Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0806: After the wind comes the wind
The next day, after exercising and having breakfast, Nan Yi sat at the computer again and called out the Adam Award plan document he had written yesterday. He changed the currency unit from "$" to "Euro". He had originally wanted to hold the Adam Award ceremony in New York, but after thinking about it again in bed last night, he still felt that London would be more appropriate.
After modifying the document, Nan Yi stayed in the Fangshi Manor for another day and read through all the relevant information about Nan's high-tech, both self-developed and invested.
The Nan family already has a number of scientific and technological achievements. Some of them are not yet ready for application, and some are by-product discoveries made during the research and development process. They seem to have no use, but they can be used to create some impressive high-tech products.
For example, in the process of robot research, in order to make the robot have better maneuverability, and because brushless motors do not require the key element of a physical commutator, the former Nanshi Robotics Institute, now New York Power, developed its own "Wayne Brushless DC Motor" based on the brushless square wave and sine wave brushless DC motors.
As long as the Wayne brushless DC motor is "improved", the performance is reduced and the cost is compressed, it can be used in washing machines. The washing machine with a brushless motor will have much lower noise and will be more stable during operation. It will not shake and will be less likely to move.
For example, in the field of radio frequency identification and infrared of near-field communication, Nan’s research is also very in-depth. Contactless point-to-point transmission of electronic products has been realized. Based on it, it can be applied in many scenarios, such as subway tickets, bus cards, canteen meal cards, access control, production, logistics, tracking, asset management, etc., and even more distant mobile phone payments [NFC ].
In addition, there is also in-depth research on frequency hopping technology. As long as Nan Yi has ideas, his name can leave a strong mark in the research and development history of CDMA and WIFI.
If Nan Yi becomes thick-skinned, it is not impossible for him to become an inventor like Edison. As long as he wants, he can register hundreds of thousands of patents in his name.
Looking through the information screen by screen, when he came to the part about Yinhou Company, Nan Yi saw GSM and SMS technology. Yinhou is a member of the Unicode organization and is committed to adding the Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters to the universal character set. The deeper purpose is for the future SP service layout.
Even though Nan Yi did not remember that GSM was the dominant mobile communication standard in his previous life, this did not prevent him from betting on GSM. So far, almost all Western countries have become members of GSM. Against the backdrop of the Western world leading the world's technological development, it is only a matter of time before GSM is rolled out around the world.
The second generation of mobile communication technology has been slowly unfolding. In later words, we are about to enter the 2G era. Now, there are only a few that still want to compete with GSM, including PHS and PDC. These two are technologies developed by Japan, belonging to different laboratories, and were developed by Japan based on its actual national conditions of high population density and low mobility.
The principles of these two technologies are similar. Both use microcellular technology to connect telephones to the fixed-line telephone network in a digital wireless manner. In layman's terms, the "telephone" signal is connected to the base station, and then the base station is connected to the fixed-line telephone network, and the signal transmission ultimately goes through the telephone line.
Microcellular technology has the word "micro" in it. Today's mobile phones use cellular technology, which does not have the word "micro". This means that in the future, mobile phone signals using PHS and PDC will not be as good as mobile phones, unless microcellular base stations are built on a large scale.
Of course, this is unrealistic. The initial positioning of PHS and PDC was to serve densely populated areas, and sparsely populated areas were selectively abandoned. It can be said that these two technologies are "communication solutions for the poor" and what they want is low cost.
Therefore, even if we leave aside the political stance, PHS and PDC pose no technical threat to GSM, and GSM will definitely dominate the future.
Originally, Nan Yi should have disdained PHS and PDC, but the three letters PHS evoked certain memories in him, reminding him of the "mobile phone" number he used in his previous life, and also reminded him of "Little Smart Wandering in the Future" that he had watched in this life.
"I'll read it someday... Oh, by the way, I was constipated that day, so I squatted in the toilet for a long time, and I finished reading it in one go."
Nan Yi was more than 95% sure that the PHS in Japan was Xiaolingtong, and he was hesitating whether to get involved.
With Nan's current technical reserves, it can be said that there is no pressure for them to develop PHS. They have most of the patented technologies from chips to communication modules and batteries. Even if they don't have some, it is not too difficult to obtain patent authorization.
"How much did the Xiaolingtong sell for when it was the most expensive? Never mind, I never paid attention to it and I have no idea. The one I bought seemed to be 700 at the beginning of 1999, either in February or March. Later, cheaper ones seemed to be sold for less than 300.
Even if the average price of Xiaolingtong during its life cycle is 1,000 yuan, and the number of users is... 200 million should be about the same, which means a market of 200 billion yuan. If we assume that an average person buys two phones, that's 400 billion yuan. If the gross profit margin is 20%, that's 80 billion yuan.
The operators are China Telecom and China Netcom, which are monopoly enterprises. Hehe... After deducting the difference made by the middlemen, they should still have 15% in their hands, which is 12 billion. From gross profit to net profit, it would be good if 60% can be left, which is 7.2 billion in the end. "
As soon as the final number came out, Nan Yi instantly lost all interest in producing PHS. The most optimistic estimate was only this much. Reflecting on the reality, who knows whether this number should be divided by 5 or 10. It is not worth it to get into trouble for a small sum of money.
Nan Yi wanted to promote Xiaolingtong in local postal and telecommunications departments [which had not yet been separated]. He could guess with his toes what he would face in the future.
Walking to the bed, Nan Yi pondered for a while, then returned to the table and wrote the English name of mobile phone in his notebook, "Mobile Phone Accessories". After writing, he drew horizontal lines under the three letters M, P, and A, and started a new line and wrote "MPA".
After looking at it for a few seconds, he crossed out the "A", wrote an "a" next to it, and then started a new line and wrote the three mixed case letters "MPa".
"Pa is Pascal, MPa is Megapascal, and the abbreviation in physics textbooks is Megapascal. Is there any word combination with ZhaoPa that has a good meaning?"
Nan Yi thought for a while but couldn't come up with an idea, so he took out a dictionary from the bookshelf and flipped through it for a long time, but couldn't find a two-word combination with a meaning. Zhao can be Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, but Pa is relatively rare. After looking around, only Pa and He are interesting. Qi Pa is a good word, but it is not so good after that. He means floating bridge, and the combination of Zhao and He does have some flavor, but the two words look awkward when put together.
Homophones are not acceptable, so Nan Yi thought about it from the perspective of changing letters to pinyin. The pronunciation of MPa is "mo po ah"...
Nan Yi shook his head, threw the pen on the table, and stopped thinking in this direction.
"1MPa=1000000Pa, million Pascals, million parties, million parties, million clubs, a foundry that can provide employment for a million people, poverty leads to chaos, and wealth leads to peace. The word "people" is a bit exaggerated, and the word "workers" is more appropriate."
Nan Yi stroked his chin and muttered to himself, "Follow the trend of technology, catch up with the trend, and ride on the heat of the times. Chase the wind for thousands of miles, raise a pig and it will fly, embrace the sea and hundreds of rivers, and be prosperous together... Qi Fu Kang? Fu Qi Kang? Damn, I still Foxconn. By the way, Foxconn has already built a factory in Shencun, right?"
After pondering for a while, Nan Yi tried to change "Qi Fu Ze Kang", but after thinking about it, he felt that the word that popped up in his mind was the most appropriate, "Qi Fu Kang is Qi Fu Kang, we don't know who can develop faster, it's okay to not use a unique name."
After deciding on the name, Nan Yi opened the document and wrote the four characters "Ganfeng Technology" in the title. Then, on a new line, he wrote "Ganfeng Technology, an assembly plant disguised as a high-tech enterprise, chasing the trend of the times and capturing all the hot spots that suit it. It needs a marketing expert who looks honest but is actually wise and foolish to be the head."
Nan Yi was typing while thinking in his mind: "Steve Jobs' model is very good. We need to find a suitable person to package the character, and only consider the big picture when establishing the character, not the details."
"The first hot spot..."
Nan Yi rummaged through the pile of newspapers on the table, pulled out a newspaper from the mainland, turned it over, and saw an article in the supplement saying that the first Chinese-language pager had been developed in Shandong Province and would be available for sale soon.
In fact, Chinese display has been available since pagers had screens that could display numbers. The only problem was the Chinese encoding, so not many characters could be displayed. Now that the encoding problem has been solved, a relatively large number of Chinese characters can be displayed on pagers, which makes it feasible to launch a Chinese display pager.
The price of a digital pager roughly includes a machine fee of over 1,000 yuan, a service fee of around 400 yuan per year, and a network access fee of around 1,000 yuan, so no matter how cheap the pager is sold, it cannot be less than 1,400 yuan.
Once Hanxian is launched, the service fee of the paging station may increase a little. In addition, the price cannot be too low at the beginning. It is estimated that a Hanxian machine will cost about 4,000 yuan, which means that the machine will be sold at around 2,400 or 2,500 yuan.
Shameless! Capitalists are so shameless, they sell things at extremely high prices and exploit the people's blood and sweat.
No, we cannot tolerate the capitalists devouring the people's wealth. Ganfeng Technology must lower the price of Hanxian pagers so that all ordinary people can afford them. We must not let young people feel inferior because they cannot afford Hanxian, and we must not let good marriages face separation because of the lack of Hanxian.
Ganfeng Technology wants to make Hanxian affordable for every citizen and bring more benefits to the people. The price of Hanxian must be reduced to below 2,000 yuan, and it must be sold at 1,999. It cannot be cheaper. If it is cheaper, the government may not agree.
"He who wins over the losers wins over the world. Ganfeng Technology will take root in the field of science and technology and become a troublemaker in the science and technology community. What is a good high-tech product? Good products are those with exquisite appearance and low prices. No factory price, no tag price, only loser price."
While Nan Yi was daydreaming, a young man was making a long-distance call to Tokyo from a convenience store in Repulse Bay.
"Hello, Brother Weimin, this is Jitang. I just went to 2046 Repulse Bay, but no one was there. Didn't you say that Brother Nanyi was in Xiangkeng?"
"Repulse Bay was a thing of the past. We moved a long time ago. You are so reckless. Last time I was about to tell you, you hung up the phone. Remember this, Deep Water Bay 7. Forget it. Tell me your location and I will call Nan Yi and ask him to send someone to pick you up."
"Hey, let me ask you something." Xian Jitang put down the phone and asked the store owner, "Boss, what's your house number?"
"It's Cai Ji on the corner of Nanwan Road. The person on your phone will definitely be able to find the place." The boss, who was reading the horse racing book with his head down, looked up and replied.
"No."
Xian Jitang picked up the phone and prepared to tell Xian Weimin the address, but Xian Weimin said first: "I heard you. Wait here."
"Master, we need to find a master first..."
Just as Nan Yi was thinking about the details of Ganfeng Technology, the satellite phone rang.
"Nan Yi, Jitang is in Repulse Bay."
"Come to see me?"
"Yes, Caiji on the corner of Nanwan Road."
"Got it. I'll ask someone to pick it up."
Nan Yi hung up the phone and asked the school beauty to pick someone up. He saved the document himself, then turned off the computer, walked to the yard, stretched himself, squinted his eyes, looked up at the sun, and let his body be filled with laziness.
"Xian Jitang, son of village accountant Xian Yaowei, was immediately fascinated by computers when he first saw them. So fast, the little brat has graduated from college, State University of New York at Buffalo, majoring in computer science. Are you the pillow I want?"
Nan Yi reached into his pocket, took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes, and yawned lazily.
Nearly half an hour later, the school beauty came back with Xian Jitang.
Nan Yi took a quick look and saw that Xian Jitang was tall and thin, with a skinny face, but he looked very energetic. He was wearing an orange leather jacket that exposed his plaid shirt underneath, blue jeans, and a pair of Converse canvas shoes, a typical Silicon Valley programmer outfit.
Xian Jitang smiled when he saw Nan Yi from a distance, quickened his pace, walked to Nan Yi and called out, "Brother Nan Yi."
"Jitang, you've grown up and become a handsome guy." Nan Yi patted Xian Jitang's arm and said affectionately, "You just got off the plane, or did you come from Shencun?"
"I took a flight yesterday and spent the day wandering around Hong Kong Island." Xian Jitang said embarrassedly.
"You kid, why don't you come to me first? Come on, sit in the living room."
Nan Yi hugged Xian Jitang and walked into the living room. He took out two bottles of Kanglong mineral water from the refrigerator and placed one bottle next to Xian Jitang.
Unscrewing the bottle cap and taking a sip, Nan Yi moistened his throat first and asked, "Computer science major?"
"Yes."
“Why don’t you go to Silicon Valley first?”
Nan Yi's question made Xian Jitang blush. He hesitated for a while before hesitating and said, "My girlfriend is pregnant. My dad asked me to come back and hold the wedding right away."
Nan Yi smiled and said, "You are amazing. Why isn't your girlfriend with you?"
"She flew straight back."
"Oh, who is your girlfriend?" Nan Yi asked casually.
"Golden Gate."
"Hmm?" Nan Yi asked in surprise , "The Golden Gate?"
"Um."
"Very good, tell me when the date is set." Nan Yi nodded and said, "What are your plans after the baby is born? Will you stay in China or go to Silicon Valley?"
"My father wants me to stay at home. Kaiyi... My girlfriend Huang Kaiyi wants to return to the United States. She said that my major and hers have better development prospects in the United States." Xian Jitang said tangledly: "I don't know what to do, Brother Nanyi, I came to you just to consult your opinion."
"If there were no such external factors, what would be your own personal choice? Return to the United States? Stay in the country?"
"Brother Nanyi, do you know Archie? It is a kind of..."
“I know. I use it.”
Nan Yi was slightly disappointed. Xian Jitang was definitely not a candidate for the position of CEO of Ganfeng Technology.
"Although I don't know much about computer technology, I am quite interested in cutting-edge computer technology. When I search for information on the Internet, I always use Archie [the originator of search engines], which is very useful."
"Brother Nan Yi, can I access the Internet here?" Xian Jitang asked excitedly.
Nan Yi chuckled, "Of course, I often email my pen pals."
"Great! I need to download some emails, but I don't have a place to go online."
"No hurry, you can use it slowly later, let's continue with the previous topic."
There is already a company providing Internet services in Xiangkeng, so Nan Yi specially pulled out a telephone line for dial-up Internet access. He would occasionally browse the Internet and download some valuable documents from other people's servers.
Although there are few resources on the Internet today, they are basically valuable. Not only can you find some insightful papers, but you can also find some research and development ideas and organized documents of experimental data.
If you download it and connect it to colleges and universities and find people with urgent needs, you can sell it for at least a few thousand yuan. Moreover, this market is quite broad, so it is not difficult to make the first pot of gold.
Xian Jitang paused for a moment and sorted out his thoughts. "Brother Nanyi, I think the Internet will soon usher in a period of explosive growth. I want to develop in this field, so..."
"So, you also prefer to go back to the United States?"
"Yes, Quantum [the predecessor of Aol] has offered me a job. They want me to go over and build their internal search service."
"Oh, what kind of treatment do you get?"
“Starting salary: $40,000 a year.”
"This salary is not low. What about your girlfriend? Is she also studying computer science?"
"Yes, but she is more interested in hardware and is suitable for development work at a hardware manufacturer."
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "So, your technical development direction is search engines?"
"That's the case for now."
"Then you really can't find a suitable job in China. Even if you want to start your own business, there is no suitable market environment. However, even if you return to the United States to develop, you don't necessarily have to go to Quantum. Have you ever paid attention to WorldWideWeb?"
"The browser that Tim Berners-Lee developed to read HTML?"
"Yes." Nan Yi nodded, "What do you think of the development prospects of Hypertext Markup Language?"
"I have studied Hyper Text Markup Language and I think it has a very good future. It is a language that is very suitable for transmission on the Internet and is more suitable for commercial popularization. Maybe the search engine I will write in the future will crawl web pages."
"Do you think there is a future in developing a commercial browser for browsing web pages?"
Xian Jitang shook his head. "DOS will soon become a thing of the past. Graphical systems will dominate the future. Unless system developers like Apple and Microsoft do not get involved in the browser field, a company that only develops browsers will not be able to compete with them."
"That's insightful. Indeed, competing with others on their turf is basically a losing situation. Let's not talk about it for now. I'll take you to the Internet."
Nan Yi took Xian Jitang to his study, tidied up the table, gave the main seat to him, found the Hub, plugged in two network cables, sat face to face, each using one network cable, and started surfing the Internet with such a lag that it made people want to smash their computers.
This was the first time in Nan Yi's life that he sat with others to surf the Internet. It reminded him of the time when he played text games with others in the computer game room. When he got tired, he would smoke a cigarette, open a chat room, and chat with a netizen who randomly picked a username that looked like a female.
At that time, the name of "Internet cafe" had not yet been coined; at that time, people still used dial-up modems to access the Internet; at that time, the keyboards were very hard and typing was very uncomfortable; at that time, most netizens used smart ABC to type, and they almost wanted to stick their faces to the keyboard and poke here and there with two fingers.
At that time, the Internet was virtual, emotions were real, people could communicate with each other, and online romances had the potential to succeed.
At that time, Nan Yi, who had already learned Wangma Wubi and was an excellent typist, could chat with more than a dozen people at the same time; at that time, many female netizens would come across the ocean to sleep with you. When OICQ became popular, Nan Yi had already retired from the world and went to study Trojan programs such as Binghe, Gray Pigeon, and Keyboard Wizard.
Later, it seemed that he started out by operating a rogue software. After making money, he turned the table to prevent newcomers from making a living. He then transformed himself into a subordinate of a security software tycoon and helped him extort other Internet companies to "pay protection fees."
There was a period of time when I was crazy about playing the originator of online games, "Ultima Online", Fengtian Station, and I still remember the theme song "Stones".
"Long ago, ran the sun, on a folk who had a dream and the heart and the will and the power. They moved earth, they carved stone, molded hill and channeled stream."
Nan Yi sighed, shook the memories out of his head, tapped a few times on the keyboard, connected to the server in Massachusetts, and quietly logged into the server to retrieve and view the relevant documents about the robot.
In fact, there is no need to look at it in such a vulgar way. Nan Yi can completely connect to Nan’s own server to view more comprehensive and confidential documents. Massachusetts’s robotics research has the participation of New York Dynamics, and most of the funds are sponsored by Nan.
There is also a very primitive robot dog in Scarlett Manor. It has no dog shape at all, but only four legs and a slender body. In terms of performance, it is simply terrible. It falls every two steps it takes, and it is very difficult to walk in a straight line. However, it took seven years and tens of millions of dollars to develop such a semi-defective product.
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The last part of this chapter is dedicated to those who surfed the Internet around 2000. Recall whether you have ever had the experience of chatting with others all night long. After a busy night, you only typed 100 to 200 words. The content of the chat was nothing more than asking for names, cities, addresses, and letters. In the letters, they would also send each other artistic photos...
You are old, your pee is forked, the world now belongs to us, the post-2000s generation. Old guys, stop jumping around and watch our show!
