Chapter 700: Friendship is friendship, and business belongs to business
Since LG has been solved so easily, the remaining Samsung, sincerity is already better than LG, it should be more smooth, right?
Xiao Qi, who had such an idea, was disappointed in the afternoon.
"Mr. Xiao, as Samsung's apologies to you, we have decided to reduce the price of the 16G NANAD flash memory chip to $20 a piece, and the price of the 32G to $40 a piece, please accept it!" Jin Chengrong said politely at the beginning.
A 20% price reduction is a good thing, Xiao Qi is naturally willing to accept it.
But then, when he talked about how he wanted to cooperate with Samsung more on NAND and DRAM chips, cameras, and LCD screens, he was greeted by the wry smiles of Kim Sung-yong and Jiang Zuyong.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, Samsung also wants to enter the era of smart electronics, so we are afraid that we will not have enough of these hardware, so we can't sell them to other companies." Jiang Zuyong said a little tremblingly, and added by the way: "After the president saw the release of the DreamPad, he gave such an order as soon as possible. Many electronics companies that want to come to negotiate have failed to reach their intentions! ”
Xiao Qi's brows furrowed.
I can't think of it.
Samsung's response was so swift that it immediately shrank all the hardware, is this a sign that it is going to do a big job?
In my impression, among all the smart electronic product companies, Samsung is also one of the faster responders, but it is not as fast as it is now!
It's okay if it's someone else, but this decision was made by Lee Kun-hee himself, and I'm afraid there aren't many people on Shijie who can make him change his mind.
But since Samsung doesn't want to sell parts to the fairy company, why did they come so solemnly?
A small amount immediately thought of another possibility.
Sneered. Xiao Qi thought to himself that if this was the case, Lee Kun-hee would really be a good idea.
Sure enough, Jin Chengrong said again: "Mr. Xiao, although there is no way to cooperate in parts, Samsung is very interested in the patent in your hand and is willing to obtain it at a high price!" ”
"How?" Xiao Qi asked quietly.
"About the patent for DreamPad. That's all we can find now, so please take a look. Jin Chengrong respectfully handed over a folder and said.
Xiao Qi flipped through it, and smiled unconsciously: "You have already looked for Apple?" ”
Jin Chengrong was slightly stunned, and said with admiration: "Yes!" A month ago, our chairman went to the United States in person and met with Mr. Jobs, and had a very pleasant conversation. ”
"And Stephen neatly rejected your request, right?" Xiao Qi answered.
"You...... You ......" Jin Chengrong's smile froze, and he forgot the etiquette.
Jiang Zuyong also looked at Xiao Qi with a surprised expression.
The words they come here to speak are all taught by the elders. Because the elder said that according to Jobs's pride, he would never talk to Xiao Qi about rejecting Samsung.
Jobs rejected Samsung without thinking about it, and through fraud, he bought the patent of intelligent electronics from Xiao Qi, which became the first step in Samsung's rapid development.
As long as the fairy company is authorized to Samsung, according to Samsung's strong hardware capabilities and R&D capabilities, it will take up to half a year. They will be able to build a smartphone on top of what they already have.
"Stephen is a stubborn genius. Whatever is in his hands, it is difficult for others to take it from his hands. Xiao Qi explained lightly, "Even if Samsung and Apple have a good cooperative relationship, he will not agree." ”
"But didn't the Fairy Company make a deal with Mr. Jobs' Apple?" Jiang Zuyong couldn't help but ask.
"That's because now Jobs has been kicked out once, so he's back at Apple. Know when to back down. Xiao Qi laughed, "The two of you are my friends Xiao Qi, I might as well explain to you that the fairy company is lucky to have some patents, so Apple has to give in." Samsung doesn't have anything like that. So you can't get Stephen to back down. ”
"Mr. Xiao!" Jin Chengrong suddenly left his seat and bowed to Xiao Qi: "Please give Samsung a chance!" As long as you can license the relevant patents to Samsung, so that Apple can agree to cooperate with Samsung, we are willing to pay any price! ”
"You better not think about it." Xiao Qi shrugged and said: "The first element of the understanding and cooperation between the fairy company and Apple is the patent related to Apple products, except for Apple itself, it can only be used by the fairy company, and it cannot be left outside, otherwise it is a breach of contract!" ”
The boy really wasn't lying.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE RECTANGULAR ROUNDED CORNER SHAPE DESIGN, THE OUTER CIRCLE AND THE INNER SQUARE HOME BUTTON DESIGN AND OTHER IPHONE SHAPE DESIGN, JOBS ONLY ALLOWED XIAO QI TO USE IT WITH SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS, AND COULD NOT COPY THE IPHONE, OTHERWISE EVEN IF XIAO QI HAS THE PATENTS FOR THESE SHAPE DESIGNS, JOBS WOULD RATHER FIGHT TO LOSE BOTH SIDES THAN TO GO TO THE MARKET.
Only functional patents such as finger zooming, gesture unlocking, image management, etc., are the weapons that Apple and Fairy have reached an agreement with and are ready to use to collect high royalties.
However, Jobs disdained to do this kind of thing, and he liked to rely on patents to sue others for a ban on the sale of products.
If you want to make money, Xiao Qi can only be the bad guy, and the relevant patent fees earned have to be distributed to Apple in proportion, which makes Xiao Qi very resentful of Qiao's gang leader.
Hearing that the fairy company refused to open this opening, Jin Chengrong and Jiang Zuyong were anxious.
What Lee Kun-hee authorized them was that no matter what kind of monetary price Xiao Qi wanted, they could decide for themselves and take the contract back.
But Xiao Qi doesn't want money at all now, and like Jobs, he doesn't want to negotiate smart patents, which makes it very difficult to do.
Samsung in non-smart phones,It's enough to suffer from patents,Now to smart phones,They know the severity,If you don't care about your own development,Maybe people are waiting for you to release it and go on the market,Only to come to the fatal blow,Then Samsung can't even cry。
With no choice, Jin Chengrong and Jiang Zuyong could only bow deeply, not saying anything, and expressing their needs with the most humble attitude.
After being silent for a while, Xiao Qi finally said, "Okay, both of you are my friends, and I don't want you to go home empty-handed...... Well, I've got a copy of the DreamPad patent license here, and you can take it back and show it to Chairman Lee...... Let me state that the fairy company only accepts orders for parts from Samsung in exchange, and there is no need to talk about money or something. ”
Looking at a document handed over by Xiao Qi, Jin Chengrong felt as uncomfortable holding it in his hand as a soldering iron.
It seems that this young man is still as the elder expected, and it is very difficult to negotiate! (To be continued......)