Chapter 46

MIT's major in Electronic Science and technology is well-known all over the world. Otherwise, Thomas Mar could not have come to MIT with a strong discipline in Germany. Not just electronics, but also disciplines related to science and technology. MIT is famous on this planet.

Under the leadership of Thomas Mar, baozixuan came to the laboratory of electronics and technology. Today, they are going to visit Professor clay Freeman, the absolute authority in electronic science. This professor graduated from California Institute of technology. In order to reunite with his wife, his wife taught at Harvard University and resolutely gave up his alma mater for many years, Came to MIT. For this reason, many people say that he sacrificed his career for love. After all, he was the dean of the school of electronics at California Institute of technology, and he came to MIT as an ordinary professor.

However, he attracted a large number of female fans, which increased the proportion of female students majoring in electronic science. This also provided a lot of convenience for Thomas Mar.

Professor clay Freeman, 45, is a very young professor. He looks at the handsome image of a middle-aged uncle. After Thomas Mar introduced them, he went back to the laboratory.

Clay Freeman: "you're the one who wrote industry 4.0. You're a celebrity in our school now! Not only our school, but also Harvard are discussing the two software you wrote. My wife thinks highly of your software. And Harvard economics majors have begun to consider compiling its applications into books and using them as teaching materials. "

Bao Zixuan: "it's my honor to have you and your wife recognize me. I'm here mainly because your laboratory helps me develop some gadgets. It's very simple for you, but it's of great economic value to me. "

Clay Freeman: "I forgot that you are not only a college student, but also a super rich, an entrepreneur. Come on, let me do something. "

Bao Zixuan: "I want to cooperate with your laboratory for a long time. I can't tell you until you sign a confidentiality agreement for the first project." Then he sent the confidentiality agreement prepared by the lawyer to clay Freeman.

Clay Freeman: "all right! You are a capitalist. After reading it, he signed his name readily. You can say it this time! "

Bao Zixuan: "what I want to do is a portable tape recorder. I named it listening with the sound. It is driven by two No. 5 batteries. The overall weight is no more than 350g. You can listen to music in your pocket. What do you think?"

Clay Freeman: "good idea, but how can I guarantee his market!"

Bao Zixuan: "in this regard, we have done research with professional companies, mainly for young men and women. Don't worry about this. I'm just considering his cost, so I'd like you to help me develop a reduced version of recording head and amplification circuit."

Clay Freeman: "these are very simple things. Any doctoral student majoring in electronics can complete them. Why do you want me?"

Bao Zixuan: "because I want to cooperate with you in many projects, this is just a stepping stone. After the completion of this cooperation, we will sign long-term cooperation terms, and black cloud will inject R & D funds into your laboratory every year. Many school applications are always very slow! What do you say? "

Clay Freeman: "I'm a little excited, but how can you protect my interests?"

I didn't expect Professor Freeman to be so direct, because many well-known scholars didn't take the initiative to talk about this. They would make a euphemistic appeal. After all, they should take some face into account.

"My wife is a professor in the Department of economics at Harvard. I've had a lot of contact with her. It's inevitable that some problems will be considered in terms of economy. Don't be surprised." Klefreeman went on to explain.

Bao Zixuan: "that's good, otherwise we don't have clear rights and responsibilities, but it will bring trouble in the future. Every year, I will invest more than $5 million in R & D funds into your laboratory, and your research results will enjoy 3% of the profits as your income within the patent period. "

Clay Freeman: "these are too far away. How much money are you going to invest in the two R & D projects this time? You should see the strength of the laboratory. Let my wife talk to you about the rest. He is in charge of all my work. "

Bao Zixuan: "two million dollars. I hope to finish it in two months, and the cost can't be higher than $15, otherwise there's no market at all. "

Bao Zixuan is going to price the listening machine between 139 and 159 dollars. In that case, the cost of the whole machine should be controlled within 80 dollars. This still needs to be produced in Xiangjiang. In the United States, the wage cost of workers alone will not be less than 35 to 40 dollars. In fact, the principle of the whole recorder is very simple. After all, it has been invented for nearly 100 years. The test tapes have a history of more than ten years. It's just that everyone feels that it's not practical, so they don't work hard in this regard.

The two people discussed about the design direction, appropriately reduced the weight of components, and made a simple demonstration in the laboratory. Looking at the Electronic Science Laboratory of MIT, it is not necessarily outdated until the beginning of the 21st century. Baozixuan is very enthusiastic. I wish I could move it now. So you can wake up laughing when you sleep. Two of MIT's strongest professionals study that a small Walkman is nothing more than anti-aircraft shelling mosquitoes.

I have to go to Harvard at noon, and I have an appointment with Koichiro by telephone at 10:45. Koichiro is also a cruel man. After the meeting in Congo yesterday morning, he set out at noon with a lawyer. And went straight to Philips headquarters in Amsterdam without rest. After learning about the requirements of Philips during the conversation with Philips, I will report to myself this morning before starting the second round of negotiations.

In fact, many enterprises now produce tape recorders, especially cassette tape recorders, but most of them have to pay patent fees to Philips. Baozixuan doesn't want to give Philips a commission for each machine. He wants to buy out the authorization once and for all, which will cost more for the first time, but from the perspective of long-term interests, this is a way to save money and trouble.

The price of the whole license is not expensive. It only costs $1 million. After all, there are many people producing, so it's not worth money. However, a vice president in charge of patent licensing of Philips found Koichiro in private and wanted to get the agency right of black cloud game Europe. His cousin deals in electronic products in the Netherlands.

After all, after the fire in the United States, many European manufacturers want to get the agency. However, limited by the production capacity of heiyun factory, baozixuan did not ship to Europe.

After learning about the situation from Koichiro Gucheng, Bao Zixuan told him that the current output could not be opened to Europe. He could hand over the Netherlands to him, but he had to authorize not only the recorder, but also the lithium battery patent to heiyun.

Koichiro Gucheng on the phone is a little confused. After all, the current lithium battery industry is not mature. Why does the president want this. However, he is only an executor, not a decision-maker. Let's act according to the president's requirements!

In this way, after receiving the instructions from baozixuan, kouchiro began to negotiate with Philips again. We all have common interests, and neither recorder nor lithium battery is a very important patent; In Philips, it is the kind that is not valued. A total of only $1.2 million was spent to get the patent needed by baozixuan. This will make Philips regret for the next few years.