131: Chapter 131 Public Opinion Boiling Point: We Are the Rule-Makers!

This bold, red-lettered headline, with an unprecedentedly domineering stance, directly flooded every mainstream portal site on the Xia Nation internet.

Tencent pop-up notifications, Tieba site-wide top posts, front-page headlines on major social forums...

Without exception, they all uniformly switched to this shade of "Xia Nation Red" that made blood boil and brought tears to one's eyes!

After a brief moment of silence, the entire internet ushered in an unprecedented explosion.

Inside the network traffic monitoring data centers of major internet giants, the real-time traffic curve displayed a vertical red line, and the fans of the major servers emitted an unbearable roar.

Even with the emergency expansion of backup servers, countless web pages remained laggy to the extreme.

Everyone clearly remembered in their minds.

It had only been a little over a month since that major national announcement press conference that shocked the world.

At that press conference, the young Chief Technical Engineer had announced, in front of the world's cameras, that he would complete the implementation of the Fifth-Generation Communication Technology within six months.

At that time, everyone was already exclaiming that this speed was a miracle.

And now?

One month!

Just one month!

Even half a month ago, he had casually tossed out the "Pure Chinese Programming Technology" and the "Hidden Dragon Development Platform."

The stir regarding Chinese programming was still raging online; countless programmers were still staying up late and losing hair, excited over that brand-new technology, wishing they could type sparks out of their keyboards.

As a result, before the old wave had subsided, a new tsunami slammed directly onto everyone's heads.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! I'm not cultured, so I'll just say holy crap for everything! Finishing 5G in one month? Even the donkeys on a production team wouldn't dare to work like that?!"

"I'm completely stunned. Before, with the Photolithography Machine, he said within six months, but it was built in two. This time, for 5G, he also said within six months, and it was implemented in one month. This..."

"In one month, I haven't even managed to squeeze out my graduation thesis proposal, and God Lin has actually led a team to build 5G? The gap between people is truly greater than the gap between a human and an amoeba!"

Fanatical emotions spread wildly across the land of China along the internet cables.

Behind every rapidly refreshing comment was a heart pounding wildly from extreme excitement.

In the comment section of the news page, the speed at which messages were increasing was too fast for the naked eye to keep up with.

"This is another dimension-reduction strike by the Xia Nation against the West! A truly transcendent victory!"

"In the past, we could only follow behind others picking up scraps, using whatever they gave us as charity. Now, it's finally our turn to set the rules!"

"I just want to ask, where are those public intellectuals who were spreading rumors online half a month ago that base stations cause radiation? Come out and walk a few steps! Your masters can't stop the footsteps of the Xia Nation at all; now our 5G is really coming!"

"Brothers, I'm a civil engineering student. Now, seeing base stations being built all over the streets and looking at the 5G implementation announcement online, I actually want to go learn that Chinese programming!"

There was no unnecessary analysis, only the most extreme outpouring of emotion.

Between the lines, it was the national pride that had been suppressed on this land for decades, now finding its ultimate release at this moment.

Countless people cheered in front of their computers, and some even ran out to their balconies to scream at the night sky at the top of their lungs.

...

Meanwhile, The Other Side of the Ocean.

At the headquarters of a certain global communication giant alliance, in the top-floor president's office.

"Bang!"

A briefing document, crumpled and wrinkled, was slammed heavily onto the wide solid wood desk.

The president braced himself against the edge of the desk with one hand, his chest heaving violently, his expensive custom-made tie pulled loose and sloppy.

The arrogance of looking down on everyone and directing the world, usually present, had vanished without a trace, leaving only flustered embarrassment.

In front of the desk stood three core executives, all with their heads bowed, not daring to let out a breath.

"Who can explain to me what exactly is going on?"

The president suddenly grabbed the briefing document from the table and slammed it down again heavily.

"One month!"

"In just one month, the Xia Nation's Fifth-Generation Communication Technology has completed its industrial implementation!"

"Regarding this kind of progress, do you not have any preventive measures at all??"

Facing this interrogation, no one dared to answer.

The entire office was so quiet that only the sound of the president's heavy breathing remained.

After the previous public opinion war failed miserably, in order to reverse the decline, they quickly activated a backup plan.

They spared no effort to use all capital and resources to crazily accelerate the global deployment of the Fourth-generation Communication network, attempting to seize the market ecological niche in advance before the Xia Nation's Fifth-generation Communication truly took shape.

As long as the base stations and terminals for the Fourth-generation Communication were spread widely enough and user habits were formed, even if the Xia Nation created Fifth-generation Communication, it would be impossible to easily break the barrier in the short term.

However... operators in other countries were not stupid.

The Xia Nation had already openly declared they would create the epoch-making Fifth-generation Communication, and they were even building base stations all over the streets; this naturally required a good wait-and-see approach.

Not many national operators were willing to launch the deployment of Fourth-generation Communication at this time.

Originally, they had thought about relying on coercion and inducement to forcibly push negotiations forward.

But as a result, the news of the Xia Nation's 5G full implementation came out so quickly that the gap that had just loosened was undoubtedly going to be welded shut further!

Sure enough, at that moment, the door to the conference room was pushed open in a hurry.

A middle-level manager rushed in anxiously, clutching some documents, their face deathly pale.

"What happened?" the president asked sharply.

The middle-level manager swallowed and handed over the documents.

"Just received... three regional operators that had already entered the final stages of business negotiations have simultaneously sent letters in the past few minutes..."

The president snatched the documents and scanned the few lines of translated content on them.

The content was much the same, with one core meaning: regarding the previously discussed Fourth-generation Communication network cooperation matters, there was a need for re-evaluation and careful consideration.

Everyone understood this kind of euphemistic wording.

"Slap!" Richard slammed the documents in his hand onto the floor, the papers scattering like snowflakes all over the ground.

"These opportunist bastards!"

"The Xia Nation just released an announcement about 5G implementation, and formal commercial distribution hasn't even started, yet they are already impatient to back out?!"

Upon hearing this, the executives in front of the desk buried their heads even lower, cold sweat soaking through their high-end shirts and sticking to their backs.

Seeing that everyone remained silent, the president pressed his hands hard against the solid wood desk, the veins on his arms bulging one by one, an unprecedented sense of despair shooting from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

...

Meanwhile, at the Xia Academy of Sciences, it was a different scene.

Inside Research Building No. 7, there was a joyous atmosphere.

Having just finished the celebration for the industrial implementation, Lin Yuan was leading everyone in carrying out the finishing work in an orderly manner.

He stood tall, hands casually tucked into the pockets of his white lab coat, a calm, shallow smile on his face, as if he had just completed a trivial matter.

Just at this moment, the laboratory's automatic door slid open with a "beep."

Lin Yuan turned his head to look and saw a tall, upright, and capable-looking middle-aged man walking in quickly.

That was... Lin Jixian!