The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 85 Please don't mention this matter again!
(The previous chapter has been slightly modified, readers who read it earlier can reread it)
He immediately said to the people around him: "Xiao Ma, go back quickly and have someone investigate the patent issue and have Hong Kong register it as soon as possible!"

Fortunately, the air fryer was only produced on a small scale before and did not attract much attention, so it is not too late to make amends now.

After sending someone back, Xu Mingxin finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still afraid and said, "Luckily I came to find you, otherwise we would have made a big mistake!"

"Being held accountable for dereliction of duty is a minor matter, but if the country suffers losses, I will never be able to hold my head up high in my life."

Li Mu comforted him, "Director Xu, you don't have to blame yourself. The main reason for this is that our domestic and foreign systems are different. We didn't have trade exchanges before, so we have no reference and it's inevitable that we were negligent."

"And maybe Hong Kong has already noticed this matter, but the news has not yet been passed on."

This gave Xu Mingxin a way out, but the latter still shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If it's wrong, it's wrong. The key is to correct it!"

"This incident exposes our lack of understanding of the Japanese market!"

At this point, Xu Mingxin hesitated for a moment, then said apologetically, "There is another question!"

"I'm afraid the patent rights can only be held by the state, and it can't be openly in your name. But I will submit an application to my superiors for the ownership of the patent fees and try my best to fight for you..."

Li Mu was startled and interrupted Xu Mingxin impolitely: "Leader, the patent right of course belongs to the country. As for the patent fee, it is the poison of capital. I don't want a cent!"

joke!

What's the point of asking for patent fees now? There's nothing to do with the extra money!
Wait a few more years, and people will know that I am fleecing the country, then...

Li Muyi said sternly: "Boss, the air fryer was originally made by me to improve the meals for my two sisters. I never thought of using it to make a profit!"

"Contributing to the motherland is what I should do. I will never take it!"

"Please don't mention this matter again!"

Xu Mingxin and Qian Shuyan looked at Li Mu with more admiration.

Xu Mingxin smiled and shook his head: "Okay, Li Mu, let's stop with the patent issue! I will explain to my superiors, and the patent fee will be determined by them, okay?"

Li Mu opened his mouth and nodded helplessly.

Xu Mingxin looked at Li Mu with admiration with a big smile on his face and said:

"Student Li Mu, I am now more curious about what suggestions you would give us for our exit!"

Facing his expectant gaze, Li Mu calmed down and said without hiding anything:

"As I said at the beginning, selling the sales rights to others and having them sell for us will result in lower profits, but it will create a lot of jobs for our country."

Xu Mingxin was surprised after hearing this and said, "You are very thoughtful. Even our Foreign Trade Committee has not considered the issue of employment."

"Compared to solving the employment problem, reducing profits a little is not a problem at all."

Xu Mingxin pondered for a moment and said, "We initially estimated that the comprehensive cost of each air fryer is around 18 yuan. After mass production, it is expected to drop to less than 5 yuan."

"Since we want to ensure employment, the profit of each air fryer should reach 2 yuan in the end. With a conservative estimate of 20 orders per year, there will be nearly 500 million yuan in sales revenue."

The current exchange rate of the US dollar to the domestic currency is 1 to 2.46. Converted into US dollars, the foreign exchange income of 200 million US dollars a year is already a lot.

"2 yuan?" Li Mu was a little amused. He didn't expect Xu Mingxin's pricing to be so conservative.

"Is it too high?" The latter immediately looked hesitant.

"In order to increase employment, it is not impossible to lower the price a little bit, as long as we don't lose money."

Li Mu quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, it's too little. I think the profit of each air fryer should be at least around 8 yuan to be reasonable."

"So many?" Xu Mingxin was surprised.

8 yuan, which is almost half of the cost.

If we can really make this much profit, we can earn more than 260 million US dollars in foreign exchange a year!

It should be noted that at this time, the country's annual foreign exchange reserves were only over 100 million US dollars!

An air fryer project can increase foreign exchange by nearly 2%.

Li Mu smiled and said:

"If we simply sell the sales rights to someone else, we definitely won't get this price."

"But we can adopt a regional monopoly model and supply only one seller in a country or even a continent. The market is completely monopolized by them, and their profits may even increase several times."

"This model will allow the monopoly to spontaneously crack down on counterfeit and shoddy products in order to maintain its monopoly and ensure high profits, while also safeguarding our interests in disguise." "And when our products enter foreign markets, someone might take advantage of the OM countries' blockade of us to make a fuss."

"With the protection of the local big capital, there won't be any big problems as long as they don't blatantly say they are made in my country."

As Li Mu spoke, Xu Mingxin's eyes became brighter and brighter. At the end, he couldn't help but slap his thigh and said, "What a good idea! Why didn't we think of it?"

"There is only one store here, no other branches. They can make money, we can earn foreign exchange, and we can also increase domestic employment opportunities."

"I have benefited a lot from coming to see you!"

"It's just an idea. Thank you for the compliment." Li Mu smiled and said modestly.

Xu Mingxin said with emotion: "Not an exaggeration, not an exaggeration, your idea will increase our foreign exchange income! It is not an exaggeration to say that every word is worth a thousand gold!"

Xu Mingxin praised Li Mu highly before leaving with satisfaction.

After saying goodbye to Qian Shuyan, Li Mu continued to head to the playground to complete today's running task.

I get up early every day to exercise and eat more these days, and I can clearly feel that my body is getting better.

The Ministry of Culture and Education also approved a document, deciding to increase Li Mu's subsidy to twice the normal amount.

In this way, the problem of eating was temporarily solved.

However, Li Mu was still a little worried. If he continued to eat like this, would there be a day when he could feed seven or eight people in one meal? That would be a bit scary.

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In the cafeteria, Li Mu, who had just returned from running, was eating breakfast.

"Slurp~" In one mouthful, half a bowl of porridge was gone.

He drank seven bowls of white porridge and ate seven steamed buns before he burped contentedly.

After finishing his meal, Li Mu stood up and prepared to go to the laboratory.

Huang Xinhua had specifically instructed him today to make time to go there, presumably because there had been some progress in finding that person.

As soon as he stood up, a familiar voice sounded behind Li Mu.

Wang Ya came over with a smile and said, "Li Mu, you're eating so much again?"

Now in Beijing Institute of Technology, Li Mu’s reputation as a big eater has spread.

There are only a few students who have reached the level of sports champions. They do high-intensity exercise every day and only eat the food for two people at one meal.

Li Mu eats enough for five people and doesn't exercise, which is undoubtedly jaw-dropping.

"I have no choice. I have to eat when I'm hungry." Li Mu smiled, looked at Wang Ya's dark circles, and said, "Did you stay up late in the lab again yesterday?"

Wang Ya was a little surprised by Li Mu's sudden concern and said, "Yes, Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Wang are there every day, so I can't be lazy."

"It should be better if there are more people." Li Mu nodded, without saying anything more, and walked towards the laboratory building.

Wang Ya quickly followed and asked, "Have you come up with any new ideas these days?"

"You think I'm a god who knows everything." Li Mu rolled his eyes at Wang Ya speechlessly.

Although he does know everything.

But can that be said?
Wang Ya stuck out her tongue playfully and said, "I didn't mean that, but you always came up with solutions when things got tough."

"So this time I thought you would have an idea!"

Li Mu pretended to be helpless and said, "My previous research just happened to be in the professional field I studied, but things like photoresist involve too many interdisciplinary subjects."

"Professor Huang doesn't have any good ideas, what can I do?"

"I have some ideas at most, but they are certainly not as good as the professional opinions of those experts and professors."

Li Mu finally gave Wang Ya a "vaccination".

Thanks to the book friend "完酱酱油再打醋" for the reward of 100!

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