Chapter 1743: Spending Money (Part 2)

Next year, when Google's stock price continues to soar and everyone thinks that Guo Tailai is too rich, Guo Tailai will launch his own supersonic private jet plan. I believe many people will immediately change their perceptions.

At that time, Guo Tailai's only reputation was that after he had a little money, he didn't know the east, west, north, east, and west, and the floating shadows disappeared. Not to mention that Guo Tailai's entire net worth is only a few billion, even if this number is multiplied by ten, it may not be enough to burn.

When it really comes to that point, it is estimated that countless people will look at Guo Tailai with a gloating smile, and watch Guo Tailai lose his family property bit by bit, from billions of dollars to nothing and even debts. Many people probably look at this result I can laugh out loud in my dreams.

There is no way, at this stage, although the whole people have not yet reached the point of hating the rich, but the wealth of some rich people is indeed not so legitimate, and even people like Guo Tailai, who are honest and innocent and earn some hard money, are also hated Inside, in order not to attract hatred, you can only prodigal.

Unfortunately, many people don’t know that Guo Tailai still owns 5% of Apple’s shares, 5% of Amazon’s shares, and even 2% of Microsoft’s shares after so many years. Then make a fortune in silence, and no one will say anything.

Of course, if you have money, you need various investments, and Zhengyifang Technology must not be left behind. However, Zhengyifang Technology does not need Guo Tailai to invest money at all now. Its own hematopoietic ability and the active loans of major banks do not need to use Guo Tailai's "stinky money" at all.

No, another new hairspring technology has come out, and it is cooperating with old friends Audemars Piguet and Rolex.

Since Nivarox-FAR was acquired by Swatch Group in 1985, due to the monopoly of technology and the strong support of Swatch Group, Nivarox-FAR has completely occupied the world hairspring market. Even Swatch Group competitors LVMH Group and Richemont Group have to use Nivarox-FAR products. Nivarox-FAR can be said to be the hidden crocodile of the world's watch production industry, and the degree of market monopoly is better than that of "ETA movement".

Speaking of which, in recent years, all new high-end hairsprings after Nivarox hairsprings in the watch industry are all produced by Zhengyifang Technology. The first blue blood noble blue niobium hairspring, then the silicon hairspring a few years ago, and now the new hairspring are all like this. Of course, this is also directly related to Guo Tailai's own initiative to enter the watch industry.

So far, blue niobium hairsprings are still exclusive to high-end watches, and as long as they see blue-blooded nobles, basically buyers will subconsciously believe that this is a high-end watch.

In addition to its constant elasticity, the silicon hairspring is also anti-magnetic, shockproof, has sufficient strength and elasticity, good stability and workability, which also makes the silicon hairspring the most epoch-making time in the watch industry for centuries. Material innovation. After Guo Tailai launched the silicon hairspring, other manufacturers were also inspired. Silicon was not only used to make hairsprings, but also used in the production of core components such as pallet forks, escape wheels, and balance wheels.

However, although the silicon material has unparalleled advantages, it has a disadvantage, that is, as a non-metallic material, it is more brittle than the original alloy. To put it bluntly, silicon components are "partial students", with exceptionally good grades in some subjects and obvious shortcomings in some subjects.

Although after actual testing by consumers, the problems reflected by silicon materials are not as horrible as everyone imagined. Although silicon is more brittle than traditional metal materials, as long as it is used reasonably, its chance of damage is extremely low, so low that there is no need to worry.

The current shortcomings of silicon parts are mainly in the later maintenance and repair, because the processing technology is integrally formed, and it cannot be spliced ​​and repaired later. Once damaged, it can only be replaced as a whole by the official after-sales service, and it is difficult to obtain matching parts from third-party organizations.

But for watch brands, it is impossible to avoid third-party watch maintenance personnel, and it is impossible for officials to open after-sales service centers all over the world. Therefore, everyone is also looking for the balance point of the hairspring making materials, which must be "easy to use" and "stable", and must be widely popularized.

As a result, Guo Tailai's new hairspring, which was established after the silicon hairspring, came into being. This hairspring uses alloy raw materials with "titanium" as the base. Prior to this, most watch brands around the world used nickel-iron hairsprings as materials. The new hairspring has many advantages, it can significantly reduce the influence of magnetic fields on the operation of the watch, and it can effectively resist temperature changes. In addition, it has excellent impact resistance. Ultimately, all of these advantages can significantly improve the performance of a watch.

This new hairspring is not as good as silicon hairspring in terms of anti-magnetic, constant elasticity, and shock resistance, but it is better than ordinary Nivarox hairspring. In other words, this titanium hairspring is at the balance point between the silicon hairspring and the Nivarox hairspring, which is both "easy to use" and "stable" and easy to popularize. If it is promoted, I am afraid that it will completely end the dominance of Nivarox hairspring.

The reason why Audemars Piguet Group and Rolex Group are willing to cooperate with Guo Tailai in this regard for a long time is also to fight against the monopoly of Swatch Group. Of course, breaking the monopoly position of the original monopoly group requires a sufficient price, and the price for transferring this hairspring technology is to pay a one-time technology transfer fee of 500 million U.S. dollars after a month of negotiations, as well as subsequent The patent fee to be paid for each hairspring. Although the price is expensive, compared to the huge market, it is worth it!

Just one month after the Spring Festival, such a good start came, Zhengyifang Technology is now in a mess with abundant cash. Therefore, Guo Tailai did not hesitate to increase project investment and establish new projects. For example, strengthening the research and development of 3D printing, such as investing in the research and development of carbon fiber production technology, or establishing a new high-temperature-resistant material to replace high-rhenium alloys, or the composite fan blade material that caused Rolls-Royce to go bankrupt when the project was established. Of course, the research and development of high-performance alloys for submarine shells is also indispensable. In short, the company's technicians are busy! Some are projects.

"Boss!" Mi Feifei approached Guo Tailai when he was excitedly listing projects at Zhengyifang Technology. Seeing Guo Tailai's work, I couldn't help reminding: "The smartphone you and Jiayi mentioned, bought so many patents in advance and registered so many, is there something going on next? The mobile phone can outperform Nokia. and Motorola?"

"It's definitely not possible now." Guo Tailai replied casually: "In the future, when the bandwidth of mobile phones is upgraded and the network speed becomes faster, it is possible. It depends on whether Nokia and Motorola will kill themselves. Why, are you interested?"

"Boss, are you willing to just charge a little patent fee?" Mi Feifei asked Guo Tailai with a bewildered expression.

"A little bit?" Guo Tailai looked at Mi Feifei, who seemed to be a little moved, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, do you have any misunderstanding about the digital concept of a little bit for a quarter of the patents that Qualcomm will charge patent fees in the future?