Chapter 2587: Paperless Office

It was already late August, the end of summer, and the gates of early autumn were half-open, but there was no sense of coolness in the temperature. The sun in the sky was still as poisonous as ever. It was only a little past ten in the morning, and the temperature had already soared to twenty-nine degrees Celsius.

The old window-mounted air conditioner in Zhou Andong's office was buzzing, a bit noisy, but it didn't seem to have any effect on Zhou Andong. He was still sitting there quietly writing the Woolen Mill reform plan.

"Ding-a-ling..."

The telephone bell on the desk rang suddenly. Amidst the buzzing of the window machine, it sounded surprisingly pleasant.

"Whew!" Zhou Andong stopped his writing hand, looked at the pen in his hand and the dense characters in front of him, and only then felt his wrist was a bit sore. He put down the fountain pen, gently shook his wrist a few times to relieve the fatigue, and then picked up the phone.

"Hello, this is Zhou Andong!"

"Hello, Factory Director Zhou." A loud voice came from the receiver: "I am Wu Huakang, Factory Director of the Sanyuan Wool Washing Factory. There is a matter I need to report to you."

Report?

Zhou Andong raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Factory Director Wu, you are too polite. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Wu Huakang's voice came again. As soon as Zhou Andong heard it, a smile appeared on his face. Sure enough, it was just as he had expected: the Yin family wanted to use the triangular debt of the Woolen Mill to block the reform of the Woolen Mill.

"Factory Director Wu, thank you for revealing this important information to me." Zhou Andong's tone was quite polite. Although he had anticipated this move by the Yin family, he still had to accept this favor from Wu Huakang.

"That's it then." Wu Huakang was also in a good mood: "I won't disturb Factory Director Zhou's work."

Zhou Andong said politely: "After I'm busy with this period, I'll invite Factory Director Wu to drink."

As soon as Wu Huakang heard this, his mouth split like a water ladle, and he hurriedly said: "Factory Director Zhou, I am a very practical person. Since you said you want to invite me to drink, then I'll be waiting."

Zhou Andong laughed: "Factory Director Wu, I, Zhou Andong, am also a practical person. Since I said it, I will definitely invite you."

"Alright!" Wu Huakang's voice became even louder: "Then I'll wait for your call, Factory Director Zhou."

Zhou Andong responded, put down the phone, and then looked down at the manuscript paper and the fountain pen on it. A thought flashed through his mind: since the Internet had been officially opened in the country, why not buy a computer?

In this way, whether it was writing something or handling other things, it would become much easier. Moreover, the earliest BBS Great Wall Station in the country was established last year.

Next April, the Shuimu Nianhua BBS would also go online. And in the next few years, forums such as Four-Way Lifang, Xici Hutong, and Tianya Community would be launched one after another. When he had nothing to do, he could also go up and post some water. You know, those who could post water in forums in this era were mostly great gods.

Thinking and thinking, Zhou Andong patted his head and muttered to himself: "Why don't I get the Tianya Community up first? You know, in the later stages, there were many two-faced traitors hidden in Tianya. If he mastered the right to speak on the Internet, as long as these two-faced traitors dared to show their heads, he would hit them down with a hammer."

The more Zhou Andong thought about it, the more he felt this idea was good. Then he thought of Guan Shengjie and Du Youwei. Before, when the couple chatted with him, they wanted to do some business, and he even tricked the couple into setting up a gas station.

Thinking about it now, it was really a waste of talent. One was the chief reporter of the People's Daily and the King of War Correspondents, and the other was a reporter for the Youth Daily. They had ability, experience, and connections.

For such talents, when the Internet era arrived, he didn't let them go to set up a news website, but actually let them go to set up a gas station. He was really stupid enough.

Zhou Andong's fingers tapped gently on the armrest of the chair. He remembered that the first news website in the country was the China Trade News website, which went online in October next year.

The China Trade News website was regarded as the true ancestor of Chinese online news and the pioneer of Chinese news going online. A month later, in November next year, the China News website went online, but it was in Hong Kong. It wasn't until 1999 that the news website went online in the country.

Zhou Andong picked up the cigarette case on the table, took one out, lit it, stood up, and talked to himself: "This title of the ancestor of Chinese online news and the pioneer of news going online cannot be given to others."

Zhou Andong began to ponder the name of the website again. First, he filtered out the official media, and finally, only two choices remained. One was China Net, and the other was Sina Net. Finally, he chose China Net. And Sina's two carriages, blogs and Weibo, would pull China Net to fly fast.

Zhou Andong chuckled. Just then, the office door was suddenly pushed open. Gu Bing walked in, looking at Zhou Andong with a puzzled expression.

"Damn, you're alone in the office, laughing like a fool, what are you doing?"

Zhou Andong said irritably: "Can you have some quality? Knock on the door before entering my office?"

Gu Bing walked behind the desk and sat on the wide boss chair with a thud: "I knock on the door when I enter anyone's office, but I don't have the habit of knocking when I enter your office. Isn't that strange?"

"Phooey!" Zhou Andong spat at Gu Bing, and the spit sprayed all over Gu Bing's face.

Gu Bing's butt seemed to have springs installed, and he jumped up with a swoosh, then raised his arm and wiped his face wildly with his sleeve.

"Zhou Andong, are you disgusting?"

Gu Bing was so angry that his face turned red. Zhou Andong laughed out loud: "Next time you break into my office without knocking, I'll spit on you again."

"Heh—Phooey!" Just when Zhou Andong was laughing triumphantly, Gu Bing opened his mouth and sprayed a sky full of spit.

"Uh!" Zhou Andong's rampant laughter stopped abruptly.

"Hahaha..."

Immediately after, Gu Bing laughed rampantly again.

"Gu Balian!" Zhou Andong roared: "I am irreconcilable with you, take your life!"

Gu Bing didn't show weakness and set up the stance of the mantis fist: "Zhou Dongzi, if you have the guts, come over, and see how I beat you until even your wife doesn't recognize you."

"Is that so?" Zhou Andong's angry mood suddenly disappeared, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face: "Brother-in-law, come, come, come, let me see how you beat me until even my wife doesn't recognize me."

Gu Bing suddenly shivered, and his face was immediately filled with smiles: "Brother-in-law, our two brothers are an iron alliance, and we are a perfect match in our careers. If we fight in your office, wouldn't that be a joke for outsiders?"

Gu Bing was scared very quickly and very thoroughly, mainly because he really couldn't beat him. As the saying goes, those who know the times are heroes. Since he couldn't beat him, he would just admit defeat and settle the account later when he had a chance.

Zhou Andong snorted, wiped his face with his sleeve, and then grabbed the phone on the desk and dialed the extension number.

Soon, Dong Wenjuan's voice came from the receiver: "Factory Director!"

"Hmm!" Zhou Andong responded and continued: "Come to my office."

"Alright!" Dong Wenjuan agreed.

Zhou Andong had just put down the phone when a light knock on the door followed.

"Come in!" Zhou Andong shouted.

The office door was pushed open, and Dong Wenjuan walked in: "Factory Director, what do you need me for?"

Zhou Andong ordered: "Run to Zhongguancun this afternoon and configure a computer. Ask every office who knows someone familiar, otherwise, it's easy to be cheated."

Zhongguancun in this era was a street of scammers, all shipping goods from Shenzhen to Beijing and back and forth. Whoever had upstream and whoever had channels was the boss. Many later big bosses made their first pot of gold this way, the most famous of which was JD.

"Also!" Zhou Andong continued: "After coming back, go to the telecommunications department and apply for an Internet dedicated line specifically for my personal office use.

Tell the leaders of the telecommunications department that our Woolen Mill, including the Yugong Group, will fully implement the paperless office model within five years and gradually reduce the usage of paper documents."

As early as 1975, an article in Business Week made an early prediction about paperless offices. At that time, this article caused quite a sensation within a certain range. Zhou Andong believed that the leaders of telecommunications would definitely be very interested in paperless offices. ===== CHAPTER 2588 =====