The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 165 The giant’s panic

Zhang Zhipeng bowed and replied with a smile: "Yes, leader, we have established the country's first GSM network in Shenzhen Town."

“Judging from the usage, the effect is still very good!”

"After the completion of this GSM network, the number of mobile communication users in Shenzhen increased by more than one million. Currently, tens of thousands of new users join the network every day."

"Our domestic GSM network has no access fee, and calls are as low as 1 cent or less per minute. Our mobile phone prices have also been significantly reduced."

"In the past, a 1G mobile phone cost 1.8 yuan. Now, our mobile phone only costs to yuan."

"In the future, as production costs continue to decrease, the selling prices of mid- to low-end mobile phones may even be as low as one to two thousand or even less than one thousand."

The leader nodded happily and said: "Okay! Very good!"

"The tariffs have dropped, and the price of mobile phones has also dropped significantly. This will attract more users to use mobile phones, which means there will be a win-win situation."

"Users get benefits, communication companies get more revenue, and equipment manufacturers and suppliers get sales profits."

"And the spread of information in society will also speed up."

"The economy will become more prosperous."

"This is a positive cycle of economic development!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "You are so right."

The leader said: “Such a good thing must be promoted nationwide!”

"I hope to build a nationwide GSM network within 3 to 5 years."

"Try to be ahead of the Lizard!"

Zhao Bingkun said with a smile: "The initial investment may be larger."

"If a nationwide network is built in three to five years, the country's annual expenditure will be around 100 billion."

"This will put our finances even more strained."

The leader pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "It's okay to be nervous!"

"Bite the bullet, tighten the belt, and let's work hard!"

"Communication can be said to be a basis for communication in the whole society! It is also the most important infrastructure of the economy and society!"

"After it is completed, the economic benefits it will generate will probably be in the tens of trillions every year! No matter how you calculate it, it will be worth it!"

Zhang Zhipeng nodded repeatedly as he listened.

The leader’s eyes are really bright!
Moreover, the calculation was done very well.

Although building a nationwide GSM network is indeed very expensive.

However, communications is indeed a big industry!

The promotion effect on social economy is also very strong.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the mobile phone industry. It can grow into a large industry with a scale of trillions!

That can feed millions of people and cultivate hundreds of high-quality enterprises!

This is no joke.

Moreover, the communications industry can also export products on a large scale, which can once again accelerate the development of the national economy.

Therefore, this industry really must be firmly grasped!
In the previous life, the two Nordic countries did well in the communications industry, which directly greatly increased the economic strength of the two countries and became the pillars of the country!

"Comrade Zhipeng, what do you think?" The leader turned to ask Zhang Zhipeng at this time.

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I can only say that you, the leader, have a bright eye."

"You're absolutely right."

"The big communications industry can grow into a big industry with trillions of dollars in revenue in the future!"

"If we firmly grasp this industry, we can quickly enhance our national strength."

"So, I agree with your instructions to tighten our belts and speed up the construction of the national GSM network."

The leader smiled and nodded and said: "This is called heroes seeing the same thing! Haha!"

"Then let's do this! Let's hold a meeting first to unify our thoughts, and then let the post and telecommunications department integrate with Warwick Company. Everyone will go to Shenzhen Town to observe and experience it on site!"

"Finally, determine a timetable for the construction of a national GSM network."

"Comrade Zhipeng, is there anything else you want to say?"

Zhang Zhipeng was very happy because his goal was achieved!
He hurriedly smiled and said: "I have nothing more to say. I think if we fully implement your instructions, there won't be any problems!"

The leader laughed, tapped Zhang Zhipeng with his finger and said, "You, you! When did you learn to flatter me?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Leader, this is really not flattery. If what you say is wrong, I will definitely put forward my own ideas."

After Zhang Zhipeng met with the leaders, a briefing meeting was held at the national level.

At this meeting, the policy of "gathering forces and making every effort to quickly build a national GSM network" was clarified.

Then, the post and telecommunications department received a notice asking them to coordinate and communicate with all provinces and cities across the country to quickly come up with a construction timetable and speed up the construction.

The post and telecommunications department also needs to integrate with Warwick Company to improve efficiency.

Of course, the post and telecommunications department will also hold a bidding fair for the construction of a nationwide GSM network.

No matter what, we must show openness and transparency on the surface.

This tender is open to the whole world.

Once the news spread, major communication equipment manufacturers around the world could not sit still.

At this time, there are several major communication equipment giants in the world: Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Qualcomm, etc.

The first two are European.

The latter two are rotten.

Judging from the current development of 2G networks, European communication giants already have the upper hand.

The CDMA network over there is not very popular.

After China's post and telecommunications department issued a bidding notice, all giants held internal high-level meetings.

They are obviously very coveted for this big business from China.

They have all set up bidding project teams.

The people in charge are also led by senior managers.

Axley, vice president of Nokia's business, was appointed as the head of Nokia's business bidding project team in China.

Ericsson's Vice President Tomasa also took office as Ericsson's bidding director.

Motorola CEO Gill personally serves as the person in charge of the bidding project.

Qualcomm CEO Kruse also personally presided over the company's bidding for this large project.

They sent people to China one after another to communicate, show goodwill, and build relationships.

They all believe that competition should only be between the four giants in Europe and the United States.

Other little shrimps have no qualifications at all.

The four giants even held a communication meeting.

They feel that in order to avoid losing both sides, the four companies should unite.

Everyone will divide this big business internally first.

Then everyone benefits, wouldn’t everyone be happy?

They believe that if they carry out internal coordination and communication first, it will also help everyone compete on a large scale on price in order to get more business.

The main participants in this communication meeting were Nokia's Axley, Ericsson's Tomasa, Motorola's Gill and Qualcomm's Kruse.

They communicated and reached a united front.

Nokia's business president Axley said: "There is actually such a new situation now."

"I heard that a relatively powerful communications company has emerged in China, called Warwick Company."

"It has already established a GSM network in Shenzhen, China, and it is said to be highly praised."

Qualcomm CEO Klose smiled contemptuously and said: "I guess this is just a strategy of theirs."

"They hope this will scare us and force us to lower our prices significantly."

Ericsson Vice President Tomasa nodded and said: "I agree with Mr. Kruse! Chinese people are very cunning."

"However, their little trick is destined to fail!"

Motorola CEO Gill frowned and said: "We can't underestimate each other too much."

"Since they have built a city-wide network, shouldn't we know if we go over and take a look?"

Kruse smiled and said: "Yeah! I also suggest going over to see the situation."

"I think it is impossible for them to develop any excellent 2G communication equipment alone."

"They don't have that technical background at all!"

"2G communication equipment is not something that can be achieved just by saying it is necessary."

Gill said: "I checked the international patents for 2G communications and found that Warwick had registered as many as 1079 2G patents in a short period of time."

"Their patents are all invention patents and they are all original."

"Having so many patents shows that they have really made a name for themselves."

Axley was stunned for a moment: "What? They actually registered so many patents?"

"When was it registered? Why didn't we know about it before?"

Tomasa also shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't paid much attention to the 2G communication patents from China."

Jill sighed and said, "This shows that we are too careless!"

"We never looked at them."

"We believe they pose no threat to us."

"But the fact is: they actually have considerable strength in the high-tech field!"

"For example, in the field of chips, they are still far ahead. In the field of electronic computers, they are also the best in the world."

When Gil said this, the expressions of the other three became serious.

Because, they all suddenly thought of the news about some high-tech breakthroughs in China that they had seen before.

The mood of several people began to become not very good.

Axley said at this time: "Let's go to Shen Town to take a look!"

"Let's see how their 2G is."

"Well! We still need to study it to see if they use our patent. If they use our patented technology, then we must put pressure on them to prevent them from doing anything!"

The executives of several major giants finally decided: everyone will go to Shenzhen to participate in the experience conference held in Warwick.

At this time, Zhang Zhipeng had already met Ren Zhengfei in Shenzhen.

When Ren Zhengfei saw Zhang Zhipeng, he held his hand tightly and said, "Comrade Zhipeng, thank you! For your activity above, after an order from the postal and telecommunications department, postal and telecommunications units from all over the country came to visit us. ."

"In just the past few days, we have received more than ten groups of visiting and inspection groups!"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Have they all experienced our GSM network?"

"How is the feedback?" Ren Zhengfei smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, they have all experienced our network."

"After experiencing it, they all praise it. They all think that our network is very good. The signal is strong and very stable. The call quality is high and there are almost no signal blind spots."

"They all said that as long as the State Post and Telecommunications provides specific policies, they are very willing to cooperate with us."

"It's just that I heard that Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola and Qualcomm are all participating in the bidding. To be honest, I'm a little worried."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said: "What? Don't you have confidence in our technology?"

Ren Zhengfei sighed and said, "I am absolutely confident in our technology."

"I'm worried. The culture of worshiping foreigners and favoring foreigners is still very strong in our country."

"Many people think that foreign monks can chant sutras. They don't believe that domestic technology is better than foreign technology. This will lead to some variables."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Don't worry! There will be no variables! The trend of worshiping foreigners and favoring foreigners will only become weaker and weaker in the future!"

"Because our country is getting stronger and our technology is advancing!"

"The vast majority of our Chinese people will still support national brands more!"

"Let's go! Let's go to the street to investigate and see what the specific situation is."

Ren Zhengfei accompanied Zhang Zhipeng to several post and telecommunications mobile service stores in Shenzhen to see the scene.

Speaking of which, Zhang Zhipeng has not appeared on the street like this for a long time.

For safety reasons, his trajectory has always been simple.

But this time, for market research, he still felt that he had to go to the streets to take a look.

Although he would not be surrounded by people when he took to the streets, there were at least hundreds of people secretly protecting him.

Even the surrounding commanding heights and so on were occupied.

The surrounding high-rise buildings are under surveillance.

Once an abnormality is discovered, action will be taken immediately.

The first place they arrived was a mobile business hall in Luohu.

Zhang Zhipeng got off the bus at the door.

He then saw that it was really lively here.

People were coming and going, and many people could be seen in the hall doing business and watching the first candy bar mobile phone launched by Warwick.

Outside the hall, there are many scalpers.

This is because Huawei’s current mobile phone production capacity is not sufficient.

If you want to buy it, you have to make an appointment first. After making the appointment, you have to wait for almost a week before you can get the purchased mobile phone.

Therefore, there are scalpers jumping from it.

Zhang Zhipeng watched with interest for a while at the door, then said with a smile: "It is a special zone after all. It seems that there are really many rich people."

Ren Zhengfei smiled and said: "There are still many people from Xiangjiang who come to apply for our mobile phone network access!"

"Because our signal coverage is quite strong and can cover a large area in the New Territories."

"Those who are closely connected with the business in Shenzhen think it is good to own one of our mobile phones."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "It would be even better if we could take down the 2G network construction in Xiangjiang, haha!"

Ren Zhengfei shook his head and said: "Almost impossible!"

"In fact, the 2G network construction in Xiangjiang has signed a contract with a European giant and is currently under rapid construction."

Zhang Zhipeng asked: "Then why do many people in Xiangjiang in the New Territories need mobile Internet access in Shenzhen towns?"

Ren Zhengfei smiled and said: "Because the 2G network in Xiangjiang has not been fully built, and the signal coverage is not very good. Also, their tariffs are still quite expensive."

"Their mobile phones are not as compact as ours."

"The most critical point is: in fact, quite a few people in Xiangjiang rely on re-export trade."

"What they do is business that has close contact with the mainland. Therefore, it is more convenient for them to get a mobile phone number in a deep town."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said enthusiastically: "Let's go! Let's go into the store and have a look."

Ren Zhengfei hesitated for a moment and said, "Comrade Zhipeng, the security here in Shenzhen is not very good now. Where there are too many people, there will be unsafe factors."

"I think we'd better not go in."

Ren Zhengfei knew that Zhang Zhipeng's security level was very high.

He also did not want Zhang Zhipeng to appear in a complex environment with dense crowds of people.

Zhang Zhipeng shrugged, thinking, forget it, let's not cause trouble to the security personnel.

He smiled and said, "Well then, let's not go in."

"Let's go somewhere else."

Just as he was talking, he saw a Mercedes-Benz stopping not far away.

The car door opens.

Several foreigners got out of the car.

Ren Zhengfei recognized one of them, and it was Motorola CEO Gill.

Today, Motorola's business share in China is not small.

There are now more than 1 million G mobile phone users in China, and Motorola accounts for more than half.

Therefore, Motorola's senior executives will frequently come to China to attend various occasions.

"I know that person. It's Motorola CEO Gill..." Ren Zhengfei said to Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Zhipeng squinted his eyes and looked at it. He had also seen this person in the news.

"Ha! It seems that he has also come to experience our GSM network!" Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile.

Ren Zhengfei said: "I got news that Nokia, Ericsson, Qualcomm and Motorola CEO Gill have all come to the Shenzhen market."

"They seem to attach great importance to our opponent! To be honest, I'm still under a bit of pressure."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled. He knew that Ren Zhengfei was still a little unconfident in his heart.

Perhaps Ren Zhengfei also believes that there is still a considerable gap between China and Lizard in terms of communication technology.

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Maybe they are the ones who feel the pressure!"

"Our technology is not lagging behind, and our cost advantage is even more obvious!"

"In this case, they are the ones who will be greatly affected!"

While the two people were talking, Jill and several others had already got off the station and started observing the mobile communications store about ten meters away from Zhang Zhipeng and Ren Zhengfei.

Gil frowned tightly as he looked at the almost crowded flow of people in this store.

Jill felt tremendous pressure in her heart at this time.

Because Motorola mobile phones are now the best-selling and most profitable in China.

A Motorola mobile phone costs only one to two hundred dollars, and they can sell it for 1.8 soft sister coins.

However, after China's own 2G network was built, domestically produced mobile phones have even begun to appear.

This has a huge impact on Motorola.

Now this is a 2G network built by a city in Shenzhen with China's independent property rights.

In the future, if the entire country of China is occupied by their own 2G network, it will be a nightmare for Motorola.

Gill said: "It seems like their 2G network is quite popular!"

He said this sourly.

Nokia business president Axley shook his head and said: "This may be because they have not seen what a truly powerful 2G network looks like."

Tomasa spread his hands and said, "No matter what, this is not a good thing!"

"If they have domestic competitors to choose from, then it is obviously unrealistic for us to continue to maintain high prices and earn the most profits."

Kruse sighed and said, "Let's go in and take a look."

"Find out what the real situation is like."

Several people were not in a good mood.

For giants like Lizufang, only absolute technological dominance can lead to huge profits.

The best situation is: only they have it, and most other countries do not have similar technologies and products. Only in this way can they get whatever they want and ask for whatever they want.

Once the dumping target country has competitors, it means that they have to cut prices and reduce profits.

Several people crowded into this mobile business hall.

They quickly understood everything they wanted to know.

The rate is 1 cents per minute for incoming and outgoing calls.

There is also the cheapest package: 50 yuan per month can include 1200 minutes of calls and 100 free text messages.

The domestically produced Warwick mobile phones are not expensive either. The cheapest one only costs 1000 yuan each, and the most expensive one only costs 3500 yuan.

What does this mean?

This means that many ordinary people can afford mobile phones.

The original mobile phone tariff was 4 cents per minute regardless of incoming or outgoing calls!
This is equivalent to a 4 times reduction from the original rate!
This makes it clear that we want to popularize mobile phones in cities.

There are mobile phone prototypes available for experience in this business hall.

However, there are many people surrounding each prototype.

Gil finally got in line, and he browsed the mobile phone with a price tag of 3500.

This mobile phone is very compact, with a silver casing, beautiful buttons, and a large-looking screen. But it also has a color screen? Moreover, there are several mini games on the mobile phone.

After looking over and over for a long time, Jill became even more anxious.

He thought to himself, have their mobile phones been made so sophisticated?
Why is China's mobile phone manufacturing technology suddenly so advanced?
He can't test calls yet, but judging from the few mini-games on the phone, they are quite interesting and play smoothly.

Motorola's mobile phones are nothing compared to it!
Jill and several others stayed in this business hall for more than two hours.

They originally wanted to get a mobile phone to connect to the Internet, but they still had to wait for more than a week.

Of course they don't have time to wait.

These people walked out of the business hall, their faces a little gloomy.

They used their connections and finally found two Chinese-made mobile phones that had already been processed to connect to the network.

Then they started testing like crazy.

The test results shocked them, because both the call quality and the smoothness of sending and receiving short messages were much better than the 2G networks that had been built in Europe and the United States...

Axley immediately collapsed: "Damn it! Why did they suddenly surpass us?"

"Our costs are higher than theirs, our quality is worse than theirs, and our technology is not as good as theirs."

"How can we compete with them?"

The other three didn't respond, they were silent. They suddenly discovered that they thought they were the kings in the field of communications, but they were still in the cold.

Now it seems that this idea is quite ridiculous.

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