Chapter 290: The Pilot City for the Skynet Project (Part 2)

It’s still the same saying, connections in China are most important.

Knowing a county Mayor is already impressive enough.

Getting to know the head of the city’s Public Security Bureau means you can practically stroll through the provincial capital with ease.

And to then get acquainted with His Eminence, high above us all, remembering the amiable and respectable sight of him inspecting disaster areas with glasses on, Zhao Qingfeng truly didn’t know how to describe this supremely powerful connection.

“…”

“…”

“Little Zhao, excited?”

“I can’t… not be excited…”

“That’s good. The reason you were called here today is also to bring you good news while putting some pressure on you. I didn’t expect that, by some stroke of luck, everything would go so smoothly, and that the funds could be transferred to a special account very soon. Right, the provincial city has decided that I will lead in establishing a special liaison team. Let’s be clear from the start, I value fairness and justice in my work. We’ll spend where it’s needed and not where it isn’t. We will also recruit some top students from the computer science department to be part of the monitoring team. You get what I mean, right?”

“Not quite, but I think if we’re setting up a monitoring team, it’s best not to recruit from the provincial city to avoid any conflict of interest. It would be better in the capital, right under the imperial city’s nose. Recruiting talents from prestigious institutions like Huaqing or Jingda shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve heard that Teacher Wang from Jingda is quite good, with widespread connections and influence, but that’s just what I’ve heard.”

“Okay, got it.”

“Mm, Uncle Gao, I’m off. I’ll hand this over to someone to handle right away, but we probably won’t start operating until after the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays because both our company and I personally have some urgent matters to deal with. That won’t be a problem, right?”

“Shouldn’t be a problem.”

If it were someone else, Gao Hu would have wished to start immediately, but Zhao Qingfeng was different.

Besides probably trusting, maybe there’s also a need to communicate with Teacher Wang?

After all, as the old saying goes, a business without profit is no good for anyone. Government projects are also business. If there’s no profit to be made, who would want to do something so thankless?

Just as he was about to stand up, Zhao Qingfeng thought of another issue, “Uncle Gao, to be frank, I’ve recently negotiated another deal. I’m currently holding quite a few online music copyrights and am still expanding. My point is, besides using these copyrights in my company LeXin’s future music module as a paid profit-making project, they can actually also be used through certain channels to create an additional, even larger revenue stream between you and me. Would you like to know more?”

Gao Hu paused for a moment, then walked to the door. Seeing that there was no one around, he came back and asked, “Tell me about it.”

Zhao Qingfeng smiled slightly, “I was thinking, the Sky Net project and the facial recognition plan will inevitably involve some associations with the three major operators. Once our plan gets approval from the higher-ups, could you find an opportunity to arrange a meeting for me with the provincial heads of these three operators? I have an even bigger and more aggressive profit-making project I’d like to discuss with them.”

“What business?”

“Caller ring back tones.”

“What are caller ring back tones?”

“It’s when you call someone, instead of hearing the ‘doo doo doo’ sound, you can listen to pleasant or fun songs.”

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