Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

shameless!

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting behind the desk, widened his eyes unconsciously.

this.........

Is he still the same stingy Guo who used to be as frustrated as a little wife?

Damn, it must be Kong Ming who is possessed!

But then again, what this old guy said does make some sense!

How could I have forgotten about the patent fee?

No, you have to take it!

Let you make me pay for the watch...

"Cough cough!"

"What Mr. Guo said makes sense, but 60% of the net profit is a bit too much..."

Hearing this, Wu Chunfu was so moved that he knelt down to Zhu Youxiao on the spot.

But before he could open his mouth, Zhu Youxiao continued speaking.

"I've thought about it and decided to just ask for 90% of the selling price. No more, or I'll feel guilty!"

Wu Chunfu was petrified instantly: "What?"

Guo Yunhou was amused. He put his hands into his sleeves and pushed him with his hips.

"His Majesty said he only wants nine-tenths of the price of the watch!"

"What ears? You didn't hear this clearly?"

Wu Chunfu glared at him and said, "Of course I heard it!"

"Now that you've heard it, why don't you hurry up and thank me?"

"Your Majesty is not anxious, why should you, Mr. Guo, be anxious? Let me sort it out first..."

After arguing with Guo Yunhou, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Which one is more, 9% of the selling price or 60% of the net profit?

A watch sells for two hundred taels of silver. Mr. Guo will collect one hundred taels of tax, and after deducting the eighty taels of cost, the net profit is twenty taels, and 60% is twelve taels.

Price: 9 cents...

Selling for 200 taels, 10% is 20 taels, 90% is 18 taels...

As he was calculating, Wu Chunfu almost vomited blood on the spot.

Together...

A watch costs two hundred taels of silver, but after all the hard work, the Ministry of Works only earned two taels of silver?

What picture?

Picture two?

Wu Chunfu, who had finally tasted the sweetness and saw a lot of money waving at him, was completely stunned after this analysis!

"Your Majesty, you can't do this!"

He slumped on the ground, raised his head, and his face was full of frustration.

"I told the craftsmen in the factory yesterday that I would give them rewards during the New Year."

"But there are only two taels of silver left. How can I redeem it?"

But just as he finished speaking, he saw Guo Yunhou looking at him with sympathy.

“You won’t raise the price?”

"For example, selling it for three hundred taels of silver per piece?"

Wu Chunfu turned around and looked at him, gritting his teeth and growling, "Three hundred taels, so what? Is it interesting to earn an extra tael of silver?"

"Hey! The brain is a good thing, do some calculations yourself!"

Guo Yunhou let out a long sigh, took out a notebook and a pen from his pocket and handed them to him.

Wu Chunfu: ???

What do you mean?

If it is sold for three hundred taels, wouldn't the Ministry of Works' profit be three taels of silver?

He subconsciously took the notebook and pen and began to calculate.

Three hundred taels, half of the tax, is one hundred and fifty taels.

Nine tenths of the selling price is twenty-seven taels.

The cost is still eighty taels...

By this calculation, the Ministry of Works’ profit actually increased from two taels of silver to forty-three taels?

Huh?

Seeing this result, he suddenly felt that his brain was not enough.

I go!

Why is there such a big difference?

Guo Yunhou happily pushed him again with his hips.

"How about it? If we raise the price, won't the profit go up immediately?"

“Well, this is the charm of mathematics!”

There was no concealment in the conversation between the two.

Behind the desk, Zhu Youxiao was speechless as he looked at the results he had calculated himself.

After the price increased by 100 taels, I ended up getting the least...

It's outrageous!

But then again, when the selling price increased to one hundred taels, the patent fee increased from eighteen taels to twenty-seven taels.

Although it’s a little less, it’s free after all, right?

Thinking about it this way, it is not unacceptable...

But this brings up another problem.

If you want more patent fees, you have to ask the Ministry of Industry to sell more watches, then there is no need to pursue the rumors outside........

hiss.......

Zhu Youxiao looked up at Guo Yunhou.

This old stingy........

The abacus is really counting six!

Chapter 572 Contract

Although it is said that one should be soft-hearted when receiving favors, one should be grateful when receiving favors.

But even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, right?

So Zhu Youxiao drafted a contract on the spot.

In order to make the contract appear more formal, he ordered people to go to the Zhengcunba factory and ask Xu Guangqi to get the design drawing of the watch. He then re-drew it and added it to the contract.

The drawings, design concepts, and principles are all clearly written.

[Patent Lease Contract]

Patent owner: Ming Dynasty Royal Family

Patent leasing party: Ming Dynasty Ministry of Industry

In order to better transform patented technology into productivity, Party A and Party B reached the following agreement on the utility model patent (patent number: Mingzhuan 162811280001):

..........

After writing it, he called Wu Chunfu and Guo Yunhou to his front and pointed at the contract.

"Come and see."

"From today on, any new things that appear in the future must be patented."

"The Ministry of Industry has set up a separate Patent Department to be responsible for this matter. For any patent that needs to be registered, the Patent Department will verify and issue a certificate."

"One is to protect the enthusiasm for innovation and invention, and the other is to combat shameless acts such as plagiarism and imitation."

“Patent rights can be licensed to others for use with or without compensation, and can also be transferred and sold.”

"But anyone who uses the patent content for profit without the patent owner's consent must be severely punished once discovered!"

"After this matter, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Justice will communicate and draft relevant laws as soon as possible!"

After saying that, he sat back in his chair and waited quietly.

Guo Yunhou and Wu Chunfu looked at it very carefully. For them, this was a completely new thing.

After the two of them went over the entire contract carefully several times, Wu Chunfu solemnly signed his name on the back and asked someone to go to the Ministry of Industry to get his official seal.

"I have seen many such things before. Some craftsmen are not attentive themselves, but spend all day thinking about stealing other people's hard work."

“Once this patent law is enacted, it will surely bring about great changes.”

As the Minister of Works, he has the most say on such matters.

At the same time, the contract in front of him reminded him of the cement formula issue, which made him realize the importance of patents even more.

He seemed to understand something, and when he looked at Zhu Youxiao again, there was a hint of admiration in his eyes.

People teach people, but they can’t teach.

Experience teaches people a lesson, once is enough!

When it comes to patents, Your Majesty has been using real events to remind himself!

What a good intention this is!

Thinking of this, he turned around and looked at Guo Yunhou again.

This old miser seems to be more influenced by Your Majesty.

Those IOUs forced him to change from lying down and waiting to taking the initiative now...

Holy Son of Heaven!

It really is the Holy Emperor in the world!

He immediately bowed deeply to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Your Majesty is wise. I only understand your intention now. I am ashamed!"

Seeing him like this, Zhu Youxiao smiled, waved his hand, and walked out from behind the table.

"Okay, now that you feel ashamed, you should be more attentive in doing things next time."

"You are in charge of not only the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, but also millions of craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I'm leaving first. Don't forget to send the patent fee to the Western Factory later!"

After he left, Wu Chunfu also left the Ministry of Revenue with the patent contract.

After returning to the Ministry of Industry, the first thing he did was to ask someone to compile a list of all new inventions made in the past year.

Cement, machine tools, knife heads, copper bullets, bullet primers, shadows, dragon tongues, principles, mortars...

But after he sorted these out, he fell into deep thought again.

In these things, there is more or less the shadow of Zhu Youxiao!

How should this patent be calculated?

"Somebody come!"

It gave me a headache to think about it, so I just passed the blame to my subordinates.