There was no ventilation in advance, and Mr. John Sanderson, the interim head of Mason Battery Company, was frightened by Han Chudong's words.

Duracell wants to spend $8 million on technology patents?

After the product comes out, you want to take five million dollars out and advertise to open up the market?

How come he, the person responsible, hasn't heard any news at all?

John Sanderson's expression was surprised, his mouth was slightly open, and he felt that he had picked up a treasure, and it turned out that the company he managed was so "powerful".

Ishikawa Hayabusa, an old employee of Panasonic Company, also wondered at this time, seeing that Han Chudong said the same as the truth, and he was young, not like a little fox who had been in the mall for a long time, and he was wondering if the information had not been collected comprehensively and had missed any important news.

After a moment of silence, he said to Han Chudong: "If it is really a very good product, then it is definitely worth investing a lot of money in publicity, but ...... Producing dry batteries and running a company is not a simple matter. The reason why we came here today is to investigate and understand your company's patents and will give you a fair offer to consider purchasing it. ”

That's not what I said earlier.

Ishikawa Hayabusa originally said that he would give an offer that would definitely satisfy him, but after being bluffed by Han Chudong, he didn't dare to say anything big.

After all, even Duracell's "eight million dollars" was rejected, which was not much different from the approximate price given by Ishikawa's boss, so that Ishikawa Hayabusa couldn't make up his mind and needed to communicate more with his boss and ask for advice.

Therefore, when the words came to his lips, it became that he was just here to understand the situation today, and he had no confidence to take it in one fell swoop.

It's not that Panasonic is unconfident.

Matsushita Electric is above the Sumitomo Foundation, and there is a "White Water Club" cover, even if two or three zeros are added to the back of eight million dollars, it is just a small problem, the key is that Ishikawa Hayabusa has no decision, and he still has to act according to the face of his boss.

Han Chudong is also tempting.

Knowing that his patents can make money, but if he can save some money, he can earn back the profits of the next few years at one time and quickly return the funds, in his opinion, it is actually okay.

If you invest your money in other areas, you won't necessarily earn less money than you would from selling batteries.

In contrast, Mason battery lacks enough room for growth, unless it continues to develop new technologies, or long-term profits can be seen at a glance.

Although Duracell has a market capitalization of more than $100 million, it has other business support.

If you want to reach the height of Duracell, you need to accumulate word-of-mouth, and it will take several years to compete in order to occupy a relatively good territory from the market.

However, if you have a sales channel that you can borrow, it's different.

Han Chudong is thinking about whether he can cooperate with Panasonic, open the market with the help of sales channels, and use long-term interests to exchange some funds for coming back by the way.

"Wait a while, I'll show you the patent application documents and the test and R&D data at that time, who is an expert in the field of alkaline dry batteries?" Han Chudong asked these people.

In the group of four, a young man sat on the sofa and replied, "Takeshi Okano is a graduate of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tokyo. ”

"That's fine......

Using the key to open the filing cabinet, Han Chudong rummaged through the patents and test materials related to Mason batteries, these things were sorted out with the help of Kiko Mochizuki, and they were classified and easy to find.

Then he took out a thick stack of documents and said to them: "Let's take a look first, I'll let the laboratory send samples over now, and buy some Duracell and Panasonic batteries on the way, and then compare and test, it will be more intuitive." ”

"Thank you very much!" Ishikawa replied.

In these years, American businessmen like to do business with businessmen, so he has a very low posture here, and sometimes deliberately bullies them to keep the price down, and in the end, most of them can make a deal.

It is harmless to humans and animals, backed by cheap labor in Asia, and produces goods that are not only of good quality, but also lower in price than similar products, such as automobiles, home appliances and various parts.

It was developed relatively early, and it happened that at a good time, the United States had not yet begun to be vigilant, and the Plaza Accord only appeared later.

......

Let the other person see first.

Han Chudong really called and asked the battery laboratory to send samples over.

Along with them, there were toys set in large boxes, and the researcher graduated from the California Institute of Technology and began to assemble them in front of everyone...... Circular circuit.

Made of wood, several ready-made four-wheel drive racing cars that have been finalized are placed on Han Chudong's desk.

As I said before, it's not that there is no way to put this toy on the market as soon as possible, but it's not necessary for the time being, the market heat of toys such as Super Magic Ball and Battle Top has not faded, and now the listing will only squeeze out its own market.

With the batteries installed, the three toy cars ran lap after lap on different tracks.

The speed is relatively fast, and they are all sample toy cars, and there are no corners due to manufacturing costs.

The one with the Panasonic dry battery stopped first, and soon the one with the Duracell battery also stopped, leaving the one with the sample battery still running, but not as fast as it used to be.

After more than 30 laps around the model track, it gradually stopped because the battery ran out.

In the opinion of Ishikawa Hayabusa and others, it is already a very remarkable result, it is normal to surpass Panasonic dry batteries, and it can be more powerful than Duracell's flagship product, that is, success.

If it can be acquired, it will be enough for Panasonic's dry battery business to sweep away the decline and turn defeat into victory in the international dry battery market.

It is not enough to have enough electricity, but also to consider the manufacturing cost, if the selling price is too high, it will inevitably affect the sales volume and profit margin.

I asked the technician who graduated from the University of Tokyo in Japanese, and after learning that the technology was relatively mature and advanced, Ishikawa Hayabusa said, "I would like to ask, after mass production, how much will the cost of a single No. 5 and No. 7 battery be?"

"They are all very ordinary raw materials, and the insulating ring at the bottom of the battery needs to be customized, and the larger the output, the lower the cost, and I can't give you an accurate figure for the time being, the cost of production in Asia is definitely much lower than that of production in the United States." ”

After Han Chudong finished speaking, he wrote a number on the paper, showed it to Ishikawa Hayabusa alone, and told the other party: "If it is produced in Asia, it is almost so much, to be honest, I hope that the two sides can cooperate for a win-win situation than to sell you the whole set of patents." ”

The paper reads "7 cents ~ 10 cents", excluding the cost of advertising, transportation, sales, etc.

The low-end manufacturing industry in the United States will surely be doomed, and the unfortunate ones are the middle- and low-level residents who need to earn money to make a living, and if there are no harsh protective tariffs, they will not be able to stop the onslaught of low-priced goods from developing countries.

It is by taking advantage of this that it has successfully tore through the markets of developed countries, wantonly dumped its manufacturing products, and then used the money earned to develop technology, acquire or invest in various high-quality assets, and keep its economic development at a high level.

In more than a month, the battery production line will be produced, and Han Chudong has already asked people to do market research, and the production cost is about a number.

took a sip of black tea and waited for the other party to give him an answer on whether he was cooperating or not.

When Ishikawa heard the latter sentence, he was not too interested, and changed the subject and asked, "If we acquire the entire set of patents, what is the price you expect?"

"At least $15 million ......"

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