Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 417 The Side Effects of the Pager Business
It took less than ten years for Christina to transform her public image from a prodigal daughter who was overshadowed by her parents' wealth to a media laughing stock who inherited family power but lacked ambition, to a business woman who has revived the family business and is thriving now.

This clear trajectory has surprised the media who have been chasing her all kinds of gossip. Many reporters tried to find out the reasons for it to make themselves famous, but they could only return in vain.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of entertainment news for the ship queen to entertain the public. For example, the arrogance-like buying, buying, buying and piercing shown at the AC Milan club recently has attracted people's attention.

However, this time, no one satirized Christina's extravagance. At most, she said a few strange words about the Queen of Ships that "investment never considers risks".

Since Paris has become a major center of the huge industry that Christina has mastered, the French high-level public relations to her will naturally be less. In 1981-that is, Francois Mitterrand, who won the French presidential election last year- V. Mitterrand sent his wife Danielle Mitterrand——Danielle Mitterrand to visit Olympus, the technological conglomerate of the Queen of Ships.

For the upcoming visit of the first lady of France, Tang Huan and Christina naturally had to make serious preparations.

During this period, Tang Huan handled the affairs of the property under his name by the way, and found that the situation in some fields was not optimistic.

For example, in the low-cost personal computer market faced by the first-generation Fangyuan computer, which sells for less than US$1000, Commodore and Texas Instruments are playing the leading role, and the competitive pressure brought about by the price war is fierce.

If the product line of Fangyuan Computer is arranged in order of price range from low to high, the lowest-end product is obviously the Tandy computer which sells for less than $500.

After the re-polishing of Zheru technology, Tangdy Computer, which has been reborn again, already has the standard lineage of Fangyuan Computer, and is seamlessly compatible with the entire Fangyuan computer family.

Its specific performance is that it can run the primary version of software such as electronic form CGrid, word processing WordEasy, family financial system based on database EBase, and even a special learning version of the programming tool Turbo PASCAL, which is absolutely high quality and low price.

However, in the face of Commodore, Texas Instruments and other companies with vertical industry manufacturing advantages that offer products for less than US$300, Tangdy Computer is really not sure of winning.

For this product category that is not in his plan, Tang Huan's attitude is that he is too lazy to care about it.

Since Radio Shack still has the enthusiasm for the personal computer industry, let it play its role, so as not to chill people's hearts, as long as it does not lose money, it is right to expand the user base for Zheru software.

The product line above the Tangdy computer is the first-generation Fangyuan computer priced below $1000, and the range between $1000 and $2000 is filled by Apple's Apple II.

Competitors of these products, in addition to the American IBM-PC, also have local brands such as Aikon Computer in Europe.

Japan's Fangyuan computer compatible manufacturers use their own technology and cost advantages to control the range of US$1600 to US$3500.

The orthodox second-generation Fangyuan personal computer and Fangyuan portable computer are priced at more than 2800 US dollars.

As for Fangyuan laptops, which sell for no less than US$10000, it can only be said that they are still a relatively special product category, mainly facing special customer groups such as the military and government departments.

Fangyuan personal workstations, Fangyuan network servers, and Fangyuan supercomputers with higher prices have their own market operation characteristics, that is, they do not have the obvious consumer product attributes of low-end personal computers, and they face more professional customer groups. It has obvious competitive relationship with traditional computer companies such as DEC, IBM, and Clay.

In the entire product line, Fangyuan laptops are currently a unique business, and there are almost no competitors. The rest of the products must fight to win the market survival space.

At the current stage in Europe, the most popular personal computer products are in the category of around US$1000 and below.

This phenomenon forced Tang Huan to turn his eyes away from the corporate market with wider profit margins, so that he could think about how to reduce costs while maintaining quality.

Although the pressure is not small, Fangyuan Computer still handles it with ease on the whole.

However, the company specializing in the operation of telecommunications equipment - Network Communications Electronics Co., Ltd., and the Olympus Group have joined hands to develop the European market, but the effect is not satisfactory.

In California, USA, there is Pacific Communications’ overt or covert care; in Asia, Singapore, Baodao, and Hong Kong also help. Therefore, Netcom Electronics Co., Ltd. can say that the wind is smooth, and the sales of products such as telecom program-controlled switches are quite good. , but in Europe, it was squeezed by traditional tycoons such as Siemens and Alcatel.

"Don't be in a hurry, you have to take it step by step." Tang Huan put down the document, shook his head, picked up the phone and asked about the situation of Xiangjiang Telephone Company.

In addition to planning a preferential tariff plan starting in the second half of the year, Xiangjiang Telephone Company also launched a project that Tang Huan didn't think was too technically difficult—a pager service with full English support and limited Chinese support.

Pagers are not a new thing in Xiangjiang, and they have a good reputation because the initial users are mainly special groups such as policemen and call girls.

In fact, in Xiangjiang, a small and densely populated place, pagers were still very practical before the popularity of mobile phones.

Compared with mobile communication terminals, it can be described as a perfect match with traditional fixed-line phones. Not only does it not have any competitive relationship, but it can further stimulate users' demand for fixed-line phones.

In addition, Tang Huan, who became the head of the Xiangjiang No. [-] consortium through Qinhe, also wanted to help solve some prominent social problems - the large number of operators required by the pager business can virtually bring employment to many girls Chance.

The reason why the low-budget movie "Pretty Girl" released in April this year caused a sensation and took over 1000 million box office is because it exposed the special social phenomenon of "fish ball girls" who have lost their way.

Even developed countries such as Europe and the United States cannot solve the fundamental problem of the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and the employment rate fluctuates like a roller coaster. Of course, Xiangjiang, one of the "Four Asian Tigers", is not immune. It has become the flower fertilizer of the city's feasting and feasting.

Family disharmony caused by poor economic conditions, and insufficient care for young people, leading to them running away from home or even going astray, are social phenomena that cannot be ignored in Hong Kong at this stage.

When "Pretty Girl" tore away this scar, some responsible elites in Xiangjiang were shaken and began to pay attention to the increasingly serious problems of teenagers.

They found that in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok in Kowloon, the sex industry has indeed spread with a new attitude, that is, the business method of "fish ball stalls".

The problem of young girls working in pornography has existed for a long time, but the age of "fish ball girls" is relatively younger.

According to an informal survey report: 70.00% of the "fish ball girls" are students.They are generally under the age of 16, and they are voluntarily engaged in part-time jobs in these places, especially during the summer, which is more common.

The information from the Youth and Missing Persons Liaison Group of the Criminal Investigation Headquarters of the Xiangjiang Police also proves from another angle that there are indeed quite a few girls under the age of 16 working in these "fish egg stalls".

From 1980 to 1981, the Xiangjiang police received a total of 3702 reports of missing girls. Among the 90.00% of the recovered girls, 174 were found by the police in bars, dance halls or other romantic places. work, or were once employed in these places, and there are more than a dozen girls under the age of 16.

Another report from the Xiangjiang police shows that in Wanchai district, an average of 35 to 40 underage girls are arrested by the police in the anti-pornography operation every month.

Undoubtedly, the figures in the Xiangjiang Police Bulletin are conservative statistics, because the girls who left home who were not discovered by the police or whose parents did not report them were not included.

To be honest, Tang Huan was as shocked as those elites when he saw such content reported by Xiangjiang media in a rush.

After all, in the original time and space, what he heard the most was that Xiangjiang movies had been brilliant for ten years, that Xiangjiang had many wealthy Chinese, and other glamorous rhetoric.

It's fine if you don't know, now that the facts are in front of you, Tang Huan certainly wants to show his influence in this time and space.

The job quality requirements of a pager operator, the level of middle school education is sufficient to meet the requirements, and they can be employed immediately after training, which is just right for business and public welfare.

As for the bad perception of the pager in Hong Kong society, let DreamWorks stars and artists correct the publicity, and you can also put a soft advertisement in the fashion drama, and there is no difficulty at all.

Of course, the pace of implementation and popularity of the pager system was also influenced by the cost to customers of owning the product.

Another cost, Tang Huan couldn't help shaking his head again.

There is a saying that different people have different fates. After Tang Dashan asked about the progress of Xiangjiang Telephone Company's pager business with compassion, Weng Jingjing called and proudly announced that she had been admitted to Xiangjiang University.

After hearing the news, Tang Huan couldn't help admiring, thinking that this little girl's qualifications may not be worse than Zhuang Menghua's. At present, Xiangjiang's university admission rate can be said to be one in a hundred, and this beautiful girl is largely through self-study. , Those who accelerate to reach this goal are indeed high enough in IQ.

"Is there any reward?" Weng Jingjing asked for credit very arrogantly.

"No problem, you can tell." Tang Huan laughed heartily, "Why don't you go to the United States and visit the place where I made my fortune."

"It's right to pay homage." Weng Jingjing corrected her words.

Tang Huan was even happier after being complimented, and urged him casually: "After you have finished entertaining the teachers' appreciation banquet and other activities, you should leave as soon as possible. If you go earlier, you can spend more time in the United States."

"Don't mention the thank-you banquet, as soon as I hear this word, I feel nervous." Weng Jingjing murmured softly.

"What's the matter, are you afraid of this kind of occasion? You have seen big scenes before." Tang Huan joked.

"You don't know." Weng Jingjing explained: "On July 7, a student named Liang Huixin, after attending the teacher appreciation banquet in Tsim Sha Tsui, at about 2 o'clock in the evening, came back from the hotel door waiting for a taxi. At home, she disappeared all of a sudden, she was only 11 years old. After this incident was reported, the whole Xiangjiang was panicked, it is said that there had been a disappearance record before."

With a click, the pen that was spinning between the fingers suddenly rolled onto the table.

Tang Huan, who was thinking, suddenly had a flash of lightning in his mind, and muttered to himself, "Damn it, the butcher didn't do it on a rainy night, right?"

"You are also scared." Weng Jingjing made fun of Tang Huan after not speaking for a long time.

"I was really scared." Tang Huan said seriously: "Brother, let me solemnly tell you that recently, try not to go out at night, and don't take a taxi. Use the special car I provided for you. Are you staying?"

"Remember." Weng Jingjing, who didn't know what was going on, instinctively agreed.

"You must remember." Tang Huan reminded again, "Let's do this first, and I will inform others later."

Putting down the phone, Tang Huan thought for a while, and then contacted Lu Xiaohu from Xiangjiang, mentioned the missing persons case, and asked him to strengthen security measures.

"By the way, you can contact our people in the Xiangjiang police, this may be an opportunity to solve the case and make meritorious service." Tang Huan pondered for a moment, "Lin Guoyun, a taxi driver, likes photography, and a film developing shop, follow these four clues , investigate secretly."

As one of Tang Huan's confidantes, Lu Xiaohu immediately agreed to do so without asking any further questions.

After the call was over, Tang Huan let out a sigh of relief, and said to himself that he should quickly get to the bottom of this case, otherwise, although he is currently in Paris, thousands of miles away from the Xiangjiang River, he still feels uncomfortable in his heart, as if a layer of goose bumps appeared on his body.

After the IT affairs came to an end for a while, Tang Huan then paid attention to the film arrangements.

After testing the waters, Tang Huan is already familiar with bringing DreamWorks films to the United States, but he is still out of control in Europe.

Before that, he only entrusted Tan Jiaming's "Love Killing" to the French Gaumont Company to operate, and there was a layer of relationship in between. Of course, it is difficult to directly understand the situation of Chinese-language films in the European market.

Tang Huan clearly remembers that in the 1980s in the original time and space, films including Cheng Long's "Fast Food Truck" and "Dragon Brother Tiger Brother" were distributed by Golden Harvest to West Germany, Portugal and other European countries.

According to this inference, even if Chinese-language films are a minority in these areas, they should have room for survival.

Therefore, Tang Huan planned to take advantage of the global popularity of "ET Aliens" to bring private goods to his Chinese-language movies.

(End of this chapter)