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1987, at the Guangzhou Post and Telecommunications Bureau, Guangdong Province, a young man in his twenties was anxiously waiting for the business to be handled.
He paced back and forth in the hall, and after a while it was finally his turn.
"I heard that you have bought a batch of mobile phones here, are you on sale now?"
"You are quite well-informed, and you haven't decided whether to sell it yet."
"Please help me ask the leader, if you can, I will buy it now."
salesman then reported the situation to the leader. After receiving permission, he sold China's "first" mobile phone.
The man who came to buy a mobile phone is Xu Feng, and he is also the first person to eat crabs in the field of "mobile phones" .
So, he can choose any mobile phone number.
In the end, what number did he choose?
"This string of beautiful numbers and this mobile phone have brought me a way of wealth," said Xu Feng. What's going on?
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Before this, Xu Feng was just an ordinary businessman. A business setback ushered in a turning point in his life.
The causes and results are from: a "big brother" and a string of "beautiful numbers".
In the 1980s, Xu Feng seized the spring breeze of reform and opening up and opened a high-end seafood restaurant "Nanhai Fishing Village" in Guangzhou.
At that time, more and more bosses went into business, and the quality people pursued was getting higher and higher.
It happened that there was a vacancy in high-end seafood restaurants in Guangzhou, so Xu Feng made a big profit by taking advantage of the "time, place, and people".
But since then, the business has encountered a bottleneck.
Many bosses pay attention to freshness when eating seafood, but the restaurant is not the place to capture ingredients.
Every time you purchase, Xu Feng must send it out via telegram. After receiving it, the Post and Telecommunications Bureau will send a postman to the fishing village to send messages. It takes 8 hours for to go.
And Xu Feng could not obtain front-end information as soon as possible, so he could only passively wait for the ingredients.
This caused his business to stagnate and he was in a state of being quite prestigious.
Xu Feng thought to himself: If this bottleneck can be solved, he may usher in a breakthrough in his career.
Because only by grasping the front-end information at the first time can we reasonably plan the types and quantities of purchased goods and adjust the menu in a timely manner, so as to better allow the hotel to operate.
Informed Xu Feng suddenly thought of seeing a businessman in Hong Kong using "Big Brother ". As long as he talks into it, he can pass the message out. (Hong Kong has not returned in that era)
At this moment, he also particularly wants to have a "big brother" to solve the urgent problem.
Not long after, this wish came true.
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Xu Feng was relatively lucky. In the second year he came to Guangzhou, in 1987, he happened to catch up with the 6th National Games.
Relatives working in the Post and Telecommunications Bureau brought inspiring good news:
After the Guangzhou Sixth Games ends, 100 trial phones will flow into the market.
After Xu Feng learned of this news, he was afraid that he would be snatched away, so he came to the Post and Telecommunications Bureau early to consult.
But the salesperson who received him at that time had not received a notice of selling his mobile phone. After obtaining permission from his leader, he took out a "Guangzhou Region Mobile Phone Application Form" for him.
Next, it is time to choose the number stage.
The numbers of these 100 mobile phones were "01-99" . At that time, the area code in Guangdong was "9010" , so the mobile phone number was "area code + number" at that time.
Xu Feng chose "901088" without hesitation. He said: "Businessmen, pay attention to good luck, 88 is just a poster"!
So how much is this phone worth?
Since Xu Feng came to buy it before the price was set at that time, the salesperson had to charge a check of 20,000 yuan first, and then "refund more and make up for it" after the price was set.
It is understood that the phone was worth 12,000 yuan at that time, and an additional 6,000 yuan installation fee and a monthly rental fee of 150 yuan.
In that era, you can buy an Toyota truck.
From this point of view, "big brother" is a veritable luxury.
But in Xu Feng's mind, as long as he uses this thing well, he can get ten Toyota trucks.
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After Xu Feng got the "Big Brother" first, he called the office landline.
"Hey, hey, hey, can you hear it?" His voice came from the receiver of the landline, which made him hang up with satisfaction.
However, the "big brother" who looks very similar to the big bricks also has a temper. In addition, communication technology was restricted at that time, and the signal interruption or the sound was often caused by too little.
This leads to the need to raise the volume and shout when using "Big Brother" and also raise your phone from time to time to find signals. These bosses holding "Big Brother" stand out in a high profile among the crowd.
has a slogan that says:
"Big back, small suit, big brother in hand, you are not afraid of traveling all over the world." What we are talking about is these "rich bosses".
After Xu Feng mastered the front-end information, he quickly solved the supply problem and broke through the bottleneck period in his career.
By dealing directly with fishermen, he can always get both cheap and fresh ingredients.
As the reputation of "Nanhai Fishing Village" soars, many bosses will call for their freshest seafood when they invite customers or compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao to return to Guangzhou.
After several years, Xu Feng's business has grown bigger and bigger. He went from a restaurant owner to a hotel owner, and finally became the chairman of a hotel chain group.
Since he had "big brother", he could quickly contact the management department to report any ideas, and the branch matters were arranged in an orderly manner.
As the first catering entrepreneur to develop in reform and opening up, Xu Feng became one of the "Forty Firsts in China in Forty Years" reported by CCTV.
He said: "I can achieve what I have today, thanks to my elder brother and the string of good and good numbers."
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Guangzhou is the forefront of reform and opening up, and businessmen are everywhere.
With Xu Feng's precedent, "big brother" quickly became their "magic weapon".
The cunning scalper also seized the opportunity and fryed a 20,000-yuan mobile phone to 60,000 yuan, and it was hard to find a phone.
However, this mobile phone bought at a high price is often disconnected, busy, and has no signal. Although it is of great use, it is completely ineffective.
"Mobile phone mobile phone" came from that era.
Because Guangzhou only has three simulated mobile communication base stations, the data it can transmit is limited.
This also made the first batch of mobile workers very busy. Since there was no lesson in the past and no relevant experience, they could only grop forward. All design, repair and installation of
are accumulated bit by bit.
Whoever has broken phone and whose signal is bad, they will always rush to repair it as soon as possible to ensure the smooth signal of the first batch of mobile phone users.
However, it is precisely because of the first batch of selfless and dedicated mobile staff that my country's communication technology has achieved a qualitative overtake.
From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, GSM networks emerged in China.
On December 31, 2001, Xu Feng received a call from the customer service staff:
"Hello, sir, the eldest brother is no longer available now, the Guangzhou analog mobile phone network has been closed."
Then, Xu Feng's big brick "big brother" was replaced with a convenient portable "little Lingtong".
"901088" was also replaced with a number starting with "139".
But Xu Feng never discarded "Big Brother". He said: "This is the phone and number that accompanied me to fulfill my wish for Benli, and I already have feelings for them."
In the days to come, Xu Feng witnessed the rapid development from the 2g era to the 4g era.
The era of searching for signals on the streets with mobile phones is over. Now, it is only necessary to have a mobile phone to easily transmit information, and it can also quickly and conveniently realize global shopping.
Nowadays, the 5g era is around us. I believe that we will see a brand new "world" soon.
Just like none of us have thought that the arrival of 4g will make short videos arouse, and it can also be used for mobile payment.
Whether the mobile phone goes from heavy to thin, the signal goes from weak to strong, or the price goes from luxury to popularization, it is a microcosm of China's reform and opening up.
Xu Feng is the first person to apply for a mobile phone number. He is very lucky and very smart.
Now we all have applied for a mobile phone number, and we are also very lucky because we live in the present and feel the progress of technology.
What do you think of the meaning of your mobile phone number? What's special about your mobile number?
