Unparalleled True Technology

When Apple Inc. and Hasbro Toy Company began to negotiate peripheral cooperation matters, many online news media in the United States, as well as a limited number of traditional news media, began to report heavily on Apple Inc.

After paying the money, these news media's coverage of Apple can be said to spare no effort.

In addition to the so-called phenomenal game "Plants vs. Zombies", the software Instagram is also touted by those news media. If you read those news reports, many viewers will think that if you don't use Instagram, a software like this, would seem to be behind the times.

This feeling is like being an American college student or middle school student without a Facebook social network account.

All of a sudden, the number of registered users of Instagram once again ushered in a surge.

Of course, the main reason is that after 48 hours of fermentation, the first batch of more than 5 million registered users are already familiar with the software of Instagarm and enjoy the convenience brought by this software.

Before, they wanted to share the photos they took, and they needed to beautify themselves before uploading. But now, with Instagram, they can beautify with one click and upload with one click.

In addition, when sharing photos through Instagram, you can also add descriptions and locations. Because the server was rented, Wen Ming also requested to establish a micro-community, allowing Instagram users to interact with other users through following, commenting, and likes.

The practicality of the software has caused more than 5 million people to help him actively promote it.

The software in the United States and other Western countries is almost common, and there are no barriers at all. When the number of registered users of Instagram began to skyrocket, mobile phone users in Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries besides the United States also began to know about this software, and then downloaded and registered to use it.

By this time, the promotion of the game "Plants vs. Zombies" to Instagram has been negligible.

"Happy cooperation!"

Because of the explosion of Apple's reputation, their business cooperation with Hasbro Toys has gained a lot of benefits. It can almost be said that Hasbro Toys can give the best sharing contract to the outside world.

Sith, who completed this negotiation task, did not immediately help Apple get a huge amount of cash, but it opened up a long-term financial source for Apple's future.

Wen Ming arrived at Apple just as Sith was sending away the people from Haizibao toy company.

In fact, Wen Ming has been living in Apple, in his office, for a while. After the laboratory next door was completed, he moved into the laboratory.

"It's less than a minute's walk away, and you don't want to come and take a look?"

Sith complained: "There is a lot of money in the company's books now. You can rent or buy a good apartment, or even a villa, and then buy a car and hire a driver. How can there be a billionaire? What about living in your own company?"

Billionaire is Wen Ming's new nickname, which is definitely better than the previous Heris.

Although "Plants vs. Zombies" has not yet created a billion-dollar income for him, it is already a doomed fact. Coupled with the virtual valuation brought by Instagram's existing user base, Wen Ming will definitely become a billionaire this title.

"It's convenient for me to do research."

Wen Ming handed Sith a USB flash drive and said, "This is a brand-new mobile phone chip I designed. I named it A4. I need to register the patent as soon as possible."

Sith took the USB drive and put it directly in his pocket,

Asked: "Have you decided?"

Wen Ming nodded and said, "It's decided. We can place orders for those hardware manufacturers when the preliminary review begins."

A technology does not mean that it can be used after the patent is approved, because it takes a long time to apply for a patent. Especially for invention patents, the application time is usually dozens of months. This is why, many high-tech companies apply for patents, and others do not know what they are for.

The patents used after the application are called advanced research and development. Almost all the products on the market today use technologies that were developed a year or more ago.

Although Wen Ming is also doing advanced research and development, some technologies must be used as soon as possible, such as the A4 chip of Iphone4.

The A4 chip is not an inventive technology, because the chip has been invented for many years. The A4 chip designed by Wen Ming based on Apple's technical knowledge can only be regarded as a utility model technology designed solely for Iphone. If this technology applies for a patent, it needs The time for obtaining a patent is much shorter than that of an invention patent, and usually it can be completed in a few months.

(ps: If there is any error in the information checked, please correct me.)

Sith did not persuade Wenming not to invest in mobile phones, but said: "If we enter the preliminary review stage, we can indeed directly authorize hardware manufacturers to manufacture, and we don't need to worry about other issues. By the way, the appearance design patent of mobile phones, It has been officially accepted, and it is estimated that it will be fully settled within a month or two."

Like technology, the appearance of many products can also be patented. The appearance of the Apple mobile phone in the previous life has been patented, and Wen Ming will not ignore this. Of course, even if he has applied for a patent, some mobile phone manufacturers will still imitate or even copy it directly. This is something that cannot be avoided at all.

In his previous life, Wen Ming liked this kind of copycat behavior very much. His dream of sports cars was pinned on a certain car manufacturer with the world's number one tape measure. But after time travel, those products were developed by him and became his interests, and he began to hate those counterfeit behaviors.

"We need to contact LG as soon as possible, because our customized screen production takes too long. However, if there are other mobile phone screen manufacturers who can give us more discounts under the same quality standards, we can also consider it." other companies."

Wen Ming’s Iohone 4 in his previous life used a screen made by LG, and the cost of each piece was 28.5 yuan, while the cost of its chip was 10.75 U.S. dollars. Counting the mess together, the hardware cost of an Iphone4 is 187.5 U.S. dollars. Of course, this does not include costs such as human resources, transportation, advertising, software development, research and development, patent licensing fees, etc.

The unlocked 16GB version of the Iphone4 is priced at $499 and the 32GB version is priced at $599.

Therefore, it is no joke that Apple can get 91% of the total global smartphone profits. (ps: So, will you still buy apples?)

Most importantly, does Wenming have research and development costs?

No!

After Sith responded to Wen Ming's job request, he said, "Now that you have made your decision, it's time for us to contact the communication operator."

In the United States, when buying a mobile phone, you usually choose to bind to a communication operator, because the price will be much cheaper for consumers.

Take Iphone4 as an example, there is also a contract version when it is released. If you sign a two-year contract, the price of the 16GB version is only 199 US dollars, and the 32GB version is only 299 US dollars.

Of course, it is impossible for Apple to be a fool. The loss of the price reduction will be made up by the communication operators.

"Yes, this aspect is also left to you to deal with!"

Wen Ming wanted to be the hands-off shopkeeper, but Sith had no choice but to agree, but he still complained: "I think my salary should be raised. The job I am doing now is exactly what the person in charge of five or six departments should do." The work done by the."

Wen Ming said with a smile: "Those who are capable will work harder, so the salary will not increase for the time being. We need cash now, so I will give you some original shares."

Sith was stunned for a moment, judging from Apple's current development momentum, the valuation is definitely not bad. Compared with a temporary salary, it is definitely more cost-effective to take shares, but this cost-effective is for him, not for Wen Ming.

"I'm just kidding."

Although it is very common to become a partner of the boss and get a certain amount of shares in a company at the start-up stage, but Apple is developing too fast, Sith does not want to take advantage of Wen Ming.

Wen Ming understood Sith's thoughts, and joked: "Don't worry, Apple can't go bankrupt."