Cheng Ran was holding a freshly-made card in his hand. On the card was printed the Arabic number "20" in square font. This was the campus 201 phone card launched by Fulon two months ago.
When Cheng Ran has nothing to do, he likes to read the project plan brought back by Cheng Feiyang. The technical department within Fulon has many proposed ideas and implementation plans. Cheng Ran had seen the header of this phone card project last year.
It was said that it was inconvenient for the Tianjin Bureau to report on the student crowd by phone, so someone brought up the idea, which was approved by Cheng Feiyang and implemented.
It is not difficult to realize this function. You only need to make some program port adjustments on the switch. The key is that Fulon can open up the campus market in various provinces and cities through this move.
Now that the phone cards have been launched, the telecommunications department has not only purchased Fulon's switches, but also customized a large number of telephones and installed IC card public telephones on campus.
Last month, Cheng Feiyang flew to various offices to implement this matter.
Standing on the balcony with the card in hand, you can see the towering Fulong Building in front of you through the family compound, and outside is the urban area with hustle and bustle of traffic.
Cheng Ran still remembers the period in his previous life when he accidentally saw an IC public telephone hanging on the wall in a small alley. The paint on it had long since peeled off and was covered with rust. When he picked up the receiver, there was no sound. It turned out that the street was about to be demolished, and this telephone that once carried countless memories had long been broken.
But in this day and age, IC card public telephone booths have gradually appeared in the streets and alleys of the city, and they are still a very novel thing in people's eyes.
When school starts on university campuses, there will be many students wearing military training uniforms queuing up to insert their cards and pick up the microphone to report their safety to their families.
There will also be many cold winter nights when I stand in the cold wind, looking at the small balance on the card, and saying warm words to the boys and girls on the other end of the card.
Time used to go very slowly. You had to wait in line for a long time until the guy in front of you would reluctantly hang up the phone, pull out the card and leave. Then you would dial the signal that seemed to connect time and space, and hear the voice of the person on the other end.
There is no joy of chatting with your phone all night in bed. Video communication is something that only exists in science fiction movies. The only thing is the call time that is deducted from the balance of the communication fee. The short communication of more than ten minutes seems to be able to make people feel at ease for several days.
Looking at the number code produced by Fulong Company on the card, Cheng Ran felt a little proud.
This is how the world changes. Fulon Company has entered this era. These things will carry the memories of countless people and integrate into their lives.
One day, this period of life will become a thing of the past. Mobile phones will enter thousands of households, and IC card phone booths will have fulfilled their historical responsibilities and leave the stage. People who come after them may have never heard of them and will ask curiously, "What is that? Is it stupid to wait in line for a long time in the cold wind to make an unimportant call?"
I wonder if someone will come out and say that was my youth.
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Shortly after the embassy bombing, in an environment where the stock market continued to be low pressure and Cheng Ran continued to suffer losses with the money he borrowed from Qin Xizhen, Cheng Ran unexpectedly met an acquaintance and met the Hong Kong lawyer named Lin Lang again.
But when Cheng Feiyang said that they were going to host a banquet for Lin Lang and that the other party must meet with him, Cheng Ran still felt it was a little strange.
Yes, Lin Lang came to submit the lawyer's letter on behalf of the Luo family, which meant that he would sue them. However, after the series of bad consequences caused by the Luo Linwen photo scandal in Hong Kong, the Luo family was entangled in lawsuits, and Luo Yue might even be imprisoned for bribery. The Luo family was already on the verge of decline. After this incident, Luo Yue was imprisoned, and the Luo family's seat in Dadong was also lost. Of course, some of the industries on hand can still ensure that they are not too miserable, but it is absolutely impossible to be a first-tier rich man like before. The Luo family will be a small figure in the future. In addition, the people who Luo Yue offended in the past now have the opportunity to step on them, and some narrow-minded people will not do it.
Lin Lang was a smart man. He knew that some things of the Luo family were handled by him. If he continued to be entangled, he would find it difficult to extricate himself.
Because of the decline of the Luo family, according to some people in the Luo family, the wealthy circle in Hong Kong City vaguely knew that the sudden encounter of the Luo family was not without purpose, and all of this pointed to a company called Fulong in the mainland, and its helmsman Cheng Feiyang. The Luo family members later had paranoia about being persecuted, and they said that it was a conspiracy to kill everyone they caught. Of course, the mainland Fulong company was also the object of their accusation.
If it were just this, it wouldn't seem like there was anything wrong with it. It would just be that the Luo family was desperate and would bite anyone they caught. But when analyzing this incident, people with a discerning eye would notice a detail: Luo Linwen's photo was taken in the mainland, and the news about him being arrested by the police also came from the mainland.
In particular, well-informed insiders also knew that Luo Linwen had previously pursued a mainland-born actress named Qin Xizhen. Qin Xizhen had just been leaked by the Luo family, saying that she had connections with the Fulong company and was a plaything of mainland tycoons.
All these news point to some clues that are groundless.
Lin Lang took this opportunity to package himself for marketing, and even made it sound like he was representing the Luo family to negotiate at Fulong Company, a heroic undertaking.
Of course, in that story, the Cheng Feiyang and his son that Lin Lang faced were simply heroes of the time and full of courage, and he was even more courageous and argued with them based on reason. It was a pity that although the Luo family was also a powerful family, they still ended up in defeat because of their own lack of virtue.
Even so, he was still impressed by the magnanimity shown by Cheng Feiyang and his son at the time.
He wanted to use this incident as a springboard, and of course he would not discredit Cheng Feiyang. More importantly, he had seen the scene where Cheng Guoran pressed the "F5" button, and everything suddenly collapsed from that moment. Out of personal caution and instinct, Lin Lang did not say a word about the evil of Fulong Company and the father and son.
As expected, Lin Lang's behavior of nurturing his reputation soon attracted the attention of a company in Hong Kong City, which was called Hutchison Telecommunications, the second largest telecommunications operator in Hong Kong City. Hutchison Telecommunications also found Lin Lang for a precondition.
Because Hong Kong Telecom, the largest company in Hong Kong, had a 70% market share, the Hong Kong government wanted to change the monopoly in the telecommunications market. Of course, Li Chaoren, the richest man in Hong Kong at the time, also saw the business opportunity and entered the telecommunications industry. Hexun and Li Chaoren bought three operating licenses. The telecommunications market in Hong Kong suddenly became turbulent.
Originally, Hutchison had not thought of contacting the Fulong Company. The main reason was that if he wanted to gain a foothold in Hong Kong City Telecom, he had to show his sincerity and strength to the government, make a pledge of allegiance, and spend 40 million Hong Kong dollars within a few months to establish a comprehensive business network.
Hutchison immediately mobilized its forces and sought to form a partnership. The first companies it approached were Siemens and Alcatel. However, the time it gave for completing the project was more than twice the time they had agreed to, and the prices were sky-high. It was precisely because they had investigated the current situation in Hong Kong that they raised the prices in an attempt to get a piece of the pie from Hutchison.
Just as the Luo family incident broke out, the senior management of Hutchison Telecommunications suddenly noticed Fu Long.
In order to know themselves and their enemy, they found Lin Lang.
What Lin Lang could never forget was the scene when Li Chaoren met him in person to ask for details.
Li Chaoren is a well-known and virtuous person. After all, he is a top-tier tycoon. Lin Lang can cooperate with tycoons like Luo Yue, but it is still too far away for him to get in touch with Li Chaoren. So at that time, Lin Lang felt that being personally questioned by Li Chaoren was enough to be written into the most glorious moment of his life.
After that, Lin Lang was spotted by Hutchison Telecommunications and joined as an important member of Hutchison's negotiation team and came to Chengdu.
So this time, Ran, for the first time ever, went to the hotel immediately after school to join Fulong's reception dinner.
At the banquet, Lin Lang came over with a glass of wine. Cheng Ran was drinking juice, so he showed his sincerity and clinked glasses with him. "Mr. Cheng, you and I should have known each other for a long time. As the saying goes, business is like a battlefield. There are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies. At that time, I was just helping the Luo family, so if there is anything excessive, I hope Mr. Cheng will forgive me!"
Cheng Ran smiled, thinking that Lin Lang was really good at making changes naturally. No wonder the Luo family fell, and he was able to grab another big tree in an instant. He smiled and said, "What are you talking about, Lawyer Lin? How dare I hold a grudge? After drinking this cup today, we are friends."
Several vice presidents of Hutchison Telecommunications were watching this scene with a smile. In fact, they were all looking at Cheng Ran and his son. After all, the rumor about the collapse of the Luo family, a well-known wealthy family in Hong Kong, made them extremely curious about the two.
Lin Lang looked at Cheng Ran and secretly complained in his heart. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would have taken Cheng Ran's harmless appearance seriously.
He shook his head again, "As for the Luo family, that's their own problem. That's why they got into trouble. Alas, I can't help them... We've been friends for many years, and it's really wrong to see them like this. But I love making friends, especially heroes. It was at that time that I saw that Mr. Cheng was extraordinary, and that you, Young Master Cheng, were extraordinary. So, after working with Hutchison, I have great respect for you."
What he meant seemed to be saying that Hutchison was able to find you because he was the one who made the connections.
After learning about the intentions of the visitors from Hutchison Telecommunications, Cheng Ran roughly guessed the whole story. Of course, Hutchison has Li Chaoren behind it, but telecommunications is only a part of their business sector and may not be that important. However, for Fulun, it is an establishment of a mainland brand image.
Cheng Ran suddenly thought of playing a joke on Lin Lang and asked casually, "Over there, Li Chaoren, you didn't say anything bad about us, did you?"
Lin Lang waved his hands almost subconsciously, "No way, the praise is not enough!"
Then Lin Lang froze in his tracks, holding the wine glass and staring at Cheng Ran in a daze.
It was as if he had returned to the scene when he watched Cheng Ran refresh the Tonglang website page. The same expression of surprise and panic reappeared like a nightmare.
"How do you know!?"
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