In October, autumn is crisp.

Zhou Fangyuan came to the United States again, and under the leadership of William, he came to the city of Corning in the United States.

Corning began as an agricultural town, but the relocation of the glass factory to the area led to the town's economic development. Gradually, Corning came to have a beautiful name—Crystal City. The Corning Museum of Glass is the world's largest glass museum, with exhibits spanning the past and present. The souvenir shop offers a wide range of glassware, from home décor to button jewelry.

Basically, if you are a tour group, you probably won't come to this place, but if you are an ordinary tourist at your own expense, it is also interesting to come here to take a stroll, see the world of glass, and buy some souvenirs to go back.

Of course, Zhou Fangyuan didn't come here today to travel and buy things, his purpose was very simple.

Corning, one of the world's leading materials manufacturers in the future, the original owner of Gorilla Glass and the company that changed the world with Joe's gang, is in this town.

Zhou Fangyuan sat in the car, listened to William's introduction along the way, and nodded from time to time.

The research and development of aluminum-silicon tempered glass of Beitong Glass Factory has reached a bottleneck, the process can not keep up, and how to prepare it on a large scale is also a problem, of course, these problems are not the most serious, the most serious, or the problem of patent protection.

Zhou Fangyuan is not a genius in chemistry, he doesn't know much about these things, in order to speed up the research process, he took out the research and development method of aluminum-silicon tempered glass. Of course, he doesn't know much, but he roughly knows a direction, after all, he has seen similar posts on the Internet, which describe the process of Corning's manufacturing of aluminum-silicon tempered glass.

The process is divided into the following steps.

First, Corning's Gorilla Glass is produced by introducing a process called "melt pulldown," in which the glass raw material is liquefied and passed through a container with a fixed width gap at the bottom, allowing the liquid to fall freely to automatically form a flat glass. This process is characterized by the ability to produce exceptionally clean, smooth and flat glass surfaces and substrates with inherent dimensional constancy.

Next, the glass undergoes a process of ion exchange.

Glass molding involves soaking in potassium nitrate solution to undergo an ion exchange reaction, replacing the original sodium ions with potassium ions, and finally obtaining a glass panel with better strength, during which there are many more complex processes and secret formulas.

In short, before the birth of Gorilla Glass, the vast majority of mobile phones used plastic screens, and plastic screens are easy to wear, and the feel and visual experience are very bad. After Corning produced scratch-resistant glass, the experience of using ordinary smartphones was created. It can be said that gorillas are standard for smartphones, and their importance is self-evident. Of course, Zhou Fangyuan can't leave this opening to the people of the United States, just kidding, what should I do if I am choked by others in the future?

So he wanted to figure it out by himself, but the problem was that all the conditions did not allow it, so Zhou Fangyuan could only tell the researchers in the research room according to the routine he knew, and let them study according to this way, speed up the speed, and ensure the success rate.

But the result of this is that although the glass has been developed at a faster speed, it is almost the same as the Gorilla Glass of Mi Guo Corning, except for some different formulas, it is almost identical.

Of course, Zhou Fangyuan couldn't accept this fact, so he had to find a way to make up for the problem.

What's more, didn't it be said above that there are some difficulties in the research of Beitong Glass Factory, there are problems in the process, and there are some small problems that have not been solved.

But on the other hand, Corning's plan is more mature, so if it can learn from one or two points, it is also a good thing for Beitong Glass Factory.

In fact, if there is enough time, Zhou Fangyuan certainly hopes that all the formulas can be researched in his factory, but unfortunately, his time is not enough, and the accumulation of technology is far less than that of Kangning, so he can only think of other ways.

And so, here he was.

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Accompanied by William, Zhou Fangyuan entered Corning.

He was greeted by a vice president of Corning, named James, a name that was too common, just like Chao and Peng in Chinese names.

After meeting and shaking hands, sit separately on either side of the table.

Zhou Fangyuan's purpose was to tell the other party before he came, and gave the other party a few days to discuss, and he is collecting funds everywhere these days, and now the Yuanfang Group is developing well, and the profitability of its subsidiaries is good, plus the two websites of Facebook and Twitter were sold by Zhou Fangyuan by 5% each 's shares, this time it is not financing shares, but simply selling shares, so the money went into Zhou Fangyuan's pocket, although it is a loss to sell now, but there is no way, what is the attitude of Corning Company, I don't know, if they obediently sell the glass formula and a series of patents, it will be fine, if they are not willing to sell? Or do they want to increase the price? Zhou Fangyuan also has to guard against it.

In short, this time he came, bringing almost tens of millions of dollars with him, although it was not much, but it was enough to buy formulas and patents.

After all, aluminum-silicon tempered glass is not a great formula for Corning, Corning's coverage of the field is too wide, although it is a material manufacturer, but aluminum-silicon tempered glass can only be regarded as a very small product under their display science department, and it has no effect at present, as mentioned above, this invention was sealed after research and development, and it has been stored for many years, knowing that when Qiao Gangji needed to use similar products, this invention was re-enabled, for now, aluminum-silicon tempered glass is still chicken ribs for Corning, and it should not matter。

But having said that, Zhou Fangyuan is still ready to fight a tough battle, after all, he is now asking for help, although his attitude must be correct, and he can't show cowardice to let the other party's lion open his mouth. But after all, I still have to buy other people's things, so it's not wrong to make more preparations.

Tens of millions, he felt that it was almost the same, and if the other party still had a request, he could come up with a new plan.

For example, you can exchange shares in Twitter and Facebook for patents, or even directly exchange shares.

Although the future prospects of the two websites are very bright, it is still the same sentence, this type of website, shouldering the intelligence of social networking, the United States government will intervene sooner or later. If the company's major shareholder is a crooked nut at that time, the Mi government will definitely have something to say, even if it doesn't kick Zhou Fangyuan out directly, it will be too ugly, but it can still be done with some small means. Zhou Fangyuan didn't want to take risks, so he had to let go of these two companies sooner or later, just sooner or later.

Swap what you will lose for what you need, and you can do it no matter how you look at it.

That's the benefit of the Reborn, because he knows what industries are going to thrive and what companies are not going to work, and he can avoid some crooked paths and landmines, and he can grow faster than everyone else.

The book is back to business.

The three of them sat down on both sides, first exchanged a few words, and then the two sides finally got to the point.

"We are happy that your company is optimistic about our technology, but we are sorry, the company's technology will not be sold to the outside world, we are only willing to seek partners, Corning believes in patient capital, and we have enough patience to wait for the day when this technology will do its job." ”

Jaime came up with such a sentence, which directly gave Zhou Fangyuan a headache.

He didn't quite know what the other party meant by this, was it a bargain, or did he really not think about it?

If it's a bargain, it's okay to say, but the big deal is to waste some more time and pay a little more, but if it's really not considered at all...... That's troublesome, although Zhou Fangyuan doesn't know much about chemical things, he also knows that it is very, very difficult to bypass most of the patents covered by this invention and take a new path to develop a new glass. Even if he can do it, he doesn't have to think about it in three or five years, he can develop so fast, and the fight itself is a time difference, because no one else has done it, he has done it, so he succeeded. Because he thought of things that others hadn't thought of at the moment, he succeeded.

If he really waits for three or five or even seven or eight years, when Apple is in full swing, why should he compete with others?

Of course, it doesn't matter if the gang leader Joe is, anyway, both sides are companies in the United States, and Corning will not deliberately jam their necks. But the distant technology is different, the ghost knows if there will be anything wrong in the future, because he is not sure, so he doesn't dare to bet at all.

"But as far as I know, this technology has been mothballed for at least 30 years, do you want it to be mothballed for 30 years? Patience Capital is about patience, not a dead end, to be honest, I have some interest in this technology, and I want to buy it back to see if there are any other ways to apply it, so I will be here today. But even I'm not entirely sure what this technology can be used for, so do you have to lock up this technology in the warehouse for another 30 years? You know, 30 years is not a short time, and who can be sure that there will be no replacement for this technology in the next 30 years?"

Zhou Fangyuan can only know how to reason with emotion, the main thing is to probe the other party's tone, if the other party does not hesitate to reject him again, he will just get up and leave, and then think of other ways. Otherwise, he will improve and increase his skills. It was the only suitable solution he could think of, after all, he wasn't really a business wizard.

"Mr. Zhou, you may not know that in Corning's technology library, there is no end to the technology that is not yet known to be useful? We have enough time and patience, not to mention, Corning has always been a leader in the material manufacturing industry, I believe that in the next 30 years, even if someone can invent a replacement or even an upgraded version of this technology, it will definitely be Corning, what do you think?"

James looked at Zhou Fangyuan with a smile and said.

Zhou Fangyuan was stunned for a moment, and sighed helplessly in his heart, it seems that the idea of technology purchase may not work, the other party's attitude is very firm, and he firmly believes in the concept of patient capital, and he looks unmoved.

"Besides, how can you say that this technology is useless, aren't you optimistic about this technology now?"

James was very dissatisfied with the knife, and told Zhou Fangyuan clearly, we know that you need this technology now, it doesn't matter if you tell the truth or not, anyway, we have seen through it.

What else can be done about this?

Zhou Fangyuan knows that the upstream material suppliers have such an advantage, as long as they have unique things, if they don't sell them to you, they won't sell them to you, and they can't help it, so they have the ability to find substitutes by themselves.

Although he knew that it would be difficult to do so, Zhou Fangyuan still had the idea of taking down the entire Kangning at this moment. He had this idea for a long time, but according to his previous thoughts, this one could be taken slowly, and there was no need to rush it. But now it seems that since it is necessary to take this technology before the Qiao gang finds Corning, it is the best choice to buy Corning directly. In fact, Corning's current life is not good, or rather, most of the enterprises in the United States are not having a good time, after all, the name of the world's factory in Huaxia has become bigger and bigger, and countless Mi companies have either transferred or closed down, and there is no other way to go.

Corning, of course, will not be affected so much, but was the financial crisis of the previous years a joke? Corning was also affected, and a company like this, if it does not have a project that can make a lot of money immediately, it is not easy to recover, and it has to be done slowly. Coupled with the shrinking market demand now, Corning's life is really not too good. Of course, it won't go out of business, in short, it's just a maintenance, maintenance, and waiting for the day when the clouds open to see the sun and the moon.

At this time, if you buy Corning, how much will it cost? Zhou Fangyuan pondered silently in his heart.

Twitter and Facebook were sold directly, and the domestic company accepted part of the financing and borrowed a sum of money from the bank itself...... By the way, there are also Brother Xiao Li and Erma, who can borrow some of the funds......

It should be about the same......

Zhou Fangyuan was thinking about it in his heart, but he didn't prevent Jaime from suddenly changing his words.

"Actually, I have a better proposal here, Mr. Zhou might as well listen to it. ”

"Speak. ”

Zhou Fangyuan instantly dragged his thoughts back, what's the matter? Did you encounter a turning point? Is this possible?

"We already know that Mr. Zhou is a business wizard from Huaxia, and there are a lot of your industries here in the United States, we have recently noticed two emerging websites, which are very famous in the Internet circle, and their valuations have risen again and again, and it is said that they are going to carry out Series B financing?

No way!

Zhou Fangyuan sighed in his heart, did he really go in this direction?

That's not bad, at least you can achieve your goals.

Zhou Fangyuan smiled slightly when he heard this, "Of course, I accept shares from other investors, but the potential of these two companies is very large, if I only change one technology, then I will suffer too much." Let's discuss the share swap. ”

At this moment, he looked like a little fox.

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