You say you have an iron will, are you serious?

Chapter 30 The boss who sells PHS
The third day after the busy farming season ended, which was July 7th according to the Gregorian calendar, Zhao Mo's family of four took the bus to the county seat and did some activities with No. 15 Middle School as agreed on the phone.

When he arrived in the county, Zhao Mo did not go to school immediately. Instead, he went to Xinhua Bookstore first and bought several books related to electronic circuits, such as "Basics of Analog Electronics Technology", "Basics of Digital Electronics Technology" and so on.Originally, he wanted to go to a hardware store or computer store to see if they could buy electronic application instruments such as multimeters, but unfortunately he couldn't find any after looking around.There is only one store that sells PHS phones, but unfortunately they don't sell them.

"That watch costs more than 5000 yuan. Is it so expensive? Why did you buy it?"

Zhao Weiguo, who was watching behind him, was very puzzled by his behavior and couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Mo smiled and simply explained: "It's for experiments."

Then Zhao Weiguo stopped asking.

"Little brother, what experiment are you planning to do?"

The owner of the PHS store suddenly became interested and asked curiously.

Zhao Mo glanced at the other person. He was a young man in his twenties with black-framed eyes. He was polite and bookish. He didn't know his name. His accent sounded like a local.

"Nothing~"

Zhao Mo smiled and said, he didn't intend to talk about it, and he couldn't. After all, it was too advanced.

When the owner of the PHS store heard this, he thought that Zhao Mo suspected that he had ulterior motives, so he quickly pointed to several electronic circuit-related books in Zhao Mo's hands and explained: "Don't get me wrong, I'm reading If you have taken these books, you must be a student preparing to study this major, right? If you are a student, if it is convenient, show me your student ID card. You can get a discount on PHS from me, and all the instruments and equipment I have here are available. I’ll lend it to you for free~”

Before Zhao Mo could say anything, Hu Ying spoke first and asked, "How much discount can I get?"

The owner of the store selling PHS answered with a smile on his face: "You can save 200 yuan with your student ID card. If you are a recent college entrance examination student, you can get one for free with your admission ticket~"

Hu Ying asked in confusion: "Really or fake? Get it for free? Is there such a good thing?"

Zhao Weiguo also asked: "Is it true, boss?"

"It's definitely not free for the reader. It should be given with phone bill charged, right?"

Zhao Mo didn't wait for the boss to speak and spoke in advance.

The boss coughed a few times and said with a smile: "You need to recharge the phone bill. Anyway, the phone bill is for your own use and not for others? If that's the case, why don't you recharge the phone bill with me? There's also a PHS account for free!"

Zhao Mo said lightly: "It's not necessary."

With that said, he turned around and walked out of the store.

The boss said from behind: "Brother, don't leave in a hurry. I guess you are a college entrance examination candidate, right? Are you going to college in the second half of the year? You are going to college now. How can you do it without a PHS? Arrive. When I went to school, it was not convenient to contact my family. If I had a PHS, I could contact them whenever I wanted. How convenient it would be~"

Zhao Mo did not look back, shook his head and said: "Boss, I advise you to stop selling PHS and change your career. This thing is going to be outdated and no one will use it soon."

Zhao Weiguo and Hu Ying followed behind and left the store without knowing why.

"What do you mean?"

In the PHS store, the boss looked at Zhao Mo's back in confusion, with a look of confusion and confusion on his face.

I'm selling you my PHS. If you don't want to buy it, just don't buy it. Why are you suddenly persuading me to switch careers, and even saying that PHS is going to be obsolete? What kind of behavior is this?
outside the store.

Zhao Weiguo also had a puzzled look on his face. He couldn't help but ask Zhao Mo: "Will PHS really become obsolete? I see that many people are buying it now, and it is also advertised on TV every day~"

Zhao Mo said: "PHS can only be used locally, there is no way to roam, and the signal is poor. It will be eliminated in the next two years. Buying it now is a waste."

Zhao Weiguo didn't understand and said "Oh" and stopped asking about it.

When they arrived at No. [-] Middle School, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and most of the people had already arrived.

In addition to the teachers from No. [-] Middle School, there are also students who were admitted to PBC University and Zhongguancun University and their families.

After greeting the teacher, Zhao Mo's family blended in with other student families.

"Zhao Mo, how did you do it?"

A familiar figure appeared in Zhao Mo's sight, looking at him with an expression of disbelief and asking at the same time.

When Zhao Mo first came over, he noticed the other person. It was none other than Kang Hongyi from the top class.Some time ago, when he was returning home after filling out his application form, Kang Hongyi said "interesting" words to him at the school gate. The indifferent look on his face showed his indifferent attitude.

Looking back now, Zhao Mo suddenly lost interest.

He knew what Kang Hongyi wanted to ask, and it was nothing more than why he was able to pass Wudaokou, and why he could get a high score of 695, which was higher than him.

He smiled slightly and said: "If you work hard, you will do it naturally."

Kang Hongyi was startled when he heard this, and then he turned cold and said, "Forget it if you don't tell me. Do you think I will admit defeat? There is still a long way to go. Let me tell you, this time it's just your luck. , your real strength cannot surpass mine, you will know when you enter Pudaokou University."

"Interesting! Just like it~"

Zhao Mo smiled slightly again and repeated what the other party had said to him.

"you~"

Kang Hongyi was furious, and then glared at him fiercely.

The small conflict between the two people is naturally not humane, and it is nothing more than an innocuous trivial matter at the scene.

After a while, more and more people came to the scene, the auditorium of No. [-] Middle School.Zhao Mo found that in addition to teachers, students, and students' families, many unknown people came to the scene with extraordinary momentum and leadership style.

"Hey, isn't that the boss who sells PHS?"

Next to Zhao Mo, his father Zhao Weiguo, who was looking at the entrance of the auditorium, suddenly let out a cry of surprise.

Zhao Mo looked back and saw the young boss wearing black-rimmed glasses walking into the auditorium, followed by a bald middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes who also wore black-rimmed glasses.

"So coincidentally?"

Zhao Mo felt strange.

At 10:30, everyone finally arrived. As the host, Zhang Qiang, the principal of No. [-] Middle School, first stood on the podium and gave a speech. Then he carried out today's activities one by one according to the pre-planned process. The most important thing was to take photos.

"...Now, I would like to invite Mr. Chen Yongtai, the general manager of Futai Electronics Co., Ltd., to present awards to our outstanding students~"

As the process continued, Dean Lin Guodong came on stage, introduced the strangers who came to the scene, and invited them to come on stage to award awards.Zhao Mo soon heard that the slightly bald middle-aged man followed by the PHS store owner was invited to the stage.

Zhao Mo looked at the people on the stage curiously and thought to himself: "Futai Electronics? Has it started now?"

Pingfu County is a fifth-tier small inland county. Its economic development has always been tepid. Not to mention that it lags far behind other counties. Even when compared with the cities and counties next door, Pingfu County is always a few beats behind.It was already 2024, and the economy of Binh Phuoc County was still relatively backward. The annual GDP was only tens of billions, and most of it was sold by selling land. The only industrial zone seemed to be in full swing, but nearly three-thirds of it was One of the areas is still wasteland, where cattle are grazing and rats are grazed.

Futai Electronics is the only company in Binh Phuoc County that is successful.

In 2015, Futai Electronics went public through a backdoor merger and became the only listed local company in Binh Phuoc County. It has a market value of nearly 300 billion and tens of thousands of employees. It operates data cables, power cords, chargers, headphones, covers, LCD displays and other products. .Although after the epidemic, with the economic downturn and the failure of Futai Electronics' own transformation, its operations deteriorated, Futai Electronics was still a pillar enterprise in Binh Phuoc County at that time.

Zhao Mo is not very clear about the development history of Futai Electronics. He has an impression of this company after graduating from college in 2010.

Now it seems that this company has been established long ago and is currently developing well.

Also, keeping up with the east wind of national development and the economic explosion, basically every industry has ushered in great development.Once the national economy goes down, old industries and low-tech industries will soon fall behind and be on the verge of elimination.

After Chen Yongtai took the stage, he delivered a brief speech.

As Lin Guodong called Zhao Mo and other five "outstanding students" to the stage, Chen Yongtai immediately awarded each of them a red certificate and two stacks of cash, one stack of 1 yuan, two stacks of 2 yuan!

In this era when the average monthly salary is only a few hundred or even thousands, 2 yuan for an ordinary worker to work for two or three years is considered a huge sum of money.

Zhao Mo didn't know whether the students who were admitted to Wudaokou and Zhongguancun University in his previous life had received this award. Anyway, he felt pretty good and had a good impression of Chen Yongtai.

"Thank you!"

Zhao Mo stretched out his hands to take the reward, not forgetting to say thank you.

"No, he is actually the top pick in this class of No. [-] Middle School?"

Chen Haihua, who was sitting in the crowd below the stage, looked surprised. He never expected that Zhao Mo, who had made such nonsense in his PHS store not long ago, was actually the student with the highest score in the college entrance examination this year and was admitted to PBC University.

He originally came here just to join in the fun, and came with his father Chen Yongtai to see what the "students" who were admitted to Wudaokou and Zhongguancun University looked like, but he didn't expect to see Zhao Mo again.

Apart from the coincidence, another feeling he had was that he felt a little scared.

What Zhao Mo said in his store that PHS would be eliminated was just casual, right?
If a random person said that, he wouldn't care at all, but if it was said by a top scorer in the college entrance examination, the meaning and status would be different.

In his wild thoughts, he didn't even notice that his father, Chen Yongtai, came down from the stage.

"what happened to you?"

Chen Yongtai asked him.

Chen Haihua came to his senses, coughed and said, "Dad, how long do you think PHS can be sold?"

Chen Yongtai said funny: "Why, you just gave up? That's not what you told me when you opened this store~"

Chen Haihua said awkwardly: "No, it was Zhao Mo, the top pick, who told me that PHS would be eliminated. What he said made me feel a little embarrassed, so I want to ask you."

"Zhao Mo?"

Chen Yongtai was startled when he heard this. He subconsciously looked at where Zhao Mo was and asked curiously, "What did he say?"

Chen Haihua shook his head and said: "He didn't say much, he just said that he would be eliminated and suggested that I change careers."

"There's still this thing~"

Chen Yongtai pondered: "I don't know what he said, but when we have dinner together later, you can talk to him again and ask him why~"

"Hmm~"

Chen Haihua nodded.

So, after they went out for lunch together, and Zhao Mo and others brought drinks to toast the principal, Chen Yongtai and others, Chen Haihua grabbed Zhao Mo alone and asked the question in his mind.

"Mr. Chen, this is my inference after reading news reports. The country is already promoting 3G technology. PHS uses 2G technology, which has poor signal and cannot roam. Its biggest role is to supplement fixed lines. Wait for mobile phones and 3G Once the technology is promoted, the decline of PHS is inevitable, and the trend will plummet like a cliff."

Zhao Mo knew Chen Haihua's identity, and for the sake of the 2 yuan, he patiently explained to him.

(End of this chapter)