At this time, there are very few users in the world who can dial up to access the Internet, adding up to less than 50,000.

The Internet market has not yet been explored, and ISPs are struggling to survive and are very small, often renting telephone lines from telephone companies to carry out Internet access services.

Therefore, Zhao Ye decided to make a fortune in silence and strive to get ISP licenses in various countries.

……

United Kingdom.

Representatives of the Borderless Group applied to the relevant British authorities.

"What? Are you sure you're not mistaken? Want to be an ISP? A British official was stunned.

"Of course, there is no mistake about it, Borderless Group does want to be an ISP network service provider, and we are willing to invest $500 million in the UK to develop this business!" The representative of the Borderless Group, who was sitting across from him, spoke.

The $500 million was spent on renewing network equipment and laying fiber optic cables between major cities.

However, if you want to achieve fiber-to-the-home, this investment alone is simply impossible, and the time does not allow it. Therefore, to develop ISP business in Europe, Wujiang Group will cooperate with local fixed-line companies to lease each other's telephone lines to achieve dial-up Internet access.

This cooperation is beneficial and harmless for fixed-line companies, which is equivalent to opening up a new business and a new profit growth point, why not?

When the relevant departments of the United Kingdom heard that Wujiang Group had invested 500 million US dollars, their eyes immediately lit up and they said that they would consider it.

Subsequently, the British side held a meeting on the matter to discuss it.

Unfortunately, at this time, there were no websites and web pages, and the value of the Internet could not be reflected at all.

Everyone believes that since Wujiang Group is willing to spend 500 million US dollars to develop ISP business and invest in network infrastructure, then it will support it, which is not a loss for the UK.

Not only the UK, but also the rest of Europe were discussing the same issue at this time.

Although Europe is very wary of the Borderless Group, the investment of the Borderless Group is very fragrant.

The huge investment in laying optical cables alone can drive the local economic development.

Europe obviously did not realize the importance of the Internet at this time, so for them, what is there to be reluctant to have an ISP license?

The decision of the Borderless Group is very fast, and the European side also welcomes the investment of the Borderless Group, and the two sides can be said to have hit it off.

In less than a month, Wujiang Group directly established an ISP company in various European countries, which was named "Euroonline" and directly benchmarked against "AOL".

Zhao Ye also does not plan to eat alone, when the benefits of the Internet are reflected, he will let the "Europe Online" company raise funds, let the major European capital participate, and make "Europe Online" bigger and stronger, so as to firmly bind the IVP6 network protocol standard proposed by the Borderless Group.

Just after the establishment of "Euro Online", it immediately cooperated with a fixed-line company and signed a long-term cooperation agreement.

Before the fiber to the home, dial-up Internet access with the help of telephone lines has become the most economical and reasonable way, so as to solve the "last mile" problem of the Internet, that is: access from the backbone network to the network user.

……

On the Japanese side, the actions of the Borderless Group have not been smooth.

Japan insists on not issuing ISP licenses to Wujiang Group.

This made Wujiang Group very helpless.

South Korea is also very conservative and stubborn, and has not given the Wujiang Group an ISP license.

However, there is good news in Southeast Asia, on the one hand, because Wujiang Group has a large investment in Southeast Asia, and they also attach great importance to Wujiang Group; On the other hand, they hope that Wujiang Group will invest in local telecommunications infrastructure and lay more fiber optic cables.

Southeast Asian countries are even less aware of the importance of the Internet, and they only see that Borderless Group invests here, and it is enough for them to make a profit.

Of course, Wujiang Group also only builds an Internet backbone network in Southeast Asia, and can accept financing in the future.

It is not only an economic problem, but also involves more things, and it is naturally the best to introduce the local snake as a partner.

At the moment, Zhao Ye is hesitant to invest in building an undersea fiber optic cable from China to Europe, which is expected to be up to 12,000 kilometers long, a large investment.

If this submarine fiber optic cable is not built, then Asia and Europe will have to play their own games, and the network will not be connected together.

With such a large mega project, it may be difficult to achieve it with the influence of the Wujiang Group alone, so it is necessary for the state to come forward and reach cooperation with Europe.

At this time, even if the United States no longer attaches importance to the Internet, it will never want to see the success of this super project.

Therefore, it is very difficult to implement this super project!

"Is it better to let China turn the Chinese Internet into a huge intranet, just like in the previous life?"

Zhao Ye frowned slightly, pondering.

It seems that even if an undersea fiber optic cable between Asia and Europe is laid, ordinary Internet users are not very likely to browse European websites because of the language barrier.

However, submarine cables are not only economic, but also strategic.

After a few days, Zhao Ye thought about it seriously and decided to invest in this super project.

The completion of this fiber optic cable will strengthen communication between China and Europe, greatly increasing the speed of data transmission between China and Europe, which is particularly important at a time when China is strengthening economic ties with Europe.

The closer China and Europe go, the higher China's status will be.

Only by relying on the motherland can the Wujiang Group resist the shameless tricks of all kinds of ghosts.

Only when Chinese go abroad can they not be looked down upon.

Subsequently, Zhao Ye spent about a week preparing the materials and wrote out the feasibility and importance of the Asia-Europe submarine fiber optic cable super project.

Then, he asked people to send the materials to the relevant departments, hoping to get the support of the state.

China's top brass has long seen the borderless website, and they know the importance of the Internet.

Therefore, for the Asia-Europe submarine fiber optic cable super project, of course, it is extremely supportive.

At a certain meeting, an official even said that the role of the Asia-Europe submarine fiber optic cable is not only to make the communication between Asia and Europe more intimate, but also to include countries along the way into China's Internet standards!

We have missed the industrial age, the age of electricity, and we cannot miss the age of information networks!!

The Wujiang Group has created a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our country to surpass the United States, and our country must seize this opportunity to achieve the goal of national prosperity and national rejuvenation!!

The Eurasian submarine super project has received strong support from the state, but at present, it is only unilateral, and it is not yet known what the European side wants.

……

Wujiang Group of Companies.

Chairman's Office.

"Comrade Zhao Ye, do you think we should immediately submit the Asia-Europe submarine fiber optic cable super project plan to Europe?" An official asked.

Zhao Ye pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "Europeans value profits, and if they don't see rabbits and eagles, they won't agree to this plan when they don't see the benefits of the Internet!" ”

"You mean, after you release Shenzhou Computer 2 and iBook1, you will set off an Internet frenzy, and then contact Europe to support the construction of the Asia-Europe submarine fiber optic cable plan?"

"Hmm!"

This super project is too deep for the Wujiang Group to grasp, and it must bring China and Europe in.

The official thought about it and felt that what Zhao Ye said made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then follow what you said!" ”

Zhao Ye frowned and said: "I'm not worried about Europe, I'm afraid that the United States will come forward to stop this super project, the biggest possibility is that this project will be stillborn in the end......

No way, the United States is too strong now.

The "flexing of muscles" in the Gulf in the past two years has frightened the rest of the world.

The current world pattern is one superpower and many powers, and no matter which country faces the United States, it has no confidence to stand up to it.

When the official heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Zhao Ye couldn't help but sigh slightly, and immediately comforted the officials: "Even if you can't develop the Asia-Europe submarine fiber optic cable super project now, it doesn't mean that you can't do it in the future!" We will definitely be able to build this super project! ”

Under the influence of the Wujiang Group, China's development speed has far exceeded that of previous generations.

Moreover, Wujiang Group has almost completed the truncation of the US science and technology community in many fields.

Although the effect is not yet obvious, the pace of economic development in the United States is bound to slow down over time.

A number of technology sectors will be dominated by the Borderless Group.

Especially in the field of semiconductors, Wujiang Group has already laid out immersion lithography machines, and once successful, the performance of the chips developed by Wujiang Group will far exceed those of American chips.

Chips play an incomparably huge role in the development of high technology.

Without advanced chips, technological development will be limited.

In the previous life, China imported 350 billion US dollars of chips every year, and it was really heart-wrenching to spend so much money to buy chips.

If it can be reversed, China exports 350 billion US dollars of chips every year, and the entire chip industry chain is booming, how prosperous and powerful will China become? !

When China has the confidence to say "no" to anyone, who dares to stop the super submarine fiber optic cable project in the Eurasian Sea?

At this moment, Zhao Ye did not feel a trace of discouragement, but his heart became stronger and more confident.

In the future, China's future is bright.

Wujiang Group, great achievements!

……

……

At this time, the United States was a little incomprehensible, and Wujiang Group actually spent so much money to enter the ISP field.

"Wujiang Group is so optimistic about ISPs? What is the potential for ISPs? ”

Many American experts, professors, economists, and even Wall Street find it incredible.

It's that they don't see the value of the Internet at all.

There is a mismatch between investment and rate of return.

Difficulty: Is Zhao Ye crazy?

AOL, Inc.

Founder Steve Keys was thrilled when he saw the news.

AOL is a company in the United States that specializes in ISP. Recently, Steve Case has been running between various investors and financial institutions to get them to raise money online in the United States.

Originally, things were not going well, and investors were not optimistic about AOL, either they refused directly, or the conditions were harsh, and they wanted to invest a small amount of money and take a large number of shares of AOL.

Steve Keys is exhausted and ready to give up AOL.

Speaking of which, AOL is actually to blame Zhao Ye for such a difficult development.

It was he who did not publish the WWW World Wide Web, which led to the stagnation of the global Internet development.

Of course, it is difficult to develop the ISP business of American online companies.

It's actually pretty good to be able to hold on until now.

Now, Wujiang Group has invested heavily in the ISP industry.

Even if Wall Street is no longer optimistic about ISPs, some people are willing to gamble.

Zhao Ye is about to be mythologized, and his achievements in the business world are incomparable.

Even the founders of the consortium such as Rockefeller and Morgan are difficult to compare with Zhao Ye.

Rockefeller achieved brilliant results only in oil.

Morgan is in the financial industry.

But Zhao Ye is multi-faceted, and he is the richest man in the world in a very short period of time.

In the future, he has a bright future.

No one could have predicted how far a genius like Zhao Ye would go in the end.

Perhaps, the sea of stars is his goal, after all, he founded the Galaxy Technology Company, almost inheriting the Soviet Union's aerospace technology.

Such people are optimistic about the ISP industry, which will of course lead to the industry's immediate popularity.

The investors who originally rejected Steve Case's investment are now eager to invest in "AOL".

"Steve Case, we at Sequoia Capital are willing to invest $10 million in AOL and get 30% of the shares to !!"

On the phone, Don Valente, president and founder of Sequoia Capital, personally called Steve Keys to show his sincerity.

"Thank you, Mr. Don Valente, but I'd like to think again!" Steve Keys suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a deep voice.

Don Valente was not surprised when he heard this, he knew that there are many investment institutions that want to invest in "America Online", and it is normal for the other party to sell at a price.

"Steve Case, if you're not happy with Sequoia Capital's offer, we can go ahead and add more! Well, let's meet and talk in detail, what do you think? ”

"Okay, no problem!" Steve Keys nodded.

When Don Valente heard this, he immediately said that he would visit him tomorrow morning at AOL.

……

ISP companies in the United States are sought after by capital, in fact, it was expected by Zhao Ye.

However, this still does not change the fact that the Internet in the United States has lagged behind.

Whether it is optical fiber, network equipment, or network protocols, etc., the United States lags behind China by a large margin.

In order to promote the Internet, Wujiang Group has already made full preparations.

……

It didn't take long for AOL to receive a total of $25 million in funding from several investment firms.

But soon, Steve Keys took the money, and he didn't know what to do, could he also learn from the Borderless Group and lay fiber optic cables?

Steve Keys thinks he's crazy to do that, $25 million, burn it and it's gone.

Steve Keys decided to wait and see what the Borderless Group would do.

However, just when he was about to wait and see, Wujiang Group had nothing else at all, so it just laid the backbone network and signed a contract with the fixed-line company, and there was no other action.

This made Steve Keys look lonely.

As everyone knows, Wujiang Group is working hard to create high-quality content and develop more websites at this time......

And the famous "America Online" in the previous life does not even have its own website now, a miserable batch.

(End of chapter)