Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Two Options for Chapter 822 Patent Fees
George didn't care about Niu Xiaoqiang at first, but when he heard the name of MIT, his face showed surprise, and his attitude became obviously much more enthusiastic, so he hurriedly shook hands with Niu Xiaoqiang and said hello: "Hello, hello, Hunter's technicians are actually students of MIT, which shows that your company's scientific research strength is absolutely extraordinary."

Niu Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "Besides me, Hunter has many students from MIT. When it comes to technical strength, our company is still very confident."

This sounds a bit conceited, but it is not entirely conceited. If there are really many MIT students joining Hunter, then the technical strength of this company should not be underestimated.

Of course, this is just the opinion of the uninformed, and it is not the case.It is true that Hunter Company is about to recruit a lot of international students from MIT, but these people are telemarketers and will not participate in technology research and development. Niu Xiaoqiang is playing a trick.

Kailinna knew this very well, she didn't expect Niu Xiaoqiang to lie to his face, and he looked so serious that he almost didn't laugh out loud.

When George heard that Hunter Company actually had a team of employees from MIT, he couldn't help but have a higher opinion of the company's strength, and his attitude became more enthusiastic.

The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while before walking out of the airport lobby.

On the way back to the company, Kailinna was in charge of driving, and Niu Xiaoqiang and George sat in the back row, discussing the technical issues of the oil extraction machine.

Along the way, Niu Xiaoqiang’s performance was more in line with his status as a technician. Many professional terms came out of his mouth. No matter what kind of questions George asked, he could answer them fluently. Even if it was a very in-depth question, Niu Xiaoqiang could easily Solved, which made George deeply admired.

After arriving at the Boston Tower, George had already treated Niu Xiaoqiang as a technical expert, and raised all the issues that had nothing to do with the oil extraction machine.

Niu Xiaoqiang relied on his rich knowledge reserves and extraordinary brains, and he was still able to answer the questions fluently. When the three of them entered the elevator, George couldn't help soliciting: "Mr. Niu, are you interested in joining Texas Machinery? As long as you nod, I can offer you the position of senior engineer at any time, and the salary is 20.00% higher than your current salary."

Kailinna couldn't help but glanced at Niu Xiaoqiang, and said to herself: No matter who is a person like Niu Xiaoqiang, he will rush to recruit him. There is no way, he is indeed too powerful, he is like an encyclopedia, he understands everything. .

Niu Xiaoqiang showed an apologetic smile: "I still have to go to school now, and it is impossible to join Texas Machinery for the time being. Of course, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will seriously consider it."

George nodded and handed Niu Xiaoqiang a business card: "What I said just now is valid for a long time. As long as I stay in Texas Machinery for a day, the company's door will always be open to you."

Niu Xiaoqiang thanked him and put George's business card in his pocket.

After entering the office, Niu Xiaoqiang made coffee for the two of them, while he himself drank plain water.

Karina prepared the authorization letter for trial production yesterday afternoon, but it was only a draft and has not been officially printed out. Some details need to be confirmed after an interview with George.

Karina handed the draft to George: "Mr. George, this is the trial production authorization letter I drew up in advance. You can take a look first. If you have any questions, please directly raise them."

George agreed, and nodded after carefully browsing the relevant terms: "There is nothing wrong with the power of attorney, just follow this."

Karina smiled and took the authorization letter to print. George looked suspiciously at the empty desk outside: "President Karina, where did the rest of your company go? Why are there only you and Mr. Niu?" go to work?"

Niu Xiaoqiang answered first: "The company gave the employees an annual leave, and they went to Hawaii as a team for vacation."

George snorted: "I see, I almost thought that there were only two of you in the Hunter Company."

Niu Xiaoqiang laughed and said, "How is this possible."

Karina quickly printed out the power of attorney and made two copies.

After the two parties signed and confirmed, George took the initiative to inquire about the patent fee of the double donkey head oil extraction machine: "Miss Karina, if it turns out that the performance of the double donkey head oil extraction machine is really superior, if Dezhou Machinery wants to obtain a patent authorization, I don't know what it needs How much to pay?"

Niu Xiaoqiang and Kailina had already discussed the issue of patent fees last night, and Kailina immediately replied: "Hunter Company provides two plans for patent fees. The first is the annual plan. As long as you pay a certain amount of patent royalties, Dezhou Machinery can produce double donkey head oil extraction machines at full capacity within one year, without quantity restrictions. The second is the plan of paying patent fees according to the production quantity. Every time a double donkey head oil extraction machine is produced, it needs Paying a patent fee, these two plans have a common prerequisite, that is, the double donkey head oil extraction machine produced by Dezhou Machinery can only be used by your parent company and cannot be sold outside."

George asked: "How are these two plans charged?"

"The first option requires an annual payment of 300 million U.S. dollars, and the second requires a patent fee of [-] U.S. dollars per unit."

George quickly calculated the price. If the annual plan is adopted, at least [-] oil extraction machines must be produced each year to be worth the ticket price. This requires very high production capacity.

Of course, the benefits of this solution are also obvious. As long as the production is at full capacity, the more you produce, the more cost-effective it is. If you can produce [-] oil extraction machines per year, the patent fee for each machine is only [-] US dollars.

If it is the second option, the patent fee is obviously a bit high. The advantage is that there is no need to spend money to expand the production line of the oil extraction machine, and the labor wages do not need to be increased. The saved money is apportioned to the patent fee, which is equivalent to only two thousand per machine. USD or so.

George thought about it seriously, and then said: "Miss Karina, the cost of these two plans is a bit high, if I quote the price to the company's senior management according to what you said, they will probably have opinions, I wonder if you can Appropriately reduce the price?"

Kailinna had been prepared for a long time, she shook her head with a smile: "Mr. George, the price we proposed is definitely not high. Reducing energy consumption can also greatly increase oil production, so that one input and one output can bring a lot of profits to your parent company."

(End of this chapter)