In fact, in the past two years or so, many companies around the world have claimed that they invented the USB flash drive. In addition to China's Netac, there are also Israel's Msystem, Singapore's Trek, and Korea's flash driver.
These companies announced the invention of the USB flash drive at about the same time, so they each insisted that they invented it first.
In order to compete for "legitimacy", several companies are now actively applying for patents and filing lawsuits. They all know that if anyone determines the status of orthodoxy, the subsequent patent fees they can obtain will be very considerable.
As for who will win in the end, no one can say for sure, so acquiring Netac is a gamble for everyone.
If the bet wins, you can make a fortune just by relying on the subsequent patent fees. But if the bet doesn't win, the money invested will be wasted. In order to acquire Netac, Deep Space Company directly spent as much as six thousand dollars.
With more than 10 million yuan and so much cash, how many companies in the country can afford to lose money now?
Therefore, some people say that Deep Sky is more like a gambling-style merger, but Deep Sky can afford the gamble, and others cannot.
The reason why Netac's shareholders are willing to sell their shares to Deep Space Company is also based on this consideration. Of course, they can hold on tight, but if Netac loses in this patent battle later, then Netac in their hands will
The shares can only rot in their own hands, and they will have nothing by then.
It would be better to sell all the shares and make a huge profit now while the big bully Deep Space Company appears.
Apart from the possibility of obtaining a U disk patent, Netac actually has no other technical advantages, and the company's leaders have no ambitions in technology research and development.
Before Deep Space acquired Netac, their company basically had no other business and focused solely on applying for patents and litigating.
There were rumors before that Netac's leadership had no intention of doing research and development at all, and only wanted to get the patent fees to engage in real estate, because in their view, there are unlimited real estate opportunities in Pengcheng.
From the perspective of making money, the previous leaders of Netac were right. According to their plan, after the company received the patent fees, they would build buildings in the Pengcheng enclosure. These buildings would become hens that lay eggs.
It is more profitable and more stable than engaging in technology research and development.
However, after Shenzong took over the company, it invested a lot of research and development funds and began to develop faster, more convenient, larger capacity, and more stable USB flash drives.
Just a few months after Deep Space Corporation took over, the price of USB flash drives has been slashed.
Last year, the 16MB USB flash drive sold by Netac was priced at more than 1,000 yuan, which was simply not affordable for ordinary people.
But as of last month, the price of Deep Space Netac's new 64MB USB flash drive has dropped to more than 560 yuan. The memory has increased to four times the original, but the price is only half of the original. Only one year has passed.
time.
Although the price of USB flash drives has dropped so quickly, it has something to do with Deep Space Company's R&D investment, but the most important thing is the development trend of the industry. In addition to Netac's USB flash drives, other brands of USB flash drives are also now reducing their prices.
After all, the time taken over by Deep Space is still a little short. There is investment in technology research and development, but the results cannot be achieved so quickly. Therefore, there is no technical gap between Netac and other brands. Everyone's technical level is basically the same.
Although there is no technical advantage, after Shenzhen Space Company took over Netac, the market share of Netac USB flash drives increased a lot. This is because Netac USB flash drives have one more off-site advantage than other brands of USB flash drives.
The new generation of 64MB USB flash drives from Netac first paid attention to its appearance. It abandoned Netac's previous silver design and adopted a red and black color scheme, which makes it look more fashionable.
In addition to color, the new generation of USB flash drives are also divided into two types: listener and big player.
There is no difference between these two models in terms of hardware and appearance. It can be said that they are exactly the same thing. However, the difference is that these two USB flash drives contain different "software".
The listener focuses on music, and each listener USB flash drive comes with twenty songs randomly.
Big Player has installed a chat software "Dongdong" and two games, namely "Lianliankan" and "Xiaoxiaole".
For consumers, when the hardware is similar and the price is similar, the included gifts are fatal to their appeal.
Yu Dong is also using the latest generation of Netac USB flash drive, but his USB flash drive only contains various manuscripts.
"Netac's technology is still very useful to BenQ Mobile. The next generation of BenQ mobile phones will be able to store more songs."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Quantity is second. To improve the quality of music, there is no problem in sacrificing a little quantity."
"Well, let's go in this direction. Okay, you go ahead and get busy. We'll talk about it after you're done and go back to the hotel."
"Okay, see you later."
…
It wasn't until after nine o'clock in the evening that the two met.
During this period, Jimmy received calls from several people one after another. They all called for the same purpose, and they all wanted to ask about Yu Dong's new script.
After meeting, Jimmy couldn't wait to reach out his hand and said, "Hurry up and give me the USB flash drive."
Yu Dong took out the USB flash drive from his bag and handed it to Jimmy, "In the first folder, there's that one file."
"clear."
Jimmy nodded, quickly inserted the USB drive into the computer, and then started reading the script.
Yu Dong was a little tired after a day of activities, so he poured himself a cup of hot water and lay down on the sofa to rest.
"Would you consider waiting to read it tomorrow?" Yu Dong suggested, "You have to read this script for at least two hours. It will be midnight by the time you finish it."
Jimmy said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter. I won't have anything to do tomorrow morning. It'll be fine if I sleep late tonight."
Yu Dong couldn't help but twitch his lips, "It doesn't matter to you, but it does matter to me. Don't forget, we have to get up early to go to Washington tomorrow morning. I don't want to go to see people with two dark circles under my eyes."
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Yu Dong waved his hand helplessly, "Okay, okay, go ahead and read it. We'll talk after you finish it."
"Okay, I'll try to hurry up."
…
Jimmy said he should try to hurry up, but it took him a full two and a half hours to finish reading the script of "Inception". Yu Dong was already yawning nonstop while lying on the sofa.
But Jimmy didn't care whether Yu Dong was sleepy or not. He went up and grabbed Yu Dong's shoulders: "Cheer up, let's talk about the script."
Yu Dong rubbed his eyes, "What do you want to talk about?"
"Do you have any ideas in mind about the director?" Jimmy didn't talk about his views on the script at all, but directly asked Yu Dong about his thoughts on the director.
"Not yet." Yu Dong shook his head.
In fact, Yu Dong has an idea for the director. He still hopes to let Christopher Nolan direct, but it is still early to talk about this, and he also wants to hear Jimmy's thoughts.
Jimmy nodded, "Let's not talk about the director, but what about the protagonist?"
Yu Dong smiled and said, "When you ask this, don't you already assume that this script will be filmed?"
"Then let's say we're going to shoot it."
"If we were to film now, I don't have any ideas about the actors, but the character settings certainly cannot be modified."
"I know what you mean, you mean the role of architect must be played by a Chinese actor, right?" Jimmy laughed.
In the "Inception" script written by Yu Dong, the character settings are basically the same as the original version. The only major change is the "Dream Builder". He changed the Dream Builder to a Chinese woman studying in Paris.
International students.
This is the biggest change. In addition, Yu Dong also added many Chinese elements to the script. For example, the years when the male protagonist and his wife lived in dreams were spent among the mountains and rivers of China.
With such a setting, the subsequent movies will definitely be shot in China.
"What are your thoughts on actors?" Yu Dong asked.
Jimmy thought for a while and said, "As for the male lead, Matthew McConaughey is a good choice, but he can't always be used. We need more actors to appear in our movies. Tom Cruise...
...A bit too young, and the temperament doesn’t quite match. Brad Pitt’s temperament doesn’t seem to match either... Nicolas Cage, forget it, now I think about it, I suddenly can’t think of a suitable actor.”
Yu Dong said with a smile, "Actually, I think Matthew McConaughey or Tom Cruise can give it a try, and Tom Hanks and Depp, if they really want to film it, let them
They all came to audition, and only after passing the audition will you know whether they are suitable."
"What about the role of Dream Builder? Since you specifically wrote this role as Chinese, did you already have an idea in mind when you wrote it? Who are the young actors in our company now? Are they the students of Jinyi?
?" Jimmy asked.
Yu Dong shook his head and said, "I didn't think about who would play the role when I wrote it. I'll hold an audition later and let all the actresses in our company try it out. Whoever is suitable will be cast."
Jimmy smiled and said, "Now we can talk about making this movie. I think the timing is all found by ourselves. After "The Martian", our remaining big plans will be "The Lord of the Rings" or "The Martian".
"Harry Potter" or the later "Transformers". These are all series films. What is missing is a film like "Inception". We are now starting to plan, raise funds, find a director, and find actors. It will not be until next year.
It can’t be filmed until at least the year after next.”
"Does this mean we are going to cooperate with Steven?"
Jimmy nodded, "Well, let's get him and Lucas together, let's do it together. The two of them don't need much, and I'm familiar with working with them. This time I'm going to release 40% of the investment share.
As for how to divide the 40% into their hands, it depends on how they negotiate. The remaining 60% will be taken out and 20% will be given to other cooperative companies."
Yu Dong said with a smile, "It seems that our company's funds are really tight now, otherwise you wouldn't be willing to give 60% of the investment share."
Jimmy shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "No way, I can never make enough money, and my main goal in making movies now is not at the box office. I can quickly get more copyrights in my hands with the help of others."
It’s business. Many people now say that we, Deep Space, are big copyright owners, but we can’t compare with real copyright owners like Sony, Universal and Warner. But I believe that sooner or later, we will surpass them.”
"I understand what you mean, but Universal and Warner will not be our opponents. Sony may be."
Now the Deep Space Company is working hard to acquire various copyrights in order to prepare for the development of a video playback platform in the future.
To build a video playback platform, you have to fight for technology, traffic, and finally, copyright. Whoever holds more copyrights will have more customers.
Yu Dong and Jimmy discussed that after they slowly cleaned up the stocks in the Internet industry, they would then focus on the development of video websites.
Jimmy smiled and waved his hand, "These are all things for later. Now let's talk about your script. Are you planning to write the script into a novel this time? Like "Source Code" and "Pumping Heart"?"
Yu Dong shook his head, "I don't think much about it anymore. I don't have any feelings. It would be nice if this story could be presented in a script or movie."
"Well, if you have no objection, I will meet with Steven tomorrow and show him your script. I believe he will definitely be willing to invest a lot of money in this movie."
"I have no objection. It's up to you to decide these matters. During this time, I'd better take care of the visiting delegation's affairs. I don't want to ask about anything else."
Jimmy made an OK gesture, "No problem, just leave this matter to me. I will tell you the result after I have negotiated it with Steven and the others."
Yu Dong rubbed his hair, got up from the sofa, walked to the bed, and then flopped down on the bed. "We'll talk about other things later. I'm going to bed. Remember to close the door for me when you leave."
Jimmy smiled and shook his head. He took out the USB flash drive and said, "Then I'll take your USB flash drive away."
"Don't lose it."
"Don't worry."
Jimmy turned off the computer, then stood up to go out. Before he could reach the door, he heard Yu Dong snoring.
…
The next morning, Jimmy called Spielberg.
Spielberg was very happy when he received Jimmy's call, "Is there any news about "Inception"?"
"Well, originally YU didn't want to shoot, but I persuaded him in the middle of the night and told him that you wanted to cooperate with us, so he relaxed and agreed to continue the discussion."
Spielberg said with a smile, "Jimmy, don't say such things to me. Tell me your conditions."
"I haven't read the script yet. It's too early to negotiate terms. So, do you have time today? If you have time, come and read the script. This script hasn't been registered yet, so I won't send it to you."
Chapter completed!