We're building a super chaebol in Hong Kong

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

Today was January 3, 1979, an extremely ordinary day.

After spending New Year's at the Su family's villa, Cherie Chung hurried back to work.

Currently, Jia Yi Television and Jia Yi Film Company were not lacking in scripts for both television dramas and movies, so she was extremely busy.

It could be said that Cherie Chung could be chosen for the female lead roles in these television dramas and movies, as long as she was willing.

After all, Cherie Chung's acting skills had already conquered the producers and directors of Jia Yi Company.

Besides, Su Cheng, the behind-the-scenes big boss, was Cherie Chung's real backer, and no one dared not give Cherie Chung face, not even Leung Suk-yee, the general manager.

However, Cherie Chung was not so domineering; she knew that if she did so, it would definitely cause public outrage and make her a thorn in the side of other actors.

Therefore, Cherie Chung had recently only selected two movies and one television drama to participate in, and the roles she chose were more suitable for her.

Although it seemed like a small amount, it was actually very busy. Sometimes, when the schedules of the participating roles clashed, she could only make up for her scenes in another drama later.

Therefore, Cherie Chung's busyness can be imagined.

After Su Cheng became free, he received good news from Hutchison Telecom, that mobile phones had been successfully tested at multiple test locations.

With the detailed information provided by Su Cheng, the speed of research and development and manufacturing in Hutchison Telecom's laboratory was very fast. In just two or three months, they had successfully overcome the key technologies, and now the tests were successful.

Su Cheng was naturally very excited about such good news.

He had long been tired of the era without mobile phones. Sometimes, when others wanted to contact him or he wanted to contact others while outside, they often could not receive calls in time, which was really inconvenient.

Now that the test was successful, it meant that conditions were in place to promote it.

The area of Hong Kong itself was not large. If mobile phones could be popularized in Hong Kong first, then the title of Hong Kong's City of Science and Technology would definitely not be lost.

After receiving the news, Su Cheng went out directly and rushed to the Hutchison Telecom Building in Causeway Bay.

When Su Cheng arrived at the Hutchison Telecom Building, he found that Simon To had arrived earlier than him.

"Boss, let's go, let's go to the laboratory together to take a look," Simon To said with a smile.

Simon To was also very excited. This was the most important task for Hutchison Whampoa now. As long as mobile phones developed well, the development prospects of Hutchison Telecom would not be worse than those of Oracle Computer Company.

With the detailed information provided by Su Cheng, the research and development costs of Hutchison Telecom's laboratory were very low, so as long as it could be promoted, there would be no worries about making money.

Moreover, if the mobile phone developed by Hutchison Telecom became the world's first officially commercial mobile phone, then the reputation it would bring would be infinite.

As for Motorola, although it had already developed a mobile phone called DynaTAC as early as 1973, it had not been truly commercialized, which was meaningless.

This "brick" was not formed into a product until 10 years later, in April 1983. The model was "Motorola DynaTAC 8000x", officially called "cellular phone", priced at 4,000 US dollars, and the battery could last for 20 minutes of talk time.

However, now this first truly commercial mobile phone was about to be won by Hutchison Telecom!

Once commercialized successfully and fully promoted in Hong Kong, this was an extremely meaningful thing.

"Okay!" Su Cheng nodded, and then the two took the elevator together to the Hutchison Telecom laboratory.

"Boss, President Simon To, good afternoon." Seeing Su Cheng and Simon To, Landon Moore, the general manager of Hutchison Telecom, quickly walked over to greet them.

"Where is the finished product?" Su Cheng asked very directly after nodding.

"Boss, I'll get it for you right away!" Landon Moore finished speaking, walked to a display cabinet in the laboratory, took a mobile phone that was a little smaller than a brick from it, and handed it to Su Cheng.

Su Cheng carefully looked at this mobile phone, which was not much different from the big brother in his impression of Hong Kong dramas.

"Can I make a call here?" Su Cheng asked.

"Boss, yes, we have set up several test points for the cellular mobile communication system in Hong Kong. One of the test point's signal towers is built on the top of this building. You see, the mobile phone in your hand has a small green light on. This small light shows whether there is a signal. If there is a signal, it will show green; if there is no signal, it will show red," Landon Moore carefully introduced to Su Cheng.

That's right, Su Cheng was calling Murray MacLehose.

Hutchison Telecom had now developed mobile phones and cellular mobile communication systems. The next step was to promote them throughout Hong Kong.

And if you want to promote it in Hong Kong, you must first get the support of the Hong Kong government, otherwise, it will not be possible to promote it at all.

"Governor, it's me, Su Cheng," Su Cheng replied.

"So it's Mr. Su Cheng, I wonder if you have anything to say to me by calling me?" Murray MacLehose asked a little curiously.

"I wonder if the Governor is free now? I would like to invite you to Causeway Bay. There is a very meaningful thing that I hope you can participate in and witness. Its birth will take the technological civilization of the human world a step further!" Su Cheng said with a smile.

"Where in Causeway Bay? Wait for me for half an hour, I'll postpone the work at hand first." Murray MacLehose was immediately curious when he heard Su Cheng say such awesome things.

"Okay, Governor, I'll wait for you!" Su Cheng finished speaking and hung up the phone.

"What is the result of the test? How is the stability? How large is the coverage area of a signal tower?" After handing the mobile phone to Simon To, who also wanted to try making a call, Su Cheng asked Landon Moore.

"Our official test has actually been going on for more than half a month. During this time, we have been testing, adjusting and correcting. Now, after a long period of testing, we have measured the results. As long as the signal tower is within the unobstructed coverage area, the signal coverage can reach about 1000 meters. If it is in a sheltered place such as indoors, the signal coverage can only reach about 500 meters. Further out, the signal is basically unstable!" Landon Moore replied.