Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 142 Technology Licensing (Fourth update, please subscribe and vote)

Zhang Dehua's employees were also stunned. Ever since they met this Mr. Li, their business has grown bigger and bigger!

Zhang Dehua brought ten employees, along with employees from Parkson Company.

Boxes and boxes of blueprints.

The company lobby was piled high with boxes.

Then the company simply closed the door, and the employees of Parkson and Zhang Dehua's employees worked overtime to start checking.

There's a catalog listing the number of exterior patents, interior patents, body structure, chassis structure, powertrain, transmission system, and so on for a particular car model.

They worked from 10 a.m. on Tuesday until midnight, with Zhang Dehua even bringing in more people, totaling about 30 people, and finally finished checking and organizing all the drawings.

Looking at these blueprints, Zhang Dehua naturally knew how valuable they were.

The total number of patents, including exterior design, interior design, and overall design patents, reached 12,000.

After calculating the cost of applying for a patent, Zhang Dehua felt a bit dizzy.

"Mr. Zhang, twenty-six million!" Zhang Dehua announced a number.

"Why don't you just rob someone? Twenty-four million? It's just a few cars!"

"Fourteen million!" Tian Jiahui immediately cut the price by ten million.

“There are many derivative patents here, and the front of this sports car alone has as many as ten patents.”

"It's not just one car!"

"There's really no other way; another 22 million is needed."

"Fifteen million!"

“Mr. Li, there are ten models of cars. In addition, your gasoline and internal combustion engines are basically based on the same core model. Otherwise, the number of patents would be even higher. And then there are your derivative designs, the registration and printing of design patents... We really don’t make much money from that,” Zhang Dehua said to Li Song.

"Twenty million," Tian Jiahui continued.

"Twenty-two million, that's really the most we can go, as many of the fees are fixed."

"I've already quoted the actual price."

"Mr. Li, I really..."

Upon hearing this, Li Song nodded and said, "Then it's twenty-two million. We'll pay 1800 million upfront when we sign the contract."

"Thank you, Mr. Li, thank you." Zhang Dehua was not surprised at all that Li Song could come up with so much money; after all, Li Song had powerful connections.

Then came signing the contract, and after daybreak, I went to the bank to transfer the money.

So everyone ordered a late-night snack, and then Andy Cheung said he would treat everyone to shark fin soup the following night.

In addition, Parkson Company will also send two legal counsel to assist Zhang Dehua.

After daybreak, people from Zhang Dehua's company and Li Song's company loaded the prepared documents onto a truck and drove it directly to Zhang Dehua's company. Zhang Dehua's company immediately became busy. Zhang Dehua's influence was indeed great; he invited the official patent agency of Hong Kong Island to work on-site at the company.

Patents are based on the registration date, and since Hong Kong Island is now under British rule, future lawsuits will be based on who registered first.

Registering in Hong Kong is equivalent to registering in Europe. The rest is with international intellectual property organizations and Aramco.

In addition, these patents also incur considerable annual fees.

I made an appointment with the bank yesterday, so there won't be any problem transferring the money today. Besides, Li Song and Zhang Dehua both work at the same bank, Standard Chartered Bank. After Li Song finished the transfer, he left Hong Kong Island and returned to Guangzhou. The rest is up to the company to keep an eye on.

Li Song brought Tian Jiahui, Brother He, and Brother He San with him this time. The two of them spoke Cantonese quite well, and Li Song entrusted the tasks to them along the way.

The next step is to teach the bodyguards to drive and equip them with pagers.

"A mobile phone!"

"Big Brother!" Li Song thought to himself, this is a big business opportunity.

After returning to Guangzhou, I can no longer go to Kyoto today.

Because of a lot of things going on here, Ma Shengli said last time that the authorization contract would be signed this week.

For the time being, a total of six companies have been authorized: one in Jinling, one in Yudu, one in Luoyang, one in Tianjin, one in Chang'an, and one in Ganzhou.

All are regional licenses, with a patent authorization period of ten years. After ten years, the patents will be opened to the domestic market, and 10% of the patent fees from sales revenue will belong to BMW Motorrad.

Furthermore, the supporting factories that supply these factories with materials and technology from BMW Motorrad are no longer charged, such as for special steel.

The other factories each sent a representative to sign the authorization contract. Tian Jiahui was responsible for reviewing the contract; there was no negotiation whatsoever.

The visitors toured parts of the BMW motorcycle factory, as some areas are classified.

The money was still collected by the Science and Technology Commission. Li Song authorized the technical service company under the Yangcheng Science and Technology Commission to supervise and collect the fees.

What surprised the representatives from the factories was Li Song's young age. However, those who came to sign the contract were all seasoned veterans who knew to talk less and do more. Their arrival was all pre-arranged, and they were told not to know what they shouldn't know.

Li Song arrived after lunch, and the authorization contract was signed before it got dark, which was quite fast.

Only in the evening did the top official of Guangzhou and the leaders of Guangdong Province arrive discreetly to attend the dinner.

The other factories that came to sign contracts already knew that this signing was unusual, and they had also studied the confidentiality regulations.

But upon seeing these leaders, they quickly greeted them.

Seeing that these leaders seemed quite familiar with the young general manager of the BMW motorcycle factory, everyone held Li Song in even higher regard.

The leader spoke a few words discreetly, then ate his meal and left.

"Mr. Ma, next week, send two cars to Hong Kong Island to pick up the blueprints for home appliances. Our company will no longer produce these things; instead, we'll use the licensing fees we collect to invest in a world-class, modern home appliance research center in Guangzhou." Li Song returned to his office. He hadn't slept much last night, but he had slept a bit on the boat today. Although he didn't have much to do this afternoon, he still had to wait.

"Good, good, good!" Ma Shengli was so happy he couldn't stop smiling. The Yangcheng Science and Technology Commission didn't just have a share; several factories were making money for him. Of course, Ma Shengli also knew that it wasn't good to keep all the profits to himself, so he decided to share some of the profits with his brother units, such as the local science and technology commissions of these factories.

I don't believe they wouldn't want the money they've already got. Besides, some things are easier to handle for locals than for outsiders. These factories aren't your average factories.

The upcoming home appliances are exactly what China needs, at least meaning we won't have to waste precious foreign exchange or mines and precious metals to exchange for technology.

“Mr. Li, we have approved the technology for the outboard motors, and it has reached the international leading level. As for the 300-ton aluminum alloy casting press, we guarantee that it will be delivered after the outboard motor factory is completed. The relevant units are conducting final tests, and it is expected to be completed in one to two months,” Ma Shengli said.

"That's good. We'll follow this approach domestically too. We might even need to have them manufacture under our own brand," Li Song said.

"Mr. Li, thanks to your technical expertise last time, especially the CNC technology, we learned a lot."

"Our goal is win-win cooperation. We hope to cooperate more in the future. After the marine engine plant is built, we will set up an automobile production plant. This time, we plan to import a batch of advanced equipment from abroad. We will also give away some small gifts." Li Song plans to buy fuel vehicle production equipment on a second-hand platform because this equipment is much more advanced than domestic equipment. It is the latest CNC equipment developed abroad. He will also throw in two scrapped fighter jets.

This time, Li Song plans to directly order a cargo ship, first having the mainland side create a fake ship number, and then picking up the ship in international waters.

"Ah!" Ma Shengli jumped in surprise. The last gift was already so outrageous, what could this one be? Ma Shengli felt his heart pounding.
(End of this chapter)