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But other cities can't do it. Europe is different from the East. Not all the rich are in the cities, but a large part of the local tyrants and nobles are in the surrounding manors of the cities.

These high-quality customers are scattered, which directly increases the cost of popularizing electricity.Most of the nobles have already used electricity, and they have their own small generators.

Of course, if the power company is willing to supply power, they will not refuse.After all, the small generators of this era are only said to have low power, but they are not small at all, and it is very inconvenient to use.

However, the cost per unit of electricity will continue to rise.In most cities, because the number of users is insufficient, or not concentrated enough, the final power supply cost will increase greatly.

This is also the reason why the Austrian new energy power company stopped after supplying power to Vienna and deepened the market in Vienna without blindly expanding.

For the electric technology revolution, it is enough to have Vienna as a benchmark.It will not be too late to wait another three to five years to promote it nationwide.

In this ever-changing era, new technologies are improving almost every day. From 1866 to the present, there are more than 300 new patents on electricity in Austria.

Franz didn't even know that there were so many professional technologies related to electricity.You must know that this is the 19th century, and the use of electricity is still in its earliest stages.

The biggest effect now is lighting. Mechanical equipment driven by electricity is still in theory. It will take at least 30 years to become the most important energy source for human beings.

Not surprisingly, after Vienna took the first step of a new era, the Paris government announced the establishment of Paris Electric Power Company, to make Paris light up.

The lighthouse of the free world, black lights and blind lights are not enough.

Chapter 13 Patent Licensing for Tears Sale

In Vienna, the Austrian new energy power company has recently increased its business a lot, especially the business department is very busy.

Since Vienna has become a city that never sleeps, the company headquarters has been invited by major cities from time to time, and it is natural to talk about business.

There is no commercial value now, but it does not mean that there will be no commercial value in the future.Electricity is the outlet of this era, and the era of wells is coming.

Power companies can lose money, but a monopoly power company can never lose money.Even if the government will limit prices in the future, it is impossible not to leave reasonable profits.

Mastering the power supply of a city means mastering the local discourse power, especially in industrial cities.

If you want to hit your competitors, you only need to send them a wave every three and five times during the peak electricity consumption period, and it will make people speechless.

The future world is inseparable from electricity. Whoever controls electricity controls this era.By the end of the 19th century, almost every consortium had its own electric company.

On the surface, the Austrian New Energy Power Company appears to be self-contained, but in fact it is a subsidiary of the royal consortium. However, due to practical needs, this company will become a new consortium.

No matter how it changes, the ultimate controller is the royal family.Of course, on the bright side, there is no direct relationship between the two, and it seems that the royal family's investment is less than [-]% of the shares.

As far as this share is concerned, once it is listed, it will continue to be diluted, and most of the company's shares are held by various institutions.If you want to check carefully, there are institutions behind the institutions, and the cross-shareholding between institutions is dazzling enough.

This can't be hidden from people who are interested, as long as ordinary people can't see it.Those who can tell are all smart people, and they will not talk nonsense at all without evidence.

This is a legitimate business, even if it is said, the impact will be very limited.But the price of talking nonsense is probably never being able to speak.

No one cares about the issue of equity, at least until the Austrian new energy power company goes public, these issues will not attract people's attention.

Erkesen is the manager of the business department of the Austrian New Energy Power Company. Recently, his main job is to reply to the telegram, and then send representatives to negotiate with the government.

The object of negotiation is not limited to Austria, many cities in Europe are his clients.Some cities need cooperation, and some cities need pure patent licensing.

Although patent management is not very strict in this era, European countries basically have patent laws, and it doesn't matter if small companies or individuals violate them. Obviously, the government cannot take the lead in violating them.

If the government takes the lead in violating the patent law, if it gets out, it will not only lose face, but also lose a lot of money in a lawsuit.

Most European countries advertise judicial notarization, so many judicial systems are independent.When encountering such cases, the court is happy to establish a model of judicial notarization.

Of course, this is only aimed at the government. When facing individuals or private companies, the deterrent effect is not so great.

Not paying patent fees, or paying less patent fees, is a common occurrence.How much can be collected depends entirely on the ability of the patent owner.

The government wants to save face and is afraid of getting involved in such a lawsuit that must lose, but it does not mean that companies will also be afraid.Usually, everyone will open a vest, and if they lose the lawsuit, they will directly declare bankruptcy, and they will continue to fight with a new vest.

In this respect, the Austrian new energy power company is lucky.This power system belongs to public infrastructure, and its customers are mainly local governments, who need to pay attention to their appearance.

Customers should pay attention to the appearance, and even the power company engaged in this business must also pay attention to the appearance. It is impossible to win the bid without patent authorization.

Of course, this is also the reason why the Austrian New Energy Power Company does not collect much patent fees. Otherwise, others will start a new one and build another system to avoid patent barriers.

There is not much money, so naturally there is no need to re-develop it.With so many patented technologies involved, the cost to bypass the patent system is much higher.

After more than two months of hard work, Elkeson came up with the first results and knocked on the door of President Mark Oliver's office.

"Please come in!"

Mark Oliver's voice sounded.

Elkeson walked into the office and reported: "President, we have already completed a preliminary judgment with the representative of Paris Electric Power Company. The two parties have basically reached an agreement on the issue of patent licensing. The only trouble is that they need an exclusive license."

Not surprisingly, it was the French who reached the preliminary intention first.After all, they are proud enough that they just need patent authorization and have not invited the Austrian New Energy Power Company to invest.

No investment is required, so it is naturally easy to negotiate.No one will struggle with money, and the Austrian new energy power company now also needs money to expand its scale.

On the contrary, it was an invitation to invest, and the Ministry of Commerce had to adopt a procrastination decision.The contract can be signed in advance, and when to start construction needs to be considered.

After all, if the cost has not been lowered yet, and the construction starts immediately, it is a loss-making business.Unless the local government is willing to pay the bill, the Austrian new energy power company cannot afford it.

It is enough to have Vienna to advertise. With the advertisement of "City That Never Sleeps", the patent licensing fee that can be collected is enough to recover the previous investment.

Mark Oliver tapped the table with his right index finger, which was his habit when thinking about problems.After being silent for a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Tell the French, if they are willing to pay an extra 100 million Aegis for the patent license fee, give them an exclusive license."

The patent authorization fee of the Austrian New Energy Power Company is not high, and there are different standards according to different countries. For example, the patent authorization fee in France is 30 Aegis, and the residential electricity is paid according to the standard of 0.2 Aegis per user per year. Fees, factories and enterprises are based on 100 Aegis per year, and each city’s lighting system is based on 100 Aegis per year for 5 million people...

This standard is not high, which also includes related technology transfer fees.For example: large-scale generator production technology, power transmission related technology and so on.

The research and development cost of these technologies will not be lower than 30 Aegis.The subsequent patent fee charging standard seems to be a lot, but in fact it is not much money.After all, patented technology has a time limit, and there is no era of full popularization at all.

For example: Residential electricity consumption is calculated based on 450% of the French population, which is about 60 million people. Considering that there are relatively large populations in this era, there are only [-] million households.

In fact, when it comes to settlement, it is difficult to make statistics, basically it is an estimate, and the French have the final say on the specific data.

As long as the gap is not too large, it is impossible for Austrian New Energy Power Company to send people to investigate. The cost of this investigation is too high.

It is even more difficult to count industrial electricity consumption. Counting several factories as one factory can be used to fool people. It is very difficult to check.

This is also the reason why there is no patent fee for equipment production. The main reason is that it is impossible to count how much is produced, and the other party can't get much money if they play tricks.

The only thing that is guaranteed is the authorization fee for each city, which will be Paris in a short time, and other cities will have to wait.Maybe by the end of the patent period, ten cities may not have adopted it.

Not every local government is so rich. Poor ghost cities are still the mainstream of this era. It is normal to have no money to pay for the power supply system.

The duration of this patent protection is determined. According to French law, the urban power supply network system is only eight years old, and the longest period for other related patented technologies is no more than 30 years.

When the protection time of each patented technology is up, the corresponding fee will be deducted.How much the final income will be is still unknown.

If you don't carry out exclusive authorization, you just want to charge several more authorization fees.After all, the money you get is your own, and the potential benefits may not be in your hands.

If the price is high enough, a one-time buyout is not impossible.Now no one knows how fast the development of electric power technology will be in the future, otherwise the French are very likely to buy out the technology directly.

In theory, this set of patents is still very valuable, and it can charge several million Aegis patent fees every year, but in fact, no one knows about it.

It is estimated that there are always 80 yuan per year. Anyway, it is also a power system. Although it is a little missed, it is also a high-tech in this era.

In this regard, British talents are the overlord. As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, they have the most patented technologies.

It's just that due to time constraints, most of the patented technologies have expired, otherwise they would charge at least tens of millions of pounds every year.

Obviously, the British only collected this patent fee at home.By the time the industrial revolution broke out in other European countries, most of their technologies had passed the patent protection period.

The patented technology of the Austrian New Energy Power Company can be said to be a tearful sale.No way, who made their technology immature?

The current authorization is actually deceiving people.After you buy it, you will find that these technologies have a bright future, and you will not make money at all in the short term.

It is naturally impossible to sell a technology that does not make money at a high price.Except for Paris and London, which have to bite the bullet and keep up for the sake of face, other cities are not so proud.

As long as the time slows down, even if it is only two or three years, the cost may drop by [-] to [-]%.

In Paris and London, which are bustling now, there is no lack of the handwriting of the Austrian New Energy Power Company, which bought newspapers to advocate "Electricity Age", "Lighting Revolution", "Paris is behind", "London is behind"...

If it weren't for the strong people in Paris, the patented technology of the Austrian New Energy Power Company would not be sold.

There is no way, if you want to keep technology secret, you can’t register a patent; if you don’t preemptively register a patent, others will preempt it, and the previous investment will be in vain.

The Austrian Patent Office will keep them secret, but the patent offices of Britain, France and other countries will not have such an international spirit.Transnational patented technology, from the moment of registration, has become an open secret technology.

Since it can't be kept secret, why don't you sell it? Do you still expect competitors to abide by the rules and not steal technology?

Everyone's scientific research level is basically at the same level.With these technologies, Britain and France can copy them in half a year at most, and maybe they can improve them.

Unlike the technology of later generations, technology has developed to a certain level, even if high-tech technology makes the data public, it is not so easy to decipher.

When applying for a patent, if you set up a little obstacle, you can basically keep it secret.The current technology, everyone is just a gap in thinking.

Some technologies can be reversed by seeing the product shell.

This is also the reason why everyone has no technical barriers in this era, as long as you have money, you can buy it.It's not that everyone doesn't know the importance of technical secrecy, but that they simply can't keep secrets.

The same is true for the Austrian New Energy Power Company. When technology secrecy cannot be kept, it is natural to maximize the benefits.

If you don't sell the patented technology now, it will be difficult to launch it in the future.Just setting industry standards is an irresistible temptation.

Chapter 14 Making Money Is Just an Accident

If Christmas Eve in 1868 made the Austrian New Energy Power Company civilized the world with the name of "City That Never Sleeps", then in 1869 the Austrian New Energy Power Company established its dominance in the industry.

With the completion of a series of patent authorizations, the Austrian new energy power company standard has also become an international standard for power systems.

It is not difficult to break this standard system, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can always break it.It's just that no one knows how much money will be spent in it.

If this is a profiteering industry, then the consortia may try it.It is a pity that the power industry has just emerged, and the urban power supply system looks delicious but it is difficult to make a profit.

No one knows how mature the market is, but everyone knows when the patented technology will expire.

This era has not yet entered the high-paced era, and everyone's sense of crisis is not so strong. They don't think that electricity will become the mainstream of this era in 30 to [-] years.

Take the steamship, for example, which Geoffrey built in 1796.At that time, it was also considered to be a technology that changed the times. However, more than 70 years have passed, and now the mainstream ships in the sea are still powered by sails.

There are many such examples. There is a period of time between the emergence of a technology and its large-scale application.The length of this cycle directly determines the commercial value of the technology.

In order to promote the advancement of electric power technology, Franz spent millions of Aegis. If the later promotion costs are calculated, the cost has already reached tens of millions of Aegis.

We must know that this is not a simple technology, but an industrial system.Including upstream steel, copper smelting, rubber and other raw material industries, as well as downstream power transmission, generators, lights, meters...

It cannot be done without a large investment. This cannot be accomplished by one or two scientists and dozens of engineers. It is a test of a country's industrial strength.

This is also the reason why technological inventions and creations in the 19th century were mostly concentrated in Europe and the United States. Without a supporting industrial system, even if you were given an atomic bomb manufacturing technology, you would not be able to manufacture it.

Franz is in a good mood. The Austrian New Energy Power Company has made a profit, even though it was obtained by selling technology, which is also a good start.

If nothing else, a consortium with the Austrian New Energy Power Company at its core will appear in the near future.

Since the advent of the age of capitalism cannot be prevented, then it is better to control them.

Those who obey me prosper, those who oppose me perish!

As the emperor, Franz is not short of domineering.Relying on the power in hand + the advantage of foresight, it is not impossible to carry out industrial layout in advance and secretly control the empire's economy.

This thick stack of commercial contracts is the confidence. So far, the Austrian New Energy Power Company has signed strategic cooperation agreements with hundreds of cities.

Not only cities in Austria, but also cities in other European countries, the main reason everyone can reach an agreement lies in cooperation.

To put it simply, the Austrian new energy power company will provide a technical discount plus part of the funds and the local government to establish a subsidiary in partnership, and everyone will jointly contribute to the advancement of human lighting.

Let foreign companies monopolize the country's electricity supply, everyone must be afraid, and it will be different if it becomes a domestic company.

Many local governments do not directly invest in enterprises, so this part of the shares can also be purchased by private capital, and the specific share distribution will naturally be calculated from the amount of capital contributions from both parties.

In the face of interests, everyone can become good friends.No one doubts the prospect of electricity, but considering the cost, everyone tacitly postponed the construction time.

This is what each needs. The Austrian New Energy Power Company has completed its strategic layout and extended its influence to European countries.

Politicians have got a contract that satisfies the people. As for when it will be realized in the future, it doesn't matter. They have already obtained this political achievement.

Investors invest in the future, and now they just sign a commercial contract and set up a shell company with a small amount of money. When the future is profitable, it is the time to really pay.

Affected by this series of contracts, the gas company's stock fell a lot.Ordinary people don't know how high the cost of electricity is now, and many people take it for granted that gas will soon be replaced by electric lights.

This judgment cannot be wrong. The price of gas lighting is also not low, but it is cheaper than electricity before popularization.Once the power system is perfected, the monthly electricity consumption for lighting will be more cost-effective.

There are only a few light bulbs in an ordinary family, and usually only one is turned on, and the electricity is only a few kilowatt-hours a month at most, and the electricity bill is only a few shillings.

The cost is mainly on the power supply equipment, resulting in high account opening costs.The cost alone requires dozens of Aegis at least, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it, which has become the biggest obstacle to the popularization of electricity.

This is still the case when the installation rate is high. If the installation rate in the area is low, the cost may be as high as thousands of Aegis.

After all, a family needs to use one line for electricity, and dozens of households still only need one line. The more accounts opened, the lower the per capita amortization.

In any case, as long as these contracts become a reality, the Austrian new energy power company will get a long-term meal ticket.

Even if the profitability of these subsidiaries is not good, just providing them with technical services and selling supporting power equipment is enough to make the Austrian New Energy Power Company full.

Even if they do nothing, Salted Fish will be a Fortune 21 company in the [-]st century.Fortunately, no one thinks so much in this era, otherwise these businesses would not be so easy to get.