Chapter 6, Urgency

A week of senior year life quickly passed, and after his rebirth, Gu Mojie had fully adapted to the integration of dual memories, returning to a normal rhythm of review and preparation for exams

It is akin to a 2005-era INTER Pentium PC, which can roughly match the computing power of the "Galaxy Billion Times Computer Group" from 1980 or the contemporary IBM mainframe server group.

This is also an unavoidable situation; who would have thought that mobile phones would transform from "tools for leisure" into "tools for making a living"? To excel in one's work, one must first sharpen one's tools

Alright, let's not talk about that anymore, let's eat first! From now on, you are not allowed to run around after school. If you want to go out, at least let me know at home first! It would be good if you could at least make a phone call back!" Mother Mo Ying arranged the last dish while lecturing Gu Mo Jie.

It is once again time for the Friday release. Gu Mojie, back in the city, did not head home immediately but instead took a ride to the telecommunications market and looked around.

However, Mo Jie knows that his parents do not care about electronic products, nor can they distinguish between good and bad phones. At that time, he could take one or two thousand from his parents, and then find four or five thousand himself. After gathering the money to buy it, he could tell his parents that it only cost 2000, and perhaps he would get away with it.

Should one engage in the despicable act of plagiarism? To make quick money through copying books and writing songs? However, this method, often employed by other reincarnators, has been completely shut down. Gu Mojie’s memories in these areas have been almost entirely erased.

Therefore, Gu Mojie, who prioritizes network performance above all else, will not consider inferior mobile devices for at least the next ten years. Devices like GMS are only suitable for making calls; using them for internet access is simply asking for trouble.

Apart from the audio input terminal for voice recognition, Hatsune Miku is almost devoid of any other efficient sampling input devices. By the 2050s, various physical data line interfaces had long been obsolete. Hatsune Miku is equipped with a built-in wireless communication transceiver that can convert all legally recognized historical formats and is backward compatible, functioning both as a base station and as a receiving terminal. In other words, electronic devices of that era no longer distinguish between base stations and terminals, achieving a complete blending and thorough cloud distribution.

It seems that directly copying knowledge, although not sustainable, is indeed a quick and easy way to make money. Alas, what should I do now?" With this feeling of frustration, Gu Mojie took the bus home slowly.

At the same time, he secretly reminded himself: damn it, in this lifetime, when looking for a woman, he must find one whose education and salary are inferior to his own. Especially those with a doctoral degree, they are definitely to be completely excluded as a third type of person

He no longer remembers the time when CDMA networks were put into use in the Chinese mainland. However, through several days of online research in the electronic reading room, he found that this technology was commercially launched in the Chinese mainland on January 8, 2002, with China Unicom as the operator

Taobao will not be established by Ma Feng's Ali Group for another six months. In this day and age, there are indeed very few channels for online retail price inquiries, marking a time when physical stores are thriving.

Gu Mojie pays no attention to those trivial matters and only wishes to quietly focus on himself. In recent days, apart from studying and reviewing, he has spent all his time organizing the tasks that should be prioritized for completion in the near future. During his evening self-study sessions, he has also managed to sort out a plan for the upcoming tasks.

In 2002, mobile phones were not considered scarce in Qiantang City, yet few high school students purchased them. Moreover, Qiantang No. 2 Middle School prohibited students from using mobile phones, and the boarding management was very strict; therefore, Gu Mojie’s family had never bought him one.

Gu Mojie has become accustomed to this family atmosphere: whenever he is to be criticized, it is always his mother who first outlines the main points and delivers a lecture. After she finishes, if there are no additional points to be made, his father remains silent. If there are points that need further elaboration, his father will add a sentence or two to assert his presence.

Although later generations criticize issues such as the coverage of base station signals by Unicom, for Gu Mojie at present, the speed of the internet is the most important attribute, holding the highest priority that excludes all else, with other performances having to yield to this point

Gu Mojie was adamant about asking for a CDMA device suitable for a "high-speed" internet experience. The female sales assistant presented him with a Samsung SCH-X199, claiming it was just released last month and was absolutely the most advanced, latest model; however, upon checking the price, it turned out to be nearly 6,000 yuan.

In this way, even without external internet access, Gu Mojie can exchange data with Hatsune Miku on the newly purchased CDMA phone, handling certain matters. Once external internet access is available, the data can be transmitted to the wide area network using the CDMA phone, or transferred to the local computer via the data cable of the CDMA phone

The mobile EDGE network did not emerge until around 2006 or 2007, and the commercial launch of 3G by the three major operators was still a distant prospect. Moreover, even after the advent of 3G, the mobile TD technology was indeed outperformed by the EVDO network inherited by Telecom from CDMA for several years. It was only later, when efforts were made to promote 4G, that Mobile was able to regain its competitive edge.

In terms of the general development speed of human computer technology, it is quite normal for the performance of microcomputers 25 years from now to be comparable to that of mainframes 25 years ago

Unexpectedly, Gu Mojie, who had such a calm consumer perspective in his previous life and was never a fanatic in any field, after being reborn, actually intends to be taken advantage of by the scalpers of this new model of smartphone

As a new technology that emerged at the time, CDMA naturally had a very inflated price when it was first launched, and the key point was that there were hardly any lesser-known brands available, with at least Samsung from South Korea being the prominent one.

The urgent task is to buy a mobile phone that can access the internet

Note: In 2008, China Unicom transferred its CDMA business to China Telecom. Later, during the 3G era, China Telecom utilized EVDO/CDMA2000, which was inherited from the CDMA standard established in 2002. In contrast, China Unicom's subsequent WCDMA was a completely new standard, and thus had little continuity with the CDMA that China Unicom had previously developed.

It was fine not to look at the prices, but after going around, the generally high prices made Gu Mojie calm down considerably

Of course, it is absolutely impossible for his family to give him 6000 directly to buy a luxury Samsung CDMA.

First, it is essential to purchase a Unicom CDMA mobile phone

In an instant, Gu Mojie found himself in a treasure mountain, yet without the password to open the door, he could only look but not partake.

Gu Mojie shrugged his shoulders and then buried his head in his food. As for buying a phone, he planned to let things cool down before making a decision

Moreover, Gu Mojie has also investigated the transmission and reception capabilities of the Hatsune Miku device. This quantum smartphone's wireless transmission source features bidirectional downward compatibility, meaning it can not only function as a terminal to receive and process CDMA signals, but it can also simulate itself as a small-scale pseudo base station, providing a local area network for CDMA phones of the current era

When he calmed down, he thought that the reason he still remembered these few songs was simply because they expressed some "universal truths". Their depth is not comparable to those songs that merely indulge in trivial love themes, so they have been preserved through the baptism of quantum reconstruction of brain data, surviving the test of time.

For those living on campus, their families will naturally provide them with pocket money and meal allowances, which amount to less than 500 yuan a month. Relying on frugality is simply unrealistic; one must find a quicker way to earn money.

The speed of this evolution is still very much in line with Gu Mojie's expectations, and it continues to conform to the predictions of Moore's Law—although Gu Mojie has no clear understanding of why, in the era of photonic and quantum computing, Moore's Law has not shown any significant signs of failure.

However, Gu Mojie did not have a mobile phone that could access the internet. Although it was technically possible to connect directly to the mobile wide area network using Hatsune Miku herself, Gu Mojie was concerned about potentially damaging certain unnecessary operator keys, which could raise the alert and attention of external mobile operators

It seems that this is also a breakthrough point to ask the family for a little money to buy a mobile phone. I have always had a good credit record and can be considered an exemplary student. If I can present some urgent reasons for needing to use a mobile phone, avoiding school supervision to use it secretly, my family should not be too rigid in their thinking.

Once you step into society, who would flaunt their English scores? Even if you can engage in witty banter with Americans, it will be of little significance years down the line; for men, having wealth and status is the most important, followed by being handsome

At the end of 2002, domestic mobile phones generally still cost over 2000 yuan, featuring color screens and dual screens, and they all operated on the traditional GMS network. After all, GMS had been in operation for more than three years, and with the market expanding significantly, the cost of mobile phones had finally decreased.

On Christmas Day, the speculation among classmates that Mr. O would have everyone sing English songs at the class meeting, which seemed rather unlikely, ultimately did not come to pass; this left several students, who were somewhat eager to show off and had excellent English grades, feeling quite displeased, simply because they missed out on an opportunity for "passive showing off".

Perhaps high school is the last opportunity for those outstanding students to flaunt their achievements through grades. After this period, once the stepping stone of the college entrance examination is secured, each individual is well aware of how much of what they have learned previously holds no economic value.

The communication equipment market on Xiangji Temple Road is bustling with crowds every weekend. Given this situation, anyone with the capital to open a mobile phone store here in recent years would be able to continuously earn quick money for several years.

In recent days, he has also checked Hatsune Miku several times and learned that Hatsune Miku, as a quantum smartphone from the 2050s, has a CPU data processing capability roughly equivalent to a set of giant server clusters from around 2025, during the era of photonic computing

Even because of Gu Mojie’s obvious student appearance, the female shop assistant did not even allow him to see the real device, only providing him with a model and a manual

As for the novels and films created after 2003, he has completely forgotten them all

After leaving the telecommunications market, Gu Mojie was preoccupied with thoughts of where to make some quick money first

Gu Mojie observed this and felt that these people were too immature, completely out of sync with his current psychological age.

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Fortunately, in his previous life, Gu Mojie was a programmer who had dealt with mobile phones for many years. Even though his rebirth erased many intricate details of knowledge from his mind, the main framework remained. Therefore, without much research, Gu Mojie established his own line of thought.

Arriving home early coincided with dinner time, and it was rare for both parents to be at home, waiting there. It was inevitable that they would scold Gu Mojie. Only then did Gu Mojie realize a little: in today's era, without a mobile phone, any deviation from the usual plans easily causes concern for his parents, as the family cannot locate him or get in touch.

According to the manual, this device is typically connected to the computer using Samsung's proprietary data cable, and even the USB Type-C cable cannot be used. However, Gu Mojie estimates that the issue with the data cable is not significant; as long as Hatsune Miku can connect to the SCH199 via CDMA signal, she will be able to take over some functions of the SCH199, modify its system, and then it should be possible to transfer data at a relatively high speed between the device and the computer using the Samsung cable.

The father sat silently beside, poured himself a small drink, and drank alone. After the mother finished her scolding, he quietly reminded Gu Mojie, "After dinner, give Ferdinand a call back. He called home looking for you just before you got back."

Since 2003, the only songs he can still sing are merely a few, namely Jay Chou's "Four Directions of Chu" and Eason Chan and Lin Zhixuan's "Exaggerated"

Therefore, the computational ability of Hatsune Miku would definitely be sufficient in today's context. However, during this week, he has hardly unlocked anything, and the reason for this is the lack of data transmission devices

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