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Cook's call surprised Lin Hong a little. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I'm sorry, I've been doing a lot of other things lately, and I've forgotten about it when I'm busy."

Lin Hong was a little embarrassed, this matter should have been fought a long time ago, but after all, he was staying at someone else's house before, and it was not good to call others casually, after all, calling was for money. But then he installed a phone in his room, except for the network fee, he didn't have to pay for it, and the phone bill was borne by himself, and he should have made a phone call, but he forgot about it, which was really a bit undeserved, after all, Cook helped himself last time.

"You should be free right now, right? I'm coming to pick you up now, there's something I have to tell you in person. ”

"Now?"

"Yes, this matter can't be delayed any longer, the other party has been waiting for a long time."

After speaking, Cook hurriedly hung up the phone, leaving Lin Hong, who was full of doubts.

Lin Hong stayed in the room and thought about it for a long time, but he really didn't understand what was going on.

About ten minutes later, Cook arrived.

After saying hello to Vina and promising to send Lin Hong back before ten o'clock in the evening, Cook took Lin Hong to a café.

This is a very high-end café, with a very luxurious décor, dimly lit and a very quiet environment, divided into several private rooms.

Cook had apparently booked his seat and went straight to a box with a window, and looking out of the glass, he could see a wide river, and a very modern bridge resting on it.

"Anyone else hasn't arrived?"

Lin Hong saw that Cook had ordered three servings of coffee, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Yes, there's another one, it's AT&T, and this time it's him looking for you."

“at&t？”

Lin Hong is no stranger to this company, and when they went to handle the network business today, they went to the company's business hall. And he also knows that this is a company with a very long history, as if it was founded in the last century.

The reason why Lin Hong has some understanding of these is that there is a brief text introduction in the book "Operating System: Design and Execution" that he reads, and the famous Unix was born in Bell Labs, a subsidiary of AT&T.

However, Lin Hong's knowledge of this company is limited to this.

Seeing that he looked puzzled, Cook thought he had not heard of the company, so he explained:

The full name of AT&T is the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and its predecessor was the American Bell Telephone Company, which was founded in 1877 by Bell, the inventor of the telephone. It has monopolized the long-distance and local telephone market in the United States for a long time, and its subordinate institutions have a total of eight main divisions, namely Bell Labs, Commercial Market Group, Data Systems Corporation, General Markets Group, Network Operations Group, Network Systems Group, Technology Systems Group, and Corporate International Group. ”

"A few years ago, due to the alleged monopoly, the company's local telephone business was split off and reorganized into seven subsidiaries, namely: Bell Pacific Inc., Ameritech Inc., Bell Southwest, Bell West America, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, and NYNEX."

Cook knows everything about the AT&T situation, and he's done enough homework on it before that. At this point, he took out a document from the briefcase he was carrying with him and handed it to Lin Hong, which was an introduction to AT&T.

"Despite being spun off, it is until now the largest local and long-distance telephone company in the United States."

When Lin Hong heard this, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, this company is really a behemoth, it was forcibly split into so many companies by the government, and only so little business remained, and it was still ranked in the forefront of the United States, which was really a bit of a "rival country" posture.

Why did such a giant find himself? Lin Hong couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Cook seemed to understand Lin Hong's doubts, and continued:

"Last month, a researcher at Bell Labs filed a patent for a mobile phone with the national patent office, but they quickly learned from the patent office that I had filed a similar patent application before then."

"Adaptive wireless noise signal filtering?"

Cook had a smug smile on his face.

"That's right! Stone, the patent they applied for is also a signal filtering technology, and the principle is very similar to your signal filtering principle, and as far as I know, the technology involved in their patent is not as comprehensive as yours, and they have not yet made a physical prototype, and it is still in the theoretical stage.

After learning that we were applying for the same patent, they immediately contacted me and took a look at our prototype and became very interested in the patent. ”

Hearing this, Lin Hong also understood what he meant.

"You're saying they're interested in buying my unfiled patent?"

After Lin Hong came here, he checked the information about American patents in the library by the way, and found that applying for a patent is actually quite troublesome, and it is estimated that it will take two to three years to approve it.

His patent, so far, has only been filed for a few months, and now I don't know which drawer he is still lying in to eat dust.

"You're right. They have taken a fancy to your patent, and although they have not yet applied for it, it is expected that because we have the right of first refusal, it will definitely be approved earlier than theirs, which is beyond doubt.

What's more, their patent is more of a theory and concept, and has not yet entered the practical stage, and it is estimated that it will take a long time to make a prototype.

You know, for them, time is money. Not to mention the fact that it may also take a lot of researchers' working hours, which is also a lot of investment, so in a similar situation, they prefer to acquire directly. ”

Lin Hong thought about it seriously for a while, and then said, "This patent is very important to them?" ”

"I have to admire your judgment." Cook sighed that he really couldn't treat Lin Hong as a child, "Although AT&T is still the largest telephone service operator in the United States, its overall form is not very optimistic, and it faces fierce competition from T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint.

In the past few years, mobile phones have gradually emerged, and the other three mobile operators have seized the opportunity and embezzled many AT&T users. I have consulted with professionals and this technology is very critical for mobile phones, and if it can be commercialized, it will give it a technological lead in the upcoming mobile communication competition......"

Although Lin Hong has never experienced anything like this, after such a detailed analysis by Cook, he also realized that the technology he inadvertently invented seems to have become the key to the current development trend of mobile communications.

"The person they sent in charge of the acquisition is named Joseph White, who is in charge of all external acquisitions of AT&T, and he is very sincere, and he has asked me to come out many times, but for various reasons, it has been delayed until today."

Cook was very happy about this, and the fact that this patent was valued by AT&T has greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Stone, this is a good opportunity, I think they will definitely offer you a price that you are happy with, and when Martin arrives here, you can talk to him properly."

"Did they tell you how much they were willing to pay before?"

"Not really, but I visited them many times, and I think they should be in urgent need of this technology, so I specifically asked a friend."

Lin Hong stared at Cook for a while, and he could feel that Cook was indeed doing his best in this matter and didn't have any other ideas.

Next, they didn't speak again.

Lin Hong sat in his seat, quietly thinking about something.

He had no experience in this kind of business negotiation at all, he was only a teenager after all, and if he had known about it before coming here, he would definitely call back and tell his mother about the situation first.

But since he came, he didn't have any psychological burden, so it was a big deal to understand the other party's attitude before making a decision, and he didn't have to give an answer today.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Mr. Martin White, the representative of AT&T, sat down in front of Lin Hong.

Joseph White is dressed as a typical business person, with a white shirt and black suit, a dark red tie around his neck, and a pair of blue eyes, which are so deep that it is difficult to see anything in his eyes.

Joseph's mouth is typical of New York Manhattan, giving people a very tough, difficult to touch feeling.

Seeing that Lin Hong was just a teenager, Joseph was surprised in his heart, but he didn't show anything, and said at the beginning that their company was a little interested in Lin Hong's technology, and asked Lin Hong if he had any intention to transfer.

In this regard, Lin Hong's answer is, of course, yes.

He is a little poor now, he has no money, and he is afraid to do anything, since this technology can be sold directly for money, and he doesn't have to bother to find a factory to commission production and processing, and then sell it so troublesomely, why not?

It's just that he doesn't have a bottom in his heart about how much he can sell, but fortunately, he has an ability that no one can imagine - he can vaguely perceive the other party's emotions, and the closer the distance, the clearer and stronger this feeling will be.

At this moment, he could feel that this Joseph seemed to despise him, and there was some disdain in his heart.

"I do intend to transfer this technology, but I wonder how much Mr. White plans to pay for it?" Lin Hong didn't want to go around in a circle with him at all, and went straight to the point, which just fit his image of not having any business negotiations.

"To tell you the truth, our company has fully mastered this technology and has also filed a patent application, although you applied earlier than us, but there are many ways to get our application approved faster......

Joseph didn't answer Lin Hong's question, but talked about this, he wanted to create a feeling that Lin Hong was dispensable for this acquisition, although he had urged it a few times before and seemed a little rushed, but he wasn't worried about this, after all, he just wanted to complete the task as soon as possible, which made perfect sense.