Chapter 164 164 Changing Equipment

Joseph put his hands on the steering wheel and frowned, as if he was thinking about some serious and serious problem. Hugo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, unfastened his seat belt and was about to get out of the car, but found that Joseph was still not moving. He turned around and said to, "Get off."

Joseph raised his head and looked at Hugo, "Are you serious?"

Hugo slammed his right hand on the doorknob, pushed open the car door and walked out, and said to Joseph, "You've been nagging all the way, don't you feel tired?"

Joseph also quickly got out of the car, catching up with Hugo, "Are you really going to buy a brick (The. Brick)?"

Hugo laughed at the name of the image, "Yeah, that's why we came to Motorola. Look, we're all in the store."

"But, but I heard that this thing is not easy to use at all. I can't hear what the other party is saying, and often there is no way to contact the other party, and it is so heavy that it is inconvenient at all." Joseph was still frowning and kept on complained.

Hugo let out a long sigh of relief, "I know, I know what you said, but trust me, it's really useful to buy it."

In Los Angeles in 1992, Hugo was finally about to connect with the technology life, and today he decided to buy a mobile phone! Twenty years later, this kind of thing has no value to discuss at all, but today, it is a new thing that shocks everyone's thinking.

The mobile phone was invented as early as 1973, but it was not officially put into use until 1983. In the past nine years, the development of mobile phones has been very slow, and there are no more than 300,000 mobile phone users in the United States. As far as phone calls are concerned, there are still not many advantages of mobile phones at present. In addition to the lack of signal towers, the lack of signal towers is the fundamental reason for the lack of call quality. The so-called "portable" advantage is also because it is similar to a brick. The huge volume was squeezed to nothing.

People all make fun of the current mobile phone as a "shoe machine", which means a guy that is as bulky and huge as a shoe. Later, it was more widely spread as a "brick" nickname, which satirizes those rich people carrying a brick on the street. stroll. It can be seen that the mobile phone is in a difficult situation in the market today.

So, when Hugo offered to buy a cell phone, Joseph thought Hugo was crazy. However, Hugo has a soul that came from twenty-two years later. It is unimaginable to live without a mobile phone and the Internet. Before that, Hugo didn't have the financial strength to improve his life, so he could only adapt passively. Now, the remaining two million pieces of "Yihai Xiongfeng" have also been paid, so the plan to buy a mobile phone is immediately into Hugo's mind.

As one of the world's top communication companies, Motorola has branches in major cities, but the branches that can buy mobile phones are very limited. Fortunately, Hugo's city is Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, which saves a lot of trouble.

Walking into Motorola's main store in Los Angeles, a salesperson immediately greeted him, "Good morning, gentlemen, this is Chris, is there anything I can help?"

Hugo's eyes searched inside the storefront. The counters were much smaller than expected, and the decoration was very simple. After entering the 21st century, mobile communication occupies an increasing proportion of life, so the storefronts of related industries are also becoming more and more popular. More and more luxurious, but now, even Motorola's Los Angeles headquarters can still be described as simple.

Chris Keane greeted him with a smile, and the slightly smaller man kept looking at the store, so his eyes naturally met the stronger man, the man in front of him. He seemed to have something on his mind, frowning and pouting, with an uncertain look on his face. Chris knew that to get business, he had to be proactive, and he did the same.

"Sir, we have a variety of communication tools in our store, which can definitely meet your needs." Chris sold it with enthusiasm, "Recently, young people choose pagers more often. If necessary, I can Show it to you."

Pager, also known as BB machine, pager, BP machine, is a transitional communication device before the appearance of mobile phones. The use of pager is actually very simple, equivalent to a radio receiving station, which can be carried around.

For example, if Hugo wanted to find Joseph, but couldn't find it, he could call the pager and leave a message for Joseph's pager number. Joseph's pager could then show someone calling him, and he could hear the message by calling the pager from a nearby payphone. For another example, the number can be displayed on the pager, which makes the pager a new romantic means of confession. Messages such as "520 means I love you" and "1314 means a lifetime" are very popular.

Compared with mobile phones, pagers are now generally accepted, and their sales all over the world are very gratifying, and they are currently the hottest emerging instant messaging tools.

"Pager? Hey, can I have a look?" Hugo was a generation who grabbed the tail of the post-1980s before crossing the road. He didn't have much impression of pagers, because pagers basically went downhill around 1995. But later I saw many pictures of pagers on the Internet, which made Hugo very curious about this communication method. And now, Hugo actually got a chance to touch a real pager, and he was immediately excited.

Joseph looked at Hugo and paused. He originally wanted to say, "Aren't you going to buy bricks?" But then he imagined that compared to bricks, he thought the pager was more useful, so Joseph didn't say anything. Prevent.

Chris stood by and glanced at Joseph, and then tactfully took Hugo's words, "Of course, please come with me." Then Chris led the way and introduced, "We Motorola are the first to launch The pager company, there are currently two types of machines, one can only display numbers, and the other can display text. At present, our company has different package options for these two machines, and also presents some incidental services, such as weather Forecasts, news, etc."

When he came to the counter, Chris put several pagers of different models on the glass surface and introduced them enthusiastically. Hugo's attention was not on Chris's introduction at all. He picked up a pager and looked at it.

The black body is a little smaller than a cigarette case, and it can be held in the palm of the hand, making it very convenient to carry. The front is a two-finger-wide display, which seems to be a model that can display text. There are also several small buttons below, with the "Motorola" logo written next to the buttons; the back is a clip that can be buckled in On the belt, Hugo immediately remembered the photos he had seen on the Internet before: a middle-aged man smoking a cigarette, tied with a black belt with keys, pager and wallet chain hanging on it, still buckled at the back There is a big brick, and the jacket has no way to cover up these things. This is the typical image of the nouveau riche.

Thinking of this, Hugo burst into laughter, causing both Chris and Joseph to turn to look at him. He quickly waved his hand, "Sorry, sorry, ignore me."

Joseph thought that Hugo was satisfied with this pager, so he asked, "What package does this have."

"Oh, after the $60 purchase, the basic fee is $12 a month, and then we can give away daily instant news." Chris quickly introduced, apparently hearing from Joseph's tone that the transaction was successful sign.

Hugo pouted, it was cheaper than he thought. After all, this portable mobile tool really solved many important problems, "Why don't you have a pager in the company?" Hugo suddenly remembered this question, As brokers, it is very important to keep in touch with customers at all times. A pager can solve a lot of trouble, but Joseph does not.

Joseph shrugged, "When you took over your job, you didn't have that much work, remember?" Now they talk about what happened in the past year, but there is no obstacle, and they can blurt it out with an understatement, Even the Golden Raspberry Award can be used as a topic of jokes, "But Lang has two." Hugo turned his head and cast a suspicious look, "One is for familiar people, and the other is a normal greeting to The number to go out." Hugo suddenly realized.

"How, do you need to buy two? If you can, I think Carl will need it too. You know, he is starting to get busy now." Compared with expensive and impractical bricks, Joseph is naturally more Loved the pager, and he and Carl could afford it.

In addition to Charlize, Carl is now helping with many of Alex's work. After all, Joseph has no space at all because of Hugo's busyness recently. Therefore, the workload of both Karl and Joseph has skyrocketed, and it is true that more preparations are needed.

Chris's gaze couldn't help looking at Hugo, because he knew who had the decision-making power. Looking at the Hugo in front of him, Chris feels more and more familiar. To be precise, not only familiar, but Hugo's image has been overwhelming recently. "The Hero of the Sea of ​​Righteousness" is the only film that has achieved sweeping in December. It's really not an easy task not to recognize this face.

"Hey, you, are you Hugo? I mean, Hugo-Lancaster?" Chris asked tentatively. If it was really Hugo, then there must be no problem with today's business. Recently Hugo But the business is booming. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Chris' face.

"Yes." Hugo turned his head to look at Chris, showing a bright smile, which seemed very friendly, but what he said immediately was destined to disappoint Chris, "Thank you for your introduction, but I don't think we need a pager, thank you."

Chris's smile just stiffened at the corners of his mouth, and disappointment crept up his brows: This is too bad.