Chapter 14: What a kind man

Looking at Gao Wen's heart-warming appearance, the corners of Ichiro Morita couldn't help but slightly hook up a trace of arc that was not easy to detect.

At this moment, he felt very disdainful of Gao Wen in his heart, in his opinion, Tu Baozi was really easy to deceive, and he was easily fooled to share the cost of research and development. As long as this technology deal can be completed, the money he invested in the development of 3.5-inch floppy disk technology will basically be recovered.

Even if the 3.5-inch floppy disk technology is smashed in his hands in the future, he doesn't have to worry about not recovering the cost. If he is lucky, he can use the hand of this dirt bun to promote the 3.5-inch floppy disk technology in a small area, and he may be able to make a small profit.

But what kind of person is Gao Wen, with the blessing of the system, he is not comparable to ordinary people at all. Ichiro Morita just had a calculation, and he immediately felt a wave of malice rushing to his face, and his intuition told him that Ichiro Morita was so eager to use installments to use the 3.5-inch floppy disk technology to him, and he had no good intentions at all.

However, although Gao Wen knew that Ichiro Morita had bad intentions, he was not afraid at all. As the so-called tiger wants to devour people, people are not trying to seek tigers, it depends on who is better.

Gao Wen, who came to his senses, quickly broke free from the desire to buy bargains when he saw them, and became a rational consumer who made shopping bags according to his actual needs.

He thought that floppy disk technology was just a transitional technology for him and his home computer compared to CD technology. Rather than wasting huge sums of money on a technology that was destined to be obsolete in a few years, he would rather invest that money in the development of CD technology.

Thinking of this, Gao Wen had a plan in his heart, and immediately shook his head and said to Ichiro Morita:

"Thank you, Mr. Morita, for your kindness, your proposal is indeed a heartwarming choice. If Xianglong Company is my sole proprietorship, I will definitely agree without hesitation. Unfortunately, I'm not. ”

When Ichiro Morita saw that Gao Wen dared to change his hexagram halfway, his face immediately pulled down, and he said to Gao Wen with a frosty face:

"In that case, then we don't have much to talk about. ”

After that, Ichiro Morita directly dialed the phone at hand, called the security guard, and wanted to drive Gao Wen away directly.

Gao Wen couldn't help but be a little confused, how could he say that the person who came was also a guest, how could this Ichiro Morita drive him away without saying a word. Isn't the Fuso people very polite? Even if they are in a hurry to drive him away, shouldn't they let him finish his words first, and then politely turn him away?

But no matter what Gao Wen thought in his heart, the security guard called by Ichiro Morita had already responded quickly. The two big men quickly pushed the door open, one left and one right, pressing towards him, threatening to 'invite' him out.

Seeing this situation, Gao Wen hurriedly said to Ichiro Morita:

"Mr. Morita, listen to me. I'm confident that within a year, I'll be able to turn your company's 3.5-inch floppy technology into a mainstream floppy technology that can compete with 5-inch floppy technology. ”

"Wait! Let him finish his sentence first. ”

Ichiro Morita heard Gawain say that he could make Sony's 3.5-inch floppy disk technology comparable to the existence of 5-inch floppy disk technology, and couldn't help but move, and stopped the security guards who were rushing people in time, leaving Gawain for the time being.

Although he has doubts in his heart about whether Gao Wen has such a ability, he is not afraid of 10,000 in everything, just in case, if Gao Wen really wants to have this ability, and he drives people away, won't he have to regret his intestines in the future.

So he temporarily stopped the security guard's movements, intending to listen to Gao Wen's 'high theory'.

"Give you three minutes to talk about what you can do to make 3.5-inch floppy disk technology the mainstream technology comparable to 5-inch floppy disk technology. ”

Ichiro Morita had a cold face, as if he said to Gao Wen.

Gao Wen pondered for a moment, squinted and smiled:

"If I say it now, and Mr. Morita doesn't admit it afterwards, won't I lose a lot of money? Unless Mr. Morita signs an agreement with me first, promising to charge us only $10 in royalties for every floppy drive sold. ”

"$10? Such a low royalty is a debt that you can tell. ”

Ichiro Morita first looked Gao Wen up and down coldly, and then changed his words,

"Don't blame me for not giving you a chance, since you're so sure, we might as well take a gamble. ”

Gao Wen, who was sure that he was sure to win, immediately became interested: "What kind of betting?"

Ichiro Morita said: "You and I sign a gambling agreement, and after the agreement is signed, I can give you the 3.5-inch floppy disk technology first." One year later, if you can make 3.5-inch floppy disk technology and 5.25-inch floppy disk technology go hand in hand, then I can license the 3.5-inch floppy disk technology to Xianglong Company for free for 3 years. If you lose, you'll have to pay Sony the full $100 million for the patent purchase. ”

Faced with Ichiro Morita's name of gambling, which was actually a condition for the lion to open his mouth, Gao Wen was not panicked at all.

However, in order to confuse Ichiro Morita and make him make a wrong judgment in his favor, Gawain still shook his head in feigned contention, and said:

"Three years of free licensing is too little, at least 10 years, otherwise we won't be able to recover the cost. And if it fails, the royalties for purchasing your company should be $50 million, not $100 million, as Mr. Morita said. ”

Ichiro Morita was a little noncommittal about the conditions proposed by Gao Wen, but fortunately, he also had his own little abacus.

He wanted to find an unlucky ghost who was the precursor of the king, although he was dissatisfied with such a high condition proposed by Gao Wen, but he did not refuse, but was very patient and negotiated with Gao Wen.

After all, it's not so easy to find a suitable unlucky ghost, and now that Gawain took the initiative to send it to the door, when this unlucky ghost turns the 3.5-inch floppy disk technology that his grandmother doesn't love and his uncle doesn't love into a technology that is generally comparable to the 5-inch floppy disk technology, why should he bother to find a suitable candidate. Why not push the boat along the water, anyway, it is he Sony who benefits in the end.

However, he didn't follow what Gawain said, although he often said that every dog that raises a dog must be given a bone of flesh, but he can't be overfed. If it is fed too much, the dog is prone to slacking off and refusing to do things well.

"There is only a maximum of 5 years of free authorization, and during this period, your Xianglong Company only has the right to use, not the right to transfer. As for the case that you lose, the royalty purchase fee can only be reduced to $80 million. ”

Morita Ichiro took a slight step back from the original conditions, as if to Gao Wendao.

When Gao Wen heard this condition, his heart was happy, and he wanted to agree immediately, but he was worried that agreeing too quickly would arouse Ichiro Morita's suspicion, so he pretended to frown on his face first.

When Ichiro Morita saw Gao Wen's appearance, he was afraid that Gao Wen would continue to bargain with him, and he refused to give Gao Wen the slightest respite, and continued to press step by step:

If you agree, I'll make a bet with you. If you don't agree, then I've never mentioned it. ”

But the more he came to this last moment, the more Gawain behaved very toughly, ignoring Ichiro Morita's warning, and continued to bargain with him:

"No, I want you Sony to license the 3.5-inch floppy disk technology for at least ten years for free to our Xianglong company. ”

Looking at Gawain's insatiable appearance, Ichiro Morita frowned, and a trace of disgust flashed on his face.

"6 years, I don't have to talk about it. ”

At this time, Ichiro Morita had secretly decided in his heart that if the technology required by Gao Wen was licensed for free for more than 6 years, then he would simply stop talking and give up this negotiation directly.

Unexpectedly, Gawain seemed to see through his heart, and after only hesitating for a moment, he relented:

"Okay, I promise you. ”

Hearing this, Ichiro Morita couldn't help but show joy on his face, it seems that he won the contest again this time.

Looking at Ichiro Morita's snickering appearance, Gawain couldn't help but touch his nose. At this time, he couldn't help but secretly wonder whether he should tell Morita Ichiro the truth.

Told him that the 3.5-inch floppy disk would have been unpopular for seven years without his involvement, but seven years later, in 1987, IBM would officially equip the 3.5-inch floppy drive in the IBM PS/2 series of personal computers based on the 386. It is precisely because of this that the 3.5-inch floppy disk has attracted the attention of many people, and everyone is attracted to this new floppy disk that is smaller in size and several times the capacity of the 5.25-inch floppy disk.

It was also from then on that under the strong recommendation of manufacturers represented by IBM and Compaq, this kind of 3.5-inch floppy disk began to become popular. In the end, the 3.5-inch floppy disk with its own cheap price, relatively huge storage soon fully occupied the market, since then the 3.5-inch floppy disk drive began to officially replace the 5-inch floppy drive to become the standard configuration of the PC, towards the most glorious period of its life, has maintained this absolute monopoly position for more than ten years, until 2002 was replaced by CD-ROM, USB storage devices.

But now with the blessing of the system, he participates, and the 3.5-inch floppy disk technology is afraid that it will no longer be brilliant until 2002, and it may be replaced by the CD technology that matures in advance in three or five years.

In the end, Gawain gave up the idea of telling Ichiro Morita the truth, as a good person with a good heart, how could he be so cruel and ruthless to shatter other people's dreams.

Kindness as if he swept the floor would be afraid of hurting the lives of ants, of course, it is impossible to do such a cruel thing.

For him, instead of choosing to let Ichiro Morita suffer in the pain after his dream was shattered, it is better to choose to use white lies to compile a beautiful dream for Ichiro Morita and let Ichiro Morita enjoy a few more years of happiness in the dream.