Chapter 209 Utility Model Invention Patents
Qian Hongli was very polite to Lu Yiming, one could even say he admired him.
After cooperating with Lu Yiming, his ability to make money also increased. After establishing Jianlai Technology, he did not expect that there were so many rich people in Baiyun City. One order was worth millions. This was much faster than making money when he opened his own computer store.
Lu Yiming took a sip of tea and casually praised: "Well, this tea is good and tasteful. It seems that you have been living a very comfortable life recently."
Qian Hongli smiled from ear to ear: "That's so comfortable! I've been doing business for most of my life, and I've never felt so comfortable."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "What about the patent for the chassis' appearance design? Has it been applied for?"
"It's down, here's the certificate."
Qian Hongli took out a red satin notebook from the drawer, opened it, and it was clearly written on it: Utility Model Invention Patent, Patent Number XXXXXXXXX.
The following applicant and patent holder is Keylight Technologies Co., Ltd.
Li Quanwang was surprised and said, "How can you apply for an invention patent for a piece of metal?"
In his concept, only when something is created that did not exist in the world before can it be considered an invention.
Computer case, which computer doesn't have one? Can you apply for a patent for this?
Lu Yiming explained: "Of course, the computer case I led the research and development of is completely different from the previous computer cases. Do you understand the value of utility model invention patents?"
Today's computer host is just a square iron box. After putting things in it, it is basically welded shut. If you want to replace any parts, you have to use strong demolition tools.
Think of the white box that sits underneath the monitor in the school computer room.
However, Lu Yiming made a modular computer case of later generations. The sides are fixed with screws and buckles, which can be easily disassembled. There are also various buried wire channels and buckles inside the case, which can easily fix the motherboard, graphics card, fan, power supply and other parts. The wiring is clean and clear, which can greatly reduce the installation and maintenance costs.
Thanks to the help of the new chassis, the factory can now install and debug hundreds of machines every day. Compared with the previous one-man workshop, the efficiency is much higher.
Qian Hongli also agreed with this: "This case is really easy to use . Mr. Lu, to be honest, I heard from the people at Dingyuan Mould Factory a few days ago that someone went to place an order to buy this case. However, they did not come to discuss the patent royalties with us."
Lu Yiming shrugged slightly, and he was quite open-minded. "Do you think they won't produce if you don't give them authorization? This thing doesn't have any technical content at all. You can find any factory to make it if you take it apart. But it's okay. We can provide personalized customized services. Triangles, pentagons, spheres, transparent, translucent, opaque, we can all apply for appearance patents. As long as we develop fast enough and think big enough, they will never catch up with us. On the one hand, we can make money by developing and producing it ourselves. When the other party becomes bigger and stronger, we can sue these plagiarists and make money. It's a win-win situation."
As a high-end consumable in the 21st century, Lu Yiming has seen countless patent lawsuits and has studied in depth the money-making methods of those patent trolls. Now, if he wants to transform himself into a patent troll, there is no technical difficulty or psychological burden at all.
Moreover, Lu Yiming didn't really care about the small amount of money he made in China by relying on patents. How much oil could a bunch of poor guys get even if they were squeezed dry?
If you really want to make money, you still have to rely on exports and those "fat and juicy" foreigners.
Qian Hongli, who had already tasted the sweetness of the new computer case, naturally agreed with Lu Yiming's request to focus on research and development. After all, isn't the reason why Jianlai Technology is developing so rapidly now due to the blue ocean market brought about by new technologies?
Then, Qian Hongli said, "Technology research and development is necessary, but I have a question, Mr. Lu, why don't you burn our 'Jianlai Internet Cafe Management Software' into a CD and sell it separately? Now we install it in all computers when we leave the factory, and I feel like we are missing out on a lot of money."
At this time, most Internet cafes charged fees manually.
Yes, manual accounting.
Until around 2002, there were still many owners of illegal Internet cafes who collected money by manual accounting. They would put a small piece of paper in front of each machine, and when the time came they had to manually remind the owners to pay. It was not high-tech at all.
There are even some husband-and-wife shops where the husband works the night shift and the wife works the day shift. They are so busy watching the business that they don't even have time to eat.
At this time, if there is a simple and easy-to-use Internet cafe software that allows them to sit in front of the cash register and lightly tap the keyboard to solve the problem, and they don’t even have to watch the store themselves. After setting up the program, they can spend a few hundred yuan a month to hire someone to sit on the job, and they only need to check the accounts regularly. I’m afraid many people are willing to pay for it.
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Good fellow, it seems that you have the potential to be a capitalist. You don't even want to let go of this little money. However, when doing business, you can't just focus on the small profits in front of you. You have to know how to play the long game and catch the big fish."
Lu Yiming had been eyeing the Internet cafe software market for a long time.
Until 2007, personal computer users in China were still a minority, and Internet cafe computer users were the mainstream group of Internet users.
Therefore, the Internet cafe software platform is very promising.
After all, for the Internet industry, user scale always comes first.
While no one has discovered this blue ocean yet, Lu Yiming decided to use a free strategy to seize the market. Once he completes the monopoly, won’t it be easy to make money in the future?
For example, adding functions such as computer hardware detection and driver installation requires payment or membership.
For example, you can use other people's Internet cafe computer interfaces to promote your favorite software and save a lot of channel fees and advertising fees. Isn't that great?
For example, by adding a small supermarket function, users can place orders through the shopping page, and Jianlai Technology, as the software copyright holder, charges them a 1% commission.
For an Internet cafe, customers can place orders while sitting at their seats, which makes them more willing to shop. The extra revenue generated is definitely much more than the 1% toll. They are willing to pay this money.
What if there are a thousand or even ten thousand Internet cafes using this function?
The commission alone is a considerable profit.
In short, as long as there is a market, it is easy to make money.
In this world, free things are always the most expensive.
