I, Doctor in the US-Chapter 381 - 380: A Chance Encounter with Alice in San Francisco

Chapter 381: Chapter 380: A Chance Encounter with Alice in San Francisco

California itself is divided into North and South.

One is Northern California centered around San Francisco.

The other is Southern California centered around Los Angeles.

But to truly speak of history, Northern California has always been strong.

That’s also why the Parliament Building of California is in Sacramento.

San Francisco and Sacramento are very close, both originally products of the Gold Rush.

The old Gold Mountain, well, its real name is San Francisco.

So someone will surely ask, where is the new Gold Mountain?

This involves a very important human economic activity, the history of gold mining.

San Francisco, of course, was the first gold rush.

And the new Gold Mountain is actually Canberra in Australia.

And because of this, Canberra became the capital of Australia later.

Later on, the city of Canberra declined, so many people don’t understand why such a small city should be the capital. (Even now, you can experience gold mining in Canberra)

Interestingly, some of China’s public intellectuals have started crafting stories on certain forums.

In their stories, using such a small city as a political center fully reflects the superiority of the West... that’s pretty much what it’s about.

In fact, they are completely ignorant, not even knowing such important history.

Originally, Southern California wasn’t wealthy, Los Angeles’ core industry was agriculture, just like that Orange County, with many similar agricultural areas.

Yes, this indeed is strange because Southern California overall looks quite water-scarce, with a sort of dry, earthy feeling.

But later, iron and coal mines were discovered in San Diego.

These are the best resources of the industrial era; thus, Southern California also developed.

And speaking of the later renowned Hollywood in Los Angeles, before the 1920s, it was just average.

The core of US movies originally wasn’t Los Angeles, not even the West.

The earliest core area of US movies was that big city... Xinxiang.

Well, it’s New York.

Like the father of American cinema, David Griffith, he is a very typical example.

Originally he mixed in New York, but later he couldn’t make it, so he had to come to Los Angeles, to Hollywood.

At the same time, there were three other famous filmmakers, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks.

The four of them pooled their money to establish a film company called Art Alliance.

Although there were several companies established before, the four of them were really famous at the time.

In terms of fame, even the Warner Company, established earlier by four brothers, couldn’t compare with them.

Thus, Hollywood truly rose.

Someone will surely ask.

Why not always in New York?

Isn’t it good there?

The answer is very simple, they simply couldn’t stay.

The reason they couldn’t stay is related to one person, who is regarded as a godlike figure in many of our Chinese books.

He is Edison.

In the books, Edison is a great inventor, a tech sage before Ma Yilong.

But in reality, after Edison registered movie-related patents, he started suing other filmmakers everywhere, demanding high patent fees.

In short, it was really impossible to make a living, otherwise who would run to the West?

Interestingly, the biggest advantage of the West at that time was... not caring about those so-called patent laws of the time.

Simply put, Hollywood’s rise was actually illegal.

But that’s America.

Laws in one state may conflict with those in another state or with federal laws... no problem, as long as you’re in this state.

Eventually, Edison had no way out, couldn’t collect money anyway.

Simply found a step... which in America is called ’settlement’.

The whole story is like this.

Having gone through all this, present-day California emerged.

And in today’s California, Northern California remains the strongest economic core.

Of course, now it doesn’t rely on gold, nor on industry.

Now it relies on IT.

In fact, the first fiber optic in the world, what is now used for broadband.

Cost 30 million US Dollars.

And it was made by our Chinese scientists.

Yet, when promoting this fiber optic technology, the ones who got publicity were all white people.

There were even black people... typical of America.

Simply put, a bit of an evaluation.

San Francisco’s rise depends on technology, and the greatest contributions come from us Chinese.

Old Bai and Old Hei, their brains are really average.

Of course, maybe they put their minds to excluding Chinese.

Just back then, they always said that spending 30 million US Dollars on a glass line was crazy.

But later, they crazily invested in this thing even more.

Thus occurred the tech stock explosion of 2000.

Because of overheated investment, several major broadband companies failed at that time.

But the interesting thing is what happened later.

Even though those broadband companies went bust, the broadband was already built.

Also, many servers were originally expensive, but when the companies liquidated.

Servers became cheaper.

Google launched a free service.

At that time, the internet was actually very expensive, Zhou Mo Sen believes that China’s old netizens definitely experienced the ADSL period, the early network costs could break a family’s finances.

Back then our per capita income was not even a thousand, but if you let loose on ADSL, the monthly internet cost could be thousands!

Fortunately, later there was the flat-rate.

So many people couldn’t figure out why such an obscure company like Google would offer free services.

That was a very expensive business.

But now, Google’s free search is no longer the real key.

Mobile operating systems are their future.

Yes, we’re about to enter a brand new era.

Zhou Mo Sen, strolling on the streets of San Francisco, looked at the houses both new and old.

Couldn’t help but think of these ’histories’ in his mind.

Of course, it’s not his first time in San Francisco.

But this time it’s different from before.

Originally, he should have looked for that Liu Ying.

Or rather, Liu Ying also sent him a warm invitation to visit their home.

But Zhou Mo Sen chose a different direction.

Who is he planning to meet?

Of course, it’s the important political force among the Chinese in San Francisco.

The Li Family!

This Li Family later had someone serve as the mayor of San Francisco City, and now he is also a high-ranking official.

And as for the current mayor of San Francisco City, he is also a person of great significance.

That is the later Governor of California, Niu Sen.

Actually, it can be completely confirmed.

The Li Family is definitely Niu Sen’s political ally because it was Niu Sen who appointed that person as his successor.

They are definitely allies.

And Zhou Mo Sen wants to visit the Li Family naturally using his Chinese identity, as well as his capabilities.

Zhou Mo Sen is a famous doctor and also has invested a lot.

Even has the support of a senator.

The Li Family will definitely give him face.

And indeed, they agreed, and this visit was to strengthen their bonds.

So what is Zhou Mo Sen’s purpose?

Very simple, this time he plans to use legitimate means to deal with that ’obstacle’.

Yes, Middle Brother and Qin Hong probably never saw it coming.

Zhou Mo Sen actually had such a plan.

In short, this time... hmm?

Just then, Zhou Mo Sen saw a familiar face.

"Hey!"

"Alice?"

Indeed, Alice Howard was vigorously waving at him...