Chapter 2391: Industrial Revolution

"The Internet!" Zhou Andong muttered softly, hesitating in his heart.

Some things definitely cannot be said, but if the country can be made aware of the importance of the Internet and make strategic plans and layouts in advance, even if it is only one year in advance, it will have an immeasurable positive impact on future development, and the changes brought about could be earth-shaking.

"Leader!" Zhou Andong organized his language: "I do have some thoughts on the Internet, but these are all my personal views. Today is just a casual chat here. I say it like this, and you just listen to it like a story. If you take it seriously, and any problems arise in the future, it has nothing to do with me."

The big shot laughed heartily: "Okay, go ahead, I'll just listen to it as a story."

Zhou Andong also laughed. This old man is quite approachable. He pondered again, and then continued: "The first industrial revolution was a revolution of steam power, and the core of this revolution lay in the invention and application of the steam engine."

Before this, human society had always been in the traditional agricultural economy stage, and all work relied on human or animal power. With the arrival of the first industrial revolution, it prompted major changes in industries such as textiles, coal, and steel, the prototype of modern industrial civilization was formed, and human society moved toward a brand-new historical stage, beginning to transition from an agricultural society to an industrial society.

The second industrial revolution, known as the electrical age, was a revolution of electric power, with the invention and application of electricity and internal combustion engines as the main signs, nurturing numerous emerging industries.

Such as petrochemicals, electrical manufacturing, rubber processing, chemical fibers, etc. These industries are interconnected and develop in coordination to form a huge and complex industrial chain, powerfully promoting the process of global economic integration, and profoundly affecting the formation of the contemporary world political and cultural landscape, making human society enter the electrical age.

And the third industrial revolution is even greater than the first and second industrial revolutions, like a surging wave sweeping the whole world. Its core driving force is the epoch-making achievements of atomic energy, electronic computers, space technology, and bioengineering.

They shine like bright stars in the long river of history, leading human society toward a brand-new era. Among them, the electronic computer can be called the crown jewel of this revolution. Its appearance completely subverted people's traditional cognition of information processing and raised data computing speed to an unprecedented height.

At this point, Zhou Andong stopped. He glanced at Liu Xiangchun and Ma Xianli, who were listening to the lecture seriously like elementary school students, and finally looked at the big shot, who was also serious, and then continued.

"Along with the vigorous rise and development of computers, a brand-new virtual world, the Internet, will emerge as the times require and rapidly rise to become a bond connecting the whole world."

Hearing this, not only Liu Xiangchun and Ma Xianli were shocked, but even the big shot had a flash of sharp light in his eyes. The Internet is not a fresh term; many people at home and abroad are thinking and exploring what the Internet can bring to humanity. But today, Zhou Andong's phrase 'a brand-new virtual world' made them feel shocked.

After a good while, the big shot opened his mouth: "You mean, the Internet is the fourth industrial revolution?"

"No!" Zhou Andong shook his head: "The Internet should be a continuation of the third industrial revolution and an important cornerstone of the fourth industrial revolution. The Internet..."

"Wait!" The big shot raised his hand to stop Zhou Andong from continuing, and then beckoned to a young man not far away.

The young man walked over quickly: "Leader!"

The big shot pointed to the briefcase in the young man's hand: "Pen, notebook, and glasses."

The young man quickly opened the briefcase, first took out the reading glasses, followed by the notebook and pen.

The big shot put on his reading glasses, opened the notebook, took off the pen cap, and sat upright, looking at Zhou Andong: "Factory Director Zhou, please continue."

Zhou Andong really wanted to slap himself twice. You say you can talk about anything, why do you blurt out everything when you are excited? But he had already said it to this point, and the old man in front of him had even set up the posture of an elementary school student doing homework. If he suddenly stopped talking, and this old man was angered to death, he couldn't afford the responsibility.

Zhou Andong sighed secretly, pondered for a while, and said cautiously: "The Internet—will become the core of the information control technology revolution, liberating human mental labor, like the brain commanding the body, predicting the future through data analysis, and improving productivity."

The pen in the big shot's hand paused. After waiting for a full ten seconds without hearing Zhou Andong continue, he raised his head strangely: "Continue."

Zhou Andong blinked his big eyes: "Finished."

"Ah?" The big shot looked down at the notebook, only wrote three lines of words, and was speechless: "You kid didn't lie to me?"

"No!" Zhou Andong swore: "Now everyone is thinking and exploring what the Internet can bring to humanity, and what I just said is also just some of my personal thoughts."

The big shot looked at Zhou Andong. He always felt that this kid was fooling him and that there must be many things he hadn't said, but he had no evidence: "Then tell me, how can the Internet become an important cornerstone of the fourth industrial revolution."

Zhou Andong scratched his head: "I think the fourth industrial revolution—is the intelligent era. And those intelligent devices can only be connected through the Internet."

The big shot fell into deep thought again. After a while, he said: "Can the Internet promote economic development?"

"I think it can." Zhou Andong hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "Leader, I am very lazy personally. When I have nothing to do, I like to fantasize. If I sit in front of the computer and order food in a restaurant called the Internet, and then have a dedicated delivery person send it to my home, how good would that be?"

"Or, I buy clothes in the Internet mall, and the post office sends them to my home. If I don't like the style or it doesn't fit, the Internet mall can also return the goods, and then the post office will come to my home to take them away."

Hearing Zhou Andong's words, Liu Xiangchun and Ma Xianli's expressions were shocked again, because from Zhou Andong's words, they keenly captured business opportunities. Although Zhou Andong claimed that this was just his personal fantasy, as everyone knows, many great inventions in the world originate from the fantasies of scientists.

Especially Ma Xianli, who has been in Europe and America in recent years, has a deeper and more thorough understanding of the Internet. He believes that what Zhou Andong said is by no means just a fantasy, and he must have the intention to do an Internet mall in his heart.

Liu Xiangchun and Ma Xianli cast their eyes on each other at the same time, and both saw excitement in each other's eyes. If Zhou Andong really does the Internet, they will definitely follow closely and hug Zhou Andong's thigh.

After all, since Zhou Andong appeared, whether it is domestic investment or foreign financial markets, he has never lost. Such a person who possesses extraordinary abilities and can always create wealth miracles, if you don't hug his thigh tightly, aren't you a fool?

Taking a step back, even if the investment in the Internet fails, they can fully afford the corresponding losses. But if it succeeds, the returns it brings will probably exceed their imagination. ===== CHAPTER 2392 =====