Chapter 298: Text Message
After successfully completing the task in Brazil, Bao Zixuan and Wu Guangzheng separated and returned directly to the United States. The Brazilian car factory project has been implemented, and there will be a professional team to follow up. Initial negotiations with Embraer for the supply of engines have also been completed, and although not a penny has been received so far, the only way to do so is to open up the market.
Heiyun Aviation Power Department needs the cooperation of Embraer to obtain real flight test data, and then obtain the aviation flight airworthiness certificate. Only in this way can the Black Cloud engine be guaranteed to fly over the world.
There is another reason why Bao Zixuan returned to the United States, after a few months of trying. Yule Engel has led the team to overcome the technical barrier of mobile phone SMS, and now Heiyun mobile phones can send SMS services to each other. This is a remarkable achievement, especially in this day and age.
SMS: refers to text or digital messages that you can send and receive directly on your mobile phone. In this era, it is definitely a fantasy, but it is just an idea innovation, and there is no big difficulty in technology. Especially for the elites who came to Bell Labs.
Bao Zixuan plans to carry out a major upgrade of the mobile phone every year, and positions the mobile phone department as the most important department of the company. All resources will be provided first, and there is a professional team of lawyers to provide services for a long time. At present, Heiyun has more than 200,000 employees, and the mobile phone department has about 2,000 employees. However, 1,800 of these 2,000 people belong to R&D personnel, and the rest are administrative personnel who cooperate with R&D.
It can be said that the R&D strength alone is absolutely outstanding, and other companies do not pay much attention to the role of basic patents. Because the patent royalties charged by Bao Zixuan and Motorola are still relatively low, this is also the reason why other manufacturers feel that their own research and development is not cost-effective. However, when I think of a down-and-out aristocrat of Nokia in later generations, the annual basic patent usage fee can actually receive 5 billion US dollars, and Qualcomm even charges a huge amount of Qualcomm tax, which shows the importance of basic patents.
Back at the Black Cloud R&D center in Cambridge, I saw Yule Engel debugging the equipment. Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "Yuer, how is our new mobile phone ready." ”
Yuul Engel has a habit of not liking to be interrupted at work. Bao Zixuan was also too excited to forget this rule, but now he knew that it was too late. Yuul Engel was angry and wanted to curse, and only when he saw that it was Bao Zixuan did he control his emotions.
When Bao Zixuan saw the old man's appearance, he hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, I was too excited, but I ruined your train of thought." ”
For these top scientists who want to make their families work well, it is not enough to give them money, it is necessary to give them enough respect. This boss is also tired enough, but for the sake of happiness in the future, he can only follow their temper now.
Hearing the boss apologize to himself made Yul Engel feel a little better. He is not a completely impersonal monster, sometimes he still has to give the boss enough face, otherwise how to mix in the industry in the future, his descendants will also be excluded.
Yuul-Engel: "Nothing, just a little distracted. But boss, our new mobile phone has been developed, and all the technical indicators can meet the requirements, the most important thing is that the SMS service has been opened, and SMS can be sent at any time. ”
Bao Zixuan: "Then what about the upgrade of old mobile phones!"
Yule Engel: "Our old mobile phones can be upgraded in the Black Cloud mobile phone store, as long as there is a computer connected to a data cable. But after all, it is the first generation of products, and it can only save 32 text messages, and I don't want the new phone to be able to save 64 text messages. ”
At the beginning of the design of the Heiyun generation of mobile phones, the problem of upgrading with external connections was considered, and the R&D personnel did not understand it at that time. After all, this added a lot of cost and was a useless design at the time. Now it seems that the boss is still far-sighted and able to think about all the problems in advance.
Bao Zixuan: "It doesn't matter, we just need to ensure my technical advantages, and how we have developed other functions of the mobile phone." For basic patents, technology patents to achieve the ultimate, as long as you can meet my requirements, you can spend as much research and development as you want. ”
Yule Engel said with a smile: "Boss, I haven't seen you like this, other investors are thinking about how to save money, but you are desperately giving us R&D funds, if Bell Labs has such support for me, I will never let Martin take the lead in developing a mobile phone." ”
It seems that this old man still cares about this matter very much, and it is estimated that he will not be able to let go of it in this life.
Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "Yuer, sometimes putting it down is the most important thing, the black cloud mobile phone is now stronger than Motorola, and this is all your credit." Without you leading this team to continuously develop new technologies in the back, the sales and reputation of Heiyun mobile phones would not be so good!"
Juul Engel: "I know, but boss, sometimes it's really hard to let go. But I think I'm going to try to develop something new, and I don't have a chance to be the father of mobile phones, and I'm going to make people remember me in other areas. ”
Bao Zixuan: "If you can think like this, it means that you have come out a little, but it is not thorough enough." How many texts can we send and how many languages can we support in our SMS service. ”
Yul Engel: "Theoretically, we can text all the places where the towers are sold right now, but there are some places where the rain is not necessary. So we just designed the version in the common language of the United Nations. ”
Bao Zixuan: "It's enough at the moment, but our aim is to satisfy all our customers as much as possible. Be sure to collect text information from every country in the world, so that our mobile phones can meet the needs of people in any country in the world in the future. ”
Hearing this, Yul Engel was a little puzzled, after all, this will add a lot of costs, but the benefits will outweigh the losses. But the boss always has a reason for doing things, at least not for now.
In fact, in Bao Zixuan's heart, no matter how much the cost is, he has to do it, and Heiyun's reputation is not very big. After all, it has been established for too short a time and has no background. Brands need to be constantly promoted and invested, and they can't let up at all times. In the future, Heiyun mobile phones can be used in their own languages in any country in the world, which has great benefits for brand promotion, and can also take the lead in patents.
Juul Engel: "I know the boss, but in that case we're going to have to recruit a lot of linguistic and writing scholars. ”
Bao Zixuan: "This is your business, you just need to meet my requirements." Then tell me how much money I need. ”
Hearing this, Yul Engel said with a smile: "I don't know if it's my luck or misfortune to be able to meet a boss like you. ”
Bao Zixuan: "These things have their own descendants to evaluate, but I am confident that you will work in Heiyun until you retire." I have built a university in Hong Kong, and if you are interested, you can teach anywhere, just as you are the head of the department. ”
Juul Engel: "I think about it, I like to be around young people. But I'm worried about my family, after all, my wife is a university professor in the United States. I can't be that selfish, it's not my thing. ”
Bao Zixuan: "I can let your wife go with me, so that my school will have an excellent professor." You have to have confidence in me in terms of salary and R&D investment. ”
Yuul Engel heard that this was a good time to make more money. Moreover, his wife is not very happy in the current school, and sometimes she has to pay for research and development by herself, and often asks him for funds.
It is impossible for an excellent university professor to leave his post in a short period of time, and that is irresponsible to students. Bao Zixuan has now arranged for people to search for teachers all over the world to prepare for the start of next year's school year, after all, no good teachers can't recruit good students, let alone the quality of teaching.