Global Monopoly of Technology

Qualcomm has begun to demonstrate the nature of "patent trolls" in this era, and it is even more unscrupulous in the 4G era. Even if it has been fined huge sums of money for monopoly in various markets, the fine is still not painful to Qualcomm. After the fine, the "rogue character" remains.

The "Blue Core" project in the [Azure] Confidential Research Program only does AP application processors and CP multimedia accelerators.

The current mobile phone basically uses the ARM architecture mobile terminal processor, that is, the CPU of the mobile phone. There are many categories, and each category has its own responsibility. It can be said that the division of labor is clear. A CPU is often integrated with ten Several, even dozens of chips.

But the core is actually just a few. The AP and CP developed by the "Blue Core" project are both core technologies. The system operation of the smartphone and the operation of the APP are operated by the AP application processor.

As for the CP multimedia accelerator, as the name implies, it is mainly responsible for the decoding and processing of multimedia. The reason why this is the core technology, with the continuous progress, CP will be able to undertake the processing of virtual reality VR, augmented reality AR, image processing, HIFI, HDR, sensors, etc.

The core of another CPU is the BP baseband processor. The baseband processor chip is responsible for the wireless signal of the mobile phone, such as how many network modes the mobile phone supports, 2G/3G/4G/5G, etc., which are all determined by the baseband part. .

At present, the best baseband chip is Qualcomm, and the BP baseband processor is its unique skill, but in other fields, Qualcomm's performance is mediocre. For example, AP application processor, Qualcomm can't.

If you want to release the first real smartphone before Apple, Qualcomm cannot get around this hurdle. It is definitely something that must be done to get rid of the dependence on Americans for the autonomous communication baseband.

Luo Sheng planned two paths, one is self-research, and the other is to play with Wah Wei in the future. In any case, there must be a "spare tire plan" to ensure emergency needs.

And Luo Sheng is not willing to let Qualcomm, a stinky rogue, lie on the Cote d'Azur and take away a large amount of profits.

According to Qualcomm's licensing model, if Côte d'Azur adopts Qualcomm's baseband chips, in addition to paying the other party a valuable patent licensing fee, each mobile phone it produces that uses Qualcomm's communication baseband chips also needs to submit to Qualcomm pays an additional fee, and this fee is still a percentage of the total price of the entire phone, not a percentage of the cost of a component.

Qualcomm's licensing model is simple: you have to pay for my chips; you have to pay for the whole machine you use my chips.

This double charging model is simply a hooligan.

"Mr. Harris, what is your company's plan for the licensing fee?" Luo Sheng asked at this time.

"The annual patent licensing fee is 37.4 million US dollars, and the contract is signed for a minimum of three years. In addition, each mobile device with a Qualcomm baseband chip sold by your company must pay a fee, which is charged in proportion to the price of the whole machine. The actual charging rate varies from 2% to 6% according to different manufacturers, and as for your company, we charge 4.5%." Harris said without any hesitation, showing that these have been set before coming. Understand.

Qin Weimu, who was sitting next to him without saying a word, heard such an authorization fee, his pretty eyes blinked again and again, and his clever mouth could not help but open slightly in astonishment.

She glanced at Luo Sheng, but the other party remained silent. She was playing the role of Luo Sheng's assistant at the moment.

Qin Weimu's heart is not calm, no wonder people from Qualcomm are so eager to come here in person, and he is also a global vice president.

Qualcomm does almost nothing,

It's almost as simple as running over to chat with Luo Sheng, nodding, and taking away 300 million yuan of royalties from Azure Coast Company a year, that's fine, every time a mobile phone is sold in the future, you will have to press the whole phone. Percentage pays Qualcomm extra money.

Luo Sheng was not surprised at all. After hearing the other party's offer, he shook his head and said, "Not only did I sign Mr. Harris for three years, but I signed for six years and paid the full amount immediately after signing, but I also have a request that both parties make a contract. Commercial Gambling Agreement."

Qin Weimu suddenly tilted his head and stared at him with wide open eyes, while Luo Sheng looked at Harris calmly at the moment, the latter was also stunned for a while, and couldn't help but curiously said: "What gambling agreement?"

Luo Sheng said unhurriedly: "If the mobile terminal equipment launched by Côte d'Azur is calculated from the date of listing and for a period of one year, the shipment of the equipment within one year will be less than 300,000 units, and each sales volume will be less than 300,000 units. Qualcomm will pay 15% of the total price for one unit, 11% if the annual shipment is 700,000 units, 7.5% if the annual shipment is 1 million units, and 4.5% if the annual shipment is 1 million units. %, and if the annual shipments are above 2 million units, each will be paid at a rate of 0.25%, adding that the shipments I am talking about are global shipments, not a single market.”

Harris: "..."

Except for Luo Sheng's smile, everyone present was stunned when they heard what he said. Harris turned his head and glanced at his assistant, both of them couldn't say a word.

After a while, Luo Sheng saw Harris looking back at him. He smiled and said, "How is it? Mr. Harris, does Qualcomm dare to play."

Harris couldn't help squinting his eyes. He didn't answer immediately, staring at Luo Sheng trying to see some useful information from his eyes.

Commercial gambling is generally a heartbeat.

Luo Sheng's proposal for such a gambling agreement is simply unbelievable, which shows that he has unparalleled confidence in the sales of his products in the future, and the guaranteed annual sales are more than 2 million units.

Harris couldn't think of where his self-confidence came from. It stands to reason that this young Chinese is not stupid, otherwise Bluestar Technology could develop to the point where it is today? So many VCs would be willing to invest money in him?

"Why?"

Harris pondered for a long time, and only asked "why". Obviously, there must be something wrong with the so-called abnormality. Qualcomm people are very cautious, and there is no free lunch in the world.

When Luo Sheng was about to speak, Qin Weimu glared at him and said coquettishly, "Luo Sheng, are you crazy? It's $37.4 million a year, a total of ￥1.85 billion for six years, and it will be liquidated immediately at once? The company has only a total of ￥2.6 billion. The wholly-owned acquisition of Reed Communications spent more than 200 million yuan, acquired land for 50 million yuan, and finally only had less than 500 million yuan left..."

Harris watched this scene silently. Although he didn't understand it, it was still enough to judge that the beautiful lady beside Luo Sheng seemed to be dissatisfied with his decision, and that subconscious expression didn't seem to be acting.

Indeed, Harris actually thinks that the other party is mostly crazy, and only insane would make this kind of irrational gambling agreement.

Luo Sheng took the hand, Qin Weimu was angry but helpless to say no more, and Luo Sheng looked at Harris again and said with a smile: "There are not so many reasons, I just want to play some excitement, otherwise what is called a bet? ?"

Harris said immediately: "What if I refuse?"

Luo Sheng shrugged: "Then do as you said, 4.5% of each unit will be drawn, plus an annual license fee of $37.4 million for three years of signing, but I can't pay this money until three years later. Your company."

Harris pondered for a moment, then got up and said, "Sorry, I'll go to the bathroom and excuse me for a while."

Luo Sheng nodded when he heard the words and said it was okay, most of the time he went to WC was to call Qualcomm headquarters, because this commercial gambling agreement was different from Qualcomm's original licensing plan.

After Harris and his assistants left, Qin Weimu said anxiously to Luo Sheng again: "Do you really have a problem with your brain? In more than three months, you spent 2.1 billion yuan, and the remaining 5 What can 100 million make? Although I don’t understand semiconductors, I also know that this cannot be done by 500 million.”

"You suddenly interjected just now and you did me a favor by accident. It made the people at Qualcomm even more believe that I'm so stupid and crazy." Luo Sheng said with a smile.

Qin Weimu: "..."

Luo Sheng tilted his head and glanced at Qin Weimu, and said with a smile, "Of course ¥500 million can't be done. I didn't mean to invest $1 billion, but about ¥8.27 billion."

"It's up to you. Anyway, it's your company and your money. How do you like it?" Qin Weimu said lightly without turning his head, not wanting to deal with him anymore.

Luo Sheng smiled and said, "Even if you think so, I am even more confident about it, just one word, steady—!"

Qin Weimu rolled his eyes at him.

After a while, Harris came over again, and after sitting down opposite Luo Sheng, he watched, and he said on the spot, "Qualcomm signed the gambling agreement you proposed!"

Just now, Harris discussed the matter with the head of Qualcomm headquarters. Although he did not understand Luo Sheng's incredible business gambling, no matter from that point of view, he would never be able to make it to the end of the year. The shipments have reached more than one million. Do you think it is Motorola, Benmai, and Nokia?

So, the two sides signed the agreement that day. The normal process would have taken at least a week to negotiate and sign the agreement, but Harris couldn't wait, because he was afraid that Luo Sheng would go back on it.

Until he got the signed contract, Harris was beaming with joy, how could he be unhappy that the world is actually giving such a good thing in vain...

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(Ps: What is it like to add more swollen today? Is it necessary to vote for more collections~~~~)