The Goddess Shines on America

The straight-line distance from Los Angeles to Albuquerque is about 600 miles. Ordinary small passenger planes fly the entire distance, even if the time for takeoff and landing is included, it takes at most two hours. But such a period of time is only enough to watch a movie, but it is enough time for the young and old in the business class to talk about many topics.

"Our two schools are next to each other, so we became good friends..."

"He's always dreaming these days, thinking back to the days before he moved. Isn't his dad busy with work, so please ask me..."

It was easy to explain that she and Flynn were traveling together, and Alice immediately learned the reason for Bush Sr.'s intermittent convulsions.

Well, you know, this is the dignified Vice President, even if the Secret Service is sitting in the back cabin, how can there be any reason to travel on a civil airliner? Even if the 9/11 incident hasn't happened yet, and the Gulf War hasn't broken out, as the second in command of a country's government, he didn't die like this.

but……

If a private jet breaks down and it’s too late to adjust another one, it’s a different matter~

The two topics ended in an instant. Of course Alice didn't care what Bush Sr. was up to, and what Bush Sr. really cared about wasn't boys and girls. Everyone knows that time is limited, so after a little understanding of some insignificant trivia, the drama finally came.

"I know a little bit about the IT industry. When Gates was promoting Windows 1.0, Las Vegas was full of trouble. However, it is really unexpected. You have actually researched this system, tsk tsk ..."

As he said that, he looked deeply at Alice: "Then, why did you suddenly come up with the idea of ​​researching the field of Internet hardware? As far as I know, before your Cisco system, there was almost no research in the entire IT industry." Its, Lucent, AT\u0026T, and the telcos are laying copper cables. Can you tell me what you think?"

The so-called how to think, this is asking yourself, what you think about this industry. The so-called successful old people and big shots like to use this language game to tap the potential of each other when they face newcomers and rookies. Alice is very familiar with these routines.

"Yeah, those companies have been laying infrastructure everywhere since years ago."

Alice smiled and said: "So I just followed the form. These operators are just laying infrastructure, but they don't care about how computers are connected to the network and how to efficiently connect to each other. I just grasped this It’s just empty space, after all, IBM launched a small personal computer a few years ago, according to Moore’s Law, within a few years, companies all over the United States and the world should popularize computers in large numbers, and this is a very large potential market.”

"Hey, Moore's Law, you even know this?"

As the conversation progressed, Bush Sr. became more and more satisfied with Alice's performance: "Then tell me, if the entire United States, or even the world, is full of Internet, and almost every company uses computers for office work, this society will What does it look like?"

Alice had to think about this question carefully.

In the fleeting moment of time difference, she looked at the president of the United States who took office after Reagan, the current vice president, and the father of Bush Jr. with a half-smile.

There is no doubt that the US Information Superhighway Act was proposed in 1992, and the National Information Infrastructure Strategy did not appear until the end of 1993. Even the origin of this whole concept can be traced back to the State of the Union address delivered by Bush Sr. in February 1992.

Yes, Bush Sr., was proposed by the old man whose own plane suddenly collapsed, so he had no choice but to board an ordinary civil aviation small airliner rashly as a vice president.

Obviously, the bill was proposed at that time, but it does not mean that as an individual, thinking about related events only appeared "recently", which is of course wrong. Otherwise, throughout the 1980s, the massive network infrastructure construction campaign led by several major telecom operators such as AT\u0026T was not based on strategic vision?

"The information age is inevitable."

Throwing out a proper noun first, so that the audience's eyes will brighten. Alice knows, of course she knows, how rare the opportunity in front of her is.

Even without mentioning the 1988 presidential election, Bush Sr. is now the dignified vice president of the United States!

"Actually, this era has been brewing since the birth of the computer. If you take a closer look, you will find out how fast the economy has developed from the 1950s to the advanced stage, and how many of them are based on computers. Just did it."

Seeing Bush nodding his head calmly, Alice secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and spoke more confidently: "So, in the next twenty years, or even in the distant future, the industrial mass production of the artificial assembly line in the past will Gradually departing from the mainstream, the tertiary industry, that is, the service industry will increase significantly, and the intangible information industry will become a key resource.

"So, those who are powerful but uneducated or less educated will definitely face unemployment. And the country with information and knowledge will be a rich country. Such a rich country will part ways with the poor and backward countries with information."

"In fact, with the current situation of large-scale network construction developing little by little, after the Internet is really built on a global scale...Think about it, you send a business invitation letter in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, before and after In a few minutes, I can receive a message from a fashion store on the Champs Elysees in Paris, what kind of efficiency is this?"

Seeing Bush's eyes brighten, Alice snickered. It's a great idea to plagiarize Gates' "The Road to the Future"!

"The national sovereignty model and closed state will no longer exist. The integration of information will make the traditional concept of national boundaries between countries gradually indifferent. The earth will eventually become a village!"

Already trying to explain the future prospect as much as possible without explaining the situation in too much detail, Alice took a deep breath, and after speaking up to this point, she directly concluded: "This is what I think, what do you think?"

Bush Sr. was also shocked by these remarks. After all, he is different from Alice. Even if he has a vision as high as the vice president, he is just a "native-born" person in 1986 after all. Even Gates' "The Road to the Future" is still a book for people to digest slowly, not to mention that it was still in 1996.

How could he not be dumbfounded when Bush Sr. was indoctrinated by Alice in the form of dialogue ten years in advance?

"What an amazing and bold imagination!"

In this way, after being silent for half a minute, he said loudly in surprise: "But it is reasonable, but Alice, did you really come up with these things yourself?"

It's perfectly normal to have doubts, Alice shrugged and said, "It's very easy to prove it, as long as you send 007 to San Jose or Redmond to verify it."

It is reasonable to say that no matter how old Alice is, if she can really rely on those two patents to buy shares and establish a company, it is reasonable to be able to say such profound words.

Bush pondered for a moment, then sighed: "A few hours ago, when I knew that my plane was malfunctioning, I thought I was really unlucky today. But now it seems that this is my lucky day."

"Oh~ I said so~ I'm going to be embarrassed~"

"So Alice, since you are now the chairman of Cisco Systems..."

"Fame! I'm not yet of age!"

"Yes, yes, honorary chairman, hehe. How about introducing your company's products to me? I have also heard about the product called a router. Many companies in New York use your products. I am in Decker The SARS kids mentioned it to me too, so the West Coast, especially California, must be your main market.”

At this moment, Bush Sr. is sitting sideways on the seat, completely facing the aisle. He crossed his fingers on his knees, posing with a benevolent gesture of an elder: "But I don't think you should miss a big order from Washington, right?"

Alice took a deep breath slowly.

Well, that's exactly the purpose.

"You mean, plan to let major government |government agencies buy my products!?"

Seeing the surprised look on the girl's face, Bush Sr. smiled slightly, sat up, and waved his hands: "I don't have such direct power, but it's okay to make a suggestion. As long as your product is really good, I I believe not to mention ordinary institutions, even the White House itself, the CIA headquarters in Langley, the FBI headquarters, and even the Pentagon, which has extremely high requirements for network security, will not refuse to buy your things."

"Re-really!? Wow! So, so good!

Seeing Alice was so surprised that she seemed to faint, Bush Sr. laughed even more: "Don't be too happy, kid, it's not so easy to become a government|government contractor! Well, let me start with my words. Speaking of which, if you are old, go to the bathroom first, the plane should land soon..."

With that said, he got up quickly with a strong figure, and then walked towards the curtain behind him.

"Then go slowly! No rush, no hurry, the plane just landed over Albuquerque!"

The door curtain was raised, Bush Sr. waved to Alice again, and then the door curtain fell.

Then, just as the door curtain fell, Alice's elated expression a second ago immediately calmed down.

The expression changes so quickly, it's almost like changing faces.

"Tsk tsk, it's hard to say otherwise in the face of a beautiful and ruthless little lolita like me, who is a perverted old man."

Saying that, Alice still didn't forget to curl her lips towards the back of the door, and then looked across from her.

"You say so, Flynn?"

The poor boy has been acting as the scenery for almost half of the voyage. At this moment, it is finally his turn to speak again.

"Uh...uh!"