Chapter 460: Another Upward Cycle (Part 2)
One can only say that doing business in any era still has to take human relationships into account.
The renovation of a school is a small job for the related manufacturers, even if they have to subsidize it a bit, it's no big deal. The real profits lie in the future urbanization projects. Across Huaxia, there are over a thousand county-level cities combined.
If you include the broader rural areas, the profit is enormous.
Now, everyone is waiting for this initiative to officially roll out.
Such a huge market, although it seems that pushing construction forward requires significant investment, looking at the fiscal burden a year ago, it would have been difficult to fully carry out such city-by-city upgrades.
But now, it's a different story.
The opposite side has clearly started to soften, indicating that the internationalization of Huaxia's currency is becoming inevitable in the future.
Additionally, the infrastructure in the vast majority of foreign countries is genuinely too substandard. It's already 2026, and in some countries, the transport network between cities still relies on dirt roads without even basic hardening. Can you believe it?
Lucky for us, Huaxia has extremely rich experience in this area.
Too poor? No money to pay for construction?
That's too simple! Huaxia just happens to be an industrial country that needs all kinds of resources. Even outdated mining technology is not a problem; Huaxia can provide the technology and equipment to help with extraction. Just keep the books.
What? The country is too small? Lacking resources? Well, you can still farm, develop livestock... Coincidentally, Huaxia's agricultural sector has very powerful hybrid and selected seeds, especially high-yield rice strains. Plant more, and not only can you eat more, but the excess can also be used to pay off debts...
With the development of unmanned clusters and robotics, Huaxia has ample assurance for future overseas construction in all aspects. Especially with the capability to maintain global peace, there's no need to fear some places daring to go back on their word.
Isn't that simple?
View the whole Earth as a single entity and start a global infrastructure movement. The GDP can increase by how much in a year; just thinking about it makes one drool.
Once the infrastructure is sorted, those backward regions of the world will gradually become prosperous, and the demand for various industrial products will rise. At this time, Huaxia's rampant manufacturing industry can take the stage.
When the power grid, various household appliances, small appliances, chemical industries, affordable clothing, telecommunications operations, and so on have ample channels for external output, it's hard for the economy to stagnate.
An all-category industrial nation may not rake in money as quickly as the financial sector, but once the market is open, its profitability can be terrifyingly stable. After all, money is not just moving around the market but producing enough goods, backed by tangible goods.
More importantly, after integrating resources, various industrial data can directly feedback to the research frontline, steadily advancing industrial technology for further upgrades.
Huaxia happens to be very familiar with this set.
Looking back at 50 years of history, Huaxia developed from a poor agricultural country to an industrial nation with almost a full range of industrial catalogs, and now it's even facing overcapacity issues. So, the next large-scale output not only avoids detours but is also managed by strong artificial intelligence, making it nearly foolproof.
Once those underdeveloped regions of the world are developed, the outdated infrastructures of the former strong nations can also be revamped. If their efficiency is too low and progress too slow, Huaxia's engineering companies could participate in the bidding, right?
The global integration process must not be disrupted, and outdated capacities must be eliminated.
Some people might simply have to accept working overseas. But that's a small matter; in areas with major infrastructure and no significant consumer activities, one can earn abroad and spend domestically.
Conceiving from this direction, at least for the next half-century, the Huaxia economy probably doesn't have much choice other than to charge forward triumphantly.
This is precisely some of the top-level design and planning directions, naturally understood somewhat by smart enterprises as representatives of high-tech industries.
From a business standpoint, once Huaxia's city smart renovations are mostly complete, the focus can also shift to international markets. Hosting the World Mathematicians Conference internally at Xilin University of Technology happens to create a pilot project.
Invite the smartest people in the world to experience the benefits after the quality improvement through intelligence. It might even lead to a bunch of international orders.
The situation is roughly like this.
Compared to the upcoming orders, this Xilin University of Technology project, many manufacturers are even willing to do it for free, just as an advertisement.
After all, even in robotics manufacturing, there is competition.
When Dou Dou was planning the supply chain, almost every component was sourced from several companies to prevent any single one from forming an effective monopoly and being able to negotiate conditions in reverse.
This is also why Zhang has been in such a delightful mood recently, accomplishing big things with a little money.
As for Qiao Ze, he naturally will not concern himself with these trivial matters, having Dou Dou to coordinate is enough. Although Dou Dou, like him, doesn't care about money or even carry any, he has a knack for making it.
In business managed by Dou Dou, everyone always feels like they have made a profit, with no losers. The interests involved are complex, but AI distribution makes everyone feel acceptable.
Even Qiao Ze doesn't possess this capability, attributing it directly to artificial intelligence's racial talent.
In fact, it involves knowledge of psychology.
In business between people, everyone wants to earn more. The result is that whenever the other party gets a slight advantage, it feels like a significant loss.
But if there is a disinterested third party, who theoretically can balance everything and is extremely skilled at calculation for profit distribution, it indeed makes it easier for both parties or even multiple parties to accept.
From a human perspective, thinking from another direction might lead to the conclusion: as long as the other party doesn't get much advantage, this plan seems acceptable.
The thing is, reaching trust between people is indeed too difficult. Although various intermediary institutions have always been criticized, it must be said that their existence has a certain rationality.
The sudden emergence of AI indeed simplifies these series of problems.
It's just for students of the new campus, discovering that most of the campus began closed construction at the start of the semester does cause some annoyance.
Especially as some courses had to be arranged at the old campus to accommodate the new campus's infrastructure upgrade. Fortunately, the school considered everyone's feelings and arranged special school buses to relieve some complaints.
However, after learning it's for hosting the World Mathematicians Conference, everyone could understand.
Some things aren't appreciated until experienced, but after seeing, one might still find face quite important.
Especially at this critical point for Huaxia, it's best not to be too relaxed.
As for another group of students, they are even less concerned with these little things.
Yes, it's the fourth-year graduates.
Three years have passed suddenly, and when Qiao Ze arrived at Xilin University of Technology, he directly entered the sophomore fundamental math class. Now, the former sophomore freshmen are beginning to face graduation season.
Huaxia's universities are pretty much the same: by the second semester of the fourth year, there aren't any particularly important courses left. Teachers don't hold high expectations for undergraduate theses either; as long as the credits are enough, it's basically just waiting to receive the graduation certificate. The extra time is for those who haven't found their path yet to look for jobs.
The good news is that this year Xilin University of Technology School of Mathematics has a quite high rate of postgraduate recommendations, and most students have already secured their graduate schools.
A small portion who are not inclined to continue studying have found fairly decent jobs.
Actually, not only Xilin University of Technology graduates, it seems any ordinary university graduate in Xilin feels the same way this year—the job market suddenly became more accessible, and even businesses previously dormant have become active this spring.
Although the treatment may not be outstanding, unless the grades are too unreasonable, securing a job at campus recruitment right after graduation is almost certain. As for other places, they might be slightly worse than Xilin but not by much.
Even schools with the worst employment rates still reach levels that previously required significant embellishment to achieve. Some jobs even offer higher pay than expected. Surely, credit also goes to the career guidance teachers here.
As everyone advised graduates to lower expectations, the suddenly improved market environment gave everyone a pleasant surprise.