Chapter 90: A trip to the United States
The patent matter went very smoothly, and a Xiaobawang applied for dozens of patents, which were easily applied for in Xiangjiang, and the patents of all countries in the world had to be handled by professional law firms.
In the past two years, under the influence of the government, the offices have also been in a recession, and Li Xuechu's frequent visits in the past two years have attracted the attention of many law firms, and several major law firms have stretched their necks and waited for this big patron to come.
Li Xuechu did not disappoint them, this time it was another large-scale big payi. Opening a new company, applying for a patent, purchasing a patent, entrusting equipment, hiring business negotiators...... Several offices were busy. It won't be long before the whole of Xiangjiang knows that this new business giant has a new move, and the scale is not small.
Li Xuechu is not afraid of being known by the news media, but the specific product display is not yet time, and he has to wait for the patent registration to be taken out before he can rest assured. Xiangjiang's work efficiency is still quite fast, but it only took less than a month for this thing to be opened in China, and it is inevitable that there are other fast ones.
"If you look at it this way, it's okay not to go to the United States." Gu Gong is quite satisfied with the progress of the work during this time, everything can be done here, the production equipment can also be bought, and it is enough to make game consoles.
"I'm still going to have to go, I'm going to have to set up a research department. Gu Gong, are you interested in joining in? I will definitely give you a satisfactory treatment. ”
"If it's for money, I won't come back in the first place, won't I just stay in the United States?" Gu Gong smiled: "I won't go to your place, but if you have this intention, I can introduce you to a few people." ”
In recent years, domestic scientific research institutions have been struggling very hard. The next few years will be just as difficult. It's just that people nowadays are very conservative, and they won't quit their iron jobs to go to foreign companies (there are no private companies yet). Going to the sea was not popular in this era, so it saved a lot of trouble if someone introduced it.
"That's a shame." Li Xuechu shook his head helplessly. Horses of courses. No way.
"Where are you going to build the research department?"
"One for each of the Xiangjiang Demon Capitals, and the others will be talked about later." It is not cost-effective to build a factory in Xiangjiang, but it is good to build a research institute. There is no technical blockade here, and it is convenient for foreign exchanges, but the trouble is that there is no scientific and technological soil, and no engineering cattle will stay in Xiangjiang, and they basically need to be recruited from overseas.
There is no shortage of talents in China, although the current domestic electronic technology is backward, so that the relevant people in China feel that they can't raise their heads. But the eyes of the world to come. The West is not much higher now, and it is the best time to catch up. It's a pity that the country was trapped in the economy and was delayed for another ten years.
I am not short of money, of course, in terms of the ability of the electronics industry to burn money, this is far from enough, but I don't plan to make IBM immediately, start with a game console, and it will be good to show a company like Samsung in the future, which is not difficult.
"Demon capital." Gu Gong was finally a little moved. What he was most worried about was Li Xuechu's insistence on building the institute in Xiangjiang. In China, it is only used as a factory, and such a company actually has no nutrition except for a few workers, and is nothing more than a cheap base. However, in terms of the domestic situation, there is nothing to be done, and now there is no capital for picky eating.
"The research institute of Modu is mainly based on hardware research. Xiangjiang is mainly engaged in software research, so there is not much conflict between the two. Li Xuechu also guessed what he was thinking, this didn't matter to him. The only trouble is that the equipment is difficult to handle. However, the current technology blockade is not as strict as it has been since the 90s. The Soviet Union is still there, and there is no sign of collapse, and the attitude of the United States towards China is still mainly wooing. Some things turn a blind eye.
"If you want to build a research institute, there is still a lack of equipment. Mr. Lee, when are we going to the United States? "I heard that I want to build the hardware research institute in the magic capital. Gu Gong was anxious, which was what was needed most in the country at present. What I thought had nothing to do with me is now relevant.
"Let's leave the day after tomorrow, I can't stay there for too long, I'll be back in a week at most."
"It doesn't matter if you go or not, you just have to pay." Gu Gong said with a smile.
"Hehehe, let's go for a while, the money is mine, I have to see if you spend it randomly." Although he shouted that he didn't have time, Li Xuechu still wanted to go shopping in the United States, and he had been here for almost two years, and it was too unjust that he hadn't even gone out to Xiangjiang a few times. Well, look at how the United States is different now and the generations to come.
"You talk about the price, you find someone else, I'm only responsible for looking at the equipment."
"Of course, I'm not at ease if I'm handed over to you, who knows what I'll be slaughtered?"
Don't think that foreign countries won't rip off customers, and you don't know the market and you don't negotiate.
Two days later, with a procurement team of more than ten people, Li Xuechu and his entourage drove to the United States.
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"This is America." Several technicians from the country were shocked beyond words.
Tall buildings, wide roads, cars coming and going on the streets...... Several people looked like Grandma Liu who had entered the Grand View Garden, looking at the city with her mouth wide open. Although it has been shocked once when I was in Xiangjiang, it seems to be more prosperous than Xiangjiang.
Gu Gong also had mixed feelings in his heart, he grew up here and already knew the gap, if he didn't catch up......
Two large countries located in the east and west will inevitably compare with each other, and the result of the comparison is nothing but frustration or frustration.
However, there are exceptions, Gu Gong looked at Li Xuechu who had no reaction strangely. I also know a little bit about the 'experience' of this goods, I 'fled' to Xiangjiang two years ago, and I was 'bold' to return to China some time ago, so I shouldn't have seen these.
"Mr. Li, are you coming to the United States for the first time?"
"yes, what's wrong?"
Gu Gong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while. I had to deal with it: "It's nothing." ”
The Chinese people who came to the United States saw the gap between China and the United States today, and Li Xuechu, who came in later generations, thought more of the gap between China and the United States in the past 30 years.
"This place is like a second-tier city in China in later generations. Well, the lower ones. Li Xuechu thought. San Francisco used to be this virtue, and it didn't live up to its name. ”
In fact, the economic strength of this city is already quite strong, although Silicon Valley is not really strong, but Hollywood is now in the initial period of global strategy, and there are still major banks here, many large companies are also headquartered here, and some second-tier cities in later generations are really incomparable with here in addition to building more.
Li Xuechu, who didn't like real estate in later generations, was still confused by the beautiful coat woven by real estate, and couldn't help but 'take the city by appearance'.
First arrived at the booked hotel and rested all morning. In the afternoon, more than a dozen people got into several connected cars and drove towards the Stanford Industrial Park in Silicon Valley. Of course, Silicon Valley is just a fictitious name, and there is no sign on the map.
"Gu Gong, if you have your eye on any equipment later, don't look very interested, just whisper to us. Let's talk about the specifics, you just need to ask about the technical parameters. Also, look at a few more devices with similar performance, so that we can have a few more alternatives......"
In the car, the person in charge of procurement chattered and repeated the procurement countermeasures that had been negotiated before, and Gu Gong also nodded again and again to show understanding.
Li Xuechu listened beside him, and he also heard some truth. Just like an aunt going to a stall to buy clothes, don't drag a piece of clothing to make a must-have look, and at the same time pay attention to shopping around. In this way, you can spend as little money as possible to buy the clothes you want.
In my previous life, what I was most afraid of was going out with my mother to buy clothes, which was annoying and 1o. But now there is no impatience, this is not a matter of ten dollars or eight dollars, just a random piece of equipment is tens of millions of dollars, or a knife. The high-end equipment of this era is not cheap, and I don't have the interest of the local tyrant to brush the good feelings of the old Americans, as long as the price can be pushed to the lowest, I don't care if you roll your eyes.
One favorable factor is that affected by the crisis in the Middle East, the current economic downturn in the West, these equipment manufacturers are not much better off than others.
"Gentlemen, the place has arrived."
The locomotives and sedans gathered and stopped in front of a large company.
At the door of the company, a short white man with a bow head led a few employees to wait in place, with a professional smile on his face. It's a big deal, and the adage that the customer is God is strictly adhered to in the face of money.
"Welcome, you're Mr. Li, right? It's okay if you call me Alan. ”
"Hello, Mr. Allen." (To be continued!)
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