In occasions such as buffets, gentlemen of similar status will always stand together. Even if they have nothing to say, there will rarely be anyone standing alone in the corner.
If this is the case, the host will feel like he is neglecting you.
The host of today's banquet should be Dali Horse Farm. The chief prepared cocktails, ham sausages and various fruits for the guests present. The main food was various vegetable salads - tomato salad, pickled cucumber strips, lettuce, finely chopped Mixed with fennel, paired with the traditional Arab delicacy "Homs" sauce, sour grape leaves wrapped in meat fillings, fried fish balls, and a very thinly sliced raw lamb puree, as well as a variety of unnamed dishes.
Xie Hao has a special liking for food, while Huang Xuan prefers the "Miss Me" and "Grilled Daddy" parked near the grill, which are actually grilled thick meat and grilled lamb kebabs. In addition to these Arabic-style things , most of the dishes are based on European and American tastes, such as very orthodox coffee, neatly cut fruit platters and snacks.
Xie Hao seemed to have completely forgotten the negotiation just now. He grabbed a thin strip of mutton with his hand and chewed it. After swallowing it, he said: "How are you going to start your 10 billion US dollars public relations project?"
Huang Xuan greeted the person passing by him, although he didn't actually know the gentleman. The post-race excitement had faded, but he seemed to know everyone present, and the enthusiastic Americans were happy to say hello to the young jockey.
Rubin and others are obviously in the most high-end circles. In addition to the former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Bank of America President Bunker is a former trade negotiator. DuPont Global Vice President Turnell is also an important figure in the DuPont family. Ellison is a billionaire, and Clemenos manages more than one-third of the shipping king's property—a total value of more than 30 billion U.S. dollars.
In addition to these gentlemen, Maurice Blanchot, the vice president of BNP Paribas, is also a European dignitary. The assets of BNP Paribas are around 00 billion US dollars. Since it was originally an industrial bank, it has connections with the industry. Closely, when Huang Xuan heard Parisba's name, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Ellison and Clemenos waved to Huang Xuan. Xiao Huang first looked to the side, smiled at Galadia who was tasting various salads, and then walked over.
Compared with the young gentlemen, the old guys in high positions looked very serious, or it was okay to say they were reserved. Bunker just nodded to Huang Xuan, and Turnell only twitched the corner of his mouth, Huang Xuan He didn't know what to say. He had never participated in such a high-level meeting, even just at a buffet.
It was Clemenos who broke the deadlock, smiled at the people around him, and said, "Let us welcome the birth of the new Horse King."
Everyone wanted to give him a face, so they clapped reluctantly. People who didn't know it suddenly thought that Huang Xuan was admitted to some institution.
Huang Xuan did not look at Xie Hao. Instead, he made a Chinese-style clasp to those around him and said, "You are all my elders. Thank you for supporting me today. Thank you for your support."
This posture was very low, but it was just right for everyone's positioning of Huang Xuan, and everyone's expressions became relaxed. It can also be said that Huang Xuan's accurate positioning of himself gave him room to speak.
After chatting casually for a few words, Huang Xuan took Xie Hao's hand with his right hand and said, "Mr. Muhammad helped me a lot today. Well, other than saying this, you are all precious masters of time, so I'll just say it bluntly. Frankly, I would like to take advantage of this time to show you something.”
Lorraine must have spent some effort to translate this sentence, but fortunately everyone still understood it. Huang Xuan took out more than a dozen pages of paper from the plane space with a move of his hand, and said as if by magic: "This is I have a small plan that I would like some elders to take a look at and give their opinions on."
If he were a middle-aged man, performing magic here would definitely be regarded as frivolous, but as a young man, Huang Xuan's doing so made the atmosphere relaxed.
There are only two paragraphs in the plan on paper - Prospects for the development of Blu-ray optical drive technology. Almost all of it is information from major research institutions, and not a single sentence is said by Huang Xuan. At the end of the two paragraphs, there is a row of patent application forms.
All the core Blu-ray technology patents have been registered by Sony and others, but Huang Xuan didn't care about it. At this point, he learned a lot from the Japanese methods.
As a country where "appropriationism" is most prevalent, Japanese companies are very good at patent applications. When it comes to fighting for patent rights, the most common method they use is to register peripherals, such as a light bulb. The patent for the light bulb has already been registered. Yes, they desperately registered countless peripheral patents about light bulbs, ranging from the placement of screws to large lamp holders, lampshades, ceilings, etc. They surrounded this core patent with hundreds or even thousands of patents. By the time all the light bulbs were When an investor wants to make a profit, he will find that any technology applied to light bulbs may touch the other party's patent.
At this time, the Japanese will negotiate with Yan Yuese. Their usual requirement is that both parties recognize each other's patents and then waive patent fees. Relying on the advantages of early entry into the market and manufacturing, Japanese companies will at this time Aggressively occupy the market, and then develop new patented technologies - these are outside the agreement, and finally drive out the original patent owners.
Huang Xuan has no intention of driving away Sony, but if he wants to make profits, he must enter the core of the BD alliance. The best way to promote BD is to reduce the cost of disc manufacturing.
In this year, the price of Blu-ray discs was still around US$40. Compared with its capacity of 5, the unit price per G was US$1.6, which is 1 yuan according to today's exchange rate.
According to the market research of many institutions, in addition to the abundant film sources, the era of popularization of BD will only come when the price of Blu-ray Disc per G is RMB 100 billion. If you want to reach the expected market capacity of 100 billion US dollars, Sony's estimate is that in 6 years, the price per disk will be less than US dollars, with an average unit price of 0.5 yuan per gigabyte, thus completely eliminating ordinary DVDs from the market.
As for the price of Blu-ray drives and players, it is actually not the point. Just like when Microsoft dumped Xbox, if Blu-ray technology can be popularized, Sony can still afford a loss of US$100 for every BD sold.
First-class businessmen rely on standards to make money.
Lorraine densely listed at least nearly a hundred patents with number 5. In fact, the number of provisional patents registered by Huang Xuan has exceeded the 1,000 mark. Just the 1mm thick coating on the Blu-ray disc has at least 150 patents - This is the most important technology of Blu-ray Disc. It has considered almost all possible coating materials, or in other words, the materials that people may consider in the next 0 years.
In fact, Huang Xuan has not given up the profits of the equipment. Blu-ray diodes are his focus, which are key components other than control ICs. 70 patents are enough to make Sony have no desire.
The only thing to worry about now is not to open your mouth too much and force a large number of Japanese manufacturers to go to the HD side. If that happens, a large amount of money will be needed to independently defeat Toshiba. In any case, Huang Xuan cannot tolerate the buffer zone. massive losses.
Everything must be controllable, this is Huang Xuan's requirement.
Predictable profits, stars floating in the sky above a group of old men. Maybe not many people can see the tens of billions of dollars from this piece of paper, but the people present are obviously a minority. Rubin smiled softly, He asked, "Is this a gift?" He looked at others and said, "Do you need an investment?"
"It's a loan." Huang Xuan emphasized: "Oh, I have a few other things, so I hope to get your answer."
After saying that, he walked towards Galadia in a relaxed manner. It is conceivable that these gentlemen with amazing energy will try to get to the bottom of themselves. When that time comes, they will remember Xie Hao's help to Huang Xuan, and 40 The low-interest loans worth US$100 million will bring people unlimited imagination...
No one is really sure why the Dubai Group was willing to give Huang Xuan US$4 billion. When there are too many plausible reasons, the reasons will be put aside, and US$4 billion will become a standard.
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Outside the Carlton Arena, Clay and his men were sitting in a dark nanny van blowing coffee. Sitting on the outermost side of the van was Calvin, the FBI's regional director in Florida, a fat man with a rough appearance. , both of them were classmates during training, but Kelvin was older than Clay.
Bruce half-closed his eyes and waited with his colleagues. Unlike the CIA, the FBI only has the power to enforce laws within the United States, so they waited for Huang Xuan for two months before receiving his entry notice again.
Clay subconsciously rubbed the bridge of his nose, which was almost the same as a boxer's nose. This reminded him of that shameful day, or rather, the shameful day of the entire FBI - that's what he said to his boss. (To be continued)