Stephenson rushed back to New York on the plane, and as soon as he got off the plane, he didn't care about the fatigue of the journey, so he immediately drove to Thomas's company on the Hudson River on the Manhattan Peninsula.
Stephenson had planned to return a week later on a business trip to Mexico, but his old friend Thomas made a special call to reveal a shocking news, and he had to rush back in a hurry, so he didn't even have time to attend the signing ceremony of two huge projects, which was very rude.
But he couldn't care about that much, after all, if what Thomas said on the phone was true, it was a huge business opportunity.
Stephenson rushed into Thomas's office without waiting for the secretary's introduction, and Thomas was on the phone when he was taken aback by Stephenson, who suddenly rushed in.
"What about that thing, let me see," Stephenson said breathlessly, without the demeanor of a multinational monopoly.
Thomas covered the microphone of the phone and gestured for the secretary who followed to leave.
Then he quickly ended the phone call, and then said to Stephenson, "Why are you coming back so quickly, isn't it going to take a week?"
"After listening to your call, where can I still sit still, which company's product is Motorola," Stephenson asked curiously.
"It's a small company called Communications, and it's only been a few months since it was founded, or I wouldn't have known about it now," Thomas said, pulling something out of a drawer that Stephenson had never seen before and handing it to him.
"Is this it, it looks exquisite, how to use it," Stephenson asked curiously.
"You can't use it here, you have to go to the vicinity of the campus of New York University or Columbia University, and this is not the area of signal coverage."
Thomas put on his coat as he spoke, and the two left the office.
Thomas's driver drove the two to the vicinity of Columbia University's campus, and Thomas pointed to the part of the pager that showed a signal: "You see the signal here is good, I think we should have no problem here" After Thomas finished speaking, he took out another pager, and after typing some random text, he pressed the send button, and soon Stephenson's pager responded.
Thomas took the pager from Stephenson's hand and pressed it a few times in front of him, quickly revealing what he had just sent.
"Oh that's great, it's so practical, I don't even know how to describe it, I want to buy one right away," Stephenson exclaimed.
"It's just the cheapest product from this company, they also have an N product that supports two-way duplex wireless calls, and the call range is about the same as this pager.
N can be used wherever the pager works, but N is so expensive that most students won't buy it," Thomas explained to Stephenson in detail.
"It's incredible, what is the origin of this company," Stephenson asked impatiently.
"I don't know, I just know that they are an undergraduate student from Harvard Medical School, and she's a woman, oh, by the way, and she also invested in a company called Microsoft."
Thomas told Stephenson everything he knew.
"I wanted to figure out how to get my hands on this technology, and it's a shame to put such a good thing in the hands of a small company," Stephenson replied.
"Don't think about it, I've already consulted, this company has registered more than 300 core patents in the patent office since its inception, covering all the aspects of mobile communications that I can know, I'm afraid it's hard to bypass these patents, and I've heard that this company hires a lot of lawyers, I think they must have been prepared," Thomas said with a little regret.
"Where did they get the technology, did they buy a certain communications lab, but this technology is still being studied by Motorola and Bell Labs," Stephenson said with some unconvinced.
"Anyway, this is an opportunity, I don't care what method you use, whether it's a partnership or an acquisition, you must get these technologies in your hands, if your performance next year is still so dismal, I really can't explain it to customers," Thomas said to Stephenson in a serious tone.
"Of course I know the importance of these technologies, but have you ever thought about Thomas, this small company has just started and hired so many lawyers and registered so many patents, don't you think they actually know their worth," Stephenson analyzed.
"Who said you me," Thomas felt as if he had some understanding.
"You just told me that they also have a product that supports two-way duplex wireless calling, I want to ask you Thomas, it stands to reason that the name n is more attractive to everyone, but why do they want to focus on pagers now" Stephenson asked rhetorically.
"Because the price of n is high," Thomas said subconsciously.
"That's just one aspect, Thomas, you have to admit that I've been in this industry all my life, and there are some problems that I understand a little bit more than you, and there is an important reason why you didn't say it, and that is that there is no way to connect to our landline, so he is still a decoration," Stephenson said with some smugness.
"I see, Stephenson, you are such a genius that communication cannot be separated from you at all.
Because you're the largest landline operator, you can only play a role if you're connected to a phone network," Thomas gushed excitedly.
"I think the other party must understand this, but they are unwilling or even afraid of being acquired by us, so they are building their own operation network, but they must also be waiting to be discovered by someone with a discerning eye to discover the value of their products Thomas, we have to contact them as soon as possible, it is best to reach a cooperation intention with them immediately, this technology can change the fate of many companies, we can't let European or Canadian telecommunications companies take the lead" Stephenson said impatiently. t1706231537: