Jiang Xinwei said confidently: "This project is definitely a big investment and a bigger return. If we go according to the plan, first build the main fiber-optic cable communication artery connecting the north and south and the east and west, and then expand it after the benefits are obtained, and then accept large and medium-sized cities across the country, it is impossible to fail. ”

Isn't that how it was done in the last life? It's just that it's not so systematic, and time isn't so fast. But in my previous life, there were no IT companies like Feixun Group and Zhonghua Software Technology Company. In the last generation, several IT companies that were in the ascendant were just getting started. What information highway is qualified and cost to build.

The old man asked, "What about the technical aspect?"

Jiang Xinwei said: "There must be difficulties. For example, we must open large-logarithmic multi-core optical cables, and we must develop large-capacity and high-speed optical transmission equipment. In addition, we will develop terminals and computers that are suitable for the characteristics of various industries. However, there is no need to rush these, you can come step by step, some equipment such as large logarithmic multi-core optical cables or something, you can go to the United States and Europe to purchase, and we also build optical cable factories at the same time. ”

Lu Xiang asked puzzledly: "Why did you go to the United States and Europe to purchase, didn't you say that we don't need to be in a hurry?"

Jiang Xinwei said with a smile: "Minister Lu, your kind of thinking can't keep up with the requirements of the WTO. We make more money from the network than we do by spending foreign exchange to buy fiber optic cables. Besides, as long as we purchase this kind of optical fiber cable that we can't produce temporarily, we are telling the Yankees unmistakably: Xiaomei, we are not fooling you, we are really building an information superhighway, don't ask us to catch up. ”

Lu Xiangtao nodded and said, "When you say that, it's really like that." It's really possible that the Yankees are in a hurry. …… By the way, are we going to set up a strategic center that will look at how industries are using this information superhighway?"

Jiang Xinwei began to feel that it was not necessary, absolutely this is the inertial thinking of Lu Xiangtao, a leader who grew up in the planned economic system, and likes to point fingers at other industries, but after thinking about it carefully, it is really beneficial to establish this center, so he said: "It is really useful to have this strategic center." On the one hand, it can provide technical guidance to all walks of life, and can also take the lead in formulating technical standards for the use of information in some industries. On the other hand, we can also use it to fool the United States and Europe, so that they can feel that China's information technology and IT technology are advancing by leaps and bounds. We can build momentum for us by writing and publishing a lot of advertorials. As long as they are fooled into taking the bait, as long as they envy our information superhighway, our business opportunities will come. ”

Jiang Tengyun asked puzzledly: "What is an advertorial?"

Jiang Xinwei smiled bitterly, and didn't know how to explain this thing that everyone knows in the 21st century for a while. After thinking about it, he said: "In fact, it is a kind of advertisement, but it is not as direct and rude as the advertisements on TV, bombarding propaganda, so that everyone remembers the product in the advertisement and encourages everyone to buy it." Instead, it takes a soft, hidden needle, so that people unconsciously fall into the trap when reading this article. How can I say it, for example, everyone has seen American blockbusters, right? A few years ago, the popular "Jurassic Park" can be said to be an advertorial, on the surface it seems that humans are fighting dinosaurs, but it secretly promotes American values and propaganda that Americans are smart, kind, and righteous. and "First Blood" preached the courage of Americans, dared to love and hate, and also promoted American high technology and demonstrated the strength of the United States. ”

Zhang Shuxian said: "Cultural infiltration?"

Jiang Xinwei nodded and said, "Almost." Let's write about how we use the information superhighway, how to get convenience in life, and how enterprises can use the information superhighway to get benefits. Seriously, if the information superhighway is completed, it will also have a tremendous positive propaganda effect on our country and can fully demonstrate the superiority of our country. Actually, we are just learning from the Yankees, and isn't it just a boast that they were carrying out the Star Wars program at that time? We are really building an information superhighway. ”

The old man sitting at the head nodded and said, "Xiao Jiang, can you write a plan as soon as possible?" Although the state does not invest in this project, the necessary support is indispensable, especially in terms of land acquisition and the mobilization of construction teams, we can provide policy help. At the same time, the state can also make overall arrangements for the establishment of optical cable factories, PVC pipes, and optical cable safety inspections. ”

At this time, Lu Xiangtao immediately said: "It's best for our Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to take the lead in this project? Only by us can we coordinate the relations between all aspects and avoid forming constraints." ”

With such a huge benefit, Jiang Xinwei was willing to give up, and hurriedly said: "Minister Lu, if you don't pay a penny, how can you take the lead? As for the coordination of all aspects, we can do it ourselves." ”

Lu Xiangtao said: "No. This kind of project is completely large-scale, at the national level, and it is too child's work for one or a few companies to take the lead. What's more, our Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has built a 140 trillion five-main and one-backup Beijing-Han-Guangzhou long-distance optical cable system, and is now building a second optical cable system. If we take the lead, we will make a lot fewer mistakes and we will be able to speed up the process. ”

Saying that, he played the bitter card and said: "Mr. Jiang, your Feixun Group is now very rich, why bother to pay for this little bit of engineering costs?"

Jiang Xinwei was speechless: Is this just a construction fee? Once the information highway is completed, it will be a big hen laying golden eggs. Especially with the advent of smart phones in the future, with the development of online payment and e-commerce, the information running on this platform can increase by tens of thousands of times or millions of times, and the daily income is even more astronomical.

Whoever gives up is stupid.

After thinking for a while, he said with a smile: "Minister Lu, it's not that I'm reluctant, it's really your own people who can't keep busy." As the time for WTO accession is getting closer and closer, your Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will certainly have to carry out major reforms in order to meet the needs of future competition. I suspect that not only should you separate the postal service from the telecommunications business, but also divide the telecommunications business into several companies, and the mobile phone business should also be separated, and you should meet the attack of foreign companies with full enthusiasm and strong competitiveness. If you are still like this, you put a number in the thousands, the customer has paid the money, and you can't talk on the phone for a long time, how can you compete with foreign companies?"

In order to drive Lu Xiangtao's outstretched claws back, Jiang Xinwei had to talk about the reform of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in his previous life, hoping to use these things to drag this guy who was staring at the information superhighway with green eyes.