No one wants Marvel's film and television copyright.
Relying solely on publishing comic books and taking advertisements to make money, and occasionally losing money on producing animations, it is natural that the price cannot be raised.
DC Comics has Superman and Batman to support it, and is currently doing much better than Marvel. Batman has a movie out, the Superman animation is quite popular, and a movie is also in the works.
As businessmen, their ideas are naturally different and they pay more attention to the company's performance.
Mr. Russell used this to estimate the company's value, which was approximately between 7 million and 9 million US dollars.
If Han Chudong hadn't had so little capital at hand and hadn't started his business long before accumulating a large fortune, he really wanted to take it over immediately.
But the situation is like this. It will be difficult for it to turn around in at least ten years, so there is no need to rush.
Possessing memories of the future, Han Chudong can always see business opportunities that others cannot see for the time being. It is no exaggeration to say that he sees gold everywhere.
People often worry about the lack of investment opportunities, but their only worry is that they have too little money to invest.
My appetite has been growing recently.
Even if he made tens of millions in a short period of time, he still had no intention of being satisfied.
Han Chudong felt that he could reach a much higher level than he was now, so why should he be self-satisfied? Who doesn't want to stand at the top of the social pyramid and experience the wonderful feeling of looking down on all the other mountains?
On the way back to the company, Kyoko Mochizuki heard him muttering about making money, and she felt almost desperate deep down.
On average, someone who can earn tens of thousands of dollars a day is still so serious and motivated that he simply doesn't leave any room for others to survive.
She could earn about thirty US dollars a day, which was already very good for her. What else could she say except feeling aggrieved when she heard this?
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It was just after two in the afternoon when we returned to the city from Burbank.
I called the people from Duracell back first, and was surprised to learn that they were only willing to pay US$1.8 million for my patent.
One million eight hundred thousand U.S. dollars.
The price was several million US dollars lower than Han Chudong's desired price. They were simply bullying him as if he were a young man who had never seen the world.
He immediately lost his temper and replied while holding the receiver: "Are you kidding me? This amount of money is not even as much as the R&D funds I invested. I really can't continue the discussion. Goodbye!"
He hung up as soon as he finished speaking.
The other party has no sincerity, so there is no need to waste time.
In fact, Han Chudong had no intention of selling the patent unless the bid was far beyond his expectations. And with Duracell's offer, not to mention far beyond his expectations, he wouldn't even look at it.
I happened to have some research in lithium battery technology, and was thinking of setting up a laboratory in the future to try to develop lithium batteries. Even if I couldn't produce a finished product, I would get some key technology patents to strangle others.
Let’s not talk about this aspect for now.
The market size of dry cell batteries is not small. Since they are confident that they can seize part of the market with their product advantages, they would not sell them at a low price even if their heads were hit by the door.
I was very angry about this news.
After a few minutes, he smoked a cigar to calm down, then took out his business card and called Nolan Bushnell. This time he got good news. The other party agreed to separate the home game console R&D department and work with Han Chudong on R&D.
He said he would take some time to discuss the details recently and distribute the equity of the new company according to the amount of investment...
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Duracell is a battery manufacturer with a long history. It is also involved in some derivative products and has invested in some subsidiaries with its spare money, which are of considerable scale.
It was similar to what Han Chudong had guessed.
A shareholder of the company learned from Simon Lavrov of Bank of America that Lavrov was preparing to mass-produce a new type of alkaline dry battery and had found new technology to reduce power consumption.
So I suggested that professional managers investigate and follow up to see if there is any way to get it done.
Shareholders have some power, but as a listed company, it is not one person who has the final say.
After Duracell sent someone to investigate, they discovered that there were indeed several new patents being applied for, and they felt that the company was of some use, so they called and proposed a purchase.
The product director took it more seriously, but the new executive was only thinking about saving money and making sure this year's financial report was done well. He did not take the so-called energy-saving technology seriously at all and only agreed to quote such a low price.
One million eight hundred thousand U.S. dollars is not a small amount of money in the eyes of some small company owners. It is enough to buy a nice house in Beverly Hills and a few luxury cars.
Not long after.
The CEO of Duracell Company learned from his secretary that Han Chudong had refused, but he still didn't take it seriously and acted as if nothing had happened.
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As an industry giant, he looks down on a small startup company. Anyway, he has already explained it to that shareholder.
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During the next week, Han Chudong rarely stayed in the company.
He once again went to Silicon Valley in person and founded a new company with Nolan Bushnell, named "Aurora Games".
Han Chudong invested US$990,000 and Nolan invested US$1 million on behalf of Atari, with equity ratios of 49% and 51% respectively. The initiative was held by Atari.
Judging from the investment amount of up to two million US dollars, both parties are determined to develop this new technology, but it is hard to say whether it will succeed in the end.
Nolan and another company shareholder wanted to save money and reduce the costs invested during research and development.
Han Chudong has one less competitor.
He was worried in advance that he would invest his money, but in the end it was Atari that developed the key technology first and applied for a patent. Now that the two parties are cooperating, this worry has disappeared.
To be honest, he still has little money, so he needs to be cautious when investing. If there were an extra 20 or 30 million US dollars in the account, given Han Chudong's personality, he would probably want to keep it all to himself and take a gamble to see the result.
However, since we are eyeing this piece of cake but don’t have the confidence to take a big gamble, cooperation becomes the best option, which greatly increases the chances of success.
Using the knowledge he had learned to help come up with ideas and recruiting several truly capable electrical engineers, Han Chudong stayed in Silicon Valley for a few more days and only let go after the research and development direction was determined.
Han Yigun introduced a friend to work as a driver for his son. His name was Wu Hai.
Speaking of which, Wu Hai was a colleague of Han's father before. He was bullied by Li Huangmao's father and chose to resign on his own initiative.
He is in his early thirties, looks honest, and is a good driver. He has just had a son and his expenses have skyrocketed, so he is in urgent need of money.
Han Chudong believed in Han Yiqiang's judgment, and even more believed that since he did not get along with Li Sir who was already in jail, he was most likely a good person.
They offered a weekly salary of $180, with a six-day work week, and hired them temporarily to see their performance, and then arranged insurance and benefits.
I didn't bring Kyoko Mochizuki with me this time when I came to Silicon Valley. I asked her to stay in the company and keep an eye on the employees and not let them slack off. She should also be responsible for communicating information and handling business over the phone.
Wu Hai, who works as a driver and bodyguard, has been staying in Silicon Valley doing nothing these days.
I received a mission today and drove to San Francisco alone to bring some things back for Han Chudong...