Chapter 408 Jia Lao San
This pie is big enough, so big that Chief Engineer Feng doesn’t know what to say.

He knew about automatic switches, but he didn't know about programmable switches.

There is a misunderstanding that some people think that automatic switches before the 60s were programmable switches, but in fact they are two completely different things.

The word "program control" did not exist in switches before the 60s. ENIAC was not introduced until the 40s. Before that, what could be used for program control?

Between the 40s and 60s, computers were too expensive and bulky to be used as switch control devices.

Therefore, there is no way to talk about the two most important words "program control".

However, before the 60s, some automatic switches that replaced manual switching and automatically switched numbers based on dialing did appear, and they appeared quite early, as early as 1889.

And here’s an interesting little-known fact: until 1981, 75% of John Bull’s switches across the country were still non-programmed stepping switches.

Now, for Chief Engineer Feng, a somewhat embarrassing reality is that they cannot even operate the automatic switching system properly. One can see this by looking at the manual switching systems that were still used all over the country in the 80s.

Even the teletypewriter was originally produced in small quantities. A specialized factory in Songjiang produced a total of more than 3 units from the time it was put into production to the time it was shut down over several decades.

This pie is a bit too big, and he asked Gao Zhendong with a somewhat unsure mentality: "Mr. Gao, is this step a bit too big?"

If you take big steps, you'll easily pull something.
Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Don't take such big steps. We can take it slowly. We still have some confidence."

At first he was not prepared to switch to digital mode, or even to time mode.

That was a really big step. Apart from anything else, the storage of digital switches was extremely expensive at that time. Moreover, the digital version was too big a leap for the comrades in the Academy of Communications to understand all at once.

By the time they had digested pulse code modulation, PCM, time slots, TST, STS, etc., the time had almost passed.

Not to mention that if you want to make these things well, integrated circuits must come first, otherwise the price will be outrageous.

It would be better to use an air-division switch first. The core principle of this thing is actually no different from their current manual switching. It is easy to understand and simple to use.

Moreover, space division switching is actually one of the prerequisite technologies for digital switching. It is not the core, but it can effectively reduce costs.

Hearing him say this, General Feng felt relieved. Comrade Gao Zhendong's credibility was still relatively secure. He said he was very confident, so it seemed that it couldn't be false.

If you get angry, you will not be able to catch the wolf without sacrificing the lamb. If you do not seize the opportunity right in front of you, then what's the point?

"Okay, I'll prepare for this when I get back and I'll be ready for your arrangements at any time."
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On September 9, Hans Cat's Bailing, the 2th anniversary of Bailing Radio and Telephone and Telegraph Exhibition officially opened.

Although Lou Shouxing came in person, he did not appear directly at the Zhenxing Electric booth. Instead, he walked around on his own, feeling the atmosphere of the exhibition and inspecting new foreign technologies.

It was not easy to come here. He came here via John Bull's route, which meant that he would enter the most famous Oceanic Treaty Organization enclave during the Cold War - West White Ridge.

The entire West White Ridge is located within the East Hans Cat. In the late 40s, the Russians tried to directly cut off water and land transportation. The Americans refused to give up and relied on air transport to maintain the supply of materials for 250 million people in the West White Ridge for 11 months until the crisis was resolved.

Well, the Citigroups are awesome. Similarly, despite their strength, we were able to beat them back to the 38th parallel. There’s no need to explain how powerful we are.

For Lou Shouxing, the good news was that there was still one year before the construction of Bailing Wall. The bad news was that the land and water transportation was not very peaceful, especially for someone with an oriental face like him.

So he flew in from the air, which was a more expensive route, but the advantage of being expensive was that the people of the Oceanic Treaty Organization were more willing to pay. As for why he could fly in from the air, even when the Russians blocked the West White Ridge, that was another story. In general, it was about the four permanent members dividing up Hans Cat, which was stipulated in the agreement.

Walking in the electronics exhibition venue, Lou Shouxing couldn't help but think that he had come to the right place, as there were so many new technologies and products here that he had never seen or even heard of.

Likewise, he was filled with pride. It's not that there were no tape entertainment devices here, but none could compare to the cassette recorder he brought with him!

At that time, there was no unified standard for tapes. There were many different types, and record players were also very popular. Compared to the tape recorders that I brought with me, these things had one thing in common: they were big!

When it comes to entertainment and consumer electronics, it’s not necessarily a good thing. Sometimes, people would rather sacrifice sound quality for portability.

While touring, Lou Shouxing passed by the booth of Zhenxing Electric. At the booth, most of the staff of Zhenxing Electric were foreigners.

The reason for this is, firstly, language convenience, and secondly, if calculated on an annual basis, it is not yet the seventh day since many visitors' home countries were beaten up by Asian faces. It is a bit sensitive, so it is better not to drive away the visitors.

There were a lot of people at the booth, including visitors and reporters. The booth was packed with people, the noise was deafening, and the flashlights of the cameras kept flashing. Fortunately, everyone has switched to electronic flashlights these days. If they were still using old-fashioned flashlights, this place would probably be shrouded in smoke. Lou Shouxing did not stay for long and continued to walk towards other booths.

At night, in the hotel, Lou Shouxing listened to the report from his men.

"Mr. Lou, today's exhibition was very successful. When the foreigners saw such a small tape and recorder with stable sound quality, they went crazy and surrounded our staff to ask about the recorder."

Lou Shouxing was a little surprised: "We have sold this recorder for a long time, why is it still like this?"

"Mr. Lou, except for Hong Kong Island, we use agent channels in other places. So people outside only know that we have this product and that it is good, but they can't find any channels to become agents and can't contact us."

The agents outside are not stupid. They certainly hope to hold this way to make money in their hands tighter and longer, so they don't reveal any news about Zhenxing Electric to the outside world. To achieve this goal, they even destroyed all the original instruction manuals and reprinted them without any information about Zhenxing Electric.

However, due to the origin of Zhenxing Electric, they are unable to promote themselves well.

In this situation, one is stubborn but blocked at both ends.

This time at the Bailing Radio Exhibition, people from all walks of life who had been longing for the event finally saw the real Zhenxing Electric Corporation on the road and immediately went crazy.

Lou Shouxing listened to his subordinates' report and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, you guys should work hard and guard well in the next few days. We must make our name known. In addition, don't make any clear promises to the parties in the first few days."

The next day, the front page of the White Collar Electronics Exhibition’s conference publication.

"Mysterious company INEC finally shows up, tape recorders set off a trend."

INEC, Inspiration Electronics Company, is the English name of Zhenxing Electronics Company, and also means inspiration. In order to distinguish it from IEC, it is abbreviated as INEC.
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September 9, Sunday, morning.

Gao Zhendong and Lou Xiao'e were packing their things as school would start in a week. Although Lou Xiao'e was from Beijing and did not plan to live on campus permanently, Beijing Second Medical University was quite far from Nanluoguxiang, more than ten kilometers away, so it was inevitable that she would need to stay in the dormitory sometimes.

As for daily schooling, Lou Xiao'e's family has made arrangements. Their family sent a car to a yard near Gao Zhendong's house. She would get on the car there and get off at a yard nearby. This way, it would look like people were riding bikes at both ends, but in fact, people wouldn't be too tired.

Otherwise, it is not impossible to ride more than 20 kilometers back and forth a day, but it is inevitable that it will affect the learning state.

Fortunately, there was not much traffic on the road at that time. Although the cars were not running fast, it only took 20 to 30 minutes to travel ten kilometers.

Fortunately, it is a three-year program at Beijing Second Medical University. If it was an eight-year program, I might not be able to drive this car for eight years. Three years should not be a problem.

Gao Zhendong packed a large box for Manman, including clothes, quilts, toiletries, necessary books, and a quilt bag.

Lou Xiao'e is not good at this. What Gao Zhendong can organize into one box, she would need at least one and a half boxes.

So she just watched Gao Zhendong packing with a smile. Every profession has its own expertise and the more capable it is, the more work it should do. While Gao Zhendong was packing, she would remember one thing to take and another to take.

First time, all like this.

Gao Zhendong packed his things with great effort. Just as he was about to approach Lou Xiaoe with a shameless face to collect some "packing fees" there was a knock on the door.

"Knock, knock. Knock." The knock on the door was very slow and the person seemed very polite.

Lou Xiao'e smiled and gently touched Gao Zhendong's face as a token of interest, then stood up.

"I'm coming~~~" With a crisp sound, Lou Xiao'e acted like a hostess and went to open the door.

Qin Huairu was at the door, holding the third child in her arms. Neither of the two older children came with her. She was holding something in her hands, and Sha Zhu was following beside her.

Seeing this scene and this combination, Gao Zhendong and his wife were a little dumbfounded. What did this mean?
Seeing Lou Xiao'e open the door, Qin Huairu smiled before she spoke: "Chief Engineer Gao, Xiao'e, are you busy at home?"

Lou Xiao'e and Gao Zhendong answered with a smile while inviting the two men into their home. No matter what happened, they just invited them in first.

Qin Huairu came in, but she never said what she came for. She must be a little embarrassed.

Lou Xiao'e and Gao Zhendong didn't care either. Their attention was focused on Jia Laosan.

(End of this chapter)