Fang Chen turned his head, just in time to see the curiosity in Ren Zhengfei's eyes.

I couldn't help but think about it, and said casually with a nonchalant look: "Qingtian Communications now has several key laboratories, working on some projects on basic materials and 2G. ”

Hearing this, Ren Zhengfei was shocked and looked at Fang Chen in disbelief.

Although he felt that he knew Fang Chen well enough, and he also knew that Fang Chen's hand had always been very big, and it was earth-shattering as soon as he made a move, he really didn't expect that Fang Chen had already started to study 2G.

This is really incredible, if this was not said by Fang Chen, he would not dare to think that there are companies in China that would dare to touch such a thing as 2G.

Between domestic communication equipment companies and 2G, it is not to say that it is like a moat, but it is definitely separated by a large canyon of one or two thousand meters, and there is a generation gap of 20 years.

The mainstream level of domestic communication equipment enterprises is basically similar to their current level of Huawei, most of them are concentrated between 100 door machines and 500 door machines, such as the BH03 machine copied by their Huawei before, and so on, 24 door machines, which are small switches and are communication equipment companies that do not enter the stream.

Above 500 door machines is 1,000 door machines, 2,000 door machines, and finally 10,000 door machines.

Now there are few domestic communication equipment factories that can make thousand-door machines, anyway, as far as he knows, ZTE in the same city, and the Institute of Telecommunications Science and Technology of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications have such technology.

Maybe in the near future, they Huawei can also be counted as one.

And from this point of view, Huawei has been at the forefront of all communication equipment factories in China.

Thinking of this, Ren Zhengfei's heart couldn't help but ignite a trace of pride, and he suddenly felt that the hard work and hard work before were worth it.

However, he also understands why those big factories are reluctant to make thousands of door machines, it is really because it is too difficult.

In order to develop a thousand door machines, he not only smashed all the more than 30 million profits accumulated by the company in recent years, but also borrowed more than 20 million loans from banks and underground banks.

It can be said that the operation of the company is now based on sales proceeds, and only when he gets money from customers, can he maintain the operation of the company, buy materials, pay salaries to employees, and pay monthly interest to the underground bank.

In addition, although the salary he gave to his employees was not low, basically an average of 1,000 yuan, in fact, only half of it was paid, and the remaining half could only be paid at the end of the year.

For this reason, a lot of employees have gone.

The peak period is concentrated in the announcement of such a policy two or three months later, with the company's increase in capital investment in thousands of door machines, business difficulties, basically seven or eight people resigned to him every day.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and went out to borrow a sum of money to ensure that not only did he not owe half of the salary due to all the departing employees, but also paid a little more, which can be regarded as slowly stabilizing the morale of the army and not resigning from such a wave of resignations.

After that, even if any employee resigns, it will not be because of the loss of half of the salary.

It can be said that during this time, he almost couldn't sleep all night, tossing and turning, and if the thousand doors failed, he could only choose to jump from the upstairs and die.

In the face of such a large capital investment and such a big pressure, how many domestic communication equipment companies dare to invest in thousands of door machines?

But he dares!

If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!

However, fortunately, the thousand door machine has seen the light, with the efforts of the technical team led by Li Yinan, it is expected that all the research and development work of the thousand door machine will be completed in two months, and the official start of the board, ready for mass production, and obtain the network access license of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

Let's see how Qingtian Communication has been verified by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and learn from experience, which is also an important purpose of his visit this time, because the Provincial Department of Posts and Telecommunications of more than 1,000 switches is no longer qualified for approval.

As for the mass production of 2,000 door machines and 10,000 door machines, there are three in China: Shencheng Bell, Yanjing Cable Power Factory, and Qingtian Communication.

If it is from the perspective of technical property rights, then there is only DynaSky Communication!

From this point of view, Qingtian Communication is the supreme existence of domestic communication equipment enterprises and a well-deserved king.

However, judging from the grand occasion of today's participation, DynaSky Communications has indeed proved itself.

After all, behind Qingtian Communication, standing is the one in front of him.

The more he got to know Fang Chen, the more he felt that Fang Chen's strength was not only wealth and network, but more importantly, Fang Chen's sensitivity to wealth and control of the current situation and the future.

Thinking of this, Ren Zhengfei couldn't help but glance at Fang Chen, in fact, he worked so hard and wanted to be so open-minded to make a thousand door machines, the most important idea was that he didn't want to be pulled too far by Fang Chen, so far that he couldn't even see Fang Chen's back, he wanted to prove that he was not wrong to reject Fang Chen's choice before.

Without Fang Chen, he can still build Huawei into a world-class communication equipment company!

But after thinking about it, Ren Zhengfei smiled bitterly in his heart, Huawei can have today, it still has Fang Chen's contributions, if it weren't for Fang Chen's guidance that day, the BH03 machine was advanced by at least one month, so that the BH03 machine could be listed in advance and start making money in advance, Huawei's current road may be more difficult and more rugged.

In addition, could it be that if he made a thousand door machines, he would be able to see Fang Chen's back?

He couldn't see it, and he didn't expect Qingtian Communications to mass-produce the 04 machine so quickly.

According to the information and predictions he obtained, it would be good if the 04 machine could be mass-produced in May and June next year, when Huawei's thousand-door machine was already on the market, and the gap between them only existed for one generation.

After all, you must know that just as the 1000-door machine is expanded from the 100-door machine, the 10,000-door machine is expanded from the 2,000-door machine, so there is only one generation left.

And he thinks that in the next two or three years, the most used in Huaxia is still thousands of door machines, which are too expensive, and for Huawei's vast C4 county-level network center, it is too large and even redundant.

Think about it carefully, how many people in a county can afford the initial installation fee of 5,000 yuan.

Moreover, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued last year, the forecast for the development of telecommunications in China in the next 10 years has also proved the correctness of his idea, according to the prediction of experts of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the compound annual growth rate of fixed telephones in China should be 10 percent, and it is expected that in 2000, when the millennium comes, the penetration rate of fixed telephones will increase from the current 1 percent to 5 percent.

He was surprised enough by the mass production of the 04 machine, but now Fang Chen actually told him that Qingtian Communications was already researching 2G, how could this not make him feel like he had been struck by lightning.

Strictly speaking, the program-controlled switch was developed and opened in France in 1970, and soon improved to the level of 10,000 door machines, which means that the gap between the Chinese communications industry and the developed countries in the West is about 20 years.

And the gap of these 20 years is under the premise that Wu Jiangxing has developed the 04 machine, if Wu Jiangxing has not developed the 04 machine, only counting the relatively common non-program-controlled vertical and horizontal switches in China, then the gap between China and the developed countries in the West is basically 50 years.

Because of the vertical and horizontal switches, Western developed countries quickly became popular on a large scale after World War II.

This gap in the communications industry basically represents the average gap between the technological level of China and the level of developed countries in the West.

That's why the emergence of the 04 machine is so exciting.

Even Fang Chen's ability to respond so much this time, with a large number of followers, has a lot to do with the 04 machine.

Otherwise, how could there be so many business leaders, experts and professors in the communications industry.

2G is different.

Even in Europe, 2G has only just been announced to be successfully developed and has entered the initial commercial stage, and it has not yet been perfected.

And he has confidence in Fang Chen, Fang Chen's financial resources, and thinks that if Fang Chen really follows his own character, consistent means, large-scale, large-scale, and cost-effective investment, he believes that in three or five years, Qingtian Communications will be able to develop 2G.

This also means that Fang Chen has shortened the gap between Huaxia's communications industry and Europe's and the world's most advanced communications industry to within three to five years, and has stood on an echelon with the United States and Dongyi.

As far as he knows, the United States and Dongwei have just begun to develop 2G.

This is really remarkable, there are really few science and technology in the huge China at this time that can reach the world's advanced level, and it is only a little short of the world's leading level.

And it's not that he boasts, he is already one of the few people in China who are willing to open their eyes to the world and pay attention to the world's advanced technology, there are now many so-called communication industry practitioners in China, and the self-proclaimed experts and professors don't even know what 2G is, and it is not clear what the world's scientific research investment and progress are for 2G.

But seriously, now there is this vision in China to see 2G, and can dare to invest in 2G, have the money to invest in 2G, and the pre-layout is Fang Chen, which is not as good as Fang Chen in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

He once read a document saying that the research and development of 2G will require at least 200 million US dollars, that is, more than one billion Chinese coins, to succeed.

Such a large amount of R&D expenses is really not something that ordinary enterprises can afford.

Some well-known international technology companies basically spend 5% of their turnover as R&D expenses, accounting for one-fourth to one-fifth of their net profits for R&D.

As for domestic enterprises, they generally have no R&D expenses, and they are not even willing to take out 1% of their turnover as R&D expenses.

Of course, he also understands that the profits of domestic enterprises are too low, and there is no intellectual property protection, and what he has worked so hard to develop is easy to be copied by others.

Li Yinan was even more dumbfounded, he never expected that Qingtian Communications would have the courage to invest in 2G.

However, for a moment, he suddenly felt a little relieved that Zheng Baoyong chose Qingtian Communications and abandoned Huawei.

In all fairness, if he encounters such a brave and cool company, and is willing to give him such a high annual salary and such a status, he will also be tempted.

After all, he is at Huawei, although everything in technology is up to him, but there is no Zheng Bao who is justified in using this chief engineer.

"Mr. Fang, your satellite is too big, if you let people outside know, you have to scare them to death. Ren Zhengfei said with a sigh on his face.

The focus of the group of people in the auditorium is still on how to develop a 10,000-door machine, solve some of the technical pain points of the 10,000-door machine, and build the 10,000-door machine more perfectly.

But in the next moment, Ren Zhengfei's expression suddenly changed, and a trace of weirdness and incomprehension flashed.

At this time, he suddenly realized a problem, what was he talking about outside people just now, but he was not Qingtian Communication's own person, why did Fang Chen tell him that Qingtian Communications was developing 2G?

If Fang Chen said it unintentionally, it would be fine, but Fang Chen obviously told Shen Wei before to hide everything that shouldn't be seen.

This shows that Fang Chen has a strong sense of confidentiality.

Suddenly, Ren Zhengfei felt a little confused, and he didn't know why Fang Chen would tell him, what was the deep meaning of this?

Looking at the blankness in Ren Zhengfei's eyes, Fang Chen's heart was full of smiles, and his bad taste was satisfied in an instant.

Qingtian Communications is studying the matter of 2G, and he deliberately said it to Ren Zhengfei.

As for why?

Just like the answer he asked when he answered Wu Maocai a long time ago, why not nip Huawei in the bud.

Huawei is not his enemy!

As a communications person, he deeply knows how difficult it was for Huawei to be in the communications industry in his previous life, from a small workshop that started with a cottage of 20,000 yuan to become the world's No. 1 communication equipment company, what Huawei has paid and how many hardships and hardships it has encountered.

Therefore, he is not willing to use these pickled methods to deal with Huawei.

The other most important reason is that he needs Huawei, and Qingtian Communications needs to keep Huawei alive.

This reason may sound ridiculous, but it is actually what it is.

For example, in the chip industry, even though Intel is ahead of AMD in technology and market, it does not dare to have a significant advantage in price, and will always leave a certain margin and living space for AMD according to market conditions.

Even when AMD really can't do it, it also invested in AMD to save AMD's life.

Doesn't Intel know that if AMD goes bankrupt, then he can completely monopolize the PC processor market, and can arbitrarily raise prices in pursuit of maximizing profits?

Intel naturally knows.

But he knows better that if AMD dares to fall, he will trigger the antitrust law of the United States and face the fate of being torn apart.

So in order not to be split by the U.S. government, Intel will leave AMD with a way out anyway.

The same is true for him, the communication equipment industry is so important that it almost involves the foundation of a country.

The vigorous Internet, mobile Internet, and Internet companies rooted in it, such as Tengxun, Alibaba, Baidu, etc., rely on communication facilities the most relied upon.

Without these communication equipment, these Internet companies with a market value of trillions will naturally cease to exist.

Therefore, it is impossible for Huaxia to allow only one communication equipment company, Qingtian Communications, to exist.