In fact, Jia Yapeng had wanted to buy a mobile phone for a long time. After all, mobile phones entered the Hua Xia market in 1987. With Jia Yapeng's capital, he could have bought a mobile phone a long time ago.
However, there were too few communication base stations built at this time. Only a few cities such as Beijing, Demon City, Shanghai, and fishing villages had built base stations. There were no base stations in Xijiang Province, so mobile phones could not be used in Xijiang Province.
What's more, mobile phones in this era were still limited in number. There were only a few thousand of them in the country every year, and they were all sold out the moment they were released. Although it wasn't a big problem for Jia Yapeng to get one with his status, Jia Yapeng was too lazy to do that.
The most important thing was that Jia Yapeng, who was used to using small mobile phones, was not used to holding a mobile phone that was as big as his head.
Therefore, Jia Yapeng had not bought a mobile phone. He did not expect Chen Liren to take the initiative to give him one. From Chen Liren's mouth, Jia Yapeng also found out the details of Big Brother's situation.
First of all, the price of this mobile phone was 20,000 yuan.
That's right, such a brick-sized gadget was priced at 20,000 yuan. It was enough to buy a 12-square-meter house in Beijing.
Secondly, the mobile phone's internet access fee was 6,000 yuan.
What was the internet access fee?
It meant that you had to go to Hua Xia Mobile to open your own mobile phone number. The opening fee was 6,000 yuan.
Simply put, you had to pay 6,000 yuan to get a mobile phone card.
Seeing this, I believe that everyone would feel that it was very surreal. In this era where mobile phone cards did not cost a single cent, they would give you a lot of gifts and kneel on the ground to beg you to get a mobile phone card. Everyone would find it hard to believe that half a mobile phone card would cost 6,000 yuan. It was the price of a 4-square-meter house in Beijing.
However, this was the truth, and it was something that everyone in Hua Xia accepted. Because in that era, communication devices were so awesome. It was something that only the rich deserved. Anyway, Hua Xia Mobile did not expect ordinary people to be able to use a mobile phone. It was a luxury accessory.
In fact, there was no such thing as a SIM card, and there was no need to insert a SIM card into a mobile phone.
The phone number was directly burned into the phone, just like the phone number of a landline. The phone number was also preset.
Hua Xia Mobile didn't need to do anything. All they needed to do was to activate the phone function and they would charge you 6,000 yuan.
That was not all. What was worse was the phone bill. In this era, a home phone cost one yuan and two cents per minute.
Yes, you didn't read it wrong. The phone bill for a landline was already so expensive. If it was a long-distance call, it would be even more expensive. On the basis of the original phone bill, there was an additional two yuan per minute, which was 3.20 yuan per minute for a long-distance call.
If he wanted to make an overseas call, it would cost more than 10 yuan.
Therefore, in this era, there were no people who liked to make phone calls, because a one-hour phone call could cost you a month's salary.
What was even more ridiculous was that this was a two-way charge. Both the person who made the call and the person who answered the call had to pay.
This was only the cost of a landline. For a mobile phone, the cost was even more invincible.
Take the mobile phone in Jia Yapeng's hands for example. If he wanted to contact someone in Shanghai, it would cost him 4.80 yuan per minute. If he wanted to make a long-distance call, the price would rise to 8.80 yuan per minute.
Moreover, other than a few cities, he could only dial landlines in the rest of the country because those cities did not have an analog phone network. The other mobile phones were just a piece of scrap metal in those cities.
The quality of the mobile phone was extremely bad. When people watched some old movies, they would realize that when the characters used the mobile phone, they would shout very loudly.
The people watching the movies thought that the other party was showing off and showing off that they had a mobile phone. No wonder everyone could see their mobile phone, so they deliberately shouted so loudly.
But in fact, this was not the case because the quality of the mobile phone was too bad. Even in a place with good signal, one had to shout at the top of their lungs in order for the other party to hear their voice clearly.
At this time, the call quality of the mobile phone was far inferior to that of a landline. Other than being able to pick up calls on a mobile phone, it was basically useless.
"This mobile phone is too deceptive. I can't even bear to use it to make calls!!!" After listening to the cost of the mobile phone, Jia Yapeng could not help but sigh.
"Who said that this mobile phone is for you to make calls?!" Chen Liren rolled his eyes and said, "Old Jia, we are rich now. We have to have something worthy of our identity!"
"I have seen a lot of bosses during the New Year. They all have mobile phones on their waists. When they see me, they laugh at me and ask me why I don't have a mobile phone. They ask me if I am the real boss. Who the f * ck can bear this?! I am a big boss with tens of millions. They actually think that I am not the boss!! "
"But when I think about it, this is not a problem of looking down on me. It is because we have not shown our identity. So I bought a mobile phone for both of us!"
"Come, let me tell you the real way to use the mobile phone. If you are thick-skinned, you can hold the mobile phone in your hand all day long. When you are eating, drinking tea, or negotiating, you can put it on the table. Then you will immediately gain respect. Even the negotiation speed will be much faster. Maybe you can even get a lot of benefits. Anyway, this is a magical tool for negotiation!"
"If you are thin-skinned, then put your mobile phone in the boss's bag that is polished until it is shiny. Then, you can put the boss's bag under your armpit. Take it out at the right time, pull out a long antenna, spend five yuan a minute, and shout in the crowd, "Hey! Hey! I can't hear you clearly. Say it again. I guarantee that you will attract countless envious gazes in an instant! "
"Right, you better comb your hair back and apply some hair gel. That Li Jiacheng is just so-so …"
Chen Liren said seriously. Seeing the big boss's bag next to his seat, this guy seemed to be planning to do it.
"You better not walk with me in the future!" Seeing this, Jia Yapeng quickly said. Then, he swore in his heart that it would be best to stay 10 meters away from Chen Liren in public places. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing.
"Ai, what I am teaching you is social experience. Can you learn more humbly?" Chen Liren said unhappily.
"Okay, I will keep your mobile phone. However, this thing is too big. It is too troublesome to carry around. It will be more convenient to use it when it is shrunk to the size of a palm in the future!" Jia Yapeng shook his head.
"Shrunk to the size of a palm? How is this possible? How can a mobile phone be shrunk to such a small size? That's impossible! "Chen Liren immediately retorted when he heard this.
"Not only that, this mobile phone can be shrunk to the size of a palm in the future. We can also watch TV on it!" Jia Yapeng laughed.
"You are bragging. This kind of technology can't be developed without hundreds of years!" Chen Liren's face was full of disdain. Then, Jia Yapeng stopped talking.
Really, debating with Chen Liren on this topic was simply lowering his IQ.
In fact, the mobile phone could only live for a few more years. This was because in 1992, Nokia would launch a breakthrough, the Nokia 1011 mobile phone. This mobile phone would get rid of the appearance of a mobile phone and become a real mobile phone. In other words, a real mobile phone that could be fully operated with one hand.
From then on, Nokia began its 10-year glorious journey of dominating Hua Xia's mobile phone industry.
However, the Nokia 1011 had not been launched yet. In the general impression, mobile phones should be this big. Jia Yapeng was too lazy to say anything.
But at the same time, Jia Yapeng's gaze was also fixed on the mobile phone in his hand. He remembered some of the words that the old man said to him. An idea suddenly emerged in his mind.
Can I make a mobile phone?
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