On July 18, Xu Zhi had just come to the office, and He Guoyuan hurried to say: "Xu Sheng, the United States reported two things last night, one good and one bad. ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "Then I'll listen to the bad first!"

He Guoyuan said: "Our company sent to buy several LCD patents of RCA, and the United States offered a sky-high price?"

"How many did they drive?" Xu Zhi asked.

He Guoyuan said: "5 million US dollars!"

Xu Zhi asked: "How much does this kind of patent generally cost?"

He Guoyuan said: "At that time, Japan's Sharp Company spent almost 2 million US dollars to buy this kind of patent, although the money was more valuable at that time, but considering that the patent time is about to expire, it is good that this set of patents can be sold for one million US dollars now." ”

Xu Zhi frowned and said, "It seems that our details have been clarified." ”

He Guoyuan said: "Yes, RCA should know that we urgently need to produce our own LCD screens, so we have opened this sky-high price, anyway, this kind of patent will expire in 2 years, and it is a sum of money to make a profit!"

Xu Zhidao: "Is there any way to counteract?"

He Guoyuan shook his head and said: "No, we have some business dealings with RCA, but we only buy color tubes from RCA's factory in the bend, the other party is a large company, and the various branches are completely independent, and the color tube department does not affect the LCD department, unless we can contact RCA's head office, otherwise it is useless!"

"Crooked RCA factory!" Xu Zhi frowned and muttered, he remembered something special.

"Xu Sheng?" Seeing that Xu Zhi was a little in a daze, He Guoyuan reminded.

"Oh, it's okay, thinking about something. Xu Zhi came back to his senses and asked again, "What's that good thing?"

He Guoyuan said with a smile: "Corning has agreed to make a Gameboy LCD screen for us for 12 Hong Kong dollars, but we must sign a contract with a total amount of not less than 5 million!"

"12 Hong Kong dollars, although this price is more expensive than before, it is still acceptable, and it is a little cheaper than the price increase in Japan. Xu Zhi confirmed.

Corning is one of the top companies in the global glass and ceramics industry, one of the world's top 500 companies, and the network optical fiber of later generations is the patent of this company.

"Yes, because there are enough orders, and Corning's costs are relatively low among all U.S. LCD companies. He Guoyuan nodded and said: "In addition, our negotiators also brought good news, Corning has agreed to help us build an LCD factory in Xiangjiang, and they will provide sufficient technical support." ”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Provide us with technical support? They are not afraid that we will not give them orders once we have learned them?"

He Guoyuan said: "Although the difficulty of this LCD technology is not low, it is not a monopoly technology after all, if we really want to enter this industry, it is still okay to pay a price."

Instead of that, Corning should have helped us directly to get our huge order!"

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, but although that's what I said, the Yankees can't be fully trusted, so we should pay more attention in the future!"

"I know this, but let's go back to the first thing, without these RCA basic patent authorization, we can't legally produce LCD screens at all, even if Corning helps no matter what, we can only wait until the end of 81 RCA patent expires to produce it. ”

"Can't wait!" Xu Zhi frowned: "Even if Corning can supply normally, if it drags on until 81 years, the additional cost we pay will be much higher than 5 million US dollars." ”

He Guoyuan waited for a while and asked, "Do we really pay the 5 million?"

"$5 million is not much, it's definitely worth the price, it's absolutely fine, but if you want to kill me, there is no door. Xu Zhi sneered.

He Guoyuan also nodded and said, "Yes, I feel very unhappy." ”

Xu Zhi asked: "Corning can legally produce LCDs, and it should also be authorized by RCA, right?"

He Guoyuan nodded and said: "Yes, after the invention of liquid crystal in the 60s, many companies are optimistic about the future of this technology, and many Japanese and American companies are interested in buying, but at the beginning, RCA refused to sell and wanted to research it by itself, but after a lot of R&D investment, there was no return, so I slowly sold a lot of patents for authorization." ”

"I see!" Xu Zhi smiled.

He Guoyuan said: "Xu Sheng, I know what you think, although Corning has the authorization of RCA, it can only produce it by itself, and it has no right to license this patent again." ”

Xu Zhi thought for a while and said, "In that case, you discuss with Corning, the new factory will be invested in the name of their company, and when it comes to 1981, we can buy this company directly." ”

He Guoyuan's eyes lit up and said: "This is indeed a good method, in this way, there is no possibility of patent infringement, and the cost may be reduced a lot." ”

Xu Zhidao: "It's not that simple, LCD is a high-tech industry, and it is not sensitive to labor costs, in fact, the purpose of this is mainly to train technical talents in this area for the Xiangjiang area, but the specific production capacity and price of this cooperation must be determined in the contract in advance, otherwise the future disputes will be very troublesome." ”

He Guoyuan nodded and said: "I understand, the amount of this contract is not small, I have invited a top law firm in the United States to negotiate, and the follow-up contract will be very strict."

If everything is negotiated, where is the LCD factory located?"

Xu Zhi smiled: "Tianshui Wai!"

After two months of negotiations, one of the major shareholders of Weicheng Company, Dachang Real Estate, finally bowed his head, Dachang Company was originally a small company, and investing in Weicheng had consumed too much money, but Tin Shui Wai could not be developed for a long time, and other projects were also affected, and finally, 25% of the shares of Weicheng Company were sold to Evergrande for 130 million Hong Kong dollars.

If it is the same as in history, in another 3 years, Weicheng Company was unable to develop the land in Tin Shui Wai for a long time, and finally the Hong Kong government reclaimed the 488 hectares of land for 2.258 billion Hong Kong dollars, and Xu Zhi owned 1/4, that is, 560 million Hong Kong dollars.

As long as you don't do anything, you can make 400 million Hong Kong dollars in a few years, which is really a good business.

However, what Xu Zhi values is not this one-time benefit, he has his own plan, only 1/4 of the equity, which is still too much of a loss, but since he promised Li Jiacheng and China Resources Company, he still has to do it at all, and the opening of the LCD factory to Tianshuiwei is also an explanation.

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After He Guoyuan left, Xu Zhi called Yao Mingcheng and said, "You send someone to RCA's factory in Wanwan and buy a few single-family houses over there." ”

Yao Mingcheng asked suspiciously, "What are you doing buying a house over there?"

Xu Zhi smiled: "You don't have to worry about it, just do it!"

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