Faced with such a charging standard, Cook almost slapped the table. He suppressed his anger: "Why, the patent authorization fee for assembling the entire machine abroad is so much higher?"

The three patent reviewers on the opposite side exchanged glances with each other, one of them had a big back and asked with a smile:

"Mr. Cook, why is the price of Apple 4 mobile phones in the United States 499 meters, and in China 4999 yuan?"

"Uh..." Cook quickly reacted: "This is of course due to the impact of import tariffs and exchange rate issues."

"Then my explanation is also a matter of tariffs and exchange rates. Do you have any questions?" the young man replied with a smile.

Damn! Cook was speechless. The price of Apple 4 is indeed a problem. According to the previous exchange rate and tariffs, the import price of Apple 4 is up to 4,000 Chinese yuan.

Not to mention the exchange rate of around 5.83 now, the price of an Apple 4 should be around 3,500 CNY.

However, even if the so-called price reduction is called, the apple still insists on the price of 4,000 yuan and refuses to lower the price to below 4,000 yuan.

Cook still did not agree. He could not accept it whether it was 75.6 yuan for domestic OEM or 185 yuan for overseas OEM: "But such charges are unreasonable and do not comply with the practice of international patent charges."

Another middle-aged man wearing glasses raised his glasses and smiled: "President Cook, you Apple can do not use our 4G patents, but you can continue to use 3G communication."

Cook almost couldn't help it. Now 4G communication is being promoted quickly. Once 4G communication is missed, will Apple have to wait for 5G?

Without obtaining the 4G patent package from the Patent Committee, Apple will face a series of problems on 4G phones. Patent litigation alone is enough for them to drink.

"but……"

The middle-aged man wearing glasses waved his hand: "President Cook, if you take out the Apple patent, you can offset a part of it."

After some calculations, even if Apple takes out all the 3G/4G patents, it will only offset part of the charges. The final charging standard is: domestic version 54.8 Huayuan per unit, and overseas version 142.5 Huayuan per unit.

Seeing this price, Cook and Apple executives said it was difficult to accept it.

However, the three patent reviewers of the Patent Committee were indifferent, and they looked like they wanted to buy if they wanted to buy, and they would get out if they didn't buy.

After a long discussion, the two sides parted in disagreement.

Cook, who stayed at the Paris Peninsula Hotel, had a video conference with Li Zhongding and others from the China Branch, and then reported the matter to the Apple Board of Directors in North America.

Obviously, the high-cost patent licensing fees and the differentiated charges at home and abroad made Apple's board of directors very angry and helpless.

If Apple does not accept the patent package plan of the Patent Committee, it will not be able to use 4G communication technology. Now, on 3G mobile phones, it is almost beaten by the Dragon Totem. If there is not even 4G, it is estimated that Apple will not have to hit it anymore, so it will just raise its hand and surrender.

In the evening, Shanmei, under the smoky light, there were traffic on the road next to the Paris Peninsula Hotel, as well as student workers after school.

Cook stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in distress, and a trace of bitterness appeared in his heart.

Once upon a time, Apple beat Nokia around the world, kicked Escort Escort, and beat Samsung, and it was full of glory for a while.

However, before they could be proud of their year, the Dragon Totem first emerged, followed by the death of the founder Jobs, the Lilong 4 storage was launched, and 4G communication was a foregone conclusion.

Faced with the dominant Suiren system in 4G communications, it has become a hurdle that Apple cannot avoid.

the next day.

Li Zhongding and others who rushed from the Demon City came to the Paris Peninsula Hotel and met with Cook and others.

In the hotel's business private room.

Li Zhongding had already learned about the patent licensing fee through email. Although overall, the fees of the patent committee are relatively high, it is actually very kind compared to the 3.5-5% of the patent hooligan Qualcomm.

According to the price given to Apple by Qualcomm, each Apple 4 mobile phone costs 21 meters, which is more than 100 Huayuan.

If Apple chooses to manufacture the whole machine in China, the charging standard of 54.8 per unit is actually acceptable.

The problem now is that Apple wants to support Samba’s OEM, which leads them to face overseas versions of patent charges.

"Mr. President, in order to ensure the cost, we should accept this plan!" Li Zhongding persuaded.

Cook was very depressed: "Why did these hateful guys let them master the core technology of 4G? Even Huawei, I don't hate it that much."

Li Zhongding chose to lose his memory when Cook's angry words.

The power of the Suiren Group is all-round and there are basically no obvious blind spots. Every business of Apple competes with the Suiren Group, and it is also a crushed party.

Under such circumstances, Li Zhongding also felt powerless.

The locked industrial chain is basically impossible to escape the cover of this invisible network at this stage. Even if a large consortium wants to forcefully decouple, it must consider whether its economy will be completely collapsed due to this.

After working in the Magic City for more than ten years, Li Zhongding has witnessed the changes in the world and has a better understanding of the power of the Suiren Group.

This is the first time they face such a thing on their iPhones, and many other industries have actually been dealt with by the Suiren Department.

For example, major car companies have been beaten by the patent stick of the Suiren system several times, and now they are obediently accepting reality.

A temperature difference power generation module alone has a crucial impact on these car companies, not to mention silicon nano-plating, Thor batteries, composite solar panels, etc.

If you do not set up an assembly factory in China, you will be charged high patent fees by the patent committee, and the purchase price of parts will increase a lot.

After all, many international car companies have chosen to surrender. After all, opening assembly plants in China and purchasing spare parts here at the same time, the overall cost of automobiles will drop by about 20 to 30%.

For the automotive industry with low profits, this decline in construction costs will help increase overall profits.

Moreover, cars equipped with temperature difference power generation modules are very popular in the Western Union. There are originally environmentally friendly areas. Such fuel-saving hybrid cars are naturally the best choice for many people.

Nowadays, international car companies are increasingly inseparable from domestic spare parts and patents.

If they are asked to relocate the assembly plant to Southeast Asia and India now, these car companies will probably curse themselves directly and then slander them.

With the entire industrial chain plus raw materials, energy, technology and labor costs, it is really difficult to get rid of such a system.

Under the bitter persuasion of Li Zhongding and others, Cook agreed to the Patent Committee's 4G patent package plan.

At three o'clock that afternoon, Cook signed his name on the patent authorization contract on behalf of Apple, announcing that the patent authorization cooperation was settled.

It also announced that Apple's industrial chain transfer plan can only be temporarily shelved and is waiting to find opportunities in the future.

The completely locked industrial chain can only be transferred from the eastern coastal areas to the central and western regions at this stage.

As for industrial transfer in other backward areas, we can only wait until China completes industrial upgrading and then transfer some backward production capacity to other areas.
Chapter completed!