Chapter 83 Authorization
Asuka Kobayashi, who was holding the documents, saw Shirakawa Kaede's eyes staring at her chest.
Her face turned red first, then her eyes widened and she was about to explode.
"Hurry, bring the document to me." Bai Chuanfeng reached out to take the document impatiently.
Asuka Kobayashi was stunned, seemed to have figured something out, and then became even angrier.
She angrily threw the faxed document in front of Baichuan Feng and turned back to her desk without looking back.
Hey, is Xiaolin's red day coming? Baichuan Feng secretly wondered whether he should suggest that she drink some brown sugar water later.
However, he was soon attracted by the content of the document in front of him. After nearly a month of searching, he finally found the inventor of the Walkman, Andreas Pavel.
This guy is a German-Brazilian. The patent was applied for in the UK in 1977 and has been approved.
Tsk, didn’t Sony check the relevant patents when it was developing the Walkman for two years?
Regardless of whether he really didn't know or was pretending not to know, Baichuan Feng didn't care about it now. He put all his attention on the document in front of him.
When Andre heard that a company called RB wanted to apply to him for the authorization of the Walkman, he was very happy at first.
However, when I found out that the other party was a small and unknown company, I felt a little disappointed.
But despite this, he still actively communicated with Shirakawa Electric, after all, someone recognized his ideas.
Andre was just a simple music lover. He invented the Walkman in the hope that more people could listen to music anytime and anywhere.
He also tried to sell his patent to large audio companies.
However, mainstream music equipment manufacturers at the time, such as Philips, Yamaha and other veteran vocal manufacturers, believed that this kind of equipment that sacrificed sound quality and emphasized portability had no future.
So Andre, who had gained nothing, had to give up the idea of making money with the Walkman.
At this time, he didn't know that Sony had already started producing similar products.
Because of poor initial sales, the Walkman is now unknown.
Now that someone has come to him, Andre is of course very proactive in contacting the other party. After all, this is his first mentor.
Baichuan Feng looked at the authorization fee on the faxed document in his hand, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could almost pinch a mosquito to death.
"60,000 pounds, didn't you tell the other party that we are just a small company and this is just a trial promotion?"
Shirakawa Feng raised his head and looked at Asuka Kobayashi opposite him and asked curiously.
"Of course I did. Do you know what the other party's initial offer was?" Asuka Kobayashi gave him a reproachful look.
"How many?"
"100,000 pounds!"
"..." Shirakawa Kaede
My goodness, this Andre is taking advantage of Shirakawa Electric.
He dared to offer a price of 100,000 pounds for an invention that he himself didn't even know whether it had any prospects.
100,000 pounds is equivalent to more than 200,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate, which is a huge sum of more than 50 million yen.
Well, probably two Shirakawa Electrics.
Even at the current price of 60,000 pounds, it would cost nearly 30 million yen.
Well, about one and a half Shirakawa Electric.
Baichuan Feng pinched his forehead which was a bit aching, capitalism was really bad.
Everyone is only thinking about money. Why can't they think more about the cause of human progress?
"Xiao Lin, tell the other party the Walkmans produced by our Shirakawa Electric are semi-charitable in nature, and some of the products will be donated to children in music schools.
Donations have been arranged in the place where he is and his hometown Brazil. In addition, there are poor places in need of help, such as Africa..."
Baichuan Feng paused for a moment, then waved his hand, "Forget it, African people don't need Walkmans. Anyway, it's a similar statement, you can make up the specific reasons yourself."
Asuka Kobayashi looked at Shirakawa Kaede with a strange look. She felt that Shirakawa Kaede had become a bad person and was no longer pure.
Even though he looked at her breasts... bah, even though his eyes when he looked at her were still pure.
But Asuka Kobayashi had a feeling that this guy was not a good person.
"Hmm? Is there a problem?" Seeing that Asuka Kobayashi did not respond, Shirakawa Kaede emphasized again.
"Oh, no problem." Asuka Kobayashi held her head high and answered loudly.
After saying that, he stood up excitedly, ready to send the fax right away.
After all, Shirakawa-kun is still waiting.
Looking at Asuka Kobayashi's back as she walked away with a "thump thump" sound, Shirakawa Kaede nodded with satisfaction. Kobayashi is indeed a sensible person.
As for the reason for charity just now, it was just something Baichuan Feng made up.
He only knew that people in Europe and America liked to do this, but he didn't know whether Andre was one of them.
Baichuan Feng was just hunting rabbits while picking grass, and he would catch as many as he could.
The authorization of the Walkman has begun to show some progress, and Baichuan Feng feels a lot more relaxed.
Teru Yamazaki is also working hard to design circuit solutions.
Although Baichuan Feng was a little anxious, he knew that research and development could not be rushed.
Without technical reserves, he can only take one step at a time. He doesn't have a golden finger, but he can rely on some forward-looking vision.
However, once this road becomes smooth, Shirakawa Electric will have made up for its shortcomings.
By then, I can walk more steadily on my two legs, so I can just go slower. An anxious Baichuan Feng comforted himself in this way.
The sound of heels colliding came from the corridor.
Huh? So soon? Bai Chuanfeng raised his wrist and looked at it. It was around four o'clock in the afternoon.
Asuka Kobayashi appeared in front of Shirakawa Kaede again, holding the crooked documents.
"The other party agreed, and now the licensing price is 20,000 pounds!" Asuka Kobayashi looked at Shirakawa Kaede with excitement on her face.
The reason this guy made up actually touched the other party.
Are all foreigners so stupid? Asuka Kobayashi doubts whether Andre has something wrong with his brain.
Being as smart as she was, she saw through Baichuan Feng's lie immediately.
Who says big breasts mean no brains? Ignorant~
Shirakawa Feng looked at the complacent Kobayashi Asuka and quietly cancelled the suggestion of brown sugar water in his mind.
"20,000 pounds, which is close to 10 million yen." Baichuan Feng pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Agree to him."
Seeing that Kobayashi Asuka wanted to take action immediately again, Shirakawa Feng stopped her, "But there is a condition. Pay 10,000 pounds in advance, and the remaining 10,000 pounds will be paid within the next year."
Asuka Kobayashi looked at Shirakawa Kaede with strange eyes again. This guy was really bad.
"Well, running a business also involves taking risks. Who knows what the future of this Walkman will be? What if it loses money?"
Baichuan Feng lied with his eyes open without blushing or feeling nervous.
Asuka Kobayashi, I believe it.
She started to contact Andre again.
Although Andre is not very smart, he still gets up quite early.
Nonsense, capitalism smells money. It's no problem to stay up for three days and three nights.
Alas, five million yen is about to be gone from me again.
The first month's profit was gone before it even warmed up. Not only that, but I had to pay a large sum of money again.
Money~money, wait for me, I will rescue you.
