Chapter 697: Raised by a Stepmother
"Just say something." Bai Feng shook the goblet in her hand and took a sip of red wine.
"Why don't you say something? Isn't it more useful for the Wei family to say something than for me?" Yang Dongxu rolled his eyes, which was obviously a way of talking without any pain in the waist.
"Hey! You are so angry. I heard that your girlfriend seems to have left for a business trip somewhere else. Why don't you let your sister help you?" Bai Feng changed the position of her legs and licked her sexy red lips.
Yang Dongxu was speechless, which was obviously ready to play rogue. And he obviously didn't have a good way to deal with such rogue.
Seeing Yang Dongxu drinking silently without saying anything, Bai Feng's face did not change, and she still said quite ambiguously: "Why, sister alone is not enough, want the two of us to go together?"
"Nothing, I'm going back." Yang Dongxu put down the wine glass in his hand and stood up.
A grown man was teased by a woman, and he was obviously very uncomfortable. The roles should be reversed! But now this role obviously cannot be changed. Although he knows that Bai Feng's openness does not mean being unrestrained, he understands that it is better not to provoke in this regard.
If Bai Feng is still single, he would not mind having a good discussion with the other party about whether he is angry or not. But now Bai Feng is married, and the other party obviously understands his character, so he dares to be so unrestrained.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. This time I asked you to come mainly to talk about broadband speed increase and fee reduction." Seeing that Yang Dongxu really wanted to leave, Bai Feng put his legs together.
Yang Dongxu looked at Bai Qian next to him without saying a word, and the meaning was obviously that we are talking about broadband, what is this person doing here.
"China Mobile also wants to get involved in broadband business." Bai Feng explained.
Yang Dongxu frowned and sat down again without saying anything more. It is not surprising that China Mobile wants to get involved in broadband business, and it is even more surprising that they want to do broadband business and come to the person in charge of telecommunications, Bai Feng, because China Mobile's broadband has always been used by telecommunications in the future.
Seeing Yang Dongxu sitting down, Bai Feng pondered for a moment and said, "The higher-ups have begun to have opinions about the Internet fee collection. They think that the current Internet fee collection is too high and it hinders the development of the industry, so they hope that there will be some improvement in this regard."
"What do you think?"
"Of course they disagree. They told me that the current Internet fee is still low and the price should be raised, but will the higher-ups listen to me?" Bai Feng curled his lips. As the person in charge of telecommunications, he naturally thinks that the more expensive his products are, the better. After all, this business is unique in China and he is not afraid of not being able to sell them.
"Increasing speed and reducing prices are the trend." Yang Dongxu rolled his eyes and was too lazy to argue with Bai Feng and went straight to the point: "What are you planning?"
"The less the reduction, the better."
Yang Dongxu really wanted to get up and leave. What's the point of talking with your attitude?
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. This matter is still under negotiation. I guess you will receive a notice in the next two days. The parties need to sit down and talk to get a clear result."
"Are you telling me that Huaxia Telecom is raised by a stepmother again?" Yang Dongxu laughed at himself.
Bai Feng had received the news long ago and was probably preparing for a response, but he hadn't received the news yet, and didn't even know that China Mobile was going to interfere in the broadband business. What kind of person is this?
But this sentence was just a self-mockery. Among the three domestic broadband companies, China Telecom is the weakest. Even though China Telecom has been split several times and has faced rivals like China Unicom and China Mobile, it still sits firmly in the top position. Naturally, he needs to be informed of anything first.
"Do you feel embarrassed to say such sour words? You can make the decision alone at China Telecom, but do the other three companies have the same autonomy as you?" Bai Feng glanced at Yang Dongxu, who was taking advantage of the situation.
Although the original three-country war between China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile has become a four-way hegemony due to the addition of China Telecom, and China Telecom is the weakest, the weakest China Telecom is the one with the greatest autonomy.
Especially after a heavy blow with Nokia's mobile phone sales, in the field of mobile communication phone cards, China Telecom has the power to suppress China Mobile and Liantong, which have not yet gained a foothold after the reorganization.
As for telecommunications, his main business is still on broadband. Mobile phone cards are only involved at present, but he cannot devote too much energy to compete with Huaxia Telecom.
"Let's talk about the main points." Yang Dongxu didn't want to talk about these useless things with Bai Feng.
"Then let's talk about the main points. I think the monthly package you proposed before is quite good, but the price needs to be mentioned."
"This is not just up to us, there are also Netcom and Tietong."
"Don't worry about those two companies. They have their own limitations since their establishment. At present, there are only two companies, Telecom and your Huaxia. The initial investment in base stations is too huge, and there is no intention to dig two more big pits. It is obvious that resources overlap and waste." Bai Feng said indifferently.
Although Huaxia is the weakest among the four telecommunications companies, Bai Feng knew very well from the beginning that the weakest Huaxia Telecom is her biggest opponent. As for Tietong and Netcom, she didn't take them seriously at all.
"Then how much do you want to raise?" Yang Dongxu asked.
"Individual users are charged 240 per month, and corporate users are charged at different internet speeds."
The price for individual users is already twice the monthly package Yang Dongxu proposed before, and as for the price of corporate internet fees, you can tell from Bai Feng's current state that it will definitely be a big rip-off.
"120 for individual users is quite reasonable, and the price for corporate users should not be set too high. Only by selling at a low profit and high volume can this market be cultivated."
"I can earn money from one user, why should I divide it between two users?" Bai Feng said lightly.
Okay!
This reason is simply invincible and cannot be refuted. Although they have a monopoly, you can say no if you have the guts?
"120 for individual users, 2000 for corporate users based on different network speeds, as for how much to charge online, it will be considered according to the situation at that time. China Telecom is currently planning to do so in cities with network coverage." Yang Dongxu was too lazy to argue with Bai Feng and directly reiterated his previous proposal.
"Then we will also set the price in the areas covered by China Telecom, and as for other areas that you don't cover, just follow my advice." Bai Feng said indifferently.
But her indifferent look made Yang Dongxu want to hit someone.
Why did you ask me to come here when you have already thought about it yourself? Are you just playing with me because you are bored?
"That's roughly what's going on. We'll talk about it later. Now let's talk about mobile communications."
"What's wrong with that?"
"I'm not very good at it. Telecom is not planning to enter this industry vigorously at present. Is she the one who wants to talk to you?" Bai Feng raised her chin to Bai Xi.
"I heard that Huaxia Card intends to cancel the two-way charging and prepare for single-item charging, and is preparing to launch preferential monthly packages like the bill?" Bai Xi, who had been sitting aside and had not spoken, said.
"Yes."
"But your proposal seems to have been stuck and not passed the review."
"So Huaxia Telecom is raised by a stepmother." Yang Dongxu curled his lips.
This matter is indeed painful. In order to develop the broadband market, the country is preparing to increase speed and reduce prices. Yang Dongxu agrees with this.
But in order to support the currently weak China Mobile and China Unicom, as well as mobile communication companies such as Tietong Card, the authorities actually want to stabilize prices to prevent malicious competition. This is simply a dog's beating.
"It seems that doing so does not make much sense for expanding the market at present, after all, the number of people who can afford mobile phones is fixed." Bai Xi ignored Yang Dongxu's ridicule.
Yang Dongxu naturally would not say that even if this is the case, I will make money. So I want to take advantage of you not to gain a firm foothold, first establish a good reputation to grab the market.
"Mobile phones will drop in price, for example, the price of the old version of Nokia mobile phones has reached about one thousand." This is undoubtedly a good reason. The price reduction of mobile phones is obviously very beneficial to the popularization of mobile phones, and the corresponding reduction of telephone charges is undoubtedly a means to stimulate consumption.
"How are you going to set the charges?" Bai Xi raised her eyebrows. The woman's intuition told her that this was not the reason why the other party wanted to implement a new charging policy, but she couldn't think of any point to refute the other party for a while.
"You said that the application was not passed. Is it meaningful for us to talk about this?"
"This is a trend, isn't it? There's nothing wrong with pushing it early." Bai Xi said.
Yang Dongxu looked at the other party with his eyes. She always felt that Bai Xi was so active in this matter. In addition to wanting to use this matter to show goodwill and see if he could speak for her brother, she also had a purpose that she could not guess at present.
"The cost price can remain unchanged for the time being, but the two-way charge can be reduced to one-way charge, which means that you have to pay for making calls but not for answering calls. Then, we will launch a monthly SMS package discount. For example, a text message that used to cost 50 cents can be reduced to 10 cents. We can even launch a package of 300 messages for 20 yuan a month."
"Text messages?" Bai Qian was stunned for a moment, and Bai Feng was also a little surprised.
Obviously, she didn't expect that Yang Dongxu only cancelled the answering charge in reducing costs, but launched a package for text messages.
"Compared to a cost of hundreds of yuan at any time, I think that if the SMS package is launched, while increasing the frequency of communication among mobile phone users, it can maximize the benefits, and the investment is very small.
After all, calling is a newsletter, you can't always disconnect the line, and the disconnection makes it impossible for the caller to communicate normally. But SMS is different. Even if you deliver it a few minutes later, it won't have much impact."
"Your goal is to divert some of the users who communicate by phone to SMS under the premise that the telephone network cannot bear so many people talking temporarily?" Bai Qian instantly found the key point here.
"This is one of the goals." Yang Dongxu nodded and admitted generously.
"But will users send text messages? After all, anyone can make a phone call, but not everyone can send text messages. There are illiterate users."
"That's just a small part of the problem. As for whether anyone will send text messages," Yang Dongxu couldn't help but look a little cunning.