Global Monopoly of Technology

In mid-December, the basic communication network was established, and Xiaona, the only powerful artificial intelligence that had been dormant so far, was awakened again by Luo Sheng.

At present, the restoration of the domestic communication network system is only barely covering the two core economic belts and some important areas such as coastal areas and the capital region. A certain communication network has also been restored in North America, thanks to Elon Musk's spaceX company .

Ironically, NASA has not been able to get funding so far, and in the end it has to let private companies solve the problem. Right now, the wealthy areas in North America that can enjoy communication and network services with less knowledge are not available to the general public.

If this trend continues, it will only be possible to have a global network when Star Arrow International's "Stars Project" realizes the global network, and the global network will not be realized until the second half of next year at the earliest.

However, even if there is a network, for many ordinary people, it does not mean that the life before the storm can be restored. There must be electricity, and it depends on how the local telecom operators and power companies are doing.

As for Auzhou, it is basically impossible to restore a decent communication system on his own, but he did not sit still.

The Middle East is about to restore the Internet, and the people in the island can't bear it at first sight, and finally come over to ask for help.

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On December 23, the euro zone came to Sioux City with a business negotiating team, led by a person in charge named Williams.

That morning, his special plane successfully landed at Sioux City International Airport. Frankly speaking, there are not many planes available to the people of Auzhou right now. Most of them are basically lying down and replacing electronic components.

After leaving the terminal, Williams and other foreigners from Wuzhou took a special car to the Hyatt Regency Hotel where they rested.

"Slow down!"

Williams instructed the driver. He wanted to take a look at the city on the Chinese side, and he was watching along the way.

"Unbelievable, this resilience is terrible, how does it look like it has suffered a natural disaster that has never been seen in human history?" Williams observed the weather of the city through the car window along the way. The shock and the jealousy in his eyes are also undisguised.

Anyway, there is no one else in the car, so there is no need to do too much expression management.

In Williams' eyes, Sioux City at this moment does not look like it has suffered a natural disaster at all. People on the streets are bustling, and there is no hesitation in the expressions of the citizens of this city. No fear.

The operation of the whole city is orderly,

Local citizens should go to work, go shopping, and go shopping. Some young people with their heads down are looking at their mobile phones...

All of this makes Williams' admiration hard to hide.

It is worth mentioning that, despite the current popularity and bustling city of Su City, there are still more than 5 million people living in this city, and the city of Shanghai next door is as large as 8 million.

Before the storm in Sucheng, the city's population, including the floating population, reached 16.85 million, and more than 10 million people had already gone to the countryside, otherwise it would have been more lively.

As the economic belt of the Yangtze River Delta begins to recover, some people have begun to return to the city from the countryside. However, the city still strictly controls the inflow of population. Only those who need the current economic recovery can enter the market first.

Strictly restricting the inflow of population is also impossible. Too many people enter the city at this juncture, which will greatly increase the operating cost of the city. There are very few districts that can be connected to electricity. On the one hand, the substation should be enough to restore the power. enough power supply.

At the same time, the cables in each community and each building must be checked one by one, and those damaged by electrical pulses must be replaced.

Even the cables buried in the ground have to be checked, and major cities across the country will soon start digging roads and laying cables again.

Electricity can only be turned on after the safety hazards have been removed, and the current electricity bill is also very expensive. Household electricity costs 45 yuan per kilowatt-hour, which is also limited and open. Basically, those who have no mines at home cannot afford electricity now.

The current financial pressure is actually quite big. The rich pay more electricity bills, and electricity companies are all state-owned enterprises.

At the same time, the high cost of living in the city can also largely inhibit the willingness of the population to flow into the city on a large scale. Seeing that the cost of living in the city is so high, citizens are naturally willing to spend more time in the countryside.

At present, most people who come to the city are mainly seeking medical treatment.

Moreover, some villages are not without electricity. The storm indirectly pushed a large number of intellectuals to go to the countryside. They were also in a panic, and they were always tired of traveling all day long.

At this time, there are many engineering men who can't be idle to give full play to the power of the group, use limited resources and equipment to build generators, generate electricity by themselves, such as biogas power generation, hydropower generation, etc., and make full use of natural resources.

Many villages have reservoirs and rivers. A large group of college students and engineering men who are idle and have nothing to do are also enthusiastic about building rivers and dams, making a potential energy gap, and building a temporary small hydropower station to supply the electricity demand of the whole village. Not a problem.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in villages all over the country, and Chinese people will never sit still.

This is the truth of the so-called tree moving to death and people moving to life.

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Of course, the problems are not small, and there are not no security risks. After all, there is no standardization and standardization, and there is not even a license. It is impossible to have no security risks at all.

However, in this extraordinary period, one eye is closed, and there is no approval, but it is not said that it is not allowed.

However, it was said that the European business negotiation team that came to Sioux City had a day off at the Hyatt Hotel that day, and would meet with Luo Sheng for negotiation the next day.

Hyatt Regency Hotel is currently the only high-end hotel business place in Sioux City to restore power supply. The cost of water and electricity is dozens of times of normal. However, if you want to stay in a hotel during this period, the price is also sky-high. Basically, only the rich can afford it. .

According to past examples, such high-level business negotiations often involve booking the Hyatt Regency Hotel. However, at present, such a high-end hotel in the entire Sioux City is operating normally, and it is not realistic to drive people out. It's some rich people who might make trouble for you.

For a series of reasons, Luo Sheng also directly invited Williams to his technology complex building for this business negotiation.

Auzhou people actually have some concerns. After all, Luo Sheng's house cannot guarantee that the content of the negotiations between the two parties will not be recorded. There are technological equipment everywhere, which is also heard.

However, there are not many options at the moment. Williams and others are very clear about this, and finally agreed to conduct this business negotiation in Luo Sheng's private residence.

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the next day.

Early this morning, the main entrance of the Science and Technology Complex was already guarded by more than 100 reporters. Interestingly, there are many foreign faces, especially European media organizations.

The domestic media and people who eat melons really don't care much about this international business negotiation. Most people are more concerned about the current development of their own countries.

It can be said that Auzhou people are very concerned about this business meeting. The beautiful country can't count on it, and they can't protect themselves, especially the recently rising number one person Kevin Saron, and the beautiful country is now also Noisy joy.

As a matter of fact, the fighters are actually very afraid of a figure like Kevin Saron. If he gains power, Europe will have enough to drink, so the elites in Europe and the United States hope that the figure of Kevin Saron will be finished soon.

The fact that they came to ask for help this time was actually the result of being forced, and the elites in Auzhou also knew that they could not let the mess go unnoticed, or just do something serious.

The elites on the Wuzhou side do not want a figure like Kevin Saron to appear on their own territory to kill them.

At 10:30 in the morning, the reporters present saw a convoy approaching, and it was Williams and others who arrived on time. The outer door of the Science and Technology Complex opened slowly, and Williams' convoy drove into the building one after another.

The reporters on the sidelines are constantly caught, especially the European media reporters, who are very concerned about today's business negotiation, which has inestimable significance for the recovery of the European economy.

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