I didn't understand what his boss's attitude was towards his own research, Engineer He Dongzhou was a little nervous, and raised and put down his hand restrainedly: "This thing is still the inspiration given to me by a few new young people in our room." ”

"Oh?" Lin Zheng nodded, looked at He Dongzhou's appearance, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't be nervous, come, sit down and talk slowly, I think this thing is quite interesting." ”

Seeing that his boss didn't seem to be angry at his bad business, He Dongzhou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and his heart was also put down a lot, and he responded, and then said: "At that time, I was thinking about the research and development task of the two-way pager you arranged before, but you also know, The existing 9.6Kbps wireless modem number jù exchange is based on dial-up Internet access, slow speed, the price is also very expensive, the average person can not afford the high number of jù costs, Europe on the basis of GSM research and development of GPRS can be used as a basis, but Europe is only now beginning to upgrade the number of GPRS on the basis of GSM network, the country is now just beginning to realize network roaming, want to build a GPRS network at least five or six years, in these five or six years, how to achieve double paging? ”

Lin Zheng nodded secretly when he listened, although Engineer He's judgment on the construction of the domestic GPRS network was somewhat wrong, China Mobile officially launched the mobile Monternet based on GPRS in 2000, but in the case of seamless roaming just achieved in China today, talking about GPRS is undoubtedly too far away, and two-way paging is naturally based on GPRS traffic package is more cost-effective, if it is based on wireless modem dial-up Internet access. Not only is it impossible to be online in real time, but the cost is definitely not affordable for ordinary people.

Could this be the reason why He Dongzhou decided to develop this SMS machine? motioned to He Dongzhou to continue.

"I was thinking about how to solve this conflict, and I was inspired by the conversations of a few new young people. They said, 'Telephones are too expensive these days, so it would be nice to have a cheap phone, even if it can only send text messages and not make calls, so that it is easy to connect with friends.' ’”

"The words of these young people inspired me, and it occurred to me that a mobile phone that can only send text messages and not make calls is actually a two-way pager. There is no technical difficulty in achieving this, and it can be improved based on existing mobile phones. Put a SIM mobile phone card in the same way, completely based on the existing GSM network, I just need to discard the voice-related functional modules in the mobile phone. Doesn't the last thing that is left become a two-way pager? ”

"With this thing, I can text any phone, and even when someone calls me, I can know that I just can't make and receive calls. But that's okay. I know who called me, so why don't you find a call to get him back? The point is that the cost of this thing has been reduced a lot after abandoning the corresponding digital-to-analog conversion module and voice processing module......"

Lin Zheng's brain boomed: That's right! That's a two-way pager! A two-way pager based on the existing GSM network!

Compared with the current one-way pager, the advantages of this improved SMS machine based on mobile phones, or two-way pagers are too obvious, on the one hand, it is completely based on the existing GSM technology and the corresponding mobile phone technology, in the hands of Lianchuang Technology, which has mastered the GSM digital mobile phone technology, from a technical point of view, its realization is not difficult at all;

On the other hand. It fully satisfies people's requirements for instant interaction with information, although it is still a little more cumbersome than making a phone call. But how cheap is the short message, a short message with an upper limit of 70 words is only 1 cent, and you don't have to worry about any long-distance fees and roaming fees, and you can call with a mobile phone, and the local call will also cost 7 cents, if it is a long-distance plus roaming, the cost can be more than 4 yuan (I don't remember it clearly, I remember that the long-distance plus roaming cost of the mobile phone around 95.96 is about 4 yuan per minute, if you know the brother, please remind), unless it is an extremely heavy thing, otherwise a dime text message can be completely explained.

Last but not least, if this thing can be on par with pagers, it can attract many young people

Damn, a few years later, the annual SMS operating income of China Unicom and China Mobile is not even lower than the call income, and the high call cost has given birth to the "thumb family", why didn't I think of this? This text messaging machine has a lot to offer! There's a lot to be done!

Realizing this, Lin Zheng couldn't sit still any longer, stood up suddenly, grabbed He Dongzhou's hand, and asked eagerly: "He Gong, what is the approximate cost of this SMS machine?" ”

"It's about 400 yuan, if you can achieve mass production, it can be reduced to about 300, well, this is mainly because the baseband chip we need is our own production, and the production capacity reaches a certain amount after the initial investment is recovered, and the cost can be further reduced." For these numbers, He Dongzhou naturally opened his mouth and came.

After speaking, seeing Lin Zheng's eager and excited expression, how could He Dongzhou not guess that his boss was probably quite optimistic about his invention? A heart was finally put in his stomach, and he cautiously asked Lin Zheng, "Boss, what do you think of this thing...... Have a market prospect?

Mass production, the cost is only about 450? Lin Zheng wanted to cry excitedly: It's not just that there are market prospects, it's just a big prospect!

He was worried about whether the price was too high to lead the popularity of this thing in the market, but now Lin Zheng has no such worries at all, since the cost is so low, he can completely introduce this thing to the market at a lower price than the Chinese character pager, not only to seize the market share of the pager, but also to grab the market share of the mobile phone, which is really exciting to think about.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but begin to admire his foresight: fortunately, he reached a chip foundry agreement with TSMC, otherwise this thing would not only have to double the cost at least, but also be easy to get stuck in the neck...... The supply of baseband chips is in the hands of others, people say that you have to buy a chip for 10 yuan, and you have to grit your teeth and admit that you have to admit it for 1000 yuan a chip?

Although he didn't figure out why this thing didn't appear in the previous life for a while, this did not prevent Lin Zheng from making an accurate judgment on the prospects of this thing: with this thing, the traditional one-way pager can be thrown into the garbage heap of history at least 3 years in advance......

It's almost inevitable that this thing will have a impact on the phone......

"I'm personally very optimistic," Lin Zheng nodded and said, although he is personally quite optimistic about this thing, but it has not been tested by the market, he still doesn't dare to say too much, now he is more concerned about the technical maturity and patent situation of this thing, if such a good thing is preempted by others, he can cry to death! "Lao He, tell me the truth, how long will it take for you to come up with a mature product?"

He Dongzhou was frightened by Lin Zheng's serious and almost hideous expression, and involuntarily took a step back, and said carefully: "There is no problem in technology, it is all based on the mature technology we have mastered. ”

After a pause, He Dongzhou added: "Before you come, in fact, this SMS machine has already passed all the testing items, and it is already a qualified product. ”

With He Dongzhou's words, where can Lin Zheng still sit still?

After a few circles in the real room, He Dongzhou quickly found a few pieces of paper for himself, drew a few sketches and threw them to He Dongzhou: "Lao He, from now on, you are the person in charge of the company's SMS machine project, all the company's resources are inclined to your project, you have to do only one thing: in the shortest possible time to come up with a mature product, in addition, this is an appearance diagram I designed, you ensure that the size and specifications of the display screen, the internal circuit is completely immovable, quickly take out these appearance of the SMS machine, Form a finished product line. ”

"Oh, by the way, the number of text messages stored on the phone is 40 now, right? Remember to increase the memory specifications of later models, not only to store at least 200 text messages. ”

"Okay, no problem." He Dongzhou hurriedly agreed, he knew that many people have the habit of saving text messages, since it is a text message machine, the number of text messages that need to be saved is more, he also feels that the number of 40 text messages is a little less, if you want to increase the number of text messages in storage, increase the memory storage capacity, this problem is very simple to solve.

"Remember, it's got to be fast! According to the information obtained by the company, because of the threat of our company, those foreign mobile phone brands are brewing a wave of price reductions. Lin Zheng solemnly advised, if he remembers correctly, from the second half of this year, the price of mobile phones will usher in a wave of diving peak, before the mobile phone often needs seven or eight thousand, in just a few months, an entry-level mobile phone only needs three or four thousand to take down, to next year, the price of a mobile phone only needs two or three thousand.

The price of mobile phones has plunged, and the price of pagers is naturally even more so.

"I see." He Dongzhou's expression froze, and he nodded hurriedly: "Boss, don't worry, I will not delay the company's plan." ”

He Dongzhou can distinguish the priorities, he believes that the boss will not be untargeted, since the boss said so, then he really needs to speed up...... According to the company's regulations, as long as the project is successful, rewards and achievements alone can make you get money and get soft. (To be continued......)