Superstar

Joseph put his hands on the steering wheel, frowning, as if thinking about something profound and serious. Hugo in the passenger seat unfastened his seat belt and was about to get out of the car, but found that Joseph was still not moving, and turned around. To, "Get off."

Joseph raised his head and looked at Hugo, "Are you serious?"

Hugo slammed his right hand on the handle of the ‘door’, pushed the ‘door’ and walked down, and said to Joseph, “You’ve been nagging all the way, don’t you feel tired?”

Joseph also quickly got out of the car and caught up with Hugo, "Do you really want to buy a brick (the.)?"

Listening to the name of this image, Hugo laughed, "Yes, that's why we came to Motorola. Look, we are all at the store."

"But, but I heard that this thing is not easy to use at all, I can't hear what the other person is saying, and often there is no way to contact the other person, and it is so heavy that it is not convenient at all." Joseph still frowned and kept frowning. Grumbled.

Hugo let out a long sigh of relief, "I know, I know everything you say, but believe me, it's really useful to buy it."

In Los Angeles in 1992, Hugo was finally about to connect with technological life, and today he decided to buy a mobile phone! This kind of thing will have no value for discussion after twenty years, but today, it is a new thing that shocks everyone's thoughts and concepts.

The mobile phone was invented as early as 1973, but it was not officially put into use until 1983. In the past nine years, the development of mobile phones has been very slow. There are no more than 300,000 mobile phone users in the United States. For telephones, the current mobile phone still does not have many advantages. In addition to the lack of signal towers, the unclear call quality is the fundamental reason for the limitations of the technology of the mobile phone itself, and the so-called "portable" advantage is also because it is similar to a brick. The huge volume was squeezed to the bare minimum.

People ridiculed the current mobile phone as a "shoe machine", which means a heavy and huge guy like a shoe. Later, the nickname "brick" was more widely spread, which satirizes those rich people carrying a brick on the street. stroll. It can be seen that mobile phones are in a difficult situation in the market today.

Therefore, when Hugo offered to buy a mobile phone, Joseph felt that Hugo was crazy. However, Hugo has a soul from 22 years later, life without mobile phones and internet is really unimaginable. Prior to this, Hugo did not have the financial strength to improve his life, and he could only adapt passively. Now, the remaining two million pieces of "Yihai Xiongfeng" have also been paid, so the plan to buy a mobile phone is immediately Entered Hugo's mind.

As one of the world's top communications companies, Motorola has branches in major cities, but the number of branches where you can buy mobile phones is very limited. Fortunately, the city where Hugo is located is Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, which saves a lot of trouble.

Walking into Motorola's head office in Los Angeles, a clerk immediately greeted me, "Good morning, gentlemen, this is Chris. Is there anything I can help?"

Hugo's sight searched the interior of the store. The counters were much less than expected, and the decoration was very simple. After entering the 21st century, mobile communications accounted for an increasing proportion of life, so storefronts in related industries have become more and more important. It has become more and more luxurious, but now, even Motorola's Los Angeles headquarters can still be described as simple.

Chris Keane (. Keane) greeted him with a smile on his face. The slightly smaller man kept looking at the store, so his eyes naturally met the stronger man, and the man in front of him seemed to be What's wrong, frowning and curling his mouth, with an uncertain look on his face. Chris knew that to get business, he had to take the initiative, so he did the same.

"Sir, we have a variety of communication tools in the store, which can definitely meet your needs." Chris promoted with an enthusiastic tone, "Recently young people choose pagers more often, if necessary. , I can show it to you."

Pager, also known as bb machine, pager, bp machine, is a transitional'sexual' communication device before the advent of mobile phones. The use of pager is actually very simple, equivalent to a radio receiving station, and can be carried with you.

For example, if Hugo wants to find Joseph but can't find it, he can call the pager and leave a message on Joseph's pager number. Then, Joseph's pager can show that someone is calling him, he can use a nearby public phone to call the pager, and he can hear the message. For another example, the pager can display numbers, which makes the pager a new method of confession, which is similar to "520 stands for I love you" and "1314 stands for a lifetime" and other message methods are very popular. .

Compared with mobile phones, pagers are now generally accepted, and their sales around the world are very gratifying. It is currently the hottest emerging instant messaging tool.

"Pager? Hey, can I take a look?" Hugo was a generation who caught the tail of the 80s before he crossed. He didn't have much impression of pagers, because they basically went downhill around 1995. But then I saw many pictures of pagers on the Internet, which made Hugo very curious about this communication method. And now, Hugo actually had the opportunity to touch the real pager, and he immediately became excited.

Joseph looked at Hugo and paused. He originally wanted to say, "Don't you want to buy a brick?" But then he imagined that he thought the pager was more practical than a brick, so Joseph didn't say anything. Prevent.

Chris stood by and took a look at Joseph, and then astutely took Hugo’s words, "Of course, please come with me." Then Chris led the way and introduced, "We Motorola are the first batch to launch. The pager company currently has two types of machines, one can only display numbers, and the other can display text. At present, our company has different package options for these two machines, and we also give away some incidental services, such as weather Forecasts, news and the like."

Coming to the edge of the counter, Chris placed several pagers of different models on the glass surface and introduced them enthusiastically. Hugo's attention was not on Chris' introduction at all, so he picked up a pager and looked at it.

The black body is smaller than the cigarette case, and it can be held in the palm of the hand, making it easy to carry. On the front is a two-finger-wide display screen. It seems that this is a model that can display text. There are several small buttons underneath. Next to the buttons is the "Motorola" logo; on the back is a clip that can be buckled on. On the belt, Hugo suddenly came to mind the photos he had seen on the Internet before: a middle-aged man smoking a cigarette, wearing a black leather belt with keys, a pager and a wallet chain hung on it , There is still a large brick buttoned behind, and the jacket has no way to hide all these things. This is a typical copycat nouveau riche image.

Thinking of this, Hugo pounced and laughed, making Chris and Joseph both turn to look at him, and he waved his hand quickly, "Sorry, sorry, leave me alone."

Joseph thought that Hugo was satisfied with this pager, so he asked, "What kind of package is available for this pager."

"Oh, after the purchase of 60 dollars, the basic cost of 12 dollars per month, and then we can also give away the daily instant news." Chris quickly introduced, apparently from Joseph's tone of voice. Signs of easy success.

Hugo curled his lips. It was cheaper than he thought. After all, this portable mobile tool really solves many important problems. "Why don't you have a pager in your company?" Hugo suddenly thought of this question. As a broker, it is very important to keep in touch with customers at all times. Equipping with a pager can solve a lot of troubles, but Joseph does not.

Joseph shrugged, "When you took over you, you didn't have so much work, remember?" Now they talk about what happened in the past year without any hindrance, and you can blurt out the lightly. Even the Golden Raspberry Award can be used as a topic of joke, "Rang is equipped with two." Hugo turned his head and cast a suspicious look, "One is for familiar people, and the other is normal. Say hello and give the number to go." Hugo suddenly realized.

"Well, do you need to buy two? If you can, I think Carl will need it too. You know, he is also busy now." Joseph is naturally more expensive than the expensive and impractical bricks. People who like pagers, and he and Carl can afford them.

Now Carl besides Charlize ~www.readwn.com~Alex is also helping many of his jobs. After all, Joseph has been busy recently because of Hugo, and there is no space at all. Therefore, the workload of both Carl and Joseph has risen sharply, and it is indeed necessary to do more preparation.

Chris couldn't help but look at Hugo, because he knew who was in control of the decision. Seeing Hugo in front of him, Chris felt more familiar. More precisely, he was more familiar. Recently, the image of Hugo is almost overwhelming. "Yihai Xiongfeng" is the only movie that has swept through in December. It is really not easy not to recognize this face.

"Hey, you, are you Hugo? I mean, Hugo Lancaster?" Chris asked tentatively. If it is really Hugo, then there must be no problem with business today. Recently Hugo's career is in full swing. Thinking of this, Chris couldn't help ‘showing’ a smile on his face.

"Yes." Hugo turned his head to look at Chris, showing a bright smile, which seemed very friendly, but the words he immediately said were destined to disappoint Chris, "Thank you. Introduction, but I think we don’t need pagers, thank you."

Chris' smile stiffened at the corners of his mouth, and his brows were covered with disappointment: This is really bad.