PNB Chapter 322 Like father, like son; wealth moves people's hearts!
Chapter 322 Like father, like son; wealth moves people's hearts!
Night fell and the city lights began to twinkle.
A car with military license plates drove into the heavily guarded compound.
As they were about to pass by the home of National Defense Director Zheng Peiyun, Gu Maoyuan suddenly spoke up.
"Slow down!"
The driver immediately applied the brakes and slowed down.
Gu Maoyuan looked out the window at Zheng Peiyun's house.
In front of the villa, besides Zheng Peiyun's car, there was also a black Volkswagen Passat sedan, which was even more luxurious than a Santana.
Although Gu Maoyuan didn't recognize the license plate, his excellent eyesight allowed him to spot the special pass displayed under the windshield and on the dashboard at a glance.
"Let's go!"
Gu Maoyuan turned around and gave a command that was neither too loud nor too soft.
The driver sped up and quickly brought Gu Maoyuan home.
After changing into slippers upon entering, Gu Maoyuan leisurely sat down on the sofa in the living room.
Soon.
His wife then brought him a cup of hot tea.
"Xiao Yang is back. He said he needs to talk to you about something."
"What about the others?"
"Since I didn't see you come back, I went back to my room first."
"Okay, leave the tea here for now, I'll go find him!"
Outside, Gu Maoyuan held the high-ranking and powerful position of General Logistics Minister.
But when I got home...
He was an old father who had a son late in life and doted on him immensely.
Humming a little tune, I went upstairs and knocked on my precious son's bedroom door.
After waiting for quite a while, the door finally opened.
"Didn't you go to see Old Ge this morning? Why are you only coming back now?"
The chubby Gu Jinyang muttered something as he limped back to his computer desk.
"It's rare for a group of old men to get together privately, so how can we only talk about serious matters and not relax and have fun?"
"Moreover, the red leaves covering the mountains and fields are so red that they look like a sea, which is truly magnificent and beautiful!"
As he spoke, Gu Maoyuan closed the door and locked it from the inside.
Then she slowly walked over to her son's computer desk.
I glanced at the table and saw that there were a lot of snacks, cigarettes, and cola.
Seeing the game screen again, I couldn't help but advise:
"You need to eat fewer snacks and drink less cola! These are really bad for your health!"
"And you've been broken up for several months now, why don't you start dating again?"
"How can a virtual video game be as fun as a gentle and beautiful woman?"
Gu Jinyang, who was busy playing games, glanced at the stool next to him and gestured for Gu Maoyuan to sit down.
"If you don't understand the joys of young people, don't give them your unsolicited advice!"
"Playing with beautiful women gets boring after a while, but games are different."
"There are so many different kinds and styles, it's so much fun to play with."
Gu Maoyuan smiled as he watched his son stare intently at the screen, his fingers flying across the mouse and keyboard.
"Speaking of which, Zhao Ruilong is a real genius!"
"In the past, compared with the West, China's electronic information industry was extremely backward."
"From hardware such as computers, servers, and switches, to operating systems, office software, and video games, there is absolutely no comparison with the West."
"Since his release from prison, he has continuously invested huge sums of money and recruited a large number of talents for research and development. In just over a year, we have not only caught up with him, but have also clearly surpassed him!"
Gu Jinyang, who was playing the game, stared at the screen and sneered:
"What's so strange about that? Haven't you heard of the famous Moore's Law?"
"The number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every 18 to 24 months, which in turn doubles the processor's performance."
"This law is not entirely accurate, but it does reflect that the electronics and information industry will continue to upgrade and replace itself, and at a fairly fast pace."
"Our country already has a good industrial base, and with Zhao Ruilong's huge investment, resource integration, and strategic planning, it has naturally made rapid progress."
At this point, Gu Jinyang glanced at his father, Gu Maoyuan.
"Of course, there are three other important factors that enabled us to quickly overtake them."
"Firstly, the semiconductor industry, as a basic industry, is not technically very difficult. Whether it is a 120-nanometer or a 90-nanometer process chip, we can still make it with some effort."
"Secondly, the West was affected by the bursting of the dot-com bubble, which caused many companies to lose the favor of capital, resulting in insufficient investment, loss of talent, and no continuous investment in research and development, so they naturally regressed instead of progressing."
"The last factor, and the most crucial one, is that our country has too large a population. After Zhao Ruilong made the internet cafe industry popular, it not only attracted many people to buy computers to play games, but also attracted many people to invest in the industry."
"Such a huge consumer market with great purchasing power and growth potential is constantly attracting capital and talent. With millions of engineers engaged in various software and hardware development, how could it not develop rapidly?"
"Most importantly, this industry can really make money. Even some of my friends are recruiting to develop games, offering programmers tens of thousands of yuan a month, but they still can't find anyone. Can you imagine how many people this will attract to the internet industry?"
"Therefore, I believe that China will become stronger and stronger in the field of electronic information, not only because more and more people are investing and starting businesses, but also because more and more schools are opening related majors, and there is an increasing number of talents. With both capital and technology, how can it not take off?"
Gu Maoyuan said with a hearty laugh:
"Our Dragon Kingdom's greatest advantage is its large population, which are also very intelligent and hardworking!"
"Any business that can make money will quickly attract a large number of people to jump in without any advertising."
"When most people lack knowledge and education, they can only compete fiercely in industries that don't require much technical expertise."
"As more and more people become educated and acquire considerable knowledge and culture, they will compete in mid-to-high-end industries. With greater competition, progress will naturally be faster."
Gu Jinyang sneered while playing the game:
"But nothing in this world is perfect!"
"There are advantages to having a large number of people, but there are also disadvantages."
"As more and more people receive higher education, their yearning for a better life will become stronger."
"Competition in all industries will become increasingly fierce, and this competition will not only be between individuals and between companies, but also between countries."
"Many people thought that when we joined the WTO and the United States launched the War on Terror, our two countries would enter a honeymoon period like that of the 1980s, but I don't think this honeymoon period will last long!"
"why?"
Gu Maoyuan asked with great interest.
"Are you still asking why?"
Gu Jinyang said with great disdain:
"Didn't you hear a thing I said?"
"We already have a solid industrial base, as well as increasingly sophisticated and convenient infrastructure."
"In addition to a stable social order and an increasingly abundant supply of talent, it will inevitably become the world's only manufacturing power with a complete range of industrial sectors."
"Simply put, as long as it is an industrial product invented by humankind, no matter how advanced or high-end it is, our Dragon Country will definitely manufacture it, and it will be of high quality, low price, and have sufficient production capacity!"
"If the United States cannot rely on its technological advantage to extract huge profits from the world to support its affluent lifestyle through various high-tech products and related services, do you think it can still maintain a honeymoon relationship with us?"
Gu Maoyuan frowned and fell into deep thought.
After finishing a game, Gu Jinyang took a few big gulps of cola and then offered Gu Maoyuan a cigarette.
"What are you still thinking about?"
"You don't even have this much strategic vision, do you?"
Gu Maoyuan glared and said angrily:
"What nonsense are you spouting, you brat?"
"How could I not know that we and the United States will never see eye to eye?"
"However, they pursue their hegemony while we build our moderately prosperous society. Even if there is fierce competition in other areas, our two countries will not go to war."
After saying that, Gu Maoyuan picked up a lighter, lit it, and smoked.
Gu Jinyang gave a disdainful snort.
"Only when we are evenly matched and evenly matched can we maintain a delicate peace. Otherwise, we are too weak, and even with nuclear weapons in hand, we will still be dealt with by the United States!"
Gu Maoyuan glanced sideways at his son's mocking smile.
"What do you mean by that? It's as if I don't support military reform!"
"To tell you the truth, the reason I went to meet with Lao Ge and the others today was to discuss how to make changes that would both strengthen national defense and benefit us!"
Gu Jinyang stopped playing games, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and looked at his father, Gu Maoyuan, with a smile.
"I have carefully studied the military reform plan that Zhao Ruilong helped Lu Changsheng draft. It is very detailed in all aspects and is also very forward-looking."
"If their plan is implemented, I estimate that by 2010, it will be perfectly capable of fulfilling its homeland defense mission, and by 2015, it will be completely unafraid of confronting the United States in the air and sea over the Western Pacific."
"And what kind of plan could you possibly come up with after such a last-minute, cramming discussion? I bet you didn't even come up with a plan at all, you just decided to take a different route, didn't you?"
Gu Maoyuan's lips trembled slightly.
It is said that no one knows a son better than his father.
But in their home...
But the son understands his father very well.
Whenever Gu Maoyuan felt that his son was particularly intelligent, he would feel especially regretful.
Unfortunately, when my son was going through his rebellious phase, I didn't spend enough time with him or teach him properly; instead, I spoiled him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have lost his left leg in a motorcycle accident while racing with others, and would have had to get a prosthesis.
And this fall...
This naturally disrupted Gu Maoyuan's plans.
Since her son became disabled, he naturally couldn't apply to military academies, and therefore couldn't rise through the ranks in the army.
However, the broken leg, which prevented him from speeding again, taught his son a lesson, and he became less rebellious afterward.
After repeating his senior year of high school, he was admitted to Yenching University. After graduation, he joined Baoli Group, a large state-owned enterprise, and is now the deputy manager of the defense equipment department.
Although they didn't pursue a military career, they were involved in arms and equipment exports, which was closely related to the military. As a result, the father and son always talked about everything.
Moreover, like father, like son!
His son is smarter and more technically savvy, and he has given Gu Maoyuan a lot of advice and suggestions.
Now, facing his son's questions, Gu Maoyuan naturally doesn't want to hide anything.
"You guessed right, Zhao Ruilong and his team's military reform plan is very advanced and excellent. We don't plan to modify it, but we plan to take a different approach in terms of the specific implementation."
"For example, in their aircraft carrier program, they didn't even bother with steam catapults. Instead, they immediately set out to build an electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier, which is technically very difficult. They almost went all the way with nuclear power. This was really too advanced."
"So we plan to take a more practical and stable approach: first, we will refit the second-hand aircraft carrier that we bought from Ulan, accumulate enough experience in aircraft carrier refitting, and also provide the navy with a training platform."
"Then we'll design and build our own domestically produced, ski-jump, conventionally powered aircraft carrier to further enhance our construction and operational experience, expand our carrier fleet, and only then will we develop catapult-equipped carriers..."
Gu Jinyang silently smoked his cigarette, listening to his father slowly recount his story.