Chapter 66

In the private room of the Green Lake Hotel, the technologist Bill felt that something was wrong. He looked up and saw that it was Shi Lei asking him a question. Bill wasn't an idiot. He immediately knew that he had exposed the company's needs.

Commander George Black laughed heartily and said, "Mr. Shi, you're really smart!"

Shi Lei scratched his head and pretended to be innocent. "Really? I was just asking! "

If he was just asking, why would he use such misleading words like 'our company'?

"Commander Black, I'm relieved that the smiley-face detection program is helpful to Kodak!" Shi Lei made his attitude clear. "I'm from Xia Xia's side. I hate Voisin's camera company!"

George's eyes lit up. It wasn't strange that Xia Xia and Voisin hated each other!

"Mr. Shi, Kodak is also a competitor of Voisin's camera company. If you can sell the smiley-face detection program to Kodak, we will definitely launch a new round of attacks on Voisin's camera company! I wonder if Mr. Shi is willing to sell the rights to the smiley-face detection program to Kodak? "

Shi Lei nodded without hesitation. "I'm willing to sell it to you! But how much are you willing to pay? " At this moment, Shi Lei was behaving like an idiot. He only talked about money. He didn't talk about licensing or cooperation.

George was delighted. Kodak was afraid that Shi Lei would threaten them with the patent!

If Shi Lei wanted money, it was easy!

"Mr. Shi, how much do you intend to sell it for?" Commander George quickly asked.

Shi Lei laughed and pointed at Mu Shuang. "Mr. Black, if you have any questions about the price, you can ask Ms. Mu Shuang. She's our representative."

Mu Shuang heaved a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Shi Lei would blurt out her bottom line in a moment of carelessness. After hearing Shi Lei's introduction, Mu Shuang said in English, "Mr. Black, nice to meet you. I'm Mu Shuang!"

Commander George secretly regretted that he didn't get the price from Shi Lei. After adjusting his state of mind, he politely said to Mu Shuang, "Hello, Ms. Mu!"

In the private room, Shi Lei was holding a Nokia phone and playing Snake with Lingyumo. They were having a great time. The technologist, Bill, and his assistant, David, were still testing the smiley-face detection program.

Mu Shuang, George Blake, and Mike were negotiating nervously.

"Mr. Blake, I think you should understand the effect of the smiley-face detection program! We can sell all the rights to you all at once, and there's no need to split the profits, "Mu Shuang said confidently.

George Blake's expression was a little ugly. Originally, from Mu Shuang's appearance, he had thought that Mu Shuang was just a rookie. However, Mu Shuang's rich experience in business negotiations made George Blake slightly apprehensive.

"Ms. Mu, we understand the effect of the smiley-face detection program. We are also very tempted to sell all the rights to the smiley-face detection program to us. But the asking price of ten million USD is too high! "

Ten million USD!!!

Shi Lei's body trembled slightly. Even as the world's top hacker in his previous life, Shi Lei didn't have that much wealth. The hacker profession was considered a boring profession. They could do whatever they wanted in the online world. However, in the real world, they were still ordinary people. Although they could make a small fortune using their hacking skills, if they used it to make huge profits, they would be wanted by the government. That was definitely not fun!

Mu Shuang, this girl, she really dares to ask for it! I only wanted five hundred thousand USD, but she actually increased it by twenty times! Indeed, this is the purpose of professionals!

Mu Shuang smiled calmly and said, "Ten million USD to develop a new technology is not expensive! Moreover, this technology is fully developed and can be applied to your Kodak cameras immediately. With this technology, how much will your Kodak cameras' sales increase? "

George Black was silent. Mu Shuang was right. If they had the smiley-face detection technology, their Kodak cameras' sales would increase by a lot!

However, ten million USD had exceeded Kodak's bottom line!

Both parties were in a tug-of-war. From ten million USD to six million USD, they were still in a heated negotiation. Shi Lei casually let Mu Shuang handle the negotiation. He and Lingyumo were happily playing with their mobile phones!

The technical expert, Bill, suddenly asked Shi Lei, "Mr. Shi, is the hardware requirement for the smiley-face detection program high?"

A digital camera was different from a personal computer. The lens of the camera was also different from a video camera. Although the smiley-face detection program was done on a personal computer using a video camera, the results were very good. However, how good would the system be if it was transplanted into Kodak's digital camera?

The smiley-face detection program was only 855 KB. The requirements for the processor and other hardware were very low. This was because the software itself was the internal application system of the digital camera!

"Bill, don't worry. I had checked your Kodak camera's hardware. It can run the smiley-face detection program smoothly! "

Bill was relieved when he heard Shi Lei's reply. He continued to test the smiley-face detection program.

At 3 pm, George's phone suddenly vibrated. He apologized to Mu Shuang: "Ms. Mu Shuang, please excuse me. I need to answer this call."

George took the phone and walked out of the private room. He answered the call outside.

"Hello, this is Kodak company. I am George Black, Executive Director." George answered the phone and introduced himself.

The call was from Lijian Province's Kodak headquarters. "George, stop the negotiations with the author of the smiley-face detection program. We had just received news that Sony had applied for the patent for the smiley-face detection program. Also, the patent will be approved soon! "

George's face changed: "What? Chairman, could it be that the author of the smiley-face detection program, Mr. Xia, had stolen Sony's technology? "

Kodak's Chairman did not jump to conclusions. "We are still not sure about the details. You all stop the negotiations with the other party first. But you all will stay in Mr. Xia and maintain contact with the other party. Our intelligence department is still investigating the situation. "

"Understood, Chairman!" George Blake's tone carried a tinge of helplessness.

After hanging up the phone, George returned to the private room. When he started to negotiate with Mu Shuang again, he became very firm.

"Ms. Mu, we cannot accept this condition. It is very late now. We will stop the negotiations for now. Let's meet again next time! "

Mu Shuang looked at George curiously. She did not understand why he became so firm after answering the phone.

Shi Lei was playing with his mobile phone and was also paying attention to the negotiations. When he saw George answering the phone with a firm attitude, he could guess the reason. It should be because Sony had applied for the patent and was about to be approved.

Mu Shuang looked at Shi Lei, and Shi Lei said: "Commander George, since this is the case, we will not disturb you!"

Bill, the technical expert, said: "Mr. Shi, can you keep the smiley-face detection program? I still want to continue my research!"

To be honest, Bill's condition was very rude!

This was because no one knew if the smiley-face detection program would be decompiled or reverse-engineered if they were left to them! However, Shi Lei didn't care at all. The smiley-face detection program had been encrypted by the motion capture program, and it was not easy to crack it!

"Bill, if you want to research, then go ahead! But this smiley-face detection program is only a beta version. After 8 days, it will be automatically deleted. Also, a friendly reminder. Do not try to decompile it. If not, you will have to bear the consequences! "

After saying that, Shi Lei left with Lingyumo and Mu Shuang.

After Shi Lei and the other two left, Bill asked: "George, what happened just now?"

"Bill, the Chairman of the company called just now. He said that Sony had applied for the patent for the smiley-face detection program, and it will be approved soon!" George Black replied unhappily.

George's assistant, Mike frowned: "Boss, are you saying that Mr. Xia had stolen Sony's research results and is going to lie to us?"

Bill snorted: "Sony? Their smiley-face detection program? That's bullshit! "

George was puzzled: "Bill, do you know about Sony's smiley-face detection program?"

"Of course I know! I used to have a university classmate, and he is now a senior researcher in Sony's digital camera industry. We were still exchanging emails last week. Sony's smiley-face detection program is bullshit! "Bill belittled Sony's smiley-face detection program.

But what Bill said was right! Shi Lei's smiley-face detection program was developed in 757. At that time, the smiley-face detection program had been updated a few times. It was faster, more accurate, and clearer!

George immediately asked Bill for more details and then reported to Kodak's top management.

Shi Lei and the other two took a taxi back to Shuangqing University. After entering the university, Mu Shuang asked curiously: "Shi Lei, are you really the one who wrote that smiley-face detection program? Why is Kodak's representative's attitude so different now? "

"Mu Shuang, I am the one who wrote the smiley-face detection program. However, it wasn't unique! I own Xia's patent, and other than Xia Xia's patent, Sony owns the patent for the rest of the world. The change in Kodak's attitude should be because they know that Lijian Province's patent is in Sony's hands! But my smiley-face detection program is more advanced than Sony's. Kodak should know what to do! "Shi Lei explained.

Mu Shuang thought for a while and asked again: "Shi Lei, what else did you not tell me? Tell me everything at once! This would have a huge impact on the negotiations! No wonder your bottom line is only 055,555 USD. You are not stupid! "

Shi Lei laughed: "Don't worry. Even if Kodak doesn't want it, there will be other people who want it!"

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