October 1998.

Infinity Computer Company held a press conference in Hong Kong Central.

They focused on displaying a mobile phone with two brand icons on it, one is an infinity "∞" pattern, and the other is the English logo of Symbian.

Obviously, this is a co-branded mobile phone.

Just when all reporters thought that Infinite Company was about to switch to making mobile phones, they saw a familiar icon on the mobile phone interface.

A panda, "CC", an instant messaging software, was actually implanted in it!

This move instantly triggered heated discussions among the media at the scene.

Countless people call it an epoch-making progress. Mobile phones are equipped with instant messaging software, which means that no matter where you go, you can communicate with people anytime and anywhere without worrying about text messages and phone bills.

Although at present, the interface of the entire software is relatively simple, it can basically meet the needs of friends for online chatting.

And this is also the most basic function as a communication tool.

Imagine that when you are tired of sitting in front of the computer, you can lie on the bed and use your mobile phone to communicate with netizens thousands of miles away at any time. How comfortable it is.

The first version has made the company's senior management very satisfied. It is difficult to transplant the PC version to the mobile phone.

The network environment and hardware products determine that users cannot do more things on mobile phones.

Now this mobile phone has almost reached the limit of this era.

Chen Weidong also didn't know that Song Yunjiang had listened to his casual words and implemented them.

In fact, at the beginning of the year, they had already contacted Symbian, a company formed by Psion, Nokia, Ericsson, and Motorola.

The other party was greatly surprised after learning their purpose, and agreed that this would definitely change the pattern of the world's communications industry.

Therefore, they decided to fully cooperate with Infinite Company's transplant plan, and they also signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

Finally in October this year, Symbian launched the 4.0 operating system, which supports standard web page browsers, supports the Java language environment, and can run small applications.

This phone is not only the originator of Symbian mobile phones, but also the originator of smartphones.

Because it is equipped with the instant messaging software of Infinite Company, this mobile phone has been selling like hot cakes since it was launched on the market. It was sold out in various regions in less than a day, and the price has been increased to tens of thousands of yuan per unit.

In this era, it is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.

But soon, Infinite and Symbian issued a joint statement that they would expand their production lines to meet the growing market demand.

Computer companies in Xiangjiang are in full swing, but things are deserted here in the mainland.

In Huanan City, China, on a wasteland outside the customs, a group of municipal staff stood in front of an excavator and discussed a piece of drawing.

One of the young men shook his head and rejected the place.

Another older young man also nodded slightly, indicating that he meant the same.

These two people were Chen Weidong and Chen Jie who had spent eight or nine hours traveling from their hometown to Huanan City.

The day after receiving the news, they drove to Huanan City, sneaking away at night because they didn't want to attract too much attention.

There are more than a dozen security guards who don't need to train, and they have all gained a little weight during this time.

I can't help it, the people in their hometown are too warm to entertain me.

In fact, the two provinces are adjacent to each other and are not far apart. It is also very convenient to go back. Unlike Xiangjiang, you have to apply for a pass to go back to the mainland.

"Director Liu, this place is too close to the airport, and the roar of planes can be heard from time to time in the sky. This does not meet our requirements."

Chen Weidong looked at the overgrown land in front of him and sighed slightly.

He wants to build a laboratory, but the take-off and landing of planes here will cause great noise. Any precision instrument left in this environment for a long time will affect its accuracy.

In fact, noise is not the biggest problem, and the laboratory can be built underground.

The biggest problem is air pollution. One plane is equal to the displacement of dozens or hundreds of cars. There are usually several planes taking off, landing or in standby mode, plus a large number of cars traveling to and from the airport. The area near the airport is a highly polluted area.

Everyone who has been to Huanan City’s airport knows how heavy the traffic volume is.

High-tech products have extremely stringent requirements for cleanliness.

If you want to build a laboratory, especially some important laboratories, you must adopt a multi-layer dust removal method to ensure that the air cleanliness in the laboratory meets the standard.

At that time, it will definitely bring a lot of inconvenience to researchers. Each time they enter or exit, they will need to go through several dust removal measures, which is extremely cumbersome.

"Mr. Chen, if it doesn't work here, we have to go to the pass. There is still an open space over there in Nanshan District. I don't know if it meets your requirements." The middle-aged man looked at the drawings and made another suggestion.

Today, their planning bureau has accompanied Chen Weidong to several places, basically all outside the customs. Either the transportation is inconvenient, or the environment is not good, so it is difficult to meet the requirements.

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

Chen Weidong has not been to Nanshan District since he came to South China City. He heard that Infinite Computer Company has set up a branch there, so he would like to go and have a look.

The group drove there and arrived at their destination in less than half an hour.

Today's Nanshan District is far less prosperous than in later generations, and is still in a wilderness stage.

Looking at the desolate fields and dilapidated country houses, Chen Jie's expression became a little strange. Good guy, for those who didn't know, he thought he had returned to his hometown again.

However, Director Liu smiled mysteriously and said, "Mr. Chen, please be patient and follow me over there, and we will find out."

Everyone walked and followed the place pointed by him, and soon saw a group of villas. There were about ten or twenty villas, and their appearance was modeled after European architectural styles.

In the center of the villa complex, there is a gray-white building with five or six floors, which looks a bit like a medieval European castle.

"Director Liu, why are there so many houses like this here?"

Chen Weidong was shocked. These styles only gradually became popular in later generations. In this period, the public aesthetics are mainly bungalows. When these suddenly appeared, he thought that time and space were confused.

The middle-aged man smiled and slowly began to explain to Chen Weidong.

It turns out that in the 1980s, when the coastal areas were planned as special economic zones, houses started to be built in many places.

With the appearance of the first batch of people who had eaten crabs, the Chinese people who were eager to get rich seemed to have suddenly found a way to get rich, and they all flocked to Guangdong, Hu Jian, and Nanhai, setting off a real estate boom.

Many of these people are from the Yeluzi construction engineering team who have not received any training. They don’t know very well how houses should be built or how they need to be designed. They just build them based on how others build them.

There were even many people who were just masons who had only worked on the construction site for a few days, and were roped in to form a construction team to catch up with this craze.

I'm afraid I won't be able to pick up the money if it's too late.

Among them, there are more small villas imitating European style, because they are relatively low-tech and look more upscale.

Since the reform and opening up in China, the first real estate boom was born in such a messy and unregulated situation.

However, they never considered that with the meager income of Chinese people, how could they afford such an expensive small villa?

Moreover, this is too foreign and many people cannot accept it.

This is not Xiangjiang.

By the mid-1990s, the trend finally slowed down as villa clusters became unoccupied and real estate builders who had once become extremely wealthy began to go bankrupt.

Many people who follow the real estate trend have lost all their money, leaving behind a large number of unfinished buildings and vacant properties.

Those banks that did not follow the regulations and issued loans to construction teams and developers without authorization were also trapped, resulting in large amounts of bad debts and bad debts.

From Chen Weidong's perspective, the style of these buildings is indeed incompatible with the aesthetics of the Chinese people. They are old and dull, with weird shapes and pointed roofs. Many people of the older generation simply cannot accept them.

Those developers have simply not considered that the consumer market and target group for these houses have not yet been developed.

No wonder it went bankrupt.

Director Liu told him that because these villa groups have been vacant for a long time, banks are very eager to collect debts and the prices are very cheap.

In words, I just wanted to see if Chen Weidong was interested.

What's more, there is a large open space nearby, which really meets his requirements.

Chen Weidong touched his nose and couldn't help but think of a saying from later generations:
Chapter completed!