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Chapter 1543 The Moment That Changed the World (First Update, Please Subscribe)
"A turbofan regional jet with less than 50 seats!"

In the conference room of Gulfstream Aerospace Industries, Zou Haishan pointed to the drawing he had drawn and said:

"It should have 44-50 economy class seats, with four seats per row. This aircraft can meet the transportation needs between central cities and small towns..."

Listening to Zou Haishan's story, Tian Wenxuan, the company manager, just smoked silently. He understood what the official from the Heavy Industry Bureau was thinking.

As an insider, he is of course well aware that the market space for regional aircraft is still very large, not only in China but also abroad. Many countries need such regional aircraft, from Europe and the United States to other developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

"Chief Zou, it is exactly as you said. The market for regional aircraft is indeed very broad."

Before Tian Wenxuan finished speaking, Zou Haishan immediately spoke loudly.

"It's not just vast, it's huge. I've done the corresponding calculations and consulted a lot of people. In the next ten years, we alone will need about 1000 regional aircraft. After all, with the growth of population, people's demand for travel will only get higher and higher.

So I believe this market is very worthy of attention.”

After saying this, Zou Haishan continued.

"So I hope to consider entering this market, after all, it has a very broad market space."

"It is indeed as you said, Chief. The market is very broad, but..."

After a slight pause, Tian Wenxuan explained.

"You should know that we received orders for nearly 800 aircraft last year alone. According to the company's current production capacity, it will take 4 to 5 years to complete the current orders,"

"The company can expand its production capacity. I believe the bank will be happy to provide you with a loan."

Zou Haishan said bluntly:

"We will also provide appropriate assistance if necessary."

The reason why the Department of Commerce and Industry has had a huge influence on many companies is not only because they formulate industrial policies, but also because they will coordinate banks and companies at appropriate times. While banks provide financial support, they will also coordinate with other companies to help them solve a series of problems such as sales channels.

It can be said that the reason why the economy has developed so rapidly over the past few years is largely due to the efforts of these professional bureaucrats in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, so much so that many people in the newspapers call them not officials but "industry nannies."

The so-called industrial nannies refer to those who take care of all businesses like a nanny, and their care is meticulous.

It is for this reason that people sometimes call the Equatorial Miracle the Miracle of Public Production, which is of course also a recognition of their work.

"Ok!"

Faced with this suggestion, Tian Wenxuan did not respond immediately, but nodded and said:
"Chief Zhou, do you know why we don't expand our production capacity now? We have so many orders in hand now. With just one phone call, many banks will be willing to provide us with loans.

After all, everyone knows that banks give out umbrellas when it’s sunny and take them away when it rains.

Of course, with the help of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, banks are very happy to provide corresponding support to enterprises, especially when they are in difficult times. "

While affirming the efforts of the Department of Commerce and Industry, Tian Wenxuan also said:

"But the aircraft manufacturing industry is different from ordinary industries. Under normal circumstances, we may only receive orders for dozens or a hundred aircraft a year. If we rashly expand the production line, we will have to face the problem of overcapacity in the future.

In this case, we need to arrange the aircraft orders reasonably into the next few years. We will receive some new orders every year. The overlap of new and old orders can ensure that our company can continue production.

If I expand the production line, I can deliver 800 aircraft in a year, but what about next year?
Next year I may only have orders for more than 100 aircraft, and by then I will need to lay off employees, and the production line expanded through loans will be idle."

Then Tian Wenxuan said:

"And for now, we are producing high-end business aircraft. Although many people are in urgent need of it, queuing itself is a symbol of status."

As a businessman, Tian Wenxuan knows very well what those rich people think:
"For them, an airplane is not just an airplane, but a status symbol. If... Gulfstream changes from a high-end business jet to an ordinary regional jet, then we are likely to lose our current customers. We all know that brand is very important. So..."

Tian Wenxuan smiled and said in an apologetic tone:
"Compared to ordinary regional aircraft, we prefer to make luxury products, after all, business aircraft have higher profits."

Faced with such a tactful refusal, Zou Haishan nodded and said:
"I'm sorry, Manager Tian, ​​I was negligent. I forgot that brand is very important for a company."

Zou Haishan's words were not just verbal, but he really realized his mistake.

Gulfstream has been successful because it is the only aircraft manufacturer so far that specializes in luxury aircraft.

Why do many rich people choose to keep it? It is not only because his plane is very good, but more importantly, it is a luxury among planes. It is not just a plane, but a symbol of status.

As a symbol of status, if it is confused with the aircraft that the general public takes, it will definitely affect the image of the entire brand.

Brand building has always been a top priority for the Department of Commerce and Industry. After all, compared to ordinary products, brands have added value. Tian Wenxuan went on to say:
"Chief, if the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is very eager to develop this market, my suggestion is... well, we can establish a new aviation industry company through local investment funds. Of course, we are very happy to participate in it and provide corresponding technical support."

He originally had a similar idea, wanting to set up a new company and enter the regional aircraft market, but was unable to move forward due to various reasons.

Now that the Ministry of International Trade and Industry has this idea, it can cooperate with the government and relevant institutions to jointly invest and establish a new company.

In this way, they easily reached a corresponding consensus. Just a few days later, several local venture capital funds and related companies in Dongning signed a contract to establish Ocean Aviation Industries Company.

Just as Dongning was about to start its industrial upgrading, on the other side, in the Dongning Telegraph and Telephone Company, a group of engineers were busy. Just half a month ago, the submarine optical cable laid from the main island was finally connected to Dongning. Because of this, long-distance calls between Dongning and the main island became possible. Before this, due to distance and technology, transoceanic long-distance calls were only the privilege of a few wealthy people.

But now, with the advent of submarine optical cables and new program-controlled telephone switches, long-distance calls are about to become an extremely common form of communication.

Technological progress has changed the lives of ordinary people in an extremely intuitive way. Although engineers are still debugging, everyone knows that changes will happen in the next few days.

While the engineers in the Telephone and Telegraph Company were installing and debugging the equipment in the program-controlled telephone exchange center, in the computer center of Dongning University, under the gaze of the people, Zhao Guowei sat in front of the computer and skillfully entered a string of codes to open an interface. Then he entered a website address - in the past few years, this kind of website address www.***.com has been popularized in various universities. Through such network addresses, various universities have established a data sharing system. However, due to the problem of lines, data sharing between the main island and the outer islands has not been able to be effectively shared.

After all, the amount of information transmitted by metal cables is too low and the lines are very limited.

However, Zhao Guowei was not going to visit the website of Chang'an University today. When he opened the webpage, the photographer next to him was filming the computer screen with a camera and watching it enter a new address on the webpage.

A few months ago, when communicating with several colleagues from Chang'an University, they found that although the Internet allowed them to share some data, they could not communicate with each other. The phone was too expensive, so someone suggested whether they could send emails via the Internet.

And at that time they already had countless pieces of information, but they were all scattered and independent in each computer. Suddenly there was an idea that they could write a program to send information to another computer in a similar way to email.

So, Zhao Guowei began to imagine a format for expressing email addresses. He first wrote a small program that could combine the program's file transfer protocol with another program's ability to send and receive emails, so that a letter could be sent from one host to another.

This is a communication method that does not require too much equipment resources.

“Is this the email address?”

This thought popped up in the photographer's mind, and everyone else was looking at the computer screen. The people watching were witnessing history at that moment.

Next, Zhao Guowei entered another string of text below:
“A friend in need is always a friend indeed!”

This is a poem by Wang Bo from the Tang Dynasty. After writing this poem, he clicked send.

“So it’s sent out?”

Others asked curiously.

"So it's sent. That's an email. Maybe..."

Then he glanced at the computer screen and Zhao Guowei said with a smile.

"The other party has received it."

Everyone around was surprised.

"What! So fast?"

"How could it be only one or two seconds?"

At this moment, a black dot appeared in the inbox on the computer screen.

"Chang'an University has already replied."

Amid everyone's anticipation, Zhao Guowei opened his inbox and opened the email.

The content of the email was very simple, just the second half of the poem.

"The world is so small!"

Looking at these five words on the computer screen, everyone's eyes were filled with unprecedented shock. Unlike in another world when email was invented and people had no idea of ​​its importance, at this time, the sending and receiving of the first email allowed them to see a new era of communication.

Amid the shock of the crowd, Zhao Guowei stood up and said in a very calm, but actually very excited tone:

"Friends, today we have entered a new era - the era of the Internet. Now with email, we can communicate anytime and anywhere in any corner of the world."

Then he looked at the camera and said in the calmest tone possible:
"This is our gift to people all over the world! It is bound to change the lives of all of us."

(End of this chapter)