That's how it was settled.

The next day, Xing Baohua met Henry, an old acquaintance of the motorcycle.

The two discussed a lot, but it was all about Starlink and had nothing to do with the second-generation phone.

After all, Motorola's digital phone was still just a concept, not even in the lab yet.

Nokia and Ericsson have already entered the laboratory.

They're not only preparing to produce, but they've also already set up signal base stations in Northern Europe.

Xing Baohua had no plans for a physical machine, nor had he gone into the laboratory; it was all in his mind.

Xing Baohua also sees the Starlink project as very important, as he believes it will generate significant profits from subsequent software services and positioning systems.

We will first target specific groups and industries for application, and then fully open it up to all software applications when the time is right.

This includes the food delivery system and ride-hailing service location services that Xing Baohua mentioned earlier.

These software programs all use navigation.

Xing Baohua will not offer free services initially, but will instead charge a small service fee for monthly or yearly subscriptions. For example, 10 yuan per month would be affordable for everyone.

To be honest, if you offer this kind of profit model to motorcycle manufacturers, they'd be furious if it were free. They spend billions to launch a satellite, and you offer it for free? Why would I launch that thing?

The reason Starlink failed was that they made a big mistake in their initial operating model.

There's no distinction between free and paid users, and no explanation of user stickiness.

Back then, motorcycle manufacturers set very high prices for tolls in order to quickly recoup their investment.

Starlink only had 20,000 users worldwide when it collapsed.

Even if they exploit these 20,000 users to the bitter end, they probably won't even make enough to cover the cost of launching a satellite.

When Xing Baohua told Henry about his low-cost method, Henry was a little dissatisfied, feeling that the price was not worthy of such high technology as satellites.

Xing Baohua explained, "We have an old saying, 'Many a little makes a mickle.' Once the user base grows, reasonable pricing becomes the norm. My plan is to target ordinary consumers, not companies or institutions."

There are some differences of opinion, but it's okay. We'll still divide the work by region. Xing Baohua will be in charge of services in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, while Motorcycle will be in charge of several states in Europe and America.

That's what makes the motorcycle feel at ease.

Of course, Motorola also fully supported Xing Baohua in the subsequent meeting to formulate the second-generation mobile phone standard.

In this way, Xing Baohua compromised while offering benefits, thus securing the deals with the two major factories.

Before the big meeting starts, Xing Baohua will also draft a standard plan.

What are standards? They are the rules set by industry players.

They don't care about making money, they just want a voice.

It's true that we don't make money on the surface, but we do make money on the accessories!

Take charging ports, for example. Before there was a unified standard in the era of feature phones, each manufacturer had various types of charging ports.

Nokia uses a 2.5mm small plug, while Ericsson uses a flat plug.

Motorola uses a 3.4mm plug, but Samsung is even more infuriating—they use every brand's plug.

The cell phones used by the Japanese weren't standardized either.

There are at least a dozen different types of charging ports. How am I supposed to buy a charger at a phone store? I don't even know how to buy one without my phone.