Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 298 Patents are important

"Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

Minister Wu's judgment was correct. After some tug-of-war, Xinghai Group quickly compromised and the equity ratio between the two parties was 45:55.

However, Lin Qingqian still made great contributions.

Because she not only completed the task assigned by Masato Takeshita perfectly, but also increased her shares by four percentage points.

It may not be high now, but in the future it will be a profit of at least hundreds of millions.

Of course, the postal and telecommunications companies also made huge profits.

Although it is necessary to provide free Internet access services to Internet cafes, the funds are basically paid by Xinghai Group.

Spend other people's money to improve your own industry, even if you don't make money, you'll win.

Therefore, Minister Wu smiled and invited in a friendly manner: "It's so late, it's a good opportunity for everyone to have dinner together."

"okay!"

As the representative of Xinghai Group in China, Lin Qingqian would naturally not dampen the interest of the telecom emperor and agreed readily.

Minister Wu was very happy to have completed such a big cooperation and held the dinner at the Beijing Hotel.

After the group had finished eating and drinking, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "When will President Takeshita of your company come to China?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know. Is there something wrong?"

The girl shook her head, then asked back with a smile.

"Well, a little bit."

Minister Wu knew the relationship between Lin Qingqian and Takeshita Masato, so he continued speaking directly.

"We are very interested in Xinghai mobile phones and hope to see your company set up a factory in China."

"I'm sorry, I can't make the decision on such a big matter, but I can give feedback to President Takeshita."

"Thank you very much. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

This is what Minister Wu wanted. He hoped to contact Takeshita Masato directly, and then introduce the power of Xinghai mobile phones to form a three-way competition with Motorola and Nokia.

The competition between Motorola and Nokia is too unstable now, and it is easy for one company to dominate the market.

"This is what I should do, and I also hope that both sides can have better cooperation."

Soon, the girl conveyed to Masato Takeshita that Minister Wu wanted to contact him.

"Want to contact me? No problem, tell Minister Wu for me, it's my honor."

Because it entered the market earlier, Xinghai Mobile is now the second largest player in the Chinese market. As for the first place, it is naturally Motorola, the king of the analog signal era.

However, due to the high official ratio of Chinese currency, Xinghai Group's manufacturing department did not enter the market in a big way. It only established a company specializing in the production of mobile phone shell accessories in Shanghai, and set up a small-scale assembly factory for trial.

The young man is waiting for a better opportunity, when the main strength of the manufacturing department of the entire Xinghai Group will be projected in China.

Of course, after learning that Minister Wu wanted to contact him, he planned to prepare a big gift.

For example, he placed the graphics card chip company that he valued very much in Beijing and Shanghai, two cities in China with the richest intellectual resources.

As a multinational corporation, Xinghai Group hopes that the future of the world will be globalized. In order to fight against the destruction of that guy, it would be best if the major economies in each region had killer technical strength.

"Well, it's best if you just say it yourself. I have Minister Wu's personal phone number. Please write it down over there."

"OK, no problem."

The young man quickly wrote down Minister Wu’s personal phone number and continued to ask in a gentle tone.

"Is there anything else?"

"Well, there is also cooperation with the Internet Cafe Alliance. Minister Wu agreed to our cooperation conditions. The equity ratio of both parties is 55:45, with us holding 55% and them holding 45%."

"He actually managed to get 55%. You are indeed a smart and capable manager like Lin. Well done."

After several years of development and in order to connect with various departments in China, the girl has long ended her simple charity work.

She is now the extension of Xinghai Group's will in China and is responsible for all of Xinghai Group's business in China.

However, the girl is still too young, so Takeshita Masato has assigned several experienced people to her side. These assistants were mainly recruited from China, with only two representatives from Japan.

As for the reason why the main leaders are all local people, it is naturally because of the localization concept of Xinghai Group. Only local people can best understand the needs of local people. If foreign companies do not fully integrate into the local community, they will sooner or later lose money and leave the market.

"Nothing, mainly because our conditions are too good."

The conditions offered by Xinghai Group were indeed extremely favorable. Not only did they advance the funds for the joint venture Internet cafe, they also advanced the funds for the telecommunications company's network equipment.

As for the benefits, the Internet Cafe Alliance’s Internet fees are free for the first five years. After five years, they will only charge half of the local average fee.

"None of this is important. What matters is that you complete the company's tasks and exceed them."

"Well, let me think about what kind of treatment would be better for you."

Masato Takeshita pondered for a moment, then said simply, "Well, you can get 4% of the 1% equity you negotiated. 54% of the company's shares is enough."

The young man wanted to give his lover some compensation to pave the way for larger-scale actions in the future.

"Too many, no."

Lin Qingqian objected without even thinking. There was already enough gossip about her.

"Listen to me, you deserve this. Since you have made contributions to the company, the company should naturally reward you."

The girl was silent for a moment, then she said softly with sincerity: "I know what you think, but I can't accept it. If I accept it, it may cause a big stir within the company. My contribution has not reached this level, and I don't want to make my future work more difficult."

"Oh, okay, I was impatient, let's talk about it later."

Masato Takeshita thought about it and decided that there was really no need to do so now.

Anyway, I make a will every year, so the girl’s life is guaranteed even if something unexpected happens.

After talking about business, the two began to talk about private matters.

"Did you miss me?"

"Ah."

Although she knew that the other party couldn't see it, the girl's cold face still blushed and she nodded firmly.

"I miss you, too. I have to go to the capital next month. We'll meet then."

"Going to the capital next month?"

"Yes, there is an important exchange event over there, and many multinational companies have been invited, including our Xinghai Group."

Masato Takeshita is full of pride because his company has been recognized by the world and is no longer an insignificant existence.

Of course, this is thanks to the rise of the second generation of Xinghai mobile phones.

Thanks to the Xinghai second-generation mobile phone, the popularity of Xinghai Group has greatly increased.

Not only is it famous in Japan, it also has a great influence in major cities in China, the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. It is a world-renowned mobile phone giant, even more famous than Nokia.

The only regret is that there are still too few users who can afford the phone. It will take many years for the Xinghai phone to reach the popularity of Nokia in the future.

As for achieving the sales proportion of Nokia mobile phones, it should be unlikely.

The achievement of accounting for half of the world's sales is simply unmatched.

Not to mention Xinghai Group, even Nokia in this life cannot do it. Because in this life, there is Xinghai mobile phone, which will occupy a large share of the mobile phone market.

"Congratulations, you have achieved another goal."

"Congratulations, this is just the first step." The young man didn't want to talk about work when he didn't want to say anything intimate, so he naturally changed the subject.

"Do you want to eat anything? I'll bring it to you then?"

"Well, there's a shop called Umeya over in Takadanobaba that sells delicious strawberry daifuku. I want you to bring some for me."

"Umeya's strawberry daifuku, okay, what else?"

"Also, I kind of miss the delicious octopus balls from Waseda Station. But I want to eat them hot."

"No problem, I promise."

The young man's voice was full of doting, and he really liked his lover's unreserved coquettishness towards him.

The two talked on the phone for more than an hour, and only reluctantly parted when their phones were almost out of battery.

After hanging up the phone, the young man sat on the chair with a happy smile. After a long time, he recharged his phone.

"This is really inconvenient. How about inventing the universal charger now?"

Masato Takeshita thought about the magical device that would have annual sales of hundreds of millions in the future, and finally shook his head.

"No, there are still too few mobile phones. Wait a little longer, there's no rush."

After a short rest, Masato Takeshita chose to call Minister Wu on the landline this time.

"Hello, is this Minister Wu? I am Masato Takeshita from Xinghai Group."

"Oh, ok, no problem, there's no rush on my end."

Minister Wu was not in the office, so the call was answered by his secretary.

But it should be near the office, so the secretary asked to wait a moment.

Three minutes later, Minister Wu picked up the phone and said apologetically, "Hello, President Takeshita! I'm sorry, I just had a small meeting."

"Minister Wu, you are too polite. It is working hours now, so it is normal to be busy."

Compared to Masato Takeshita, Minister Wu and other important state officials are really busy with their daily affairs.

Their every move involves countless families, so everything needs to be done with extreme caution.

The more you have to consider, the busier you will be.

Then the young man simply changed the subject.

"I wonder if Minister Wu wants to talk to me about something?"

Masato Takeshita's straightforwardness quickly won Minister Wu's favor.

He also said directly: "The thing is, I hope your company can build a mobile phone factory in China so that we can cooperate better."

"A mobile phone factory? No problem, but it will take some time to prepare."

"Well, I will be going to Beijing in September this year to discuss things. Can we talk then?"

It is very inconvenient to discuss cooperation over the phone, so it is always better to have a face-to-face meeting.

"No problem, welcome, welcome."

When Minister Wu heard that the time was September this year, he was moved.

President Takeshita should also be a participant in that event that reaches destiny.

After ending the call, the young man looked at the time on his watch.

"I didn't expect it to be lunchtime already."

"time flies."

After lunch, the young man went to the R&D department of Xinghai Electronics again in the afternoon.

"Can we produce the core components of the VCD product I envision?"

"The movement and laser head have been mass-produced and can be assembled to produce VCD machines at any time."

"very good."

Masato Takeshita clapped his hands in satisfaction, then turned his head to look at Lou Gerstner.

"Mr. Gerstner, come with me to China in September, and we will invest in China with VCD technology."

Young people are planning to complete the entire set of technologies, including VCD, in China.

This will make it closer to the market and more convenient for export to less developed countries such as Southeast Asia.

As for the markets in developed countries, there is simply no way to play there.

VCD technology has inherent defects and is not as good as the videotape machines that have been popular in developed countries in Europe and the United States for many years.

Of course, patents and other things still need to be registered so that other companies won’t get the benefit.

In fact, VCD is a typical example of China's early lack of attention to patents.

If the inventor Jiang Wanmeng had been able to register a patent, I wouldn't say how much, but it would have been no problem for the annual patent fee income to reach tens of millions before 2000.

Even if those small brands don't pay for pirating, the big companies still dare not refuse to pay.

You have to know that in the past, Microsoft made money mainly by charging companies in less developed countries such as China. As for individual customers, they could only do as they pleased.

I can only say, what a pity!
"clear."

Although I don’t know what I will do in China in September, this is an order from the president, so I have no choice but to agree.

After a brief inspection of VCD-related technologies, the young man found a hidden office.

"Our VCD products are targeted at underdeveloped regions such as China and Southeast Asia, where the piracy industry is very developed."

"I hope the company can develop very cheap VCD disc production technology and then quietly leak it to mainland China, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan and other regions."

A VCD machine without a disc is incomplete.

The price of genuine CDs is too expensive, so if you want to sell more machines, you can only make the CDs pirated.

Of course, as a formal company, Xinghai Group cannot engage in piracy and can only leak technology secrets secretly.

This was also the tacit practice of VCD movement manufacturers in the past.

Lou Gerstner also visited underdeveloped countries such as China many times and quickly figured out the key.

I don’t have money to buy expensive genuine CDs, so I can only buy pirated ones.

This is just like the stand-alone game industry in China in later generations. In the early days, almost all users were pirated copies. Only when the economy developed to a certain level, a large number of legitimate users would be born.

China's top stand-alone masterpiece can therefore achieve sales of tens of millions in the 21s.

This is a result that Chinese stand-alone game manufacturers in the early 21st century would never have dared to dream of.

The economic foundation determines everything.

He therefore readily responded, “Okay, I know what to do.”

"Well, that's good. We must find a company that we don't want to be associated with and leak the information inadvertently. We can't expose the company."

"Please rest assured, President, there are many companies willing to do this kind of shady work."

It's just a pirated version. It's not like he hasn't played it before.

The only difference is that the purpose was to attack competitors, while this time the purpose is to expand the market.

(End of this chapter)