After finishing the celebration in Chicago, Bao Zixuan returned to Boston the next day. He wanted to see what the function of the black cloud phone was, after all, he was just proposing a technical indicator and appearance sketch.

When Bao Zixuan left, many Blackstone Fund employees had another expression. Everyone didn't expect this little boss to drink so well, and no one knows how much Bao Zixuan drank last night, only a lot, and a lot more than them. But everyone is drunk, only the boss is fine, so that's very revealing.

Returning to the Black Cloud Lab and seeing Yule Engel waiting for him, Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "Yule, how is the performance of our mobile phone, I can't wait to see it." ”

Yule Engel: "It fully meets the technical requirements you mentioned, and now the size of the mobile phone is much smaller than the one in the Motorola laboratory, and the weight is only half that of the other party, but the standby time is three times that of the other party, mainly because we have made a major breakthrough 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, and poor confidentiality, but it is of great significance compared to this era. He pioneered long-range wireless communication for humans.

Bao Zixuan: "How much does it cost to build our signal tower? ”

At present, there is no large-scale construction of signal towers on the market, and many telephone companies do not see the prospect of this mobile phone product yet. Therefore, the cost can only be reduced to a minimum, and it is likely to build your own signal tower in the early stage. This is a large amount of expense, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to support it if it is a single company in Heiyun, 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 in the 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G eras.

Yule Engel: "A small set of equipment currently costs $200,000 and can only be used in the city. However, when it comes to the outdoors, it is more cost-effective to use large equipment, which can cost between $1.2 million and $1.5 million per set. It mainly depends on the order situation and the use requirements. ”

Bao Zixuan: "We first set up local systems in several big cities in the United States, and if the effect is good, many telephone companies will follow up on this project, and we can make a profit by selling equipment at that time." ”

Heiyun has now purchased all the patented technologies of Bell Labs and Motorola on mobile phone and signal communication protocols, and he can upgrade and transform them on this basis.

When Yule Engel held a brand new mobile phone in front of Bao Zixuan, this time he really felt incredible. At present, Motorola only produces Big Brother, that is, a brick machine that can be used to smash walnuts. And what Yul Engel got in front of Bao Zixuan was a second brother, a brand new mobile phone with antenna retraction function and microphone flip function.

Just by looking at the appearance, you can beat similar products of Motorola, this is the current scientific and technological ability of Heiyun. With Bao Zixuan's unsparing efforts and regardless of the cost, this mobile phone can reach the level of 90 years in the previous life.

Bao Zixuan: "How much does this phone cost?" ”

Juul-Engel: "Except for the main board, which is made by Motorola, the rest of the components are made in-house. The cost of a one-step mobile phone is about $1,500, and it can be controlled at $1,200 if it is mass-produced. ”

Hearing this, Bao Zixuan thought to himself, no wonder Motorola dared to launch so many satellites into space in his previous life, it turned out to be too rich. It's no joke that mobile phones are more lucrative than anyone could have imagined.

Bao Zixuan: "Very good, but before going public, we must purchase enough motherboard chips from Motorola, otherwise if our business is good, he will run out of stock for us, and the loss will be too great." ”

Yul Engel: "Boss, we have a purchase contract with them, they won't do such a thing that violates business ethics!"

Bao Zixuan thought to himself, Yul Engel is really just a scholar. I don't know what many people in this world will do for profit, but he won't be so idealistic and put his fate on other companies.

Bao Zixuan: "You can't do anything harmful, but there are some things that we have to guard against." It's better to be careful, let's order 10 million motherboard chips first, and then we can hold on for a long time even if he is out of stock. ”

In fact, in the previous life, many companies in the United States engaged in hooliganism of receiving a deposit and not shipping, and not returning the money. When the time comes, he will casually prevaricate with a crime of endangering national security, Bao Zixuan doesn't want this kind of thing to happen to him.

Yuul Engel still doesn't understand the doorway here, so he can only choose to believe Bao Zixuan. Don't look at the age of this boss, but the business sense is very sensitive, not that he can be compared with an engineer, it is better to listen to the boss at this time.

Yuul Engel was embarrassed to say, "Okay boss, I know how to do it." However, it takes up a lot of money to buy so many goods at one time, and the money on the black cloud mobile phone account is used for research and development, and there is not much money to buy components.

It's no wonder Yule Engel is embarrassed, the money he's burned these days adds up to more than $100 million. If it were any boss, he would have been angry, and he didn't expect Bao Zixuan to care so much.

Even in Bell Labs, a major scientific research institution with scientific research as its first goal, it has not invested money in this way, and if Yul Engel really dared to burn money like this, it is estimated that investors would have troubled him a long time ago. This is also the reason why the mobile phone project lagged behind Motorola, otherwise his technical reserves would have been developed earlier than Martin Cooper.

Bao Zixuan: "Now immediately contact other companies in Heiyun, we will first invest in large-scale signal towers in major cities in the United States. I know that sooner or later these companies will be bought by telephone companies, but now these companies will not invest money in a project that they can't see. Then we will give priority to investment, and when the time comes, we can buy them or cooperate, in short, we must not lose. ”

Juul Engel: "What we need to do, which cities to choose in the first batch. ”

Bao Zixuan: You calculate how big the coverage area is, and how many signal towers are needed in each city. In the first batch, in the United States, we only selected six cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Detroit. In other places, when we generate benefits, there will naturally be enterprises to negotiate with us to build. In addition, Asia has chosen Hong Kong as the first pilot city, and the rest will be decided after the phone is listed. The most important thing is to prepare the tower equipment, and other companies will definitely follow up and buy it after seeing that we have generated benefits.

Bao Zixuan is preparing to release his mobile phone at the Los Angeles Electronic Technology Show, and the time can be said to be very short. Fortunately, the negotiations with these cities have been completed when the preparation was made, and the black cloud will not only cost oil for land purchase, but also increase urban employment, and mobile phone communication in this era has not endangered national security, after all, there has been no such thing in this world before. The core technology is in the hands of the Americans, and the motherboard chips are all produced by American companies. This is the confidence of others, mastering the core technology is not afraid of what moths you are.

Yul Engel: "Boss, if that's the case, we're going to have to invest about $200 million in the early stage to cover these cities. ”

In fact, this is one of the reasons why the early phone bill is expensive, the upfront investment is too large, and the users are still too few. If you don't add to the customer's phone bill, then wait and lose money!

Bao Zixuan: "No problem, I will invest $300 million in Heiyun Mobile Phone Company." ”

This is why the Blackstone Fund makes a lot of money, otherwise the cost of finding ginseng would have drained the Black Cloud's cash flow.