328. Redemption of shares
At this time, it has not been long since the last meeting, and the efficiency of the Rex consortium is still very high. However, Adam felt that there would be no good news, and Moldomore said that he was invited to talk in person, but it was likely that he was only informing himself that the negotiations had collapsed.
After arriving at the factory, it was still Master Victor who was waiting for him outside, and seeing his face, Adam knew that his guess was not wrong.
Master Victor was not very emotional: "It's a pity, Adam. The rest of the towers in the consortium are not very optimistic about the new project you are talking about, and... And most importantly... You know. ”
Adam followed him inside, and said nonchalantly, "Expected." So the real purpose of calling me here this time is to kick me out?"
"No, no one will kick you out as long as you still want to, but the deed and equity need to be re-signed. The spokesperson of the tower master and the rest of the extradimensional mages of the consortium is inside, so I won't go in. ”
Master Victor felt embarrassed, the consortium was too mercenary, and he was a little embarrassed to face Adam again.
After entering the room, there was a conference table in front of him, Moldor Superdimensional sat on the top with an expressionless face, in addition to her, there were six senior mages, one of which was Andre, the dean of the Rex Mage College who had met in the apprentice stage, they got up at the same time after seeing Adam, but before they could introduce themselves, Moldor Superdimensional said unceremoniously: "Don't gossip, tell Adam your decision directly, don't waste time." ”
Moldor Superdimensional used the word you, apparently unhappy with the decision made by the consortium.
Several people's bellies were all held back, and they didn't dare to say anything to Moldor Chaowei, after glancing at each other, Master Andre spoke: "Adam, you signed with the Moldor Tower and the Rex consortium, regarding the production and supply of civil electricity, the communicator manufacturing, R&D and sales sharing contract is about to expire, and the consortium hopes to sign a new contract and better distribute equity." ”
Civil electricity, a project that was not favored by everyone at the beginning, now brings benefits even more than dozens of times that of communicators.
On Earth, Nikola Tesla gave up patent ownership after inventing alternating current, choosing to make it available to the world for free, but in the mage world, Adam was not so generous, he was the owner of all electricity-related patents, not only had a stake in the existing power company, but also paid him a certain amount of royalties for every unit of electricity sold.
That is, there are other alternative energy sources that can be used in the mage world besides electricity, otherwise Adam would probably be the richest ordinary mage by now.
Hearing Master Andrew's words, Adam asked, "I want to hear what the consortium means first. ”
"Together, we developed a plan,"
When Master Andre said this, Moldor snorted heavily, and then said casually: "In terms of civil electricity, we can discount your shares, but on the other hand, the existing power plants and companies have nothing to do with you, of course, we will pay the royalties as usual, which is guaranteed by the Holy Tower, and no one dares to violate it." ”
Adam can actually understand their approach, the interests are really in front of them, they have always been responsible for setting up a factory, promotion, marketing, etc., and they can accept the payment of patent fees, but the large shares occupied by Adam make them feel very uncomfortable, as if they are raising a greedy demon who does not work hard.
In this regard, there is no need to be rash, it is the general trend to withdraw the shares by yourself, or to say that you will no longer occupy the shares in the new power plants in the future, and the honest collection of royalties is enough to make a lot of money for yourself, and excessive greed is completely unnecessary.
Besides, a series of patents on electricity are now exclusively licensed, and it is completely possible to collect patent fees from the entire mage world after that. And once a breakthrough is made in atomic energy research, power plants may now be cut in half before they reach their peak.
Just as he was about to say yes, Moldor Chaowei said coldly: "The power plant in my personal name retains Adam's shares. ”
Master Andre said helplessly, "This is your power. Then he turned to Adam and asked, "Do you disagree on this, Adam?"
"I agree, but there is one thing, the value of the shares I own must be settled according to the peak of the previous market capitalization. ”
Master Andrei nodded directly: "Of course. The second thing is about the communicator, Adam, the consortium feels that the existing communicator is enough to meet the daily requirements of most mages, and there is no need to go further or even reincarnate for an update, we have understood your assumptions, and agree that the possibility of passage is very low, and the mages will not be willing to have a piece of foreign body enter the soul and body, I hope you can think about it carefully. ”
Seeing that Adam didn't speak, he added another piece of bargaining chip: "The Rex consortium has reached a cooperation intention with the remaining trading partners of the Holy Tower, as long as you agree, the position of chief is still reserved for you, but the shares you own need to be properly diluted." ”
"No, this part of the shares will be cashed out in the same way, and I will withdraw from this property after the contract is over. ”
There is nothing to think about at this point, after the language matures, the original version of the personal chip will be produced soon, and once the functions he envisioned, especially big data reading and cloud computing, can be realized, the old communicator may be directly obsolete.
As for whether the mages will accept it, Adam believes that the Holy Tower and the Mage Council will be willing to vouch for Adam after seeing the help of the chip to the mage. At most, it's just a matter of adding some clauses to restrict developer permissions, and Adam doesn't care, he doesn't want to rule the world with this thing.
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At this end of the conversation, Adam could tell that Hyperdimensional Moldor seemed to want to say something at the end, but she didn't say anything in the end.
Adam didn't say anything again, to be honest, as long as he didn't violate the contract, he could accept it, the consortium invested hugely, but the gain was not small, and it was the freedom of both parties to renew the contract after the contract expired, and they couldn't force it.
As for the part of the shares that Moldor Chaowei chose to keep, Adam was sure that she would be rewarded exponentially in the future.
After leaving the factory, Adam returned to the lab to continue the refinement of the M language, which is now a top priority, and when it is fully formed, there is no difficulty in writing the operating system.
A month later, the M language was basically formed, and there was good news in the war trials, and the construction method of the brain demon and the ancient magic applied to it were sent to Adam for free by Priscia Extradimensional as a reward for inviting Adam to help this time.