HK068 Negotiation Suspended

  In the Emerald Lake Hotel suite, technical expert Bill vaguely felt that something was off about the sound. He looked up to find Shi Ke asking him a question. Bill wasn't stupid and immediately realized he had exposed the company's needs.

  "Colonel George Black laughed heartily and said: 'Mr. Shi, you are indeed clever!'"

  "Really? I was just casually asking!"

  If it's just a casual inquiry, why would they use misleading language like "our company"?

  "Colonel Blake, the smile detection program is helpful to your Kodak company, so I'm relieved!" Shi Lei made his attitude clear, "I am a Xia Guo person, and I especially dislike the camera companies of Wo Sang Guo!"

  George's eyes lit up slightly, it was no surprise that Xia Guo and Wo Sang Guo disliked each other!

  "Mr. Shi, we are Kodak Company, and our competitor is also the camera company of Japan. If your smile detection program can be sold to us, Kodak, we will definitely launch a new attack on the Japanese camera company! I wonder if Mr. Shi agrees to sell the ownership of the smile detection program to us, Kodak?"

  Shi Ke nodded without hesitation, "I'm willing to sell it to you! But how much are you going to pay?" At this moment, Shi Ke acted like a complete idiot, only talking about money and not mentioning software patent licensing or cooperation.

  George was even more delighted, Kodak Company feared Shi Lei would blackmail them with patent rights!

  Shi Ke wants money, that's easy!

  "Mr. Shi, how much are you planning to sell?" Colonel George hastily asked back.

  Shi Ke smiled and pointed to Mu Shuang: "Mr. Black, if you have any questions about the price, you can ask Ms. Mu Shuang, she is my plenipotentiary representative."

  Mu Shuang let out a breath of relief, she had just been afraid that Shi Lei would accidentally reveal her bottom line. Hearing Shi Lei introduce himself again, Mu Shuang also said in English: "Mr. Blake, nice to meet you, I'm Mu Shuang!"

  Captain George felt a pang of regret in his heart, not having asked Shi Ke about the price. After adjusting his mood, he politely said to Mu Shuang: "Ms. Mu, hello!"

  In the private room, Shi Ke held a Nokia mobile phone and was playing Snake with Ling Yu Mo, having a great time. Technical expert Bill, along with his assistant David, were still testing the smile detection program.

  Mu Shuang and George Black, Mike, were negotiating tensely.

  "Mr. Blake, I think you've understood the effectiveness of our smile detection program! We can sell all rights to you at once, without any profit-sharing layers." Mu Shuang said with a confident face.

  George Black's face was a bit unsightly, originally from Mu Shuang's appearance, he thought Mu Shuang was just a rookie, but Mu Shuang's rich experience in business negotiations made George Black secretly shocked.

  "Ms. Mu, we understand the effectiveness of smile detection. We are very interested in buying all the rights to your smile software from you. However, a price tag of $10 million is just too high!"

  Ten million dollars!!!!!

  Shi Ke's body trembled slightly, even if he was a world-class hacker in his past life, Shi Ke had never possessed such wealth. The profession of hacking belongs to the category of "hidden and provocative" professions, which can call the wind and rain in the network world. However, in the real world, it is usually just an ordinary person. Although you can use hacking techniques to make a small fortune, if you use hacking techniques to gain exorbitant profits, you will usually be pursued by national power, that's absolutely not fun!

  'Mu Shuang, this girl, really dares to open her mouth! Originally, I only planned to ask for $500,000, but she actually raised it twenty times! Indeed, this is the purpose of a professional!'

  "Smiling calmly, Mu Shuang said: 'One hundred million US dollars to develop a brand new technology is not expensive at all! Moreover, this technology has already matured and can be immediately applied to your Kodak cameras. How much will the sales of your Kodak cameras increase with this technology?'"

  George Black remained silent, Mu Shuang was right, if they had smile detection technology, the sales of Kodak cameras would definitely increase a lot!

  But $10 million was over Kodak's bottom line!

  Both sides engaged in a tug-of-war, from $10 million to $6 million, and were still negotiating fiercely. Shi Lei carelessly handed it over to Mu Shuang to handle, while he himself played with his phone with Ling Yu Mo, playing very happily!

  Technical expert Bill suddenly asked Shi Lei: "Mr. Shi, is the smile detection program demanding on hardware?"

  Digital cameras are different from personal computers, and the camera's lens is also different from a video camera. Although smile detection on personal computers using a video camera has achieved very good results, how much effect will it have when truly transplanted into Kodak digital camera systems?

  The volume of the smile detection program is only more than 300KB, and the requirements for the processor and other hardware are very low. Because this software itself is an application system inside 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 Ke's answer, Bill slightly put down his guard and continued testing the smile detection program.

  At eight o'clock in the evening, George's phone suddenly vibrated. He apologized to Mu Shuang: "Ms. Mu, please excuse me, I'll take this call first."

  George took the phone and quickly walked out of the package room to answer the call outside.

  "Hello, this is Kodak Corporation, George Black Executive Director."

  The call came from the Kodak headquarters in Rochester, "George, suspend negotiations with the author of the smile detection program. We just received news that Sony has applied for a patent on the smile detection program and it's about to be approved!"

  George's face changed greatly, "What? Chairman, did the author of Xia Guo's smile detection program steal Sony's results?"

  The chairman of the Kodak company, without jumping to conclusions, "the specific situation is temporarily unclear, you first stop negotiating with the other party. However, you stay in Xia Guo, maintain contact with the other party. Our intelligence department is investigating the detailed situation."

  "Understood, Chairman!" George Black's tone was tinged with a hint of helplessness.

  After hanging up the phone, Colonel George returned to the suite and immediately became tough again in his negotiations with Mu Shuang.

  "Ms. Mu, we cannot accept such conditions. It's already very late today, let's suspend our negotiation and schedule another time to continue next time!"

  Mu Shuang looked at George with a puzzled expression, unable to understand his attitude, and why he suddenly became so tough after answering the phone.

  Shi Ke was playing with his phone while also paying attention to the negotiations. When he saw George answer the phone and become tough, he vaguely guessed the reason, it should be that Sony's patent application is about to be approved?

  Mu Shuang looked at Shi Ke, and Shi Ke said: "Colonel George, since that's the case, we won't disturb you anymore!"

  Technical expert Bill said: "Mr. Shi, can you leave the smile detection program here? I want to continue studying it!"

  To be honest, his condition is extremely rude!

  Because no one knows, the smile detection program left to them, they will not reverse engineer or reverse research! However, Shi Lei didn't mind at all. The smile detection program, after being encrypted by the behavioral dynamics capture program, is not easy to crack!

  "Bill, if you want to study, then study! However, this version of the smile detection program is just a test version. It will be automatically deleted in three days. Also, a friendly reminder, do not try to reverse compile it. Otherwise, you'll have to bear the consequences!"

  After finishing speaking, Shi Ke led Ling Yu Mo and Mu Shuang away without any delay.

  "After Shi Ke and the others left, Bill finally spoke up and asked: "George, what just happened?"

  "Bill, I just got a call from the chairman of the board," said George Black with a scowl, "Sony has applied for a patent on smile detection and it's about to go through!"

  George's assistant, Mike frowned and said: "Boss, are you saying that the Xia Guoren stole the results of Sony and then prepared to cheat us?"

  "Bill snorted, 'Sony? Their smile detection? It's a load of crap!'"

  George asked puzzled: "Bill, don't you know Sony's smile detection program?"

  "I know, of course! I had a college classmate who now works at Sony as a senior researcher in their digital camera division. We exchanged emails just last week. Sony's smile detection program is a piece of crap!" Bill disparaged Sony's smile detection program.

  But Bill is right! Shi Ke's smile detection, that was the 2012 smile detection program. At that time, the smile detection had been updated several times, capturing faster, recognizing more accurately, and imaging clearer!

  George hastily inquired about the details from Bill and then reported back to the senior leaders of Kodak.

  Shi Ke and the other two took a taxi back to Shuangqing University. After entering the school gate, Mu Shuang couldn't help but ask curiously: "Shi Ke, was that smile detection program really written by you? How did Kodak's representative have such a big attitude change?"

  "Mu Shuang, the smile detection program is indeed written by me. However, it's not one-of-a-kind! I own the patent rights in China, while Sony owns the global patent rights outside of China. Kodak's change in attitude should be because they found out that the US patent rights are in Sony's hands! But my smile detection program is far more advanced than Sony's, Kodak should know how to make a choice!" Shi Lei explained.

  "Mu Shuang thought for a moment, then asked again: "Shi Ke, is there anything else you haven't told me? Tell me everything at once! This has a great impact on the negotiation! No wonder, your bottom line is only $500,000, you're not stupid!"

  Shi Ke smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if Koda doesn't want it, there are others who will!"

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