Chapter 35 Selling patents?
The top floor office of Linhai Deli Electric Branch.
"Boss Ma, this was just sent by Xinghai."
The secretary handed over a paper package and then walked out.
Ma Gaosheng took the package in his hand. It was very light, with just a piece of paper inside.
He was not in a hurry to open it, his eyes were full of amusement, and he couldn't help thinking: 'Is he finally unable to hold on any longer? Is he begging for mercy?'
Most of the major high-voltage radio companies in the industry now know what happened in Linhai. But except for the cooperation between Sanxin Group and Xinghai, which reached a 2 million contract, other companies tacitly did not comment on it.
Ma Gaosheng knew that they were treating him as a pawn.
He slowly tore open the express package and what caught his eye was an invitation letter.
"We sincerely invite your company representatives to come to our company to attend the press conference in three days."
Looking up, Ma Gaosheng smiled. Is this a plan for an open tender?
He didn't care about the bidding. He was successful in forcing Xinghai to this point. He believed that the headquarters would give Xinghai a satisfactory price.
Based on his understanding of Vice President Ye Hongzhi, he should have been prepared for this point a long time ago.
Thinking of this, Ma Gaosheng dialed Mr. Ye's number and told him the news with excitement in his tone.
Ye Hongzhi replied in the same indifferent tone: "I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Ma Gaosheng lit a cigarette, leaned leisurely in his comfortable office chair, and imagined the scene that would happen three days later.
Sea of stars.
Jin Qiaoying walked all the way to the door of Fan Ren's office in her high heels, and without knocking, she pushed the door open and walked in.
Liu Jun behind him finally caught up. After seeing this scene, he thought about it and decided to let the second brother handle it himself.
'Bang', the door was closed.
As soon as Jin Qiaoying entered the office, she saw Fan Ren sitting up in shock from the folding bed and looking at her with frightened eyes. His head, which had grown some thorns, was particularly bright.
"Mr. Fan, good evening."
"it is good."
Fan Ren replied subconsciously, then quickly climbed down from the folding bed, thought for a moment, said "wait a moment", and ran to the bathroom to quickly wash up.
When he came out again, he saw Jin Qiaoying sitting in front of the sofa, looking very familiar, fiddling with the tea set that he had basically never used.
He really couldn't handle this thing. Most of the time, he would just throw the tea leaves into the cup and brew it with hot water.
But Jin Qiaoying in front of him was obviously very familiar with these things, and soon the aroma of tea wafted over there.
"President Fan, please."
Looking up at Fan Ren who was in a daze, Jin Qiaoying smiled slightly, and her pair of phoenix eyes with long eyelashes blinked gently, revealing a hint of playfulness.
Fan Ren nodded, stepped forward, picked up the cup, and took a sip.
It was indeed more delicious than the tea brewed in his own big teapot. He drank it all in one gulp and then realized that now was not the time to think about these things.
"Well, what's this, Mr. Jin?"
When Jin Qiaoying heard this, her face instantly turned pitiful and she said, "I thought that we, Sanxin, and you, Xinghai, got along the best. I didn't expect that my brother wouldn't tell me anything."
Fan Ren was confused by these words. From the very beginning, Sanxin was the first to sign a patent authorization agreement with Xinghai, and later they reached a factory cooperation project. The two sides indeed got along very well.
But he didn't understand the following sentence.
Seeing Fanren like this, Jin Qiaoying looked pitiful again, and she felt so overwhelmed just looking at Fanren.
"Um, Mr. Jin, I don't quite understand what you said?"
He was too lazy to guess and just asked directly.
Hearing this, Jin Qiaoying's charming face froze for a moment, then turned back to its original shrewd look.
"Then I'll be frank. On behalf of Sanxin Group, I'm offering 50 billion to purchase your high-voltage wireless charging patent. And during the validity period of the patent, Xinghai will be allowed to use the patent for free."
After saying this, regardless of Fan Ren's surprised expression, she continued: "I think you don't need to hold an open tender, brother. I came here this time with full sincerity." Only then did he realize that he was to blame.
In order to maintain a certain degree of mystery, the invitation letters sent to each family did not specify what would happen three days later.
As a result of this, and the fact that Xinghai's current situation was no secret to some people, it was actually misunderstood as an open tender for Xinghai to transfer its patents.
He rubbed his prickly scalp in distress. This was simply too outrageous.
"Hey, actually you don't have to feel bad. I'm going to say something unpleasant. You should have sold the patent rights at a high price from the beginning. At this point in time, all our money is spent on market expansion, and we can't come up with a number that will satisfy you.
But you should also know that, apart from us, no one else would be interested in this patent.”
Jin Qiaoying spoke to herself, looking at Fan Ren with a hint of pity in her eyes.
In her opinion, it was obviously unrealistic for Xinghai, who had no background at all, to rely solely on this patent to pry open a market whose market value had expanded to hundreds of billions.
Just a manager of the Linhai branch of Deli Electric Industry has put great pressure on Xinghai's expansion.
Don’t be fooled by the treaty signed in the previous contract that states that you cannot deliberately suppress others. That is only on the surface. Others will shamelessly target you and attack you behind your back, and Xinghai has no countermeasures.
The wisest choice is to sell the patent early, rather than thinking about selling the patent at this point in time when you are forced into a desperate situation.
The 50 billion in cash that Sanxin could come up with was already after they had drawn on the budgets of other departments, so they couldn't come up with any more.
As for the other companies, they are basically the same.
"No, Mr. Jin, you misunderstood."
Fan Ren shook his head quickly. To prevent the other party from further misunderstanding, he rushed to say, "Xinghai is not trying to sell patents. This is my fault. But there is indeed a need for confidentiality, so it was not stated in the invitation letter. Hey, that's true. Don't look at me like that."
Jin Qiaoying didn't believe it at first, but after seeing Fanren's firm attitude, she asked in confusion, "Really?"
"It's really not true."
"Then why are you sending out invitations? Really. Do you know how much effort I have put into raising these funds?"
"Blame me, blame me. Mr. Jin, please don't take the villain's faults to heart."
Before Fan Ren could finish his words, Jin Qiaoying stood up angrily and walked towards the door. He apologized repeatedly and hurriedly chased after her.
"ah!"
Jin Qiaoying stopped suddenly and Fan Ren bumped into her directly.
He reached out and helped him up, luckily he wasn't hurt. Fan Ren said angrily, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you okay?"
She stood still and didn't mind. What could happen? She wasn't made of paper.
Jin Qiaoying didn't care, she walked back to the sofa and sat down, then her eyes fell on Fan Ren: "Tell me, you made me come here in vain, and I had to divert funds from other departments for these 50 billion."
Fan Ren followed and sat back on the sofa. He was also thrown off balance by this woman, so he said without thinking, "Press conference. To be more precise, it's a new product launch conference."
"What new products does Xinghai have? I'm not being harsh, but in the field of high-voltage wireless, basically all kinds of products have been developed by our companies one after another. I don't think Xinghai has much hope of making a comeback in this field."
Fan Ren nodded. At least the woman in front of him didn't have any bad intentions so far, and what she said was the truth.
After hesitating for a while, in the face of Jin Qiaoying's impatient eyes, Fan Ren said, "Boss Jin, if you trust me, there are still three days left. I suggest that you clear out the inventory of the lithium battery department and sell as much raw material as possible."
Jin Qiaoying opened her mouth with a hint of confusion and was about to ask further questions when she was interrupted by Fan Ren waving his hand.
"Boss Jin, everything below is a commercial secret. Please forgive me for not telling you the truth."
The reason why the news of solid-state batteries has been concealed is mainly because they are afraid that these big companies will try to rush to make solid-state batteries within these three days and release them before Xinghai.
The patent descriptions are clear and anyone who is interested can find them. In addition, the essence of solid-state batteries is to replace traditional liquid electrolytes with bone extracts.
Fan Ren had no doubt that if these large companies were given three days, they would be able to complete their research and development and produce finished products.
Although he has a patent, he is afraid of being dragged into a lawsuit. Xinghai doesn't have the energy to deal with it.
Xinghai Technology was the first to hold a new product launch conference, confirming that it was the first to make the battery and that it also owned the patent.
By releasing these two pieces of information to the public unexpectedly, we can avoid disputes with some shameless companies in the future.
(End of this chapter)
