Huo Dechuan used to work in a newspaper office, and later changed his career to become a broker. Over the years, he has been ups and downs, and spent most of his time dealing with various religions and factions. He has seen many different people and various methods, and the evil ideas in his mind are naturally more complicated than those of others. There were a hundred times more Tan Tianming who followed the rules, and it didn't take long for him to have an idea.
Huo Dechuan spent some time explaining several plans he had conceived to Tan Tianming.
However, Tan Tianming still hesitated after hearing this, because the investment in Huo Dechuanti's plan was indeed not small, but whether it was feasible or not was beyond his knowledge, and it was difficult to predict the results that would be achieved after implementation.
Seeing that he didn't express his position, Huo Dechuan could roughly guess the reason, and he continued to persuade: "Brother Tan, if you don't want to let your children catch the wolf, only by investing heavily can you get big benefits. Although there are risks, we will take a multi-pronged approach. If you use the plan together, the effect will definitely be better than just buying and submitting articles last time.”
"As long as you put more thought into this job and do it beautifully, with a sample, Mr. Tan can safely hand over more important tasks to you in the future."
Tan Tianming was even more moved when he heard this. He was sent to Sanya to study abroad by his father Tan Juren. In addition to broadening his horizons and increasing his knowledge, he also assumed the mission of acting as the image spokesperson and guardian of interests for the Xingdao region.
It's just that he is still young, and he still needs to ask Xingdao for instructions on many things before he can do them, which will inevitably lead to some stumbling. If he can handle things properly this time, he should be able to gain more trust from his father.
Tan Tianming made up his mind and nodded in response: "Okay! Then I will do as you said. But I have to wait for two days. I have to ask Xingdao for instructions first. After all, this matter involves too much. I I can’t make the decision either.”
The two spent some time discussing the details. Before leaving, Tan Tianming handed Huo Dechuan a check from Haihan Bank and asked him to prepare first and start implementing it as soon as the reply from Xingdao arrived.
After Tan Tianming said goodbye to Huo Dechuan, he immediately called a carriage and went straight to the telegraph office at the foot of Phoenix Ridge.
The telegraph was the so-called art of transmitting sounds across thousands of miles from the Han Dynasty to the outside world in the early years. Due to the high threshold for use, the telegraph was basically only used in the military and political fields in the early years, so it has always maintained a sense of mystery. Now the relevant applications have been semi-public, and even the public knows that this is a unique technology that only Haihan masters. As long as a "radio station" is set up, information can be transmitted to each other thousands of miles apart.
Now the official has disclosed the existence of "telegraph", established a telegraph bureau, successively built communication institutions and facilities in various cities, and gradually opened its commercial functions to the private sector.
Of course, in view of the special value of this communication method, the manufacturing and application of all communication equipment, as well as the training and employment of relevant technical personnel, are still all in the hands of the government, and private commercial organizations are not allowed to participate.
Of course, there is more than one radio station in Phoenix Ridge in Sanya. In fact, at Luhuitou Army Base and Yulingang Naval Base, the navy and army each have their own radio stations. It's just that these radio stations can only be used for military functions, and outsiders have nothing to do with them.
The radio station in Phoenix Ridge basically serves the executive committee. Most of the various government orders issued by Victory Fort, as well as the government affairs reported to local governments, are sent and received through here.
The more than 20-foot-tall signal tower on Phoenix Ridge is constantly sending and receiving telegram messages from all over the world every day. It can be said that this is one of the important institutions that maintains the smooth operation of the entire empire.
In addition, this is the only local radio station that has opened commercial functions to the outside world. However, because of the high cost, only some businessmen usually send and receive commercial information here. Although telegraphs can deliver messages very quickly, compared with the postage of ordinary letters, telegrams are not only charged by the number of words, but also have a charging threshold. After conversion, the cost may be more than a hundred times more expensive than ordinary mail. Ordinary people do not have such high demand for the timeliness of message delivery, and generally choose cheaper emails.
The high cost of telegraph, coupled with the armed sentries on duty outside the telegraph office gates all day long, is enough to dissuade most ordinary people who are curious about this. Therefore, even though the telegraph office has long opened its commercial functions to the public, not many people have actually stepped into this mysterious compound surrounded by high walls.
However, this was not the first time that Tan Tianming came here. After getting off the carriage, he walked into the courtyard of the telegraph office with familiarity.
The row of bungalows on the right side of the courtyard is where private users are received. People who need to send a telegram first register here, fill in the information, and then pay a fee based on the content to be sent. Generally, the message can be sent within a certain time.
It was already afternoon when Tan Tianming came, and there were no more customers here. At first glance, there was no queue. However, the content of the telegram he wanted to send was related to government affairs and could not be sent through commercial channels. He just took a look at the situation here and went straight to the government telegram registration office located on the left side of the compound.
This registration office only provides services to agencies and personnel stationed in Sanya by local governments. Telegram documents that really come from Fort Victory are sent directly there, so there is no need to register and go through the formalities here again.
The room at the registration office is not small. In addition to the counter, there are also several sets of tables and chairs placed outside the counter for visitors to fill in the contents of the telegram. Perhaps because of the different nature of official telegrams, there are indeed more people registering telegrams here than at the registration office for commercial telegrams on the other side.
There are two large notices posted on the wall. One lists the official institutions that can send and receive telegraphs in various places overseas. There are about thirty places in total, and Xingdao is naturally among them. Another notice contained instructions for sending and receiving telegrams, with more than twenty items packed into them.
Tan Tianming announced his identity and purpose of visit at the counter, and the clerk gave him a pen and paper.
Tan Tianming stopped writing after writing the destination and recipient. He needed to organize his thoughts again in order to explain the current situation and the measures he planned to take in as concise words as possible.
It took Tan Tianming a lot of time to write this long telegram, so much so that the clerk at the counter urged him twice. If he didn't finish writing and submit it quickly, he would have to wait until tomorrow.
Tan Tianming hurriedly hurriedly finished writing the telegram before the telegraph office closed after get off work. He hurriedly read it over to make sure nothing was missing before handing over the several-page telegram.
After the clerk checked the address and recipient, he put the telegram into a large envelope, wrote a number on the envelope, stamped it, and put it into a bamboo basket full of telegrams next to it. Except for a very small number of top-secret telegrams that need to be destroyed immediately after being sent, the vast majority of official telegrams will still retain the original documents after being sent for future inspection.
The clerk handed the receipt voucher with the same number to Tan Tianming and said expressionlessly: "Okay. Send it within tomorrow. If you have any questions, you can check with the voucher."
Tan Tianming let out a sigh of relief, took the receipt and left the telegraph office.