Chapter 13: Enter the Internet Age!
15 May 1994
"Grandpa, what's the matter with you calling me back in such a hurry?" Jia Lei squinted his eyes and asked behind Professor Wang, he had just gotten off the plane and had not yet reversed the jet lag.
"Of course, it is important for me to let you fly back from abroad, and I am going to take you to witness a historic moment today!" Professor Wang said excitedly.
"Witness history, how come I don't know what big things are going to happen today, is it possible that someone is cheating on Xiao San'er again......" Jia Lei still asked in a daze, in his memory, there was really no big event today.
"Oh, why do you talk nonsense about everything, you!" Professor Wang knocked Jia Lei on the head when he heard this.
"It hurts!" Jia Lei said with a frown, but now his sleepiness finally became a little less.
"Huh, where is this? Why have I never been to this place before?" Jia Lei asked strangely, Wukesong had been here a lot in his previous life, but he had never been to this place.
"Stop, please show your ID!" two uniformed gun-armed guards standing at the door of the unit stopped them and asked.
"We don't have papers, but we do have an invitation from you!" Professor Wang said, then he pulled out a red ID from his bosom and handed it over.
"We sincerely invite Jia Lei's children to come to our firm on May 15 to participate in the launching ceremony of the special program......" the guard read the invitation.
"The name written on this invitation letter is Jia Lei's child? This shouldn't be you, right?" The guard looked Professor Wang up and down and asked, he could still tell the difference between the old man and the child.
"Of course Jia Lei is not me! He is here, he is my grandson. As soon as Professor Wang stretched out his hand, he dragged Jia Lei, who was leaning on him and dozing off, to the front.
"Is this Jia Lei's child? But he doesn't look like the photo on the invitation?" the guard asked suspiciously.
Today, there are many big names and state leaders in the office, and it is said that there is an extremely important project that will be launched in the office, so the inspection in the office today is much stricter than usual.
"Oh! I'm in puberty now, and I'm getting taller and look faster, that's a picture I took a year ago!" Jia Lei craned his neck to glance at the invitation, and the person in the photo in the T-shirt and he now looked completely two people.
Before Professor Wang came, he repeatedly told Jia Lei that they were here today to attend the launching ceremony of a particularly important project, so Jia Lei deliberately wore a custom suit to make him look more mature.
Jia Lei has been wandering abroad for the past two years, and the food he eats is the food of Westerners, so he has grown fast in height in the past two years, and if you just look at the back, you can't tell that he is still a 14-year-old child.
"This ...... Wait a minute, we still need to verify again! We are a military stronghold. Miscellaneous people are not allowed to enter casually, so please understand. The guard said.
"We understand! we understand!" Professor Wang immediately nodded in understanding.
"What kind of place is this place, grandpa?" Jia Lei asked in shock after hearing these four words, his current sleepiness was frightened by these four words.
"This is the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences! This is a holy place in the hearts of all Chinese researchers...... Professor Wang said excitedly.
The people staying here are all top physics researchers in the Chinese scientific community, and any one of them is a well-known figure in the international scientific community.
"Grandpa, didn't you call me back from abroad just because you wanted to enter here?" Jia Lei looked at Professor Wang's excited appearance and asked suspiciously.
"That's why I called you back from abroad! You don't know how difficult this place is to get into, even if I'm a professor at Mizuki University, I'm only qualified to occasionally go to their branch office outside Beijing to participate in some research projects.
I've never been to this headquarters in the capital before, and the level of secrecy here is comparable to that of Zhongnanhai! If I hadn't been stained with the light of your little rabbit cub this time, I wouldn't have been able to get in. Professor Wang said excitedly.
"Hmm...... how could such a high-end and high-grade place invite me to visit?" Jia Lei touched his head and asked, he was really a monk in the second chapter now.
"I don't know! Didn't I tell you, the level of secrecy here is the highest in the country, and no one knows what they want to do. Professor Wang said.
"Then you still say that you brought me to witness history?" Jia Lei said speechlessly.
"I'm not wrong, because everything that happened here is enough to go down in history!
In particular, a project like this, which has sent an invitation letter and held a launching ceremony, will definitely be enough to go down in history! That's why I said I would like to take you to witness history!" Professor Wang said excitedly.
Every move here can cause discussion in the scientific community, and he can make his friends envious if he comes here today and walks back.
"Oh! Jia Lei nodded and said, he finally understood what a Niu A unit this was, no wonder there were so many armed guards guarding the door.
Soon after the guards reported Jia Lei's name, someone came out to pick them up, and Jia Lei saw that he was an old acquaintance.
"These two are indeed guests on the invitation, you can let them in. Zhang Wenwang said to the guard at the door.
"Yes sir, please sign this confirmation so that we can keep it on file. The guard said that Zhang Wenwang obediently made relevant records, which was to prevent problems in the future and to track them down.
"You two can come in. This is the visit record form, please sign here, we want to record each visitor. The guard handed a visitor record book to Jia Lei and Professor Wang, and said that Jia Lei and they immediately obediently began to fill out the form according to the rules.
"I'm sorry, this is a military place, and the idle people can't wait to enter!" Another guard stopped Mo Bei and the others who wanted to follow Jia Lei in at this time.
"The level of secrecy in this place is so high, there are soldiers everywhere, and I'm sure nothing will happen here. You don't have to follow, just leave one person to drive and the rest go back to vacation. Jia Lei said to a few bodyguards behind him, and the group of people immediately nodded and left.
"Jia Lei, just drive them away, there are still a few foreigners in your bodyguards, and they waiting for you outside the research institute will have a bad impact on you! This place has to catch a lot of foreign spies every year, and foreign faces are too eye-catching here. Zhang Wenwang told Jia Lei.
"Hmm...... , I always feel that this place is too mysterious, otherwise I still won't go today, right? What if I dream and talk about my dreams in the future?" Jia Lei suddenly shuddered when he heard this, stopped and said.
He is a very cowardly person, and he really does not want to participate in such a major confidential incident.
Article 1 of the Statute states that the more secrets you know, the faster you die......
"You bear child, you dare to give me a back down at such a critical moment!
You must know that people are mainly inviting you to come this time, and I am an accessory! If you don't go to Lao Tzu, how can I get in!" Professor Wang said angrily when he heard this, and then as soon as he reached out, he directly grabbed his grandson's ear and dragged Jia Lei inside.
"Oh, it hurts, it hurts, you let go, I'll just go with you." Jia Lei hurriedly said, Professor Wang just let him go.
"Grandpa, I'm 14 years old this year, I'm an adult, can you stop beating me in public in the future, I also want to save face." Jia Lei rubbed his ears and said unhappily.
"What's wrong with being 14 years old, I'm still 40 years old! Who made me your grandfather. Professor Wang said proudly, and then the two of them followed King Zhang Wen inside.
Yes! Let's go......
This research institute is so big, Jia Lei walked for more than ten minutes to reach his destination, and he was about to cry.
"This is a confidential unit, and basically everyone else has to leave except for the big leader who can come in by car. Zhang Wenwang looked at Jia Lei's bitter gourd face and explained.
"I understand!" Jia Lei nodded, at this time, two cars drove directly past them to the door of the building and stopped, Jia Lei looked at it from a distance, which was called envy and jealousy.
As soon as the car door opened, a group of people who were waiting at the door greeted them and surrounded the two leaders who got out of the car and entered the building.
"A few people, please stay, please show the relevant documents!" Jia Lei was stopped at the door again, but fortunately, this time Jia Lei quickly passed the inspection with experience, and he also recorded fingerprints for them at the door and made a temporary pass.
"Oh my God, how many more times do we have to check it......" Jia Lei asked again after entering the door.
This research institute is worthy of being known as the research institute with the highest level of secrecy in China, and after Jia Lei came in, he really experienced what it means to be called three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.
"Just bear with it! Everything studied here is a state secret, so of course it must be strictly managed. Professor Wang comforted Jia Lei and said.
"Since these are all state secrets, why did they invite me here? What do I have to do with state secrets?" Jia Lei said in a broken heart, and then his face suddenly turned pale.
Because Jia Lei finally figured out where he met the secrecy level of this research institute......
"Grandpa...... I'm not feeling well...... , I want to go back first!" Jia Lei said with his head down and a trembling voice.
Jia Lei's mind, which had been filled with money recently, suddenly moved now, and he remembered that the only thing he could have to do with this level of secret research unit was probably his own rebirth.
The word "rebirth" is enough to match the secrecy level of this research institute, and these two words can match the secrecy level of any research institute in the world!
"Oh, my precious grandson, are you okay, why are you so bad?" Professor Wang said anxiously when he saw Jia Lei's bloodless face.
"I'm fine, just a little unwell and want to go back and lie down for a while. Jia Lei whispered.
"Jia Lei, are you not feeling well? There is a top-notch medical center in this research institute, do you want to go there and have a look?" Zhang Wenwang said with concern.
There are often accidents in the institute, so there is a small hospital here.
"I don't want to go there, I ...... I just sat on the plane for a long time difference and didn't turn it upside down, so I was a little dizzy. When Jia Lei heard this, he quickly refused.
Just kidding, how could he go to that kind of place!
Jia Lei now thinks of the white coat when he hears the medical room, and when he thinks of the white coat, he thinks of the guinea pigs in the laboratory, and then Jia Lei thinks that there will be a Frankenstein with a scalpel ready to slice it.
Sometimes, brain tonic is a disease that has to be cured!
Jia Lei was afraid of entering the medical center, so he didn't dare to say that he was uncomfortable, and then he followed Zhang Wenwang to a laboratory with a bloodless white face.
"Huh, there are so many people here?" Jia Lei suddenly let go of his heart when he saw this brightly lit laboratory.
You read that right! It's a brightly lit laboratory......
I saw that the laboratory was equipped with a rostrum, tables and chairs, red banners and various slogans and slogans on the walls, and there was a kind of lantern that belonged to the socialist form of the 70s, except for the absence of flowers and balloons.
And what reassures Jia Lei even more is that there are people in this house, there are many, many people!
So Jia Lei pricked up his ears to listen to everyone's conversation, and then Jia Lei found that most of the people came to participate in this ceremony, and Jia Lei even saw two big leaders on the rostrum.
"It's almost time, it's time to begin!" said the leader, looking down at his watch.
"Wait a minute, is that kid named Jia Lei here?" the short chief asked suddenly, and the people around him immediately began to ask.
"He's here!" Zhang Wenwang immediately sent Jia Lei, who was hiding in the back, out after hearing the question.
"I ...... Is there anything you have to do with me?" Jia Lei asked with a puzzled face.
Jia Lei didn't understand why there were so many big people present, why the chief called him to the front alone.
"You are one of the greatest contributors to the fact that we were able to complete this experiment today, so I want you to stand up to the front and witness this historic moment with me. The old chief said with a smile.
"Witness a historic moment, but is there anything here worth remembering in history? And I don't know what it has to do with me?" Jia Lei asked blankly, looking around blankly.
In the middle of the crowd, there was only a lone Pentium 486 computer placed there, and there were some cables on the ground, and it was obvious that this computer was pulled directly from the far laboratory.
"If you look closely, what's next to that computer? don't you think it looks familiar?" asked the chief.
"Familiar, do you ask about the Pentium computer or the table?" asked Jia Lei.
"Neither!" If you look closely at the server on the table next to you, do you still have an impression of that thing?" asked an old researcher in a white lab coat with a smile.
"Server ?......" Jia Lei squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, and then he was surprised to find that this was actually the defective product he gave to the government.
"Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to use this defective product for such a major project?" Jia Lei asked cautiously.
"With the current strength of our country, we can't produce our own server, so we have to use your server first.
Anyway, there aren't many projects today, just to do a little experiment, and it's perfectly fine to use this server of yours!
What's more, the few large servers we bought are now sitting in the central processing of tasks in major research institutes, and each laboratory cannot leave this important equipment. Only you, the server, did not act as the CPU because of the power problem!" the old researcher and Jia Lei explained.
"Then can I ask, what kind of experiment are you going to do today?" Jia Lei asked.
"Of course, we are going to introduce the ins and outs of this experiment to all the guests anyway, so you can follow along. The old researcher said happily.
The old researcher was right, in order to let the leaders and guests understand the importance and significance of this experiment, the researcher sent professional personnel to the stage to explain the causes and consequences of this experiment.
At the beginning of April 1994, the Sino-US Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation was held in Washington, D.C., before the meeting, Hu XX, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on behalf of China, once again reiterated to the National Science Foundation (NSF) that China wanted to connect to the Internet, and was pleased to be recognized.
As a result, on April 20, 1994, the NCFC project was opened through the 64K international dedicated line connected to the Internet by Sprint Company in the United States, and Huaxia realized a full-featured connection to the Internet for the first time.
Since then, Huaxia has been officially recognized by the international community as a country with a full function of the Internet, which was rated as one of the top ten science and technology news in China in 1994 by the Chinese press, and was also listed as one of the major scientific and technological achievements of China in 1994 by the National Statistical Bulletin.
Since Huaxia has physically realized the network connection to the international Internet, the next step is to realize the connection between Huaxia and the international Internet in practical application.
Therefore, on May 15, 1994, the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences set up the first EB server in China and launched the first set of web pages in China.
Jia Lei stood in the crowd and watched as the old researcher typed in code with trembling hands to connect the first web page belonging to Huaxia to the Internet, and Huaxia was officially connected to the Internet.
In addition to introducing China's high-tech development, this first page of Huaxia also has a column called "Tour in China".
After this day, with the passage of time and the development of science and technology, this web column began to provide a wider range of illustrated information including China's news, economy, culture, commerce and trade in the world, and was renamed "Window of China".
Jia Lei is excited at the moment and everyone in the room to witness this historic moment when Huaxia Kingdom has entered the Internet era!
"I have no regrets about seeing this scene!" Jia Lei said bitterly, his excited appearance was not conspicuous in the room at the moment.
Countless scientists are staring at the humble web page on the computer screen with tears in their eyes at the moment, because this web page represents Huaxiawen Science and Technology has officially entered the era of the Internet, which is a real new era of science and technology.
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