Chapter 36: Coercion and Inducement
It was when Stein was in a state of disarray that the assistant came in and informed him: "Boss, there are two Huaxia people who have said they want to see you and want to buy something with you. ”
"What's that? I'm not a store here! Stein was getting irritable, and as soon as he heard the anger, he came up.
"Okay, I told them, but it seemed like buying some copyright. After the assistant finished speaking, he prepared to go out.
"Wait! What are you talking about?" Stein caught the point.
"It's what they said they wanted you to buy game rights. The assistant said cautiously as he looked at Stein's face.
After pondering for a moment, Stein said, "Let them fall in love." ”
After a while, the assistant walked into the office with two people.
"Hello, Stein. ”
"Hello, Li Fangcheng, this is Zhao Tieping, who is in charge of legal affairs in our company. ”
A brief introduction, both parties got to know each other separately.
"I wonder what's going on with Mr. Lee?" Stein asked.
"Mr. Stein is quick to talk, then I won't be verbose, I want to buy the rights to Tetris from you. Li Fangcheng said with his fingers crossed.
"Sorry, not for sale. "Stein's brain hurts a little, and it's Tetris again.
Now Stein is already afraid, Tetris, arguably the biggest wrong choice he has ever made, not that the game is not good, but that he did not choose the right time to sell the copyright!
"Oh, doesn't Mr. Stein want to hear what the price is?" Li Fangcheng looked at Stein, who was frowning subconsciously, and smiled.
Stein was already impatient, but when he heard Li Fangcheng ask, he couldn't help but ask, "How much?"
"$1 million. Li Fangcheng confidently raised a finger.
"You're kidding me, get out of here right now!!" Stein angrily pointed to the door.
"Mr. Stein, if I walk out now, you will leave here on your knees tomorrow, you, believe it or not?" smiled, Li Fangcheng got up and walked towards the door.
Click, the door has been twisted by Zhao Tieping.
"Why?" said Stein in a calm voice.
"Just the outrage from Mirrorsoft and Spectrum Holobyte. Zhao Tieping opened the door, stepped aside, and motioned for Li Fangcheng to go first.
"Please stay!!" Stein didn't look like a middle-aged man at all, and rushed to close the door.
"I wonder if Mr. Stein has any other advice?" the corners of Li Fangcheng's mouth rose.
"I think we can talk. Stein's smile was very bright.
"Oh, didn't I get out of here?" Li Fangcheng didn't intend to let Stein go.
"Hehe, Mr. Li said with a smile, I just said that to my assistant. ”
"But there are only three of us in this room. Li Fangcheng stared at Stein.
"I forgot, forgot, people are old and a little confused, don't be surprised. Stein was already in a cold sweat.
"Come on, come on, sit here. Stein hurriedly asked Li Fangcheng to sit down again.
"How, Mr. Stein has decided to agree to my terms?" asked Li Fangcheng as he sat down again, picking up his coffee.
"Mr. Li, isn't this price too low?" Stein was very embarrassed, he spent $500,000 to buy part of the copyright, and the $1 million sold was really not the ideal price in his heart.
"Hehe, Mr. Stein, maybe you don't know what you're facing now, do you?" Li Fangcheng sneered.
"What did Mr. Li say about this? Stein asked, a little nervously.
"First, you sold Tetris to two companies without obtaining the copyright, right?" asked Li Fangcheng with another finger.
"This, this, I have got the copyright. Stein said with difficulty, the tie was ripped off a bit,
"Hehe, Mr. Stein, why don't you let Mirrorsoft and Spectrum Holobyte compare the date of signing the contract with the date of your copyright certificate?" Li Fangcheng fought back mercilessly.
Stein's face turned slightly pale, and he pursed his lips and didn't dare to speak.
"And secondly, what if you have a copyright now? Do you have the right to sublicense?"
Stein's face changed drastically! Delegate! He had completely forgotten about this thing!
"Tie Ping, you can help Mr. Stein learn what the sublicense is. Li Fangcheng motioned for Zhao Tieping to speak.
"Mr. Stein, sublicensing means that the authorized party may not resell or transfer to others for use without permission from the copyright owner, otherwise it will be treated as infringement. Zhao Tieping said.
Stein's face was very ugly at the moment, and he had forgotten about it! It took him almost half a year to even get the copyright before he could pry open the mouths of those Russian diehards and reluctantly agree to sell some of the rights to him, so how could he still return the sublicense to him?
You must know that once you have a sublicense, then he can sell the copyright unscrupulously, this is a profitable thing, under normal circumstances, except for the buyout, no one will give this right to others.
Just like when Li Fangcheng sold Lai Fault and Lianliankan to Sega, there was an exclusive sale in it, and the copyright could not be transferred or resold to a third party without the permission of Miracle Times.
"Third, Mr. Stein, I don't know if you went to notarize it when you signed the contract?" Li Fangcheng looked at Stan, who was sweating profusely and his face was pale, and his white teeth fell like a demon, and asked again.
"No... No. "Stein is already in a state of confusion at the moment, once Mirrorsoft and Spectrum Holobyte know that he doesn't have any Tetris full power, and sells it to them, without sub-licensing, then the compensation alone can make him bankrupt and unable to compensate.
"I have to admire that Mr. Stein believes in the legitimacy of the contract you signed with the Russian Academy of Sciences without notarization. Li Fangcheng couldn't help but smile, it's right without notarization!
"Mr. Stein, you can go through the contract again and look carefully, for example, whether the definition of a home machine in the contract is clearly written as a definition of a computer. As soon as this sentence came out, it instantly became the last straw that overwhelmed Stein.
Stein immediately went to the drawer of his desk, found the power of attorney he had just gotten his hands on, and quickly flipped through it, his slightly trembling hand showed his inner uneasiness and trepidation.
And Zhao Tieping secretly gave Li Fangcheng a gesture of praise, and in a few words, he controlled all Stein's emotions, and every point directly hit Stein's heart.
A series of questions completely made Stein even question himself, 9 into true, 1 into false, this is one of the highest realms of business negotiation.
And Stein flipped through the contract at the moment, shouting inwardly, come out! Damn the definition come out for me!
But page after page, except for nothing, still nothing!
Stein put aside the licensing contract in despair, and sat back in his chair, he is a manager, he will not know that once the crime of copyright infringement is convicted, his reputation will disappear completely, plus the sale of copyright without sublicensing is defined as a crime of fraud, these two can directly allow him to lose all his family money, and the company will definitely not help him pay!
And if he doesn't have enough compensation, then in the face of the anger of the deceived players and the two companies, the rest of his life will sit in prison!
All of a sudden, Stein had already considered all the consequences.
Despair!
Despair like never before!
Stein's face was like ashes at the moment, looking at the reluctant two Huaxia people, he was extremely resentful, but he also knew that even if he fought at this moment, he could not change his mistakes.
Glancing at the Tetris authorization letter on the table again, I shouldn't have hit Tetris!
Wait, what if we go back and sign the contract? Stein's eyes lit up again, and if so, at least there was some legitimacy.
"Does Mr. Stein want to go and re-sign the contract?" the devilish voice reappeared.
"Mr. Stein, you might as well waste some more time, and bet, what are you going to do when you arrive, and my man is in front of you with a transfer letter to buy Tetris. Li Fangcheng didn't mind making a gesture of please.
"What, you bought out Tetris?" Stein asked in disbelief.
"Otherwise, do you think I'm here to have fun with you?" Li Fangcheng didn't show the slightest weakness on his face, and said confidently.
"Then why did you come and buy the copyright from me for $1 million? It stands to reason that you can get the copyright back for free. Stein stared at Li Fangcheng deadly, as long as Li Fangcheng reacted the slightest unnaturally, he could know that Li Fangcheng was lying to him!
"Because it saves time, I don't want to spend time grinding with you, I'm also a game development company, you should know, what is the concept of time in the game industry, right?" Li Fangcheng said his true thoughts without thinking about it.
It is very difficult to deal with this kind of old fox and blindly fool around! Everyone is not stupid, as long as they lie and say a few more words, it will be difficult to get back.
"Tell me about your conditions. ”
Stein stared at Li Fangcheng for a few minutes, Li Fangcheng looked at each other for a few minutes without stage fright, and finally Stein sighed, like a mess of mud, he knew that he was defeated!
"I pay you one million dollars, you recover the copyrights of Mirrorsoft and Spectrum Holobyte within half a month, I don't know how much liquidated damages, and I'm not interested in knowing, you find a way to solve it yourself, after all the problems are resolved, stop selling Tetris from now on, and stop all copyright sales and transfers about Tetris. Li Fangcheng did not hesitate to say the conditions.