Chapter 946 Youth Foundation
The PHS, or Little Smart, project is going very smoothly.
Soon after obtaining the technology, Shenghua quickly made a prototype and conducted internal testing. Song Chaoyuan, Qin Zhengguo and Li Daqi personally participated in the testing, and the results were very satisfactory.
Moreover, the acquisition of PHS technology enabled Shenghua to take a step further in the mobile phone baseband research and development project. Although Xiaolingtong and mobile phones are different, there are many similarities between the two and many aspects can be learned from each other. In addition, Shenghua originally spent a lot of energy and time on the research and development of mobile phone basebands, and now with PHS technology as a reference, a breakthrough has been made in this project.
However, just like the original pager, Shenghua is unable to produce many product components, especially core components, by itself. It can only produce product casings and some unimportant parts. In addition, Shenghua has now sold the electronics factory in Pengcheng directly, and only retained the original Shenghua Electronics' R&D center and basic factory. Therefore, the formal production of Xiaolingtong requires not only OEM, but also customization and procurement of many core components.
The customization and procurement of core components cannot be met domestically for the time being and can only be done through foreign countries. Considering the previous cooperation on pagers, Song Yuanchao discussed with everyone and still chose the current cooperative company as the main partner, and sent a customization and procurement intention to the other party.
Soon, the other party responded. According to the design provided by Shenghua, the other party sent a quotation by fax. However, Song Yuanchao frowned slightly after reading the fax, because the other party's quotation was much higher than he expected.
According to the other party's quotation, the final cost of Xiaolingtong exceeded the original plan, which was absolutely unacceptable. So Song Yuanchao immediately held an internal meeting, on the one hand, he raised price objections to the other party, and on the other hand, he contacted other manufacturers to try to reduce the cost.
After two months of negotiations and price comparisons, Shenghua finally gave the order to one of the suppliers. While completing the customization and procurement, Shenghua was also intensively negotiating network access and base station construction.
The construction of base stations is not a big problem. After all, Shenghua has launched paging services in many cities in China, and the coverage of this business is already quite large. Based on the original paging base stations, it is not difficult for Shenghua to build micro-cellular base stations for Xiaolingtong.
However, the progress in accessing the Internet is more difficult than expected. Although the postal and telecommunications departments have not yet been separated, the Xiaolingtong product is similar to the mobile phones (Big Brother) currently launched by the Postal and Telecommunications Bureau. In addition, the frequency of use of Xiaolingtong requires approval from relevant departments, and the complicated procedures pose considerable obstacles.
In addition, there is the issue of fee sharing. Originally, Song Yuanchao planned to negotiate in this regard based on the previous paging station sharing ratio, but during the negotiation process, he found that the post and telecommunications department proposed frequency occupation and Xiaolingtong was a product based on fixed-line telephone. In this case, the previous paging station business sharing ratio would be inappropriate. The post and telecommunications department required an increase in the share ratio, and this ratio suddenly exceeded Song Yuanchao's expectations. If the requirements of the post and telecommunications department were followed, Shenghua would lose the initiative in this product, which would be very unfavorable for Shenghua.
To this end, Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi personally went to Yanjing, found someone to use their connections, and finally got the other party to relent and lower their requirements. Although it was slightly higher than the original ratio, it was still barely acceptable in comparison. In this way, Shenghua and Post and Telecommunications reached an agreement on the Xiaolingtong cooperation project .
In Yanjing, Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi lived in his home in Yanjing. As Song Yuanchao, Lin Yan and their children all lived in Shanghai in recent years, Yanjing was basically occupied by the old couple Lin Daoyuan. The other courtyard house they lived in before was given to Lin Jianhang and his wife two years ago, but Lin Jianhang was often in the army for work and seldom came back to live.
In the study, to be more precise, this study is now no different from a tea room.
After Lin Daoyuan retired from his work and returned to Yanjing, the function of this study gradually changed from a work room to a tea room. On weekdays, he would drink tea, read books, write calligraphy, or paint Chinese paintings to cultivate his sentiments in the study.
However, because of Song Yuanchao's previous incident, Lin Daoyuan got involved in Big Brother's affairs, so now he has become a consultant and is busier than before on weekdays.
He picked up the teapot in front of him and slowly poured two cups of tea. The tea soup was amber in color and the fragrance was refreshing. This tea was a gift from Song Yuanchao to his grandfather.
"It's just right that you're back this time. I have something to tell you." Lin Daoyuan picked up the tea, put it under his nose to sniff it, and then took a sip. He nodded slightly and said to Song Yuanchao.
"What's the matter?" Song Yuanchao kept moving his hands and refilled Lin Daoyuan's tea.
"The Youth Foundation has already made an agreement. Please take some time to go there."
"Youth Foundation? You mean..." Song Yuanchao asked tentatively, and Lin Daoyuan nodded to indicate that he was right.
"Okay, I'll go there tomorrow morning. Who should I look for there?"
"Here is the address and contact person. Just go find him when you get there." Lin Daoyuan put a piece of paper he had prepared long ago on the table and pushed it over. Song Yuanchao took it, opened it, took a look at it, and then put it in his pocket.
The matter about the Youth Foundation was mentioned by Song Chaoyuan and Lin Daoyuan before, and it is related to the development of Shenghua Charity Foundation.
Due to current policy reasons, it is difficult for private charitable foundations to conduct business in the mainland, and they generally have to go through official charitable organizations or government departments. Therefore, although Lin Yan and her team have always wanted to do something through the foundation in the past two years, other work except donations has been excluded, which is different from the original intention. Therefore, the foundation has been planning to find a suitable and reliable official (semi-official) organization for in-depth cooperation to promote this project.
After discussing this matter with Lin Daoyuan last time, Lin Daoyuan specially called Lin Yan and talked to her in detail on the phone.
In principle, Lin Daoyuan supports their work, but in terms of policy, it is difficult to achieve the level that Shenghua needs. After all, many things have never been done before. So Lin Daoyuan spent some time and consulted people, and finally chose the Youth Foundation.
The reason why we chose the Youth Foundation is that, on the one hand, the Youth Foundation has a special background and a strong official nature. On the other hand, although the Youth Foundation was established not long ago, it has developed very fast.
In addition, the Youth Development Foundation's current main focus is on the "Hope Project", which aims to help backward provinces, counties, cities, townships and other places to build schools, connect with poor students, or provide long-term comprehensive assistance in education and teaching through meaningful activities such as aid funds and materials, so as to bring hope and dreams to a place.
The Hope Project was established in September 1990. The old man personally wrote an inscription for the Hope Project and also donated to the project twice.
This project is currently being implemented very well, and the importance that the Youth Foundation attaches to the project is self-evident. Compared with other institutions, choosing to cooperate with the Youth Foundation is the best choice.
Song Yuanchao naturally knew about the Hope Project, so when he learned that Lin Daoyuan was in contact with this project, he made up his mind. As long as the discussion goes well tomorrow, it will be basically confirmed. Then Shenghua Charity Foundation and China Youth Development Foundation will connect to contribute to China's charity cause.
After talking about the Youth Foundation, Lin Daoyuan asked about Song Chaoyuan's work. Song Chaoyuan told Lin Daoyuan about some recent events. After listening, Lin Daoyuan sighed: "I can't help but admit that I'm old. Things are changing too fast now. I've only been retired for a short time, and I don't understand many things anymore..."
"It's not that exaggerated. In fact, some things are essentially the same, but the form has changed slightly."
Lin Daoyuan thought about it and nodded. He agreed with Song Yuanchao's point of view.
"What do you think of the current situation on Qiongdao?" Lin Daoyuan suddenly asked about Qiongdao. This leap in thinking was a bit too fast, but as Lin Daoyuan's son-in-law for so many years, Song Yuanchao had long been accustomed to the old man's way of talking.
"What do you mean...?" Song Chaoyuan did not answer immediately, but asked.
Lin Daoyuan glanced at Song Yuanchao, somewhat displeased: "What else could it be? Now the whole country knows about the real estate in Qiongdao . It's so popular. How much did a square meter of a house in Qiongdao cost before? How much is it selling for now? It's simply outrageous! How can we continue like this? An ordinary house costs 200,000 or 300,000 yuan at any time. How much does an ordinary person earn in a month? How many years of not eating or drinking can you buy a house? Is this reasonable? Does it conform to the law of the market?"
Lin Daoyuan asked directly without any courtesy. Seeing that he was a little advised him to drink a cup of tea to cool down, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is definitely unreasonable, but the current situation is not something we can solve..."
"You kid, are you trying to fool me?" Lin Daoyuan angrily slammed his teacup on the table. "Don't think I don't know what you did. What's the name of that kid from the Hu family? Hu Yaoqing? Did you introduce him there? And he was involved with Xiao Shao? Do you really think I'm old and confused? I don't know anything now that I've retired, right?"
"How dare I, Dad? Please listen to my explanation." Song Yuanchao originally wanted to fool the old man, but since Lin Daoyuan said this, Song Yuanchao could only tell the truth.
He immediately told Lin Daoyuan how he had considered recommending Hu Yaoqing to go to Qiong Island, and how he had personally gone to Qiong Island and talked with Shao Heping. Lin Daoyuan listened quietly, and after listening, his expression eased a little, but he still didn't give Song Yuanchao much of a good look.
"Dad, some things are not as simple as they seem. After all, the current situation on Qiongdao Island is not something that Hu Yaoqing or someone else can achieve. Besides, even without Hu Yaoqing, there are Zhang Yaoqing and Wang Yaoqing. He went to Qiongdao just by chance. Even if I hadn't suggested it, Hu Yaoqing would have come up with this idea when the real estate on Qiongdao Island became popular."
