October 1998.

Infinity Computer Company held a press conference in Heung Kong Central.

They highlight a mobile phone with two brand icons, one with an infinity "∞" motif and the other with the Symbian logo in English.

It is clear that this is a mobile phone with a co-branded nature.

Just when all the reporters thought that Infinity was about to switch careers to mobile phones, they saw a familiar icon on the mobile phone interface.

A panda, the instant messaging software "CC", was implanted in it!

This move instantly sparked heated discussions among the media at the scene.

Countless people call it an epoch-making advancement, and mobile phones are equipped with instant messaging software, which means that no matter where you go, you can communicate with people anytime, anywhere without worrying about text messages and phone bills.

Although at present, the interface of the entire software is relatively simple, but it can basically meet the needs of friends for online chat.

And this is also the most basic function as a communication tool.

Imagine how comfortable it is for you to sit in front of the computer when you are tired, you can lie in bed and use your mobile phone to communicate with netizens thousands of miles away at any time.

The first version has been made like this, which has made the company's senior management very satisfied, and the difficulty of porting the PC side to the mobile phone can be imagined.

The network environment and hardware products determine that users are not able to do more things on their mobile phones.

Now this mobile phone has almost reached the limit of this era.

Chen Weidong didn't know that his original casual words were listened to by Song Yunjiang and implemented.

In fact, at the beginning of the year, they had already contacted Symbian, a company formed by Psion and Nokia, Ericsson, and Motorola.

After learning about their intentions, the other side was amazed and unanimously agreed that this would certainly change the pattern of the world's communications industry.

Therefore, it was decided to fully cooperate with Infinity's transplant plan, and at the same time, they also signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

Finally, in October of this year, Symbian launched the 4.0 operating system, which supports the browser of standard web pages, supports the Java language environment, and can run small applications.

This machine is not only the originator of Symbian mobile phones, but also the originator of smartphones.

Because it is equipped with Infinity's instant messaging software, this mobile phone sold hot as soon as it was launched on the market, and it was sold out in less than a day in various regions, and the price was also speculated to tens of thousands of yuan per unit.

In this era, it is definitely difficult for ordinary people to consume.

Soon, however, Infinity and Symbian issued a joint statement that they would expand their production lines to meet growing market demand.

The computer companies in Xiangjiang are in full swing, but the mainland is deserted.

In Huaxia South China City, on a wasteland outside the Guan, a group of municipal personnel stood in front of an excavator and discussed a drawing.

One of the young men shook his head and vetoed the place.

The other, slightly older young man, nodded slightly, indicating that he meant the same thing.

It took eight or nine hours for these two people to rush from their hometown to Chen Weidong and Chen Jie in South China City.

The day after receiving the news, they drove to South China City, and secretly left at night, just not wanting to attract too much attention.

More than a dozen security personnel, and they don't need to be trained, they have gained a little weight during this time.

No way, the people in their hometown are too hospitable.

In fact, the two provinces are adjacent to each other, and they are far from going, and it is quite convenient to go back, unlike Xiangjiang to return to the mainland, and you have to apply for a pass.

"Director Liu, this place is too close to the airport, and there is the roar of planes in the sky from time to time, which is not quite in line with our requirements."

Chen Weidong looked at the overgrown land in front of him and sighed slightly.

He was going to build a laboratory, but the planes would be very noisy when they took off and landed, and any precision instrument that stayed in this environment for a long time would affect its accuracy.

In fact, the noise is not the biggest problem, and the laboratory can be built underground.

The biggest problem is air pollution, one plane is equal to the displacement of dozens or hundreds of cars, usually several planes are taking off, landing or standby, superimposed on a large number of cars to and from the airport, near the airport is a high pollution zone.

The airport in South China City, how big the traffic is, everyone who has been to it knows.

High-tech products, the requirements for cleanliness have reached a very demanding level.

If you want to build a laboratory, especially some important laboratories, you must adopt a multi-layer dust removal method to ensure that the air cleanliness in the laboratory meets the standard.

At that time, it will definitely bring a lot of inconvenience to researchers, and every time you enter and exit, you need to go through several dust removal measures, which is very cumbersome.

"Mr. Chen, if it doesn't work here, you can only go to Guannei, there is still a vacant land in Nanshan District, I don't know if Fu meets your requirements." The middle-aged man looked at the drawings and made another suggestion.

Today, their planning bureau has accompanied Chen Weidong to several places, and they have basically walked around the outside of the customs, either the traffic is inconvenient, or the environment is not good, and it is difficult to meet the requirements.

"Okay, let's take a look."

Since Chen Weidong came to South China City, he has not been to Nanshan District, and he heard that Infinity Computer Company has also set up a branch there, so he can just go and have a look.

The group drove to their destination and arrived at their destination in less than half an hour.

The current Nanshan District is far less prosperous than that of later generations, and it is still in the stage of wilderness.

Looking at the desolate fields and the dilapidated country houses, Chen Jie's face became a little strange, good guy, I don't know and I think I'm going back to my hometown again.

However, Director Liu smiled mysteriously and said, "Mr. Chen, don't be impatient, follow me over there, and you'll know." ”

Everyone walked and followed the place where he pointed, and soon saw a group of villas, about ten or twenty of them, the appearance of which was modeled after the European architectural style.

In the center of the villa complex, there is also a gray-and-white building with five or six floors high, which looks a bit like a medieval European castle.

"Director Liu, how can there be so many houses like this here?"

Chen Weidong was taken aback, these styles were also gradually popular in later generations, and now in this period, the public aesthetics are mainly bungalows, and suddenly these popped up, he thought that time and space were out of order.

The middle-aged man smiled and slowly began to explain to Chen Weidong.

It turned out that in the 80s, when the coastal area was planned as a special economic zone, many places started to build houses.

With the appearance of the first batch of people who ate crabs, the Chinese people who were eager to make a fortune seemed to have found a way to get rich, and they all flocked to Guangdong, Hujian, and the South China Sea, setting off a real estate boom.

Many of these people are Yeluzi construction teams who have not been trained and studied, and they don't know how the house should be built and how it needs to be designed.

There are even many people, all masons who have only worked on the construction site for a few days, who have been pulled into the construction team to run to catch the craze.

I'm afraid that I won't be able to pick up the money if it's too late.

Among them, there are more imitation European-style villas, because they are relatively low-tech and look more upscale.

Since the reform and opening up of China, the first real estate boom was born in such a messy and unsupervised situation.

However, they didn't take into account at all, with the meager income of the Chinese people, how could they buy such an expensive small villa?

Moreover, this is too foreign and many people can't accept it.

This is not Xiangjiang.

By the mid-90s, the trend had finally slowed down as clusters of villas were left unoccupied, and once-wealthy real estate builders began to go bankrupt.

Many people who follow the trend of real estate have lost all their money, leaving a large number of unfinished buildings and vacant real estate.

Those banks that did not comply with the regulations and issued loans to construction teams and developers without authorization were also trapped, and a large amount of bad debts and bad debts appeared.

From Chen Weidong's point of view, the style of these buildings is indeed incompatible with the aesthetics of the Chinese people, old and dull, strange shapes, and spire houses, which many older generations cannot accept at all.

Those developers have not taken into account that the consumer market and target groups of these houses have not yet been cultivated.

No wonder it went bankrupt.

Director Liu told him that now these villa complexes, because they have been vacant for a long time, the bank is very urgent to collect debts, and the prices are also very cheap.

In his words, he just wanted to see if Chen Weidong was interested.

What's more, there is a large area of open space nearby, which is indeed very much in line with his requirements.

Chen Weidong touched his nose and couldn't help but think of a sentence from later generations:

Twenty years ago, you couldn't look down on Nanshan, and twenty years later, you can't afford Nanshan.