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Chapter 123 Two dollars a minute to ten cents a minute!

"Yangyang, it's the rainy season recently, don't forget to bring an umbrella when you go out, and be careful of the rain."

The old mother's earnest teachings came from the other end of the phone. Although these words seemed to be said every time I called, the old man still had to take the trouble to say it again every time.

Zhang Xingyang also listened patiently until the old mother said:
"The phone bill is still quite expensive, hang up first."

Then before Zhang Xingyang could say anything, she hung up the phone.

The home of an old mother who lives in the countryside of southern Shonan does not have a telephone installed.

At this time, it is still quite expensive to install a phone personally, at least several thousand dollars.

Only the canteen at the entrance of the village has a telephone.

And the phone bill is really expensive at this time.

Some older people may still have some impressions, making calls at this time, especially long-distance calls.

Not only call charges, but also roaming charges.

All kinds of expenses add up, and the telephone expenditure per minute is almost two yuan per minute!

At this time, many people earn less than 20 yuan a day, so many migrant workers may not be able to call home once a month.

After all, a phone call takes two or three minutes to talk, and five or six yuan is gone once it comes and goes.

This figure may seem inconspicuous today, but in the 90s, it might be the food expenses of many people for a week.

"Brother Xingyang, did the old lady hang up?"

While turning the ballpoint pen in his hand, Geng Bo talked to Zhang Xingyang as if joking.

"Well, let me be careful not to get caught in the rain. Before I said anything, she hung up the phone first."

With a trace of helplessness, Zhang Xingyang put his mobile phone into his pocket.

"The old lady is also distressed about the phone bill, and now the phone bill is really expensive!"

Following this topic, Geng Bo couldn't help complaining a bit.

"The last time I called my parents, they also said that the phone bill was too expensive, and they couldn't bear to chat for a few more minutes!"

In fact, Geng Bo's position in the Rocket Research Institute is not low, and the salary and benefits are also very good.

The various wage subsidies for one month can be added up to almost 1000.

For this day and age, that's a pretty good number.

But even so, he cannot realize the freedom of the phone, and he can make unlimited calls to his home.

Because the phone bill at this time is not consistent with the situation in later generations.

Answering the phone at this time also requires a phone fee.

And the cost is basically the same as making a phone call.

In other words, when Geng Bo calls home, it costs two yuan a minute, and his parents are also paying about the same price!

Adding up the two sides, the call cost instantly rises from two yuan per minute to four yuan per minute!

In other words, Geng Bo’s salary of more than 1000 yuan a month was spent in less than five hours of talk time!

"It is indeed more expensive now, after all, we basically still use telephone lines now."

After Zhang Xingyang sat down and yawned, he replied indifferently.

"After our satellite communication network is established, the cost of calls will definitely drop!"

The Rocket Research Institute held a meeting of heads of major departments this time, mainly for the satellite communication network.

Because after the actual design and manufacture of the satellite is completed, the overweight situation is more serious than imagined.

One Swan Goose rocket can only do it, launching [-] satellites into the sky.

So in order to meet the second phase of the construction project, 4000 satellites covering the whole country design plan, at least more than 130 rocket launch missions are required!
Even Hongyan rockets can be recycled and reused, but in order to ensure the success rate of rocket launches, generally speaking, five-handed rockets will not be used more than four times.

The probability of problems with the five-handed rocket is too high, and no one dares to take such a risk.

Then, based on the calculation that each rocket is used four times, 130 launch missions will require at least 33 Hongyan rockets.

Before this, Rocket Research Institute has never had a rocket that has achieved such a frequency of use.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the rocket does not have any problems during such high-frequency launch missions.

Quality must be strictly controlled.

"Old Chen, why haven't you come yet?"

Seeing that the scheduled meeting time was getting closer, Zhang Xingyang glanced at everyone present, and asked with some doubts.

As the director of Factory 112, which manufactures rocket engines, Chen Chunming is an important participant in today's meeting.

As the person in charge of rocket engines, Geng Bo stood up and said:

"Just now he called and said that there are some problems in the production of solid rocket motors. He is solving them and will come over when they are finished!"

"What went wrong, an accident?"

"Is anyone injured?"

Since the "226" accident the year before last, Zhang Xingyang has been particularly sensitive to these production problems and accidents.

So after Geng Bo finished speaking, he hurriedly asked.

"There is no major problem. At least there was no explosion accident. Judging from his tone at the time, it should be that he accidentally injured the worker during the engine washing process."

"But no one was killed, just a big gash was cut in the arm."

Zhang Xingyang was only slightly relieved at this time, but the skin trauma was fine, and some bloodshed in the manufacturing industry was not a big deal.

At this time, Chen Chunming also rushed over, and apologized to everyone present with embarrassment:
"Sorry, something happened in the factory, I'm late!"

"Sit down." Since Zhang Xingyang knew the reason, he didn't pursue his responsibility too much.

Time is also very tight, Zhang Xingyang said directly:
"Next, the low-orbit satellite communication network project will complete the first phase of construction and enter the second phase of construction."

"You should also be very clear that the goal of the second phase of construction is to deploy [-] low-orbit satellites within the Dragon Kingdom."

"That puts a lot of pressure on us."

"We must ensure the success of every launch mission, and we must strictly implement the double-return-to-zero system we established before!"

Zhang Xingyang said very seriously on the stage that everyone must abide by the system when entering the construction work of the second phase of the project.

"Old Chen, what happened to today's accident, has the investigation been clear?"

Since Chen Chunming's 112 factory just had an accident today, don't blame Zhang Xingyang for trying to make an example.

"The worker didn't pay attention when washing the engine cylinder. His hair accidentally fell into the machine tool, and he found it when he started the machine tool."

"Then she used her hands to pick it up again. Although she stopped the car in time, she still made a gash on her arm."

Although it was regarded as a typical attack, Chen Chunming honestly stated the cause of the accident.

"Factory 112 stopped production for three days for rectification and safety production, and all management personnel conducted self-reflection inspections!"

Zhang Xingyang directly stated the punishment for Factory 112, and this punishment can be said to be very heavy!

(End of this chapter)