Reborn in the red age

Principal Wu is very quick in his work. After agreeing to give the dedicated line to Huaxin, he immediately made arrangements.

With the cooperation of the school, it took only three days to connect a dedicated line from the school to the Huaxin headquarters building in Zhongguancun.

On the day the Internet was launched, Li Qingfeng personally went to the newly built Huaxin headquarters to welcome this moment of great significance.

As the first company in China to access the international Internet, Huaxin also attaches great importance to today's networking.

Banners were hung and flowers were placed in the office area, waiting for Li Qingfeng to personally establish the first contact with overseas.

Looking at Xu Yuanming and Ding Guangqing who came to greet him with a smile, Li Qingfeng held his forehead and said, "It's just connecting to the Internet, why is there such a big fuss?"

Xu Yuanming, the person in charge of Huaxin, smiled and said, "Teacher Li, this is not just an ordinary access to the Internet. As the first domestic company to access the international Internet, this is a milestone moment and must be treated seriously."

Ding Guangqing also nodded and agreed: "Yes, the title of the best in the country is still very famous, it would be unreasonable not to arrange it."

Glancing at the two smiling people, Li Qingfeng shook his head helplessly, agreeing with their statement.

Whether in Hong Kong or the mainland, as long as one is Chinese, there seems to be a special obsession with the title of number one.

In order to express our importance, we always have to come up with some fancy things.

Li Qingfeng looked at Ding Guangqing who had joined in, and said in confusion: "I can understand why Lao Xu is so happy. After all, the Internet is connected to Huaxin, and Lao Xu is the beneficiary. Why are you joining in the fun?"

"I discussed with Lao Xu and decided to move the office to the Huaxin headquarters. This way, the office can also use the international dedicated line, making it easier to communicate with the headquarters and global branches," Ding Guangqing explained with a smile.

Nodding in understanding, Li Qingfeng instructed Ding Guangqing, as the highest leader of Lemon Company in the mainland, to build the framework of the mainland branch as soon as possible to prepare for Lemon Company's official entry into the mainland.

Ding Guangqing naturally nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would start making arrangements as soon as he returned.

Under the guidance of Xu Yuanming, he and a group of long-awaited employees walked past and came to the workstation that had been connected to the Internet, turned on the power switch, and tried to connect to the Internet for the first time.

The network has already been tested, so naturally there will be no connection failure.

After successfully connecting to the Internet, with the camera lens pointed at him, Li Qingfeng clicked on the Lemon Company's internal employee login system on the desktop, entered his work number 001, and successfully logged into the system.

I typed a paragraph of text and sent it to the Lemon Company headquarters far away in Hong Kong via an internal email.

The moment the email was sent, everyone looked at the screen nervously and expectantly, waiting for a reply from the other side.

Twenty minutes later, there was a response in the mailbox. An email with congratulations and greetings appeared in Li Qingfeng's inbox.

In an instant, warm applause surged like a wave, and young colleagues kept shouting excitedly, and the atmosphere on the scene was very warm.

Compared to the others, Qingfeng Li's expression was very calm, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.

The Internet speed is really slow these days. The international dedicated line is 64K, but the actual Internet speed is usually only a few K.

It takes several minutes to send an email, more than ten minutes to open a web page, and the pictures on the web page also need to be loaded one by one. It is really slow.

I had been thinking of using it to play the online games that have been released by the company's electronic game department, but now it seems I'd better forget it.

Li Qingfeng smacked his lips and said to Xu Yuanming, "Not bad, not bad, Huaxin has a channel for external communication, you should make good use of it."

"Don't worry, Teacher Li. We will definitely not let this hard-earned opportunity down," Xu Yuanming nodded solemnly to Li Qingfeng.

"Can you connect the international network to my home? The local area network in Beijing is really not that interesting. Besides, after I start using the Internet here, I can't use the phone at home anymore, which is really inconvenient."

These days, network cables are telephone cables that are used through modems to convert signals for computers to access the Internet.

The computer and telephone share the same line, so when one is in use, the other cannot be used, which is the same as the early dial-up Internet access in China.

“Of course, we can, but optical fibers are all imported now, and the prices quoted by foreign companies are a bit high.”

"Expensive? How expensive can it be? Can't I afford it?"

"240,000 per kilometer, it may cost more than one million to lay it to your home"

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Upon hearing the fee, even a wealthy man like Li Qingfeng was secretly shocked, as he was reluctant to spend so much money on the home network.

Thinking of the future when the raw material price of optical fiber is only more than 30 yuan per kilometer, and comparing it with the current price of 241,000 yuan per kilometer, Li Qingfeng felt that even robbing money was not so fast. Thinking of this, Li Qingfeng had to admire China for being worthy of the title of "price butcher". No matter what it is, as long as the technology is broken through and domestic production begins, the price will begin to fall sharply until it falls to cabbage price.

After completing the Internet test, Li Qingfeng took some photos according to the process prepared in advance, then returned to his office in Huaxin and looked at Xu Yuanming who followed him:

"I have sent a message to the headquarters. They will input your information and give you a separate backend permission so that you can also enjoy Lemon Company's global information system."

Lemon Company has various branches and small offices around the world. In addition to maintaining their own operations, they also collect cutting-edge technological information from companies in various countries.

After being summarized by the department, it will be uploaded to the company's system backend.

The system backend of Lemon Company can be said to be the gathering place of the world's most cutting-edge technological information at this time.

"That's great. With the company's internal authority, we don't have to collect international information ourselves." Xu Yuan was obviously quite excited when he heard that Li Qingfeng was willing to open up authority for Huaxin.

Li Qingfeng waved his hand and didn't say much about this matter. Instead, he asked about the situation of those international students.

"I heard that among the 26 students who returned to China, some regretted their decision and wanted to go back?"

"This." When Xu Yuanming mentioned this, his face looked a little ugly. He hesitated for a long time before saying, "Two comrades have indeed expressed their willingness to return to America, and we are currently working on their ideological work."

"what reason?"

"They said it was due to family reasons. My wife and children couldn't stand the environment in China and wanted to go back."

When Qingfeng Li heard this reason, he felt a headache.

If it was any other situation, he could persuade him no matter what. But for a problem involving his wife and children, it was really hard for Qingfeng Li to persuade him. He couldn't ask the other party to divorce his wife and abandon his wife and children for the sake of the company, right?

Rubbing his brows, Li Qingfeng said helplessly: "Forget it, if they want to go back, let them go back. Let's settle it peacefully. There's no need to make things unpleasant. If Huaxin can develop in the future, we can invite them back to China then."

Among these twenty-six people, a few had originally chosen to return to China out of enthusiasm. Li Qingfeng had anticipated the loss of personnel after their return, and a small number of personnel losses were not unacceptable to him.

"Okay, I'll try again. If that doesn't work, I'll buy them a plane ticket to return to America."

"What about the rest of the people? Are there still those who are not used to life in the country?"

"The rest are fine. The company has given them great care in terms of living conditions. Both their families and themselves are quite satisfied with our placement. There are no problems and they are willing to stay in China and work steadily."

Hearing that the others had no intention of leaving, Qingfeng Li nodded with relief. In order to accommodate these people, Qingfeng Li spent a lot of money.

As soon as I returned to China, I bought a car and a house for them in my hometown. Finally, my efforts were not wasted.

After learning about the international students' questions, Qingfeng Li asked about Huaxin's R&D situation: "By the way, how is the design of digital communication chips going?"

"It's a rapid development." When talking about the development of digital chips, Xu Yuanming became excited and bright:

"These twenty or so people who came back from America are really talented. As soon as they started, they solved the problem that had troubled Academician Wang's team for a long time. Even the engineers who were poached from Big Brother were very impressed by them."

Hearing Xu Yuanming praising their abilities, Qingfeng Li seemed quite proud:

"That's right. I have done my best to train them. During their graduate and doctoral studies, I sent them to companies like Motorola, Intel, Sony, and Kyocera for internships. They have rich experience in chip design."

"You have a long-term vision and started planning ten years ago. I admire you so much." Seeing Li Qingfeng's expression, Xu Yuanming immediately flattered him.

"Don't flatter me. The real work is to design the chip as soon as possible. Nokia's latest digital mobile phone will be launched soon. I have used it. Not only is the call quality good, but it is also small in size and weighs only 200 grams."

"Once this phone is launched, it will be a global hit and will greatly promote the development of digital phones. Our analog chips will soon be swept into the dustbin of history."

"I don't pay much attention to mobile phones, but what about their chip data?"

Li Qingfeng rolled his eyes at him and said speechlessly: "We have signed a confidentiality agreement. Except for colleagues who worked with Nokia in the past, no one knows the performance of the chip before it is launched on the market."

"You can't reveal anything at all?" Xu Yuanming asked tentatively.

"The reputation of Lemon Company cannot be damaged. You cannot even ask questions about this kind of thing."

Facing Li Qingfeng's harsh tone, Xu Yuanming smiled awkwardly and immediately stopped asking about Nokia's situation. (End of this chapter)