Chapter Forty-Eight: Kevin Telman
Those professors and scholars who are interested in research are asking questions about theory, and many of them are details that Shen Yang did not touch on in his speech. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Shen Yang answered questions he didn't care about, and some of them involved 'confidential', so he could only smile and say sorry.
Research must not be shared in its entirety with others.
Intellectual property rights are very important, he is a Chinese, the domestic protection of intellectual property rights, is not so strict, and the United States will protect the intellectual property interests of Chinese citizens, there are big doubts.
The reporters' questions were varied.
Journalists aren't interested in the details of the study, which the general public won't like, and they ask more about the possibility of commercialization, such as "What can this research be used for?" Or, "How's that going to work?" What is the desired effect? Some reporters simply asked about Shen Yang's privacy and plans, "Do you have a girlfriend?" Or "Will you consider coming to the U.S. in the future?" ”
Shen Yang answered all the questions, and it wasn't until an hour later that he couldn't stand it anymore and sent the gossipy reporters.
When he got back to the hotel, his phone calls continued.
Representatives of two medical device companies were interested in his research and wanted to inquire about the possibility of cooperation.
This is what Shen Yang is looking forward to the most.
The purpose of coming to the United States to participate in the academic exchange meeting is not to be famous or anything, it is completely meaningless, and he does not plan to use his fame to do anything, but mainly to attract investment to make himself useful, of course, by the way, he also has to get some funds to buy the Jiangcheng Sports Science Research Institute.
The two medical device companies, GE Healthcare and Intuitive Surgery, are companies owned by General Electric.
Shen Yang first met GE Healthcare.
GE Healthcare is well-known in China, they have been doing business in China since 1979, the first office in the capital in 1986, and in 1991, Hangwei General Electric Medical Systems Co., Ltd. was established in the capital, becoming GE's first joint venture in China.
Up to now, many large hospitals in China have introduced GE Healthcare equipment, and they occupy the largest share of the domestic medical device market.
Shen Yang met representatives from GE Healthcare at a café near a hotel.
"Hello, I'm Steven Brown."
"Hello."
After the two sides got to know each other, Steven Brown talked about GE, in fact, there is no need to introduce more, such a well-known multinational company in the industry, it is enough to mention a name.
Steven Brown invited Shen Yang to the group headquarters to discuss cooperation, and he himself expressed his interest in Shen Yang's research, "If you can invest in technology and develop new therapeutic devices with the company, you will have the opportunity to enter GE and become our researcher." ”
This sentence made Shen Yang feel uncomfortable.
Originally, the two sides were talking about cooperation, Steven Brown wanted to 'absorb' Shen Yang into GE as a researcher, and in terms of cooperation on related technologies, Brown's conditions were also dissatisfied, and he actually proposed that GE wanted to cooperate with the way to buy out the property rights of relevant technologies, and said that he did not have enough authority, and hoped that Shen Yang would go to the company's headquarters to persuade managers with rights.
Shen Yang said 'goodbye' to Brown amicably, promising that he would think carefully when he went back, and when he left the café, he left Brown behind, this kind of large medical group company, it is indeed a bit overbearing.
The next thing Shen Yang saw was Kevin Telman, the representative of Intuitive Surgery.
Intuitive-Surgical (INC) is a small company in California, established in 1995, only 8 years now, the company is taking the high-end route, to design, develop surgical robots as the main business, just look at the name, they are involved in the surgical field of instruments, very technical unique.
Perhaps because the company is not well-known, not very competitive in the United States, and has no business abroad, Kevin Telman is very talkative, but he talks about Shen Yang's research and expresses his interest.
So the two chatted.
After talking for a while, Shen Yang learned that Kevin Telman is a researcher, and an expert in device application management, and he knows a lot about medical knowledge, and he is an important researcher at Intuitive-Surgical.
So far, Intuitive-Surgical has only more than 100 employees, 80 percent of whom are ordinary workers, so Kevin Telman personally went to various medical and sports medical institutions to look for possible cooperation.
When Telman's identity was revealed, the two had a lot in common.
Shen Yang talked a lot about technology, Telman asked a few key questions, as soon as he heard it, he knew that he was a professional, and then talked about the price that Intuitive-Surgical could offer, "You know that I am Chinese, and I have no plans to work in the United States, my research can only be carried out in China, if the cooperation method cannot be discussed, I think there is no need to talk about it." ”
"Shen, how do you want to cooperate?"
Shen Yang dragged his chin and thought for a moment before he said, "Kevin, let's be honest, I'm currently working in a research institute, but that research institute is about to go out of business. ”
Telman opened his mouth with a look of disbelief, "How could they have a researcher like you, and others must be excellent, so how could they go out of business?" ”
"It's state-owned, you should know some of the Chinese system, there are many companies that are government-government industries, they think that the institute only has input, no output, and cannot operate independently, so naturally they want to abolish the establishment of the institute."
Kevin Telman wondered, "But the field of technology needs to be invested first, and continuous investment can create high-end technology in the future." ”
Shen Yang shook his head with a smile.
"Well, I don't care if your research goes out of business, but I know that you're definitely not going to come to work in the U.S., so what are you going to do?"
"I want to buy the institute." Shen Yang said, "I have a special love for it, you should be able to understand it, right?" ”
"Of course, where you work, where you work hard, everyone will do the same. You say you want to buy the institute? It takes a lot of money, right? Telman asked with a nod of understanding.
"About a million dollars? One and a half million dollars? It won't be more than two million dollars. ”
Shen Yang thought about it carefully, and he didn't know much about it, but he was sure that the price would not be too high.
The province is about to abolish the establishment of research institutes.
The institute has not been able to do research in the past, and needless to say in the field of science and technology, it is certainly not of much value, and the valuable thing is the land and building facilities.
The nearby residential building near Jiangcheng University of Technology, the price is about 2,000 yuan per square meter, the institute covers an area of not large, only one office building, and a small stadium, a total of more than 10 million yuan, how to take it down.
According to the current exchange rate of 1:8 between the US dollar and the renminbi, 2 million US dollars is 16 million yuan, which is enough to buy the entire research institute.
Telman was a little incredulous, "Only two million dollars? That's a research institute! In his understanding, the most valuable thing in a research institute must be technology, and a few top scientific researchers, who work hard for a year or even a few years, even if they can't be converted into actual profits, are worth a lot of money if they are resold.
"Yes, I'm sure." Shen Yang said.
"Well, I can now understand why those people say Chinese stuff is cheaper." Telman scratched his head and said, "But two million dollars is still a lot of money, it is difficult for our company to come up with so much money in one breath to support you to buy your own research institute, after all, this is not a technical cooperation, but if the two sides work together, it will be different, we have always wanted to open up foreign markets, invest in the construction of a research institute in China, it is a good idea." ”
Shen Yang shook his head and said, "I hope that the research institute belongs to me, and with the strength of your company, it is still difficult to enter Huaxia to invest, am I right?" ”
"Yes, it does."
"So what do we do with technical cooperation, and buy research institutes? For example, if you pay to help me buy the research institute, which is an upfront investment, and when the technical cooperation is successful and the corresponding equipment is manufactured, we can negotiate on the sales share, what do you think of this idea? ”
Kevin Telman thought about it for a moment and said, "I don't have the authority to decide on such a large amount of money to invest, and technical cooperation also needs other people to come up with ideas, but from the perspective of technical investment, two million dollars is not much, I am very optimistic about your theory and research, if you are willing to go to California, I can help you convince the rest of the company, I think the question is, how much investment and how long will this technology cooperation be carried out in the early stage to make the corresponding equipment, and the efficacy of the equipment is specific, in addition." , how much you can transfer sales shares, these are the things that matter. ”