On the first day of the Griffinni language tuition class, Lu Ming was still late.
Although Zhu Guozhu's press conference was hastily called off, the three-point seat belts still became a hot topic. The Daily Empire News, the newspaper with the highest sales in Donghai, obtained internal information, including the safety test report of the three-point seat belts, and exaggerated it.
Of course, the relevant editors and reporters all received red envelopes from Pamela.
And this morning, Pamela received a call from the imperial capital, from Knicks Automotive.
Nix Auto is one of the top automobile manufacturers in the empire, and Lu Ming's Snow Dragon Phantom is one of the brands of Nix Auto.
The caller said that someone from their headquarters would come soon to negotiate with the Chinese company on the transfer of the three-point seat belt patent.
Nix Automotive's branch in the East China Sea is also very large, but it seems that it attaches great importance to this issue, so it sent people from the headquarters in the imperial capital.
The other party also expressed a strong desire to transfer the patent rights on the phone, and even proposed an astronomical figure of one million yuan.
This is obviously not its bottom line, but a test. They want to judge from the tone of the president of Huaxia Technology who answered the phone how much money it would cost to get the patent.
Lu Ming prepared several plans and gave them to Pamela to discuss with them. The patent rights would definitely not be transferred. This was the bottom line.
The person arrived shortly after the other party called. It seems that Knicks Automotive had already started taking action from the moment it saw the newspaper.
From a business perspective, it would be unwise to appear so hasty.
But as the leader of the imperial automobile industry, it would be even more unimaginable if it were overtaken by a second-rate car company in terms of safety.
Not to mention, it would be even worse if Ling Wei signed an exclusive patent license with this technology company.
Therefore, we have to race against time to negotiate, and it would be even better if the new model can roll off the production line earlier than Lingwei Automobile.
As for the extra benefits gained by a technology company, they are insignificant.
It seemed that the other party also brought multiple plans. After Pamela insisted on not giving in, they finally merged the plan Pamela came up with with one of their plans.
Less than forty-eight hours after Lingwei Auto's press conference, Nix Auto and Huaxia Technology reached a licensing agreement.
This is a perpetual licensing agreement. Although it is not strongly exclusive, the three-point seat belt patent can be used permanently by Nix Automotive, and it is allowed to improve and redevelop the three-point seat belt and apply for related patents, but its related patents can be shared with Huaxia Technology.
From now on, until the patent expires 20 years later, Knicks Auto will pay China Technology a patent royalty of RMB 1 for each car it produces that uses a three-point seat belt. China Technology cannot use any excuse to change the price of patent licensing.
When Huaxia Technology provides patent licenses to other automobile manufacturers, the minimum patent fee for each vehicle must be 50% higher than the licensing price for Nix Automotive, that is, at least 1.5 yuan per vehicle before it can be licensed to other companies, and 0.2 yuan of this fee belongs to Nix Automotive as the re-development cost of the three-point seat belt technology.
At the same time, Nix Automotive will pay Huaxia Technology a one-time technical support fee of 400,000 yuan, only then will the agreement take effect.
Today, the 400,000 yuan of funds has entered Huaxia Technology’s account.
Knicks Auto acted swiftly and the agreement came into effect within one morning.
In fact, the agreement already has a certain degree of exclusivity in terms of licensing fees, and it also fully guarantees that the Knicks will also be the beneficiary from this patent in the long run. Therefore, the Knicks are willing to pay a one-time technical support fee of 400,000 yuan.
Lu Ming felt that although it seemed that he suffered a bit of a loss by reaching this agreement with the Knicks, and that the Knicks would get a share of the patent fees in the future, it was actually in his best interest to have the Knicks, a giant, protect and further develop the patent.
Lu Ming never showed up. As soon as he got the money, he transferred 20,000 yuan to Huaxia Garment Industry, part of which was used to pay the relevant expenses of the cooperative shoe factory. Originally, he relied on Liu Laocai's face to get something for nothing, and the other party had already complained.
"Buyun" children's shoes are high-end, and the first batch is planned to produce 10,000 pairs. After various costs are converted, including channel fees, the cost of a pair of shoes is about 40 cents, and the selling price is planned to be around 5 yuan.
This was also Lu Ming's decision, which surprised Pamela. It's a new brand, but the price is so high. Will anyone buy it
Lu Ming has seen countless marketing campaigns and knows very well that it is from luxury to simplicity. However, it is extremely difficult to turn a cheap brand in the eyes of the public into a high-end product.
Nowadays, the quality of these shoes is probably average. We will first sell the fancy nylon snaps and the beautiful shoes designed by Pamela. If we think it has a future in the future, we will choose all kinds of real materials and strictly control the quality. This requires a team model, which a shell company cannot do. At that time, we will naturally increase our investment.
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Just like that, in the afternoon, Lu Ming arrived late and entered the cram school classroom.
It is summer vacation now, and those who remain in the school are all hard-working students who are willing to learn. Several major types of cram schools have been opened. This charity school is still very responsible for its students. However, the cram schools also recruit students from the society, and the tuition fees are not high, which still reflects the nature of public welfare.
This is the case with the basic Western language cram school that Lu Ming attends. The classroom with more than a hundred people is packed. It is recognized in society that Fernald College has high teaching quality and relatively reasonable fees, so it attracts many students from all walks of life. On the contrary, there are only 20 to 30 students from the school wearing Fernald school uniforms and Fernald school badges, accounting for less than one-third, because what can be learned in the cram school can actually be learned in the classroom. The rest are students from the society.
The basic tutorial class starts with the alphabet, which is very much to Lu Ming's liking.
The summer in the East China Sea is not that hot. The climate in the East China Sea is a bit like the Mediterranean, and it is warm like spring all year round.
Now the ceiling fan above my head is turning slowly, and the wind it blows is very cool.
Lu Ming arrived a little late and sat in the last row. He quickly got into the state, taking notes, and looking through the textbooks. It felt that it was similar to learning English, but not difficult. The grammar was very simple, but the main thing was to memorize more words.
After understanding the basic grammatical logic, I feel that strengthening my vocabulary and talking more with Pamela should be more effective in daily applications than attending a cram school.
Therefore, it is a good idea to sign up for a basic course for two months, mainly to understand the basic logic of the language, and then you will have to rely on yourself.
"Uncle..." A familiar child's voice suddenly came from behind.
Lu Ming was startled and turned around. Bisi was standing behind him. She was wearing a yellow plaid uniform, a white shirt, a beautiful bow tie, a dark red plaid skirt, snow-white over-the-knee socks, and red leather shoes. Her soft blonde hair was braided into several small braids with colorful beads on them. She was as cute as she could be.
Now we know that this is the school uniform of the aristocratic school Windsor College.
Windsor College is an aristocratic girls' school that has everything from primary school to women's college, where Bess goes to school.
Lu Ming felt a little helpless. Although Bisi came in from the back door and made very little noise, many people still looked over.
After all, such a cute and beautiful Western little loli is very rare.
Lu Ming quickly stood up and pulled Bisi out of the classroom through the back door to avoid becoming the focus.
Then, I noticed three or four pretty girls wearing Windsor College uniforms in the corridor behind the building. They were all older than Bis.
"Why are you here?" Lu Ming was very surprised.
"Hehe, Uncle, please treat us to something delicious!" Bisi stuck out her tongue.
I could faintly hear two little girls talking, "What? He's not handsome either?"
Lu Ming was speechless. Maybe Bisi was bragging to her friends about how handsome he was
"Okay, okay, I'll treat you!" Lu Ming quickly pulled up his collar and walked out. It was too eye-catching to be mixed with such a group of pretty girls, not to mention that there was also a pretty and cute doll like Bis. It was better for him to leave the school quickly.
There is a coffee shop with private rooms near Fernald College. Lu Ming came in with his face covered with his hands. He asked for a private room and ordered a few of every dessert on the menu. Soon, a mountain of desserts was piled up on the table, and the waiters served him like grandpa and aunts.
A few little girls who originally looked down on Lu Ming started chattering, and one of them even started calling Lu Ming "Uncle".
After all, judging from his behavior, even without twenty years of experience as a playboy, he wouldn't have such a clue about money.
Dandy boys and problem girls often get along very well.
"What are you doing here?" Lu Ming asked Bisi helplessly.
"Oh, Sister Jin Mi Yan said she came to see her sister. I heard it was here and I knew uncle was in class, so I also wanted to come. I want you to treat me to something delicious..." Bis stuck out her tongue again.
The Jin Mi-yeon that Bis was talking about was the oldest among the girls, about thirteen or fourteen years old. She was also the prettiest of the Central Plains girls besides Bis, but her behavior was like that of a little gangster. Although she also wore a yellow plaid student uniform skirt, white socks, and red leather shoes, her hair was bleached and dyed red, which made her look very charming. She also had a nose stud, and she chewed gum with a nonchalant look on her face, and you could clearly see that she had a silver bead tongue stud on her tongue.
But she was really beautiful. Her name was Mei Yan. She really looked like she had turned on the beauty filter in her previous life. She had a narrow, fair, oval face, the kind that looked like a snake. Her facial features were extremely delicate. With a nose piercing and a tongue piercing, she looked like a rebellious and lazy girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, full of a different kind of charm.
Apart from the special case of Bis, Kim Mi-yeon should also be a school beauty at Windsor College.
Lu Ming didn't want to interfere with Bisi's friendships, but this guy didn't look like a good teacher or friend, so he decided to ask Bisi about it after returning.
"Well, well, you guys eat. Order whatever you want." Lu Ming was too lazy to talk nonsense with these little girls and acted more like an elder.
Gradually I came to realize that these people, whether because of Bis's Western identity or because Bis was so cute, were all very kind to Bis and took special care of her. They were almost all problem girls, but because of this, they became good friends with Bis, who was also excluded.