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Chapter 2970 Picking up the leaks

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Stop keeping me in suspense!"

Fu Sheng chuckled, "Don't you think about it? If there was no chance at all, why would I come here specially?"

"Oh?" Zhou Buqi became happy, "There's a chance?"

"Well, there is a chance!" Fu Sheng narrowed his eyes, as if he was confident. "This diamond arrangement was indeed discovered by Samsung at the first time, and the copyright was taken over. However, the people at Samsung don't have as much courage as you."

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

Fu Sheng smiled and said, "This patent was developed in 09, and Samsung obtained the copyright in the same year. However, the OLED display screen at that time was too immature, and the screen burn-in phenomenon was too serious. I believe that even Samsung did not dare to bet heavily on the OLED display screen. And as I said just now, this patent is not a hard-core technology, but a permutation and combination. Diamond arrangement is definitely not the optimal solution, and better permutations and combinations will definitely be found in the future. Once a better combination strategy is really found, this diamond arrangement patent may be eliminated."

Zhou Buqi understood now and said with a smile: "So Samsung did not bear all the risks of the diamond patent!"

"Correct!"

Fu Sheng burst into laughter.

It's just like finding bargains in Panjiayuan.

It feels really satisfying.

Especially when I get bargains from Samsung in South Korea, I feel a great sense of accomplishment.

Risks and benefits are related.

Samsung’s unwillingness to bear all the risks regarding the diamond patent means that they have not yet obtained all the benefits of the diamond patent!

This way, there is room for maneuver.

All it takes is a small move to take on the risk that Samsung is unwilling to bear, and it can take the benefits behind this risk for itself.

Zhou Buqi said: "So Samsung just bought part of the equity of the diamond patent."

Fu Sheng said: "That's what I mean, but the operation method has changed a little. Samsung uses a leasing method, and the copyright of the diamond patent is 10 years. From 09 to 19, at the application level, it belongs to Samsung."

The diamond patent is not a hard-core technology patent, but it is also an invention patent.

The patent is valid for 20 years.

Samsung's 10-year lease is equivalent to owning half of the shares of Diamond Patent.

Fu Sheng continued, "This way, the risk is much smaller. Even if the OLED display industry does not take off, or there are better substitutes for the diamond patent, Samsung will not suffer too much loss. At the same time, the patent development team can also keep the ownership of the company and the patent. After getting the money, they can develop better arrangement patents based on the diamond patent."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Samsung rented it for 10 years, how much did it cost?"

Fu Sheng said: "5000 million US dollars."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi couldn't help but laugh. "For such a small amount of money, Samsung would rather let the crucial OLED display industry be full of uncertainty? This is too petty! Now it leaves us an opportunity."

Fu Sheng smiled and said, "Yes, so we have two options now. First, we can negotiate with this company and rent the patent for another 10 years. Second, we can be more straightforward and buy this company directly! It probably won't cost much, a few hundred million dollars will be enough. It depends on how you evaluate this diamond patent and its importance to the industry."

"Important! Very important!"

Zhou Buqi didn't know much about the display industry, and knew nothing about the technological trends here.

However, he could make a rough guess based on his foresight and the current situation.

Diamond arrangement is the best pixel arrangement for OLED displays today.

Smartphones with OLED screens will be launched soon. They will definitely adopt diamond arrangement.

Once the market feedback is good, the basic "standards" of the industry will be determined.

Even if a better arrangement than diamond arrangement does appear one day in the future, it will not be easily popularized on a large scale. Reform will not be achieved overnight. It must go through many years of market testing and feedback. Only when we learn from our mistakes and have no other choice can we complete the technological transformation.

In other words, the patent for diamond arrangement will be very viable.

To put it another way, even if a patent for an arrangement better than the diamond arrangement does appear in the future, by that time, Samsung will already be the industry leader in the field of OLED display panels. Who can snatch it away? Even if Zhou Buqi personally came forward, it would be difficult for him to be their opponent.

Now is the chance to pick up a bargain, so grab it now!

Fu Sheng had actually guessed long ago that after offering these two options to Boss Zhou, he would definitely choose the latter. He smiled and said, "Then we should act as soon as possible and buy this company. The diamond patent has been leased to Samsung, and the contract has been signed in black and white. If we can directly bypass it and acquire the owner of the patent, that would be cutting off the source of the problem."

Zhou Buqi slapped his thigh and said, "Let's do it! Aishida... well, don't use the name of Aishida, so as not to be interfered with by other factors on both sides of China and the United States. Just register a new patent company in the United States and make the acquisition in the name of this company."

Fu Sheng nodded, "But this is not that easy."

"Ok?"

"Although I don't know, based on basic business logic, we can judge that Samsung should have priority. Otherwise, Samsung would rent the patent and then rely on its own advantages in the display panel field to promote the diamond array. Others would copy it behind the scenes, and they would definitely have to guard against it."

"So now is the time to pick up a bargain. Hurry and act before the diamond arrangement patent is fully developed."

Zhou Buqi obviously shared the same understanding.

Samsung will not be without defense mechanisms, and now is the best opportunity to take action. Once OLED displays are promoted in the market and receive good reviews and recognition, everything will be in trouble. Not to mention that Samsung will stop competitors at all costs, even the patent holders will ask for a high price.

Fu Sheng said: "Even so, you have to contact Samsung. If Samsung knows that you want to take a detour and attack from behind, they will probably use their priority to buy the company. Samsung does not intend to acquire the company now because there is no competitor and they do not need to take unnecessary risks. Once a competitor appears, they will definitely take action and would rather take risks than give competitors a chance."

Priority means matching priority purchase.

European football is full of such clauses.

For example, if Manchester United wants to buy a player named Carvajal and offers 500 million euros, Real Madrid has priority and can be notified first. They only need to offer 500 million euros to match the offer and use the priority to snatch the player away.

If Manchester United raises the price to 1000 million euros, and Real Madrid subsequently matches it with 1000 million euros, the player will still be acquired by Real Madrid.

Unless Manchester United offers a sky-high price of 3000 million euros or 5000 million euros, and Real Madrid thinks the price is too high and does not want to match it, it is equivalent to giving up its priority, and Manchester United will successfully acquire the player.

When it comes to diamond patents, Samsung is very likely to have priority.

In this case, Zhou Buqi would not be able to acquire the patent holder secretly, and would need to notify Samsung to match the offer... If the two parties engage in vicious competition, they would most likely offer an unimaginable sky-high price.

This is obviously a situation that no one wants to see.

Maybe Zhou Buqi and Li Zairong will have to sit down and negotiate in a friendly manner.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Have you been busy recently?"

Fu Sheng smiled and said, "My current job is to be your assistant."

Zhou Buqi said, "Then let's get a small team together and go and make a quotation! Let's try first. What if we don't have priority? We might be able to bypass Samsung and secretly acquire the patent holder. If we succeed, Samsung will no longer be able to suppress Estar and the domestic mobile phone industry at a non-market level."

Fu Sheng shook his head. “I don’t think it’s possible. If they don’t even have priority, then the Samsung team is too amateur.”

Zhou Buqi said: "If there is really a priority clause, I will talk to Li Zairong then. You take action first, money is not a problem!"