Tuesday, May 21st.

Maili Group issued an announcement stating that in order to promote the development of domestic mobile phones, it is willing to license its self-developed fingerprint unlocking technology to four domestic mobile phone manufacturers for a fee.

As soon as the news came out, it quickly detonated the Internet.

"I'm just going to take a look, Mo Ya has made another big move."

"Is Maili Group trying to abolish its martial arts skills? Fingerprint unlocking is one of the biggest selling points of Maili mobile phones. Isn't it afraid of reducing its own competitiveness by licensing it to friends?"

"How can you be sure that Maili Mobile Phone has no new unique secrets?"

"This is true. Judging from the R&D expenditure disclosed by Maili Group, Maili X2 is still worth looking forward to."

"Even so, Mai Li's move is quite unexpected."

"Didn't I say that I want to promote the development of domestic mobile phones? I guess I can't see that Sanxing and others are making bad money in the Chinese market, so I want to support their peers."

“Cute king is awesome!!!”

"What I'm more curious about now is which four manufacturers can obtain the technology authorization from Maili Group."

"I dare not think: Is it possible that I can be a part of it? (Dog Head)"

"Reminiscent of the fact that Sanxing previously licensed technologies that were unimaginable, this is really intriguing."

"I can only imagine how fiercely many domestic mobile phone manufacturers will fight for these four spots in the future. It is estimated that people's heads will be beaten into dog's heads."

"necessary."

"The facts are clear. Whoever can obtain the technical authorization for fingerprint unlocking will be able to secure the second position in domestic mobile phones. One step ahead and one step ahead."

"Then a certain company will probably cry..."

In fact, while netizens are enjoying themselves, various mobile phone manufacturers are already taking action.

If you have a relationship, rely on it; if it doesn't matter, look for it.

The first thing to do is to confirm the truth of the news with Maili Group, and at the same time inquire about the specific technical authorization details. What kind of compensation is the so-called compensation?

Maili Group was also very enthusiastic, received inquiries from all parties, and immediately announced a more detailed plan.

To put it simply -

Fingerprint unlocking technology authorization is based on sales volume. Manufacturers that obtain technology authorization need to pay a patent royalty of one yuan for every smartphone that comes with fingerprint unlocking sold.

Strictly speaking, it's not cheap.

Taking Xiaomi as an example, the original sales volume in 2013 was around 18 million units, which seemed acceptable. It started to soar in the next few years, and in 2018, the annual sales volume officially exceeded 100 million units.

Added up cumulatively, the patent fees are still very considerable.

But is it worth it? Absolutely!

As netizens speculate, when fingerprint unlocking technology is still a "rare commodity", whoever's product can be the first to come with its own fingerprint unlocking will lead a new sales wave.

Compared with the growth in sales revenue, this patent licensing fee is nothing.

Secondly, as mentioned before, fingerprint unlocking technology will not be popular for a few years, and is expected to be replaced by the new "under-screen fingerprint unlocking technology" soon.

Maili Group cannot always collect patent fees.

Still very conscientious.

In Gu Mingzhang's words, "Maili Group has barely recovered its R&D expenditure."

So arrogant!

………

The next day.

Zhang Shuo is processing documents in the office.

In addition to the Maili Group that stole the show yesterday, Xiami Music, a subsidiary of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, also made breakthrough progress in copyright negotiations with Jewel, and officially signed a copyright licensing contract.

Xiami Music won the non-exclusive music rights of Jewel for the next five years at a price of 42 million.

It’s true that it’s not cheap either.

You know, around 15 years ago, in order to obtain the copyright authorization of Jielun Music from Tenda Music Group, Wangyi Music only had to pay less than 9 million in licensing fees every year.

And this year is only 13 years.

Xiami Music would like to take advantage of it and obtain a longer license, but five years is already the upper limit that Jewel can allow. If it is longer, they will be unwilling to sign it.

But it doesn't matter.

Five years later, the authorities will have already taken action to rectify the problem of copyright monopoly.

The most important thing is that Xiami Music does not have the same ambitions as Tengda. It has never thought of achieving the goal of unifying the world through copyright monopoly. It only serves the games of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment.

Most, most.

That is to say, we need to take extra care of our emotional fans.

It’s not like I was forced into a corner by Tengda, Wangyi and the like because of copyright issues.

Especially not to be manipulated by Tenda.

Because of Tenda's sudden intervention, Xiami Music must have paid a high premium for this transaction. This is not only reflected in the copyright fee itself, but also in some off-market factors.

For example, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment hired Jie Lun as the spokesperson for Dota 2.

Another example is that Maili Group invited Jie Lun to be the spokesperson for Maili Mobile Phone in Asia.

It’s all money!

Fortunately, a win-win situation was achieved in the end, and it’s hard to say who really suffered.

After all, from Bud's perspective, even if he doesn't sign Jerome, he still has to sign other celebrities for endorsement.

At least in the original time and space.

In that era when celebrities were often exposed to thunder, Jie Lun was considered one of the more high-quality stars.

The only thing I felt depressed about during this process was probably that I had a lot of cash but still lost to Tenda Music Group of Xiami Music at the last minute.

The first battle after financing ended with regret.

Fortunately, Tenda's business strategy has always been very flexible. After it had no hope of obtaining exclusive copyrights, it quickly signed a five-year non-exclusive licensing contract with Jewel.

It is said that the price is even higher.

After all, Tenda can't offer many endorsement contracts that would make Jaylen's heart flutter.

Currently busy.

Secretary Dai Yutong knocked on the door and came in, "Chairman, Mr. Lei wants to visit you. He is already downstairs."

"Okay, got it."

Zhang Shuo did not expect that Rebus would be so brave and go straight to the Germination Headquarters.

Get up and come to the door to greet you.

"Mr. Zhang, long time no see!"

As soon as Rebus stepped out of the elevator, he saw Zhang Shuo waiting at the door. He felt very happy. It was obvious that Zhang Shuo didn't show off, which made him very happy.

"haven't seen you for a long time!"

Zhang Shuo smiled, shook hands with Rebus, and invited him to sit on the sofa in the office.

It was as if Rebus was not treated as an outsider.

This made Rebus even more happy and said with a smile: "When we last met, Mo Ya was still working in Lubei. Now he has a separate industrial park. I am really envious."

This is the truth.

I walked all the way just now and saw that Nuoda's Germinal Industrial Park is already quite large. Rebus was so envious that he was drooling with envy. Unfortunately, Xiaomi still doesn't have an independent office building.

It's really incomparable.

"It's nothing. I believe that in a few years, Xiaomi will be able to have her own park."

Zhang Shuo's words were a bit of a compliment.

In fact, it will take a long time for Xiaomi to have her own park.

"Then I will accept your good advice."

Rebus felt even happier, and then got to the point: "Mr. Zhang, I'm a straightforward person, so I won't beat around the bush. Needless to say, you already know the purpose of coming here, right? How about I give you an accurate message?"

?"

As he spoke, he stared at Zhang Shuo with his eyes blinking.

Zhang Shuo shuddered, "Don't worry, among the four families, there must be a place for Xiaomi."

"Okay, so refreshing!!!"

Rebus was overjoyed. He really didn't expect that things would go so smoothly.

Although I was already 70-80% sure before coming here, after all, Xiaomi can be considered one of Bu Ya's partners, and he and Zhang Shuo have somewhat of a small friendship.
To be continued...