607: Approved to produce mobile phones

"What is this?" The several people on the wooden chairs looked at the jade piece in Ning Buxiu's hand, feeling a bit confused.

"What is this thing? And what is this 'internet business' you spoke of?" Ning Jiushan's puzzled voice came out.

It was rare for him to see his eldest son show such confidence about something.

"This thing can be seen as a machine that can utilize some special functions. Because it can be held and used with one hand, I call it a telephone."

"Because it belongs to our Ning family, and was guided by a Senior, this telephone brand is called Ye Ning."

"The one in my hand is the Ye Ning first generation model."

Ning Buxiu clearly explained the situation regarding the telephone. In the dim light and shadows, it felt like the beginning of a new era of reform.

"Father, Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, you should try it first." Ning Buxiu handed the three telephones to the three men.

"Isn't it just a piece of jade? This jade... the quality is quite good. It's a bit like the jade lion I gave Xiao Xiu as a coming-of-age gift back then." Eldest Uncle examined the white jade in his hand and spoke.

Second Uncle, however, was contemplating it and tapped open the software on the jade piece.

After all, this white jade looked spotless at first glance, with only a single icon on its polished surface being very conspicuous.

When the software was opened, information from within the software immediately appeared on the polished jade surface.

"This is a map?!" After looking for a while, Second Uncle said in surprise.

This kind of method was too strange and advanced for him. Generally speaking, people of this era would definitely not be able to understand the function of this thing right away.

The reason he could tell it was a map was thanks to how incredibly clear this map was!

Centered around him, the radiating image was the Ning Mansion where he had lived for decades, and the surrounding streets, alleys, and buildings were also displayed on the map!

What slowly expanded and loaded out even reached the entire Five Directions City!

In terms of the map's scope, it wasn't very large.

But in terms of the map's precision and detail, it was simply unheard of!

"On a small jade piece, it can actually display so much complex information, and the displayed map range is not small either." Lan Family Head Ning Jiushan's tone carried praise.

Listening to the sounds of these people's astonishment, Ning Buxiu understood that they hadn't truly realized the benefits of this map yet.

That made sense, after all, the current map still only covered Five Directions City.

Perhaps in their eyes, the map on the telephone was already fixed.

"Father, you haven't understood the truly Heaven-Defying aspect of this map." Ning Buxiu spoke to attract the attention of the three people in front.

Right now, he was like someone presenting his product to investors.

Something like the telephone, which was epoch-making for this World, would definitely not be easy to start.

To quickly open up the market, the Gaopeng Family's wealth support and investment were naturally indispensable.

Seeing the three Gaopeng Family elders look over, Ning Buxiu looked at a servant outside the door: "Come here."

The servant outside the door was called and quickly came over, shrinking his head.

"Take this and go to Bai Tuo Town to buy two bags of salt." Ning Buxiu handed the jade telephone to this servant.

"Yes, yes." The servant didn't dare to ask more and carefully took the jade telephone.

After the other party left with the task, the three elders in the council hall also looked at Ning Buxiu with questioning eyes.

If, at the very beginning, they thought that this Child, Ning Buxiu, claiming he could lead the Gaopeng Family out of its current predicament was just bragging.

Then now, after seeing the peculiarity of the map in the telephone, they also had some hope.

At least, this kind of map was truly incomparable to those hand-drawn maps!

Except for the map's scope being a bit small...

After waiting for about the time it takes for one stick of incense to burn, Ning Buxiu then looked at the three people in front: "Father, you can look at your telephones again now."

After the Man finished speaking, the three Middle-aged men also somewhat skillfully opened the software on the jade telephones.

The map then unfolded, looking no different from before.

No, there was a change!

"Hiss! Why did this map automatically add a section of road?" Ning Jiushan gasped and exclaimed in surprise.

Eldest Uncle also looked at Ning Buxiu in surprise and suspicion: "Xiu'er, how did you do this? How can a map that was originally fixed automatically expand?!"

"This is the route from inside the city to Bai Tuo Town!" Second Uncle suddenly remembered that Ning Buxiu had previously instructed the servant to do something, and connecting the two, he suddenly said: "The path that servant walked was automatically recorded into this map?!"

"That's right." Ning Buxiu nodded with a confident smile: "This map can record every single path walked by a person carrying a telephone!"

"Imagine this: if we sell a thousand telephones to those traveling merchants and lone adventurers who walk outside the city, they can, without even realizing it, open up thousands of roads outside the city for our map!"

"If we sell ten thousand, or a hundred thousand units, at that time, the map's scope can be said to grow infinitely! In the area of maps, our Ning family can directly monopolize!"

Recording the route each person walked, marking it on the map, and expanding the map area.

This point could satisfy the map's early application.

There were also drawbacks; the routes people walked could not be updated in real-time like observing grass.

Only when the next person walked that same road could it be updated further.

But even so, for all the maps in this World, it was still a dimension-reducing strike!

"Good! Good stuff!" Ning Jiushan and the other two Middle-aged men's eyes lit up.

They were also businessmen; how could they not see such a simple yet huge path to wealth?

There was no need for someone to manually record the data, which saved an expense. Coupled with the fact that this map could continuously expand and its level of detail was even impeccable, all these factors combined were enough to crush all maps on the market!

While praising, the several people's gazes shifted to Ning Buxiu.

"Xiu'er has grown up. Before, I always said you didn't do proper work and kept tinkering with useless strange things. Now it seems, Father was wrong to blame you." Ning Jiushan's eyes were filled with emotion.

"Then how should this thing be priced?" Eldest Uncle's breathing was a bit tight. He had also seen the great use of this thing and now hoped it could revive their Ning family!

"Let's sell this thing at its cost price." Ning Buxiu said, then gave an explanation: "If the price is set too high, it will affect the threshold for people to accept it in the early stage and will slow down the progress of our product's release."

"Plus, we still need those customers to record the map for us for free, so the price cannot be set high."

"Mm." Second Uncle nodded slightly in agreement: "Then how should this thing be produced?"

Ning Buxiu casually said: "Just have the artisans in the Gaopeng Family produce block-like objects using stone, miscellaneous jade, and fine jade respectively. I'll finish the rest."

While speaking, the Man also gestured and picked up the jade piece in his hand to demonstrate.

"Stone and miscellaneous jade can also be used to make such a strange object called a telephone?" Eldest Uncle said in surprise.

"Naturally. After being polished smooth, there won't even be any difference in using telephones made from these materials."

"Then won't everyone just buy telephones made of stone?" Eldest Uncle furrowed his brow slightly.

"There won't be a difference in usage, but for some people, it's a difference in status and class. If we only use low-cost stone and miscellaneous jade to make telephones, we won't be able to enter the high-end market." After Ning Buxiu finished speaking, Eldest Uncle nodded as if he understood but didn't quite.

"Good! Then let's do as Xiu'er says! I'll immediately instruct the artisans in the Gaopeng Family to make this thing!" Ning Jiushan also let out a hearty laugh afterward and made the final decision.