At this time, the Williams VCD machine was developed and ready for official production.

Henry took time out of his trip to Williams Electronics

"Harrison, VCD machines will be sold in China, you should know something about this country. "China's intellectual property rights are very weak, but it simply ignores the existence of patents. I believe that as soon as our products are released, it won't be long before they will have copycats there!"

Henry smiled, "Of course, their decoding chip needs to be purchased from us!"

"Chairman, we can stop selling them decoder chips for a while!" Harrison said.

"The most profitable VCD is the decoding chip, the more VCD sells, the more our decoding chip sells!"

Henry shook his head and immediately asked, "How is Jiang Wanmeng's VCD machine developed?"

"It's almost done. You know, the most difficult thing about VCD machines is the decoding chip, they only need to design the whole machine, and they don't need any technology at all!"

"Hmm!" Henry nodded, pondering for a moment.

"Oh, try to be the first to sell and win the first VCD player!" and ......," Henry said with a meaningful smile, "VCD pirated discs can also be released!"

Harrison laughed unconsciously when he heard this.

He sent people to buy 10 small workshops in China to produce pirated VCD discs, and today the number of pirated discs has reached more than 500,000. This is the first time Harrison feels that he can be justified in infringement!

"Chairman, don't worry, as soon as our VCD machine is listed, there will be a large number of pirated discs flooding the market immediately!"

Henry said with a smile: "Hehe, Jiang Wanmeng, they are stained with our light this time! Otherwise, where would they get a large number of film sources!"

"Oh. By the way, have we applied for a patent for the VCD machine?!" Henry asked.

"Yes," Harrison replied, "at the moment, only Jiang Wanmeng's company can get a free patent license for the whole machine." ”

Henry nodded, the patent fee was not charged to Jiang Wanmeng. It's normal. After all, they also participated in the plan of the VCD machine, and it can even be said that the design of the VCD machine is his. If he is still charged royalties, this is too much to say!

In the previous life, Wanyan VCD Company did not apply for a patent for the whole machine, and as a result, Philips. Sony companies took advantage of it, they applied for a patent for the whole machine, and China's VCD companies want to sell it to the country and pay the patent fee. At the same time, Philips VCD and Sony VCD are popular in China and seize the Chinese market!

It wasn't until later that Chinese VCD companies were forced to engage in a price cut war, which drove them away. But the benefits lost are enormous.

In this life, Henry applied for a patent for the VCD machine. So as long as Philips or Sony dares to produce VCD machines, even if there is only one, Henry has the right to ask them for royalties.

They are different from those companies in China.

Philips and Sony are world-renowned companies, and the company's brand and credibility are more important than the product. There's no way they're going to damage their reputation because of a VCD product. Also, the Netherlands. Japan attaches great importance to intellectual property rights, and it can be resolved through legal means.

Henry said: "We set up a branch in China, well, the name, it's called Aido VCD. The VCD products we developed were sold by this company. We just sell decoding chips. Otherwise, let others know that we are both athletes and referees, and we will definitely be unhappy, and maybe when other companies launch decoding chips, they will switch to another company!"

When Harrison heard this, he felt that it made sense: "Well, that's fine, I'll send someone to set up a branch over there." Hmm, it's called Aido VCD, and it's a strange name......."

"Hehe, the title of the song sung by a Chinese singer Jacky Cheung is "Love You More Every Day", so it is called Aiduo. Henry explained with a smile, "You don't understand, the Chinese understand!"

Harrison smiled, he really didn't understand. But he knew that his boss, Henry Williams, was a China expert, as if he had lived in China for a long time. He speaks Chinese, understands Chinese history and culture, and understands Chinese food......

"By the way, Harrison, I'm going to shoot a commercial for the VCD machine this time. Let the Chinese know what VCD is and what it is used for. Henry thought for a while and said, "Invite Zhang Yimou and Jackie Chan to cooperate!" Zhang Yimou is a well-known director in China, and Jackie Chan is a famous action movie star in China! Their popularity is high, which is also convenient for us to launch the brand! I have thought of the advertising slogan, it is called 'Love more VCD, good kung fu!'!"

Henry paused and continued: "After the commercial film is filmed, I will go to participate in the advertising bidding of China CCTV, and I must win the bidding king!"

Henry was afraid that Harrison would not understand the meaning of the king, so he explained to him: "China's CCTV news broadcast at 7 o'clock every night has extremely high ratings, and hundreds of millions of viewers in China watch the news broadcast.

When Harrison heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, China's CCTV is so powerful, and the ratings are too high!

Come to think of it, such an advertisement must have a super good publicity effect!

Harrison nodded again and again and said, "Chairman, if that's the case, we must win the CCTV standard!"

"That's right!" Henry smiled slightly, "even if it's hundreds of millions of yuan, it's worth it." ”

……

Hong Kong, China.

"Jackie Chan, there's a company looking for you to shoot an advertisement!" Jackie Chan's agent said to him.

"What company, how much does it cost?"

"A new company, called Aiduo VCD, looks like a foreign-funded enterprise!

"VCD?" Jackie Chan was a little confused, he asked, "What is a VCD?"

The agent had apparently put a lot of effort into understanding what a VCD was, and it took him ten minutes to explain it to Jackie Chan.

After listening to it, Jackie Chan felt that this thing was awesome, a bit of a high-tech feeling.

The agent said: "The endorsement fee they give you is very good, 10 million Hong Kong dollars for three years!"

When Jackie Chan heard this number, he didn't feel a little moved.

"Okay, I promised!"

……

China, Mainland.

"Zhang Yimou, someone is looking for you to shoot an advertisement, do you want to go? The pay is very high!" said a friend of Zhang Yimou who does media advertising.

Zhang Yimou shook his head, "I don't want to make commercials, I plan to find investment and make a movie!"

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, the other party has a lot of background, it is a foreign-funded enterprise, it is a high-tech product, and it is very rich. Moreover, the other party seems to know that you want to make a movie, so they are willing to invest in you! Of course, the premise is that you have to agree to this advertising shooting. If you say yes, they'll pay you 200,000 yuan!"

500,000 yuan in 1993 is a huge amount of money!!

And the other party also promised to invest in making movies for himself, Zhang Yimou was obviously moved.

"Okay, then I'll agree!"

"Well, here's the company's information, and their requirements for shooting commercials, you can take a look at it yourself. In terms of actors, they have brought in action superstar Jackie Chan!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou nodded and took the document.

(To be continued.) )