Galaxy Domination Guide

Chapter 105 099 Startling Ugliness (Part 2)

Sui Rong was cleaning his office himself, even though he held such a high position now. Sui Rong had always personally cleaned his office, a practice he had maintained for twenty years. Although he was not among the top management in the head office, he had significant connections, especially in handling government and public relations, where he was quite skilled.

Putting down the cleaning tools, Sui Rong looked at his tidy office and smiled in satisfaction.

He was also very pleased with his recent work. If nothing went wrong, including the headquarters and other telecom service providers, all would be able to maintain their industry status and gain tremendous profits after joining the alliance.

Sui Rong did not solely issue a veiled threat to Xiang Fei; he intended more to make Xiang Fei give up due to the difficulty. Overhauling the entire telecommunication system and launching the Sky Net could lead to significant turmoil.

As Sui Rong understood, in this country, no matter if there was reason or not, as long as it could potentially cause embarrassment, the authorities would definitely suppress it. The authorities did not want chaos or to see the nation's economy impacted by fluctuations in a core industry. Sui Rong was confident that for the sake of stability and harmony, the authorities would compromise.

And after the compromise, the winners would be the major telecom service providers, who could monopolize the communication service pricing with almost no cost and thus earn staggering profits.

In Sui Rong's view, he was doing something beneficial for the country and the people. On one hand, he maintained national and social stability, and on the other, he helped the nation generate revenue and taxes, saved millions from unemployment, and provided the public with better services.

"Clearly, we are doing a great thing!" Sui Rong thought, full of pride.

It seemed like he had benefitted the country and the people by doing nothing. Sui Rong thought the Iridium Star people were just like philanthropists, utterly adorable.

Just then, someone burst into his office.

Sui Rong jumped, but relaxed when he saw who it was. The visitor was his secretary, Liu Yun, a graduate from a prestigious foreign university, with both a good figure and appearance. Naturally, Sui Rong dared to enjoy the sight, as the domestic enforcement on ethics was strict, and he didn't dare to act against the norms.

"General Manager Sui! General Manager Sui, there's been an incident!"

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Empire of Iridium Star's embassy holds a joint press conference, disclosing the progress of the alliance negotiations."

Sui Rong's hands trembled as he opened the webpage, which read:

"...According to the internal agreements of the Star Alliance, member nations are entitled to several significant national benefits, including a universal healthcare plan, a basic universal welfare plan, and a universal information network access plan, also known as the Sky Net plan..."

"The Sky Net plan is currently an ongoing civilian information network project by Iridium Star, fully accessible to the existing Internet, providing additional services. Users within C-country, reportedly facing Iridium Star, will be covered by Sky Net signals and enjoy 100Tbps internet speed. It is noted that Sky Net will be completely free for users in C-country."

Sui Rong turned pale, muttering to himself, "How can they unveil this now?"

In his opinion, just the transition negotiations were supposed to take months, followed by several months to a year of deployment; for Sky Net to go online within a year would be considered fast. But now the officials along with Iridium Star had already announced the Sky Net plan, making it explicitly clear that it was free.

"This is going to be a desperate fight," Sui Rong thought.

With the introduction of Sky Net, the path for the major telecom providers was utterly blocked. Thus, the telecom system would undoubtedly resist, by many means, but the trump card would be control over the current communication services. As long as Sky Net wasn't fully accepted by users, any disruption in existing mobile communications or network services could have a massive economic impact.

At this moment, Liu Yun came running back in her high heels, clacking. She still didn't knock but spoke directly to Sui Rong, "General Manager Sui, other companies are experiencing the same situation.

The headquarters just received a notice from something called the 'Transition and Conversion Special Office,' stating that there will be a technical trial today and tomorrow, so the operating permissions for all companies towards their users are temporarily suspended..."

Sui Rong slumped into his chair, his face the color of ash, "It's over; it's really over..."

Challenging fate was already a huge risk, and now their biggest leverage had been destroyed. Xiang Fei, that boy, had colluded with the Iridium Star people to effectively usurp control over all the major telecom service operators. The formidable technology of the Iridium Star was beyond these people's imagination, leaving them powerless to resist.