Chapter 486: The Former Infrastructure Maniac
After eating, the group went to San Francisco for a stroll.
Of course, this is mainly to accompany Shi Dazhu to see. Look at the Golden Gate Bridge in particular.
This is a landmark building in the United States as an era of infrastructure madness.
"This is the Golden Gate Bridge, it's really majestic!" Shi Dazhu sighed.
Qin Feng smiled, this Golden Gate Bridge is indeed magnificent.
In fact, before China is known as the infrastructure maniac in the future, the United States is a well-deserved infrastructure maniac in the world.
In the 30s, the United States used a wild infrastructure construction speed to build the foundation of today's American prosperity, and also forged the strong economic strength of the United States. It is also because of the infrastructure of the era in the 30s that it has the foundation to be able to fight Germany during World War II, and at the same time to fight Japan in the navy and air force.
The Empire State Building, built in 1931, is more than 400 meters high, and it took only 410 days (including decoration) from the start of construction to completion. It can be said that a few decades ago, when China was still in the era of obscurantist rule of the feudal dynasty, the United States could reach the speed of building in the thirties of the last century with the construction speed of "completing four and a half floors of construction every week", which was the world's first infrastructure maniac at that time. To this day, the Empire State Building in New York remains one of New York's landmarks, and Americans not only build it quickly, but also in terms of quality.
Then, the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge, which was also built in January 1933 and opened to traffic for the first time in May 1937, is one of the most famous attractions in California. Also often destroyed in movies is the Hoover Hydropower Station, which began construction in April 1931 and was completed in March 1936, with the first unit officially generating electricity in October 1936. With a height of 221.4 meters, the dam was a veritable giant at the time.
Then, the railroads of the United States, under the construction of the American infrastructure maniac, from 1828, when the first passenger train in the United States was put into operation, in 1916, the railway mileage reached a historical high, about 410,000 kilometers. Even now, the length of its national railway is 260,000 kilometers.
More than ten years later, the rise of China's infrastructure madness, the total mileage of the railway is only 170,000 kilometers.
As for the road mileage, the United States is also 6.5 million kilometers. It's also a terrifying number. Of course, the most terrifying thing is that the United States also has 26,000 airports, large and small.
It's a blast!
And now it is the beginning of 1996, coming to the United States, Qin Feng can very much imagine what it is like to come out of the country and come to the United States in this era.
Of course, if you come back in 20 years, you will feel that the United States is too backward, and all kinds of infrastructure are so old-fashioned, even Los Angeles and New York look dilapidated.
At that time, in terms of building groups alone, Huaxia was indeed ahead.
Just think about it, this is all built by Americans in the 30s, it's terrifying. This evil imperialist has enjoyed such a luxurious life for decades.
"Prosperous!" Shi Dazhu sighed.
"Brother, in fact, when looking at the prosperity of a country, it is not simply looking at these buildings, but from their per capita education level, welfare benefits, industrialization level, medical security system and so on. In this respect, the United States is indeed prosperous, truly prosperous. Qin Feng sighed.
In the evening, everyone found a casual restaurant for a light meal.
"Qin Feng, I originally said that I would have dinner with my dad tomorrow, but he is too busy, so it is better to wait a few days!" Lisa said at dinner.
What do you mean by waiting for a few days?
"I'm a major shareholder of the company, so he doesn't know if he doesn't have time to see me. Of course, I also know that he is a workaholic, busy and has no time to socialize. So, I didn't want to waste his day outside. I'll go directly to the company to find him!" Qin Feng said.
This time, Qin Feng came mainly to see how Jobs' development was going. If not, you can give him a little bit of creativity.
After all, the sooner Apple rose, the sooner it reaped. Moreover, Qin Feng also pondered, hoping that Jobs could produce more products that changed the world. Get your iPhone early.
Today's mobile phones have begun to gradually become miniaturized. It's no longer the big brother of Motorola.
Nokia's 8110, for example, was launched. Of course, there are no domestic ones at the moment. This time, Qin Feng came over, and he was also going to bring a few back. The way to insert the card is the same, but I don't have to worry about not being able to use it when I return home.
But this is much lighter than the big brother in his hands now.
And the military-industrial quality of Nokia, that's just now.
However, compared to the iPhone, it still can't be compared. After all, the iPhone is an epoch-making product that changes an era and drives the trend of mobile phones.
Qin Feng will never forget the feeling of excitement when he first watched the video of Apple's press conference. It's incredible.
Jobs was a genius!
"No, that's not the reason, don't get him wrong!" Lisa said again.
"What's wrong?what's the matter?" Lin Feng asked.
"Qin, my father won't let me tell you. Lisa hesitated.
"Lisa, between us, there is nothing that can not be said. Tell me, what happened?" Qin Feng shook Lisa's hand worriedly.
"Qin, my father is sick. He's in the hospital, and he doesn't want people to see him sick!" Lisa said after thinking for a long time.
Sick! So early! Qin Feng was taken aback. Didn't Jobs get sick ten years later, that is, around 2006, and then developed the iPhone with illness, and then he became completely ill. And then we developed the iPad and the iMac. Left Apple's most valuable legacy.
Got sick so early?
"Then let's visit him in the hospital. In this way, to avoid a lot of people, I will go with you!" Qin Feng said.
"But he'll scold!" Lisa feared, "he'll scold me." Our relationship is finally getting better, and I don't want to go back to what it used to be!"
Over the years, the relationship between Jobs and Lisa has been one of loving and killing each other. Now, because Lisa is studying at Harvard, this can be regarded as a little face for Jobs, and she is also a director of Apple, and the relationship between the two sides has improved a lot.
But at this time, Jobs declared that he didn't see Qin Feng, and Lisa brought it over, so he had to be angry. Outsiders will think that Jobs does not know the hearts of good people and is sick, but he is such a person.
"In that case, you tell me that I'll go by myself!" Qin Feng said, "I have to go, I have something to talk to him!"
Lisa hesitated for a moment.