Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

After the celebration in Chicago, Bao Zixuan returned to Boston the next day. He wanted to see what the functions of the Heiyun mobile phone were like. After all, he only proposed a technical specification and appearance sketch.

When Bao Zixuan left, many Blackstone Fund employees had another expression. No one expected that this little boss had such a good drinking capacity. No one knows how much Bao Zixuan drank last night. They only know that it was a lot, and much more than them. But everyone was drunk and only the boss was fine, which explains the problem.

Returning to Heiyun Laboratory and seeing Yule Engel waiting for him, Bao Zixuan smiled and said, "Yuer, how is the performance of our mobile phone? I can't wait to see it."

Yule Engel: "The technical requirements you mentioned have been fully met. The size of the mobile phone is now much smaller than the one in the Motorola laboratory. The weight is only half of the other one, but the standby time is three times that of the other one. This is mainly because We have made major breakthroughs in lithium battery technology and all our components have been streamlined.”

In fact, Bao Zixuan knows that the signals used by mobile phones in this era are all 1g analog cellular networks. Although there are many shortcomings such as low spectrum utilization, limited service types, no high-speed data services, poor confidentiality, etc., compared to this era, it has important significance. He pioneered long-distance wireless communication for humans.

Bao Zixuan: "How much does it cost to build our signal tower at present?"

At present, there are no large-scale construction of signal towers on the market, and many phone companies still cannot see the prospects of this mobile phone product. Therefore, we can only reduce the cost to a minimum, and it is likely to build the signal tower ourselves in the early stage. This is a considerable expense, and it would be difficult for Heiyun alone to support it. However, Bao Zixuan has also thought about this issue, which is to provide a good foundation for subsequent expansion. In the future, seamless integration will be possible when entering the 2g\\3g\\4g\\5g era.

Yule-Engel: "Currently, a set of small equipment costs US$200,000, which can only be used in cities. But when you go outdoors, you need to use large equipment, which is more cost-effective; the price of each set is between US$1.2 million and US$1.5 million. Between. It mainly depends on the order situation and usage requirements."

Bao Zixuan: "We will first establish local systems in several major cities in the United States. If the results are good, many telephone companies will follow up on this project. By then, we will be able to make a fortune even selling equipment."

Heiyun has now purchased all the patented technologies of Bell Labs and Motorola on mobile phones and signal communication protocols, and it can completely upgrade and transform on this basis.

When Yoel Engel put a brand new mobile phone in front of Bao Zixuan, he really felt incredible this time. Currently, Motorola only produces Big Brother, which is a brick machine that can be used to smash walnuts. What Yule-Engel presented to Bao Zixuan was a new mobile phone with an antenna retractable function and a microphone flip function.

Just by looking at its appearance, it can beat similar products from Motorola. This is Heiyun’s current technological capabilities. With Bao Zixuan's spare no effort and cost-effective investment, this mobile phone can reach the level of the previous 90 years.

Bao Zixuan: "How much does this phone cost?"

Yule-Engel: "Except for the motherboard, which uses Motorola products, we produce the rest of the components ourselves. The cost of a one-step mobile phone is about US$1,500, and if it is mass-produced, it can be controlled to US$1,200."

Hearing this, Bao Zixuan thought to himself, no wonder Motorola dared to launch so many satellites into space in his previous life. It turned out that he was too rich. Mobile phone profits are definitely more lucrative than anyone imagined, and this is no joke.

Bao Zixuan: "Very good, but we need to purchase enough motherboard chips from Motorola before going on the market. Otherwise, if our business is good and they stop supplying us, we will suffer too much loss."

Yoel Engel: "Boss, we have a purchasing contract with them. They won't do such things that violate business ethics!"

Bao Zixuan thought to himself that Yoel Engel was really just a scholar. He doesn't understand what many people in this world would do for profit, but he would not be so idealistic and leave his fate to other companies.

Bao Zixuan: "You can't do harm to others, but there are some things we have to guard against. It's better to be careful. Let's order 10 million motherboard chips first. By then, even if they are out of stock, we can still hold on for a long time."

In fact, in the past life, many companies in the United States engaged in rogue behavior of collecting deposits but not delivering goods, and not refunding the money. When the time came, he would casually accuse him of endangering national security. Bao Zixuan didn't want this to happen to him.

Yoel-Engel still doesn't understand the secret here, so he can only choose to believe Bao Zixuan. Although this boss is young, he has a very keen sense of business, which cannot be matched by him as an engineer. At this time, it is better to listen to the boss.

Yule-Engel said embarrassedly: "Okay boss, I know how to do it. But purchasing so many goods at one time will take up a lot of money. All the money in the Heiyun mobile phone account is used for research and development. There is not much money left to purchase." components.

No wonder Yule Engel is embarrassed. The total money he has burned these days exceeds 100 million US dollars. If it were any boss, he would have been angry a long time ago, but he didn't expect Bao Zixuan to be so unconcerned.

Even Bell Labs, a major scientific research institution with scientific research as its first goal, did not invest money like this. If Yule-Engel really dared to spend money like this, investors would probably have troubled him long ago. This is also the reason why the mobile phone project lags behind Motorola, otherwise his technical reserves would definitely have developed the mobile phone earlier than Martin Cooper.

Bao Zixuan: "Immediately contact other Heiyun companies. We will first invest in large-scale signal towers in major cities in the United States. I know that these will be acquired by phone companies sooner or later, but now these companies will definitely not do it for an invisible person. Invest money in the project. Then we will give priority to investment. When the time comes, we can buy it from them or cooperate with them. In short, we must not lose money."

Jul-Engel: "What do we need to do and which cities are the first ones to choose?"

Bao Zixuan: Calculate the coverage area and how many signal towers are needed in each city. For the first batch in the United States, we only selected six cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Detroit. In other places, after we generate benefits, companies will naturally negotiate with us for construction. In addition, Asia chose Xiangjiang as the first pilot city, and other decisions will be made after the phone is launched. The most important thing is to prepare signal tower equipment. After seeing the benefits we have produced, other companies will definitely follow up and purchase.

Bao Zixuan is preparing to release his mobile phone at the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Show, and time is very tight. Fortunately, negotiations with these cities had already been completed when we were preparing. Heiyun would not only pay for land purchase and use, but also increase urban employment. Moreover, in this era, mobile phone communications have not yet endangered national security. After all, this world has not yet No. The core technologies are all in the hands of Americans, and the motherboard chips are all produced by American companies. This is their confidence. If you master the core technology, you won't be afraid of anything.

Yoel Engel: "Boss, if this is the case, we will have to invest about US$200 million in the early stage to cover these cities."

In fact, this is one of the reasons why phone bills were so expensive in the early days. The initial investment was too high and there were too few users. If you don’t charge customer phone calls, please wait to lose money!

Bao Zixuan: "No problem, I will invest US$300 million in Heiyun Mobile Phone Company."

This means that Blackstone Fund made a lot of money, otherwise the cost of searching for ginseng would drain Black Cloud's cash flow.