Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 76: The book is in a hurry! (First update, please collect, read, and vote)

"Mr. Inoue, there are too many people consulting about patent purchases recently. You all know that this kind of thing is very troublesome, and it makes our traditional patent agency full of uncertainty, so we have no choice but to increase the consulting fee." Zhang Dehua said.

"Huh?" Inoue was a little surprised when he heard this.

Zhang Dehua said, "Mr. Inoue, we have a free trade relationship, and my time is very valuable. What do you think?"

"Mr. Zhang, okay then." Although Inoue had a blank expression on his face, he had already cursed Zhang Dehua in his heart.

However, the president must make a personal call to contact the patent holder, and the headquarters will send someone to discuss the patent issue as soon as possible.

"Okay, let's start the timing!" Zhang Dehua said, then took out a clock and started the timing.

"Mr. Zhang, have you contacted the patent holder?" Inoue asked anxiously.

"After our unremitting efforts, the patent holder expressed his desire to authorize us to negotiate on his behalf in the early stages. First, we need to determine which patents the company wants to obtain and the scope of the patent license."

"This involves the price of patents. After all, the popularity of motorcycles varies in different regions, and the population and consumption in different regions are also different."

"In addition, different patents also involve material technology, design, etc."

"Moreover, the patent holder feels that your company has no sincerity because there is nothing in writing, no specific requirements, and not even a quotation?" Zhang Dehua started talking a lot.

After hearing what Zhang Dehua had said, Inoue and Tanashita thought that Zhang Dehua had made an effort to communicate with the patent holder, so they quickly stood up and bowed: "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, we prepared it in a hurry."

Zhang Dehua chuckled inwardly, but a look of embarrassment appeared on his face. "Look, you were just a little dissatisfied with the high consulting price. You didn't prepare anything, while we had to expend enormous energy to contact the patent holder. How can I explain your current situation to the patent holder?"

"We are open for business, and this ineffective communication has greatly increased our labor costs."

"Sorry to trouble you!" Inoue and Tanashita began to bow again.

Inoue and Tanashita walked out of Zhang Dehua's company. Tanashita asked, "Director Inoue, this Zhang Dehua?"

"Hmph, hiring a private detective? This person's words are not trustworthy. He has no integrity and no morals!" Inoue said.

"Minister, it's better to find a social person than a private detective..." Tian Xia suggested.

"That's a good idea. As long as we find the patent owner, we have plenty of ways to deal with it. If that doesn't work, we can use some small tricks to find something to sue him. Not only can we get all his personal information, but we can also threaten him with the lawsuit." Inoue said.

"Minister, I happen to know someone from a local gang. He's very powerful and has a strong background..."

"Okay, let's meet. Money is not a problem. The head office will send someone over soon. We must make some progress before they arrive!"

"Hi!"

Li Song didn't know that Xiaobenzi attached great importance to motorcycle patents to the point of using any means necessary, mainly because some of the patents involved conflicted with Suzuki's next-generation motorcycle patents.

If Li Song did not hold a complete set of motorcycle technology patents, Suzuki would have suspected that someone had stolen the laboratory's results.

This is a motorcycle launched by Suzuki for the Southeast Asian market. The traffic environment in Southeast Asia is very poor, and it is humid and hot. In addition, motorcycles in Southeast Asia are mainly used for auxiliary work, so Suzuki has also increased performance parameters such as body suspension.

In addition, it needs to be reliable, fuel-efficient, and easy to maintain, and some of its designs are similar to those owned by Li Song.

On Friday, March 12, 1980, Tian Jiahui came to report on his work at noon and brought lunch to Li Song.

Tian Jiahui originally planned to come in the morning, but Li Song asked him to come at noon and bring his own lunch.

"Boss, the bookkeepers are here to see Zhang Dehua again. The shameless Zhang Dehua increased the consulting fee tenfold. Originally, those bookkeepers were quite unhappy, but after Zhang Dehua talked them down, they stood up and bowed to him several times." Tian Jiahui and Li Song had dinner together and bought roast pork rice.

"Well, let him be the full agent. He charges consulting fees anyway. But why do I feel that Xiaobenzi came twice but didn't say what patent he wanted to buy? It seems that he is not sincere?" Li Song asked.

"According to Zhang, Xiaobenzi is quite clever. He's probably afraid that directly asking for patents will alert us. He said that when large companies purchase technology, the first thing they propose isn't what they want most. They first try to negotiate the price of something that's dispensable, but if the price is too high, they won't accept it. Once the price is negotiated down, they'll select the one they want."

"Moreover, this kind of technology licensing requires a long time to negotiate, and there will be no results in the short term," Tian Jiahui explained.

"Well, let's just leave him alone for now." "Boss, the company has hired a cleaner, two clerks, and I've also hired two legal assistants. We'll probably be dealing with a lot of patents in the future, and we'll also have to send people to the mainland."

"HR Manager, I have a few candidates here. Please take a look at them later."

"Also, boss, why not hire an assistant general manager to help you with some chores in the future?" Tian Jiahui said.

"Forget it. The mainland motorcycle factory hasn't produced motorcycles yet. Let's talk about it later. Also, I have to apply for some patents after a while." Li Song plans to apply for a patent for a marine outboard motor this time.

Compared with motorcycles, marine hanging motors may be easier to open up the market, because they are hung behind the boat, and there is no need to build the boat yourself, just the machine.

And relatively speaking, marine hanging machine does not require so many supporting factories, one factory can do it, and it only needs some three to four hundred ton aluminum alloy casting presses.

If certain parts in the motorcycle industry chain are not produced, motorcycles cannot be produced.

The reason why Li Song did this was because he was planning to ask the mainland for a batch of gold and sell it on a second-hand platform.

So Li Song planned to give some good things to the mainland this time, such as a 50,000-ton die-forging hydraulic press, of which Amei already had two in 1955.

Large equipment, thermal power, hydropower, ships, large chemical industry, aircraft beams, aircraft landing gear, steam catapults, large steam boiler equipment, etc. all require this kind of equipment.

The development of my factory is inseparable from electrical equipment, so I took this thing out first to protect the development of my industry.

But how to trade gold is also a troublesome matter. After all, it is not good to disappear out of thin air.

Then we can only take a small amount at a time, about one or half a ton at a time.

As for the other 400-ton casting press, Li Song plans to obtain the technology and then license it to certain factories in the mainland or acquire shares in the technology, so that the cost on the second-hand platform will be lower.

"Still inexperienced!" Li Song muttered to himself.

"Okay, no problem!" Tian Jiahui nodded.

After finishing the meal, Li Song looked at the company's newly hired cleaner. She was older, but it didn't matter. The two legal assistants were both newcomers who didn't have a lawyer's license.

There were also two clerks, both girls in their twenties.

The HR manager gave the three people very detailed information. Tian Jiahui also explained that the three of them came to Hong Kong Island more than ten years ago, so it would be convenient for them to travel to the mainland in the future.

Li Song chose a 38-year-old middle-aged man named Li Dekai, who used to be the manager of a large restaurant. However, due to poor business, the boss changed his career.

This is not the point. The point is that there are four children. The eldest one has started working, and the youngest one has just started middle school, which means there are three children in school.

In the boss's eyes, a good ox or horse is one that has a family.

"That's it." Li Song knew that the manager in the restaurant was quite powerful because he would encounter all kinds of people.

"Okay, I'll notify him to come to work when I get back." Tian Jiahui nodded.

Tian Jiahui took the garbage away before leaving. After eating, Li Song took a walk on the roof. Apart from the strong wind, everything else was fine and the scenery was nice.

After enjoying the breeze for a while, Li Song returned to his home, picked up two five-kilogram dumbbells, and started practicing boxing.

After a burst of humming, Li Song felt refreshed.

"Let's go to the gym." Li Song looked at the sweat stains on the floor and shook his head. The environment at home was not suitable for exercise.

After taking a shower, Li Song checked the second-hand platform as usual and found that the character templates of Interstellar Mercenary were ready. Not only character templates, but also airports, battleships, mechas, various types of mechas, reptiles, beasts, humans, as well as various aerospace fighters and unmanned fighters...

It is precisely because so many things are needed that the price is as high as 25 US dollars.

"Hmm... It seems I found another BUG!" Li Song was shocked when he looked at the thing in his hand, because this aerospace fighter was the first thing produced in the mainland after decades, and it appeared in his comic prop prototype. This was the result of many times of data from the hypersonic wind tunnel.

(End of this chapter)