After dinner, Tang Yan said: "Mr. Wang, can I accompany you to go shopping in the evening?"

Wang Lin smiled and said: "Miss Tang, just let Shen Xue and I go shopping in the evening. You don't have to accompany us. You are busy too, right? Tomorrow is the New Year's Day. You can stay at home with your parents. Don't worry about us. We

I’ll also spend a day traveling in Hong Kong. See you the day after tomorrow.”

Tang Yan smiled and said: "Okay, then I wish Mr. Wang a good time. If you encounter anything here, you can come to us."

Tang Hua said: "Mr. Wang, do you need me to send a car to follow you?"

Wang Lin said: "It's okay. Let's look for it. If you need to go somewhere far away, just take a taxi. It's very convenient to take a taxi here."

Tang Huadao: "Taxis here are very expensive, which is actually not cost-effective. If you need to travel around here, it will be more convenient for you if we send a car to follow you. Mr. Wang, you are our valued guest, don't care about this

A small detail, right?"

Wang Lin laughed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Tang! Mr. Tang, you are really too polite."

Tang Hua said to Tang Yan: "Xiao Yan, please send Uncle Zhong to follow Mr. Wang."

He then said to Wang Lin: "Uncle Zhong is my father's driver. He has been working with my family for more than 20 years. He is loyal and honest, and he is familiar with every corner of Xiangjiang. If you have anything to do, just ask him to do it."

. Just call him when you are using the car, and you don’t have to worry about him at ordinary times. He has his own place to rest and eat."

"Tomorrow is New Year's Day, why don't you bother Uncle Zhong?" Wang Lin said with a smile.

Tang Hua said: "It's okay, Uncle Zhong will be happy to serve Mr. Wang."

Wang Lin couldn't refuse anymore, and it was indeed much more convenient to have a car. There was a local to lead the way, so he didn't have to ask around where he wanted to go.

Tang Hua took out a mobile phone and handed it to Wang Lin: "Mr. Wang, please keep this phone number for your use. It's convenient for contacting you, right?"

Wang Lin smiled and said: "Mr. Tang, you are really thoughtful."

Tang Huadao: "It's very convenient to make phone calls here in Xiangjiang now, just use it. Uncle Zhong also has a phone, so it's convenient for you to contact him."

He told Wang Lin his phone number with Tang Yan and Uncle Zhong.

In Xiangjiang, using a mobile phone is nothing new. Rich people will have such a phone in their hands.

However, even if they have a mobile phone, most people will still use landlines where there are landlines because the phone charges are cheap and the signal is better. The richer the people, the more they know how to save money.

Tang Yan made a call, and after a while, a man about fifty years old came over. This man had short hair and his face was full of vicissitudes of life.

"Miss!"

"Uncle Zhong, this is Mr. Wang Lin, a distinguished guest of our company. Mr. Wang will spend two days in Xiangjiang, and you are responsible for being his full-time driver." Tang Yan was very polite to him.

"Okay, miss." Uncle Zhong agreed and bent towards Wang Lin, "Hello, Mr. Wang."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhong." Wang Lin smiled slightly and shook hands with him. His hands felt rough and strong, like steel pliers. "I have worked hard for you these past two days."

"It's not hard work. This is my job." Uncle Zhong said, "If Mr. Wang needs something, just ask me."

Wang Lindao: "We're just going to stroll around the area tonight and don't need a car. Let's do this. I'll contact you tomorrow morning when we use the car."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I'll be waiting for you at any time." Uncle Zhong nodded and said to Tang Yan, "Miss, I'll take my leave first."

Brother and sister Tang Hua arranged everything before shaking hands with Wang Lin and saying goodbye.

Wang Lin and Shen Xue also left the restaurant.

Shen Xue held the big brother in her hand and said with a smile: "Wang Lin, is this a phone?"

"Yes, this is a mobile phone."

“How convenient!”

"Actually, we now have a mobile phone in China. If you like it, we can buy two for use when we go home."

"Is Shen Cheng there too?"

"Yes, it opened this year."

"I don't see anyone using this."

"There are not many people using them, so they can't be sold because they are too expensive. They cost 30,000 yuan each!" Wang Lin said with a smile.

Shen Xue was surprised: "Thirty thousand? It's too expensive! It's unnecessary! It's clumsy and heavy, like holding a brick in your hand!"

In 1988, Shanghai opened long-distance mobile phone network access.

During this period, long-distance mobile phone sales did not even have a fixed "face". In order to promote the "Big Brother" business, Shanghai's long-distance telecommunications bureau set up a small team and adopted a proactive door-to-door marketing strategy.

Every promoter takes a "big brother" with him and goes to customers to demonstrate to them, but this proactive approach does not have much effect.

After conducting market research, the Long Distance Telecommunications Bureau found that this lack of interest was mainly due to the immature market environment.

First of all, the marketing targets at that time were mainly factory directors and managers. Although they had the ability to purchase, they had many concerns. They believed that "Mobile Phone" was a luxury product and were worried about causing dissatisfaction with superior leaders and the masses after purchasing it. Secondly, there were very few wealthy self-employed people, and each

The price of Taiwanese terminals is around 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which is not economically affordable.

The Mobile Phone market experienced a cold spell, not just in 1988. In the following years, the "Mobile Phone" market response was muted, with annual sales of only a few hundred units.

This situation did not improve until after 1992.

Even wealthy people like Wang Lin find brick-like mobile phones inconvenient to carry, and don't even want to have a BB player! Not to mention others.
Chapter completed!