#390 - Chapter 390: I'm not afraid of having internet, I'm afraid of not having internet

"President, something's happened!" Just then, a staff member came in to report.

"Sorry, I need to step away for a moment." Zhang Yuan Kui also wanted to pause the meeting, so he said.

"It's okay, please go ahead." The team leader gestured for him to proceed.

Zhang Yuan Kui nodded, got up, and left the meeting room.

"What's going on?" Zhang Yuan Kui asked as he walked out of the meeting room.

"President, several settlements have called, hoping we can suspend providing communication services to the settlements," the staff member reported.

"Did they say why?" Zhang Yuan Kui was completely baffled.

"No." The staff member shook his head.

"Okay, I understand. You can go back to work, I'll handle it later," Zhang Yuan Kui said.

"Yes!" The staff member saluted and turned to leave.

He opened his digital eye pupils and prepared to contact Dongfang Chen, but Dongfang Chen also sent a message.

Dongfang Chen asked him to go to his office.

Inside the underground main base.

Niu Xing Wang was also there.

"Commander, something's happened. For some reason, the settlements want us to stop providing communication services," Zhang Yuan Kui said as he entered.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry. I asked you to come here to talk about this," Dongfang Chen gestured for him not to rush.

"The Chamber of Commerce also just received calls from the settlements, they want us to suspend the sale of mobile phones for now," Dongfang Chen also mentioned Niu Xing Wang's situation.

"Ah? Why is that?" Zhang Yuan Kui didn't understand.

"After thinking about it carefully, it's reasonable for them to make such a request," Dongfang Chen said.

"How so?" Zhang Yuan Kui asked.

"To put it bluntly, it will affect their position as local emperors," Dongfang Chen stated his guess.

"This…" Zhang Yuan Kui was speechless.

"Mr. Dongfang is right. The high-speed exchange of information will lead to transparency in the management of the settlements. Under the current circumstances, how many settlements are willing to accept public supervision willingly?" Niu Xing Wang said.

"That's true." Zhang Yuan Kui nodded.

"There's also one more point. The transparency of information has a prerequisite, and that prerequisite is peace. What the people need is fairness and justice, or at least the appearance of fairness and justice. But in times of non-peace, that's exactly what's lacking. Where does peace come from? Naturally, from struggle. But the process of struggle is often not glorious. If these contents are made public to the people, it will arouse public dissatisfaction, thereby leading to increased management costs," Dongfang Chen explained.

"Too complicated, I don't understand," Zhang Yuan Kui said, indicating he didn't understand.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you just need to know that this matter must follow the trend," Dongfang Chen said.

"Follow the trend? Do you mean we have to listen to them and turn off the signal towers?" Zhang Yuan Kui asked in surprise.

"How is that possible! Brother Zhang, you misunderstood. I mean we should handle it in accordance with the development of the situation," Dongfang Chen said with a smile.

"How to handle it?" Zhang Yuan Kui still didn't understand.

"The settlements want us to suspend the sale of mobile phones and communication services, no more than because they are worried that the people will be difficult to manage. As long as we give them these two permissions, it will be fine," Dongfang Chen said.

"I roughly understand, you mean it's the same as the previous communication companies, they are responsible for selling mobile phones and handling phone cards?" Zhang Yuan Kui asked.

"That's right. What we want is the communication network, what they want is safety and stability, doing this can be a win-win," Dongfang Chen nodded.

If the communication business is handed over to the settlements, then they will have the power to control who can and cannot do it. And if someone publishes prohibited information, they can also deal with it in a timely manner. In this case, the settlements will definitely not have any more opinions.

Zhang Yuan Kui nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Then how should we deal with the investigation team from the council?" Zhang Yuan Kui asked.

"This is actually a good thing. Doesn't the council want to nationalize it? That's definitely impossible. They don't have the equipment, they don't have the electricity, what's the use of taking it back? In fact, their purpose is the same as the settlements, they just hope that everything is controllable. You can talk to them, you can open up permissions and let them supervise. This is much easier than operating it themselves, after all, they don't need to maintain the equipment, which can save a lot of costs, why not?" Dongfang Chen explained.

"There's also one more point. The stone from another mountain can be used to polish jade. With the council sitting above, we are equivalent to getting the endorsement of the country. Think about it, in this case, would the settlements dare to go too far?" Dongfang Chen smiled mysteriously.

"That's true!" Zhang Yuan Kui pondered for a moment, and it made sense.

This is equivalent to transforming the conflict between the Chamber of Commerce, the Trade Union, and the settlements into a regulatory issue between the council and the settlements, and no one can say anything.

"Is it not safe to give them the permissions?" Zhang Yuan Kui was a little worried.

"Don't worry, for us, the network is absolutely safe," Dongfang Chen was very confident.

Of course it's safe, in the network she built, Xiao Lin is like a god. No one, and no one can threaten her.

She's not afraid of having a network, she's just afraid of not having one.