Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 1043 The Finale
On September 9, Vice President Gore and Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown officially announced the launch of the "National Information Infrastructure (NII)" program.

The goal of NII is to build a high-speed broadband network connected to various institutions, groups and families in society, so as to provide more colorful information for the whole society.

As for NII's investment, the federal government is no surprise, and direct investment can be said to be better than nothing.Such a project is expected to cost 4000 billion U.S. dollars, but in fact Carter feels that it is still unstoppable.When the launch was announced, the direct investment from the Federation was only a mere $[-] million.But fortunately, NII's project bidding clearly mentions that private investment is encouraged, and healthy competition is protected and encouraged.
In other words, after investing in this project, there are almost no restrictions on revenue, except that consumers must not be denied access for no reason.For example, Carter won construction bids in Georgia, Florida, and the next door Mississippi, as well as the North and South Carolinas, a total of five states.

Except for Georgia, after several years of hard work, there is already a small [-] kilometers of fiber optic broadband, and the remaining four states are basically deserts.Today's American computing center is not in the southeast!California in the southwest is the well-deserved largest industrial cluster, followed by Seattle in the northwest, and the old industrial belts of New York and Chicago.

The southeast region, which is hardly ranked, is not only the place where investment costs the most, but also the place where the market can be almost monopolized once it is completed.

Maybe he couldn't handle it by himself, Carter only dared to apply for these few states and regions for the time being, if not, Carter would also have the intention to swallow places like Arkansas.

Since taking over this big project, Carter has been honest for the remaining few years.

Even for optical fiber manufacturing, with the sudden increase in demand, the preparation technology has begun to develop rapidly, and the cost has gradually decreased.But the cost of such a large-scale infrastructure construction really made Carter see what a bottomless pit is!
Compared with this kind of large-scale construction, my previous title of "dollar black hole" is like a joke!
Even if ROG's profit is recorded in the account, it will be consumed by various project sites immediately.But the benefits brought by this are also huge. In 1995, the basic construction of the broadband network covering Georgia was completed.Combined with Southwestern Bell's channels, Southwestern Bell will pay Carter an annual rent of no less than US$5 million for broadband network lease alone.

It seems that it is not directly proportional to the investment, but this part of the income is quite stable.Unless, people don't use the Internet anymore!
At the same time, with the joining of MI5, the Japanese economy began to recover.Although it has not returned to the peak of the bubble era, both GDP and GNP data have obviously returned to normal levels.

The confidence brought about by the economic recovery and the increase in real foreign exchange also allowed the Japanese government to begin to cancel the control on foreign exchange this year.What's more, perhaps there are still people who are expecting Japan to return to the peak of the bubble, and the value of the yen has been gradually rising in the past two years.By the time Carter exchanged currency, the US-Japan exchange rate had reached 1:80, which was even more exaggerated than at the peak of the bubble!

Carter felt that, on the one hand, it was the confidence of international capital in Japan's production capacity, and on the other hand, the problems caused by not learning enough lessons.In other words, if the normal situation develops, it is not wrong to speculate on the yen at this time.

But when the time came to 95, Brother Dunzi suddenly reversed his attitude towards China.Not only have they become amiable, but they have also encouraged the improvement of bilateral exchanges. Coupled with changes in the environment, going to China to invest and build factories and pass on labor costs has suddenly become a trend in the American business community.

In the face of the sharp drop in the cost of American goods, the price advantage of Japanese goods was lost in an instant.And this time, it really hit Japan's Achilles heel!
When consumers start to reduce their purchases of Japanese goods, even if they have strong production capacity, they will be powerless.Even if Japan also learns from the United States and transfers its production capacity to Southeast Asia and other places, the final reaction is price convergence.

The logistics cost is almost the same, the labor cost is almost the same, and the quality attributes of the products are not bad.Compared with the past, the state of sweeping the market with prices, even if the competitiveness is flat, is a huge blow to Japan.

Moreover, it was still a blow from the bottom of the pot!
Carter, who is busy with the construction of domestic infrastructure in the United States, basically has no time to pay attention to those things.After obtaining the construction qualification from NII and seeing the extremely stable profits brought by the operation of the broadband network, Carter started to fish.

It's so fun to play cats and dogs.Holding the foundation of the network and the ownership of optical fiber pipelines is no less than holding a hen that can lay golden eggs for the next 20 or even 30 years.Even if the rest of my property is completely ruined, as long as I don't mortgage the ownership of these pipelines, I will be quite rich in my life!
What's more, in a short period of time, the investment may be lower.But after these construction projects are completed, I will have a lot of funds to support the development of various industries. No matter how much I drop, I will not go bankrupt unless I am crazy!
After the worries of the future are completely resolved, it is time to consider life-long events.

In 1996, at the time of the second general election of Dunzige, Carter held an engagement banquet.Including the governor of Texas at the time, and the retired old cloth, including the retired former undersecretary of the army, the former chief of staff of the army, the former secretary of state and other political celebrities, representatives of the industrial and commercial circles were present.Even the White House sent congratulatory gifts in the name of the recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross and American Heroes.
The truth made Carter dumbfounded.Over the past few years, although I haven't had much contact with Brother Dunzi, his obedient and honest performance has greatly won the other party's favor.

When it comes to medical insurance, Brother Dunzi, who has completely failed, think about the fierce resistance of other Republicans.Look at Carter again. Since 93, he has actively responded to his own call.
And the official wedding banquet, Carter set in 2000.

This year, Carter was 39 years old. I have to say that he was very old, oh no, it should be called super-middle-aged.And the reason why it has been delayed until now is naturally because of Xiao Bu's general election.

A relatively superstitious statement is called, Chongxi!
And this time, Carter, who has a hairy mouth and is reliable in his work, also came out again.Although he doesn't have a formal position, as the director of Xiaobu's campaign team, whether it's relying on his own BUFF, or his financial ability, as well as relying on the emerging Internet media platforms to build momentum for Xiaobu.

As a core figure in the American Internet, including the computer industry, Carter even controls the five southeastern states, in other words, one-tenth of the Internet access rights in the United States, and his influence has begun to break out of Georgia and spread across the United States.

Moreover, due to the special positioning of the individual, some wonderful chemical reactions also appeared at this time.In the electronics industry where Democrats gather, as one of the few Republicans who can speak up, any of these technology companies that want to live a better life basically have to sell Carter's face.Conversely, in 5000, when the output value of Internet-related industries exceeded 2000 billion U.S. dollars, traditional Republican companies gradually realized the terrifying power of this thing.

And with the help of the growth of the Internet, cooperation, finding Carter is naturally the best solution!
Carter, who has always pursued the strategy of being a good guy, also makes everyone feel at ease looking for him.

Over and over again, even though Carter had no intention of swaying in the American political arena, he even refused Xiao Bu's invitation to serve as the chief of staff of the White House, to be a big housekeeper for Brother Bu, or to be a deputy minister in the Ministry of Commerce.By 2001, with Xiaobu in the White House, Carter was still elected vice president of the Republican Party at the Republican National Convention in the same year.

Looking at it, colleagues seem to regard Carter as the third generation of Bush.And this kind of popular election, Carter can do nothing.If you don't want to get rid of the benefits brought by this identity, you can only accept it silently.

However, compared to his predecessors, whether it is Charles Cheney or Lao Bu, Carter's performance can be called fishing in water.

As the vice president known as the "Party Whip", Carter has always implemented the principle of "harmony and mud" in his attitude towards doing things.Big things become small, small things become small, nothing is the best!If you can't hit the whip, don't hit it.
But even so, Carter, who holds huge resources, is still a member of the Republican Party that cannot be ignored.

This situation lasted for ten years
Ten years later, Carter, who was drinking tea with his baby in the yard, was suddenly approached by a sloppy guy with a full head of blond hair who kept claiming that he spends more than ten thousand dollars on hairstyles every year. :

"Brother, I need your help."

(End of this chapter)