Chapter 476: The Network of the Twenties
PS: Our family made a low-level mistake, there are three chapters in front of me that are duplicated, chapters 151, 271 and 302 are heavy, so this chapter should be chapter 476.
By the way, ask for tickets......
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"Hey, why can't you find a better business, it's so painful......" Long Xiaoxuan was holding her head and wailing. Around her, all kinds of newspapers and periodicals were thrown to the ground.
Long Xiaoxuan is a native of Kunming, Yunnan Province, born in a family of merchants, under the influence of the family atmosphere, has a strong interest in business and trade since childhood, and his biggest wish is to earn his first pot of gold before the age of thirty and become a millionaire, uh, a millionaire. Her family is now mainly engaged in the import and export trade between Siam and China, of which the food trade also accounts for a large share, importing rice, corn, dried longan and other specialties from Siam, but also exporting rice, flour, canned food and dairy products.
That's right, her family not only imports grain from Siam, but also exports grain to Siam. It's not that he has nothing to do at home, it's all market needs.
China now imports a lot of grain, which is not to say that China does not have enough grain to eat. China's current grain output per capita is less than one ton, but more than half a ton per capita, even if it is a rice bucket, it is enough to eat. Imported grain is still primarily a matter of taste. There is no way, now that the living standards of the Chinese people have improved, after solving the problem of "eating enough", what they want is to "eat well". As the people of the big foodie empire, if they don't eat all over the world, are they worthy of this title?
Foodies are tired of eating domestic food, so they naturally want to change their tricks, and Siamese fragrant rice and sweet corn are very popular among foodies in China. Siam's grain production is also limited, and if you sell a large amount of your own grain to China, you will not be able to do it yourself, so you have to import it from China. This is also a kind of economic flow, so if you turn around like this, everyone's chicken farts will go up, and it will look good on the books.
After rolling on the sofa for a while, Long Xiaoxuan suddenly thought of something and sat up suddenly. "Well, it's just that there's no way to think of it here, there's still too little information in newspapers, television, and radio, and it's not very timely, so let's go to the electronic community and take a look......"
"Xiaojie, I'll go to the computer service company......" Long Xiaoxuan walked out of the office and said hello to her assistant.
"Okay cousin, do you remember to come back for dinner......" Yi Xiaojie is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl with a medium appearance. This is her cousin, who she pulled from the countryside to work for herself. In fact, there are only eight people in this coral food wholesale company, Long Xiaoxuan herself is also a manager, marketing, accountant and kanban mother, three salesmen, one cashier, two warehouse managers, and two drivers. Yi Xiaojie is one of the salesmen, and their task is to go out to run business, collect money, pick up goods, and stay at the company counter.
After seeing Long Xiaoxuan come out, Yi Xiaojie said: "Cousin, why don't we open a company in Yunnan or Siam, how familiar we are there." You see, business in Russia is not easy to do, the good ones can't be squeezed in, and the profits that can be squeezed in are not high, and now we haven't even paid off the start-up loan......"
"Isn't this only a year? Siam has only 10.5 million people, Russia has 15 million, and it still relies on the Soviet Union, so I believe there will still be a chance. Long Xiaoxuan said unconvinced. In fact, her family originally planned to let her go home to do it, but she had a big heart and wanted to try her ability, so she ran to Belarus by herself. Of course, she just wanted to test her ability, and she didn't go to the second year of middle school to do anything with her family, and it was precisely because Long Xiaoxuan was very familiar with the food circle that she chose this line of business to start a business.
By the way, in order to distinguish between the red and white geese, it is now common to refer to the Russian Empire as Russia or White Russia, and Red Russia as the Soviet Union.
Long Xiaoxuan got into her electric car and drove towards the city of Yekaterinburg. That's right, her means of transportation is a Chinese-made "speed" electric car, which can only sit in a miniature car for two people. The speed is not as fast as that of an internal combustion engine car, but it is cheaper and does not require refueling, so it is very suitable for use in urban areas.
In fact, the history of electric vehicles predates our most common internal combustion engine-powered cars by decades. Thomas Davenport, an American, built the first electric car powered by a DC motor in 1834. Around the same time, the Scotsman Robert Anderson also invented the horse-drawn carriage powered by electric motors, which was a vehicle that was powered by a primary battery that could not be recharged. The world's first true electric car was created in 1881 by French engineer Gustave Truf, a tricycle powered by lead-acid batteries that could be recharged.
In the history of the original time and space, from the late 19th century to the twenties, in the early automobile consumer market, electric vehicles had more advantages than internal combustion engine-driven vehicles, such as no odor, no shock, no noise, no shift and low price, which formed a pattern of steam, electric and internal combustion engines. After the twenties, with the large-scale development of the world's oil and the improvement of internal combustion engine technology, electric vehicles gradually lost their advantages. The automotive market is gradually being replaced by cars powered by internal combustion engines. Only in a few cities do you have a small number of trams and trolleybuses, as well as a very limited number of battery cars.
The development of electric vehicles has been stagnant for more than half a century. It was only in the 90s that with the dwindling oil resources and the serious pollution of the atmospheric environment, people refocused on the almost forgotten electric car.
The main problem of the replacement of electric vehicles by internal combustion engine vehicles for more than half a century is the problem of batteries. The price of lead-acid batteries is cheap, but the energy density and power density are too pitiful, and the charging time is too long, and the maintenance is not convenient. The performance of new batteries such as lithium batteries has completely exploded lead-acid batteries, but at the same time, the price has also exploded lead-acid batteries. In terms of cost performance, it really can't compete with internal combustion engine vehicles.
Of course, since Mr. Wen has come, the history of this plane is naturally different. With the mass production of high-energy batteries, electric vehicles have naturally developed. After the high-energy battery is upgraded from the "iron dragon" to the "copper dragon", electric vehicles have ushered in the probability of great development.
By now, the hot ball machine cars that were everywhere in the country in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China have almost completely withdrawn from the market, and now they may only be seen in some very remote areas, except for museums. At present, among the domestic cars, electric vehicles have accounted for one-third of the total number of cars, half of the internal combustion engine vehicles are natural gas-burning, and the remaining half of the fuel vehicles, methanol gasoline is burned and half is burned.
At present, most of the domestic cars that really burn pure fuel are military vehicles and heavy-duty trucks. All buses have been forcibly replaced with electric, natural gas or hybrid. And this trend is becoming more and more obvious, and the regulations are becoming more and more stringent. Wen Desi planned that by 1930, all fuel vehicles in China would be limited to military vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, racing cars and special vehicles, and all other civilian buses and minivans would be forcibly replaced with non-fuel vehicles.
Of course, this measure is not limited to China, and the People's Revolutionary Federation has now passed the "Fuel Vehicle Restriction Act", and the younger brothers are also starting to implement it in China. At the same time, China has also put forward a proposal in the League of Nations to limit the number of gasoline-powered vehicles. There are still many countries willing to respond, including Germany, Italy, and other Allied blocs, and the Third International bloc led by the Soviet Union all said that this proposal was good. However, the Entente led by Britain and France and the Western Treaty led by the United States had an ambiguous attitude.
The reason for this is very simple, because the Allies are short of oil, and their crude oil is mainly based on Romania, where is there enough oil? Germany, which does not want to be stuck, is of course happy to promote electric vehicles. The Western Organization is not short of oil at all, especially in the United States, where a huge interest group has been formed in the internal combustion engine automobile industry. The Entente now has North African and Nigerian oil fields, and there is no shortage of oil, which is naturally dispensable.
To Mr. Wen's surprise, the Third International bloc led by the Soviet Union actually supported this proposal. Well, so far there are only three countries, the Soviet Union, Hungary and Albania, and it is the weakest of the five major political-military blocs in the world today, and wrong, it is the weakest of the five major political-military blocs.
The Third International, or the Soviet Union, was in fact not short of oil, even if the red woolly bears on their own plane were without Baku, Tyumen and Samotrol, and most of the "Second Baku" between the middle reaches of the Volga and the Ural Mountains (the current "Second Baku" was roughly one third each for China, Belarus and Red Russia), but they also had the Timan-Pechora oil fields, as well as the North Caucasus oil fields and the Belarusian oil fields. Although the oil resources of the Soviet Union in this plane are not as large as those of the original plane, they are still enough to supply themselves and their two younger brothers. The main reason why the Soviet Union also approved the "Fuel Vehicle Restriction Act" this time was to save oil for export and as a chemical raw material.
You know, since China introduced synthetic rubber and plastics during World War I, oil has been used for more than just as a fuel. Not to mention, after the war, China launched chemical fiber. Now that oil has become a very important industrial raw material, countries with insufficient crude oil are reluctant to use it as fuel.
Belarus, as China's younger brother, naturally responded to this "Fuel Vehicle Restriction Act", even if they sit on Tyumen, Samotrol and a third of the second Baku, and export a lot of oil. At least two-thirds of the streets of Yekaterinburg are now electric, and the popularity is higher than that of China, the originator. This is mainly due to the fact that many of their cars were purchased over the years, and in the past, their main energy was on the "Red and White Song Club", and the Red Russians played dog brains with their brains, how could they be in the mood to play with cars.
However, since they have been using electric cars at night, they have also discovered the benefits of this thing. In addition to the advantages of no odor, no fumes, no shock, no noise, no need to change gears and low price, there is also an advantage of fast start-up and no preheating, which is the most suitable for Russia. Belarus is a cold zone, and once it is winter, the internal combustion engine car will be embarrassed, and it can be started in ten minutes, so you have the ability. Electric cars don't have this problem at all, and they start at the push of a button.
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20 minutes later, Long Xiaoxuan arrived at her destination. The computer service company is an 11-story building, she parked her car in the parking lot at the entrance and walked towards the building.
The full name here is "Yekaterinburg Branch of China Electronic Computing and Network Business Service Corporation", this company is state-owned, mainly providing computing services and network services for the private sector, and there is one in every provincial capital and important city in China. One or several are also set up on the territory of each junior brother and friendly country (quasi-junior brother).
Now China's integrated circuits have been upgraded to the second generation, and the professional computers used by themselves have also been upgraded to the level of 486. For the private sector, it has also reached the level of 286. In fact, after learning about the current progress of computers, the first thing that came to his mind was home game consoles. However, with the current price of chips, even if it is made, I am afraid that few households are willing to buy it. In addition to the consideration of secrecy, he plans to talk about it later, in a few years.
"Hello, I want to apply for Internet service, I want a private room ......," Long Xiaoxuan said to the waiter at the counter.
"Okay, please show a valid ID......," the waiter said in a sweet voice.
Long Xiaoxuan took out her ID card and passport, and after the waiter checked it, she took out a registration form: "Please fill in the ......"
Long Xiaoxuan is not the first time to come, this set of processes is very familiar, and she filled it out after taking the registration form a few times.
After the waiter checked that it was correct, he said, "Please pay a deposit of 5 yuan." ”
After receiving the money, the waitress girl took out a number plate and gave it to her: "You can use the No. 132 terminal on the fourth floor, the cost is one ruble or one yuan per hour, 15 minutes is the minimum billing standard, less than 15 minutes will be charged as 15 minutes, please pay attention to the ...... of the use time"
That's right, Long Xiaoxuan's sister came to surf the Internet, and the computer service company at this time not only provides computing services, but also has the function of an Internet café equivalent to that of later generations, and the problem is that the Internet fee is too expensive. At this time, one yuan is not a small number, and you can buy 20 kilograms of ordinary rice in China, which is equivalent to a worker's salary for a day. Except for Long Xiaoxuan, who is very much needed, only local tyrants are willing to come to the "Internet café", and ordinary people are reluctant to use it. Of course, the domestic Internet fee is cheaper, 4 dimes an hour, but there are still very few people who are willing to access the Internet.
Things like computer networks have been developed in China since the completion of integrated circuits, and now they have been used by the military and scientific research departments for a long time, but the civilian sector only began to apply them last year. Of course, at this time, the civilian network is still relatively primitive, and don't think about online games, film and television, or anything.
The 2nd to 5th floors are all Internet service centers, well, that is, the "Internet café" at this time. Long Xiaoxuan took the elevator to the hall on the fourth floor, the layout inside is similar to the Internet café room in later generations, the hall is divided into many boxes of different sizes, each box has one to several terminals, as well as sofas and writing desks, the environment is simple and atmospheric. The boxes are separated by a certain distance to prevent mutual influence, which is also considering that there are not many people who are willing to surf the Internet, so it is natural to improve the environment.
As soon as Long Xiaoxuan entered the hall, he heard the voices of several young people coming from a large box next to him. Just listen to their excited shouts in Russian.
"Kou Ji ......Kou Ji
"Oh, I'm rubbing, I've been cared by the Demon King's guards, and my body is lying at the door of the temple. Nurse, nurse, hurry up and save me......"
"It's over, I didn't remember the resurrection, only a corpse preservation technique. Hey, I'll drag the corpse and go back to the temple to resurrect it......"
"Unlucky, remember to help me pick up the equipment......"
"Kouhu, my stinky hand, what a ****, I actually lost a second for exemption identification, it's over, it's over, it's petrified......"
"Wow Ka I launched a deadly attack, powerful fireball technique, look at my Five Fireball God Cult!"
Hearing this, Long Xiaoxuan was a little funny, she knew these people, they were all a group of second-generation sons. These people have money in their families, and they have been surfing the Internet in the network service center for a long time, and they are probably the earliest Internet worms.
They are now playing a Western fantasy background game called Dungeons & Dragons. This is an online game, which is not quite the same as the usual online games in later generations. It doesn't have the gorgeous graphics of later online games, and the entire game process is represented by text, tables, and some icons, and the color is only 16 colors, which is roughly equivalent to an enhanced version of MUD. If it were a player in later generations who saw it, they would definitely be disdainful, "What a broken picture, even the background music is wooden." But at this time, it is the hottest game in the network service center. As soon as these second-generation Belarusians came into contact, they became obsessed.
In addition to this game, there are several online games such as Grand Strategy and some single-player games. Of course, Long Xiaoxuan didn't dare to be interested in these things, she didn't have that much time to play games.
The waitress in the hall came over and led her to her box according to the number plate. The terminal here looks similar to the early PCs of later generations, but the box only has a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and a controller, and no chassis. The on/off machines are all handled by the service desk.
"Miss, if there is no problem, I will turn it on for you. If you encounter any problems, please use the intercom on the wall and we will serve you......" The waiter pointed to a telephone-like intercom on the wall.
"Okay, no problem, you can turn it on......"
When the door is closed, the noise outside disappears, and the soundproofing performance of this single room is still very good. This is also due to the fact that people who use private rooms do not like to be disturbed, so it is natural to increase the sound insulation performance.
Soon, the monitor lit up and turned on. Four options appear on the interface, Exchange Community, Games, Securities Market, News.
Long Xiaoxuan first clicked on the news, and there were many options in it, and then she selected a few news related to Belarus It seems that when she saw the news of the start of large-scale construction of non-ferrous metal minerals and gemstones in the Sverdlovsk region, her eyes suddenly lit up.
Soon she returned to the main menu, entered the communication community, found a number of posts about the food needs of the Sverdlovsk region in the supply and demand information, and quickly took out a pen and paper and began to record them.
"Ah, that's a big list! 2,000 tons of flour, 1,000 tons of oil, 300 tons of spirits......" she gasped when a post was opened. Looking at the contact number after the post, she was suddenly excited. Now the Internet is not popular, so the community seems deserted, and many people post supply and demand information on the Internet, but also in a mood to try it out.
She immediately sent a reply, providing her phone number and company address, indicating that she was willing to provide the supplies.
The poster was also on the Internet at this time, and it didn't take long for him to reply to the post, saying that he was talking about it immediately. "Great, I didn't expect a reply so soon, where are you? I'm on the second floor, number 86......"
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PS: It's the middle of the month, ask for tickets, ask for recommendations, ask for subscriptions, and ask for all kinds of ...... , Long Xiaoxuan didn't dare to be interested in these things, she didn't have so much time to play games.
The waitress in the hall came over and led her to her box according to the number plate. The terminal here looks similar to the early PCs of later generations, but the box only has a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and a controller, and no chassis. The on/off machines are all handled by the service desk.
"Miss, if there is no problem, I will turn it on for you. If you encounter any problems, please use the intercom on the wall and we will serve you......" The waiter pointed to a telephone-like intercom on the wall.
"Okay, no problem, you can turn it on......"
When the door is closed, the noise outside disappears, and the soundproofing performance of this single room is still very good. This is also due to the fact that people who use private rooms do not like to be disturbed, so it is natural to increase the sound insulation performance.
Soon, the monitor lit up and turned on. Four options appear on the interface, Exchange Community, Games, Securities Market, News.
Long Xiaoxuan first clicked on the news, and there were many options in it, and then she selected a few news related to Belarus It seems that when she saw the news of the start of large-scale construction of non-ferrous metal minerals and gemstones in the Sverdlovsk region, her eyes suddenly lit up.
Soon she returned to the main menu, entered the communication community, found a number of posts about the food needs of the Sverdlovsk region in the supply and demand information, and quickly took out a pen and paper and began to record them.
"Ah, that's a big list! 2,000 tons of flour, 1,000 tons of oil, 300 tons of spirits......" she gasped when a post was opened. Looking at the contact number after the post, she was suddenly excited. Now the Internet is not popular, so the community seems deserted, and many people post supply and demand information on the Internet, but also in a mood to try it out.
She immediately sent a reply, providing her phone number and company address, indicating that she was willing to provide the supplies.
The poster was also on the Internet at this time, and it didn't take long for him to reply to the post, saying that he was talking about it immediately. "Great, I didn't expect a reply so soon, where are you? I'm on the second floor, number 86......"
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PS: It's the middle of the month, ask for tickets, ask for recommendations, ask for subscriptions, and ask for all kinds of ......