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Chapter 377 Negotiating Conditions

The next day, Jiang Feng received a notice to attend a meeting at the Ministry of Industry at 10 a.m. He was also notified that the store could be opened and someone had already gone to handle it. Jiang Feng went to the office to get out some information and called to notify someone to go to the store to check it out.

The people in the factory were still in a panic at first, especially the specially trained sales staff. Not long after they started working, someone came and said they were not allowed to open the store. However, the problem was resolved within two days. These people also knew that the factory director had very strong connections.

At ten o'clock, Jiang Feng arrived at the Ministry of Industry on time. This time, Minister Wang came directly to talk to him, and he also asked another deputy minister in the ministry to accompany him. Minister Wang said, "Comrade Jiang Feng, you have been wronged this time. Tell me your conditions."

"Leader, this is the information I prepared. You can take a look at it first." Jiang Feng said as he handed over a stack of information in his hand. Minister Wang took it and started to read it. Deputy Minister Li next to him picked up a TV industry planning report and read it.

Minister Wang was looking at the registration of various patents for LCD TVs. The patent holder was Jiang Feng, as well as various data about LCD TVs. Minister Wang took a few glances and then put the information down.

Deputy Minister Li has already started to ask: "Comrade Jiang Feng, isn't it inappropriate for you to control this technology alone? You still have to focus on the overall situation. The domestic television industry needs to be vigorously developed. If you are like this, there will basically be no room for others to develop."

"Deputy Minister Li, please continue reading. This industrial plan of mine is designed to support the rapid development of the domestic television industry. How can there be no room for development? I will license all my patents to the television manufacturers."

"No, that means you will control the entire TV industry. If you disagree one day, these manufacturers will be at risk of bankruptcy at any time."

"Deputy Minister Li, it is written at the back of the plan that the authorization period is 20 years and the authorization fee is 1 yuan. For every TV sold, I will charge 1 yuan for the patent. You can rest assured that this money will be used for my subsequent research. I have such a large factory, I can't just fire all these people tomorrow."

Minister Wang asked, "Comrade Jiang Feng, do you mean that your current factory has been converted into a research center, and the number of people is a bit too much?"

"Not too many. I plan to recruit another 1000 people. They will be trained in the factory. I require talents with a junior high school education or above. They will be assigned to various parts of the country as technical backbones. This is just a research and training center. I think about 2000 people will be enough."

"No." Deputy Minister Li did the math at this time. According to China's current population, there are at least 100 to 200 million households, and every household buys a TV. How could Jiang Feng be the only one to handle so much money?

The two looked at Deputy Minister Li in surprise, and Minister Wang asked, "What's the problem? What's wrong?"

"Minister Wang, I'm talking about the patent fee. One yuan is too high. If the whole country uses televisions, how much money should they pay? You can charge a symbolic amount. I think the patent fee should be lowered."

"Deputy Minister Li, you're overthinking this. At the current TV prices, most people can't afford one. Even workers in the city have to work for a year or two to buy one. It would be great if we could sell 10 sets a year. And my goal is not to sell domestically. Exports earn foreign exchange."

Deputy Minister Li finally realized that not many people can afford such high-end products. Minister Wang also said, "Yes, this product will definitely be very popular if it is released. If it can sell millions or tens of millions of units, I think it will be no problem to give Jiang Feng 10 million."

"Minister Wang, this matter is too big. We can't just make a decision like this. We still have to report it."

"Of course, the final decision will still have to be made by the higher-ups, but I personally think it's feasible. Comrade Jiang Feng, how do you think the price should be set outside?"

Jiang Feng thought for a while and said, "My current price is a bit high. After all, the production is small and the cost is high. When the production volume increases in the future, I believe the cost will be reduced. I think the price will still be the same outside, but it must be settled in US dollars."

"888 USD, do you know how much that is in RMB? Will anyone buy it?"

"Deputy Minister Li, it's not about the value of the things. What we sell is technology. Only we can produce this technology at present. Of course, things are more valuable because they are rare."

"What if they are also produced overseas? What will we do then?"

"This depends on several aspects. Once they produce the product, it depends on whether they can bypass my registered patent. If they can't, they just have to pay the patent fee. As for bypassing our patent, I believe our researchers will be one step ahead of them."

"Then how should we charge for the patent? One dollar is too little."

Jiang Feng suppressed his smile. This old man thought it was too expensive for his own people, but too cheap for outsiders. He said, "I don't care. I will authorize you to negotiate. How much you charge is none of my business. I only look at the shipment volume. You can exchange patents with the other party, or you can collect the money directly. It's all up to you."

"That's fine. They are a developed capitalist country, so it's understandable that we charge a little more. But Comrade Xiao Jiang, you can't license this patent to others. I know you have connections in Gangcheng, so you can't give it to them."

Jiang Feng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, leaders. I will sign an exclusive licensing agreement, but it will only be for foreign countries. Domestic ones only have the right to use. The TV factories do not have the right to license. It's not that I don't trust them, but there are always some people who don't know how to keep secrets and always think that foreign technology is advanced. If they are stolen by others, the leaders above will have to step in."

Jiang Feng's words also caused Minister Wang to ponder. When new machinery and CNC machinery came out, there were also people who carried out espionage activities under the slogan of visiting and learning. Their main purpose was to find out how these machines were manufactured. There were also people who did not value these things and thought it was okay for others to take a look.

Fortunately, the patent was in the hands of the Lou family at that time. They hired foreign lawyers and fought several lawsuits. Finally, the technology was spread out. The only benefit was that they could collect some patent fees. Now others can also produce it. Of course, the fees are not as much as they can earn from shipping the products themselves. It seems that I need to report these situations to the designer this time.

The reason is that the backbone is not strong enough, the international influence is not enough, and the overseas military strength is insufficient. He could not help but say angrily: "It is still because some cadres are not rigorous and do not have a strong sense of confidentiality, which allowed others to take advantage of the loopholes. In the future, all factory directors and secretaries must be trained, and some confidential information must not be read by anyone."

"We still need to make our country stronger. Look at some of the technologies of the United States. Aren't they all bought by people obediently? Who dares to steal them? Even if they steal them, they will have to pay a huge compensation that will bankrupt you."

"Yes, it's because our national defense is not strong enough. If we could have a few aircraft carrier fleets and go out for a spin from time to time, I don't think anyone would dare to do that."

Hearing Minister Wang's words, Jiang Feng's eyes began to roll. According to the time, the big brother next door will be there almost soon. Should he remind him to arrange people to make the arrangements first? There are still a lot of good things over there, which can at least take China's national defense capabilities to a higher level.

Minister Wang didn't notice what Jiang Feng was thinking, and continued, "Okay, that's it. You are responsible for your factory. We will report it. There shouldn't be any problem. We will arrange for personnel to be sent to your place for training. Don't keep it to yourself."

"I have another request. I have received the money and have sold 100 units. This batch must be delivered. I will not buy any more in the future. I can arrange for someone, but I don't like those factory managers. I don't get along with them."

"You, how old are you? You are still so naive. They didn't do anything wrong. They are just overconfident. But it's true. They are the leaders in the industry. They can't just believe you because of a few words."

After hearing this, Jiang Fengteng stood up immediately and said, "Big leader, you think this matter is not serious. Don't you think that if I have no connections, I will lose everything just like this. Maybe someone will have bad intentions and ask me to hand over the technology.

If this continues, who will dare to invent and create, who will dare to discuss cooperation with the country, where will these technologies flow to? Have you ever thought about it? If I run to Hong Kong in a rage, the entire TV industry will be finished with these technologies. Do you think they have made no mistakes? "

The two were speechless after hearing what Jiang Feng said. In the eyes of the leaders above, it was just a trivial matter, but for the common people, it would be a major event where families would be destroyed and people would die. If Jiang Feng had no connections, he might have been arrested by now.

Jiang Feng continued angrily, "Those people, including the one who closed my shop, must be dealt with. This is bureaucracy and abuse of power for personal gain. The higher the position such people hold, the greater the harm they cause."

Minister Wang's face also turned serious: "Comrade Jiang Feng, I will report your suggestion, but how to deal with it is not up to me. Do you know that you will offend a lot of people by doing this?"

"These people are the country's parasites. They may not be able to get things done, but they are good at dragging things down. If we don't get rid of them, how can we move forward and build the four modernizations? This is official talk, or you can take it as my revenge. If I offend you, then I offend you. I still remember the poem you wrote to me."

"Okay, after all these years, I thought you had smoothed out your edges. In that case, I will be your gun and fire at these bureaucrats who are doing nothing or acting recklessly. Go back and wait for news."

Jiang Feng looked at Minister Wang with gratitude, as if he saw his old leader with a righteous face who criticized Director Yang and himself coming back again. He bowed to Minister Wang, turned around and walked out.

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