Chapter 226: The Japs' Defense Breaks
Before the post and telecommunications business hall where Morita Nagatoshi was waiting in line opened at 8 o'clock, he found that there were already more than a hundred people queuing behind him.
This situation is really too hot.
At 8 o'clock sharp, the post and telecommunications business hall finally opened and staff came out to maintain order.
About 10 people can be put in at a time.
Those who enter first choose the mobile phones they need in the hall, and then go to the window for network access procedures to complete the network access procedures.
Morita Nagatoshi was soon let in.
As soon as he was put in, he realized something was wrong.
There is a large signboard that reads: Customers with foreign passports have to pay three times the price for mobile phones. Moreover, for the same service, they also have to pay two or three times the fee.
Morita Nagatoshi was furious. He immediately yelled at the staff, "Why are you treating customers differently?"
"Don't tell me that just because you are not from the Dragon Country, you deserve to pay several times the price to enjoy your services?"
"I want to protest! I want to file a complaint with your superiors."
But the staff remained unmoved.
Instead, he smiled and said, “Sir, this is our national regulation.”
"Our mobile phone business within the country is meant to benefit our people."
“This is a benefit for our citizens.”
"Our country has a subsidy for our people."
"And foreigners naturally do not enjoy national-level treatment."
"There's no doubt about that."
"If you think it's too expensive, you don't have to buy it. Thank you for your support."
Morita Nagatoshi pestered for a long time but to no avail. Instead, the Dragon Country people who came in with him to handle business looked at him with contempt, and some even mocked him out loud:
"Ghost, do you not understand what I'm saying or what? I've told you, this is a national regulation, do you understand?"
"Don't you think about your daily life? How much does a pager cost in your area? How much does the service fee for a pager cost per month? A pager in your area costs 30 yen, and your monthly paging service fee is 300 to yen. Do you think we don't know? A mobile phone in our country costs yuan. This is a benefit for our citizens! You are not a Dragon countryman, so of course you cannot enjoy this benefit!"
"Brother Guizi, don't let your guard down. You can only blame yourself for not being born in Dragon Country. Do good deeds in this life and strive to be reborn in Dragon Country in the next life!"
"Comrade, you are wrong, aren't you? How can you let the devils be born in Dragon Country in their next life? They should be reborn as animals."
When Morita Nagatoshi saw the scene in front of him, he remained silent.
He made a lot of noise just to get attention and benefits according to his noise.
But now seeing that no one paid any attention to him, he could only swallow his pride and keep quiet.
Just as the big brother from Longguo said just now, pager services for foot basins are very expensive now. Almost only the middle class and above can afford it, and the lower class people can't afford it at all.
Now the exchange rate of one dollar to RMB is about 100 yen to 8 yuan, and 80 yen can be exchanged for more than 30 RMB. Don't their people have to spend yen or even more to buy a pager?
Morita Nagatoshi shut his mouth obediently. He looked at the styles of the mobile phones in the glass cabinet and was secretly shocked.
Because the mobile phones in the glass cabinet are very small, only as long as a palm and about six or seven centimeters wide.
Holding it in your hand, it weighs only about a hundred grams.
Isn’t this too light?
The analog mobile phone developed by Sony is very big. One is like a thick brick and weighs more than half a kilogram. It feels heavy in the hand.
Being able to make mobile phones so compact can only mean that the Chinese have mastered the technology to make circuit boards more sophisticated.
The Jiaoben people have always boasted that their technology is world-leading, even better than Jusa.
But now look at the world's first mass-produced mobile phone made by the Chinese people. Can the foot basin compare to it?
There's no comparison at all, right?
Foot basins are really completely outdated when it comes to electronic products!
Now, Longguo has even produced radios and tape recorders that are as big as a palm, and Longguo's laptops weigh only more than one kilogram.
Longguo's photographic equipment has completely defeated Jiaoben's cameras.
Longguo’s printers also surpass the foot basin.
The styles and functions of Longguo's home appliances are much better than foot basins, and they are also cheaper.
There are fewer and fewer foot basin products that have an advantage over Longguo.
If this continues, the foot basin will sink rapidly.
Nagatoshi Morita was extremely anxious.
"Sir, have you not yet selected the mobile phone you need?" the staff member next to me asked politely.
Because for a while, Nagatoshi Morita was staring at the products in the glass cabinet in a daze.
After being reminded by the staff, Morita Nagatoshi finally came to his senses.
He quickly asked for the cheapest mobile phone which cost 300 yuan.
Of course, he had to pay 1000 RMB.
Nagatoshi Morita paid for the phone.
However, when he tried to pay in Japanese yen, the other party refused again.
"Sir, according to the regulations, in our Dragon Country, we can only pay RMB."
Morita Nagatoshi was very upset. He shouted again: "But, no one refused me to pay in Japanese yen before! What's wrong with you? Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?"
The staff member still kept smiling and said: "Sir, this is the rule of our country!"
"Either you pay the RMB or leave."
"If you make any more noise, I will ask the security guards to ask you to leave."
Nagatoshi Morita was shocked and could only take out RMB to pay.
Fortunately, RMB has just launched a 100 yuan banknote.
If not, it would cost 100 $10 bills to buy the phone.
In the previous life, Longguo only had hundred-dollar bills in 1988.
But in this era, because the economy is developing very well and people's income is growing rapidly, some people already earn tens of thousands of yuan a month. So it really won't work if the denomination of banknotes is not increased.
When Morita Nagatoshi bought the cheapest phone, he asked the staff: "Why are the prices of these three different phones so different?"
The staff member smiled and replied: "It's mainly because the more expensive phones have auxiliary entertainment functions."
"The cheapest one has only a blue screen, while the 500-yuan one has a color screen and a polyphonic ringtone. The 1000-yuan one is even better, as it has two mini-games. Of course, the materials used for the phones and the circuit boards and chips inside are all different. The more expensive the phone, the more advanced the processor."
Morita Nagatoshi had just noticed this.
"Then can I buy three at a time?" asked Morita Nagatoshi.
He wanted to buy it back and disassemble it for research.
The staff member smiled and shook his head and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, that's really not allowed."
"We originally thought that the expensive phones might not sell well and that we would receive fewer stocks."
"But now it seems that the more expensive phones are selling better, and the ones that are selling the worst are the cheapest ones."
In fact, the reason is easy to explain: those who apply for mobile phones now are those who got rich first.
Most of them are businessmen and traders, and some are white-collar workers.
The social attributes of mobile phones are also very strong.
If you go out for social events and carry the cheapest mobile phone, people will look down on you.
Therefore, people who do business or socialize, as well as high-income white-collar workers, will grit their teeth and buy an expensive mobile phone.
This is human nature.
Morita Nagatoshi thought that he could only ask others to go to other outlets to buy the other two types of mobile phones.
He bought the cheapest mobile phone.
Then he went to go through the procedures for joining the network.
After the application was completed, Nagatoshi Morita came out of the business hall with his cell phone in hand. He immediately called the Consulate in Jiaoben.
The main purpose is to try out the call performance of this phone.
He called directly to the office of Consul Murakami Shigemitsu.
It's around 9 o'clock now, and it looks like Shigemitsu Murakami has just arrived at work.
But the person who answered the phone was Murakami Shigetomi's secretary Oi Meiko.
Morita Nagatoshi revealed his identity, and Oi Meiko was also very familiar with Morita Nagatoshi.
"Mr. Morita, I wonder why you are calling?" said Meiko Oi.
Nagatoshi Morita said, "Did you know that Longguo started to handle mobile phone network services today?"
Xiao Jing Meizi said: "I know, Murakami went to the nearby post office to check the situation."
"I heard that a lot of people are applying for mobile phone services, and it's very popular."
"The Dragon people actually discriminate against foreigners. Foreigners have to pay more for mobile phone services than in their own countries."
Nagatoshi Morita said: "I am calling you right now from my mobile phone."
Xiao Jing Meizi was surprised: "Ah?! I really can't hear the difference at all."
"Is their mobile phone technology so advanced? This is incredible."
Morita Nagatoshi said: "I am rushing to the consulate now. I want to make a phone call to China."
“Hopefully we can figure out a way to catch up.”
After hanging up the phone, Morita Nagatoshi immediately took a taxi and headed towards the Jiaoben Consulate.
When he got off the car in front of the consulate, a Lexus car belonging to the consulate happened to drive over.
This car is exactly the one that Shigemitsu Murakami drives.
The car window was rolled down, and Murakami Shigeto poked his head out and asked, "Morita-kun, are you here to see me?"
Nagatoshi Morita said, "Murakami-kun, I have something very important to tell you. I want to use the consulate's phone to call back home. I wonder if it's possible."
Shigetoshi Murakami asked Nagatoshi Morita to get in the car.
The car continued to move towards the embassy.
Murakami Shigemitsu said seriously: "Longguo is already far ahead of the world in the field of communications."
"I just went to apply for their mobile phone."
"Three of us went there and applied for three mobile phones. We got all three grades."
“Their mobile phones are very easy to use through user experience.”
"We don't have the technology at all."
"We have fallen far behind Dragon Country in a key area. This is a very grim fact!"
Morita Nagatoshi nodded: "I also queued up early in the morning to buy a mobile phone and apply for a network subscription. It is really easy to use."
"I just can't understand why, all of a sudden, they are ahead of us. How did this happen?"
Murakami Shigemitsu said with resentment, "It's all because of Yusa!"
"They have emasculated our scientific research capabilities."
"We could have continued to make rapid progress in the chip field, but they forced us to shift our production chain and give the results to other countries and regions."
“A lot of our tech industry has been hit by this.”
"This has affected our scientific and technological research and development and progress."
"Otherwise, how could we be surpassed by Dragon Country in the field of chips? We should also be able to develop leading technology in the world in the field of mobile communications!"
"If we continue to be controlled by Yusa, I'm afraid we will only fall further and further behind!"
"Damn it! Why didn't you resist?"
"Damn it! Tens of thousands of Judas have strangled our foot basins by the throat. Our spines have been broken."
Shigemitsu Murakami vented his inner dissatisfaction.
Morita Nagatoshi was naturally filled with hatred: "There must be something wrong with our foot basin! We are too cowardly!"
"We've all been bullied to bits. But we're still enduring it."
The two men were talking in a long-winded manner as the car stopped at the main building of the consulate.
They got off the car and went to Shigemitsu Murakami's office.
Nagatoshi Morita called Sony's boss Terutomi Morita.
He told Terutomi Morita about his and Shigemitsu Murakami's experience with Longguo Mobile Telephone.
After listening to this, Terutomi Morita remained silent for a long time.
He sighed deeply and said, "It's a crushing defeat! It's really a crushing defeat!"
"We at Sony originally intended to make mobile communications an important direction for future development."
"But the Judaeans don't allow us to do this business. They say it's their private land."
"But now, when the Dragon people have made a major breakthrough in this regard, they have no way to solve it. This is really speechless."
"So, what should we do now?" asked Morita.
Terutomi Morita said: "I will communicate with the Jusa people through relevant parties."
"I hope they will agree that we should make efforts in this regard."
"If they don't agree, what should we do?" Morita asked.
Morita Terutomi: “…”
Morita Nagatoshi said angrily: "How long will we be bullied by the Judaizers?"
“This is really infuriating and speechless.”
Morita Terutomi said: "There is nothing we can do about it."
"But I think it is urgent to build a mobile communication network in our country."
“This will help us develop more promising business in our country.”
“This may become a new and rapid growth point for our business.”
Morita Nagatoshi said: "So, what you mean is: to cooperate with Longguo?"
Morita Terutomi smiled bitterly and said, "There is no other way."
"We also need to get ahead of other domestic competitors!"
"If we don't do this, then other domestic companies will definitely do it."
"So, I will send technicians to Longguo immediately. We need to disassemble and analyze their mobile phones first."
"Yes! If we want to study their full set of equipment, we must also hurry up and sign an agreement with Longguo to purchase their mobile communication base station equipment, etc., so that we can build a mobile communication network in our country while studying their technology."
"My idea is to try to fully understand their technology and then develop our own mobile communication technology."
Sony's technicians soon arrived in Longguo and began to dismantle Pangu Technology's mobile phones in the Jiaoben Consulate.
They literally disassembled the phone into its parts.
They studied each component, and the more they studied, the more shocked they felt.
Because every chip and component in this phone is made so finely, it is full of technology and is extremely difficult to manufacture.
Even without considering patents, it is difficult to imitate.
After listening to the technical staff's analysis report, Morita Terutomi said to Morita Nagatoshi, "Go and have a good talk with them. We also want to import their equipment and strive to build a mobile communication network in the Dongjing metropolitan area first."
"We can't fall behind others in mobile communication technology!" (End of this chapter)