1991 Starting from the core

"Xiao Shan, do you know why I came here this time?"

Yang Weichang put away the photos and smiled at Su Yuanshan.

Su Yuanshan chuckled: "I guessed a bit, but Uncle Yang, you came two days late - if you had come two days earlier, Wang Chaoxin would still be here."

Yang Weichang paused and looked at Su Yuanshan strangely: "Do you think I'm here to ask you about selling goods and asking for payment?"

Su Yuanshan was stunned - the newly established China Connect had heard that the higher-ups had given it a start-up capital of 3 billion. This money seems to be a lot, and it does not need to be invested in base stations. But China Connect is a large state-owned enterprise that integrates network access, wired telephone, wireless paging, and mobile phone operations...

Not to mention anything else, just renting the storefront and hiring people to pay wages is enough for him to drink a pot.

Zhongxin, on the other hand, has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with China Mobile and has launched more than ten low-priced models, effectively helping China open up the market.

In addition, China Connect also has a paging service, so it is more serious to look for Chaoxin - Yuanxin is a high-priced mobile phone, and it is the kind of "township" in major communication malls. Even if you enter the business hall, you will never call it. The operator's logo is so noble and arrogant...

Yuanxin's brand style is built on this bit by bit.

"Then Uncle Yang, you won't come to chat with me..." Su Yuanshan couldn't guess what kind of medicine Yang Weichang sold in his gourd for a while. He spread his hands and said with a smile: "Of course, even if you come to chat with me, I will have it anyway. null."

"Haha, even if I'm here to chat with you - of course, there's cooperation, but we'll talk about that later, let's chat first."

Yang Weichang put down his briefcase as he spoke. After pondering for a moment, his temperament immediately became more serious: "Xiaoshan, you know, although I have been in charge of the Foreign Economic and Trade Committee, I have never done any real business."

"Your brother Liang and your sister Yiwen, after knowing that I took this errand, both strongly urged me to come to you for advice - in fact, if they didn't tell me, I would definitely come to you."

When Su Yuanshan heard this, he waved his hands quickly and refused to take it seriously.

Yang Weichang smiled and said sternly: "Xiaoshan, don't be humble. China Connect is an enterprise that the country has high hopes for. No matter from the perspective of the industry or the perspective of the country, it is not allowed to make any mistakes. And you are recognized as having a great influence on the entire information industry. The entrepreneur who sees the industry most accurately and understands it most thoroughly.”

Now that Yang Weichang has talked about this, Su Yuanshan is no longer modest - if he continues to fool him, he is afraid that Yang Yiwen's sister-in-law will have to call him in the middle of the night to teach him a lesson.

After a few seconds of silence, Su Yuanshan said softly: "Uncle Yang, to tell you the truth, we have been discussing the establishment of the Ministry of Information Industry and the impact on the industry after the establishment of Connect."

Yang Weichang nodded, then took out his notebook and signature pen and looked at him: "You tell me."

When Su Yuanshan saw the note-taking posture, he immediately panicked: "Uncle Yang, what are you doing? You can't do it..."

"Don't worry, let's talk about it." Yang Weichang waved his hand and signaled Su Yuanshan to continue: "How about you give me the minutes of your meetings these days."

"..."

In desperation, Su Yuanshan started from the significance of the establishment of the Ministry of Information Industry - which was recognized by Yang Weichang - combined with the international and domestic situation, as well as domestic economic development trends, and took the technological development and business trends in the next few years very seriously. Describe it.

Especially when it was said that the life of the pager would end in a state beyond common sense within three years, Yang Weichang broke into a cold sweat.

——Because now the main voice within China Connect still prefers to consolidate its “family assets” first, that is, the paging station business that was spun off from the post office.

Frankly speaking, the country really has no bad intentions.

According to conservative estimates, excluding extremely backward and impoverished mountainous areas, and only counting urban and partially qualified rural populations, the target user group of pagers is at least 100 million. As for optimistic estimates, this number will have to double one or two times.

But now there are only over 20 million pager users, and this market is still very large.

"You mean, the paging machine will expand rapidly in the next two to three years, and then suddenly stop and die instantly? Is this your judgment?"

"Yes, it is my judgment, and it has been unanimously recognized by everyone in Yuanxin Marketing and Marketing Department. Uncle Yang, you know, last year Zhongxin optical pagers sold nearly 500 million... He also I feel bad, but there’s nothing I can do.”

"Can we get a turnaround by expanding our business, such as network paging business?" Yang Weichang asked still unwilling to give up.

Before he left, he held a high-level meeting within China Unicom. One of the vice presidents, the person in charge of Paging 198/199 nationwide, proposed to deepen the integration of paging services with the Internet.

Yang Weichang thinks this idea is good.

However, Su Yuanshan still shook his head slowly, firmly, and even with a hint of regret.

"Uncle Yang, maybe in the eyes of others, the replacement of paging by mobile phones is just the replacement of low-level communication technology by high-level communication technology - if it is just a replacement, then as long as the service and price advantages are maintained, the life cycle can be extended."

"But alas, it's not."

Su Yuanshan pursed his lips and said softly: "Essentially, a mobile phone is an intelligent handheld terminal device that integrates digital, communication, and network. The demise of the pager is just one of its conquests in the field of portable intelligent digital and entertainment devices. Unremarkable destruction.”

"When a tank rolls over, what kind of weapons do you think an ant can use to survive?"

Yang Weichang fell silent, sighed deeply after a long time, and then suddenly smiled.

"Thank you, Xiaoshan."

"Uncle Yang, I'm out."

Su Yuanshan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, even if Yang Weichang didn't come to him, he would definitely find a way to remind him after learning that Yang Weichang was in charge of China Unicom.

Because in the history, China Unicom was dragged down by the sudden avalanche of paging business and suffered terribly - you know, China Unicom in history was founded on the back of China Mobile, and it had such a deep foundation that even a listed company could not withstand it.

Not to mention the newly established "baby" connection.

Yang Weichang quickly wrote down the key words - he needed to use Su Yuanshan's words just now to convince his colleagues. But immediately, he thought of a new problem.

"What about mobile phones? What will they replace?"

Su Yuanshan was startled, thinking that this old man really knew how to draw inferences from one instance...

"I don't know." Su Yuanshan shook his head frankly.

"Maybe it's holographic glasses, maybe it's a smart projection bracelet, maybe it's a brain-computer interface - who knows? Let's decide on that day."

Yang Weichang was stunned for a moment as he heard each noun. After a while, he laughed: "That's too science fiction. Let's not talk about it, let's talk about the present."

"Yes, let's talk about the present! Let's talk about your CCDMA agreement."

Su Yuanshan was startled again!

"Xiaoshan, 3G, will this be an opportunity for us to overtake through the curve, right?" Yang Weichang's eyes were burning.

Su Yuanshan nodded heavily: "Yes, it must be."

"How long until it is fully commercialized?"

Su Yuanshan raised three fingers.

"3 years."

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In the afternoon, Su Yuanshan and Chen Jing sent Yang Weichang and others out of the science park gate in person.

"It's almost time to get off work, why don't you take a walk?" Chen Jing looked up at the sky and then at the time. It was half an hour before get off work, so she suggested.

"Okay." Su Yuanshan looked back and saw Fu Zhenhua's "spirited soul" was not around. He felt relieved. He turned to Wen Xiaoqian and said, "Xiaoqian, go back and tell the office."

"..." Wen Xiaoqian saw the two of them walking towards the sidewalk like this, and thought to herself, what are you two doing? However, she still walked to the security hall obediently and said hello to the doorman.

After a while, two security guards rode bicycles and followed them slowly about ten meters away.

…

"Damn... Wen Xiaoqian went too far." Su Yuanshan turned around. He knew that Wen Xiaoqian must have called these two security guards to follow him, so he couldn't help but mutter.

Chen Jing smiled slightly, put her hands in the pockets of her long windbreaker, kicked her legs and walked forward slowly.

"I remember when I first came here, there were farmlands on both sides, and even the roads were asphalt roads. Now they are cement roads." Chen Jing looked past the cars passing by from time to time, and stopped at the adjacent buildings on the opposite side. On the high-rise building: "It seems to be the software park opposite, right?"

"Yeah, that's right. When YXLAB became independent last month, the second-in-command from the development zone even made a special trip to find Mr. Xi and said, let's move the Internet center there as well."

"Oh? What's the result?" Chen Jing turned around and stood still.

Su Yuanshan smiled slightly: "Mr. Xi said: You can cool down for a while."

"Haha!" Chen Jing couldn't help laughing and bent her waist. Then she realized that this was too unladylike, so she lightly glared at Su Yuanshan and suppressed her smile a little: "He really said that? Aren't you afraid of wearing small shoes? "

"I can't give it. The second in command is his classmate during graduate school."

"...Oh!" Chen Jing took out her hand, hugged it to her chest, and smiled: "That's really hard to wear."

"But Mr. Xi's classmate must be very young, right? Is he the deputy director?"

"It's just that Mr. Xi is young. His graduate students are generally five or six years older than him." Su Yuanshan paused: "But Mr. Xi is also thirty this year..."

Standing under the street lamp, Su Yuanshan looked towards the city at the end of the road. At this time, the street lamp was on, and the provincial city gradually became brighter. Under the street lights, one building after another was rising from the ground, gradually turning the originally deserted development area into a bustling one.

"Time..." Su Yuanshan squinted his eyes and sighed after thinking that his feet would become as prosperous as the main city in the future.

To be fair, Su Yuanshan's sigh had no other meaning at all.

He just wanted to lament that in the past few years since Yuanxin was established, time has flown by like water. Just like the surrounding wilderness, the scenery changed before he could stop and take a look.

A few seconds later, Chen Jing's long sigh suddenly came from beside him: "The situation waits for no one, and your hair will turn into silk in a moment."

Su Yuanshan was stunned, and when he turned around, he saw Chen Jing raising her head slightly, like a young artistic woman who was sad for spring and autumn.