Chapter 47 Weakness is the original sin
Zhang Jian curled his lips when he heard this and said: "Mr. Luo, we Penguin also want the exclusive authorization for facial recognition and song recognition."
Yu Yin hesitated and said: "Mr. Luo, at Baidu, facial recognition can accept multiple authorizations, but listening to music requires exclusive authorization."
"In that case, let me talk about my requirements first! Next, our company will make an app similar to the Apple Store, which mainly serves Android application platforms.
I want some resources to help promote my app."
"Promotion is fine, but I want to know how much Mr. Luo can invest in this app." Zhang Jian asked after thinking for a while.
“In the future, all our company’s games that require money to purchase on the Apple Store will be free on our app.”
Meng Xianbin, Zhang Jian, and Yu Yin were all a little shocked when they heard this. They had investigated Luo Fan's company before coming here. Based on the popularity of 2048 and Fruit Ninja on the Apple Store, they would put it on the Google Store or other Android phones.
You can obviously make a lot of money on the app store.
But Luo Fan is willing to give up this part of his income, just to promote his app. Is this young man so confident in his app? Aren't he afraid of losing his wife and losing his troops?
"The decision made by Mr. Luo is really surprising! Since Mr. Luo is so courageous, I can't be too stingy.
Let’s do this! Mr. Luo, we at Baidu are willing to add your app’s advertisements to the Tieba browsing page for a week, what do you think?” Yu Yin was the first to express his opinion.
"We Penguin are willing to push Mr. Luo's app through a pop-up window when logging in to Penguin for three days, and each user will receive it once a day." Zhang Jian continued.
Meng Xianbin looked a little ugly when he heard this. Some websites and apps owned by Alibaba did not have as much traffic as Penguin Tieba, so he was at a disadvantage in the first round.
In order to make up for this disadvantage, Meng Xianbin said: "Mr. Luo, we at Alibaba are willing to help promote your app on all its websites and apps. In addition, we can also help you build momentum in some media."
After listening to the plans given by the three people, Luo Fan was quite satisfied.
Penguin and Tieba are undoubtedly the two communities with the largest traffic at this stage.
Although the promotion of all Alibaba’s web pages and apps is not as good as it is, with the addition of the media campaign, it is probably about the same.
After all, the Internet is still far less developed than in later generations, and the influence of traditional media is still considerable.
It's a pity that Luo Fan can't choose all three, he can only choose two out of three at most.
Just when Luo Fan was struggling with how to choose, Meng Xianbin's cell phone rang. He glanced down at the phone number and his expression changed slightly. He said sorry to Luo Fan, then turned around and went out to answer the phone.
A few minutes later, Meng Xianbin came back, his expression much calmer than before.
Meng Xianbin smiled and said: "Mr. Luo, I just received a call from above, and we are willing to share the facial recognition patent.
But it’s limited to the three companies present today, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Yu, what do you think?”
Zhang Jian was a little hesitant when he heard this. He wanted to use facial recognition alone. Looking at Meng Xianbin's attitude, he knew that facial recognition must be very important to Ali. If it can be stuck in his hands, it must be very important to Ali.
A major blow.
But before Zhang Jian could give an answer, Yu Yin spoke first: "I agree, and I suggest that the three of us buy the patent license for listening to songs together."
"I have no objection." Meng Xianbin immediately agreed.
2 to 1 Zhang Jian’s opinion doesn’t matter now. If he chooses to refuse, these two people can definitely kick him out.
It's just that Zhang Jian couldn't understand why Meng Xianbin's attitude changed so much? Who was the person who called him just now?
"Mr. Zhang, you haven't expressed your stance yet? What do you think?"
Hearing Yu Yin's words, Zhang Jian greeted the two of them heartily, and then showed a bright smile on his face: "I don't have any objection either."
"Mr. Luo, where are you?"
"I don't care, but the request I made before will not change."
"Yes, but correspondingly, if you want us to help promote your app, the licensing fee will be less." Meng Xianbin said with a smile.
The expression on Luo Fan's face froze. The sudden alliance of three buyers was very detrimental to him as a seller!
But there is nothing Luo Fan can do now. He is one of the Big Three! He is just a small boss of a small company, and the gap is really huge.
At this moment, Luo Fan could only say one sentence silently: Thirty years to the east of Hedong and thirty years to the west of Hexi. Don't bully the young man into poverty!
Of course, Luo Fan is not completely without initiative. After all, he is also the holder of the patent.
Luo Fan abruptly changed the authorization requirement of the three companies from at least 10 years to 5 years.
In exchange, the licensing fees given by the three companies are pitiful. In the past five years, Luo Fan has not been allowed to sell facial recognition patents to other companies. There is no such restriction on listening to songs.
In addition, the three companies also stated that after the patent authorization ends, they have priority over other companies to continue to sign licensing agreements.
In the end, the three companies signed a contract with Luo Fan, sharing the authorization for facial recognition and song recognition for 5 years.
The five-year licensing fee for the two patents is a total of 15 million yuan. Then Penguin needs to push a pop-up window to Mr. Luo's app when logging in to Penguin for three days, and each user will receive it once a day.
Baidu added Luofan app advertisements to the Tieba browsing page for a week.
Alibaba will not help promote Luo Fan's app on all its websites and apps, but will only help Luo Fan build momentum in some traditional media.
After sending the three people away, Luo Fan sighed. This negotiation was not successful in a sense. Although it achieved the purpose of promoting the Xingyuan application platform, it was subject to too many restrictions, and it did not integrate facial recognition and music listening.
Shiqu sells it for the price he wants, which is generally considered a loss.
The final analysis of all this is because he is negotiating with the three Internet giants, and in a sense, he actually has no choice.
Chapter completed!