Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 668 Drive away

The city of Magic City is different from most cities. As the largest city in the Far East in the past, it is known as the "Paris of the East". At that time, all nations gathered together to lay a profound industrial and economic foundation for this city, and its humanistic ideas It's also relatively lively.

Therefore, relatively new market-oriented policies are usually implemented first here as a pilot project.

Li Jiankun also came here and learned that landline phones have been marketed in Shanghai, which means that as long as the citizens of Shanghai are willing to pay, they can have a phone in their home.

It’s time to say it or not, I’m a little envious.

This policy started in the late 1970s. At that time, few people in Magic City were willing to try it. After all, the initial installation fee was not a small amount, and there was also a monthly rental fee of seven yuan. At that time, Magic City The income of ordinary working-class people is generally "36 yuan long live".

Seven yuan is exactly what it takes to order milk for a month.

Drink a bottle of milk every day, doesn’t it taste delicious?

I installed a phone, but my relatives and friends didn’t install it. Why don’t I call “Red Man” on the phone?

Therefore, the citizens of Magic City were not enthusiastic about installing telephones at first. Later, as the initial telephone installation fee rose to hundreds or thousands, strange things happened. They bought up or down. Many people were interested in installing telephones, but they missed it. Good time, but now the high installation fees make it unaffordable for most families.

The enthusiastic aunt told Li Jiankun a story on the way:

A pair of young people who were brought together by a matchmaker and whose families are said to have pretty good families went on a blind date. They originally had a good conversation and had a good impression of each other. The man said, please contact me more in the future. The woman said, OK, please call me on the phone next time. The man said, oh, my phone is still fake. From now on there is no more.

From the woman's point of view, the man's home phone number is not installed, and it looks like "nothing."

In this context, the market is in urgent need of a new high-quality and low-cost communication product. Therefore, the Shanghai Post and Telecommunications Bureau took aim at the "electronic pager".

This is what Li Jiankun and Lin Xinjia learned about the current situation of the communications industry in Shanghai after spending time on the road to collect information.

One sentence evaluation: great progress!

At noon, a group of five people packed up, left Jinjiang Hotel, piled into a Shanghai brand taxi waiting downstairs, and headed straight to the Suzhou River.

Under the blazing sun, the sky-blue taxi drove at a steady speed of more than fifty yards. The wind poured in through the window, carrying a manic heat wave.

The capital city has gradually begun to cool down in September, but the Magic City is still in the hottest season of the year.

The water surface of the Suzhou River is a eutrophic dark green. Rows of green leafy trees are planted on both sides of the river embankment. Nearby are old-fashioned Western-style buildings built along the river with a sense of vicissitude.

"Well, this is the Post and Telecommunications Bureau building." Lin Xinjia suddenly pointed out the window and said.

Li Jiankun looked around, and the first thing he saw was a bell tower on the top of the building that shot straight into the sky. This is a typical Baroque-style building, leaving aside the bell tower. It is three stories high, covers a large area, and is quite impressive.

But it was not the destination of their trip.

According to the information obtained by Lin Xinjia, in order to develop the pager business, the Shanghai Post and Telecommunications Bureau established a new company called "Shanghai Post and Telecommunications Development Services Corporation", which is independent of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau building, which obviously has sufficient office space.

Li Jiankun speculated that there are two reasons:

First, the Post and Telecommunications Bureau regarded the development of pager business as an experiment.

Secondly, the wireless communication technology used by the pager has nothing to do with the existing business of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau. In other words, this is a new trick that does not require the use of the existing technical resources of the Postal and Telecommunications Bureau.

Develop in the form of stocking.

If you become the best, if you don't, you won't lose anything in face.

The sky-blue taxi turned left ahead, leaving the embankment of Suzhou River and heading into the city.

Magic City has an architectural style with local characteristics called "Shikumen Alley". To put it simply, it is a tall gate with a stone frame erected outside an alley-style building, towards the entrance or the road. .

This street is full of them.

The middle-aged driver followed Lin Xinjia's directions and drove into one of the Shikumen. Li Jiankun raised his head and looked up. Above the arched door, there was a specially vacant piece of white putty wall, which was presented with stone sculpture technology. Come out with three big characters - Ruiteli.

That is the name of this Shikumen alley.

He was thinking whether the status of this "Shanghai Post and Telecommunications Development Services Corporation" was too low, and it was actually located in an alley, when the car slowly stopped.

The destination has arrived.

There is a two-story house on the left side of the car. The side of the first floor facing the road is covered with long green tiles. Above it is a white putty door, with two rows of gilded advertising words, large and small, posted at regular intervals:

[Shanghai Post and Telecommunications Development Services Corporation]

【First Sales Department】

Lin Xinjia said they currently only have this one office location. After Li Jiankun got off the car, he stood outside the door and looked up and down. The magnificent Baroque-style building of the Post Office that he had just seen came to mind. In comparison, this place looked shabby.

Come on, as long as you can do things.

Li Jiankun took the lead and led the four people in. Unexpectedly, there was still business being discussed in the hall on the first floor where there was no sound at the door:

On a set of red lacquered wood sofas against the right wall, three people are sitting around:

A middle-aged man wearing a cool shirt with the hem outside his blue cloth trousers. Lin Xinjia whispered to Li Jiankun that this person was the general manager of the Communications Development Company, whose surname was Fan.

Sitting on the long sofa next to him, the one closest to him is also a middle-aged man, wearing a crisp cotton white shirt with a silver texture, a "Pierre Cardin" belt around his waist, and a A pair of similarly starched black trousers.

Next door is a young man with gold-rimmed glasses and a black leather briefcase on his lap. He is most likely a secretary-like character. Lin Xinjia had never met the two people next to Mr. Fan, but he and Li Jiankun had guesses almost at the same time - they were the Hong Kong businessmen who came to sell BB machines before them.

Lin Xinjia said in his heart that the road between enemies is narrow.

Li Jiankun thought it was best, it was a mule or a horse, and everyone just happened to pull it out for a stroll.

"Why are you here again?" Fan Song glanced at Li Jiankun and others, then his eyes fell on Lin Xinjia and asked with a glare.

"Last time I just had a brief chat with Mr. Fan. This time I brought the machine over and wanted to show it to you. I promise I won't disappoint you."

Fan Song frowned and subconsciously looked to the side. After the middle-aged Hong Kong businessman carefully looked at Li Jiankun and the other five people, he said in a nonchalant manner: "Friends, you are very careless in doing things."

"Oh?" Li Jiankun smiled, walked forward and sat on an empty single-seat sofa. "I heard that Shanghai Post and Telecommunications wants to develop the pager business. We have products. Come here and recommend yourself. Why don't you pay attention to it?"

"Then do you know that I was the one who pushed Shanghai Post and Telecommunications to develop the pager business?"

This person's name is Huang Jinfu, founder of Hong Kong Star Telecommunications Group, entrepreneur and inventor. In later generations, he is known as Hong Kong's "Edison", "Invention King" and "Paging King". He has more than 400 inventions in his life. .

Two months ago, he came to Shanghai to wander around. Carrying a cock box, he ran to the post office building by the Suzhou River. He found the leader of the post and telecommunications department, took out a small black box, and spoke with great effort in Mandarin with a strong Hong Kong flavor. We made an introduction and demonstrated the functions, hoping to cooperate with the Post and Telecommunications Bureau.

It was this promotion that made the Postal and Telecommunications Bureau interested in pagers.

The leaders agreed that it is very suitable for the current embarrassing situation where the phone lines are tight and the problem cannot be solved "in one shot". So we decided to discuss the development of pager business.

In this way, the current Shanghai Post and Telecommunications Development Services Corporation came into being.

After Li Jiankun listened to his story, he couldn't help but frown slightly. This was a history he didn't understand. Unexpectedly, it was not the Magic City Post and Telecommunications Bureau that attracted product vendors because of their needs, but the product vendor in front of him who single-handedly promoted the popularity of BB machines in Magic City. develop.

It is a process where the egg first hatches and then the chicken hatches.

This golden blessing is a hero.

Li Jiankun was really a little embarrassed to do it because he was not very particular about it. But he also thought that his product was much better than the other party's. Once his Han display BB machine was launched on the market, what else could the other party's "black box that only barked BB" have to do?

To take a step back, I would like to say that I don’t want the Magic City market first and will promote it in other cities. It is impossible to give up the Han display BB machine just because of this "embarrassment". In the end, it will lead to the same result.

If we don't speak clearly now, this Golden Fortune will suffer a big loss, and consumers in Shanghai will also fall into the trap.

At this thought, Li Jiankun cupped his hands and expressed his apology, and then said: "I didn't know about this matter. I came here after hearing the news. Although the development of pagers here is promoted by you, to be honest, Your products are far behind ours..."

"joke!"

Being looked down upon and backward in the professional field was something Huang Huangfu couldn't stand. He interrupted Li Jiankun, looked at Fan Song, and said to Li Jiankun with a sneer:

"I heard Mr. Fan say that your people were promoting him, saying that your pager not only has a display screen, but it can also display Chinese characters?"

Just as Li Jiankun was about to nod, Huang Huangfu suddenly burst out laughing: "That's not how you cheat!"

Lin Xinjia, Ding Lun and Fugui brothers, who were poking at one side, raised their brows and glared at them at the same time.

"I think you are just a bunch of laymen. The future development path of pagers is definitely from 'voice reminder' to 'digitization'. In fact, this is also the goal that our company is developing and conquering. Han Xian? That will only be done after digitization." The imagined direction is a direction that can only be found in dreams!

"Digitization has not been realized yet, but you keep saying that Han Xian has been created. Is it just you?"

Li Jiankun respected him as a pioneer. He suppressed his emotions and said without changing his expression: "It's up to us."

"Haha... It's so funny that you are so ignorant!"

Huang Jinfu dared to criticize like this, so he had the confidence. His Starlight Telecommunications Group was already the second largest pager supplier in Hong Kong, with top-notch technology, resources and information. He had never seen these people before. He Is something that has not yet been developed, or even something that may not be possible in the next five years, a God-given talent of a few unknown people?

Li Jiankun didn't want to criticize him, and he didn't bother to say anything more. He turned his head and looked at Ding Lun: "Take out our products and show them to the three of you."

Ding Lun was simmering with anger. If he couldn't do something himself, he was sure that others couldn't do it either? Isn't Huang Huangfu's behavior an insult to him, Professor Ni, and Huadian's technical staff involved in research and development?

Carrying a black handbag, he walked forward and just put it on the red lacquered wood coffee table when a voice suddenly came from beside him.

"No need!" Fan Song waved his hand.

Ding Lun frowned. Li Jiankun looked across and said solemnly: "Mr. Fan, since your organization has decided to develop the pager business, if you don't take a look at our products, it will be a loss for you and your organization."

"Haha." Fan Song stood up, picked up the black handbag from the table, and threw it into Ding Lun's arms. "Please, please. No matter how good your products are, I'm not interested."

Through Huang Jinfu's words just now, he has determined that several people are liars. If you still dare to hang on, I'm afraid there is some clever deception. The best way not to be fooled is to not give them a chance.

Li Jiankun frowned and said in a deep voice, "You will regret it."

"Do I regret it? Haha, if you don't leave, I will make you regret it first. Do you really think I don't dare to call the police?!"

(End of this chapter)