After talking about all the necessary technologies for high-speed network construction, including access networks, etc., Fang Chen originally wanted to keep Shen Wei and the others for a meal.

But who knew, one by one of them, they all immediately refused and returned to their companies or research institutes impatiently.

At this time, they were already filled with passion and impatient.

Ni Guangnan, in particular, has already been working hard, rolled up his sleeves, and is preparing to work hard to make China's first personal computer and server that are all made by China from beginning to end. He is not in the mood to have a useless meal with Fang Chen.

He wished he could stay up all night in the laboratory as soon as he got off the car to vent his inner excitement.

As for the consequences of revealing all these things, Fang Chen has also thought about it.

Although this will cause some disturbances, it should not be a big deal and is definitely within his tolerance.

Furthermore, he has always shown his knowledge of communications in front of others, and has personally participated in Clinton's information superhighway plan. Now he holds the title of "Internet Leader", so he should talk more. Just say a little more.

He didn't believe that someone dared to dissect the world's richest man.

The next day, after having a meal with Su Yan at Shuimu Canteen at noon, Fang Chen got on the plane to the United States again.

The other three things can be left to Shen Wei and the others, but for the root server to be launched in China, he can only do it himself.

Looking at the white clouds outside the window, Fang Chen's emotions suddenly became a bit mixed, and he couldn't help but sigh. The number of times he went to the United States now has almost caught up with the frequency of his previous trips to Russia, and the time was getting longer each time. On the contrary, China was a little bit It became the meaning of a habitat after his journey.

But as soon as the thought came to his mind, Fang Chen gave up the idea. No matter how beautiful the life in the habitat was, it was all about spreading his wings and flying high next time, and China was his real home.

Precisely because I have been to the United States so many times in the past few years, not only Fang Chen, but also the entire crew members have become very familiar with the journey.

The distance from China to the United States is nearly 15,000 kilometers, and the "Qingtian" flew there in only ten hours.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, after leaving the Seattle Airport in Washington, Fang Chen tapped his feet lightly as he looked at the bright lights outside, as if he was sighing at the greatness of technology and the charm of money, which actually allowed him to run away from China so quickly and so comfortably. Arrived on the other side of the earth.

After getting in the car, Fang Chen casually said to Mikas and Taylor who came to pick up the plane: "Your task is to do your job at hand, not to go to Seattle to pick me up at night. "

Because Seattle is in the northwest corner of the United States, it is almost 5,000 kilometers from New York to Seattle, and it takes at least five hours just to fly.

Mikas and Taylor looked at each other and smiled: "No matter what kind of work, it is not as important as picking you up at the airport. Besides, Mr. Duan is the president of the company, and he will pick you up at the airport all day long. , let alone us.”

Ever since Duan Yongping took the lead and set an example, when Fang Chen arrived, whether to pick him up or not was not only a question of respecting Fang Chen, but also involved a question of respecting Duan Yongping.

How come Duan Yongping, as the president of the company, can personally pick up Mr. Fang every time he comes, then why can’t they, the vice presidents of the company, not do it?

Are they of higher status than Duan Yongping?

Besides, as the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. Although Fang Chen is sometimes the boss, Fang Chen doesn't care much about the specific affairs of the company. If they really make any mistakes, just hum a few words and admit it obediently.

Wrong, forget it.

But Duan Yongping, as their immediate boss, is in charge of all affairs of the company. Sometimes, things cannot be avoided by simply avoiding them.

"Old Duan has led you into trouble. I will talk to him carefully when I get back..."

Fang Chen frowned slightly, shook his head and said, but halfway through his words, he couldn't continue.

Because he himself didn’t believe it, if he had a few words with Duan Yongping, Duan Yongping would be able to change the matter.

And he also understood what Duan Yongping was thinking.

The authority he gave Duan Yongping was too great. In Qingtian, he was absolutely inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. However, because of this, Duan Yongping would only argue with him on work matters, and

In other things, especially daily interactions, I became more cautious.

Duan Yongping didn't want to betray his trust, let alone destroy this trust and the friendship between them that had supported each other until now.

After arriving at the Hilton Hotel and having a simple dinner, Fang Chen sent Mikas and Taylor away who were preparing to report and asked them to report again tomorrow.

He knew that this was what he learned from Lao Duan. Everyone had bad intentions, and he was in a hurry to report to work without even being able to sit still.

Besides, he just left the United States a few months ago. In these short few months, he has nothing to report.

However, just as Mikas and Taylor left, the door to the room was knocked again.

"Mikas and Taylor?"

Fang Chen asked with a frown, but he thought these two people wouldn't go so far and didn't even give him any time to rest.

Wu Maocai walked over and saw through the peephole that it was Han Guang, so he opened the door directly.

"Mr. Fang, Bill Gates and Metsu Rockefeller came together and are taking the elevator now," Han Guang said directly.

"Why are these two guys here?"

Fang Chen couldn't help but be stunned. Naturally, he ran to Seattle this time to meet Bill Gates, and then find a way to get the root server to China.

But he didn't expect that it was late at night, he had just checked into the hotel and was planning to go find Bill Gates the next day, but these two people came over first.

"Forget it, let someone just let them in."

In a short period of time, he couldn't think of anything. Fang Chen shook his head and gave up thinking. Instead, he was going to interview the two of them directly and see what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourds.

"Fang, I'm glad to see you so soon, especially in Seattle."

As soon as they met, Bill Gates was smiling brightly and was ready to give Fang Chen a big hug.

But who knew, when Fang Chen saw this, he pinched his nose and stepped aside, looking at him with a wary expression.

Bill Gates is famous for not liking to take a bath. Sometimes he goes crazy and won't touch the water once for half a month.

And as a white man, I already have a lot of body odor. If I don't take a shower for half a month, I will go crazy.

Therefore, every time before contacting Bill Gates, Fang Chen would carefully smell the air around him, and if he felt that there was no problem, the two would talk again.

In addition, from Bill Gates's smile just now, he somehow noticed a strong malicious intention.

Bill Gates's face fell instantly, and he said angrily: "I came here after taking a shower, otherwise, I would have come half an hour earlier."

To be honest, when he received the news, Fang Chen actually secretly ran to Seattle. He immediately became alert and felt that Fang Chen must be here for him. Otherwise, Fang Chen would have no business in Seattle.

There is no company, so why come here?

Then he called Metsu and asked him to come with him to see why Fang Chen suddenly came over.

Carefully sniffing the surrounding air, there was no bad smell. Fang Chen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Bill Gates did not lie to him.

To be honest, if Bill Gates dared to come to see him without taking a shower, he would dare to let Huiming and Han Guang hold Bill Gates' head and give him a bath.

"Okay, Bill, heroes think alike. I missed you too, so I rushed to Seattle from China, which is fifteen thousand miles away." Fang Chen said with a smile.

Hearing this, Bill Gates rolled his eyes several times and said, "Fang, what you said is so false. It's even disgusting."

"Bill, how can you doubt the friendship between us?" Fang Chen sighed.

"It's not that I don't believe in our friendship, I just don't believe in your character." Bill Gates didn't accept the offer at all and said with a look of disdain.

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After laughing and chatting for a few times, Fang Chen suddenly said seriously: "I do have something to do when I come here this time, and I need your and Metsu's help."

Seeing this, Bill Gates and Metsu looked at each other, their eyes flashing with surprise and surprise.

They actually beat Fang Chen in their quarrel, which was simply a miracle.

Since they met Fang Chen, they have never defeated Fang Chen in terms of talking skills.

And this also shows a strong signal!

You know, the fact that they were able to win against Fang Chen in this quarrel was definitely not because Fang Chen became less talkative, or that their ability to talk was improved.

Instead, it should fall on what Fang Chen said just now.

Fang Chen had something to ask them for, and it was a big deal. Otherwise, Fang Chen would never have done this.

"Fang, we are friends. If you need anything, just ask, or even make a phone call. You don't have to come here from China." Bill Gates said seriously.

Looking at his expression, it seems that Fang Chen came to Seattle from China because he doesn't want to be his friend and looks down on him.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want a secondary root server to be placed in China." Fang Chen said casually after seeing Bill Gates's hypocrisy.

"If the auxiliary root server falls to China, I'm afraid this won't work."

Unexpectedly, Fang Chen opened his mouth just because of this matter. Bill Gates was stunned for a moment, and then said with embarrassment.

As the world's largest operating system company, especially as another major financial backer of Clinton, and not as embarrassed as Fang Chen, he naturally participated in the construction of the root server, and also has considerable voting rights.

After all, based on his contribution to Clinton, Clinton should give him a diplomatic ambassador.

Now he doesn't want to be the diplomatic ambassador, but he still has part of the decision-making power in the construction of the root server, which is what the question should mean.

If Clinton doesn't do this, will he still want to be re-elected in the next term?

But it is one thing to have some rights to make decisions about the root server, and it is another thing to help Fang Chen and let the root server land in China.

If it is for the interests of the United States, he should not let the root server enter China under any circumstances, even if it is just a secondary root server.

In fact, a few years ago, there was no such thing as a root server.

After all, the Internet was not developed at that time, there were only a few serious websites, and most of the people who needed the Internet were universities, scientific research institutions, and the U.S. military.

If they need it, all they have to do is pull a network cable to the Pentagon of the Department of Defense in Washington.

Even the earliest time, in 1969, a total of four computers were connected.

That is, by 1986, more and more institutions wanted to connect to the Internet, and the United States was so large that it was obviously not cost-effective to run all network cables to the Pentagon in the easternmost part of the United States.

As a result, the National Science Foundation of the United States interconnected five supercomputer centers serving scientific research and education distributed across the United States and supported regional networks. This formed the preliminary Internet.
To be continued...