Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Jinghai Airport Expressway.

Two police cars with flashing lights and sirens escorted the Coaster minibus, one in front and one behind.

Inside this ordinary-looking minibus, however, the interior is spacious and comfortable.

Zhao Xiaohui tried out the PHS phone that Secretary Wang had bought in advance for a while.

"This thing has far too few functions, doesn't it?"

"Besides making and receiving calls and sending and receiving text messages, it has no entertainment functions at all."

"It can't be used as a radio, and it doesn't even have simple games like Snake or Rose Tile!"

As she spoke, Zhao Xiaohui handed the mobile phone to Zhao Ruilong.

"But it's cheap!"

Zhao Ruilong chuckled and tried it out.

Sure enough, it was not only poorly made but also had very few functions.

And there's no signal at all!

"No matter what, it's just a phone. How cheap can it be?"

Du Bozhong moved closer to Zhao Ruilong, his eyes brimming with curiosity.

Secretary Wang, who had been wanting to say something and make his presence known for a long time, quickly said:

"It's really cheap. After the discount, it's only 800 yuan, and the monthly fee is only 20 yuan. It costs 20 cents per minute to make a call, and receiving calls is free."

"Moreover, I've also heard that PHS phones have low power consumption and low electromagnetic radiation, so you won't get dizzy even after talking for a long time, and the elderly and pregnant women can use them."

"No way? It's so good, but it's only 800?"

Zhao Xiaohui exclaimed in surprise.

She quickly pulled out her newly purchased Nokia 8850 mobile phone.

The silver-gray magnesium-aluminum alloy casing gives this small and exquisite phone a very stylish and textured look.

The sliding cover design, along with the small, raised buttons, makes it look very exquisite.

This moment.

Secretary Wang couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions.

She truly deserves to be Zhao Lidong's niece!

She is the biological daughter of Zhao Lichun, the governor of Handong Province!

This is Nokia's latest model, which costs nearly six thousand yuan!

Even if an average office worker saves up for a year, they might not be able to afford it!

"I got this phone through a friend's recommendation and got a discount, and it still cost me nearly five thousand yuan."

"So even a fraction of that amount could easily buy an 800-yuan mobile phone."

Upon hearing Zhao Xiaohui's words, Du Bozhong, who had previously looked down on Xiaolingtong, immediately changed his attitude.

A mere eight hundred yuan!

Why nitpick at such a cheap price?

When Zhao Ruilong gave him the mobile phone, he immediately began to enjoy playing with it with great delight.

I tried calling the front desk of Huilong Hotel in Luzhou, but I couldn't get through at all.

Upon closer inspection, there was no signal.

"Huh, why is there no signal?"

Secretary Wang laughed and said, "This is the biggest and most obvious drawback of PHS phones: poor signal."

"No, this... there's no signal, so even if it's cheap, it's useless!"

Du Bozhong was getting a little anxious.

"The signal is bad, it must be because there are no base stations nearby. There will be a signal when we get to the city."

Secretary Wang's words left Du Bozhong speechless.

"What do you mean? Does that mean we've spent money to buy a PHS phone, but we can only use it in the city?"

"That seems to be the case for now, but I heard from the shop assistant that Jinghai Telecom is working hard to build base stations. Once there are more base stations, the signal will be much better."

"..."

Du Bozhong's lips twitched slightly.

He looked down at the mobile phone in his hand again.

"Even if it's healthy and cheap, if the signal is really bad, people still won't be willing to buy it!"

Zhao Ruilong immediately countered, "But do they have any better options now?"

"Pagers are cheap and have wide signal coverage, but they are not convenient at all."

"Mobile phones using 2G communication technology have higher power in both the phone and the base station, resulting in a much better signal, but how many people can afford to buy them?"

Du Bozhong was immediately speechless.

"Hey, there it is! We have a signal!"

"There's a base station on that building at the nine o'clock position."

Secretary Wang hurriedly reminded everyone.

Everyone turned their heads to look.

On the rooftop, a stake was erected, with three signal receivers hanging in a triangular pattern.

"Is that just a base station? It's so small! I've seen those mobile phone base stations, aren't they all towering iron towers?"

Zhao Ruilong laughed and said, "Xiaolingtong uses analog signals and connects to the local fixed-line telephone network through microcell base stations, so the base stations need to be very complex and huge."

"It is precisely for this reason that microcell base stations can be installed wherever there are telephone lines, and once there are enough of them, large-scale signal coverage can be achieved."

Du Bozhong frowned.

"Even if these small base stations are cheap, to cover major cities and towns across the country, at least hundreds of thousands of them would need to be built, costing hundreds of millions of yuan. Are the three major telecom operators willing to invest?"

Zhao Ruilong smiled calmly.

"It's hard to say about the other two operators, but the telecom companies that don't have mobile communication licenses and whose fixed-line telephone installations have reached their limit will definitely be very active."

As soon as he finished speaking, Secretary Wang added with exceptional enthusiasm:

"Jinghai's PHS (Personal Handyphone System) service was indeed provided by the telecommunications company."

"The sales of PHS phones are good right now, and Jinghai Telecom is working overtime to build base stations."

"The one we just saw was probably installed in the last two days, because I didn't see it when I went to pick someone up at the airport three days ago."

Zhao Ruilong spread his hands in front of Du Bozhong.

"Did you hear that?"

“Building a food court on a lake is difficult, but getting a telecom company to build a base station is very easy.”

"Because this is a win-win cooperation, the more PHS users they have, the more money they can make from monthly fees."

"So don't worry about too few base stations or poor signal. Cheap and easy-to-use PHS phones will definitely sell like hotcakes!"

Du Bozhong immediately began to make plans.

A Xiaolingtong user pays a monthly fee of twenty.

With ten million users, the monthly rental income reaches as high as two hundred million.

That's 2.4 billion a year!

Not to mention phone bills, text message fees, and so on.

And this is based on ten million users.

What if the number of users reaches tens of millions or even hundreds of millions?

So, a business that can generate two to three hundred billion in monthly rental income per year.

Even if it costs tens or hundreds of billions to build base stations, telecom companies would definitely be happy to do so!

Thinking of this, Du Bozhong finally stopped disliking the mobile phone in his hand.

"So, Little Smart really has potential!"

Zhao Ruilong chuckled.

"You probably don't know this, but the stock of Skoda, the company that makes PHS phones, has skyrocketed in the United States!"

"Really? How did you know?"

"If I want to introduce you to the PHS (Personal Handyphone System) business, shouldn't I find out more about it beforehand?"

"That's true, it seems you're not just playing around all day!"

Zhao Ruilong glanced at him coldly.

Du Bozhong immediately gave an embarrassed smile.

……

Twenty minutes later.

The three cars slowly came to a stop outside the old factory street.

Zhao Lidong, who was unable to appear in public, naturally waited in the car.

Zhao Ruilong and the other two got out of the car and followed Secretary Wang to the Qiangsheng Xiaolingtong specialty store.

Along the way, Zhao Ruilong saw several familiar faces.

Cao Chuang, Jiang Chao, Li Xiang, Zhang Biao, and others, dressed in plain clothes, were scattered around.

"I go!"

What is Zhao Lidong up to?

How afraid was he of something happening to my brother and me?

"They actually transferred quite a few police officers from the Jinghai City Criminal Investigation Detachment to provide covert protection!"

"Even though the public security isn't very good these days, and people still dare to commit robberies on motorcycles in broad daylight, is it really necessary to make such a fuss?"

When they were almost at the store entrance, Zhao Ruilong was stunned.

All I could see was An Xin, wearing headphones, sitting behind the fruit stand, her eyes warily scanning her surroundings.

this moment.

Zhao Ruilong suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity.

When I was watching the show "Raging Storm," I thought An Xin was a tragic hero.

He witnessed firsthand how Gao Qiqiang rose from a fishmonger to become the head of a criminal gang in Jinghai.

In order to capture Gao Qiqiang, he abandoned his childhood sweetheart Meng Yu.

From a passionate young man, he has grown into a middle-aged man with gray hair.

"What are you looking at? Come on!"

Urged on by his second sister, Zhao Ruilong suddenly came to his senses.

Turning around, I walked into the bustling Qiangsheng Xiaolingtong specialty store...