bookbashuk Chapter 327 The advent of the mobile phone
Chapter 327 The advent of the mobile phone
During Shen Li's stay in Pengcheng, Lu Cheng took her sightseeing whenever he had free time. He even made a special trip to see two of the company's real estate projects—one of which was nearing completion and the other was still in the early stages of preparation.
The rest of the time, the two of them mostly rested at home in the morning and spent the afternoon in the laboratory, working with researchers to keep an eye on the experiment and assembly process of the mobile phone, counting down the days and waiting for the final result.
Finally, the 25th arrived. The lab team leader strode up to the two men, his face beaming with excitement: "President Lu, President Shen, the experiment was a success! We can test the machine now!"
Shen Li's gaze fell on the two cell phones handed to her by the team leader, her fingertips trembling slightly.
"The SIM card has already been installed," the team leader nodded and added.
Lu Cheng took the two phones, a barely perceptible tension tugging at his fingertips.
He handed one of the pink phones to Shen Li, his voice softening: "Lili, hold onto it and don't move, I'll dial the number."
"Okay." Shen Li gripped her phone tightly, her palms slightly sweaty.
Lu Cheng took another black phone, walked to a corner of the laboratory, took a deep breath, and dialed the number corresponding to Shen Li's phone.
The laboratory was so quiet you could hear everyone breathing, and all eyes were fixed on the phones in the two people's hands.
The next second, the phone in Shen Li's hand suddenly rang with a clear "beep beep beep... beep beep beep..." sound!
Shen Li's eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth instantly turned up. She immediately pressed the answer button.
Lu Cheng's cheerful voice came through the phone, clear and genuine: "Lili..."
The silent laboratory erupted in cheers: "Wow! It worked! It really worked!"
Shen Li looked up at the cheering crowd and nodded with a smile: "Congratulations everyone, thank you for your hard work these past few days!"
She looked down and stroked the phone in her hand, saying firmly, "This is the first generation of mobile phones we've developed, but this is just the beginning. In the future, we will make second, third, and fourth generations... One day, mobile phones will not only be able to take pictures like cameras, but also make video calls."
"Video call?" a female researcher couldn't help but ask, her eyes full of curiosity. "What does that mean?"
"It's like when we hold our phones up to ourselves, the person on the other end can see us clearly, just like we're having a face-to-face conversation," Shen Li explained patiently.
The female researcher's eyes widened in astonishment: "A mobile phone can do this?"
"Of course we can." Shen Li nodded, his eyes shining. "It just takes time to study and requires everyone to continue to work hard and innovate."
The group, who were still basking in the joy of their success, instantly lost any thoughts of complacency upon hearing these words, replaced by a surge of fighting spirit.
It turns out that there is still so much room for development in mobile phones; they must work even harder!
Lu Cheng walked over, looked at the spirited crowd, and said loudly, "You've all worked really hard these past few days. I'm giving you three days off to rest and recharge. Come back in three days, and we'll officially start the mobile phone production."
"Thank you, Mr. Lu!" everyone responded in unison, their faces full of joy.
Lu Cheng added, his tone promising, "Once the phones start mass production, each of you will receive one as a bonus."
"Long live President Lu!" Cheers echoed through the laboratory once again.
You know, a landline phone costs two or three thousand yuan these days, so such a small and convenient mobile phone would definitely be priced even higher. Being able to get one for free is a huge benefit for them.
The team leader stepped forward excitedly: "Thank you so much, Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu is so incredibly generous!"
Lu Cheng waved his hand and said sincerely, "As long as everyone works hard for the company and does a good job on the project, the company will never treat anyone unfairly."
After leaving the lab, Shen Li and Lu Cheng returned to their office.
The next priority is to advance the application process for mobile phone patents, followed by a product development deployment meeting.
It was already the 25th, and Lu Cheng immediately called his uncle, asking him to come to Pengcheng as soon as possible. He wanted to return to Beijing with Shen Li before the end of the month and at the same time push forward the construction of the signal tower in Beijing. The development and deployment meeting was therefore scheduled for the morning of the 27th.
Lu Cheng also specially invited the mayor of Pengcheng, the party secretary of the city, and other leaders to attend the meeting.
The municipal leaders were very pleased that Licheng Company was able to develop such an innovative mobile phone.
We are currently in a critical period of vigorously developing the economy, and we will fully support any project that can drive economic development and enhance local competitiveness.
Of course, Lu Cheng was also aware that with such a promising project, it was inevitable that some people would have ulterior motives.
But he wasn't easy to manipulate—Shen Li's identity was there, and he could use it to avoid unnecessary trouble, so why not?
This is why the municipal leaders were exceptionally polite to Lu Cheng.
After all, Lu Cheng's research and development achievements have milestone significance for the development of China's electronics industry.
A lunch was arranged after the press conference.
Lu Cheng specially introduced Shen Li to the leaders: "This is my wife, Shen Li."
The leaders all greeted Shen Li with smiles and politeness.
The atmosphere at the dinner was very harmonious, without a trace of unpleasantness. Lu Cheng drank quite a bit to keep the social obligation in mind, but fortunately no one dared to urge Shen Li to drink more. She only needed to sit quietly to the side and occasionally chat with the leaders.
After news of the successful development of the mobile phone reached Beijing, relevant national departments immediately expressed their support, not only fully cooperating with Lu Cheng to build signal towers across the country, but also proactively offering to allocate funds to assist him.
It is important to understand that the advent of mobile phones has not only greatly facilitated people's lives, but also promoted the development of the domestic electronic technology industry and enhanced the country's competitiveness in the international electronics field.
Currently, bulky and inconvenient mobile phones are still the mainstream technology abroad. Lu Cheng's small mobile phone has undoubtedly given my country a head start in the field of mobile communications, and naturally it has received great attention from the country.
In early September, Shen Li started school and returned to her busy academic life.
Although she didn't rest during the holidays and stayed home to review, and Xie Mei often shared key points about studying with her, when she actually returned to the classroom, she still had to concentrate fully to keep up with the teacher's pace and dared not slack off in the slightest.
Lu Cheng, on the other hand, received top-level treatment.
The leader received him.
Mr. Shen was also by his side. With his father-in-law by his side, Lu Cheng's tense mood calmed down a lot.
However, a minor incident occurred during the meeting.
After the leader proposed allocating funds to support the project, Shen's father's political enemies immediately stood up to oppose it.
"We haven't even witnessed the phone's calling function firsthand. If we rashly allocate funds, and someone takes the opportunity to embezzle state funds, the consequences would be unimaginable!" The speaker was an elderly man with gray hair, whose seniority was even greater than that of Shen's father.