After browsing through Zhongguancun's electronics street, Zhao Ye was frustrated because no one was selling pagers.
In other words, pagers had not yet entered the capital.
Zhao Ye had a deep impression of pagers, but he wasn't really sure when the first paging station opened in the capital. He bought his first pager in 1991.
In fact, it was on November 1, 1985, that the capital city opened its first paging station—Station 126.
The pager initially operates in passive mode, only accepting analog messages and emitting a "beep beep beep" sound. However, you have no idea who is calling. You must call the paging service, provide your pager number and password, and then the service personnel will look up and provide you with the phone number or message that just called you before you can call back the caller.
Of course, the pager later evolved into a digital pager, which could send the caller's phone number directly to the pager. This way, the pager user could see the caller's phone number on the pager's display and then find the nearest public phone to call back.
The next generation of digital pagers is the Chinese character display pager.
Pagers were arguably the hottest electronic product of their time, sweeping the nation and reaching a peak of 15 million units sold annually. They enjoyed a period of great success until 2000, when their popularity plummeted and the market shrank dramatically.
At this moment, Zhao Ye felt a mixture of pain and pleasure.
They didn't manage to buy a pager, but they discovered a business opportunity in the pager industry.
It should be noted that pagers are not technically difficult to make; they are outdated technologies, and Zhao Ye could easily make one.
"It seems like it's impossible for me not to become a billionaire!" Zhao Ye said at the Faner Circuit.
...
The following morning, the Computerworld newspaper caused a huge sensation as soon as it hit the shelves.
"This ad... I'm fucking speechless!!!"
"That sentence in the newspaper left a deep impression on me, and I even thought about it quite seriously: what would the future be like if humanity lost its imagination? Turns out it was just an advertisement, to promote Imagine-Hanka."
"I just want to know what Imagine-Hanka is, and what it has to do with human imagination? What makes it a groundbreaking breakthrough?! I'm about to explode! They have to make an ad so mysterious. I've never seen an ad so suspenseful!"
"..."
Many people who read the newspaper couldn't help but pick up the phone and call Imagination Technology Company.
Fu Xiaoyue has been on the phone non-stop since she started working.
As for Zhao Ye, he was busy receiving customers who came directly to his door.
Inside the office.
Zhao Ye demonstrated the functions of the Chinese character card, and a middle-aged man from Shanghai looked at the Chinese characters displayed on the screen with excitement.
"Boss Zhao, I've made up my mind! I want to order 300 Imagination Chinese Character Cards!" the middle-aged man said impatiently.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ye was overjoyed. 300 Chinese character cards, each priced at 4,000, totaling 1.2 million.
The person in front of me is a big boss!!!
"Mr. Li, you're so generous! No problem, I'll send the goods to the post office and send them to you as soon as possible!" Currently, logistics are underdeveloped, and there are many highway robbers who stop vehicles and extort money. The post office is a combined postal and telecommunications institution, and it hasn't been separated yet. Zhao Ye can only send the goods through the post office; he figured no one would be so reckless as to rob a state-owned convoy…
Li Fu waved his hand and said, "No need. I know how fast the post office works. It won't be delivered to me for at least ten days to half a month. I'll arrange for a driver to come and pick it up myself!"
Zhao Ye was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. What could he say? The boss was so domineering!
“Okay, no problem. Have someone bring the car over in a week. I’ve rented a warehouse next to the company.”
"Okay, it's settled then!" Li Fu nodded and made the decision.
The two then signed a contract.
Li Fu said he would transfer the money to Imagination Technology Company's account tomorrow morning.
...
Zhao Ye was extremely busy that day. Besides signing the big deal with Li Fu, he also secured some smaller orders, selling 453 Chinese character cards. Many more people said they would consider it, but unsurprisingly, they would still buy the cards.
When Zhao Ye got home that evening, he was exhausted.
The two elders felt heartbroken seeing this.
"Son, don't just think about making money, you also need to take a break!" Wu Chunmei said with concern.
Zhao Ye smiled and said easily, "Okay, Mom, I understand. Don't worry."
Zhao Jianguo said in a deep voice, "The orders for Chinese character cards are increasing. Your company only has two people, so you definitely can't handle it. You should hire more people."
Zhao Ye nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange it as soon as possible!"
“Your cousin Zhao Man is idle all day long, why don’t you let him come and help you?” Wu Chunmei thought for a moment and said.
My cousin Zhao Man?
Zhao Ye frowned and shook his head, saying, "My cousin is an idle person. If he comes to my company, he will only corrupt the company's atmosphere. If I scold him and say something harsh, he will hate me. Then our family will not be able to see my uncle, and relatives will turn into enemies."
After a pause, Zhao Ye continued, "I will not invite any relatives to work for my company in the future, including my younger siblings. Of course, I will not let them suffer. I can lend them money or help them start their own businesses. If they want to pursue a career in politics, I can also find a way to promote them."
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