Chapter 733 Thought of the Chinese Pager

The next morning, the things Yin Jun ordered to investigate last night were compiled into a document and placed in front of Yin Jun's desk.

It turns out that Dadong Telegraph Bureau has gradually started various advertisements since the beginning of December. However, during this period, Yin Jun was busy recruiting talents from Kirin Records and selecting actors for "Speed ​​of Life and Death", so he did not noticed.

And starting from today, the Dadong Telegraph Bureau has increased its advertising efforts and began to publish its own pager advertisements on the entire page of "Kilin Daily".

Pagers are not a new gadget. They were developed in the 1940s and 1950s, and they have been used in the United States and Europe a few years ago.

The full name of the Great Eastern Telegraph Office is the British Great Eastern Telegraph Office.

They control Xiangjiang's wireless network transmission, some communication optical cable facilities, and Xiangjiang's external telephone and telegraph franchises.

All calls from Xiangjiang had to go through the lines of their Dadong Telegraph Office. At this time, the Xiangjiang Telephone Company was responsible for the telephone communication business of Xiangjiang Island.

In the UK, Dadong Cable and Telegraph Company is also a large group company spanning the fields of television and communications. At least half of the rapidly developing pager business in the UK is owned by them.

In this case, of course they want to open up new markets in Xiangjiang, so that one day they can use Xiangjiang as a bridgehead to directly develop into densely populated areas and countries such as Baodao and Thailand.

After intensive preparations, they finally chose to start making efforts at this time in late 1980.

In the entire Hong Kong area, except for semi-deserted and deserted islands such as Lantau Island, as well as areas such as Kowloon and Hong Kong Island in the New Territories, the Taitung Telegraph Bureau has installed a total of 18 base stations, covering all densely populated areas in Hong Kong, ensuring that you are in every situation in these areas. You can receive paging messages from one place.

Of course, now there are only digital messages, not even replying to the call number or listening to voice messages.

And its price is not cheap either. A pager costs 3,888 Hong Kong dollars, and the service fee is 100 yuan a month. To access the network, you must first pay a year's service fee.

After calculation, the annual usage fee is already about 5,000 yuan, which is equivalent to three months' salary of ordinary people.

But even so, according to information from the Kirin Group, the first batch of 10,000 pagers had already been snatched up during the reservation process a few days ago, and many of them were sold directly by large companies in the name of the company. When purchasing, we scan dozens or hundreds of units and give them to middle and high-level people who need them.

Seeing that the situation is so good, Dadong Telegraph Bureau also released the news that the next batch of reservations will be tomorrow. This time it is 30,000 units. Buy on a first-come, first-served basis.

The boy quickly asked Tian Jiachun to reserve 10,000 units.

That's right.

That’s 10,000 units!

There are so many people in the Qilin Group, and Yin Jun is ready to hand them over to all those who need them, and pay them all in the name of the company, so that they can better arrange their work.

Even if you can’t use them all now, I believe they will all be put to use in a year or two.

Anyway, pagers were still in use in Hong Kong until the 1990s. They would be almost withdrawn from the Hong Kong market after about 2000, which was about the same time that Japan’s pager market closed.

Yin Jun doesn't have to worry about others snatching these 10,000 pagers from him. Can a big customer who buys 10,000 pagers at once compare with ordinary customers?

Sure enough, after Tian Jiachun called, the Dadong Telegraph Bureau immediately agreed to the request, and would bring it to the Kirin Group as soon as the goods arrived in a few days. They would also send people over to teach how to use it, ensuring that the people from the Kirin Group can be there. When it officially starts operations on January 1, everyone will be able to use the pager function.

But the next day, Dadong Telegraph Bureau immediately issued a full-page advertisement in the "Kilin Daily".

"Qilin Group is urgently purchasing 10,000 pagers. How can you miss Yin Jun's choice?"

Looking at such advertisements, Yin Jun is both funny and angry. You really can't scold them for being so pervasive and using yourself to advertise for them.

Businessmen are so cunning. It is rare for Yin Jun to buy a pager with great fanfare. Of course, they must make good use of it.

For this reason, the remaining 20,000 pagers were snatched away immediately, almost causing a stampede and robbery.

Seeing such a hot situation, the Dadong Telegraph Bureau was delighted. They continued to announce that the next batch of 30,000 units would also start booking in three days, so stay tuned.

As long as the third batch can be achieved and a total of 70,000 pagers are put into operation, their daily operations will be profitable from the beginning.

As for the initial investment, etc., as long as it is operated like this for more than 10 years, it can be fully recovered.

What's more, such a large Xiangjiang market, with more than 6 million people, can't be used by only 70,000 people, right? If this number can be increased to 200,000, their costs will be recovered within a year, and the rest will be huge profits.

Xiangjiang is a small place, and some of its disadvantages are also obvious, that is, it is easy to monopolize.

For example, they currently have only one telecommunications company - Xiangjiang Telephone Company.

There is only one gas company, two electricity companies, and three bus companies. The supermarkets that supply daily life in Xiangjiang are basically monopolized by two.

And these companies, 10 years later, will all have the shadow of real estate developers behind them.

The same goes for the pager business.

Now there is only Dadong Telegraph Bureau, but ten years later, there will be twenty or thirty paging stations, large and small, in Xiangjiang.

Do you think this is developmental competition?

wrong!

All paging stations are operated by leasing the signal tower network that Dadong Telegraph Bureau started to set up this year.

In fact, it is still monopolized by Dadong Telegraph Company.

Yin Jun doesn't like the business of pagers. Although it can be prosperous for more than 10 years and has a life cycle of 20 years, it is still a very niche, non-technical and extremely competitive industry.

Not to mention the twenty or thirty paging stations in a small place like Xiangjiang, take the mainland as an example. During the heyday of pagers, it was normal for a province to have fifty or sixty paging stations, large and small, and some even exceeded 80!

There are so many paging stations competing for users, and judging from the inertia of the industry in China that has never been united, Yin Jun is too lazy to engage in a price war with them to earn a little hard money.

However, this does not mean that Yin Jun has no ideas.

At least you can research in advance and take out the Chinese pager. It will be more convenient to contact you without having to rush around to find a phone.

Speaking of Chinese pagers, it’s really fate.

If it were another person, he would definitely not know who developed this thing and how it was developed.

But Yin Jun knew.

He directly called Chen Baixiang.

"Brother La, where is your brother-in-law now?" Yin Jun asked as the first sentence after the call was connected.

"What!?"

Chen Baixiang thought Yin Jun wanted to ask him something, but he didn't expect to ask his brother-in-law.

After being surprised, Chen Baixiang replied honestly: "He is now the deputy general manager of Asia Computer Company of Dadong Telegraph Bureau. Mr. Jun, do you have anything to ask him about?"

Yin Jun nodded and said: "Brother La, when your brother-in-law is free in the past two days, help me invite him out for a cup of tea. I have a business I want to do with him."

"Oh, okay." Chen Baixiang didn't know what was going on, but as long as Yin Jun was looking for someone specifically, it would be no big deal.

Not daring to neglect, he told his brother-in-law after returning, and then called Yin Jun to confirm the time. In the afternoon of the next day, Yin Jun met Chen Baixiang's brother-in-law Jian Wenle.

When Yin Jun saw him, he didn't even know his name. He could only think of a small way to hand over his business card as soon as they met.

Out of business etiquette, Jian Wenle quickly handed over his business card with both hands, and only then did Yin Jun know his name.

The young man knew about Jian Wengle because in a business process information written by Tan Yonglin, he wrote something like "I invested in Chen Baixiang's brother-in-law's world's first Chinese pager company and made hundreds of millions of profits after going public."

Then Yin Jun learned that the Chinese pager was invented by Chen Baixiang's brother-in-law.

Originally, Yin Jun just wanted to ask Jian Wenle to invent the Chinese pager. But when Yin Jun asked Jian Wenle to introduce his resume, he found that he had been engaged in the computer industry for more than twelve years and was one of the first batch of people in Hong Kong. When he was a computer engineer, Yin Jun changed his mind.

Such a talent can completely help him run a computer software company!

There are so many elites in this era in Xiangjiang. Compared with the generation that only knows how to complain 30 years later, they are all truly capable people.

In the future, many of these people will immigrate to the United States and Canada to work in the computer industry, and many technology masters will emerge.

Yin Jun knows best how important software will be in the future. Software is needed in too many aspects, not just computers, but also mobile phones. Aren’t they all supported by software?

A UBER software can be worth hundreds of billions of dollars, a ephemeral software can be worth 30 billion U.S. dollars, a TWITTER can have a market value of more than 50 billion U.S. dollars... Wait, how could Yin Jun be able to achieve such a huge market and huge profits? Not to get involved?

Yin Jun's thoughts passed by and after chatting for a while, he simply asked Jian Wenle: "Mr. Jian, I am preparing to set up a computer company by myself. Do you want to come over and be the general manager?"

Originally, he just wanted to entrust the development of a software, but now it turned into poaching people. Yin Jun's decision was not unreasonable.

Jian Wenle was also stunned. He thought that Yin Jun must have something to ask him, but he didn't expect that he was here to poach someone.

Jian Wenle is quite satisfied with his life now. Dadong Telegraph Bureau is very profitable and the salary is very high. The total annual salary can reach 200,000 Hong Kong dollars. In today's Hong Kong society, it is definitely a golden salary.

Before having tea with Yin Jun today, he had never thought about changing jobs. Even if Yin Jun suddenly said this, he was just in a daze and not moved.

"Master Jun, thanks to your kindness, I feel very good now. I don't ask for any glory or wealth. A stable life is enough." Jian Wenle immediately rejected Yin Jun, because he knew that if faced with For such a super rich man, if your attitude is not firm, you will offend people even more.

"Don't be too busy refusing, listen to my conditions." The young man smiled.

Yin Jun is the most experienced in dealing with this kind of talent, especially since he also knows that Jian Wenle is not a simple technical otaku.

As I said before, Tan Yonglin invested in his company, and the company eventually went public.

How could a company that specializes in technology have the heart to go public? ——Have you ever seen Stan Winston take his digital field public? Is Industrial Light & Magic on the market?

This proves that Jian Wengle has a big heart and gradually wants to be an entrepreneur rather than a technical expert.

As long as he has the ambition to strive upward, everything will be easy.

Jian Wenle had no intention of changing jobs at this time, but since Yin Jun made the conditions, he would definitely be willing to listen.

Seeing that he meant to listen, Yin Jun said: "My computer company mainly develops various practical software. The software that people need for work and study. My computer company hopes to develop it so that everyone can Take advantage of it. For example, I think that in the future, we can use software on computers to modify some movie shooting details, and even change some difficult backgrounds and scenes, so that the audience can see more dazzling fighting scenes.

For another example, the most popular thing in Hong Kong is horse racing betting, right? Then we use computer software to input all the information about horses, venues, and horse handlers to form a probability analysis, and allow horse owners to see a more detailed and scientific analysis. Isn't this more beneficial? The solid position of our "Qilin Daily"?

In order to achieve so many project goals, I plan to prepare at least ten software teams at the same time, so that they can continue to tackle these technical problems. The number of people in each group is determined based on needs. Three or five is not too small, and twenty or thirty is not too many. People can even be added continuously according to the development of the situation.

The same goes for funds. For my computer company, I will allocate no less than 100 million for basic office expenses every year. For different software project groups, I can also apply for additional expenses if necessary. When the project is completed, not only will there be high bonuses, but also all members of the project team will have dividend rights for every piece of software that is started to be used.

If you join us, you will be responsible for all preparations and recruitment matters of Kirin Computer. In the future, all matters of Kirin Computer will be discussed and decided by the technical specialists within Kirin Computer. In principle, the group company will not participate, except for formulating plans. You have no restrictions other than my consent. "

Listening to Yin Jun's words, Jian Wengle couldn't help showing surprise.

If it is what Yin Jun said, this computer company, even the computer company of Dadong Telegraph Office, the largest in Hong Kong, cannot compare!

If you can join such a company and become a veteran general manager, it will definitely be a great promotion for your career.

With Yin Jun's financial resources and earning power, there is no need to worry that this computer company will end in a few years.

A smart person like Yin Jun must know that computers are the future, and computer software is the core content of computers. If you do it well, you can definitely make a lot of money!

Besides, Yin Jun definitely didn't want to start a computer company on a temporary basis.

Just from the technical software he mentioned, we can tell that he must have had this idea for a long time. He has a deep understanding of computers and software, and he is already at the stage of actively wanting to start operation. I just came to find myself.

Yin Jun must have done a lot of research and investigation. It is naturally his honor to regard himself as the best general manager candidate - those who can be favored by Yin Jun are all elite talents!

Jian Wenle, who is a bit self-indulgent here, would have looked like this if he knew that Yin Jun originally just wanted to make a Chinese pager software, and recruiting him to be the general manager of a computer company was just a temporary move.