A big country of aerospace with black technology

The last year of the twentieth century is about to pass amidst all kinds of right and wrong.

Everyone seems to believe that after entering the 21st century, the world will usher in more vigorous development.

However, from the perspective of later generations, this can only be said to be the good wishes of the people at that time.

Jiangcheng, Institute of Communications.

Zhang Xingyang had already been here once before, so this time there was nothing like the last time.

"Director Jiang, your batch of satellite communication equipment is performing well."

Zhang Xingyang first praised their achievements in the low-orbit satellite communication project.

Previously, Zhang Xingyang solved the problem of temporary insufficient funds of the Institute of Communications through appropriation.

Let them provide satellites with sufficiently reliable and advanced communications equipment in every respect.

"It's all thanks to you."

What Jiang Hanshu said was really not flattery, but from the heart.

After all, Zhang Xingyang solved the big problem of funding for them, thus avoiding a greater brain drain problem.

By the way, Jiang Hanshu was originally the deputy director, but last year their director resigned and went to the south to seek gold.

These days, resigning from the system and going to the south to make money is a big trend in society, and everyone is basically used to it.

But because of this, Jiang Hanshu is now the director of the Communication Research Institute.

"If you hadn't helped us solve the funding problem."

After pouring Zhang Xingyang a cup of tea, Jiang Hanshu said with emotion.

"Maybe we're all closed by now."

This is really not a lie. Last year, many state-owned enterprises and scientific research institutes faced the fate of bankruptcy and liquidation due to various problems.

These are the pains of this era.

"This is also for the smooth progress of the low-orbit satellite project."

Zhang Xingyang waved his hand and said.

In fact, Zhang Xingyang was under a lot of pressure for this project.

Especially the criticism from all sides, especially Zhang Xingyang is such a young man who is not yet thirty years old.

But he is in charge of such a huge national key project.

In the eyes of many people who don't know Zhang Xingyang's achievements, almost everything about him is not pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, Zhang Xingyang had almost no choice but to submit a perfect answer sheet.

"Is anyone still leaving now?"

After skipping the mutual boasting part, the two entered the content of the substantive conversation.

In the past, many researchers at the Institute of Communications had the idea of ​​resigning and going south due to problems with R\u0026D funding and remuneration.

But after experiencing the funding of the low-orbit satellite communication project, most of the researchers chose to stay and continue their favorite research.

There are also a small number of people who choose to resign and travel south, believing that they can make a difference.

Zhang Xingyang respected the choices of these people.

Everyone gets together well, and there may be opportunities to work together in the future.

However, there are still a few more people who have been staying in the research institute, but they have been publicizing how the treatment in the South is, and they will leave tomorrow.

But it has not left, it has only stayed in the oral stage.

It was mainly this group of people that Zhang Xingyang asked.

"Three have left, but there are still about four or five people who have been clamoring to leave."

Mentioning this matter, Jiang Hanshu also had a headache.

These few people don't work hard every day, publicize these things, and many people report that their work status has been destroyed by them.

But they didn't do any substantive bad things, so it's not easy for them to be expelled.

"This matter must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise it will greatly affect everyone's enthusiasm for work."

People at this time haven't done much research on this aspect, but Zhang Xingyang from the future is very clear about it.

Such black sheep among those who work hard will greatly reduce the work efficiency of the entire system.

"It's not easy to handle."

"They didn't do anything wrong after all."

Jiang Hanshu naturally has his difficulties. Although he has not studied professional management, he is also a technician.

It is very clear that if there is such a person who keeps gossiping in my ear when I am working, my work efficiency will definitely drop a lot.

"Didn't they keep saying they wanted to go south to pan for gold?"

But Zhang Xingyang didn't want to get used to the other party's stink, since they were jealous of the South's profits, let them go.

"Just give them a suspension of pay and let them go!"

Jiang Hanshu couldn't think of any better way, so he nodded in agreement with Zhang Xingyang's approach.

"Okay, let me try it first."

Although the Institute of Communications and the Rocket Research Institute led by Zhang Xingyang have no superior-subordinate relationship, Zhang Xingyang, as the head of the low-orbit satellite communication system, can indeed interfere in the internal affairs of the Institute of Communications.

Especially when the Institute of Communication is almost entirely supported by this project.

Cannibalism is short-mouthed and soft-handed, an eternal truth.

"Last time, how is the development of the personal satellite communication terminal that you were proposed to make?"

After talking about some small things, Zhang Xingyang finally talked about the most important goal of this visit.

"It's done, but the effect may not be as good as you think."

After this matter was proposed last year and sufficient funding was obtained, Jiang Hanshu also organized many elite soldiers in the institute to conduct research.

Satellite communication is not a particularly advanced concept in this year.

After all, Iridium is about to go bankrupt at this time, and everyone is watching when this company, which looks like a technological aristocrat, will file for bankruptcy.

Thanks to the blessing of Iridium, many people in the world have learned for the first time that satellites can also be used to make phone calls.

"Is there a real thing?"

"Take me to see."

Without seeing the product, Zhang Xingyang did not dare to comment.

Doing research and development work, the most important thing is to seek truth from facts.

"The personal terminal experiment machine is still in the laboratory."

Jiang Hanshu stood up from the sofa and led the way.

The Institute of Communications is not very big, and the two of them arrived at the laboratory within a short time.

Although today is Saturday, there are still many people working in the laboratory.

In this era, people basically don't have the concept of rest days. They only take a few days off when they feel that their health is not good.

After Jiang Hanshu said hello to several experimenters, he brought Zhang Xingyang to an experiment table.

Pointing to an object that looked like a black brick on the stage, he said:

"This is the first generation of personal satellite communication devices that we have developed."

It looks a little ugly, but appearance is not a concern for these two.

Their core problem is still the communication performance of the equipment.

"How's the call quality?"

Zhang Xingyang asked the most critical question.

Why Did Iridium's Radical Satellite Communications Plan Fail? !

The most important reason is that the communication quality is too poor.

Even in the room, it is difficult to make a call.

Make a phone call and run to an open place outside.

This is difficult for many people who spend tens of thousands of dollars to purchase satellite communication services.

"All indicators are still within the acceptable range."

For this point, Jiang Hanshu and the others are most concerned about it. After all, it is a scientific research institute. Other aspects may not be very good, but performance is their most important thing.

"The bit error rate and distortion rate are not very high."

"It can guarantee the quality of the call, which is within the acceptable range of the public."

Because of satellite communication, the data needs to be transmitted to the communication satellite first, and then the satellite transmits the data to another terminal.

This requires that during the entire transmission process, the data cannot be transmitted incorrectly, otherwise the call quality will be seriously affected.

"Can I try?"

Zhang Xingyang didn't care so much about technical indicators this time.

After all, when the public is using it, they don't care about your technical indicators.

They only care about the effect of using it.

Especially at this time, when mobile phones are really only used for making calls.

Instead of later, the phone function of mobile phones has been reduced to the era of receiving voice verification codes from various sources.

Call quality is the most concerned issue when you make a call.

If the quality of voice calls is not good, people will not choose your products.

"Can."

At this time, Jiang Hanshu asked someone to take out another black brick mobile phone and handed it to Zhang Xingyang.

"You can try this."

"There are phone cards already inserted in them."

At this time, the phone card is not like the first-generation SIM card, which needs to insert the whole big card into the mobile phone, and the Mini-Sim card is generally used.

According to the phone number provided by Jiang Hanshu, Zhang Xingyang used the satellite call function of this phone to dial another phone on the test bench.

The response speed of the satellite call was faster than Zhang Xingyang imagined. In less than three seconds, another phone rang loudly.

It can be seen that the engineers of the Communication Research Institute used a lot of materials when manufacturing these two mobile phones.

On the mobile phone on the test bench, the buzzer made a frightening ringtone.

Mobile phones at this time were still relatively primitive, and the function of personalized ringtones had not yet been developed.

"You pick it up and try."

Zhang Xingyang said to Jiang Hanshu.

In any case, the call quality of the mobile phone is what he values ​​most.

If it can't guarantee the stability and authenticity of the call, then this phone can only be regarded as a failure.

"Hey Hey hey!"

Zhang Xingyang walked out of the laboratory room, not letting the other party's voice interfere with him.

"can you hear?"

Jiang Hanshu's words with a Sichuan-Chongqing accent came from the other end of the phone.

"Call quality seems to be fine."

Zhang Xingyang boasted on the phone.

The other party's laughter came from the other end of the phone.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your compliment."

Because Zhang Xingyang is now the chief engineer of the low-orbit satellite communication project, Jiang Hanshu generally calls him chief engineer Zhang.

After testing the call quality of the mobile phone, it has indeed reached the level of commercial use.

After Zhang Xingyang entered the laboratory, he played with the phone in his hand and said:

"What about the cost of the equipment?"

The mobile phones produced by the Institute of Communications are heavy and textured to the touch.

It is estimated that a lot of good materials were used, so the cost must be quite a lot.

"A piece of equipment, regardless of labor costs, 1500 pieces."

Such a price can hardly be called expensive. After all, it is also a satellite communication, and the telephone of Iridium Company costs 40,000 to 50,000 US dollars each.

However, the other party can achieve global communication, and they have not even covered the domestic part.

Of course, if you just regard it as an ordinary mobile phone, the price is not expensive.

At this time, an ordinary Nokia 6150 costs more than four thousand yuan.

"Is it difficult to produce parts?"

The final assembly of the mobile phone was not difficult, so Zhang Xingyang didn't ask.

The key lies in the satellite communication module here, which is almost the most important part of this mobile phone.

"Currently, the satellite communication modules on these units are all produced in our laboratory."

"It is still relatively difficult to produce in large quantities."

"The most important thing is that we don't have any factories in China that produce this stuff at all."

Let alone domestic, even internationally, there are not many companies that produce such satellite communication modules.

After all, these days, there are only two countries that take the road of satellite communication.

"Factory?"

"This matter is really troublesome."

Zhang Xingyang frowned when he heard this question.

"In this regard, it is best for us to build our own factory for production."

"Otherwise, the future may be troublesome."

After a while, Zhang Xingyang seemed to have figured out something, and said to Jiang Hanshu:

"Don't worry about the factory's problems."

"Let me figure out a way to see if I can build a factory."

Jiang Hanshu knows that Zhang Xingyang is now in charge of the entire low-orbit satellite communication project, and it is not a problem to build a supporting satellite communication module production factory.

So nothing changed on his face.

It's just that other people in the laboratory don't know Zhang Xingyang's identity very well.

Although everyone faintly felt that the other party might have a great background, otherwise it would be impossible for Jiang Hanshu to receive him so warmly.

But I was a little surprised to hear that the other party wanted to build a factory casually.

After all, a factory is not a company, and it can be established with just a few people registering.

Especially for factories producing high-tech products such as satellite terminal modules, the investment must be huge.

Several people saw the almost natural expression on Jiang Hanshu's face. Although they were a little surprised, they still didn't express their thoughts on the spot.

"Mr. Zhang, don't forget about us then."

What Jiang Hanshu said was relatively cryptic, but whoever was present was not a human being.

Everyone understood what he meant, but they wanted Zhang Xingyang not to forget their credit after the factory was established.

"It should be yours, it must be indispensable."

After the factory is completed, part of it will definitely belong to the Communication Research Institute.

"Brother Jiang, I wonder if there are any programmers with better skills in your institute?"

Who knew, Zhang Xingyang turned around and talked about an almost impossible matter.

"Yes, I don't know what you want to do?"

So I was a little confused, but Jiang Hanshu still gave the names of several outstanding programmers in the institute.

Here, including himself.

"Mr. Zhang, don't think I don't do technology anymore."

"However, my technical skills have not fallen!"

"I want you guys to develop a piece of software!"

The next ten years will be the era of the Internet, and Zhang Xingyang will naturally not let it go.