Galaxy Domination Guide

The Flashpoint Company team that Nan Ma had assembled now numbered less than fifty people. Aside from the ten individuals who were elite members of Country C's IT industry, the rest were mainly Iridium Star people and Bionic Humans.

Liu Zhe did not consider himself particularly special among the Country C nationals working at Flashpoint, as he discovered that the company even had mid-to-senior level staff from domestic internet giants, holding a substantial number of shares in their original companies, with personal fortunes even exceeding a hundred million.

These new colleagues were people he could not have hoped to associate with before, people he would not dare to strike up a conversation with if he saw them at some summit. But now, they were his colleagues.

He was not surprised by their choices, as many in the IT industry are innovators who seek new experiences and thrills, full of longing for the superior technology of Iridium Star and everything about Ruyi City, the space city. Moreover, money was not a major issue for them, so naturally, they chose to come here for the experience.

These employees, each with their own experiences and strengths, also enabled Nan Ma's Flashpoint Company to develop at an extremely rapid pace.

Bai Zhongqi also kept up with the development of Flashpoint, and was simultaneously laying the groundwork and making preparations for this Iridium Star company to enter Country C's market.

"Flashpoint will become an excellent opportunity for the people of Country C, and even those of Earth, to understand and accept Iridium Star," Bai Zhongqi told his cabinet members during a routine imperial court meeting.

Bai didn't hold these meetings often, as Iridium Star had a mature and effective administrative system capable of implementing various policies. Whenever Bai had ideas, he mostly directed the Supreme Command to carry them out, informing the relevant parties.

The imperial court meetings now served more as summary and guiding sessions, and were also opportunities for Bai to listen to the opinions of his United Empire cabinet members.

Bai Zhongqi was rapidly becoming a leader, mastering more techniques of command and deployment. He controlled the broad direction of Iridium Star and the Star Alliance's development and also paid attention to some details.

"Flashpoint Company will provide services in the social media sector. I have decided to establish one or more social media accounts on Flashpoint to introduce some Iridium Star-related content to the people of Earth. Of course, our secret of coming from another universe is not suitable to be disclosed.

However, little bits of cosmic knowledge, stories of Iridium Star's space exploration adventures, and various audio-visual resources can all become our tools for propaganda. Additionally, this can also be a way for Flashpoint to increase its user base."

Bai Zhongqi looked at the expressions of the cabinet members present and roughly understood that they were not particularly concerned about what he had said. A social networking platform popularized on Earth using outdated technology did not seem like a matter worthy of national-level attention to them. Indeed, Bai was astounded by the lack of development in this area on Iridium Star.

While Iridium Star certainly had various complex information services, it had not developed a large-scale social platform or information dissemination network. Iridium Star provided intricate and comprehensive networks for service-oriented life, but official suppression limited personal social networking, hindering its growth—a phenomenon that had persisted for thousands of years.

Yet Bai knew that only by integrating into the lives of each individual could a new society be shaped, tightly linking Iridium Star and Earth. Bai also hoped that the collision between Iridium Star technology and Earth's culture would spawn many useful things.

Prime Minister Du Peng had little concept of Flashpoint, but since it was a matter entrusted by the Chancellor, he was committed to doing it properly. He suggested, "Your Majesty, allow me to report that if we want Flashpoint to play a stronger role, a multifaceted transformation is necessary.

Firstly, more intelligent devices using Iridium Star Technology need to enter the lives of people in Country C, and secondly, the information network transmission system of the present-day Earth is too outdated, even incapable of achieving global coverage. Without unlimited information access and network sharing, Flashpoint remains a relic of the old era."

"During the transition negotiations concerning Star Alliance's transformation, we mentioned a unified civil information network system for Star Alliance member nations, planning to use patrol satellites to provide comprehensive data packet sending and receiving services free of charge for Star Alliance member nations, significantly boosting the speed and scale of data transmission.

However, during these negotiations, internal divisions arose within Country C."

Bai Zhongqi was slightly startled; this "Sky Net" was one of the collective welfare benefits of Star Alliance member nations, along with low-cost space mining mineral trade, technology sharing agreements, and a comprehensive medical healthcare plan, among others.

In simple terms, Sky Net can be described as a free, nationwide super WiFi that users can connect to without restrictions, enjoying a blistering 100Tbps internet speed. Sky Net is an independent civilian information network, separate from the existing internet on Earth, but compatible with its content.

Naturally, this was a direct work-around of the main root servers of the internet currently controlled by Americans—a "backdoor version." However, it is expected that it could directly replace the existing internet in the future.

Sky Net could be seen as a major welfare benefit closely related to ordinary people's lives—under the Sky Net era, there would be no issues like video buffering or network disconnections, allowing people to freely and conveniently make use of the information network.

At that moment, Du Peng explained, "Our original plan was to provide services directly within Country C once Sky Net was set up. Because to us, the cost of this system is negligible, and it doesn't take much to maintain it—no need for any ground infrastructure either.

We just need to adjust the user agreement and limit the transmission speed, then present internet users in Country C could directly connect to Sky Net via WiFi. However, according to our information, Country C is indeed very interested in Sky Net, but they are attempting to control the network's rights within their own hands."

Bai Zhongqi shook his head, "They are asking for the moon. Sky Net is an internal civilian network of the Star Alliance and will be regulated directly by the Star Alliance's future telecommunications coordination department. Such demands are unreasonable and should not be considered."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Du Peng nodded, "Yes, we also judge this to be a negotiation attempt by Country C's side without much significance. What actually delayed the negotiations was how to achieve the transition from Country C's existing telecommunication services to the era of Sky Net."

Bai Zhongqi immediately understood what was at stake and asked, "Is it the domestic telecom service providers who are resisting the entry of Sky Net into Country C?"

"Exactly," Du Peng replied, "With the implementation of Sky Net and its being completely free, all telecom service providers will be rendered obsolete without exception—even telephone services can be replaced by internet calls.

Nowadays, telecom operators primarily earn revenue from so-called 'telecom value-added services.' Full coverage by Sky Net means no one will need data plans anymore, and value-added services surrounding technologies like 3G and 4G will be completely phased out. Even home and business networks will have no need for existing telecom services."

Bai Zhongqi asked, "What solutions are these people providing to not block Sky Net's entry into Country C?"

Du Peng answered, "They propose extending the transition period and turning Sky Net's free service into a paid one."