Chapter 941 Brothers and Sisters
After listening to Song Yuanchao's suggestion, Mr. Ye Yonglie thought about it and felt that it was acceptable. Then they discussed the specific amount of the usage fee.
According to Song Chaoyuan's idea, he directly proposed to pay Mr. Ye Yonglie a usage fee of 1 yuan for each product in the future.
But as soon as the price was offered, Mr. Ye Yonglie said it was too high. Although he was a writer, he was not a person who didn't know anything. One yuan for one product? This was not a small amount. If Song Yuanchao's company sold tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of products, the royalties alone would bring in tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan in revenue. This was even higher than the 50,000 yuan that Song Chaoyuan had proposed before.
How could Mr. Ye Yonglie be willing to take advantage of this? He immediately said that he could not accept it. Song Yuanchao had no choice but to reduce the rate. After the fee was reduced to 0.2 yuan per unit, Mr. Ye Yonglie reluctantly agreed.
The price of 0.2 yuan is within Mr. Ye Yonglie's affordable range. In his opinion, if Song Yuanchao produces and sells 100,000 products, the usage fee will be 2,000 yuan.
Although 2,000 yuan is not a low number at present, it is not too high. Moreover, Mr. Ye Yonglie has also thought about whether there will be a market for product production and sales. This is all unknown. If Song Chaoyuan Company's products are not satisfactory and sales are not good, then naturally the production will not be too much. In this case, perhaps a usage fee of a thousand yuan will be enough.
But Mr. Ye Yonglie could never have imagined how big the market for PHS would be in the future.
In its past life, Xiaolingtong was born at the wrong time. When it entered China, it happened to coincide with the separation of post and telecommunications. In addition, mobile phone networks were the main development direction of the telecommunications companies after the separation, including the later established China Mobile and China Unicom, while the postal department had lost its voice in the communications business. As a result, the market for Xiaolingtong's development was not optimistic.
Even so, the total number of PHS phones sold in China in the future still reached 30 million, which is an extremely amazing scale. In addition, Shenghua has obtained PHS technology in advance and has three to four years earlier than in history to develop this market, so its achievements will inevitably be much more brilliant than in history.
According to Song Yuanchao's estimation, the market for Xiaolingtong will reach a scale of hundreds of millions in the next few years. Based on this number of users, the production and sales volume of Xiaolingtong will be much higher. Even if the number of users remains the same, at 50% off, which is 50 million, Mr. Ye Yonglie's copyright royalties for Xiaolingtong will be as high as 10 million. This figure is enough to be astonishing.
Let's talk business. If it was a purely commercial negotiation, Song Chaoyuan would naturally not choose this model. However, the person he was negotiating with today was Mr. Ye Yonglie. Song Chaoyuan did not want to take advantage of this gentleman whom he respected, especially the suggestion made by Mr. Ye Yonglie before, which touched Song Chaoyuan's heart.
Bullying anyone is not the right thing to do. At the same time, we must respect knowledge. This is what Song Chaoyuan thought. The conditions he proposed now seemed to be a disadvantage, but in fact, he was using this method to make up for Mr. Ye Yonglie. Moreover, the better Xiaolingtong did in the future, the real money would still be made by him, Song Chaoyuan and Shenghua. The fees given to Mr. Ye Yonglie only accounted for a small part of the total.
The next day, Song Chaoyuan visited Mr. Ye Yonglie again and brought the contract drafted by the lawyer. After reading the contract, Mr. Ye Yonglie confirmed that the content was consistent with what was discussed yesterday, and then he signed and stamped it.
After doing this, Song Chaoyuan's heart was completely settled. From now on, the name Xiaolingtong was in Song Yuanchao's hands. There were no obstacles to the establishment of the company and the registration of the product name, which made Song Chaoyuan very happy.
That night, Song Chaoyuan invited Mr. Ye Yonglie and his lover to a banquet, and asked Lin Yan to accompany them. The four of them went to Boss Qiang's restaurant.
Song Chaoyuan and Lin Yan were both graduates of Imperial University. They had many things in common with Ye Yonglie and his wife. In addition, they had read Mr. Ye Yonglie's works when they were young and admired him from the bottom of their hearts.
Ye Yonglie's wife is a very nice and intellectual old lady. She got along very well with Lin Yan. They enjoyed the meal very much. When they parted, Lin Yan made an appointment with the old lady to go shopping together when they had time, go to the music college and the small theater to watch performances, etc. The old lady readily agreed, which made Mr. Ye Yonglie very happy.
A few days later, Song Yuanchao went to Pengcheng on a business trip, and Lin Yan remained in Shanghai. She basically lives in Shanghai now, because both her home and her career are mostly in Shanghai.
Lin Yan got up early as usual and went to exercise in the garden. Many years passed in a flash. The girl back then is now a woman in her early 35s. However, Lin Yan has maintained herself very well in recent years. Both her figure and appearance are still the same as they were many years ago. She doesn't look like a mother of two children at all.
After the exercise, Lin Yan broke out in a thin layer of sweat. She took a shower and changed her clothes. When she returned to the restaurant, the two children were already sitting down to eat breakfast. Seeing their mother, Yangyang and Nannan greeted their mother good morning together. Lin Yan has always been very concerned about the education of her children. Although the current Song family is not as wealthy or as prestigious as before, neither Lin Yan nor Song Chaoyuan will spoil their children in education. They know very well that a child's character can be seen at the age of three. If a child is not well educated from a young age, he will grow up crooked. Song Yuanchao and his wife do not want their children to become arrogant and domineering second-generation rich children in the future.
Not only Song Yuanchao and his wife, but also Lin Jianhang and his wife, Lin Yuhang and his wife, Li Daqi and his wife, Qin Zhengguo and his wife, Luo Yang and his wife... these relatives and friends of Song Chaoyuan are also very strict in educating their children, which is very satisfying.
"Mom, our school has an activity this afternoon." While eating breakfast, Yang Yang suddenly looked up and said to Lin Yan.
"Activities? What activities?" Lin Yan sat down, reached out to take a fried dough stick, tore it open, and asked while eating.
"It's an activity at the Children's Palace. The interest group will be competing at the Children's Palace this afternoon. My brother Maomao and I are going to go and participate together." Yangyang replied. In addition to educating their children, Song Yuanchao and his wife also pay great attention to cultivating their children's interests and hobbies. They will never ignore or prohibit their children's hobbies or restrict their nature because of their grades. Therefore, Yangyang and Maomao have been tinkering with the things they like in their spare time since childhood.
Just like Zhang Jianguo's son Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao was very naughty when he was young. Compared with Zhang Hao at that time, Yangyang and Maomao were still three points inferior. But when he was in junior high school, Zhang Hao became interested in model airplanes. Because of Song Yuanchao's persuasion, Zhang Jianguo did not stop his child from this hobby, but supported his development in this area.
Zhang Jianguo now often feels that it is all thanks to Song Yuanchao's advice back then, otherwise Zhang Hao would not be as successful as he is today.
Who would have thought that Zhang Hao, who was a naughty boy in elementary school, got into trouble every other day and was called to school by his teacher, and whose academic performance barely hovered above the passing line, would later be admitted to a key university in Shanghai? And now he is studying for a master's and doctoral degree in the United States?
There are two things in Zhang Jianguo's life that make him most proud, and both of them are related to Song Yuanchao.
One thing is that Zhang Jianguo gave up his previous job and started a logistics company. Now, after years of development, his logistics company has become the largest logistics enterprise in the country.
Another thing is the education of his children. I won't mention his son Zhang Hao, who is now studying in the United States and has a promising future. His daughter Zhang Pingping was admitted to the Shanghai Theatre Academy and will become an actress in the future. Zhang Jianguo is happier about his children's success than his own business success, and he is glad for the decision he made back then.
"Activities at the Children's Palace? Will you go home by yourselves after the activities?" Lin Yan asked.
"Yes! The event will probably be over around four o'clock. Mom, you can just pick up my sister. Brother Maomao and I will take the bus back directly. However, we will definitely get home much later than usual." Yangyang said while drinking soy milk.
"I understand. Please be careful on the road." Lin Yan nodded.
"There's one more thing... " Yang Yang hesitated, without raising his head, he looked towards Lin Yan.
"Is there anything else?" Lin Yan asked her son puzzledly.
"Mom! I know!" The silent girl suddenly spoke up and raised her little hand.
"What do you know?" Lin Yan asked curiously
Nannan said crisply, "Brother wants to ask you for money. He and Brother Maomao will definitely go out to play for a while after going to the Children's Palace before coming back."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Yang Yang was anxious all of a sudden. What's wrong with this sister? How does she know what I'm thinking?
In fact, what Nannan said was not wrong at all. The activities at the Children's Palace were real, but what he and Maomao discussed privately was also true. They planned to go to a nearby small market after the activities at the Children's Palace. There were not only their favorite gadgets, but also an authentic roast lamb stall from the Western Regions. The roast lamb skewers at this stall were particularly fragrant, and you could smell the aroma in the air from a long distance away. The last time they went there with Maomao, the two little guys kept thinking about it after eating it once.
Unfortunately, I didn't have enough money last time, and the two little guys were big eaters, so I didn't enjoy the food at all. In addition, although their families are good, their parents give them a fixed amount of pocket money every month. Since they started elementary school, Yangyang and Maomao have a fixed amount of five yuan each month. Compared with ordinary children, this amount is not small, but it is still not enough for Yangyang and Maomao.
Yangyang had a good plan. He planned to take the opportunity of going to the Children's Palace to ask Lin Yan for some money so that he and Maomao could eat roast lamb together. But before he could open his mouth, Nannan beside him directly exposed her past. This made Yangyang so angry that he didn't have time to say anything. This sister was really hateful. It was a pity that he had given her a big bubble gum a few days ago. He would never give her that again in the future. She was simply a traitor who told tales!
Yangyang cursed in his heart, but his daughter with two pigtails deliberately made a face at her brother, and said proudly in his heart: "Who told you not to lend me the comic book yesterday? And you even hid it on purpose? Humph! Don't think that no one heard what you and Brother Maomao whispered at the door after school yesterday. This is a lesson for you!"
