Chapter 409: [The younger brother has to wait for his brother first]

The polite words were almost the same, Luo Sheng asked directly and voluntarily: "So Mr. Cook, what is the purpose of your visit to me on behalf of Apple?"
After hearing this, Cook also stated the purpose decisively: "We hope to obtain your company ’s multi-touch technology including smartphones, and a flexible board that connects the antenna to the motherboard to reduce signal loss and improve network performance. Wait for the grant of 12 technology patents. "
Luo Sheng understood it at the earliest moments. The meaning of this remark was worse than that of Apple Inc., who was going to enter the smart phone market. He could imagine that most of Joe ’s gang had been very distressed recently. An arrogant boss finally faced Reality has compromised.
As a big competitor of the French Riviera, Apple has more than one competition. Of course, Luo Sheng is also paying attention to the situation of this company. Knowing that Apple's recent situation is miserable, it is probably predicted that most of the compromises of Joe ’s gang will be Can't withstand the pressure from Apple's board and shareholders.
If you don't compromise, you may be kicked out of the company you started.
However, Luo Sheng pretended to say, "Oh? Is your company going to enter the field of mobile communication terminal equipment?"
Cook didn't hide it either, nodded his head directly and acknowledged that since he came here, he acknowledged that the Cote d'Azur is the current leader in the field of smart phones.
Luo Sheng laughed: "No problem, I granted these 12 patents, provided that your company's mobile phone products must be supported by the WOS system, and the annual patent fee of 350 million US dollars simultaneously offset the US $ 74.8 million patents paid by Apple to the Cote d'Azur. fee."
When Cook heard this condition, a flash of nameless fire broke out in his heart, but he held it back and shook his head with a tight eyebrow: "Mr. Luo, these three conditions are too great for you, we ca n’t say anything. accept."
In such a condition, in Apple's eyes, it is almost the same as the behavior of a hooligan. If Joe helped the master to talk, he might have to pat his as he did last time.
Fortunately this time it was Cook.
"The patent fee is 170 million US dollars. Our products do not need WOS. We will develop our own operating system. The 74.8 million US dollars cannot be offset. This is Apple's bottom line." Cook said categorically.
Luo Luosheng listened to his heart, didn't the bottom line just use a breakthrough?
"The current situation is to tilt Mr. Cook to the seller's market. If I'm not mistaken, your iPhone project on hold is actually very complete. If I was in charge of Apple, since I decided to restart the iPhone project, I must do my best. It will be launched this year. "Luo Sheng said slowly.
The current change in the smartphone industry is one year at a time, and the update speed is quite fast. Luo Sheng, the iPhone project, does not know the specific R & D expenditure, but it is certainly not a small sum. In addition to the current situation of Apple, it is not so generous. Of funds said to give up and then give up and overthrow.
I still want to recover the cost as much as possible and launch it as soon as possible.
Last time Apple Gate nearly went bankrupt, Bill Gates pulled out a hand. This time, if Apple Inc. faces bankruptcy again, Luo Sheng wo n’t pull it. It ’s better to have a chance to die directly. Sheng is not ambiguous.
Then it's time to pull skin.
But after all, Luo Sheng actually hopes that Apple can live, at least not die too fast, and also hopes that Apple can live more moisturizing in recent years.
But the premise is not to ride on the head of the azur coast.
Luo Luosheng has his own strategic considerations. Apple is a well-known 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. In this way, the old US will initiate sanctions in the future, and North American domestic companies will have to suffer a lot.
Then these affected North American companies will definitely jump out of fierce opposition. The resistance has increased. The North American authorities are really eager to impose sanctions. They must also think twice before delaying time.
虽然 Although the negotiation process was a lot of talk, but a consensus was reached on the same day, as Luo Sheng said, it is now a seller-oriented market structure, the azure coast has the initiative, and Apple has little room for bargaining.
Luo Sheng also made concessions to a certain extent. The patent fee was only 50 million US dollars, while offsetting the patent fee paid by Apple to the Cote d'Azur, but Apple's iPhone must support the WOS system.
This is not discussed.
It seems that Luo Sheng has made a great concession. Every year, 300 million US dollars can be obtained without lying down, and it also gave WOS system support, but in fact directly caused Apple to want to make its own closed-loop software ecosystem. Dream declared bankruptcy.
Not only that, the WOS open source system is regarded by Luo Sheng as a core weight of international competitiveness.
I do n’t know that Google in the last life used Android to sanction Turkey, and the new local Android phone did n’t have Google services facing the awkward situation of shock.
Technical hegemony, this is what Luo Sheng values ​​and wants most.
Europe and the United States are simply bullying customers with technology hegemony stores. They have to say that this is a good thing. Luo Sheng also likes it, and they can hurt each other happily.
Who is afraid of who?
Twenty-three hours later, Luo Sheng completed the signature and seal on the agreement, and then smiled when he exchanged documents with Cook, saying, "Cooperation is pleasant."
"Happy cooperation."
Kuqiang laughed, and when he took the contract in hand, he had mixed feelings.
After the matter is settled, there is no need to stay for a long time, and Cook Hanji said a few words and then left with the lawyers who came with him.
A few minutes later, there were only two people left in the waiting room where twenty people had originally gathered. Luo Sheng looked at the documents in his hands and looked beautiful. He closed the documents and handed it to Qin Weimu with a smile: "From now on, great The Apple company has also become one of my younger brothers. In the future, I will look at my face and live. If you want to eat delicious and spicy, you must first serve your brother. "
Wu Qin Weimu gave him a white look: "Yanse ..."
Luo Luosheng let out a hand: "Yes, that's right, it's Zhe."
Wu Qin Weimu glanced at him with a playful smile: "Do you think that you still have to be obedient and willing to serve this palace?"
Luo Luosheng: "emmm ..."
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Cook's visit was rather low-key, and there were not too many reports in the media or even a grand signing ceremony. Instead, the contract was returned to North America silently. 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 an opportunity, he will try to attract more allies to squeeze 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 idea is a bit unrealistic. Apple's compromise this time is no way. If you blame it, blame Apple's shareholders for pressure.
Multi-touch screen is undoubtedly a core patent in current electric products, especially 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 patents are actually very vague, so the Azur Coast has used more than 400 pages of A4 papers to describe it ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Second, not only the Azur Coast patents, nor only Android Patent disputes.
No doubt, Google actually infringed on the multi-touch screen patent, but Google also has a lot of patents that the Blue Coast has to use.
The case is really complicated, and the old United States is a law of the sea system. Judges have great powers. Different judges may have different judgments. His Majesty the Blue Coast has a large legal team, but as a A Chinese technology company may not win a lawsuit internationally. These are potential variables.
Apple responded that the application of the WOS system to support iPhones to a certain extent accounted for a lot of luck, and Luo Sheng picked up a leak. In a sense, it was all based on the pride of Qiao's help.
However, the Cote d'Azur company is not the only one, because new patents will be submitted this year. One of the core patents is the innovative CAD tool under multi-touch screen. This patent describes a very innovative computer-aided Designed and drafted user interface, this interface allows users to operate various tools on the screen through the multi-touch display.
In general, the core technology is the king, the others are all imaginary, at best only the icing on the cake.
With the passage of time, in July, the smartphone industry has ushered in a new domestic heavyweight player. The first generation of Xiaomi mobile phones of Rebus is about to go on sale, and it has gained popularity in July.
Uh ...
(Three complete, irritable Xiaoyu, online ticketing ~~)