The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 307 Two things

“It’s nothing serious. Dad just asked you about the situation, and I told him the truth, including your talent and the conflict between you and Angela,” Li Yunxin said earnestly.

Xu Jiuyang's lips twitched as he listened. "Are you sure your dad likes to hear this?"

"Don't worry, I used some speaking techniques, I didn't... lay it all out," Li Yunxin quickly reassured her, while coughing lightly and her face slightly flushed.

"And then?" Xu Jiuyang sighed. "He wouldn't want me to go to South Korea to meet him, would he?"

“Dad does have this idea, but if Jiuyang oppa doesn’t want to go, he can choose to refuse.” Li Yunxin bowed slightly, her tone very serious.

“Then I refuse.” Xu Jiuyang was unequivocal.

Just kidding. If I were to go to South Korea to see Lee Kun-hee after eating too much, I'd be at his mercy.

Although it's unknown how much Lee Yoon-hyung revealed about this matter, or exactly what she said, even just a tenth of the truth would be enough to upset Lee Kun-hee.

Moreover... who knows if Lee Kun-hee sent anyone to gather intelligence on him?

“Okay, then I’ll reply to Dad like this.” Li Yunxin seemed completely unconcerned.

This made Xu Jiuyang feel somewhat guilty: "Um... Yunxin, don't you think..."

“No,” Li Yunxin stopped him from saying it aloud, “I understand Dad and I can predict what he will do. Although I am confident in protecting Jiuyang oppa, no one will be happy if something unexpected happens.”

Xu Jiuyang paused for a moment, then said, "In that case, how about we have Mr. Li come to the mainland, and then we can meet again?"

Lee Yoon-hyung pursed her lips: "Although I'm glad that Jiu Yang oppa said that, I don't recommend doing it."

"Why is that?" Xu Jiuyang asked, somewhat surprised.

“Just think of it as… I want to give Dad a break,” Lee Yoon-hyung said, her eyelids lowered.

“Yunxin…” Xu Jiuyang’s feelings were complicated. Although she had her problems, her devotion to him was probably the highest among them.

"Let's talk about your situation," he changed the subject.

"Yes, there are two main things," Li Yunxin said casually, beckoning to her secretary.

Kim Tae-hee walked over and took out a small, high-tech-looking device.

"You made it?" Xu Jiuyang was very surprised.

"It's just a prototype. We're still figuring out how to cover the costs and such." Li Yunxin's tone was calm, but a hint of pride still lingered in her eyes, like a student handing in homework to a teacher.

Xu Jiuyang picked it up and examined it. It wasn't big, about the size of a palm, with the screen taking up most of the area. The play, fast forward, and other function buttons were all made into physical objects and placed at the bottom.

He immediately tried it out, and it was actually quite good. Whether looking at pictures or watching videos, it looked very convincing. It was indeed a prototype made with high-quality components. However…

“From my personal point of view, the functions are all fine. The question is how to classify the product tiers and their corresponding functions. However…” Xu Jiuyang looked at the small machine in his hand over and over again. “I remember we talked before about trying to control it by swiping our fingers on the screen. This way, we can not only make the screen bigger, but also reduce the number of function keys.”

“I asked the technicians, and in principle it’s possible, including but not limited to play, pause, and next track,” Li Yunxin sighed, “but that would not only increase the cost, but also not make a significant leap in actual use.” “Really?” Xu Jiuyang was puzzled. Was it a technical problem, or was there something else wrong?
Although he didn't have many memories of this, he knew that touch screen technology had been around since the late 80s, but it should be almost mature by now.

“Actually, IBM, Ericsson, and Motorola all have reserves in this technology, but for various reasons, they are not very easy to use. Fingers are not as good as styluses.” Li Yunxin sighed.

Why not a stylus? Wait, is there something wrong here? Something flashed through Xu Jiuyang's mind, but he couldn't quite grasp it until Li Yunxin said again, "The technicians say that single-point touch technology is difficult to improve further."

Damn! Xu Jiuyang finally realized that he had used smartphones too much in his previous life, which made him subconsciously overlook many details.

"What about multi-touch?" he asked immediately.

"Multi-touch?" Li Yunxin was taken aback.

“If there’s single-point touch, there will naturally be multi-point touch,” Xu Jiuyang shrugged. “I remember seeing it online before. It seems to be a company in San Francisco that has this technology, but I’ve forgotten what it’s called.”

He hadn't forgotten that around 10 years ago in his previous life, Apple phones were all the rage, with ordinary people even selling kidneys to buy them, not to mention the vain people in the entertainment industry. So he had used several iPhones and knew a lot about Apple.

It is naturally known that multi-touch is a patent of the American company FingerWorks. Apple was able to launch its first iPhone in 05 only after acquiring FingerWorks in 07.

However, due to his public persona, he couldn't say it directly, so he could only express it vaguely.

"Is that so?" Li Yunxin became serious. "Nobody told me this."

Xu Jiuyang coughed lightly: "Perhaps it's just because they didn't expect..."

“In any case, it was their dereliction of duty,” Li Yunxin pursed her lips and brought the topic back. “Speaking of which, judging from the name, multi-touch technology should meet the requirements.”

“I don’t know the specifics. When I have time, I’ll look it up online from memory and then give you the company name so you can verify it. How about that?” Xu Jiuyang said.

“No problem, I trust Joyoung oppa,” Lee Yoon-hyung said earnestly.

He had originally intended to say a few words about mobile phones, but then he remembered that he would have to pretend to look up information about the multi-touch patent company, so he swallowed his words back.

Interestingly, thanks to this company, he had also searched for related information out of curiosity in his previous life and discovered that several years later, Samsung also had some multi-touch patents.

This should be good news, because given Li Yunxin's current relationship with her family, even if he provides the information, she may not be able to persuade Samsung to make the acquisition, and even if she does, Samsung may not be able to successfully acquire the company.

The early release of the Galaxy series MP3 players caught Apple off guard, leading to the early release of the iPod. Although it still caused a stir, Apple ultimately lost a share of the market, unlike the previous era's success.

In this situation, Apple would definitely keep a close eye on Samsung. And with Jobs' keen sense of smell, even if he hadn't yet discovered the huge use of FingerWorks, which has multi-touch patents—although the possibility is very low—as soon as Samsung made contact with them, he would immediately react and use all means to snipe them.

Therefore, if Lee Yoon-hyung really wants to make a mark in the smartphone field, the best approach is to first purchase patent licenses from FingerWorks, then develop different patents herself, and then cross-license them.

Of course, it's hard to say right now; we'll have to wait and see. So—

"What's the second thing?" Xu Jiuyang asked.

"The second thing... no, there's still a little something I want to ask Joyoung Oppa about the first thing." Li Yunxin carefully chose her words, "Does Joyoung Oppa have any good suggestions about building a factory in mainland China?"

(End of this chapter)