Qualcomm has begun to demonstrate the nature of "patent hooligan" in this era, and in the 4g era, it is even more unscrupulous. Even if it is fined huge amounts of money for monopoly in various markets, the fine is still not painful to Qualcomm. After paying the fine, the "rogue's true nature" remains.

The "Blue Core" project in the confidential research program of [azure] only does AAP application processor and CP multimedia accelerator.

Currently, mobile phones basically use an arm architecture mobile processor, that is, a mobile CPU. There are many categories, and each category has its own responsibility for the work. It can be said that the division of labor is clear. A CPU often integrates more than a dozen or even dozens of chips.

But the most core ones are actually just a few. The A and CP developed by the "Blue Core" project are both core technologies. The system operation of smartphones and the operation of apps are responsible for the operation of the APP application processor.

As for the CP multimedia accelerator, as the name implies, it is mainly responsible for the decoding, processing and other work of multimedia. The reason why this is the core technology. With the continuous progress, CP will be able to handle virtual reality vr, augmented reality ar, image processing, hifi, hdr, sensors, etc. in the future.

Another CPU core is the BP baseband processor. The baseband processor chip is responsible for the wireless signals of the mobile phone. For example, how many network modes the mobile phone supports, supports 2g/3g/4g/5g, etc., are all determined by the baseband part.

Currently, Qualcomm has the best baseband chips. BP baseband processors are its unique skill, but Qualcomm's performance in other fields is average, such as the APP application processor, Qualcomm is not good.

Qualcomm cannot overcome this hurdle that Qualcomm wants to release its first real smartphone before Apple. The autonomous communication baseband must do something to get rid of its dependence on Americans.

Luo Sheng planned two paths, one is self-development, and the other is to play with Hua in the future. No matter what, you must have a "spare tire plan" to ensure that it is necessary.

Moreover, Luo Sheng was not willing to let Qualcomm, a stinky hooligan, take away the big profits when he lay on the Coast of Blue.

According to Qualcomm's authorization model, if the Costa delta uses Qualcomm's baseband chip, in addition to paying the other party a valuable patent licensing fee, each mobile phone it produces that uses Qualcomm communication baseband chips also needs to pay an additional fee to Qualcomm, and this fee is charged according to the percentage of the total price of the entire phone, rather than the percentage of the cost of a certain component.

Qualcomm's authorization model simply put: if you buy my chip, you have to pay for it; if you use my chip, you have to pay for the whole machine you make.

This double charging model is simply a hooligan.

"Mr. Harris, what are your company's plans for the authorization fee?" Luo Sheng asked at this time.

"The patent licensing fee of US$37.4 million per year is signed for at least three years. In addition, every mobile device with Qualcomm baseband chip sold by your company will have to pay a fee. This fee will be charged according to the sales price of the entire machine. The actual charging ratio will fluctuate by about 2% to 6% according to different manufacturers. As for your company, we will charge it at a rate of 4.5%. " Harris said without any interruption, indicating that these were already set before coming.

Qin Weimu, who sat next to him, never said a word, heard such authorization charges, and his pretty eyes blinked repeatedly, and his clever mouth opened slightly in shock.

She glanced at Luo Sheng, but the other party remained silent. She was playing the role of Luo Sheng as an assistant. She remained the same without receiving the boss's instructions and sat quietly.

Qin Weimu was uneasy inside. No wonder people from Qualcomm came so eagerly and were also a global vice president.

Qualcomm has almost nothing to do. It just simply runs over to chat with Luo Sheng, nods, and takes away a patent fee of RMB 300 million from the Costa del Sur in a year. That's fine. In the future, every mobile phone sold will be sold to Qualcomm as a percentage of the entire machine.

Luo Sheng was not surprised at all. After hearing the other party’s offer, he shook his head and said, “More than three years, Mr. Harris, I signed for six years, and immediately paid the full amount after signing, but I also have a requirement that both parties make a commercial bet agreement.”

After saying that, Luo Sheng looked at Harris calmly, and the latter was stunned for a while and couldn't help but say curiously: "What bet agreement?"

Luo Sheng said slowly: "If the mobile terminal equipment launched by Costa çao, calculated on the one-year basis from the date of listing and release, the shipment volume of the equipment within one year is less than 300,000 units, and each unit sold is 15% paid to Qualcomm according to the price of the whole machine. If the annual shipment volume is 700,000 units, the proportion is 11%. If the annual shipment volume is 7.5%, 2 million units are 4.5%. If the annual shipment volume is more than 2 million units, each unit is paid at a rate of 0.25%. To add, the shipment volume I mentioned is the global shipment volume, not a single market."

Harris: "…"

Except for Luo Sheng's smile, everyone present was shocked when they heard his words. Harris turned his head and looked at his assistant, and both sides couldn't say a word.

After a while, Luo Sheng saw Harris turn around and look at him, and he smiled and said, "How is it? Mr. Harris, does Qualcomm dare to play with him."

Harris couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly. He did not answer immediately, staring at Luo Sheng trying to see some useful information from his eyes.

Business betting is usually about heartbeat.

It is incredible that Luo Sheng proposed such a betting agreement, which shows that he has unparalleled confidence in the sales of his products after they are launched in the future, and the guaranteed annual sales will be more than 2 million units.

Harris couldn't imagine where his confidence came from. Logically speaking, this young Chinese is not stupid, otherwise Blue Star Technology could have developed to this point today? Will so many VPNs be willing to invest money in him?

“Why?”

Harris thought about it for a long time and asked only one "why". Obviously, as the saying goes, something abnormal must be strange. Qualcomm's people are very cautious, and there is no free lunch in the world.

Indeed, Harris actually thinks that the other party is mostly crazy, and only when he is crazy will he propose such a gambling agreement that is unreasonable.

Luo Sheng looked at Harris again and said with a smile: "There are not so many reasons, you just have to play some exciting things, otherwise how can you bet?"

Harris immediately said, "What if I refuse?"

Luo Sheng shrugged: "Then do as you said, each unit is 4.5%, plus a $37.4 million authorization fee for three years, but I have to pay the money to your company after three years."

Harris thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "Sorry, I'll go to the bathroom and lose my companion for a while."

Luo Sheng nodded and said it was okay. Going to WC was mostly called to Qualcomm headquarters, because this kind of commercial betting agreement is different from Qualcomm's original authorization plan.

After Harris and his assistant left here, Qin Weimu said anxiously to Luo Sheng: "In more than three months, you spent ￥2.1 billion. What can you do with the remaining 500 million? Although I don't understand semiconductors, I also know that this is not something that 500 million can do."

Luo Sheng turned his head and glanced at Qin Weimu, and said with a smile: "Of course I can't do it for ￥500 million. I didn't say I would invest 1 billion US dollars, or about ￥8.27 billion."

"It's up to you, anyway, it's your company's money, what do you like?" Qin Weimu turned his head and said lightly, not wanting to pay attention to him anymore.

Luo Sheng smiled and said, "Even if you think so, I will be more confident in this. Just one word, stable!"

Qin Weimu rolled his eyes.

After a while, Harris came over again, sat down opposite Luo Sheng and watched. He said on the spot: "Qualcomm has signed the betting agreement you proposed!"

Just now, Harris discussed this matter with the head of Qualcomm's headquarters. Although he didn't understand Luo Sheng's incredible business bets, no matter from that perspective, he would never be able to achieve annual shipments of more than one million. What about Motorola, Benmai, and Nokia?

So, the two parties signed the agreement that day. The normal process would have to be at least one week before the agreement could be negotiated, but Harris couldn't wait because he was afraid that Luo Sheng would regret it.

Until he got the signed contract, Harris smiled happily. How could he be unhappy for such good things in the world...

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Chapter completed!