Even in the 80s, although the telegraph was ubiquitous, letters were still the main way for people to communicate with distant relatives and friends.
In 1987, when the domestic fixed telephone was not fully covered, the mainland had the first mobile phone user Xu Feng.
At that time, mobile phones were limited to call functions, and the choice of phone numbers seemed arbitrary.
So, which unique phone number did he choose?
In the early 70s, Xu Feng was still a young man, and his family was not wealthy.
However, it was precisely because he caught up with the reform and opening up at the end of the 70s that he had the opportunity to become the first person in China to apply for a mobile phone number.
After the reform and opening up, 22-year-old Xu Feng's courage and acumen made him choose to come to Guangzhou.
In Guangzhou, an open and inclusive city, he found his own development opportunities and was ready to start a career.
Although there were opportunities everywhere after the reform and opening up, when Xu Feng came to Guangzhou, he found that the market of many industries had already been occupied.
Now, while he can make money, he doesn't make much.
Xu Feng, who is determined to make a lot of money, will not be satisfied with these small profits. He is convinced that if he wants to do it, he will become bigger.
Therefore, after Xu Feng came to Guangzhou, he first observed the situation in Guangzhou.
After a few days of careful observation, Xu Feng found that he could use these big bosses who came to Guangzhou to make money.
Although there are people in many industries who are at the forefront, these people can't get rid of the problem of eating and drinking after getting rich.
As long as people are still in Guangzhou, the problem of eating and drinking is always on these people, and there is a huge market behind this.
So Xu Feng seized the opportunity, and it happened that there was a vacancy in the high-end seafood restaurants in Guangzhou.
Xu Feng made a lot of money by taking advantage of the "right time, place and people". But since then, business has hit a bottleneck.
Many owners pay attention to the freshness of seafood, but the location of the restaurant is not the place where the ingredients are caught.
Xu Feng had to send out every time he purchased in the form of a telegram.
After receiving the message, the post office will send a postman to the fishing village to send a message, which takes 8 hours.
In addition, Xu Feng could not obtain the front-end information in the first time, so he could only wait passively.
This caused his business to stagnate and remain in its past state
The first person in the mainland to run a mobile phone number, the number was chosen at random, what number did he choose in the end?
To avoid this, more ingredients must be added in advance.
After adding a lot of ingredients, if there are not so many big bosses to consume, these ingredients will be even less fresh after a few days.
Of course, the Nanhai fishing village, which mainly focuses on freshness, will definitely not put these seafood on the boss's table, so these seafood can only be calculated based on the meal loss.
In the long run, although Xu Feng has tried his best to avoid this.
But the fishing village in the South China Sea still can't change this situation, which has become a pimple in Xu Feng's heart.
Xu Feng thought to himself: If this bottleneck can be solved, maybe there will be a breakthrough in his career.
Because only by grasping the front-end information at the first time, can we reasonably plan the variety and quantity of procurement, adjust the menu in time, and better make the hotel operate.
The well-informed Xu Feng suddenly thought that he had seen businessmen in Hong Kong use "big brother" before.
As long as he speaks inside, he can deliver the message.
At this moment, he also especially wants to have a "big brother" to solve this urgent matter.
By chance, Xu Feng heard the news from others, that is, Guangzhou was going to sell a batch of big brothers.
After Xu Feng heard the news, he immediately came to the Guangzhou Post and Telecommunications Bureau to inquire about the big brother's situation.
At that time, Guangzhou had just established an analog signal, and these big brothers only started to release after they were built.
When Xu Feng came to the post and telecommunications office, the salesperson who received him at that time had not received the notice of selling mobile phones.
said that he needed to apply to the leader, and after the leader's permission, he took out the "Guangzhou mobile phone application form".
Xu Feng quickly filled in the basic information, and then it was time to choose the number for Big Brother.
Big Brother is different from our current smartphones.
Its mobile phone number is composed of area code and number, and the combination of the two constitutes the mobile phone number of Big Brother.
At that time, the area code for Guangdong was "9010". Because the first batch of 100 big brothers was only sold at that time, the numbers from 01 to 100 were selected, and the numbers were chosen by Xu Feng.
Xu Feng resolutely chose "901088", he said: "Businessman, pay attention to good signs, 88 is to get rich!"
Because the "big brother" had not yet set the price, Xu Feng came to buy it. The salesman had to collect a check of 20,000 yuan first, and then "refund more and make up for less" when the price was set.
Xu Feng was happy to choose a number and happily agreed to such an offer.
After all, for the owner of a high-end restaurant, the 20,000 yuan is nothing.
The first person in China to run a mobile phone number, at that time, the beautiful number was chosen casually, and what number did he pick in the end?
Later, it was understood that Xu Feng actually spent nearly 20,000 yuan, of which 12,000 yuan was the price of Big Brother.
Xu Feng paid another 6,000 yuan as an installation fee, and the monthly rent was 150 yuan.
At that time, you could buy a Toyota truck for this price.
Looking at it this way, "Big Brother" is a veritable luxury.
But in Xu Feng's heart, as long as he uses this thing well, the benefits he gets are immeasurable.
After getting the "Big Brother", Xu Feng first made a call to the landline in the office.
It was only when he heard his voice coming from the earpiece of the landline that he hung up satisfied.
Although the big brother Xu Feng got could make calls outside, due to the small number of signal stations set up at that time, the call quality of the big brother was not very good.
Although he can call fishermen to buy goods, he is more of a way to prove his strength.
Therefore, Xu Feng bought Big Brother not only to facilitate their restaurant purchase, but also to increase their value, and the price of Big Brother could buy a car in that era.
It can be said that taking out a big brother on the table proves that the identity is extraordinary.
So after a period of time, Big Brother has become a favorite item of all bosses.
As the reputation of the "Nanhai Fishing Village" soared, many owners invited customers or Hong Kong and Macau compatriots back to Guangzhou.
They will go to Xu Feng by name to eat the freshest seafood.
A few years later, Xu Feng's business also grew, and he changed from a restaurateur to a hotel owner.
Eventually, he became the chairman of the hotel chain.
It wasn't until December 2001 that Xu Feng's big brother and China's first mobile phone number retired.
From a large slab brick "big brother" to a portable "PHS".
"901088" has also been replaced with a number that starts with "139".
Because there are only three analog mobile communication base stations in Guangzhou, there are certain restrictions on the data they can transmit.
It also kept the first mobile workers busy.
Because without lessons and relevant experience, they can only explore and move forward.
All the design, maintenance, and installation are accumulated little by little. Whoever has a broken phone and whose signal is broken, they always rush to repair it as soon as possible to ensure that the signal of the first mobile phone users is unblocked.
It is the selfless dedication of the first batch of mobile workers that has made a qualitative leap forward in China's communication technology.
The epitome of China's reform and opening up, whether it is mobile phones from heavy to light, signal from weak to strong, or price from luxury to civilian.
Xu Feng was the first to apply for a mobile phone number. He was lucky and smart.