Rebirth in 1984: Beginning with Han Card Development

What happens to the future when humanity loses its imagination?

That slogan created a sensation during the summer of 1984.

Back then, computers couldn't support Chinese input and co...

Chapter 151 Hong Kong tycoons gather at No. 1 Victoria Peak Road

In fact, this news was proactively leaked by Wujiang Group so that people would know that Wujiang Group had launched a new product.

On February 2nd, Wujiang Group held a product launch conference, which was hosted by Lu Jia, President of Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd.

Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wujiang Group. Its main products include pagers, PHS phones, mobile phones, CDMA phones, and program-controlled exchanges.

Currently, only pager machines have been released.

The product launched at this product launch event is a one-way pager with Chinese character display.

The term "Chinese character display" might not be accurate; perhaps "text pager" would be a better term. It could receive text messages from the paging station, not just numbers.

Most national languages ​​are supported.

The press conference officially began at 8 p.m. sharp.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the Wujiang Group press conference. I am Lu Jia, President of Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd."

"Today, another classic product will be born in Wujiang!"

Lu Jia smiled and said, as the guests below the stage eagerly awaited her arrival.

Lu Jia didn't keep them in suspense and introduced directly: "This classic product is a pager that can receive text messages!"

"Yes, you heard right, it's a text pager."

“Previous pagers could only receive numbers, but now, the text pagers developed by Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd. can receive text messages. This way, the paged user can accurately understand what kind of message the other party is sending, instead of simply guessing the meaning of numbers, although many numbers now have fixed meanings, such as 520 meaning 'I love you'…”

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience burst into knowing laughter.

Many people often send "520" to express their love. Interestingly, the meaning behind these numbers was actually introduced by the Wujiang Group.

However, numbers can never fully express everything.

Therefore, the emergence of the word pager was a pleasant surprise.

The laughter stopped after a moment.

Lu Jia continued, "Because the pager screen is small, it's difficult to browse too much content. Therefore, this text pager can only receive a maximum of 50 characters. Although the number of characters is small, it's enough to express the meaning clearly."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

If you have a lot to say, you can send a message to ask the other party to call back, and then talk about it over the phone.

Pagers can never compare to mobile phones, but they are cheaper and more portable.

The pager released by Wujiang Communication Technology Company is already so amazing, what more could you want?

After all, you get what you pay for.

Right now, what everyone is most concerned about is the price of "text bb".

Just then, Lu Jia also got to this point in his story.

"The price of the word pager is very affordable, only 2,000 RMB in China and 999 USD abroad!"

If you go abroad, there will be additional costs such as shipping and customs duties, which are very expensive, okay?

It's perfectly normal to sell it at a higher price.

The current exchange rate between the US dollar and the Chinese yuan is 3.7221, which means that the overseas price is approximately 3,700 yuan.

Most of the guests at the press conference were Chinese, and they were pleasantly surprised to hear about the price.

When digital pagers were first released, they cost 2500 RMB, but the price gradually decreased to between 1500 and 2000 RMB. (Wujiang Group supplied chips and TN LCD screens to external suppliers, leading to a reduction in production costs.)

The text pager is clearly the most advanced pager in the world, and it only costs 2,000 RMB. Who wouldn't be tempted by that?

Lu Jia looked at the excited expressions on the faces of many people below the stage, and he didn't know what to say. These people were being sold out and were even helping the sellers count the money. You should know that all the parts of the pager had already been produced domestically, so the production cost was extremely low, only about two hundred yuan. But the selling price was directly increased tenfold.

It's just a matter of market prices, since pagers are already so expensive these days.

Wujiang Group wouldn't dare lower the price below 1000 yuan, that would offend a lot of people, so they can only reluctantly sell it for 2000 yuan...

These profits are amazing!

A dozen minutes later, the product launch event of Wujiang Group ended, and Wujiang flagship stores around the world were the first to stock the "imagine-word pager," followed by major supermarkets, shopping malls, and electronics stores...

After so many years of development, Wujiang Group has established a very strong sales channel thanks to its outstanding products.

Therefore, when a new product is launched, it can be distributed globally.

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It's clear that word pagers are more appealing than number pagers.

The product caused a great sensation as soon as it hit the market.

This sparked a buying frenzy around the world.

Digital pagers from other companies began to sell poorly.

With word pagers available and inexpensive, who would still buy a digital pager?

That was absolutely a killer move!

Major brands of digital pagers, including Motorola, Ericsson, and Panasonic, have begun to lower their prices. However, even so, sales have not increased significantly.

For now, all they can do is follow suit and develop word pagers.

However, Wujiang Group seems to have always been imitated, but never surpassed.

Meanwhile, in China, a group of manufacturers who were frantically copying Imagine digital pagers were all utterly astonished.

"Damn it, I finally managed to make a knock-off of a number pager, and now you've given me a text pager."

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