Chapter 415: Nineties Communication Artifact - BB Machine!
In the 90s, Hong Kong was in a period of polarization, and the stock market, needless to say, was very lively at this time, and many people from the Special Administrative Region came here to speculate in stocks, and it was not until the Asian financial crisis in 1998 that this craze finally stopped.
However, this is not important to He Yun, a writer who does not understand the stock market, after all, he does not know how to speculate in stocks.
He was only wondering now how his cheap ex-brother-in-law had ended up in such a situation.
"Hiding from debt? Homeless? A family still living near the dump? He Yun muttered secretly, but shook his head slightly.
Then, he hurriedly accepted the note, and immediately smiled and said to the editor in front of him: "Thank you, Editor Zhang!" ”
"It's okay! This is what Mr. Huang told me to do, what are you polite to me! Zhang Revolution replied to He Yun very politely.
He Yun has an in-depth understanding of him, and he naturally knows his position in the eyes of his boss.
What's more, He Yun is also one of the shareholders of the publishing house, although he only participates in dividends and does not have many actual rights, but it is not something that he, a small editor, can offend.
"That's okay, Editor Zhang, that's it for today, you go back and rest first!" He Yun said again.
"Okay, Mr. He, I'll come back tomorrow morning to pick you up." With that, he turned and left.
........
Early the next morning, He Yun took a car and came to the vicinity of the garbage dump under the escort of Zhang Revolution.
There are very few outsiders here, and the conditions of the people who live here are very poor and smelly, He Yun couldn't help but cover his nose as soon as he got out of the car.
"It stinks!" He Yun whispered, and then turned to look at Zhang Revolution in the car.
He asked Zhang Revolution to wait in the car, while he himself looked forward little by little according to the house number.
Soon, he came to the mouth of an alley, and after taking two steps forward, he saw a dimly lit staircase.
When he walked down the stairs to the second floor, he saw that there were many things piled up in the narrow stairwell, and there was a lot of red paint splashed on the wall of one of the houses on the left, which was very scary.
"It should be here, that editor Zhang said that Zhao Ziliang borrowed to live in the house of that junior relative, it seems that the woman still has some feelings for him, but the red paint on this wall is ......" He Yun stood in place and muttered, his brows couldn't help frowning.
He hesitated for a moment, but finally stepped forward and tried to knock on the door.
But unexpectedly, at this moment, the door was actually opened.
Soon, a figure was pushed out.
Immediately after, an angry Cantonese came into He Yun's ears.
Since He Yun couldn't understand Cantonese, he didn't know what the other party was talking about, but it was certain that this scolding sentence was because he heard the first three words "Servant Street Boy" clearly.
Well, these are the only few Cantonese words that He Yun can understand.
Obviously, the people in the house are chasing people!
And the person who drove it was none other than Zhao Ziliang, who had a relationship with He Yun on one or two sides.
That's right!
This person is Gao Yunyan's cheap ex-brother-in-law!
Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the other party being pushed out of the door, He Yun hurriedly moved out of the way and looked at the other party with a flat gaze.
At this time, a loud bang was heard, and the person in the house immediately closed the door heavily.
"Phew! Damn Xiangjiang guy! The guy who looks down on people with dog eyes! When Lao Tzu has money, Lao Tzu hires someone to do it for you! Look down on me! Lao Tzu wants to trample you under the feet of Lao Tzu. ...... What is it! ”
Zhao Ziliang scolded at the door, and while he scolded, he cleaned up a few clothes that were thrown out.
However, just as he turned around and was about to leave, he inadvertently saw He Yun's existence.
He was extremely irritable, and couldn't help but widen his eyes at He Yun, and scolded fiercely: "Look at what!" Look again! Gouge out your eyeballs! Xiangjiang Yankee! ”
After saying a cruel word to He Yun, he didn't care, and walked downstairs.
However, before he could take five steps, He Yun spoke directly.
I only heard He Yun sneering: "The taste under the fence is not pleasant!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Ziliang turned his head instantly, and at this moment, anger rose in his heart.
"What did you say!"
When the words fell, Zhao Ziliang's eyes suddenly widened, as if he thought of something, he looked at He Yun, and said tremblingly: "You are ....... You're that kid! How did you come to Xiangjiang!! ”
For He Yun, although Zhao Ziliang has only seen one or two sides, he also knows that He Yun has a good relationship with Gao Yunyan's family.
try{mad1('gad2'); Of course, Zhao Ziliang didn't know about He Yun and Gao Yunyan's marriage, after all, he had already come to the Special Administrative Region at that time, and then he came to Xiangjiang.
"What? You can come, I can't come yet! Don't forget, you're a lost dog now! Get out of the way! He Yun's face was slightly cold, and there was a trace of disdain and sarcasm in his eyes.
After saying this, he directly squeezed Zhao Ziliang away and walked downstairs.
Seeing Zhao Ziliang today, even if his task is completed, as for whether people are dead or alive in the future, it doesn't matter to him.
"You stop! Hold it! Stop me! ”
Zhao Ziliang, who heard this, was naturally very angry, after all, no one had mocked him so much before, but now, he was scolded by a little guy in the mainland, which made him unbearable.
But when he went downstairs and chased to the mouth of the alley not far away, he didn't expect a car to drive over and stop in front of him, blocking his way.
He just wanted to scold, but as soon as he looked up, he saw He Yun sitting in the back seat of the car.
And in the driver's seat, a person poked his head out and shouted in Cantonese: "Get out!" Get out of the way! Otherwise, I'll call the police and arrest you! ”
After speaking, Zhang Revolution took out a "brick".
That's a big brother!
Although this thing looks very bulky and ugly, it is a luxury item at the moment, and not everyone can have it, even in an international city like Xiangjiang, and ordinary people really can't afford it.
Zhang Revolution, a small editor, is naturally not willing to buy this kind of thing, but he has a digital pager, which is the so-called BB machine.
His BB machine can't fully display Chinese characters now, and after receiving the message, he has to find a phone to ask for the message sent, which belongs to the early pager model.
Of course, all of this is far away, but let's go back to the present.
The big brother in Zhang Revolution's hand was specially given to him by Huang Yi, and the purpose was naturally to facilitate contact.
After all, He Yun is Huang Yi's honored guest, in case something happens to He Yun, it is better to contact through Big Brother.
At this time, as soon as Zhao Ziliang saw the eldest brother in Zhang Revolution's hands, he wilted instantly.
He has been in Xiangjiang for a long time, and he naturally knows very well who can be provoked and who can't be provoked, a person like him from the mainland, and he doesn't have an ID card, how dare he say a word when he meets this kind of person who can use his big brother, and he immediately left in disgrace.
"Mr. He, look...... Shall we go back to the publishing house now, or will we ........? Zhang Revolution put down the big brother in his hand, turned back to He Yun and asked.
"Send me straight back to the publishing house!" He Yun took a deep look at Zhao Ziliang, who was leaving in a hurry in the distance, and said lightly.
"Okay, then sit tight."
..........
In the Special Zone, He Yun slowly walked out of the port of entry and exit with his luggage.
In general, this trip to Xiangjiang was relatively successful.
Not only did he increase his knowledge, but also under the introduction of Huang Yi, he met many well-known local people in Hong Kong.
Of course, these "celebrities" are all celebrities in the Hong Kong publishing industry or the Hong Kong writers' circle.
However, he did not see the famous Mr. "Jin Yong" and "Ni Kuang", which may be a pity!
Fortunately, he completed the task given to him by Elder Gao.
Two days passed, He Yun got off the train and went straight to Xiangshi University.
Although the trip was delayed for a day longer than expected, he had already explained the situation in a telegram to Elder Gao, and he believed that Elder Gao should help him deal with it.
In fact, after receiving the telegram from Xiangjiang, Elder Gao went to Professor Ma as soon as possible to explain the matter.
After learning of the incident, Professor Ma also made relevant arrangements as soon as possible.
......... In the afternoon, after He Yun finished teaching the students, he took out a Hanxian BB machine that Huang Yi gave him, and it happened that at this moment, Gao Lao came back from outside.
"Elder Gao, you're back!" He Yun took the BB machine and immediately walked over.
"Hmm...... Professor Ma told you about the make-up class arrangement, right? Hey...... What are you holding in your hand? Elder Gao snorted, but was surprised again. His gaze stopped on the BB machine in He Yun's hand, his eyes full of surprise.
"You said this thing, this is a pager given to me by my friend in Xiangjiang, it is said to be able to display Chinese characters, and my friend asked someone to buy it, it seems to be produced in our mainland."
"Really? Domestic? But aren't all these things imported? Gao Lao took the Hanxian BB machine handed over by He Yun, looked at it carefully, and said.
try{mad1('gad2'); } catch(ex){} "I don't know, it seems to be produced by a company in Lu Province, I heard that they have a cooperation with Motorola, maybe they developed it together!" He Yun replied, and then said to Elder Gao: "Elder Gao, what is the matter .......with Zhao Ziliang?" ”
"You don't care about this, I know it." Gao Lao obviously didn't want to say anything, and after he handed over the Hanxian BB machine in his hand to He Yun, he went directly to the kitchen.
Seeing this, He Yun had to take his things back to the study.
..........
After spending three days to make up for the missing classes, He Yun came to the post and telecommunications office with the Hanxian BB machine.
"Hello, I want to go through the pager access procedures." He Yun came to the front desk and said to the staff.
"Procedures for pager access? Is it to bring a machine to the network or buy a machine to enter the network? If you bring a machine to the network, you need to pay the network fee, number selection fee, account opening fee, etc., a total of 1937 yuan, if you buy a machine to enter the network, you need to pay ......... A total of $1,979. ”
The staff's explanation made He Yun gasp.
Boy! Even if you bring a machine to the network, it costs nearly 1,000 yuan, and ordinary people really can't afford it.
However, He Yun is naturally not an ordinary person, he directly took out the Hanxian and a dozen of the great unity, handed it to the staff who went through the formalities, and said: "Bring the machine into the network!" Nine hundred and thirty-seven bucks, give! ”
"Huh? Are you a Hanxian pager? It is said that this thing costs at least 251 thousand! Much more valuable than a digital pager! Although the staff was surprised, they quickly went through the procedures for He Yun to enter the network.
An hour and a half later, He Yun finally completed all the formalities.
"Okay, the formalities have been completed, but it will take two days to receive the pager content, and we haven't opened it for you yet."
"Two days? Yes! Thank you! After He Yun thanked him, he returned to Hunan Normal University.
.........
Half a month later, Kyoto.
Inside the courtyard.
Wang Ruoyan pushed a second-hand 28 bar into the yard.
After he put the 28 bars in place, he walked into the studio in the middle with a letter.
At this moment, in the studio, everyone was sitting at the table and busy, Wang Ruoyan did not disturb them, but sat at his desk.
He opened the letter sent by He Yun and read it.
"If He Yunjin bought a Hanxian BB machine? In that case, wouldn't I need to send him another telegram in the future? ”
The days in Kyoto are not short, Wang Ruoyi has naturally heard of the existence of Hanxian BB machine, and a few days ago he even heard Wang Su say that he is also going to buy one.
At that time, he was actually moved, but when he asked Wang Su to inquire, he retreated again.
The reason is simple!
Three words, too expensive!
The cost of the total cost is more than 2,000 yuan, how can he afford it!
What's more, now when their animation studio is in need of money, even if he has the money, he won't buy this thing.
"Forget it, let's wait for this period of time before thinking about it!" Wang Ruoyi muttered secretly, and then put the letter sent by He Yun into the drawer.
........
On the other side, Silver City.
Gao Yunyan also received a letter from He Yun.
After reading the letter, she immediately used the landline of the magazine to send a message to He Yun's pager.
Soon, He Yun, who was at Hunan Normal University, received this message.
Looking at the Chinese characters displayed on the screen of the BB machine, he suddenly laughed.
Seriously, he had used this thing in his previous life, but he didn't have this freshness at that time.
"This thing is good, but I can't reply to messages. If only it could send and receive text messages like the mobile phones of later generations! He Yun took this Hanxian BB machine, but muttered with a smile.
Today's mobile phones don't have the ability to send text messages, so we have to wait until next year, in 1992, when the world's first mobile phone that can send text messages, the Nokia 1011, is born.
As for mobile phones that can accept and send Chinese text messages, it will have to wait another seven or eight years, and wait until the late nineties to achieve it.
In fact, this thing is really of little use to He Yun, he is not a contractor, nor is he a big boss, and the people who look for him generally do not pass through the pager.
After all, the number of Chinese characters received by this thing is limited, and it can't carry much information, and even if it does, you have to find a landline to call back.