In the private room of Green Lake Hotel, technical expert Bill felt that the voice was wrong. When he looked up, it was Shi Lei asking him. Bill was not a fool, and he immediately knew that he had exposed the company's needs.
Captain George Blake smiled boldly and said: "Mr. Shi, you are so smart!"
Shi Lei scratched his head and pretended to be innocent: "Really? I was just asking casually!"
If you were just asking casually, why would you use misleading language like 'our company'?
"Captain Black, I am relieved that the smile detection program is helpful to your Kodak company!" Shi Lei made his attitude clear, "I am from the Xia Kingdom, and I hate the camera company of the Wosang Kingdom!"
George's eyes lit up slightly. It's not surprising that Xia and Wosang hate each other!
"Mr. Shi, our Kodak company also competes with the Wasang camera company. If your smile detection program can be sold to us, Kodak, then we will definitely launch a new round of attack on the Wasang camera company! No.
Do you know whether Mr. Shi agrees to sell the ownership of the smile detection program to us, Kodak?"
Shi Lei nodded without hesitation, "I'm willing to sell it to you! But, how much will you pay?" At this moment, Shi Lei behaved like a fool, talking only about money, not about software patent licensing, nor about using software patents.
cooperate.
George was even more happy because Kodak was afraid that Shi Lei would threaten him with patent rights!
Shi Lei wants money, that's easy!
"Mr. Shi, how much do you plan to sell it for?" Captain George asked quickly.
Shi Lei chuckled, pointed at Mu Shuang and said, "Mr. Black, if you have any questions about the price, you can ask Ms. Mu Shuang. She is our plenipotentiary representative."
Mu Shuang breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Shi Lei would reveal her bottom line in a hurry. When Shi Lei introduced herself again, Mu Shuang also said in English: "Hello, Mr. Black, I am Mu Shuang!"
Captain George secretly regretted not asking Shi Lei about the price. After adjusting his mentality, he politely said to Mu Shuang: "Hello, Ms. Mu!"
In the box, Shi Lei was holding a Nokia mobile phone and was having a great time playing Snake with Ling Yumo. Technical expert Bill and his assistant David were still testing the smile detection program.
Mu Shuang was negotiating nervously with George Black and Mike.
"Mr. Black, I think you should understand the effect of the smile detection program! We can sell the ownership to you in one go without any profit stratification." Mu Shuang said with confidence.
George Black's face was a little ugly. Judging from Mu Shuang's appearance, he thought Mu Shuang was just a rookie. However, Mu Shuang's rich experience in business negotiations made George Black feel slightly frightened.
"Ms. Mu, we understand the effect of smile detection, and we are very excited about you selling all the ownership of the smile software to us. However, the asking price of 10 million US dollars is too high!"
Ten million dollars!!!
Shi Lei's body trembled slightly. Even though he was the world's top hacker in his previous life, Shi Lei did not have that much wealth. The profession of hacker is boring and coquettish, and it can make all the difference in the online world. But in the real world, generally speaking, it is still
Although an ordinary person can use hacking technology to make a small fortune, if he uses hacking technology to make huge profits, he will usually be wanted by the state. That is definitely not fun!
'Mu Shuang, this girl, really dares to speak! I only planned to ask for half a million US dollars, but she actually doubled it twenty times! Sure enough, this is what professionals are for!'
Mu Shuang smiled calmly and said: "Ten million dollars is not expensive to develop a brand-new technology! Moreover, this technology is fully mature and can be applied to your Kodak cameras immediately. Through this technology,
How much will your sales of Kodak cameras increase?"
George Black was silent. Mu Shuang was right. If they had smile detection technology, their Kodak camera sales would definitely increase a lot!
However, 10 million US dollars exceeds Kodak's bottom line!
The two sides were engaged in a tug-of-war, negotiating from 10 million U.S. dollars to 6 million U.S. dollars, and were still negotiating fiercely. Shi Lei left it to Mu Shuang carelessly, while he and Ling Yumo played on their mobile phones and had a great time.
!
Technical expert Bill suddenly asked Shi Lei: "Mr. Shi, does the smile detection program have high hardware requirements?"
Digital cameras are different from personal computers, and the lens of a camera is also different from a video camera. Although smile detection has achieved very good results on a personal computer using a video camera. But how much can be achieved by actually transplanting the system into a Kodak digital camera?
What's the effect?
The size of the smile detection program is only over 300 Kb, and the requirements for the processor and other hardware are very low. Because the software itself is the internal application system of the digital camera!
"Bill, don't worry. I've checked the hardware of your Kodak camera and it can run the smile detection program smoothly!"
Hearing Shi Lei's answer, Bill felt slightly relieved and continued to test the smile detection program.
After eight o'clock in the evening, George's phone suddenly vibrated. He apologized to Mu Shuang: "Ms. Mu, please forgive me. I'll answer the phone first."
George took the phone, quickly walked out of the private room, and answered the phone outside.
"Hello, this is Kodak Company, George Black, executive director." George answered the phone and introduced himself.
The call came from Kodak Corporation in Lijian Country, "George, suspend negotiations with the author of the smile detection program. We have just received news that Sony has applied for a patent for the smile detection program. And the patent is about to be approved!"
George's face changed drastically, "What? Chairman, did Xia Guo, the author of the smile detection program, steal Sony's achievements?"
The chairman of Kodak Company did not draw an arbitrary conclusion, "The specific situation is not clear for the time being. You should stop negotiating with the other party first. However, you stay in Xia Kingdom and maintain contact with the other party. Our intelligence department is investigating.
Details."
"Understood, Chairman!" George Black said with a trace of helplessness in his tone.
After hanging up the phone, Captain George returned to the box and when he negotiated with Mu Shuang again, he immediately became extremely tough.
"Ms. Mu, we cannot accept such conditions. It is already very late today. Our negotiations are suspended. Let's wait until the next appointment to continue!"
Mu Shuang looked at George strangely, wondering why his attitude suddenly became so tough after answering the phone.
While Shi Lei was playing with his cell phone, he was actually paying attention to the negotiations. When he saw George answering the phone with a tough attitude, he vaguely guessed the reason. It should be that the patent applied by Sony was about to be approved, right?
Mu Shuang looked at Shi Lei, and Shi Lei said: "Captain George, in this case, we won't disturb you!"
Technical expert Bill said: "Mr. Shi, can you keep the smile detection program? I want to continue to study it!"
To be honest, his condition is very rude!
Because no one knows if the smile detection program is left to them, whether they will decompile it or do reverse engineering research! However, Shi Lei doesn't care at all. The smile detection program has been encrypted by the behavioral dynamic capture program.
It's not easy to crack it!
"Bill, if you want to study it, then do it! However, this version of the smile detection program is just a beta version. It will be automatically deleted after three days. Also, a friendly reminder, do not try to decompile it. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences.
Yo!"
After finishing speaking, Shi Lei took Ling Yumo and Mu Shuang and left without any delay.
After Shi Lei and the others left, Bill asked: "George, what just happened?"
"Bill, the chairman of the company just called and said that Sony has applied for a patent for smile detection and it will be approved soon!" George Black said with an unhappy look on his face.
George's assistant, Mike, frowned and said, "Boss, are you saying that the Xia guy stole Sony's achievements and then planned to deceive us?"
Bill snorted coldly, "Sony? Their smile detection? That's bullshit!"
George was puzzled: "Bill, do you know Sony's smile detection program?"
"Of course I know! I had a college classmate who is now a senior researcher in Sony's digital camera business. We were emailing last week. Sony's smile detection program is a piece of shit.
!" Bill disparaged Sony's smile detection program.
However, Bill is right! Shi Lei's smile detection program was a smile detection program from 2012. At that time, the smile detection program had been updated several times, with faster capture, more accurate recognition, and clearer imaging!
George quickly asked Bill for details, and then reported it to the senior leaders of Kodak Company.
Shi Lei and the other three took a taxi and returned to Shuangqing University. After walking into the school gate, Mu Shuang couldn't help but be curious and asked: "Shi Lei, was it really you who wrote that smile detection program? How did the representative of Kodak come to this?
Is there such a big difference in attitude?"
"Mu Shuang, the smile detection program was indeed written by me. However, it is not unique! I own the patent rights of Xia Guo, and Sony owns the global patent rights except Xia Guo. Kodak's change of attitude
, they should know that Li Jianguo's patent rights are in the hands of Sony! However, the smile detection program in my hand is much more advanced than Sony's, and Kodak should know how to choose!" Shi Lei explained.
Mu Shuang thought for a while and asked again: "Shi Lei, what else have you not told me? Tell me all at once! This will have a great impact on the negotiation! No wonder, your bottom line is only half a million US dollars.
You are not stupid either!"
Shi Lei chuckled, "Don't worry, even if Kodak doesn't want it, someone else will!"
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