Seattle is a very special port city.

There is a 5-kilometre-long canal that runs through the city.

The federal government spent $200 million to clean up the river to build a shipyard and large machinery.

Note that the federal government, that is, Washington, paid for the cleanup, not the state of Washington.

What is at stake is the US Asia-Pacific strategy and the Pacific naval base.

Generally speaking, shipyards and shipyards must be built in offshore ports to facilitate launches.

If there are no natural conditions, navigable rivers will also be dug up.

However, it is too close to the coast, and the disadvantages are also very large, and in the event of a tsunami and natural disasters, the damage is serious, and the outbreak of war lacks cover, so it is easy to become the target of the first round of attacks, and the first round of bombing will be gone.

Plus it's not conducive to secrecy.

But Seattle is different, the five-kilometer-long canal is embedded in the heart of the city, which can provide good cover for the docks, and this unique hydrological situation makes Seattle a natural manufacturing port.

During World War II, the Seattle shipyard built seven aircraft carriers here at the same time, with an average construction period of only 42 days for each carrier.

Just 42 days.

Getting off an aircraft carrier is like getting off a dumpling.

Of course, the aircraft carriers in World War II were not large, they were all "Saipan"-class light aircraft carriers, and "Casablanca"-class frigates.

In particular, Seattle is close to Canada and can enjoy the steel resources of both countries.

It is the second-largest port in the United States and the third-largest shipbuilding industry center in the United States, after Philadelphia and Detroit.

It also has the largest ocean-going fleet in the United States.

Relying on the advantages of the port, Seattle has become a purely industrial city, where all kinds of high-tech, aviation, aerospace, satellite launches, and industrial equipment are gathered here.

Boeing is here.

As for the Internet, it is the undisputed second in the West, because Microsoft's corporate headquarters is here, and Gates is the lair.

Both consumption capacity and production capacity are the top in the west and the forefront in the world.

It's just a lot of money.

Forty minutes later, Fan Yang and the others stood in the loading and unloading area of Puget Port.

Looking at a 200-ton gantry tower crane in front of him, Fan Yang, who first arrived here, was deeply shocked by the recklessness of this pure industry, compared with the 50-ton gantry crane in Lianyungang, it is 4 times larger, which is not an order of magnitude at all.

At this time, under the door crane, this 100,000-ton giant ship is moored.

And how much does a 100,000-ton giant ship give people?

At least thirty or forty stories tall.

Standing on it, people are as small as ants.

Fan Yang and the others stood relatively close, feeling that the anchor chain was as thick as an elephant.

Gao Lu put his hands behind his back and asked with a smile, "Do you recognize it?"

Li Qilin smiled: "This should be the Danina of the Mediterranean Company, right?"

Jia Jingyuan looked at this giant ship quite kindly: "Why don't you recognize this, this is an old friend, I remember that it was a few years ago when I entered our Lianyungang? At that time, it really scared us, this guy eats books 18 meters deep, it's too scary." ”

Seeing Fan Yang's puzzled eyes, Li Qilin explained: "Denmark's, this ship is famous, it is currently the largest ocean-going giant ship, with a weight of more than 600,000 tons, a cargo capacity of 130,000 tons, and can load 14,000 containers. ”

Gao Lu scolded: "Fart, how much does this ship cost, more than 300 million is enough, run a trip of tens of millions to rob it." ”

A few people are happy.

"There are always millions. ”

The crystallization of this super heavy industry looks extremely shocking.

But Fan Yang didn't make a fuss either.

In another 20 years, the port of Shanghai will be full of 100,000-ton giant ships.

Industrial capacity is still leveraged.

After more than two hours in the harbor, it was already autumn here, but the beach was still full of sailboats and crooked fruit people who endured the cold surfing.

It wasn't interesting to watch it for a while, and a group of people got tired of having fun, so they took a taxi back to the Brighton Hotel in the metropolitan area.

I was tired after two days of tossing, and there was no entertainment arranged in the evening.

The next morning, I rushed to this destination, called a taxi and went straight to Redmond.

When I arrived at the place, I saw that in front of me, it seemed to be the Microsoft headquarters built entirely on the lawn, and on an incomparably wide lawn, six buildings of different shapes, huge and abruptly lying on the lawn, looking at Microsoft in front of the gate.

Fan Yang was messy.

I couldn't help but get started, and gently pulled up my sleeves: "It's not a work company, I guessed that it's Microsoft headquarters here, right?"

Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 and went public on the NASDAQ in '86 with a net worth of only $2 million, and the stock price fell below the issue price on the day of its debut, with a share price of only 80 cents.

In the same year, the company headquarters was moved to Seattle.

But two years later, the company's market capitalization exceeded $1 billion.

By 1993, the company's market value was 20 billion.

In 1995, he became the richest man in the world with a personal wealth of $12.9 billion.

At this time, it is already a complete giant enterprise, and everyone in the United States knows about it.

Gao Lu was actually pulled to Microsoft headquarters?

Could it be that the customer object of Gao Lukou's voice is actually Microsoft?

Fan Yang only felt that it was too big.

Gao Lu smiled: "Yes, you know Microsoft?"

Li Qilin and Jia Jingyuan were both confused.

Fan Yang was speechless: "Of course I know, after all, I also know something about the Internet, the customer you are talking about is Microsoft?"

"Fart, what can I do? It's a big company, and I'm working with a small company. ”

Gao Lu led the way in front of me, and I bypassed the six Microsoft buildings without even thinking about it.

After walking around for a long time, I entered another block and found an inconspicuous office building.

I took people up to the fourth floor, the nameplate said WORKDID, and after the report went in, a tall and thin young man came out, and Gao Lu introduced this as Paul Allen, a senior manager of WORK.

After entering, it is an office room of less than 200 square meters, in which more than a dozen computers are placed, and a whole wall of computer hosts is piled up against the wall.

Fan Yang understood a little at a glance, but as for the host hardware or something, he didn't understand it at all.

But there is still basic common sense.

He asked Paul Allen next to him, "Are you doing servers?"

Paul replied: "No, we do ERP and SaaS, enterprise information management construction, and credit card payment channels. ”

Fan Yang suddenly understood.

The so-called ERP, that is, enterprise office management software, has not yet been completely rolled out on the Internet, but the management application of computers to large enterprises is not a day or two.

Like large product companies, like Coca-Cola, Nestle Group, especially for consumer goods, especially multinational large groups, must do ERP.

It's a trend.

Otherwise, this kind of group can only load a train wagon with its annual accounts, various records, and materials.

If something goes wrong, there is no way to find out.

The U.S. federal government, as well as state governments at all levels, completed a comprehensive renovation of household registration management and registration as early as the 80s.

In China, the Internet is still the placenta in the embryo, and the United States has a deep precipitation.

As for SaaS, it's also about that.

Many keywords have been derived, such as CRM customer service marketing, human resource management, customer service management, call center, offline card payment, collaborative office and so on.

It is also the only way for large enterprises.

In the future, almost one of the enterprises will be counted as one, and it will be done, and it will be worth a lot of money, which is simply a profiteering in a profiteering.

At present, the best in this regard, first, the first is the German SAP, and the second, the United States Oracle.

Do you want to introduce ERP to China at this time?

It can be said that it is still a fart foreign trade.

It's okay to make money lying down.

Gao Lu looked more casual, there were only a dozen people in this huge office, he touched a 14-inch spherical monitor and winked at Fan Yang: "How about it? This monitor is big enough, right? It's bigger than our TV, full color." ”

Fan Yang gave Gao Lubi a thumbs up: "Awesome." ”