PHS refers to a wireless local phone phone that uses micro-cell technology to achieve wireless coverage through micro-cell base stations. It connects the user end to the local telephone network wirelessly, so that the fixed phone in the traditional sense is no longer fixed at a certain location. In other words, it is equivalent to being able to carry a landline phone with you like a mobile phone to make calls. It has the convenience of owning a mobile phone without the expensive price of a mobile phone.
PHS was first launched on the market by UTStarcom in 1996. Once launched, it immediately triggered a boom in the market. Many media called it a low-cost "mobile phone", and the Ministry of Information Industry also positioned it as a "fixed phone". Supplements and extensions".
Compared with mobile phones, which often cost several thousand yuan, the price of PHS is only five or six hundred yuan.
In addition to the price of the phone, its tariff standards are also much lower than those of mobile phones, which are equivalent to local calls and are charged one-way.
Generally, more than 20 yuan per month is sufficient, which is about one-third of the price of a mobile phone.
It can be said to be the perfect replacement for mobile phones!
Of course, PHS also has many shortcomings, such as poor signal quality, for example, it can only be used locally, cannot make long-distance calls, and cannot be used in other places.
But compared with the low price, these are nothing.
Many high-end people have a mobile phone and a PHS.
Faced with China's huge middle and low market groups, PHS has experienced explosive growth since 2001, which once caused the stock prices of China Mobile and China Unicom to plummet. It was not until the Minister of Information Industry came forward to support mobile phones that the crisis was overcome. .
It is now 2002, when the development of PHS is in full swing, and it is hard to find one!
Liang Jiangtao asked Xiong Luning. In Ningshui County, buying a PHS costs more than 700 yuan! And if you can’t get it in stock, you have to wait for a long time!
Xiong Luning was his childhood friend and his family opened a PHS store.
Liang Jiangtao asked if he had a batch of goods in his hand, could Xiong Luning accept it?
Xiong Luning immediately said that of course, the most difficult thing to get now is the goods. If there is any, he will charge a high price, ranging from 300 to 500. Of course, it depends on the brand and quality of the machine.
And the cost of the machine is very low!
Liang Jiangtao estimated it was only a few dozen yuan!
Yes, selling it for tens or hundreds of dollars is an absolute huge profit!
In fact, people in this era have a natural admiration and awe for electronic products. Because they don’t understand them, they always think they should be expensive.
Not only mobile phones and PHS, but all home appliances are ridiculously expensive. TVs often cost thousands, and plasma color TVs cost tens of thousands.
If you knew that a 55-inch Xiaomi color TV in the future would cost RMB 2,000 to RMB 3,000, you would definitely be shocked.
For people in 2023, the mystery and aura of electronic products have long since receded.
Liang Jiangtao knew Xiong Luning's character very well. He was honest and honest, so there was no problem in doing business with him.
The next thing is very simple. Get a batch of goods, give it to Xiong Luning to sell, and collect the difference. Isn't it just a profit?
Where does the goods come from?
Of course it’s Du Ye!
Du Ye is in this business. As long as you go to Guangcheng, Guangdong Province and ask him for help, there will be no problem!
He wants to get the lowest price as much as possible, and in Huaqiangbei, Pengcheng, he can definitely achieve his goal.
It is not only close to Guancheng, the largest electronic product manufacturing factory in the country, but also close to Hong Kong Island, where cheap overseas machines will also flood in!
Moreover, according to the development trend of the information industry, after 2006, with the decline in mobile phone prices and tariffs, the development of PHS will encounter Waterloo, and in a few years, it will completely withdraw from the market.
Some companies with foresight, such as Huawei, should have seen this trend at this time, and are vigorously clearing out inventory and getting off the market as soon as possible.
Therefore, Liang Jiangtao is very confident about getting a batch of bargains.
This would be his first pot of gold.
In order to save money, Liang Jiangtao did not buy a sleeper berth but a hard seat.
The nearly twenty-hour drive didn't torture him to death. The crowds, all kinds of strange smells, dirty toilets, and occasional thefts reminded him that this was 2002 all the time.
After finally getting off the bus, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon the next day. Someone was waiting for him at the exit with a sign. It was the person sent by Du Ye to pick him up.
A white Crown car pulled him to the White Swan Hotel.
The White Swan Hotel is located in Baietan, Shamei, Guangcheng City, East Guangdong Province. It was invested and built by Hong Kong Island's patriotic tycoon Fok Ying-tung and the People's Government of East Guangdong Province. It was jointly designed by China's famous architectural design masters She Wannan and Mo Bozhi. The hotel is located in Opened in 1983, it is China's first Sino-foreign cooperation five-star hotel and the face of Guangzhou.
Inviting Liang Jiangtao to dinner here not only showed Du Ye's strength, but also showed how much he valued Liang Jiangtao.
Liang Jiangtao entered the private room and saw Du Ye in a suit and leather shoes standing up from the sofa, walking quickly over and giving him a big hug, saying: "Old Liang, you finally came to see me!"
But his Mandarin is a bit tongue-in-cheek.
Liang Jiangtao smiled and punched Du Ye: "I didn't expect that after not seeing you for a few years, you have become like a human being!"
"What do you know? I am President Du now, and hundreds of people under me are dining with me!"
"Come, let me introduce to you, these are my brothers, Mr. Wang, Brother Li, Qiang Zai! This is my best brother in university, Liang Jiangtao, who came from Handong specially to see me!" Du Ye introduced .
Liang Jiangtao smiled and shook hands with several people.
The private room is indeed luxurious, with a view of the Pearl River outside the window. Now that the lights are on, the night view is dim.
The meal on the table was delicious, with all kinds of fresh seafood, lobster, shark's fin, abalone, Buddha jumping over the wall... Liang Jiangtao really didn't know what he was eating if the waiter didn't introduce it. He was so amazed that he felt a bit like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. .
In his previous life, he lived until he was over forty years old, but he never had such a luxurious banquet. He felt that his life was in vain.
After dinner, Du Ye sent the others away, and went to take a bath and massage with Liang Jiangtao (all formal, of course). After finishing the meal, the two of them lay in the private room in pajamas. Du Ye lit a flower and vomited. With a smoke ring, he said: "A Tao, I heard that you were admitted to the Organization Department of the Handong Provincial Committee?"
"You already know?" Liang Jiangtao said in surprise.
"Can you keep this kind of thing a secret? There are so many of our classmates, so why don't you think of me as your brother if you don't tell me now?" Du Ye complained.
"Isn't I here? I was just about to tell you."
"Hey, my feelings are complicated. Logically speaking, after entering such a unit, you are destined to have a bright future. I should be happy for you, but I feel a little disappointed in my heart. Do you know why?"
