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After finishing 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 a different expression. No one expected that this young 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 it was better than

There were a lot of them. But everyone was drunk and only the boss was okay, which explained the problem.

Returning to Heiyun Laboratory and seeing Yule Engel waiting for him, Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "Yuul, 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 that 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

Meaning. He pioneered long-distance wireless communication for mankind.

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, they can only reduce the cost to the minimum. In the early stage, they are likely to build their own signal towers. This is a big expense.

, it is estimated that it will be difficult to support Heiyun alone, but Bao Zixuan has also thought about this problem, which is to provide a good foundation for subsequent expansion. In the future, it can be seamlessly connected into 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 status 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 Yule Engel put a brand-new mobile phone in front of Bao Zixuan, he really felt incredible this time. Currently, Motorola only produces mobile phones, which are brick machines that can be used to smash walnuts.

What Yule-Engel saw in front of Bao Zixuan was a new mobile phone with a retractable antenna function and a flip-up microphone function.

Just by looking at the appearance alone, you 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 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 the previous life. It turned out to be too rich. The profits from mobile phones are definitely beyond anyone's imagination. This is really not a joke.

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

Yule 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 Yule-Engel was really just a scholar. He didn'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 accepting deposits but not delivering goods, and not refunding the money. When the time came, they would casually accuse them of endangering national security. Bao Zixuan did not want this kind of thing to happen to him.

Yoel-Engel still didn't understand the rules here, so he had no choice but to trust Bao Zixuan. Despite his young age, this boss had a very keen sense of business, which he, an engineer, could not match. At this time, it was 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 funds. All the money in the Heiyun mobile phone account is used for research and development, and there is not much money left to purchase."

components.

It's no wonder that 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. He did not 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. This is why the mobile phone project lags behind

The reason is Motorola, otherwise its 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 to be chosen?"

Bao Zixuan: Calculate how big the coverage area is and how many signal towers each city needs. For the first batch in the United States, we only selected six cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Detroit. We will wait for other places to generate benefits.

Naturally, there will be companies negotiating with us for construction. In addition, Asia has chosen 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 suit.

Enter and purchase.

Bao Zixuan is preparing to release a mobile phone at the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Show, and the time can be said to be very tight. Fortunately, negotiations with these cities have been completed during the initial preparation. Heiyun will 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, there has never been one before in this world. The core technologies are all in the hands of Americans, and the motherboards and chips are all produced by American companies. This is their confidence. If you master the core technologies, you will not be afraid of getting involved.

What a moth.

Yule 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 big and there were too few users. If you don’t charge customers for phone calls, then just wait and 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.