Chapter 142 Handshake and reconciliation

"How many?"

When Shirakawa Kaede immediately felt energetic when he heard the words "Special Gold".

"1 million US dollars." Because it is about overseas copyright, Oga Nobuo also directly offered the price in US dollars.

"10 million US dollars" Shirakawa Maple Lion spoke up.

Hearing Shirakawa Kaede’s offer, Oga Nobuo was almost choked. Are you serious, kid?

Oga Nobuo shook his head helplessly, "4 million US dollars, Shirakawa Sang, Sony, please respect this sincerity."

"Ogasan..." Yukizo, who was sitting next to him, wanted to stop him. The price was almost up to his bid to acquire Shirakawa Electric.

"Trade!" However, before the other party could finish his words, Shirakawa Kaede made the decision to agree.

With such a refreshing answer, not only Oga Nobuo, but also Osenone Yukiza, who wanted to stop him, was stunned for a moment.

"As soon as Ogasang said, Shirakawa Electric will release the authorization of the Walkman overseas market."

They were happy not because the president treated her to her, but because they were all over the pressure. There was a good result. Everyone urgently needed an excuse to vent.

In addition to the fact that the two giant companies are truly forcing each other to jointly deal with JVC, another reason that cannot be ignored is that Panasonic and JVC are also on the united front.

However, if this is the case, Sony will not work with Philips to jointly develop CD technology.

"It's not a bad thing to have such an outcome, as for us, it's just a slight effort.

Walkman is likely to be more popular abroad than we imagined, and the board of directors values ​​overseas markets very much.”

It was from then on that time that Shirakawa Kaede was thinking about it.

Shirakawa Electric's earbuds have been registered for patents for appearance and structure, and the principles of the earphones are the same, which cannot be patented.

Sony, Philips VS Panasonic, JVC, think about it and know how fierce the competition is.

"A word is determined" he smiled and stretched out his hand.

Both of them are not stingy, which makes him feel that heroes appreciate each other.

CD, another blue ocean is waiting for him.

I will manage your company well in the future, and I hope to visit Shirakawa Electric again one day in the future. It is not in the Oita District, but in such a building.”

But, the authorization fee can be ignored for now, but it is definitely not free.

Sony is not at all guilty of market reputation alone.

"Ohasan, isn't this..."

…

"Shirakawa Electric can authorize the patent for earphones, and let each other's teams contact each other's teams in the future."

Who said Sony is overbearing? It’s obviously the big brother who is righteous.

Looking at their cheerful appearance, Shirakawa Kaede also smiled happily.

Although the future of the CD market has not been proven and Sony does not know how it will perform, but Shirakawa Kaede knows it.

Shirakawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that Sony wanted the patent license for earphones.

If we only talk about overseas market authorization, Shirakawa Kaede's initial psychological price is about 10 million US dollars.

Therefore, he stopped when he was about to get better, and Shirakawa Kaede did not intend to make money by cheating others.

In fact, in his opinion, a free authorization of a CD technology patent is worth it, which is the market size that will be comparable to Walkman in the future.

Sony, as he thought, did not ignore the patents in Shirakawa Electric.

Not only Sony, but any company will come to Shirakawa Electric to discuss authorization in the future, Shirakawa Kaede will still agree without hesitation.

No matter how you calculate this transaction, it is cost-effective. As for spending another hundreds of millions of yen to acquire Shirakawa Electric's assets.

Therefore, the two sides tacitly limited the problem to the negotiating table, and even the subsequent off-trade moves were not in a position to pursue the death.

In addition to Shirakawa Electric Appliances, Sony also sent invitations to Pioneer, Tianlong and others.

Compared to the vast overseas market, $4 million is nothing.

We should look at it for a long time, and everyone's interests are related, so we will naturally be able to do business in the future.

The dispute over walkman authorization between Shirakawa Electric and Sony has come to an end from now on.

Oga Nobuo knew what he wanted to say, "Osen Son, although Sony paid some price, it was worth it.

As for the benefits of registration? You see, isn’t that coming?

If Sony is forced into a hurry, it is very likely that he will try his best to avoid it and then argue with you.

"Go back" Shirakawa Kaede waved his hand, his tone unspeakable relaxation.

In a few years, those idol stars often sell millions of records, which is the best proof.

After all, it is a very unwise choice to get into evil with a large company, especially when Shirakawa Electric is still weak.

However, because Sony has also relaxed local patent restrictions, it also gave away free CD technology licenses.

Shirakawa Kaede readily agreed to the patent for earphones because he knew that this patent was not difficult.

But the appearance structure is good. Not only that, Shirakawa Kaede also registered all kinds of earphones in the ear, back neck, etc. in later generations.

Although there was anxiety, pressure and torture during the process, fortunately the final result was not bad, and it was even a little beyond expectations.

So since it's great value for money, what else can I hesitate about? $4 million is a big deal in his opinion, so don't worry too much.

"Otasen Son, our Sony is not without competitors. It is not just CD that participates in the battle for the next generation of audio formats."

There is no need to worry too much about some immediate benefits.

"It will definitely happen." Shirakawa Kaede nodded solemnly, and he had no doubt about this.

When Oga Nobuo suddenly laughed when he saw Shirakawa Kaede doing this, this social way reminded him of the time he was studying abroad.

Since the negotiations have ended, Shirakawa Kaede plans to say goodbye and leave, but Oga Nobuo stopped him.

Looking at the other party's departure back, Yukizo Osawa couldn't help but turn his head to look at Oga Nobuo.

"Shankawa Sakashi, the earbud earphones of Takashi are very thoughtful. Sony really wants to cooperate with Shirakawa Electric in this field, but I don't know..."

"Shankawa Sang is really happy. Since that's the case, then that's how it happens."

In this way, there will be US$4 million + local patents + CD technology authorization, and such a gift package will be exchanged with the authorization of the Walkman overseas market.

There is no need, it is better to lose money than to block it. You can collect patent fees while lying down, why did Shirakawa Kaede refuse?

After a little test, you may have weighed each other's weight and it will not be solved in a short time. Then returning to the negotiating table is a natural choice.

After more than a month, the chaotic patent disputes finally came to an end.

Sony is not a fool, and it will not be like this when the price is too high. Everyone will sit together and have a good talk.

Shirakawa Electric has saved the fate of being acquired and solved his worries. Compared with a behemoth like Sony, in their opinion, it is victory.

After coming out of the Sony Building, Shirakawa Kaede turned around and looked back, and it was finally over.

"Sir, please walk slowly."

"Teacher Muto, this period of time has caused you trouble." The stone in his heart fell to the ground, and the first person Shirakawa Kaede thanked was the Meiji University foreign aid team.

Besides, the 4 million US dollars is only 1 billion yen, which is much smaller than the previous budget for acquiring Shirakawa Electric, but it also solves the patent problem.

To be honest, Sony really doesn't like it. After all, the reason why he wanted to acquire Shirakawa Electric at the beginning was for its Walkman patent.

"Okay, then see you later."

"The authorization of CD technology..." Yukizo Osawa didn't understand why Nobuo Oga valued CD technology so much, but easily authorized it to Shirakawa Electric.

To be honest, Shirakawa Kaede didn't want to break up with Sony unless it was absolutely necessary.

He was already very satisfied with the fact that he had obtained the authorization of another mainstream audio format in the future.

Shirakawa Kaede roughly calculated that this deal would definitely not be a loss.

At this point, there are more than a dozen Japanese companies participating in the next generation of record standard specifications competition in the local area alone.

After the matter was settled, Shirakawa Kaede also said goodbye and left.

Later generations may only know that CDs were popular for a long time before the millennium, but they did not know that CDs had experienced fierce competition at the beginning of their research and development.

Muto Kiyoshi glanced at the towering Sony Building beside him, his eyes full of encouragement.

Just recently, foreign companies have taken the initiative to contact Sony and want to represent them in Walkman's channel for sale.

"Oh~" Everyone who was relaxed cheered happily.

As for why Shirakawa Kaede was not a little bit nasty, he insisted on asking for a price all over the place.

"Okay," everyone replied loudly, and everyone was smiling happily.

Therefore, to authorize Shirakawa Electric’s CD technology is simply to give a younger brother a boost to the CD alliance.

Now JVC engineers are developing AHD discs. Judging from the information Oga Nobuo knows, the information density of AHD discs is already higher than that of CDs.
To be continued...