20 years of restarting life

Chapter 4032 Visiting BlackBerry
It was precisely because of these comparisons that Shan Qiang gradually lost interest in him, and Tang Shuang and Zhao Chang'an grew closer and closer, eventually becoming lovers.

However, what's done is done, and there's no point in saying anything now. Shan Qiang is angry, but after all, she is her daughter. In her heart, she can only regret that she shouldn't have let her go to Shancheng No. 1 High School back then.

“Didn’t Zhao Chang’an pick you up, Mom? You’ll stay with me tonight. I probably won’t get back to the hotel until around 10 pm. Here’s your room key.”

Shan Qiang took the room key. She had been busy with her business for the past two years and rarely had long conversations with her daughter, let alone slept in the same room with her. She wanted to have a good talk with her tonight.

She didn't intend to tell her daughter that she knew about her relationship with Zhao Chang'an. Her daughter was grown up, and besides, things had already come to this point, so how could she possibly advise her to break up?

As for competing with Tang Shuang, Shan Qiang had no intention of persuading her daughter to do so.

The reason she didn't harbor any illusions was that she remained clear-headed and rational, because the Zhao Chang'an of today was not the Zhao Chang'an of two years ago.

After selling Jurassic, the companies under OneNano at that time included 49% of Rose Group's shares, Zhao Chang'an had just obtained the domestic exclusive agency rights for Legend 2 and Miracle MU, the games had just completed the Chinese localization and were still in internal testing, Zhuozi was basically an empty shell, GG system had just begun to be built, OneNano's national server cluster was also under construction, had just obtained a mobile phone license from Ye's, and was preparing to build Zhuoyue Technology mobile phone factory, as well as a small number of shares in Imagination Holdings and 9% of Yinlong Mountain City.

It can be said that the 20% stake in Green Garden held by the Rose Group is more valuable than all of its other assets.

If Shan Qiang had agreed to let Zhao Chang'an and her daughter date back then, it would have been considered marrying down to a man from a humble background.

However, Zhao Chang'an is no longer the innocent man who once stood beneath the city walls.

Xia Wenzhuo is no less than his daughter in any way, and he and Zhao Chang'an were childhood sweethearts. Despite the grudges between their elders, Shan Qiang is not stupid and would not be unable to see the affection between them.

The fact that they were willing to invest three or four billion yuan in Xingcheng and entrust Xia Wenzhuo with full authority speaks volumes about the trust they placed in him.

Jingxiu is a top-notch girl in terms of appearance, personality, talent, and fame. She is now a first-class pop diva in China. She may not be able to help Zhao Chang'an in his career, but she can definitely provide enough emotional value.

And then there's Yang Yixin, a girl from the Yang family. Naturally, she comes from a noble family, and in terms of family background and strength, she is much better than the Tang family.

If you just do a little bit of research on some things, you'll know that your daughter actually has absolutely no chance.

Especially since Zhao Chang'an is such a realistic and cold-blooded person!

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Zhao Chang'an took Shan Qiang to a hotel in the city center for dinner. They ordered sweet shrimp and salmon, foie gras, cream tart, berry pie, and some ice wine.

After dinner, Shan Qiang suggested that she wanted to visit BlackBerry, so Zhao Chang'an drove her to the company.

This time, instead of entering through the main gate, we chose the south gate of the factory area.

As night fell, the entire South Plant area was brightly lit. In addition to the BlackBerry 6230+ mobile phone assembly plant, which was carrying out assembly line operations, the assembly lines of the Pager 950PAD and BlackBerry 5810 assembly plants were also operating at full capacity.

"Currently, the monthly production capacity of BlackBerry 6230+ is 6 units, Pager 950PAD is 4 units, and BlackBerry 5810 is 3 units. The company's production capacity is too low and the assembly plant is too small. Now we are striving to have more than 200 million RIM server terminals connected to the network in the North American market by the end of this year."

Zhao Chang'an and Shan Qiang, dressed in cleanroom suits, toured the factory. Zhao had to raise his voice to speak to Shan: "The new factory is under construction, but the construction speed here can't compare to that in China. It's estimated to be operational by next spring. By then, production of the Pager 950PAD and BlackBerry 5810 will cease, including the BlackBerry 6230+ production line, which will be demolished and rebuilt." Previously, RIM's PushMail monthly fee was $60, and that was just the service fee charged by the BlackBerry server cluster. For every message sent by BlackBerry's mobile clients, the traffic generated had to be paid to the cooperating mobile BES+BIS channel service provider for that message's traffic.

When Zhao Chang'an and Mike decided to upgrade to BlackBerry 6230 before the Lunar New Year, they specifically discussed the issue of free monthly subscription for PushMail.

From the launch of the Pager 900 in 1995, marking its official entry into the pager market, to the PDA in 98, and then the BlackBerry 5810 and BlackBerry 6230 in 99—

To date, RIM has sold more than 400 million wireless terminal devices with built-in mobile BES+BIS channels. Even considering that some users may repurchase the devices when they upgrade, the number of devices in use among users in North America is at least 300 million.

However, to date, the number of members who have signed up for the $60/month Push Mail email service is still less than 40.

Of these 40 new users, more than 10 were activated after September of last year.

Of the 40 regular users, less than 20 are long-term renewing members, and the rest are short-term rentals.

It's fair to say that almost all of BlackBerry's major shareholders and top decision-makers realized that if they wanted Push Mail email service to be used on a large scale, lowering the monthly fee was practically the only truly effective way.

Now that BlackBerry's stock price and market value are soaring, it's time to implement this plan.

There has been a lot of debate before, with the argument that if the average number of monthly paying members exceeds 100 million, the operating cost can be reduced to $20 per month.

Zhao Chang'an firmly believes that once the BlackBerry 6230+ is officially launched on April 3, the number of members will soon exceed 1 million, which means a monthly fee of $20 million.

Even if this fee were not charged for a year, the loss would only be $2.4 million, which would be wiped out by a small fluctuation in BlackBerry's stock price.

Moreover, the monthly fee for VIP members is $60, which can offset a significant portion of the $2.4 million loss.

Zhao Chang'an patiently introduced Shan Qiang to her, clearly with his own purpose. Shan Qiang was only forty-two years old this year, and it would be a pity for her to retire now. He didn't want her to return to China to start a business again, so keeping her in BlackBerry might be the best of both worlds.

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Because he had to accompany Shan Qiang, Zhao Chang'an had to postpone his trip to Seattle. April 3rd was the first day of the North American launch of the BlackBerry 6230+, so Zhao Chang'an agreed to attend the launch ceremony held on the 3rd at the BlackBerry store on Bay Street in Toronto.

So Zhao Chang'an didn't have anything substantial to do on the 2nd. He planned to take the parents on a tour of the villa complex on the north shore of Lake Ontario with Qi Peng, and also take Shan Qiang to his villa.

Qi Peng has built a total of eleven villas by the lake, with Zhao Chang'an's villa estate, which covers nearly 15 acres, as the center, and the villas are arranged on both sides of the lake.

Currently, apart from Zhao Chang'an's villa, where the purchase contracts for all fifteen acres of woodland have been completed, less than three acres of natural woodland remain on the estate. The rest has been cleared of trees, low shrubs, and weeds, and has been used to build villas, gardens, tennis courts, a small dock, stables, and more over the years.

For the remaining eleven villas, Qi Peng only completed the construction of the villas and the small dock, and then purchased this part of the woodland.

The remaining east-west distance of the woodland has been locked in, but as long as the money is in place, it can be extended further north. Qi Peng has also signed contracts with the owners of these woodlands, specifying the prices. As long as the money is paid, the ownership of these woodlands will be transferred immediately.

To put it bluntly, Qi Peng didn't have enough money. He could only build up the villa and the small dock first, which were very attractive. After finding a buyer, he would then spend money to purchase the woodland and renovate it.