Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3169 Snowden

"I don't know." Xu Baihui didn't care about that. "Director Li was transferred away. It was a pity for many people because he was indeed a rare doer in the domestic television industry. During his years in office, Oriental TV's revenue increased sixfold. In the end, he lost everything at the peak."

"The highest peak?" Zhou Buqi understood what he meant. "After he left, did the Oriental TV station go downhill?"

Xu Baihui said, "Yes, it's an obvious downhill trend. Oriental TV's Hai Pai Qing Kou and Got Talent were both iconic programs in the domestic television industry. After he left, they all failed. But it's a good thing for us."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Give you a chance?"

"Yes." Xu Baihui nodded slightly. "If Director Li was still here, Oriental TV would have strong content capabilities and would prefer to cooperate with local producers. Now that Oriental TV's performance has declined, it doesn't care so much. The most important thing is to improve performance. Otherwise, our "Happy Comedian" might have to cooperate with Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV."

"Well, with market-oriented cooperation, we can always find a solution."

Zhou Buqi actually knew this a long time ago, and this could be considered as a way of self-consolation.

By changing outsourced workers into regular employees, it seems that the boss has reduced the exploitation of employees, resulting in lower profits for the company. But in fact, the wages of employees are only a few dollars, which can even be ignored for large companies, and that is not the main reason at all.

The benefit of outsourcing labor is to take advantage of the "uncertainty" in human nature.

The greater the uncertainty and the more panic there is, the more it will stimulate people's survival instinct and unleash unimaginable power.

Once the situation becomes stable, or even becomes a permanent job, people will become lazy and lazy, and the system will become rigid, with many big company problems emerging. The loss caused to the company by this kind of deterministic situation is far greater than the increase in salary and benefits of turning outsourced employees into regular employees.

Zhou Buqi will not hesitate. Once he has made a decision, he will carry it out firmly.

Ziweixing has already taken action, gradually converting existing outsourced employees into regular employees while recruiting regular employees in the outsourcing market.

The effect is unprecedented.

It immediately caused a stir in the industry and made many job seekers ecstatic.

An employee who works for a large company like Baidu, Alibaba, Huawei, ZTE, or Penguin can only be an outsourced employee. But after joining Ziweixing, he can become a formal employee. How attractive is this?

Even if the salary offered by Ziweixing is lower, we must choose formal employees!

This is a kind of social identity.

We are all white-collar workers in the workplace. The dignity of work is very important and no one wants to be a "temporary worker".

Xu Baihui smiled and said, "By the way, the first draft of the script for the movie The Great Wall has come out and has been sent to me. It was written according to your general idea. Would you like to take a look?"

"Send it to my email address. I'll read it after my vacation." Zhou Buqi stretched lazily. "I have to go to the ministry soon."

"Ministry?" Xu Baihui blinked. "Is it work-related?"

Zhou Buqi hummed, "Regarding Internet security, last year the United States had the infamous Snowden incident, you know that, right?"

Xu Baihui said: "The Snowden incident, is there some kind of Prism Project or something like that."

Zhou Buqi nodded. "Yes, it's mainly because the United States uses its own technical conveniences in the Internet industry to eavesdrop on and steal some information on the Internet. Not only for companies, but also for national plans. This is notorious and has aroused indignation from countries around the world."

Xu Baihui's eyes widened, "Can you participate in this kind of thing?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It's impossible to participate, but I still know some of the situation. After all, the Internet is related to Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley companies are also very opposed to those shady activities, and they stand together with other countries to oppose them."

"Then what?" Xu Baihui was very curious, "What will the United States do?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "This time when I went to the ministry, I mainly talked about this matter. I will definitely not participate. At most, I will give a brief explanation of some of the cutting-edge information that Silicon Valley is currently discussing. The United States will back down and give up some of its Internet power."

The Internet was built by Americans. It was originally a system derived from the US military.

It was opened up to civilian use, and with the promotion of global communications companies and Internet companies, it continued to expand on the basis of the military system and developed into the Internet that is now spread all over the world. However, the foundation still belongs to the United States. This naturally has some convenient conditions.

Xu Baihui didn't quite understand, "Internet power? What does this mean?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The Internet today is like a skyscraper, which can be expanded infinitely without a ceiling. The foundation of this skyscraper was built by Americans, and it was originally a system from the US military. Since it is a military system, you should understand that there must be some security risks. For example, are there several tunnels secretly dug under the foundation that can be used to sneak into the building and commit some petty thefts?"

"Is that so?" Xu Baihui suddenly realized, "Isn't that very dangerous? Aren't they all under the control of the United States?"

Zhou Buqi nodded. "Modern society is a society of credibility. It's just like the US dollar. Countries all over the world use the US dollar as their main foreign exchange reserve, and the world's wealthy people also try their best to convert their assets into US dollars to preserve value and ensure safety. If the US dollar loses its credibility, it will become waste paper overnight. This kind of thing is originally a balance."

Xu Baihui pondered and said, "The United States uses financial tools and inflation adjustment of the dollar to reap global wealth every day, but countries, companies and individuals around the world are still willing to use dollar assets because they trust the dollar's credibility more than the depreciation and risks it brings. No matter how much the dollar is criticized, it is still more trustworthy than any other currency and is an inevitable part of the current financial system."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Yes, that's about what I mean. The risks of the Internet always exist. It's just that credibility outweighs the risks. In the Internet age, the Internet is also an unavoidable link."

"So what are you going to say when you go to the ministry later?"

"Just tell the truth and say whatever you know. The US is going to release some of its internet infrastructure power to the world, which is always a good thing. If it weren't for Snowden, the entire internet infrastructure would be in the hands of the US government, and the hidden dangers would be too great."

"Give up what?"

Xu Baihui didn't quite understand, but was very curious.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It means giving up the root domain name. In the past, the root domain names of all websites in the world were controlled by the U.S. federal government. In the future, they will be given up and transferred to a non-profit organization for global sharing."

"Root domain name?" Xu Baihui was very surprised. "Doesn't China have its own root domain name, .cn?"

Zhou Buqi explained: "Computers don't recognize English letters, they only recognize 0 and 1. So for .com and .cn, there must be lower-level protocol analysis... and lower-level control. For example, .cn is a domestic top-level domain name, and the control is in China. But in fact, the control is divided into two parts, China can control it, and the United States can also control it. When the United States opened up the Internet, it only allowed other countries to establish such top-level domain names, but did not give up the United States' supervision and control over these domain names."

Xu Baihui said "Oh", not quite understanding.

Zhou Buqi simply said: "Actually, this is how it is. Currently, .cn is jointly controlled by China's Internet Information Center and the U.S. Department of Commerce. After the Snowden incident, the world unanimously condemned it, and the U.S. backed down. The current intention is to remove the U.S. Department of Commerce's control over these root domain names and transfer them to a non-profit organization. In the future, .cn will be controlled by this non-profit organization and China's Internet Information Center, and will have nothing to do with the U.S. federal government."

".cn is our country's asset, why is it controlled by a third-party non-profit organization?"

“Protect the Internet. This is the same for the whole world. Decentralized security.”

"What do you mean?"

Xu Baihui didn't understand.

Zhou Buqi said: "Just like some countries are in war, which causes the country's information management center to stop operating. Doesn't this mean that all the websites using the country's domain name are doomed? Having a third party to co-manage can solve this hidden danger. Even if there are some problems in the country, this non-profit organization in the United States can still keep these domain names running normally, thus ensuring the stability of the Internet world."

Xu Baihui sighed, "Non-profit organizations can only be in the United States, so they are still in the hands of Americans."

Zhou Buqi said: "It is already very good to be able to separate this part of power from the U.S. federal government and transfer it to a non-profit company under public supervision."

Xu Baihui was a little disappointed. "No matter how you talk about it, you still can't avoid the United States."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "This is already a very good result. If it weren't for Snowden, we wouldn't even have such conditions. The US government still firmly controls the global root domain name. The co-management model can ensure the globalization of the Internet and will not be confined to a single country and turned into a local area network."

Xu Baihui opened her eyes wide, "Can't circle it?"

Zhou Buqi asked: "Where is the circle?"

"We have a wall here!"

"That's just software-level isolation. As long as you have some computer knowledge, you can easily bypass it through the underlying Internet protocol. No organization can enclose the Internet and turn it into an independent little kingdom. This is the nature of the Internet and the advantage of this co-management model."