Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 3065 They are disrupting the order of the civilized world

Meanwhile, Professor Adam, having left the classroom, went straight into the principal's office, slammed his lesson plan on the nanmu wood table, and launched into a tirade against Principal William, who was sitting leisurely drinking coffee in his chair.

"A bunch of idiots! This is definitely the worst class of students I've ever taught!"

"For something so important, all they care about is profit and money!"

"They don't even understand the most basic principles!!!"

"I've had enough of these self-important idiots. I must improve the quality of our student body next year!"

Professor Adam roared, but Principal William remained calm. "Adam, calm down. You are a respected teacher, and a knight of the Kingdom of Britain!"

"calm?"

Professor Adam glanced at the squinty-eyed, easygoing man in front of him, then instantly shifted his focus, "How can you expect me to stay calm?"

Do you know why they use a Chinese operating system?

"Now you know why they would rather abandon the United States' computer language and build their own."

"Because they are building their own computer system, they want to set their own rules for computers!"

"Dear Mr. William, please use your brilliant mind to think about this!"

Why did they do that?

"why?"

Professor Adam's voice became hoarse from roaring.

But Principal William was already used to it.

"I know!"

Principal William said calmly, then took a deep breath, "Of course I know!"

"They are challenging the world's civilized order."

"They want to break free from the rules we've set; they want to become the players."

"They want to challenge the language system we've built up over hundreds of years, and challenge our status!"

"This is absolutely not allowed!"

Professor Adam glanced at the other person, then nodded silently before saying, "So, we must retaliate!"

"Otherwise, we will watch our most powerful adversary rise to power!"

Principal William sighed, "That's right, that's what I'm most worried about."

Principal William then placed a report on the table.

"Look, this is the data sent back from Hong Kong. The computer you mentioned is stirring up a storm in Hong Kong that is shocking the world."

Adam stepped forward, picked up the document, and examined it carefully.

The document contains three main parts.

The first was naturally the application of pagers, which elevated the transmission of information in Hong Kong by two levels. The Economic Development Corporation became as powerful and energetic as if it had been given a medicinal drink.

According to authoritative assessments, if Hong Kong continues its current momentum, it will become the economic leader of the Asian region, even surpassing economically developed areas such as South Goguryeo and Singapore.

It will become a shining pearl of the Far East.

The letter requested a study of pagers used in Britain.

The list outlines both the direct and indirect benefits of pagers, all calling for the development of better pagers.

After all, Hong Kong is just a corner of the world; the center of the world is in the West.

If pagers were sold here, the profits would be a thousand or even ten thousand times that of Hong Kong.

Adam didn't say anything about this, but even if they didn't, they would have studied it themselves.

Because it involved computers, a 'Chinese operating system' emerged that made them feel threatened.

Moreover, these people themselves are capital.

However, their field is in the technology sector.

But in reality, it's the same thing: they become 'capitalists' in their areas of expertise and then use their skills to earn even higher profits.

Therefore, when faced with such a huge pie, no one can sit still.

Even His Majesty the King.

The second one is about computers, specifically information about computers.

China once again sent 500 computers to Hong Kong, this time at a price of 39,999 US dollars instead of 30,000.

Surprisingly, the first batch of computer buyers did not promote the advantages and disadvantages of computers, but the second batch of computers was sold out in less than a morning as soon as they were put on the shelves.

Moreover, 90% of them were among the first batch of people to try buying it.

Such behavior made the people in Hong Kong, who were not stupid, realize immediately that this computer was the real gem.

So everyone inquired about the origin of the computers, but unfortunately the third batch wouldn't arrive until after the new year, and the price would rise to 50,000 yuan per unit.

When the news spread, everyone was surprised and inquired about the computer's appeal.

Then news spread that these computers could be connected within a certain area via a device called a 'router'. Of course, this kind of thing existed before, but this time China made an improvement. It was only the size of a backpack, yet it could connect computers to each other.

Routers can also connect to each other to form a local area network (LAN).

In this local area network, all computers can work via the network.

In particular, the emergence of file sharing has greatly increased the efficiency of transferring files to the relevant departments after editing them on a computer.

Seeing this, Professor Adam felt a deep sense of pressure.

This office style is modeled after the current business model.

He could imagine that capitalists would definitely not sit still under this model.

In addition, another reason for the booming sales of computers was that game.

That game called 'Red Alert'.

He had opened it on his computer, but he was past the age of playing games and didn't know much about it.

Moreover, you can tell what it's all about just by its name; it's definitely a declaration of power.

He never expected that someone would spend a lot of money to buy a computer just because of a game.

These people really have money to burn.

They've gone mad, they've really gone mad.

The third thing is to have China develop a computer game based on 'Red Alert'.

Upon seeing this, Professor Adam placed the document directly on the table, then took a deep breath through his nose and slowly exhaled through his mouth before finally saying, "William, I think this is a conspiracy."

Principal William got up, went to the coffee machine, put the coffee beans in, turned it on, and while waiting, turned back and said, "You're right."

"I just called the Sixth Division to inquire about their computer research, but they don't know much either; some of the information comes from the United States."

At this point, both of them laughed.

Whatever secrets the United States knows, it's as if half the world knows them.

What useful information did they get?

William shrugged, then took out the freshly ground coffee, and after thinking for a moment, put a piece of sugar in both cups.

Upon seeing this, Adam smiled.

William sat down beside Adam, handed him a coffee, and said again, "Not much useful, but it's somewhat useful."

"Through connections in the United States, the other party purchased a batch of PDP-08 minicomputers, then began research and eventually created their own computers."

Adam took a sip of coffee and sneered again, "I bet those thugs in the United States didn't expect they would pull this off."

Principal William laughed heartily, "I think they'll regret it to the core when they realize the threat the other side poses, and they'll definitely send the people who made the deal to the gallows."

Adam shrugged. "I agree. They're really capable of doing that."

The two chuckled again, then Principal William's tone turned serious. "Adam, we must speak out about this and make it a serious matter."

"I see."

Adam finished his coffee in one gulp, then got up and walked out. "I'm going back to write my report."

"However, we also need to strengthen our research in computers."

"As you wish, I will apply to the government for research funding to increase support."

Adam nodded and then left the office. Principal William remained silent for a moment before picking up the phone to call his old friend at Cambridge.

This matter needs to involve more people in order to generate influence.

Three days later, Principal William and Professor Adam co-authored a report.

It details the current situation in the computer field, the challenges it faces, and its importance to the future.

This research report from the top university quickly reached the hands of relevant political figures and attracted their full attention.

In the following days, reports from various schools across Britain began to emerge, their momentum so strong that Britain had to quickly come up with a plan to implement.

Subsequently, Britain sent representatives to bring together personnel from various universities to discuss the next steps.

However, after much discussion, when everyone was preparing to change the situation, they found that apart from increasing investment in computer research and development, other methods were not effective.

The most direct way is to impose tariffs to restrict the entry of computers and thus reduce the other party's market.

But the other party's computer showed no intention of accessing Britain.

These computers were even sent by people from Hong Kong, supposedly for researching pagers.

When Professor Adam found out, he was so angry he laughed.

You guys are researching computers yourselves, and you want pagers?

Honestly, they're blind to talent!

As for Hong Kong, as a free trade port, it exempts the vast majority of import and export goods from tariffs.

It was precisely because of this policy that Hong Kong's economy soared and became an important source of income for Britain.

Allowing them to break the established rules at this point would be tantamount to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

If this method doesn't work, then we need to address the problem at its source: computer manufacturing.

For example, semiconductors used to produce integrated circuits.

Then Professor Adam learned that the computer was 100% made in China.

The things we need are all growing in other people's fields; we just can't control ourselves!
Professor Adam was now numb.

When did China's industry develop to this point?
Don't they even import machine tools from abroad?
This isn't right; there's definitely something wrong here.

Without a certain industrial base and sufficient accumulation, they could not have made it.

He's sure!
Therefore, there must be something he doesn't know.

alliance?

No, the Alliance's semiconductor research is not as good as this computer, otherwise they would have sent people to the moon long ago.

United States?
They are improving their relationship, but it's not that good yet.

Who is that?
Adam couldn't understand it.

Ultimately, the only solution is for the whole world to boycott the other side, turning this tool into a regional tool, restricting its use, and limiting its growth!

There is no other way.

Unexpectedly, news came from across the strait a week later.

Those troublemakers in France actually bought a thousand of them!

Professor Adam was instantly furious.

This is like a breach in a river embankment, and a flood rushes in; how can it be stopped?
Then, West Germany purchased 500 computers, and announced that they were for this year's World Cup.

In addition to 500 computers, there are also 500,000 pagers used to build the paging service.

There are also 3,000 satellite phones, supposedly for use by local security departments to ensure the safety of the venue.

He just couldn't understand it. Why would you buy computers or pagers when you're hosting a World Cup?
Do you have so much money you don't know what to do with it?
Little did he know that the Olympics two years ago had caused them to lose face in front of the whole world.

If another problem arises this time, they will be forever condemned to shame.

Therefore, in order to ensure the smooth running of this World Cup, West Germany was willing to spend a lot of money to buy a bunch of junk in order to prevent any problems from arising.

Then there's the alliance, which actually ordered three thousand computers in one go.

Even if you're rich and powerful, you don't have to act like this!

The river embankment is completely ruined!
It was only then that he realized this was a real war, a contest of skill and strength.

Those methods are simply underhanded and unethical.

So Professor Adam rallied and threw himself into research on the new computer.

Wang Zihao, who performed well, became a member of his research project.

For Professor Adam, since the amazing Easterners could create such ingenious computers, using Easterners to study Easterners should be twice as effective.

With Britain's capabilities, thoroughly understanding the other side's computers shouldn't be a problem.

It's only a matter of time before even better computers are created.

He felt that his side had the advantage in this regard.

United States of America.

What the British could think of, the clever people here naturally thought of as well.

Just as William said, Kate, Dawson, and the others were truly regretting it at that moment, to the point of being extremely remorseful.

Who would have thought that two years ago, the other party would swallow their pride and pay a high price to buy their obsolete products?

They never imagined that such a day would come.

So they sold ten units to the other party at a price of $30,000 each.

This was a hot topic at the time; trading an obsolete computer for $300,000 was an incredible windfall.

Even though the other party developed a knock-off version based on the PDP-8 electronic computer, they still didn't care.

After all, they have better computers.

But when China took out Dawn-1, after some investigation, they came to a surprising conclusion.

Although this computer did not surpass the computers of their United States overall, it had taken the lead in some aspects.

Instantly, the entire United States was in an uproar.

And they became the ones held accountable.

"Kate, should we continue trading?"

Dawson was talking to Kate on a satellite phone, and after learning about the situation at home, he felt somewhat worried.

If it were really investigated, he would be directly involved, and he even personally sold ten mini-machines to the other party.

"Jonard, why not?"

Kate's answer surprised Dawson.

"But wouldn't that affect us?"

"order?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kate said with a smile, "Order?"

"Jonard, have you forgotten who you are?"

"We are the great and powerful United States."

At this point, Kate lowered her voice and said, "We are not some bullshit empire on which the sun never sets. They are now the setting sun, yet they dare to dream of maintaining world order."

"But they forgot that order is built on a foundation of strength."

"And our order is based solely on our own interests."

After Kate finished speaking, Dawson immediately laughed and said, "OK, I understand."

"Good, I have a meeting to attend. You can continue with your old job."

"And don't forget our share."

After that, hang up the phone.

Dawson immediately dialed a phone number.

"Dear Ms. Li Rong, I'd like to discuss a business deal."

(End of this chapter)