1986 passed in silence, on New Year's Day, the United States celebrated New Year's Eve again, and the TV also broadcast the New Year's Eve countdown in New York's Times Square, in which Times Square was crowded, everyone cheered, but the Chinese have no feelings for New Year's Day, only the Spring Festival is a day for Chinese celebrations, but those neighbors are very lively, invite Liu Lang's family to celebrate together, Liu Donglai and his wife also bought a lot of gifts, what red wine, steak and other food, the other party is very happy.

At the end of Stanford's Christmas break on January 5, Liu Lang came to the school early, ready to talk to Professor Claire, he has now fully grasped the problem that the other party gave him, so the other party should also fulfill the original promise.

However, as soon as Liu Lang walked into the campus, he was met by Professor Hanks.

"Liu Lang, I'm looking for you, come to me!"

Professor Hanks couldn't help but pull Liu Lang and walked towards his office, and Sun Hu, who was not far away, also secretly followed.

"What's the matter?"

Liu Lang asked.

"Good thing, do you remember the design of your fire ladder?"

Liu Lang then remembered the design paper of the special-shaped gear of the fire ladder.

"What's wrong?"

Liu Lang asked again.

"I made the design into a finished product, and then gave two sets to the Los Angeles Fire Department, let them try to see if it can be used in actual firefighting, ten days ago there was a hotel in downtown Los Angeles that caught fire, ordinary ladders could not rescue people trapped on the sixth floor, and finally the ladders you designed played a key role in saving twelve people, if there is no ladder, these people may be dangerous, and now the deputy director of the fire department Banksy has come to you in person and wants to cooperate with you to make a large number of such ladders!"

"I see!"

In Professor Hanks's office sat two men, the first of whom was the deputy commissioner of the Los Angeles Fire Department, Banks, who was about forty-two or thirteen years old, tall and strong.

"Mr. Banksy, this is the designer, the youngest graduate student in the history of Stanford University, Mr. Jimmy!"

Hanks pointed at Liu Lang.

Although the two of them heard that the designer was a child, they were still startled when they really saw Liu Lang, this age is really too young.

"Mr. Jimmy, my name is Banks, and I'm the deputy chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, and this is the Los Angeles Fire Department's legal counsel, Makda!"

"Hello gentlemen, I'm glad that my design can help you, and I'm even more relieved to be able to save more than a dozen people!"

"Mr. Jimmy, your ladder design is very ingenious, the function is much more powerful than ordinary ladders, if it is promoted, more people will be saved, we just want to talk to you about cooperation, after all, you are the owner of the ladder patent!"

Banksy didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point.

"How do you work together?"

Liu Lang asked.

"We are here to buy the patent right from you on behalf of the California Emergency Management Agency, and the patent transfer fee is 650,000 US dollars, of course, you can also put forward your own price, if it is higher than 650,000 US dollars, we need to ask the State Emergency Management Agency for instructions!"

Banks said.

"Jimmy, if you don't want to transfer your own patent, you can also designate a company to sell this kind of ladder in the form of licensing, the general licensing fee is ten to thirty percent of the sales price, but this will also be very risky, after all, your special-shaped gear structure is not complicated, once it appears in the market, it may be imitated by other companies, if the basic shape is changed, it is difficult to define the other party's plagiarism in law, so I suggest that you still accept the offer of the State Emergency Management Agency!"

Hanks added.

Professor Hanks is right, special-shaped gears focus on exquisite design and unexpected construction, but there is nothing unique in terms of technology, it can be imitated, once the shape is changed, it is difficult to legally define whether the other party is infringing.

"Six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and there are whole things!"

Liu Lang thought it was very interesting, it seemed that this was the amount calculated by the other party, and this amount of money was a lot in the United States in the eighties.

"Mr. Banksy, do you know the man Alexander Fleming?"

Liu Lang did not answer the other party, but asked a small question.

"Alexander Fleming, who is this man?"

The other party was puzzled.

"Alexander Fleming is the discoverer of penicillin!"

Hanks replied casually, he also looked at Liu Lang in puzzlement, why did the other party ask this question?

"Yes, Dr. Fleming discovered penicillin, which was mass-produced during World War II, and countless penicillin agents were sent to the front line to save millions of Allied soldiers, and later Dr. Fleming was told that if he applied for a patent for penicillin, he would be able to become a multimillionaire or even a billionaire, but he didn't do it, because once he applied for a patent, cheap penicillin would become expensive, and it was likely that some poor people would not be able to afford it, and he felt that penicillin belonged to all mankind, not just him, so he finally refused to apply for a patent, and again, this kind of fire ladder can save more people, so why should I pay for the patentBesides, I didn't spend my own money on this design, I just painted it casually, and I didn't need any cost!"

Liu Lang said lightly.

"What? Jimmy, you mean to transfer the patent to us for free?"

Banksy couldn't believe it.

"Why not? We can transfer patents now for free!"

Liu Lang spread his hands and said.

"This ...... This .........!"

Banksy was a little at a loss now, and Liu Lang's answer was completely unexpected.

"Jimmy, wait a minute, I'll make a call first!"

Banksy walked over to the telephone, picked it up, and dialed it.

"What are you waiting for, waiting! Do you still need to ask the leader for this kind of taking advantage?"

Liu Lang was secretly funny.

Of course, Banksy has no opinion, but everything has to go through the procedure, and Liu Lang's free transfer is also a procedure, and it must be carried out in accordance with legal steps.

The result is, of course, what Liu Lang thinks, if the other party refuses, it is called a fool, and the director of the Los Angeles Fire Department on the other side of the phone is the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, and he directly expressed his gratitude to Liu Lang on the phone, and awarded him the title of honorary firefighter.

Liu Lang's kindness is really touching, 650,000 US dollars is definitely not a small amount, it is the total income of ordinary families for more than ten years, who will donate the income of more than ten years? Not to mention ordinary people, even Hanks does not have such great courage, of course, Hanks also knows that Liu Lang and Knight have a very good relationship, he should not be bad for money, but to be able to do this, that is also to have noble sentiments, not everyone can do it.