Global monopoly of technology

The polite remarks are almost over, Luo Sheng directly asked: "Then Mr. Cook, what is your purpose for coming to see me on behalf of Apple this time?"

Hearing this, Cook also decisively explained the purpose of this: "We hope to obtain your company’s multi-touch screen technology including smartphones, and a soft board for connecting antennas and motherboards to reduce signal loss and improve network performance. Wait for the authorization of 12 technical patents."

Luo Sheng understood it instantly when he heard it. The meaning of these words was that Apple had clearly said that it was going to enter the smartphone market. He could imagine that Joe’s gang has been very painful recently, and a arrogant boss finally faced it. Reality is compromised.

As a major competitor of the Côte d’Azur, Apple is competing in more than one sector. Of course, Luo Sheng is also paying attention to the situation of this company. Knowing that Apple is in a miserable situation recently, he probably predicted that the Qiao gang’s compromise this time will probably be Can't withstand the pressure of Apple's board of directors and shareholders.

If you don't compromise, you might be kicked out of the company you founded once again.

However, Luo Sheng pretended to say: "Oh? Your company is going to enter the field of mobile communication terminal equipment?"

Cook didn't hide it, nodding his head straight to admit that since he came here, he recognized that the Côte d'Azur is the current leader in the smartphone field.

Luo Sheng smiled and said: "No problem, I have authorized these 12 patents, provided that your company's mobile phone products are supported by the WOS system, and the annual patent fee of 350 million US dollars will offset the US$74.8 million patent paid by the Blue Coast to Apple. fee."

When Cook heard this condition, there was an unknown fire in his heart, but he held it back, frowning and shook his head and said: "Mr. Luo, these three conditions are too much. It's like a lion's mouth. We can't accept."

In Apple's eyes, such a condition is almost the same as that of hooligans. If the leader of Qiao comes to talk, he may have to pat his butt and leave like last time.

Fortunately, this time it was Cook.

"The patent fee is US$170 million. Our products do not require WOS. We will develop our own operating system. US$74.8 million cannot be offset. This is Apple's bottom line." Cook said with a certainty.

Luo Sheng was very happy when he heard it. Didn't the bottom line just break through?

"The current situation is tilting Mr. Cook to the seller's market. If I am not mistaken, the iPhone project that your company has shelved is actually very complete. If I am in charge of Apple, since I decided to restart the iPhone project, I must do my best. Launched this year." Luo Sheng said slowly.

The current changes in the smartphone industry are changing year by year, and the update speed is quite fast. And the iPhone project Luo Sheng does not know the specific R&D expenditures, but it is certainly not a small amount. In addition to the current situation of Apple, it is not so generous. The fund said to give up, give up and then overthrow it again.

It is still necessary to recover the cost as much as possible and launch it as soon as possible.

The last time Apple almost went bankrupt, Bill Gates took the lead. This time, if Apple faces a bankruptcy crisis again, Luo Sheng will not take it. If there is a chance, it is better to die directly. Sheng will not be vague.

Next is wrangling time.

But then again, Luo Sheng actually still hopes that Apple can live, at least not to die too fast, and also hope that Apple can live more moisturized in recent years.

But the premise is not to ride to the head of the French Riviera.

Luo Sheng has his own strategic considerations. Apple is a long-established high-tech company in North America and must have a place in the history of IT.

But this is not the key. The key is that Luo Sheng hopes to deepen cooperation with Apple, so that when the United States initiates such sanctions in the future, local companies in North America will have to suffer a lot.

Then these affected North American companies will definitely jump out fierce opposition, and the resistance has increased. The North American authorities are really determined to impose sanctions, and they have to think twice, at least it can delay time.

Although a lot of talk was involved in this negotiation, a consensus was reached on the same day. As Luo Sheng said, it is now a seller's market. The Côte d'Azur has the initiative and Apple has little room for bargaining.

And Luo Sheng also gave concessions to a certain extent. The patent fee is only US$50 million, which offsets the patent fee paid by the Côte d’Azur to Apple, but Apple’s iPhone must support the WOS system.

There is no discussion on this point.

It seems that Luo Sheng made a huge concession. Every year, he lost the huge amount of 300 million US dollars that he could get while lying down, and returned to the WOS system support, but in fact it directly caused Apple to want to build its own closed-loop software ecosystem. Dream declared bankrupt.

Not only that, the WOS open source system is regarded by Luo Sheng as a core weight for international competitiveness.

As everyone knows, Google used Android to sanction Turkey in the previous life, and the local new Android phones face the embarrassing situation of shock without Google services.

Technical hegemony, this is what Luo Sheng values ​​most and wants most.

The Europeans and Americans are using the technological hegemony store to bully customers. I have to say that this is a good thing, and Luo Sheng also likes it, and they can hurt each other happily.

Who is afraid of whom?

Three hours later, Luo Sheng completed the signature and seal on the agreement, and then said with a smile when exchanging documents with Cook: "Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation."

Cook smiled forcefully, and when he took over the contract, he was full of mixed feelings.

After the matter was settled, there was no need to stay for a long time. Cook greeted a few words and took the lawyers who came with him to leave.

A few minutes later, there were only two people left in the waiting room where there were about twenty people. Luo Sheng looked at the file in his hand with a gratified expression, closed the file and handed it to Qin Weimu with a smile: "From now on, great Apple’s company has also become one of my younger brothers. From now on, I have to look at my face to live. If I want to drink spicy food, I must first serve my eldest brother."

Qin Weimu gave him a white look: "Hey..."

Luo Sheng spread his hands: "Yes, that's right, it's just screaming."

Qin Weimu glanced at him with a playful smile: "You don't have to be obedient and willing to serve this palace if you scream?"

Luo Sheng: "emmm......"

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Cook's visit was quite low-key. There was not much coverage in the media, and he didn't even hold a grand signing ceremony. Instead, he returned to North America silently when he got the contract. Apple also silently restarted the iPhone project.

Apple has become the first overseas mobile phone manufacturer partner of the WOS open source system, but it is obvious that Luo Sheng will not be satisfied with this, as long as there is a chance, he will try to attract more allies, thereby squeezing the living space of the Android system. , The best strategy is to include as many international mobile phone manufacturers as possible under the WOS open source ecosystem.

However, Luo Sheng also knows that this kind of thinking is a bit unrealistic. Apple's compromise this time is nothing to do. To blame, Apple's shareholders are pressured.

Multi-touch screen is undoubtedly a core patent in current electronic products, especially in the smart phone industry, and this patent is also very complicated. Among large companies, especially among multinational giants, the patent itself is quite complicated.

First of all, the multi-touch screen patent is actually quite vague, so the Côte d'Azur uses more than 400 pages of A4 paper documents to describe it. Secondly, it is not the Côte d’Azur that has patents, nor is it only Android that has patent disputes.

There is no doubt that Google actually infringes on the multi-touch screen patents, but Google also has many patents that the Côte d'Azur has to use.

When the lawsuit really starts, the situation is complicated. In addition, the old United States is in the law of the sea, and judges have great powers. Different judges may have different judgments. Even if the Côte d’Azur has a large legal team, A Chinese technology company may not be able to win a lawsuit internationally. These are all potential variables.

Apple’s answer to the application of the WOS system to support iPhone mobile phones this time, to a certain extent accounted for a lot of luck, so Luo Sheng picked up a leak. In a sense, it was all made possible by the arrogance of the Qiao gang.

However, Côte d’Azur is not the only one, because it will submit new patents this year. One of the core patents is the innovative CAD tool under the multi-touch screen. This patent details a highly innovative computer-assisted Design and graphics user interface, this interface allows users to operate various on-screen tools through a multi-touch display.

In general, core technology is the kingly way, and everything else is imaginary, at best it is icing on the cake.

As time goes by, entering July, the smart phone industry ushered in a new domestic heavyweight player. Rebs’ first-generation Xiaomi mobile phone is about to go on sale, and it will show up in July.

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(The third change is over, Xiaoyu, grumpy, ask for tickets online~~)