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Chapter 914 The Beginning of the Internet Age (Second update, please subscribe)
A small electric motor and a battery.

Just put it on the desk.
In the smoke-filled office, the atmosphere was like a taut string that could break at any time. He Mingwei, Yang Yuankai, Zhong Cun and Huang Lixuan from the Heavy Industry Bureau occasionally looked towards their desks.

Electric motor, battery.

These are all Nanyang's latest technologies, especially the latter.

Yang Yuankai smoked silently, his face full of seriousness and anxiety. The air was filled with the pungent smell of cigarettes, intertwined with the tense atmosphere, making it almost hard to breathe.

"Many of the mini cars in Europe were originally designed to solve the problem of commuting within 50 kilometers for grocery shopping, and its 100-120-kilometer range is completely sufficient."

Although he didn't know why the department chose this company, all Huang Lixuan wanted was to encourage them to switch to producing this product.

"That's different, this one needs to charge for 10 to 12 hours!"

Yang Yuankai said.

"We can't just wait next to the car for such a long time!"

"You can sleep! Generally speaking, the number of long-distance driving trips is very limited anyway."

He Mingwei, the company manager, frowned and the cigarette in his hand was sparking at his fingertips.

He was always calculating something there.

Suddenly, he broke the silence and said:

"Let's do it! Boss Yang, I calculated that if we use the body design we made before and remove the engine, gearbox, drive shaft, fuel tank and other unnecessary parts, the cost can be reduced by at least half. Even if we include the electric motor and battery, the cost can be controlled within 200 yuan. There is no car cheaper than this. We can't miss this opportunity!"

"It's cheap, it doesn't have that many parts, it's definitely cheap, but... it's not like a normal car!"

Yang Yuankai, a company director, was more cautious. He turned around and whispered with other directors. One of the directors raised his head and scanned everyone present with a scrutinizing look:

"In the past, there has never been an electric car. Will the market accept such a new product? This is a huge risk. Is the risk too great?"

The technical officials from the Bureau of Heavy Industry who were accompanying us were busy explaining the technical details and advantages of the product, and they tried to convince the company with data and facts. However, facing such a new product, they were all unsure.

Cigarette smoke filled the conference room like a thick fog, making it impossible to see the road ahead.

Time passed by, and the office door was tightly closed, as if blocking out the whole world. Finally, He Mingwei, the head of the company, took a deep puff of cigarette, exhaled slowly, and made a decision:
"I have full faith in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. New products are our opportunities and challenges. If we seize them, maybe we can seize a whole new future. Who knows?"

After that, he looked at Yang Shikai and said, "Manager Yang, we have already invested 12 in the car project. Now it can not only revive the project, but also enable us to achieve corporate transformation. Who knows? Therefore, we must seize this opportunity!"

No one can predict the future, but once they make a choice, they will eventually move forward. The road ahead is still long, but they have taken a crucial step.

It was an extremely ordinary day in July 1956. On that day, in the conference room of the Happiness Machinery Company, a few people made a decision. No one knew what would ultimately result from it, but what was certain was that the world changed from that day on.

Many times, change happens in this way, and at the beginning, almost no one pays attention.

July is destined to be a hot summer. Although it is summer all year round in Nanyang, July is still the hottest season. The scorching sun shines on the green treetops, and the breeze blows, and the leaves sway gently, making a rustling sound. In this quietness, a unique sound breaks the silence - it is the ear-piercing call of the Borneo giant cicada.

In this conference room of Nanyang University, with the air conditioner humming, dozens of experts and scholars gathered together. They came from all over Nanyang, representing different universities, and gathered here to discuss a cutting-edge and exciting topic.

The air was filled with a tense and heated atmosphere, and everyone's eyes were shining with wisdom. They were arguing around the conference table, with voices rising and falling.

A few months ago, when Li Yian proposed the "Internet", he did not know that this proposal would be like a stone thrown into the lake, causing ripples. Faced with this extremely novel thing, some people advocated actively promoting it, believing that it would greatly improve the efficiency and quality of academic research, so that the academic achievements of various universities would no longer be isolated, but could nourish and inspire each other through the Internet.

Today, these experts and scholars spoke with powerful words, and their words were full of longing and expectations for the future. Naturally, there were also some doubts.

As an authority on electronic computers at Nanyang University, Zhu Chuanqiu was a supporter of the Internet. After several months of hard work, he finally achieved networking within Nanyang University - connecting the electronic computers between various laboratories.

It was precisely because of the success of this attempt that he set his sights further - to build an Internet connecting various universities in Nanyang!
"I think we can use telephone lines. Currently, telephone lines are readily available. We can use them to connect the computers of various universities together to achieve data sharing and intercommunication."

Zhu Chuanqiu's suggestion naturally attracted a round of approval from those around him.

His suggestion was also supported by Chu Ze. As the founder of the largest electronic computing company in Nanyang and also the inventor of the world's first transistor electronic computer, Chu Ze's support made many people choose to support it, but some people still had doubts.

“But once the network is built, how can we distinguish the differences between universities?”

"Your Excellency's proposal has already mentioned that you can use a network address..."

"This network address is..."

Despite the specific plans and suggestions, they were still discussing that the Internet was not only new but also unheard of. What role could it play?

No one knew that even at the meeting, some people were cautious and worried about data security and technical feasibility. They raised a series of questions and challenges, making the atmosphere of the meeting more tense and intense.

Although the debate in this conference room on that day was heated, in the countless years to come, whenever people look back on the past, they will mention this day and this conference room at Nanyang University. On that day, the professors and scholars present at the conference had no idea what kind of era they were about to usher in, nor did they expect what kind of changes this era would bring to human life and to the world.

On this day, these experts and scholars from the electronic computer industry of various universities gathered together. Although they were arguing and discussing there, they ushered in a new era. On this day, they said - let there be light, and there was light!
(End of this chapter)