When Luo Sheng offered this price and insisted that he didn't want to pay less, there was no doubt that it would collapse in minutes.

The Joe gang leader was angry with him and walked away.

If you don't go, you can't go, it's not obvious, it's insincere, it's just to open a price that you can't accept, and you indirectly refuse.

"Jobs is not in good health, I hope not to be angry, without his excitement in the industry will be a little dim." In the meeting room, Luo Sheng looked at the direction in which the people from Apple had left and said.

"What if they say yes?" Qin Weimu, who was present, couldn't help but say.

"Promise?" Luo Sheng glanced back at her, spread his hands and said, "350 million US dollars, every year." I can say yes, can I have a reason to refuse? ”

The 26 patent authorizations that Apple came to seek this time are not all core patented technologies, most of them are related to industrial design, and one of the more important is the multi-touch screen patent technology, which is not irreplaceable.

In fact, Luo Sheng opened a price that the other party couldn't accept this time, in order to delay the launch of the iPhone, after all, it is more certain to do this, and it is always a bit too reckless to guess.

But even if it is launched at the same time, Luo Sheng is not afraid and is confident that he will defeat it.

As for many patented technologies, Luo Sheng was originally going to take them out in the future to license and collect patent fees, because in this way, not only can he get profits, but also let others not engage in research and development.

After all, R&D is time-consuming, costly, and potentially unsuccessful, which means the risk of losing all your money.

However, with acceptable patent licensing, most companies will basically give up their own development.

Not everyone can have Luo Sheng's advanced thinking and sense of crisis.

Joe's gang leader really didn't come again, and Apple didn't send anyone else over, so Old Joe returned to China that day and swore that he would never talk to the Cote d'Azur about any bullshit patent licensing in his life.

It's a big deal to spend more time and cost investment to bypass the patent barriers of Bluestar Technology.

"Mr. Yao, I heard that he has returned." Jobs left, but Luo Sheng did not return to the Cte d'Azur laboratory to lead the development work.

"You're looking for him? Then I'll let him know. Qin Weimu said.

Seeing Luo Sheng nodded, she went to deal with it.

Yao Jianhong has been in the Côte d'Azur company for some time, and as an external professional manager, Luo Sheng also appreciates this person after meeting him.

Currently, Yao Jianhong is the general manager of supply chain and the president of sales and service within the company.

Coordinating supply chain partners is not an easy task, and it has to run around the world, so he spends most of his time flying around the world.

Luo Sheng returned to his office, and soon after Yao Jianhong knocked on the door and entered.

"Mr. Luo, are you looking for me?"

"Tell us a little bit about the progress of your recent work...... Sit down and say. Luo Sheng said and motioned for him to sit down.

Yao Jianhong nodded and sat down, pondered for a while, and looked at Luo Sheng after organizing the language: "The problem of offline retail stores, the address has been chosen, but whether it is our direct sales or the way to choose to join, this point needs to be decided by Mr. Luo." ”

"Let's take care of both." Luo Sheng did not hesitate.

"OK, my plan is to open 10 directly-operated stores in China, 17 in North America, 11 in Europe, and in general 46 offline single-sales stores worldwide." Yao Jianhong said.

"10 domestic ......" Luo Sheng thought for a while, and then added: "There are too many, which will increase the burden of additional operating costs, and the European market is almost on par, but the current domestic consumption level and economic scale cannot be compared with Europe, and our products are not cheap." ”

It has been more than five years since China joined the WTO, and its economic development has entered the fast lane, and its GDP has soared, but it will take some time for the domestic economy and consumption capacity to take off.

Today's consumers are even reluctant to buy a genuine Noki, because it costs thousands of dollars, and they buy a copycat version of hundreds of dollars, even then it is not cheap in the eyes of the general public.

The first generation of smartphones of the Cote d'Azur company is undoubtedly more expensive than the current best-selling phones of Nokia, Penmai and Motorola, and it is still the developed country market that mainly targets overseas regions.

As for the domestic market, the general environment and economic conditions are still growing, which will take time, not everyone can immediately turn it around, and the income of the public will not soar to a high level out of thin air.

The country's GDP last year was just over $2 trillion, which is certainly not a small amount, but we must not forget that this is achieved by a population of 1.3 billion, and the average share is also a very small number.

It is precisely because of this that Luo Sheng caused a huge sensation in China when he became the richest man, which is also one of the reasons.

Yao Jianhong asked, "Then Mr. Luo, what do you suggest?" ”

Luo Sheng thought for a while and said: "Let's open four for the time being, in the capital, Suzhou City, Shencheng and Pengcheng. The domestic market is not the center of gravity now, we need to be patient and slowly cultivated, and the overall national economy can be carried out, so that we can show our strength. But at present, the international market is still dominant, and has the access permit for the North American market been obtained? ”

At present, this era is not without benefits, at least the country has joined the WTO, and the United States is not as vigilant as ten years later, the other party is now very confident, so the market access of the Cote d'Azur will be difficult, but it will not be too difficult, you must know that Zhongxing mobile phone has already entered the North American market, and there are 30 million users in the local area.

Yao Jianhong said: "The license is very easy to get, after all, our offline store has to invest in the local area, which is a lot of money." However, I went to find communication giants such as Verizon and AT&T, and none of them were willing to cooperate with us, they just looked down on us and despised us. ”

The North American market is special, if you want to sell mobile terminal electronic products in North America, you must cooperate with local operators, and it is impossible to open the North American market if you do not connect with local operators.

It is so stipulated, whether it is Nokia, Motorola and other brands, this is the case.

Obviously, the Côte d'Azur companies will not be an exception.

Luo Sheng smiled: "It's not surprising that we can't look at it, after all, we didn't take out samples to show them, we don't even have products, we don't know anything about us, and we won't reach an actual cooperation company in any company." Getting the market access qualification is already half the battle, and when the time comes, they will take the initiative to come to the door. ”

That's all there is to it.

After a while, Luo Sheng added: "When it comes to marketing, the European market is the first priority, followed by the North American market, then the domestic market, and then the other regional markets. It's also time to schedule a product launch. ”

Yao Jianhong: "Understood. ”

Luo Sheng: "By the way, the supply chain partners have to settle things. ”

Yao Jianhong: "I was about to report to you, the chip foundry has negotiated with the TSMC, signed a three-year contract according to your requirements, and Corning's diamond glass has broken through, and now the production line is being established, I met with Wix some time ago, and he assured me that the initial supply can be achieved in three months at most, and other outsourcers have basically been negotiated, and the supply problem has also caught up with the exact date." ”

Finally, Yao Jianhong added: "Our own production line and final assembly department of core technology components are expected to be completed and shipped in July. Tokyo, Vancouver, and Göttingen are all setting up our overseas laboratories one after another, with an initial investment of 71.5 million US dollars. ”

It is worth mentioning that the country's accession to the WTO is a very important matter, assuming that the WTO has not yet joined, the layout of the Cote d'Azur company's overseas business will be difficult, and there is no doubt that the company has enjoyed the national dividend in this regard to a certain extent.

After listening to Yao Jianhong's report, Luo Sheng was very satisfied, these tasks were not easy, but he was able to handle it perfectly in such a short period of time, which is enough to prove that he is a rare talent.

As a candidate for executive vice president of the Côte d'Azur, this is not enough, but it does not prevent Luo Sheng from placing high hopes on him.

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