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Chapter 885 We're Just Running a Pizza Shop
Honestly, even if it were a tax bureau leader like Lao Shi, even if they had received thick technical documents and personally approved the fiber optic cable to the bureau and established an electronic tax project in a broadband environment, he probably wouldn't have seen how the fiber optic cable was actually set up.

It was precisely the most junior security guards who had watched countless times as junior technicians came to install, connect, and repair fiber optic cables. They would even help the technicians check the small fiber optic splicing machine, the connection of the lines, and the wiring.

Moreover, they went through everything from the earliest telephone lines and coaxial cables to fiber optic internet, from only workplaces having fiber optic broadband to every household later having optical modems.

They're incredibly well-acquainted!

"Okay, we agree to move to Sha Tin. What support can you give us?"

Wei Dong had to desperately suppress his surging emotions, knowing in his heart that he had caught a big fish this time!
Fiber optic broadband, combined with a 386 computer, allows for nationwide network deployment ahead of schedule!

What Wei Dong didn't know was that the tax network project and the banking network project could directly bring the country's fiscal system to the most advanced stage.

From his perspective, the overall situation in China has been stable and improving since the tax network project began in the mid-to-late 1990s.

It is definitely of great significance.

Du Hongyi and the others in the conference room made a slight noise, especially the senior executives of the TV station.

They did say before that there was a high probability of relocation, and that they would try to negotiate the land in order to build housing for the people. Now, they've already revealed their hand before even engaging in negotiations, which doesn't align with proper negotiation skills.

But for Wei Dong to not just laugh and hug the other person and say yes at this moment, he was already quite shrewd.

Moreover, when he actually negotiates with big shots, he basically uses this extremely frank and open strategy.

In high-level conversations, everyone knows the tricks and schemes, and only honesty has the greatest impact.

Dikun was indeed more accustomed to this kind of communication: "I can give you anything! Whatever you want, I will give you everything I can, as long as you can move the TV station to the vicinity of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, or even inside it."

The entire audience erupted in complete uproar!
Let's just be honest and criticize each other, right?

Do both sides reveal their cards directly and compare their hands?

Wei Dong smiled with satisfaction: "Yes, as long as we can move to Sha Tin, I will fund the construction of a fiber optic line from the TV station to HK Radio, truly demonstrating the power of the Internet that is not affected by geographical distance."

Dikun seemed to burst into flames: "Do you know how to use fiber optics in the television industry?"

Wei Dong was actually puzzled: "There must have been concerns before. When we moved such a large TV station to a location more than ten kilometers away, we could simply send the videotapes to the radio station for broadcast. Getting approvals for documents from the neighboring office was also very easy. But what about the physical distance? With fiber optics, we can connect paperless offices..."

The last sentence is correct.

But everyone at the TV station was trying their best to understand what paperless meant and how videotapes were sent using what kind of light.
I'm completely baffled.

The scientist, who later won the Nobel Prize in Explosives Physics, was instantly captivated by the prospect described: "Is the videotape a conversion of magnetoelectric signals into digital signals? Has your research progressed to this point? Paperless office, hahaha, that's a wonderful description. I'm really looking forward to it. Yes, this is the most obvious commercial scenario after fiber optics are put into application. You are indeed a master at driving the commercial application of Apple computers. On behalf of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, I welcome your participation!"

He is a scientist.

Just like before June this year, sound cards were still something that people were researching and figuring out, but had not yet been launched on the market.

From the completion of a research lab to its market launch, to its acceptance and best-selling status, and finally to its dominance as the market standard, this could be a huge gap spanning decades!
Overall, Citibank is good at cutting-edge research and development, but its application in practical fields outside the laboratory is relatively poor.

Almost all electronic products in Japan are based on original technologies sourced from Citibank, which are then cleverly adapted and implemented.

For example, this optical fiber was something Wei Dong really didn't understand. For videotapes to be transmitted over the network, there had to be a process of converting magnetism to electricity, which was a huge challenge in the mid-to-late 1980s.

All he knew was that later on, even a mobile phone could wirelessly transmit videos at an alarming rate.

But he painted a picture for Dikun of a scenario that scientists dream of: paperless office work.

The father of optical fiber was able to hand-twist optical fibers and conduct research on the fatigue strength of glass fibers.

Extensive research has been conducted on various fields, including fiber structure, fiber strength and durability, and fiber connectors.

All of this is crucial to enabling signals to be transmitted at gigabits per second over distances of tens of thousands of meters without amplification!
Those who have experienced the later development of ultra-high voltage substation technology will probably be able to understand it.

Even in ordinary cables, data cables require a voltage to allow current to be transmitted.

For example, in the landline telephones of this time, the telephone lines needed to carry a voltage to drive the transmission, so Wei Dong's security guard colleagues would use the telephone lines to connect light bulbs to make "free lights that stay on all the time".

Dong Xueqing had also explained to her brother-in-law that the telephone company loses a significant amount of electricity revenue every year because of this.

Optical fibers don't need to be amplified; as long as the fiber structure prevents light loss, this thing can transmit without amplification, and its significance is self-evident. However, scientists have run into difficulties describing the uses of such a thing to businessmen, politicians, and officials.

Well, what's wrong with sending it over?
Di Kun wasn't researching computer applications; he had already delved into the most cutting-edge, finely divided field of fiber optic transmission, much like the legendary sword Yitian.

What else is it to him?

Unfortunately, in that era, there wasn't a large volume of photoelectric signal transmission, and digital audio and video files, which occupied the most bandwidth, weren't yet widely used. Everything else was small file transfers, so his research was a bit ahead of its time.

Wei Dong described the result to him: "Yes, as long as we set up computers at HK Radio and ATV, all our document submissions, reviews and exchanges can be transmitted via fiber optics, including color images. If transmitting video is still a bit difficult at this time, then we can put video aside for now. I think this is enough for the Chinese University of Hong Kong to be at the forefront of academic applications."

He didn't even realize what Dik Kwan meant by saying the Chinese University welcomed him, and was still smugly describing paperless office practices.

On the contrary, the secretary, who had recently been attending these kinds of cultural events with the director of the broadcasting department, overheard this and immediately turned to whisper to the boss's wife.

Qin Yuye's eyes were as bright as a mother mouse that had fallen into a granary!
Di Kun, however, greatly admired Wei Dong's focus, which allowed him to set aside worldly distractions.

Instead of feeling naive, he happily reached out and exclaimed, "Yes! This is the world's first commercially deployed fiber optic cable!"

Wei Dong was surprised and grabbed it: "Aren't there any optical fibers that have been put into actual use yet?"

Then he instantly understood: "Haha, yes, yes, as long as you add a few more qualifiers, this will definitely be the first one..."

The TV station staff in the office were already familiar with their boss's outrageous style, and they immediately applauded enthusiastically under Zheng Zhiwei's leadership.

If I was worried before that the boss was a nouveau riche who had acquired the TV station and was now messing things up, even if we saw some buzz now, it didn't guarantee future success.

After all, in Hong Kong, anyone working in the television industry will feel overwhelmed and unable to breathe under the pressure of TVB.

Now they're actually starting to believe they can win in the future.

This was an invitation personally extended by the president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, yet he remained completely unfazed and spoke eloquently.

Just look at this tech mogul's reaction and you'll know his boss was right!

So Di Kun laughed heartily: "I won't provide the money, but I can guarantee to assist in the selection and allocation of land around the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Of course, what I hope for most is to start cooperation immediately. So during the construction of the new TV station, the Chinese University of Hong Kong can provide the newly completed Natural Geography Research Center building to Asia Television free of charge as an initial office space. I am so eager to explore the Internet world that I can't wait!"

Everyone now understood that it was the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and this academic luminary, who was eagerly seeking talent from their own television station!

Several top universities in Hong Kong are very wealthy, with annual operating funds in the billions.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, which boasts only Nobel laureates and Turing Award winners, has assets worth billions of Hong Kong dollars for its buildings and facilities alone, not even counting the more than 100 hectares of land allocated to it.

This is the face of higher education in Hong Kong.

Now they're actually going to such lengths to win over a TV station.

why?
Wei Dong wasn't entirely sure either, so he immediately asked, "No problem, we can immediately relocate some of our staff to establish a branch of the TV station and begin the site survey and construction application process. But where should we begin our exploration of the internet world?"

Dik Kwan had clearly wanted to achieve this for a long time: "Once the first commercial fiber optic broadband line from Sha Tin to Kowloon is established, proving the potential for such an application, I will apply to the Hong Kong government to lease satellite lines from Citibank Space Agency so that Hong Kong can keep up with the global internet world!"

That's right, it was still very rare at that time, but the prototype of the Internet had already appeared. In the early 1970s, five universities in Citibank were the first to connect to the Internet, and now more than 100 universities in North America are interconnected.

Even though they are currently only used for scientific research, providing users with valuable resources from shared mainframes, their practical applications are still uncertain.

But if Hong Kong can join this circle earlier, it will be considered to have firmly grasped the initial steps of the Internet.

Since June, he has already earned over a billion US dollars from sound cards alone. Even though he still has to split the profits almost equally with Lin Wangfu and give Fa Ge a small share of the profits, Wei Dong is absolutely convinced that the two of them will support his decision.

For example, you could casually ask Dik Kwan, "Since you're planning to build your network from Citibank, why not just run a fiber optic cable directly from Citibank? I can share the funding with the Hong Kong government and create a budget."

Di Kun thought he had been very bold in his thinking, but he never expected Wei Dong to hit him so hard that he froze on the spot!

Everyone in the room knew that the pizza the boss had drawn had left even the president of CUHK and the great scientist speechless!

Zou Huimin looked at Wei Dong as if he were looking at a god.

(End of this chapter)