"Okay, okay, Mr. Zheng, let's leave your contact information and find a time to chat in detail."
Zhan Xuerong smiled broadly and hurriedly asked his secretary and Zheng Yaoyang's assistant to leave each other's contact information.
The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and he did not disturb Zheng Yaoyang's next trip and said goodbye.
Before leaving, he patted Huang Rengui on the shoulder: "Thank you so much, Mr. Huang. I'll treat you to dinner sometime."
Huang Rengui's smile was forced: "Minister Zhan, you are too polite. We are all serving the people."
After a brief visit to the Communications Bureau, Huang Rengui told Zheng Yaoyang about the cost of constructing a base station in the mainland.
It costs US$95,000 in Xiangjiang, but in mainland China, it only costs US$70,000 including all labor costs.
Due to cost reductions, the original 540 signal towers expected to be built have also been increased by 192.
The area is expected to be covered not only in the three districts of Luohu, Futian and Nanshan, but also spread to Baoan's airport.
Zheng Yaoyang also intuitively felt for the first time the benefits of cheap labor.
For skilled workers in Hong Kong, the average monthly salary is HK$6,000. With the same salary, five people from the mainland can be hired.
After finishing the visit to the Communications Bureau, everyone went to the Communications Signal Receiving Terminal located at Futian Port.
This handles the signal reception for the entire Pengcheng, and will be interconnected with the three main base stations in Xiangjiang in the future.
The interconnection function has not yet been activated. The so-called interconnection actually means roaming calls across cities or even provinces.
Zheng Yaoyang plans to leave this feature to the upcoming 2G mobile phones.
PHS's start was too perfect, with many functions comparable to the Nokia 1011 piloted in the Netherlands.
For technological products that need to be updated frequently, being too perfect is actually not a good thing.
Just like many domestic military-quality products, they will be abandoned by the market. The main reason is that they are too durable.
After all, an electric fan can be used for decades, and industrial consumables have become a one-time purchase, and they deserve to be abandoned by the market.
In this regard, we need to learn from the future Apple. New functions can be included, but they must be rolled out slowly from generation to generation, just like squeezing out toothpaste, in order to maximize benefits.
Finally, everyone went to the Luohu PHS store, which opened this morning. The limited edition of 5,000 PHS units, each priced at HKD 6,199, has been sold out.
Lin Teck Fu did not engage in price discrimination. In fact, the price of the ordinary version of PHS in mainland China was the same as that in Xiangjiang, but a 10% tariff was charged.
It is worth mentioning that even the special version of PHS sold 500 units today, with more than 300 people pre-ordering it.
Today is the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Special Economic Zone. In the past ten years, it has actually given birth to many invisible rich people.
The special version of PHS is made of gold, inlaid with diamonds, and endorsed by a number of Hong Kong businessmen. It is full of style and is deeply loved by the bosses.
I am afraid that even Lin Defu, who is far away in Xiangjiang, has not thought of this. He only put the special version of PHS on the shelves with the intention of clearing his inventory.
Zheng Yaoyang and others walked around and tried again. The quality of the call was basically the same as that in Xiangjiang, and there was no acclimatization.
Seeing that it was not too early, he and Liu Fuxiong planned to go to the airport in Bao'an and take a flight to the Magic City in advance.
At the street entrance of the PHS store, Zheng Yaoyang saw a red chrysanthemum that was both familiar and unfamiliar. There were fifteen petals in total.
Zheng Yaoyang suddenly remembered that the red chrysanthemum was Warwick's original logo. It was improved many times before it became the well-known sunflower, and said: "Stop first."
Seeing Zheng Yaoyang's car parked on the roadside, Huang Rengui's car also parked with it.
Huang Rengui came to Zheng Yaoyang and followed his gaze, with an awkward yet polite smile on his face: "This is the Warwick PHS store. I don't know if Mr. Ren is in the store."
When Zheng Yaoyang agreed to open the receiving port and let the market be in a state of free competition, they also vigorously supported the local ZTE and Huawei.
But on the opening day of the MiLi PHS store, Zheng Yaoyang encountered the PHS store in Warwick, and he felt like he had been caught having an affair.
Zheng Yaoyang smiled and asked: "Director Huang, can we go in and take a look?"
PHS's manufacturing technology is simple, and the most important thing is communication technology. They open the receiving port, so it is expected that they will be imitated.
But he didn't expect it to be Warwick. Zheng Yaoyang suddenly wanted to meet Ren Feizheng, who was now in his prime.
"Okay, okay."
Huang Rengui quickly invited Zheng Yaoyang into the store, informed the counter staff of their identities, and asked whether their boss Ren Fei was present.
When the employees heard this, they did not dare to neglect them. They poured tea and water, and contacted the boss at the same time. After all, Huang Rengui was the direct department leader who had the power of life and death over them.
After a while, Ren Feizheng received the news and hurried over, saying hello with a smile on his face: "Mr. Zheng, I am Ren Feizheng. I am very happy to meet you."
He had heard of Zheng Yaoyang's name a long time ago. In the beginning, Warwick made its fortune by acting as an agent for Xiangjiang Telecom's switches and made its first pot of gold.
However, since Zheng Yaoyang acquired Xiangjiang Telecom, this business was also cut off. Warwick lost its main source of income for a while, so it decided to imitate PHS.
The main reason is that they are too far behind the same type of ZTE in the field of switches, so they can only find another way to achieve overtaking in corners.
Zheng Yaoyang picked up the Warwick PHS at the counter, smiled and asked about the phone's configuration and price.
Ren Zhengfei replied: "The price is 1,699 yuan, the monthly rent is 38 yuan, and the standby time is about eight hours."
He has no embarrassment at all. There is no plagiarism in technological products, only reference and tribute.
The United States copied the United Kingdom, Japan copied the United States, and Xiangjiang copied Japan. Now it is their turn to copy Xiangjiang.
Zheng Yaoyang mentally converted the exchange rate. Although the RMB has appreciated slightly recently, the exchange rate with the Hong Kong dollar is still basically stable at around 1:1.85.
The Warwick PHS priced at 1,700 yuan should be around 3,600 yuan if converted into Hong Kong dollars.
It is 2,600 yuan cheaper than them, but the standby time is far inferior to them, and the battery should be reduced.
Zheng Yaoyang asked about various functions again, and Ren Feizheng's answer was also very straightforward: "A wireless landline phone only has a call function. You can also think of it as a castrated version of Mi Li PHS."
He knew very well that Zheng Yaoyang didn't care whether they plagiarized or not, because he was a communications provider.
They are quite like the owners of casinos and communication equipment manufacturers such as Warwick and ZTE, just like the gamblers in the casino.
The more gamblers there are in a casino, the more the casino owner will make, because communication fees are their income.
Perhaps for Zheng Yaoyang, the huge revenue brought by the sales of rice-based PHS is like a sweetener to attract gamblers.
Only when manufacturers see the benefits will more people join in and help them expand the entire communications market.
Guo Kongli from Malay, Li Zhekai from Han State, and Wang Wenyang from Baodao all heard that Zheng Yaoyang provided free technical support.
Ren Feizheng really admires Zheng Yaoyang. He is only 20 years old this year. How does he grow up with such a brain?
Zheng Yaoyang asked again: "Mr. Ren, I heard that the Netherlands is piloting 2G communications. What do you think?"
Ren Feizheng replied: "It's none of our business. The mainland doesn't need 2G communication technology now."
Zheng Yaoyang laughed and agreed with Ren Feizheng's statement. Landline phones have not yet become popular in the market, and there is indeed no need for 2G technology.
He left his business card and said with a smile: "Mr. Ren, if you have any difficulties, you can call this number. I am very willing to make you a friend."
In the past two years or so, Zheng Yaoyang has come into contact with many people, but so far, only Ren Feizheng can know his true thoughts and intentions.
Ren Feizheng solemnly put away his business card, but said with a smile: "I hope that day will never come."
He understands Zheng Yaoyang's character. If he really needs help one day, Warwick will most likely change his surname to Zheng.
"I hope so too."
The two chatted for a long time, talking about everything, and hated meeting each other so late, until Liu Fuxiong reminded them that it was getting late.
Zheng Yaoyang said apologetically: "Brother Ren, I'm really sorry. We have to catch a flight tonight, so we can't have a few drinks with you."
Ren Feizheng held Zheng Yaoyang's hand: "Brother Zheng, have a safe journey. The future is bright and there will always be opportunities."