Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1678

Zhou Buqi was planning to go to Shanghai, to visit the Chongming Island football base there, and then to meet Rangnick after his vacation, planning to make his way into the football industry.

It can also be regarded as making a little contribution to the development of domestic football.

There is also a more important point, that is, he wants to do some big things in Shanghai, and he will bring together Ziwei Star, Asda, Ziwei Star International, Ziwei Star Global, Ziwei Star Digital Media, as well as Netflix, Twitter, Manchester United and other industries. All important persons in charge are invited to come here.

When I go to Shanghai, I always go to see my father-in-law and mother-in-law.

When packing up things at home and preparing to change clothes and leave, Shi Jinglin followed him with a bit of yin and yang, "You didn't bring a gift?"

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "What's the matter?"

Shi Jinglin curled her lips and said, "My dad gave birth again!"

"Promoted? Where did he get promoted?" Zhou Buqi was quite happy, "Is my old father-in-law the president of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and Industry? This is a good thing! In the real estate business, the more connections you have, the more popular you will be."

Shi Jinglin said helplessly, "It's not a promotion, it's a baby."

"What?" Zhou Buqi was stunned, "Really?"

Shi Jinglin said: "It should be true. What my mother said is that there is a cold war and she is blaming you."

"Blame me?" Zhou Buqi was puzzled, "What do you blame me for?"

"You saved my dad." Shi Jinglin glanced at him, "At first he failed in business, so he was disheartened, so he accepted his fate. After you appeared, it brought vitality to my family's business and made his career With the second spring, my mind is also alive."

Zhou Buqi said: "It's okay to raise a few children, but this is born again... This is a bit irresponsible. What will you children do?"

Shi Jinglin sighed, "That's what you said, but my eldest sister and second sister have already said that it has nothing to do with us. Anyway, I don't recognize it."

"Boys and girls?"

"male."

"Then he must be very happy."

Zhou Buqi knew a little about the family affairs of his old father-in-law.It is not clear how many families he has outside, but it is true that he is very capable of having daughters. The three sisters Shi Jingyue, Shi Jingmei, and Shi Jinglin are all girls.It seems that there are two daughters outside, and only one son. He has already entered university this year.

The father-in-law of the Shi family is unwilling to give up, and wants to have another son who will be nurtured well and take over in the future.

It appears to be a success.

When I went to Shi's house, I saw the red-faced father-in-law of Shi's family. He was as energetic as a young man in his twenties. He opened a bottle of Moutai, and he drank most of the bottle by himself.

He also asked Zhou Buqi and Shi Jinglin when they would have children.

Shi Jinglin coldly reprimanded her: "I won't give birth!"

Alas, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite.

This made Zhou Buqi very vigilant.

In personal life, you should exercise restraint and forbearance, don't be like the father-in-law of the Shi family, it's a proper negative example!She's so old, she's still such a scumbag!
That night, Jiang Shuying sent him a text message, saying that she heard that Mr. Zhou's relatives had opened a beauty salon that could provide laser hair removal services, and she wanted to try it.

Zhou Buqi did not respond to her.

The next day, Zhou Shaoning, who flew back from the United States in a hurry, landed. He seemed in a hurry, so he ran to find Zhou Buqi.

Asda Group was sued in the United States!

The plaintiff is Apple.

In fact, Apple is suing not only Asda, but also Samsung, HTC, Blackberry and LG.

Of course, the focus is on Asda.

In the past year, Aster's mobile phone market share in the United States was as high as 25%, 8 percentage points more than Apple, and it was the best-selling smartphone.

In this period right now, the iPhone has many problems and malfunctions, and the iOS system is too closed, and the number of apps is too small.Backed by Google, Android has almost all the mobile developers in the world, and there are many interesting ways to play.

Android OS is more popular than Apple OS.

As the leader of the era of Android phones, Aster mobile phones have been hammered by Apple.Compared with the mobile phone companies that were sued by Apple for patents at the same time, Asda Group has the shallowest foundation and the weakest technology accumulation, and it is really difficult to deal with the current situation.

Zhou Buqi met Zhou Shaoning at the Portman Hotel. He was travel-stained and had dark circles under his eyes. It seemed that he hadn't had a good rest.He himself was calmer.

"Very serious?"

"Seriously! Apple accuses us of infringing 20 of their iPhone patents."

Zhou Shaoning took out an English document from the briefcase he carried with him, followed by translated Chinese documents.

It is the list of allegations of patents.

1, Time-based conversion of UI objects between different countries.

2. A touch screen device, method and graphical user interface for triggering an operation command by an application program.

3. Unlock by gesture on the unlock icon.

4. Perform operations such as directory scrolling, document translation, zoom in and out, and selection on the touch screen.

5. Power management system in digital camera device.

6. Automatic response and sensing in portable devices.

7. GMSK signal processing technology to enhance communication function and quality...

A total of 20, no more, no less.

Even if Zhou Buqi is a layman, at a glance... ho!Every article is accurate and there are suspicions of plagiarism.

It is Apple's design to operate the mobile phone display with your fingers.Before that, resistive screens were generally used, and a stylus was required to operate the mobile phone screen.

From this point of view, all smartphones should pay patent fees to Apple.

If this accusation cannot be properly handled, Aster mobile phones will inevitably be driven out of the US market.

Once it is driven out of the US market, the subsequent chain reaction will come out.

Apple will inevitably go to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Australia and other countries to initiate patent lawsuits, and it may face the tragic ending of a complete defeat.

Zhou Shaoning sighed, "Samsung and LG are very confident. They have developed for so many years and have a very complete patent matrix. Asda has too little time and insufficient accumulation. There is no sound patent system that can avoid legal disputes. patent portfolio."

Zhou Buqi asked, "What does Apple say?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "They want money, and we will pay them a patent fee of US$8 for every one we sell in the future. The expected sales of Aster mobile phones this year can reach 3500 million units, which means that we have to pay US$2.8 million in patent fees. .”

"8 USD?"

Zhou Buqi was somewhat surprised.

Not much!

You know, for every Aster mobile phone, at least 80 US dollars in patent fees must be paid.For example, the WiFi patent, this thing can actually shout out a patent fee of 50 US dollars.

In contrast, Apple is much more conscientious.

However, this is a huge patent fee of 2-3 million US dollars per year!

If there is a way to hide, of course it is best to hide.

If you can't escape it, it's best to cut the price substantially.

Zhou Shaoning further explained: "This is different. Other patent fees must be paid. They are all in the hands of patent trolls and cannot be circumvented. But Apple is different. Apple's patents can be circumvented."

Zhou Buqi asked, "How to get around?"

"Patent portfolio." Zhou Shaoning paused, "I told you before, that is, you have a batch of patents, and I have a batch of patents, and they all infringe on each other. They are a shell company that does not do any actual business, but only licenses patents. In this way, they can avoid opening patent portfolios and collect money with confidence. Apple produces so many products, and the patent coverage that needs to be applied is too wide, and it will definitely It infringes on many, many other patents. I have talked to Google and they are considering it and plan to act immediately."

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Google wants to help?"

Zhou Shaoning said: "Of course, this is not a duel between Apple and Asda, but a duel between the two camps of iOS and Android. These accusations made by Apple this time are valid for all Android phones. Now there are more than a dozen new mobile phones around the world. Manufacturers of smartphones have less accumulation than Asda, and they are even less likely to resist the stick of patents. If Google does not make a move, these companies may find it difficult to survive."

"What is Google going to do?"

"He suggested that I fight Apple."

"Deadly?" Zhou Buqi frowned, "Is this a good idea?"

Zhou Shaoning was stunned for a moment, seeing that his expression was not right, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Buqi snorted coldly: "Don't trust Google too much, be careful of being used by them."

"Can't it?" Zhou Shaoning thought there was no need for such a conspiracy theory. "Google is very sincere. I met with Schmidt and Larry Page. They said they would evaluate the current plight of the Android market, and they would definitely make a move. I listened to them. tone, they will probably buy Motorola."

All the design and operation methods of the current capacitive screen smartphones come from Apple, so they have a very important say.

However, smartphones are also mobile phones.

The mobile phone was invented by Motorola.

This means that the iPhone must use many mobile phone patents, which must be applied to Motorola's technological achievements.By canceling each other out, you can check and balance Apple.

Although Motorola is already in decline, it is no longer good, but it is still a big giant.

However, can all hope be placed on Google?
At this time, Zhou Buqi's foresight came into play.

The HTC in the previous life was naive.

Unwilling to pay a mere few dollars in patent fees to Apple, he trusted Google too much, and resolutely filed a patent lawsuit with Apple.Later, Google really bought Motorola for $129 billion, offsetting most of the patents.

However, it is enough that there is only one left that cannot be offset.

It is enough to drive HTC out of the US market, and there is a follow-up European market.When HTC reacted, it panicked and found that Google couldn't cover itself, but it was too late and the market had been robbed.

After HTC obediently reached a settlement with Apple, promised a patent fee of 6-8 US dollars, and re-entered the United States, market preferences have long since changed, and HTC has become a marginal mobile phone.

You can't make that mistake.

(End of this chapter)