Chapter 171: If you have something to do, call me

On New Year's Day 1988, MSI Technology Group held its first employee conference in history.

This time, in addition to summarizing the group's various work achievements and experiences and lessons in the past year, it is the award of the "MSI President Award" proposed by Li Siming. The selection of this award is very cautious, with a total of ten people, which will be the most in MSI Group's history.

The first one was awarded to Cui Bicheng. He was just appointed as the human resources director of the group company. In the past two years, he has performed outstandingly and made great contributions to the company's human resources construction. Assisting executive vice president Xu Dashuai, he initially established a job system, salary system and performance management system, and also assisted Li Siming in establishing a scientific and technological team. In a sense, his work is much more important than the patented technology obtained by the company in the past two years, because people have always been the first, and it is very knowledgeable to have the right people to do the right things. MSI Central Research Institute, which has expanded to a 400-person research team, is the most valuable property of MSI Group. This does not include the university graduates recruited from domestic universities since the company was established.

The second is Su Chenggong from the Central Research Institute. His achievements in the company are obvious to all. Not only did he lead the team to complete fifteen applied integrated circuit designs, but he also participated in five projects in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a great contribution.

The third one is Chen Jian. He has conducted effective research in the field of wireless communications and has made some progress. It is expected that there will be major breakthroughs next year. In fact, in this regard, Li Siming plays the role of a guide. Some basic key points are he is on the sidelines. When there are difficulties in seven major categories and thirteen subcategories, he can always give the correct ideas.

The fourth is Ye Xiangdong. Lao Ye’s Computer Technology Research Center is an aspect that Li Siming attaches great importance to but does not pay much attention to. He said that he attaches great importance to it, that is, from the perspective of material preparation, it ensures the research needs. However, Li Siming’s mind is mainly focused on the second-generation mobile communication technology and the IC manufacturing technology. Ye Xiangdong has opinions, but he still has to work hard. In order to comfort him, Li Siming personally nominated it.

Sometimes bosses have to coax their subordinates like coaxing children, so that they can not only work with peace of mind, but also work as happily as possible. The power of spirit is endless!

The rest are obtained by employees of Xiangjiang Electric Appliances Company. From the perspective of business development, Xiangjiang Electric Appliances Company has demonstrated its market brand image for the first time in the past year, and refrigerators and washing machines have been successfully launched on the market. Last year, the national TV production totaled 19.38 million, of which 672 color TVs were produced, while Xiangjiang brand color TVs sold a total of 800,000, which was a great momentum among similar brands. The initially established household appliance technology development center is ready to go.

All those who can be awarded this "President Award" are those who play an important role in the company's development. If MSI can achieve a long-term foundation, then these people will be called "ethnic". Some of them did not improve their positions later, and they were not the only ones who were the leader from the beginning to the end. However, because of this award, they are respected within the company. Therefore, since then, few people have been able to win this award every year. Based on the principle of preferring to be lacking rather than being overly good, they are usually one person who has made major breakthroughs in technology and one person who has made outstanding contributions in the field of management.

On March 1, an important subsidiary in the history of MSI Group was established, which is anycall Telecom (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of HK$10 million and is wholly owned by MSI Group. This is a shell company, which is invested in the mainland by MSI Group on behalf of MSI Group. On May 1 of the same year, anycall Telecom (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in the mainland was listed, and Zhang Hua, vice president of Xiangjiang Electric Appliances Company, served as the president of the new company, and he was removed from his position in Xiangjiang Electric Appliances Company.

The purpose of establishing this company is of course to adapt to the hardware part of the future second-generation mobile communication system, including the manufacturing of telecommunications equipment, base stations and handheld terminals. Now this company has an important task, that is, the research and development and manufacturing of pagers - this may not only bring a lot of cash benefits, but also lay a good foundation for the future manufacturing experience of mobile communication equipment and mobile terminals.

As early as 1983, Shanghai used the 150mhz frequency band to open my country's first analog paging system. Users can only accept call signals and need to call the paging station to query the call number. The digital paging station opened in Guangzhou the following year solved this problem. Early BP machines were all imported products, including Motorola, Panasonic, etc., which were expensive and had a single function.

When the Wireless Communication Research Center of MSI Central Research Institute was first established, several engineers proposed to develop paging systems, but Li Siming did not agree at the time because he did not want to be distracted by this. Now he has to pay attention to this issue. The most important thing is that he must consider the company's future manufacturing capabilities in the field of wireless communications and must accumulate considerable experience in the manufacturing of communication equipment.

Pagers are a good starting point, because for MSI Central Research Institute, this technology is not difficult and the threshold is not high for them. Since the establishment of "Big Brothers" in Guangzhou last year, there were only about 700 users. A mobile phone with a brick-like amount of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. A single piece is a huge profit, and only a few people can afford it. Because of this technical defect, it is impossible to have a future. Because of these pagers, it has become a good tool for people to maintain contact with each other before the second generation of mobile phones appeared.

But pagers are different. Li Siming was very impressed by this gadget hanging around his waist. This little thing called a BP machine also became a symbol of showing off his identity at the beginning. It is difficult for people who have only used mobile phones to imagine the psychology of their predecessors at that time.

"Call me if you have something to do!" Later, many people had this catchphrase. On any crowded street in any city, a "bb, bb" sound suddenly sounded, causing everyone to stop and touch the pager they were on their belts. Then one of them quickly ran to a public telephone booth and asked loudly: "Who called me?"

This is the era of digital pager. Although the end of this personal communication tool is very miserable, this communication tool has a ten-year development period in China, which not only made Motorola profitable, but also established its brand image in China. "Don't have a BP machine on the waist, hold the big brother in the hand" is the most admirable image of that era. When Li Siming saw those who held the big brother in the hand, he couldn't help laughing. This made Zeng Zhi, a guy who had used the big brother in the past two years, dared not carry the big brother with him in the end, for fear that Li Siming would be too stimulating and something unexpected would happen.

"No one can be missing from pager, mobile phone, or business channel!" Li Siming naturally thought of an impressive advertisement in his previous life. However, at that time, Li Siming, who was still in middle school, had not had time to use the pager to announce that the pager should be retired, and the impression he gave him seemed to disappear overnight.

Now he wants to make a pager, and it’s really one time. At the end of 1987, he specially asked someone to buy a “big brother”, Motorola dynatac mobile phone. He didn’t use it. He held such a big guy and couldn’t put it in his pocket, right? Li Siming had used or seen various futuristic ultra-thin and cool mobile phones. He wouldn’t walk on the street like those nouveau riche while holding a big brick and talking loudly in Cantonese dialect, and he was looking for places with a lot of people to play. He was dancing and spitting everywhere. I don’t know if it was calling for the purpose of moving, or moving for the purpose of making a phone call. Some people envy, some despise, and more people were curious about the brick-like thing. There are many interesting stories here.

There were few call stations in 1988, and there were few users. At first, they were used by some special institutions, such as those employees of units that often moved. However, Li Siming was very confident in this market. For nothing else, he had seen countless people with such a pair of people on their waists, and launch pads were installed on countless high-rise buildings. In his eyes, the paging industry is second only to the color TV industry that was released earlier, and it is also the most competitive industry. You can see the sign of "bp machine access to the Internet and pay service fees" everywhere in the streets and alleys. It witnessed the development of an era, an era when huge profits were moved to no one's interest, an era when society was running faster and faster, and an era where life was increasingly inseparable from technological progress.

A plot in the future movie "Sweet Honey" that made Li Siming remember it roughly means: When he just arrived in Hong Kong, he found that Maggie Cheung had a BP machine. Li Ming exclaimed with envy: "Wow, BP machine, you have a BP machine! You can do it!"

Li Siming suddenly remembered this scene, but now he was thinking, maybe Li Ming went to Hong Kong in the movie and said, "Wow, Hong Kong people also use anycall brand BP machines!"

When Li Siming, who had rich imagination, couldn't help laughing out loud again when he thought of this.

"Are you okay? You laugh so hard that it's creepy!" Zhang Hua interrupted his laughter.

"It's okay! I'm very happy that our company has grown stronger again!" Li Siming said.

"The company structure is big, but the money spent is a lot. I've done a good job in the electrical appliance company. I just made money for a while, why did I have to come to the telecommunications company, a department that pays for money?" Zhang Hua was very depressed. Because Xiangjiang Electric Appliances was booming and was about to start to make a profit, but was transferred. Just like when the football game was about to break into the opponent's penalty area, the referee announced the end of the game either soon or later.

"You have never thought of being the one who is the assistant of Watanabe?" Li Siming said, "People should have higher goals!"

"Assistant? It's okay to be a bag for him." Zhang Hua didn't care, "We are shareholders, and the company is well run. Isn't it good for me to do it? It's best to be idle!"

"Your awareness is quite high!" Li Siming said with a smile, "That's why I asked you to come to the communications company. Who doesn't know that Vice President Zhang is well aware of the production management and daily operations of the electrical appliance company."

"Haha, thank you for your praise from the boss!" Zhang Hua smiled, "But, I have paid the tuition fee, don't you want me to pay it again, right?"

"Where, where, I have confidence in you!" Li Siming encouraged him, "If I hadn't personally taken charge of the Central Academy of Sciences, I would have wanted to be the president."

"Then tell me, what reason do you have to let me do it?" Zhang Hua said.

"First, you are a shareholder, and you must have this awareness. This is what you said; second, you say that you have paid tuition in an electrical appliance company, which is great. As the saying goes, learn from one's mistakes, at least you will not make the same mistakes on the same issue. Do you want a worker to lose a loss to your shareholder? Third, the telecommunications company will be an extremely important aspect in the company's future strategy, mainly in manufacturing, and among us, you are most familiar with this aspect; fourth, a team of my Central Research Institute has prepared for this for a year and has accumulated considerable technology, so you don't have to worry about our technical reserves." Li Siming said, "Do you need more reasons?"

"This reason seems a bit far-fetched?" Zhang Hua still didn't want to do it, and seemed to want to delay with Li Siming.

"My secretary, Miss Zheng Yingjie, I want to have a new arrangement recently." Li Siming said another thing that was unrelated to each other.

"Ah? What changes have she changed?" Sure enough, Zhang Hua was very nervous when he heard this, "She also went to the telecommunications company? That's great!"

"Stop dreaming!" Li Siming said contemptly, "She is a very competent secretary. In the past two years, I don't know how many reporters' interview requirements have been rejected by me. I don't offend anyone. My daily work and time are arranged properly, so that I can devote myself to R&D work. She also translates a lot of writing work every day. She has no credit and hard work, and she has fatigue. So I think, should she arrange for her to study in the United States? So that she can also take a break while improving herself!"

"You won't be so kind, right?" Zhang Hua was very suspicious. "I think her education is already high enough, so I don't have to go to the United States. Besides, she is very important to your job, so why do you have to let her go to the United States?"

"This is a request she made to me personally, it depends on whether I approve it!" Li Siming said. He lied. Zheng Yingjie had thought about studying abroad, but that was what she thought a long time ago. Now that Zheng Yingjie is going to work in Hong Kong, Zhang Hua cannot find her to understand the situation immediately.

"Okay, don't you just want me to be that president? Isn't it okay for me to go?" Zhang Hua said.

"Okay, I'll notify Zeng Zhi immediately and let him send a notice!" Li Siming completed the task successfully, struck while the iron was hot, and did not let the cooked duck fly.

Just in line with the saying, women in love have very low IQ, and men in love have less IQ, and this lie with a very low level has moved Zhang Hua, and Li Siming felt very accomplished.
Chapter completed!