Chapter 412: Not Making Much Money
This news was within Lu Yiming's expectations, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.
Lu Yiming actually didn't care much about his opponent's siege.
He said calmly, "Very good, they came together, so I don't have to waste time knocking on their doors one by one. Just continue to do your job, and you still have to take the triple compensation."
"OK."
Since Lu Yiming said so, Li Qiu naturally had no psychological burden and took the benefits that belonged to him with peace of mind.
After all, he is not a shareholder of Mingyuan Technology, and the company's losses are none of his business.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming picked up the pen and continued to sit at the desk to do the test questions.
After all, I'm going abroad soon, so it's a good idea to practice some questions before going.
The next day at noon, Lu Yiming called Zhao Tiezhu and asked him to drive over.
As soon as he got in the car, Zhao Tiezhu asked, "Boss Lu, are you going home?"
"No, I'm going to Mingyuan Technology. Something's going on."
"Okay, sit tight."
Zhao Tiezhu nodded, then stepped on the accelerator and sped away.
At this moment, in the conference room of Mingyuan Technology headquarters, Song Honglin was holding an executive meeting, and basically all the top leaders in the company were called over.
His expression was solemn, and his eyes were filled with worry.
Song Honglin was well-informed. With his competitors making such a big fuss, he certainly knew that Pengrun Electric had joined in the crackdown on Mingyuan Technology, so he hurriedly gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures.
Soon, the door of the conference room was pushed open.
Lu Yiming stepped in with a confident and calm smile on his face: "Wow, so many people are here today?"
When he saw Lu Yiming coming in, Song Honglin quickly made way.
After sitting down, Lu Yiming leaned back slightly on the chair and glanced at everyone present: "What are you talking about?"
Song Honglin quickly told him about the current situation: "We are talking about Pengrun Electric Appliances joining the siege against Mingyuan Technology. Just yesterday, Lenovo used its influence again and held a press conference with Amon Company in Beijing, once again claiming that Dover Amon was the inventor of flash drive technology."
Lu Yiming frowned slightly, quite puzzled: "Haven't they done this before? Why are they doing it again?"
Song Honglin smiled bitterly, "This time it's different. They are no longer just talking nonsense. Instead, they have produced several patent documents. The time when these patents came into effect was earlier than when Mingyuan Technology applied for the USB flash drive patent. Now they are all used as evidence that we copied their flash drive technology."
Cheng Xiaohua, who was in charge of the company's technology research and development department, immediately refuted angrily: "I have seen his patents. Although they are indeed related to the pre-technology of flash drives, it is impossible to apply for a complete flash drive patent. Moreover, compared with our research progress, it is not worth mentioning. How can it be said that we plagiarized him?"
Fang Yunfeng also echoed, "He is just trying to fool fools. They don't even have any of the key technology patents for making USB flash drives. How dare they show it off? They are so shameless!"
Song Honglin sighed, looking helpless: "It's useless for us to say this here. How can ordinary people tell the difference? Haven't you heard that three people make a tiger? Now they have created the illusion that everyone is supporting Aimon Company. In addition, Aimon Company is a foreign technology company, so they have a three-point advantage by first impression. We are now in a passive position."
Even if a lie is told a thousand times, it may be regarded as the truth, not to mention that the other party is now speaking in a very serious manner and even producing "evidence".
Obviously, many ordinary people have been kept in the dark.
Fang Yunfeng couldn't help but ask, "Can't we find the media reporters to clarify? Are we just going to let them talk nonsense?"
Song Honglin was helpless about this: "The key lies in L Company. They are under the banner of a national enterprise. Whether it is appeal or influence, we cannot compare."
Cheng Xiaohua clenched his fists, angry at the other party's shameless behavior, and cursed: "This is a betrayal, it's obvious that you are inviting a wolf into the house, how shameless."
In fact, due to the pressure from L Company and the change in public opinion, some of the original USB flash drive agents have now either switched to the USB flash drive camp or are in a wait-and-see state, waiting for the two sides to decide the winner.
For this kind of patent lawsuit, if the other party wants to drag it out, there will be no result within three to five years.
If we really have to wait three to five years, Aimon will have carried out several product iterations. By then, will the outcome of the lawsuit matter?
Song Honglin also said: "This morning, there was news that Pengrun Electric Appliances has started selling USB flash drives in large quantities and has launched a massive promotion, but has refused to allow our USB flash drives to enter the market."
Such a situation is naturally very unfavorable to Mingyuan Technology, and it can even be said to be a fatal business crisis.
In the conference room, everyone discussed for a long time but could not come up with a solution to the problem. They had no choice but to turn their attention to Lu Yiming and place their hopes on him.
Lu Yiming touched his chin and said, "Both L Company and Pengrun are leaders in the industry. They have joined forces and really think highly of me. But we can't just sit there and wait for death. China is so unreliable about originality. We can only start from the foreign market. Fortunately, I have applied for an international patent."
“Overseas markets?”
This is a path that no one had ever imagined.
Lu Yiming said, "Yes, although the domestic distribution is based on noise, those foreign institutions don't care about that. Whoever the patent belongs to will own it. If they have the guts, they can go out and play with me."
Cheng Xiaohua had overseas experience and was very supportive of Lu Yiming's idea of "encircling Wei to save Zhao". However, he was a little worried: "Is it too early to enter the overseas market now?"
Mingyuan Technology has no sales channels overseas, so it is not an easy task to export its products overseas.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Why don't we find an influential local boss to cooperate with? Leave this matter to me."
He went on to say, "Okay, there's nothing to talk about here. You should work harder in your R&D department. As long as our products are stable enough, the capacity is large enough, and the technology is always one generation ahead of theirs, we will be invincible. Don't be disturbed by their little tricks. They are doing this now just to slow down our R&D speed. You have to see the essence through the phenomenon."
Everyone was enlightened by Lu Yiming's words, and the people in the R&D department were even more so. They immediately said that they would turn a deaf ear to what was happening outside from now on.
Lu Yiming took out his cell phone and started dialing a number: "I'll call Bill Gates."
The moment the call was connected, Lu Yiming heard a long yawn.
Then, Bill Gates said, "Lu, when are you going to come to the United States? I can't wait to meet you."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "There's no rush to meet. I will definitely be in the United States before the game starts. I have a promising business that I want to discuss with you. Are you interested?"
As the world's richest man, Bill Gates has a natural passion for making money. At the same time, he is also very curious about what promising businesses in the wild land of Xia Country could interest him.
"You can tell me first."
Lu Yiming said: "Mr. Gates, have you ever heard of a USB flash drive?"
"USB drive?"
Bill Gates' tone was full of doubt, and it was obvious that he had not paid attention to this new thing yet.
Lu Yiming knew that "seeing is believing", so he said directly: "It may be difficult to explain it clearly just by talking. How about this, I can send some relevant information to your email."
As he spoke, Lu Yiming sent Bill Gates some information about the USB flash drive.
There is no doubt that Bill Gates has a keen business sense, especially in the field of technology.
After he spent a few minutes browsing the entire introduction of the USB flash drive, he immediately realized the huge value of this thing.
"Lu, did you invent this? It's incredible! Without a doubt, it is definitely a groundbreaking product! With it, the form of computers will be changed!"
Lu Yiming secretly admired him in his heart. An old fox is an old fox. He could see the value of this thing at a glance.
As a computer accessory, it directly affects the design and manufacture of future computers, which is the most terrifying thing. Once the USB flash drive replaces the floppy disk and even the optical drive, it means that this product will become the "standard configuration" for computer users.
By then, the sales volume of USB flash drives will be terrifying, and the market prospects will be astonishingly huge.
In fact , around 2010, the number of USB flash drives produced in Xia country alone reached 200 million. The market demand was extremely strong, and basically everyone who had a computer would buy one or two in case of emergency.
Lu Yiming threw out the bait, and even Bill Gates had to take the bait.
After all, there are few people in this world who don't like money.
Lu Yiming praised, "Mr. Gates is indeed worthy of being the world's richest man. He can see the key at a glance. As the only inventor of the USB flash drive, I have patent certificates issued by both Xia Country and the United States, and I have undisputed patent rights to the USB flash drive. I wonder if Mr. Gates is interested in cooperating with me?"
After hearing that Lu Yiming was the only inventor of the USB flash drive, Bill Gates gave up all other thoughts and could only ask, "How do you plan to cooperate?"
Lu Yiming said bluntly: "We will jointly open a company in the United States to promote and sell USB flash drives. We will split the profits 80% to 20%. I will split 80% and you will split 20%."
Bill Gates was certainly not satisfied with this ratio. He directly expressed his opinion: "Twenty percent is too little. I want half."
Lu Yiming expected Bill Gates to ask for a lot of money. After all, he had been a slave in his previous life, so he had seen all kinds of greedy capitalists. Not to mention that Bill Gates was the head of the capitalists. As long as the technology allowed, he would want to squeeze two ounces of oil out of a stone.
Lu Yiming said calmly: "We own the technology of Mingyuan Technology, and we also provide the products. Half is too much. This is impossible. The maximum I can give you is 30%, no more."
Bill Gates was also unwilling to give up and was still negotiating with Lu Yiming: "If you want to sell the USB flash drive to the United States, without my connections and channels, you can't promote it at all, so I want at least 40%, not a penny less."
The two men argued for a long time and finally reached an agreement on the distribution of profits. Bill Gates took 38%, and the rest went to Mingyuan Technology.
Lu Yiming hung up the phone, and everyone in the office was stunned.
What did I just see?
My boss is chatting and laughing with the richest man in the world?
"The boss is awesome."
"Boss, you are so familiar with the world's richest man? You even bargained for him."
"Now I understand why the boss is not afraid of those guys' siege. Compared with Microsoft, the siege of these jumping clowns is simply a joke."
Song Honglin was extremely excited. Now that he had established a relationship with Bill Gates, wouldn't the plan to sell USB flash drives overseas be a sure thing?
"Boss Lu is worthy of being the sea-guarding magic needle of our Mingyuan Technology. At the critical moment, we still have to rely on you."
Cheng Xiaohua sighed, "These foreigners are still as ruthless as ever. They just talk and use their connections to take away nearly 40% of our profits."
Mingyuan Technology is responsible for the research and development and production of USB flash drives, as well as transportation costs. After all the hard work, it only earns 62%. It's so sad that it makes people cry.
Regarding this, Lu Yiming was helpless and said, "Channel dealers are vampires everywhere. We don't have our own channels now, so we can only accept their harsh conditions."
Song Honglin comforted everyone by saying, "It's okay to pay a little toll. If the USB drive can be sold to the United States, we can earn US dollars."
Driven by money, Gates acted quickly. After only a few days, he called Lu Yiming to tell him that he had already convinced international giants such as IBM, DELL, HP, and Logitech, and was just waiting for Mingyuan Technology to send samples.
Lu Yiming spent a large sum of money to find FedEx to send the latest generation of USB flash drive samples as quickly as possible.
With the endorsement of Bill Gates, these partners who are closely connected with Microsoft are of course also trying to sell Microsoft's face. In addition, USB flash drives are indeed small and easy to use, and can completely replace CDs and floppy disks, bringing great convenience to work. Therefore, these companies were also very happy and placed orders with Mingyuan Technology.
Song Honglin opened the international mail in his office and looked at the list written entirely in English. He became so excited that his blood was boiling.
This is a foreign business, and it’s a business in the United States!
Putting aside the facts, just this achievement alone is something you can brag about for three days and three nights!
Lu Yiming was also relieved when he received these orders.
Although the quantity is not large and you can't make much money, it's just the beginning. The most important thing is that with this thing, you can launch a counterattack!
