Chapter 202 Bell Labs

It’s no wonder that Robert Calvin, a seasoned shopping mall veteran, would show his true expression in front of his negotiating partner. It’s really that the Heiyun Group’s procurement is too huge and tempting.

The purchase order from Heiyun Group to Motorola includes 1 million electronic engine control modules per year, as well as 1 million Motorola mc68000 chips and subsequent upgrade products. At the same time, the first batch of mobile phone motherboards and chips will be purchased from Motorola.

Although Heiyun Group is developing rapidly, its development in the field of high-end chips is still very slow. After all, only a few companies with superior technological capabilities in the United States can play well in this area. Now Heiyun can only produce low-end game console chips and memory chips.

Just a brief preliminary count, Heiyun purchases more than 500 million US dollars of Motorola products every year. And this is a long-term plan that can bring more than 100 million US dollars in revenue to Motorola every year. How can you, Robert Calvin, not be tempted.

Bao Zixuan also knows that even if he suffers a little loss now, he will make it back sooner or later. Bijie originally planned to buy these from Motorola, but now he just took them out all at once.

Robert Calvin: "Mr. Bao, do you use so many products? After all, your car has not been produced yet, and your laptop uses Intel chips."

Bao Zixuan: "I have absolute confidence in Heiyun Automobile, and Heiyun is preparing to enter the field of large computers. We will use a lot of chips in the future, and Motorola is a good choice. We want to build the world's largest server portfolio, and Heiyun every year The calculation amount is very large.”

Robert Galvin: "Yes, we exchange mobile phone and base station construction technology and patent licensing for Black Cloud laptops, flash memory card technology and patent licensing. But these orders."

Bao Zixuan: "You can sign the contract immediately, and the first deposit of US$200 million will be remitted to Motorola's account within a week."

Robert Calvin said: "I have long heard that it is very refreshing to work with Mr. Bao, and I have experienced it today. We have a pleasant cooperation." After saying that, he stretched out his hand, and the two people held hands together.

Although Bao Zixuan has now obtained mobile phone patents and technology, there is still a long way to go. In fact, he also gave a tailwind to this patent transaction. Heiyun can be said to be the strongest in the world in terms of lithium battery technology, but it has not yet launched it. I believe Motorola will look for him in the future.

At present, we need to find a big shot who can play a leading role in the mobile phone project. Martin Cooper was originally a good candidate, but poaching Motorola just after signing the contract feels a bit unkind.

After thinking for a while, Bao Zixuan already had a candidate in mind. He is going to New Jersey, to one of the most important scientific research institutions in the world - Bell Labs.

Bell Laboratories in the United States is responsible for many major inventions such as transistors, lasers, solar cells, light-emitting diodes, digital switches, communication satellites, electronic digital computers, cellular mobile communication equipment, long-distance television transmission, simulated language, sound movies, stereo recording, and communication networks. ’s birthplace. Since 1925, Bell Labs has been granted more than 25,000 patents, and now averages more than three patents per working day. Bell Labs' mission is to create, produce and deliver to customers innovative technologies that enable Lucent Technologies to be a global leader in communications systems, products, components and network software. He won a total of 8 Nobel Prizes (7 in physics and 1 in chemistry).

Bao Zixuan has long admired this laboratory, which has an important position in the world, and has been here once in his previous life. I came here as a student to listen to lectures, and I came here today just to recruit people.

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on the streets of Manhattan, holding a newly developed cordless phone. Under the curious gaze of everyone around him, he pressed a series of phone numbers.

To the surprise of those around him, the call went through. A man's voice came: "This is Yul Engel."

With an almost trembling voice, Cooper said excitedly: "Yul, I'm talking to you on a real mobile phone, a real cell phone!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

The person who answered the phone was none other than Cooper's long-time rival, Yul Engel, a scientist at Bell Labs.

This is a landmark event that marks the beginning of mobile communications challenging wired communications. It also made Yoel Engel a laughing stock.

Maybe Martin Cooper was just a joke, but it brought great changes to Yule Engel's life and work. This talented scientist who previously worked at Bell Labs was gradually marginalized. In the field of science and technology, the public will only remember him as the first person. One person, besides family members, who else will pay attention to him!

Through Larry Brown's connections, Bao Zixuan quickly met Yule Engel, and now he is no longer as high-spirited as before. He became an ordinary R&D staff member hanging around at Bell Labs. But Bao Zixuan knew that there was absolutely no problem with his ability and level.

Yoel Engel did not expect that the person who was looking for him was the boss of the most popular company in the world. He was also a little curious about what this young man who had caused a huge sensation in the world wanted to do with him.

Bao Zixuan: "Hello! Mr. Engel, I am Heiyun Bao Zixuan. I have come to see you for one purpose. I hope you can join my company and become the general person in charge of mobile phone research and development."

Yoel Engel: "Young man, you seem to have found the wrong person. Now that the mobile phone technology patent is in the hands of Motorola, you should go to Martin Cooper."

Bao Zixuan: "Heiyun has purchased the relevant technology patents and authorizations from Motorola. I am looking for you just to hope that you can join in to improve it. After all, the mobile phone has not yet met the commercial requirements."

Yule Engel was shocked when he heard this. He knew very well how seriously Motorola attached importance to the mobile phone project. Now it is possible to sell technology and patent licenses to Heiyun. How much does it cost to accomplish this?

Yule-Engel: "I don't like to study other people's patents. I like to develop new products myself. So I'm sorry that I can't agree to your request."

Bao Zixuan: "Mr. Engel, I know your strength. I also know your talent. The reason why you did not develop a mobile phone first is because Bell Labs did not support you enough. It is not that your strength and ability are inferior. At least it is not better than Martin - Cooper bad."

After hearing this, Yule Engel felt much better, but he still didn't know whether the other party really thought so or was complimenting him.

Yoel Engel: "Didn't you compliment me? Why do I feel so fake!"

Bao Zixuan: "If you don't even believe in your own strength, then my invitation to you is really in vain. In my heart, Jule Engel's talent should be written into primary school textbooks, so that all children know that he is a Great inventor. But I can’t see that now.”

This sentence touched Jule Engel very much. Isn’t this the dream of every scientific researcher? It doesn't matter if it is written into university textbooks, as long as it is a theoretical study, but there are not many scientists who can write it into primary school textbooks.

Yoel Engel: "What kind of rights and treatment can I get when I go to Heiyun?"

Bao Zixuan: "The annual salary is US$1 million, and there is a 3% profit commission on R&D results. There will also be option rewards in the future, and the R&D funds will be no less than US$20 million per year. At the same time, Heiyun Group will establish an Engel Laboratory."

This is an offer that no one can refuse. I don’t believe that this old guy won’t be tempted. He also has a family, a wife and children.

Yoel Engel: "I still have some assistants who have been with me for a long time. Now they are not in any important position. I want to discuss it with them."

Bao Zixuan: "No problem, your assistants can come to Heiyun. Heiyun can give them double their current salary. And they will still work under you. If they want to go to other positions, the conditions remain unchanged; I strongly believe that you always look at people." vision."

Bao Zixuan had gone all out to invite this technical master, even if it cost a lot of money to get him to follow him back to Boston.