Three hundred and fiftieth chapters electric cricket
Pager is also called pager, pager, and CALL machine.
But its more famous name is "BP machine".
This is derived from its original English name - Beeper.
If there is anything that can be considered epoch-making in the changes in people's lives in Beijing in the past year, it must be the advent of this thing.
In November 1985, the Beijing Municipal Telecommunications Administration opened the first wireless paging station in Beijing - 126 paging station.
Although at the beginning of its establishment, the price of this small black box worn around the waist was as high as a thousand yuan, which was almost the annual salary of an ordinary employee at that time.
But the functionality is very limited.
Because the first generation pager was an analog signal BP machine and did not even have an electronic display.
No information can be received, only a "beep" sound is emitted.
The owner must call the paging station and report his pager number and password.
Only then can you know the other party's phone number or hear the message.
For this reason, it is also jokingly called the "Electric Cricket" by people in the capital.
But don’t underestimate this function that only barks twice.
Because this is the practical application of the first generation of personal instant messaging tools.
Its great significance is that the radio paging function has unprecedentedly made up for the shortcomings of fixed telephones that cannot be moved.
In an era when mobile phones were not yet popular, it was this thing that made it possible for people in two places to communicate with each other in real time.
From then on, people no longer waited stupidly by the public phone just to wait for a call, feeling overwhelmed by anxiety.
You can do another thing first and rely on BP to get the waiting news.
From then on, if you encounter emergencies such as family illness, accidents, stranded in another place, or changes in work plans, etc.
People finally have a way to contact their relatives or leaders at work in a timely manner.
In short, although this thing is extremely inconvenient in the eyes of people today, it is a backward product that has long been eliminated.
But in this era where instant messaging has just begun.
A pager that only calls twice is enough to make people in the owner's life circle feel that it is a very happy thing to be able to find each other at the critical moment.
So Hong Yanwu understood the significance of this incident best.
This year, not only did I buy this thing for my brothers and sisters, but I also taught my parents how to call them and leave messages.
I also gave one to important friends and close relatives as a Spring Festival gift.
Even for his work unit, he has installed more than a dozen units.
From Director Yang and Sister Wei to Zhu Zhenfan and Duan Gang, they are all equipped.
So after the New Year's Eve dinner, the cross talk "Talking about Tiger in the Year of the Tiger" had just finished.
Hong Yanwu created another contemporary precedent and became the first person to use a pager to greet the New Year.
This guy was sitting next to the phone, with a cigarette in his mouth, flipping through his phone book, and chatting with the operator of Channel 126.
"Hello, Miss, have a happy New Year. I've caused you trouble, please call 126-666111 for me. Leave a message. When the firecrackers go off, gold is worth ten thousand taels. When the fireworks go off, the whole house is filled with descendants. When the rice cakes are steaming, good fortune rises. I wish you all the best!
Happy New Year's Eve, I won't bother you with phone calls..."
"Hey, hey, wait, don't hang up now, please call 126-888861 for me. Yes, leave a message, New Year's Eve is here, there are a lot of things to do. Please, protect your throat and don't tire yourself out, don't hold back when you eat.
, don’t mix the white beer. I wish the performance a success..."
"Don't be busy, there is still more. 126-888862, the message is... Ah, New Year's Eve, the cheers are endless. It's inconvenient to bother me with calls. I wish you a happy new year, and I have fulfilled my wish. I wish the whole family good health. Hurry up and get married.
Come on, buddy, I’m waiting for you with a big gift..."
"Yes, yes, yes, there is still a number to call, 126-888863... To tell you the truth, I have dozens of people in this series. I'm afraid I will have to round you up within an hour...
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"It doesn't matter, I'm not in a hurry. As long as you don't be in a hurry. How about you take a drink of water first, and we can call three in one or five in one..."
Well, when Hong Yanwu picked up the phone, he couldn't put down the phone because there were too many people to call. He was even poorer than Liu Wei and Feng Gong on TV just now.
Of course, the operator on the other end of the phone had no idea how unlucky he would be to receive the call because he was in trouble on New Year's Eve.
But almost at the same time.
However, the analog signal of radio brought blessings to many families through a few tweets.
In the staff dormitory building of Anlelin "Polar Bear".
Next to Factory Manager Yang, who was having a happy gathering with his wife, children, and children, the BP machine placed in front of the phone rang.
Quite surprised, he picked it up, pressed the ringtone, and went back to the station to check for information.
Then I became happy when I heard it, and I laughed more happily than watching the Spring Festival Gala.
After hanging up the phone, I couldn't help but complain.
"This kid is so evil, why bother with this? Why don't you just call..."
But having said that, he actually picked up the phone and followed suit.
"Hey, service desk? Hey, call 126-666222 for me, yes, three sixes, three twos. Leave a message? Oh... the message is, Sister Wei, you have worked hard for a year, thank you for your support and help.
I wish you good health and happiness to your family in the Year of the Tiger..."
What's even more amazing is in the China Television studio.
Yang Weifan, who looked dignified and was sitting upright, was waiting to perform on stage with Su Xiaoming later.
The BP machine in my lower back that I forgot to turn off also beeped.
Fortunately, Yu Wanyu finished her performance of "Going Back to Her Mother's Home" in a reverse role. She bowed and came off the stage to receive a round of applause.
Although Su Xiaoming, Dong Wenhua, and David Jiang who were sitting next to Yang Weifan all heard the noise and kept looking around.
But under the cover of applause, others finally did not hear this strange sound.
Yang Weifan quickly touched his lower back and secretly turned off the thing.
After the show was over, he walked out of the studio to call the station on China Television's phone, and his nose almost became crooked.
So I asked the 126 operator to help call Hong Yanwu.
The message was as follows, "I don't appreciate you at all. Your behavior is as annoying as tapping a stranger on the shoulder and saying, 'Hey, it's okay'."
And the Song family in Pingyuan Hutong.
Director Song, his wife and Song Pingping were each asking Song Guofu about Su Xiu's situation.
I was happily thinking about how to entertain my son’s partner on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
The BP machine in Song Guofu's room also rang.
In the end, Song Guofu left the stage completely under the unwilling eyes of his mother, sister and boss.
I felt happy immediately after hearing the news.
He also had a message to reply to Hong Yanwu.
"I have been transferred to the Poverty Alleviation Office, so starting tomorrow, you will be under my control. Don't ask why. Do you think you are not poor enough?"
As for Xiao Baizi in the unit in the dormitory building of Factory 541.
I was watching TV with my father when I heard the BP machine beeping and I got excited.
He doesn't even need to go back to the station to know who is looking for him, because the number of calls is the secret code.
So I quickly put a large bag of coins in my pocket and found an excuse to go downstairs.
Then we took a familiar route and arrived at a limited-time coin-operated public phone on the road.
Soon, I lit a cigarette and made a call.
The tenderness and sweetness that is not afraid of the cold began to unfold.
"Hey, Sang Jing. Have you had the New Year's Eve dinner? How many firecrackers are set off at your place?"
"Me? I'm in the public phone booth downstairs. It's okay. I'm not cold. Why are you shivering? Hey, I just came out of the house. You just need to get used to it."
"By the way, what are you going to do tomorrow? Go to your grandma's house...are you still going out in the second grade of junior high school?"
"Don't want to go out? Then come to me. Let's go to the temple fair in the second grade of junior high school..."
Even the island countries far away in the East are the same.
The "thorn plum" who just got off the plane from Narita Airport couldn't find the "sugar heart" while calling in the terminal.
I also called the DoCoMo paging station and left a message for her.
But other than "I'm back and I've brought you something you want to eat. I'll see you at home later."
The rest are all Japanese speaking incredible Japanese.
"こにてしわ,わんにてしわ,こへわんにとうしれわ!"
Only we Chinese can understand the true meaning through pronunciation.
"You have to wash the pots, you have to wash the bowls, you have to wash both the pots and the bowls!"
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