guard to suddenly tell him that a person named Jia Yapeng wanted to come in and watch the work of connecting the network cable.
At first, Director Qian was naturally unwilling. However, when the guard said that this Jia Yapeng was the chairman of the Daqian Group and the richest man in Hua Xia, Director Qian had no choice but to invite Boss Jia in. At the same time, he was curious about Boss Jia's intentions.
However, what he didn't expect was that Boss Jia really seemed to be here for a visit. He brought along a secretary and watched as more than ten people from the United States and Hua Xia worked on the network cable and connected it to the computer through a special port.
In fact, this computer was a very old model. It didn't even have a network cable port. The Chinese had to modify a port on the spot to connect the network cable to the computer.
“OK！” After a busy morning, all the staff members finally smiled. Then, the familiar meowing of a cat sounded in the laboratory.
"Is this the voice of history?" Boss Jia couldn't help but let out a sigh. He had never heard a cat meow for such a long time. Because when he received his mother's approval to access the Internet, he didn't know what to do.
The modem, which was the legendary cat, was on the verge of being laid off. When Boss Jia bought the first computer in his life and connected the internet to his home for the first time, the cat that could meow had disappeared and was replaced by a cat that could not meow.
But the feeling of listening to this voice was really intoxicating!
"Director Qian, I'm here to witness history!" Boss Jia finally answered Director Qian's question.
"Witness history! What history can there be here? "Chief Qian couldn't help but laugh.
"No, trust me. This is one of the ten most important moments in the history of Hua Xia in the 20th century. It might even be the most important moment in the history of Hua Xia in the 90's. If you look at it from a macroscopic perspective, such as 1000 years or 10,000 years, then this is the most important moment in the history of Hua Xia in the 20th century! "Boss Jia exclaimed.
"Hehe!" Director Qian laughed dryly. Rich people loved to brag. However, the former director was quite comfortable with this bragging. After all, he had witnessed this moment in history.
"Oh right, what's the speed of this broadband?" Boss Jia asked curiously.
"What did you say? What does broadband mean? "Director Qian asked blankly.
"Uh … it's the network cable. What's the speed of this network cable?" Boss Jia quickly corrected.
"64k," Director Qian answered.
"Ahem … that's all?" Boss Jia coughed. A 64k network cable wasn't considered too low in this era. However, the problem was that this was Hua Xia's first network cable. In the future, there would be more network cables extending from here to connect the entire Hua Xia. How could it only be 64k!
"The world's widest network cable is only 64k!" Director Qian looked at Jia Yapeng strangely.
"I understand!" Boss Jia nodded. Then, he looked at the network cable with a complicated gaze. "It's a pity that I can't control this network cable. I can only witness history, but I can't create history!"
As a capitalist, Boss Jia wanted to replace Telecom and Unicom to become the first network operator in the country.
It wasn't that Boss Jia didn't have the technology. On the contrary, Boss Jia now had the best network technology in the country. These technologies were all in Boss Jia's laboratory.
Moreover, there weren't any problems with the policy. Because no one realized the importance of network cables, network operations weren't even listed as a government monopoly. As long as Boss Jia wanted to, he could register a network operation company now.
As long as Boss Jia did it quickly, early, and in time, when everything became an established fact, he believed that the country wouldn't deliberately change it. By then, in the future, the operators that Hua Xia people scolded every day wouldn't be Telecom or Unicom, but their Daqian.
However, Boss Jia gave up on this idea after thinking about it. The reason was simple. This was because this was a project that Boss Jia couldn't afford. If the Daqian really did this project, the Daqian would lose everything.
In the future, Telecom, Unicom, and Mobile had to lose a lot of money every year.
This wasn't because of any dirty reasons like everyone thought. It was because the network operation in Hua Xia was really losing money.
Some people might refute this. Weren't Western network operators all private? If they could make a lot of money, why couldn't Hua Xia?
Because Hua Xia's requirements were crazy!
Western network operators only required the network to be set up within the city limits. They didn't need to go to remote places. As long as it was slightly further away from the city, more than a few dozen kilometers away, it was guaranteed that you wouldn't be able to find a trace of network signal. You wouldn't even be able to find a cable network.
This was because it cost a lot of capital to set up network cables in these places. However, the problem was that there were very few residents in these vast places.
On a piece of land that was hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, it was very likely that there were only ten to twenty thousand people.
To set up optical fiber on these lands, it would cost at least tens of billions of USD. Even if all twenty thousand people paid for the network fees, it would be a one-time payment of millions of USD for each person. Only idiots would pay this kind of money.
Therefore, in Western countries, the network was concentrated in the cities. At most, there was a single optical fiber connection between different cities. Relying on the benefits of the high density of the population, the operation cost of the network operator was very small. However, with a large number of people, of course, they could make money.
It was just like how people in China often liked to compare Hong Kong with Hong Kong, saying how cheap Hong Kong's network fees were and how expensive it was in China.
They didn't think about it. Hong Kong only had a small area, but it was stuffed with 7.5 million people. The people could only live in pigeon cages.
The entire Hong Kong only needed a few hundred base stations to cover it completely. However, to be able to collect network fees from 7.5 million people, it would be strange if the price was not cheap.
However, in Hua Xia, it was still okay in the early days. However, in the later days, the country directly ordered that every place in Hua Xia be connected to electricity. Every place could pass through. Hua Xia's network was real. It covered 9.6 million square kilometers of land in the country. The operation cost of this was very exaggerated.
Hua Xia's network had to pass through many uninhabited deep mountains and cover many desolate deserts. The cost of this was calculated in the scale of trillions of RMB.
Boss Jia had nothing better to do. That was why he thought of getting involved in this industry.
Therefore, this time, Boss Jia simply came to witness history. After seeing this scene that changed history, he would leave. He didn't want to get involved in the network business at all. This kind of thing should be left to Unicom and Telecom Mobile. Boss Jia couldn't afford to play in this industry.
"Sigh, if our country could be like other countries and start building a comprehensive network, how magical would that be!" Director Qian exclaimed.
This made Boss Jia's eyes light up.
That's right. Building a network in Hua Xia was definitely a loss. However, building a network overseas was different!!
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