Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

After spending a day in seclusion in the office, Bao Zixuan finally thought of the next priority development direction of Heiyun Group, and he was ready to make money from his children to the end.

Black Cloud Toy Company currently only has one flagship product - Transformers, although the Autobots have set off a storm around the world. But it is impossible for all children to like the same toy, and toy products must be innovated and upgraded in time.

Nowadays, comic companies generate a large amount of copyrights every day. Heiyun Toy Company can make good use of the benefits brought by these copyrights. However, Bao Zixuan has no idea of ​​producing plush toys by himself. After all, this is not a good match for technology companies.

Many plush toys are produced by other factories. Bao Zixuan has never thought of setting up a toy factory in Hong Kong. The land price and labor are not very cost-effective, so we can only wait two years to build a factory in mainland China.

Bao Zixuan has already thought of his next plan, which is to go to Europe to find two toys that have not yet been taken seriously and obtain their authorization, no matter how much it costs.

Hungary is still a Warsaw Pact country, and it would have been difficult to come here as a member of the Xiangjiang Company of the Black Cloud Group. However, as the business between Heiyun Group and the entire Warsaw Pact countries continued to deepen, it also expanded its business here.

Bao Zixuan took his bodyguards with Yamashita Henyi and flew to the Budapest School of Architecture in Hungary. He originally wanted Yamashita Henyi to lead the team. After all, this was just a small project. But when I think about it, he is just a young man who has graduated from college less than a year ago, and he was promoted by himself, so he must be taken along; as for the future, it will depend on his own strength and hard work.

Yamashita Hengyi was very excited. After all, he was on a business trip with the president. It was very exciting along the way. Seeing this, Bao Zixuan thought to himself that he still had the mentality of a young man, and he didn't know if it was right for him to encourage others.

Bao Zixuan only arranged for one week this time. After all, it is Li Yulin's birthday at the end of this month. He has never given his mother a good birthday. He must make up for it this time, so time is very tight.

In a cafe in Budapest, Bao Zixuan met the person he wanted to meet this time, Professor Erno Rubik of the Budapest School of Architecture.

Erno Rubik, born in 1911, is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor and professor of architecture. He is known to the world because of his work on an educational toy - the Rubik's Cube. Soon, the Rubik's Cube became popular all over the world, and there were many derivative versions. He was therefore known as the "Father of the Rubik's Cube". In addition, interesting intellectual toys such as Rubik's 3 Magic Rulers are also made by him.

Rubik's Cube, also called Rubik's Cube, is called Magic Cube in Taiwan and Twist Dice in Hong Kong. Cube racing is an extreme hand sport.

The purpose of Bao Zixuan's trip was to get the Rubik's Cube. The Rubik's Cube in the usual sense refers to the third-order Rubik's Cube in the narrow sense. The third-order Rubik's Cube shape is usually a cube and is made of elastic hard plastic. The conventional racing method is to disrupt the Rubik's Cube and then restore it in the shortest time.

Bao Zixuan wanted to produce this magical toy for exercising intelligence. When he was looking at the father of the Rubik's Cube, Erno Rubik was also looking at her.

Bao Zixuan smiled and said to Erno Rubik: "Hello, Professor Rubik. I am Bao Zixuan from Xiangjiang. I am interested in a patent you have, and I hope I can pay for it. Promote it all over the world.”

After Erno Rubik heard Bao Zixuan's name, he suddenly thought of something and said: "You are Bao Zixuan from MIT, the proposer of the Industry 4.0 theory."

In fact, what Bao Zixuan doesn't know is that he is now a model of entrepreneurial success in front of the world. However, in academic circles, his Industry 4.0 theory has attracted more attention from scholars. Many universities in Europe and the United States have already conducted research on his theory, and many universities have defined Industry 4.0 as a subject direction.

Bao Zixuan: "Yes, I didn't expect Professor Rubik to know about me. This is my honor."

Professor Rubik: "I think you came here for the Rubik cube. To be honest, it's just a small toy. Why are so many companies optimistic about it?"

Bao Zixuan: "You are an artist and don't know much about business. I will give your Rubik's Cube a nice name - Rubik's Cube. This Rubik's Cube will become an ideal toy for children to develop their intelligence and greatly improve their abilities. Their interest in mathematics and spatial stereology.”

Professor Rubik: "The name of the Rubik's Cube is very appropriate; a company in Budapest has offered 10 million forints, but I did not agree. I think the price is too low."

10 million forints is only about 100,000 US dollars, Bao Zixuan knew it well. But he also regretted it at the same time. I'll tell you what the Rubik's Cube does. If this cooperation doesn't work out, wouldn't I help my opponent with ideas?

Bao Zixuan: "The price is negotiable. After all, I want to cooperate with you for a long time. You must know that the Hungarian company does not have the ability to bring the Rubik's Cube to the world, but the Heiyun Group fully meets this condition."

Professor Rubik: "How much money are you willing to pay and how can we continue our long-term cooperation?"

Bao Zixuan: "I don't like to be entangled in price negotiations. I will only make one quotation. If it works, I will sign the contract. If it doesn't work, I will leave. I will entrust you to design a work."

"Heiyun Group has completed the design of this year's infrastructure project. I promised you the design rights of a building in Hong Kong. If I break my promise, I will pay you US$200,000 in compensation."

"At the same time, I hope you can research and develop more levels of Rubik's cubes. And you can develop other things that interest you."

When I heard that the professor was a little stupid, after all, he had only been given 3 million forints at most before. He said 10 million just to increase his worth.

After all, he was an architecture professor, and he was very excited to hear that he could dominate the design of a building. If it is designed well, it can leave a name in history.

Professor Rubik: "You're really kidding."

The overall income level in Hungary is not very high. Even university professors’ income is only half of that of ordinary workers in the United States.

Bao Zixuan: "Instead of 10,000 US dollars, I will also entrust you to design a building. The design fee is 400,000 US dollars. If you are not entrusted with the design, I will compensate you 200,000 US dollars. No matter what, you will receive 800,000 US dollars. As for I will determine the price of your other future inventions based on the product’s performance in the market.”

Rubik had discussed the issue of Rubik's Cube authorization with many people, but none of them were as forthcoming as Bao Zixuan. In the past, the companies that came to negotiate were all local Hungarian companies, which basically had no strength. Even if they had strength, it would be difficult to sell the Rubik's Cube to the world. Heiyun was because of its trade with the Soviet Union, which opened up the markets and connections of many Warsaw Pact countries. Only then can I meet Professor Rubik directly.

Professor Rubik: "At the price you said, the Rubik's Cube is yours."

At this time, the lawyer who had been waiting in the cafe drafted a contract as agreed by the two people.

When Bao Zixuan came to Hungary, he found a lawyer familiar with patent law through Larry Brown.

After signing the contract, Bao Zixuan went to the Hungarian National Savings Bank and transferred it to Professor Bick's account.

Taking the contract, Bao Zixuan asked the lawyers appointed by Larry Brown to apply for a patent for the Rubik's Cube around the world. In his previous life, Professor Rubik only applied for a Hungarian patent, which resulted in no actual benefit. Now he is in the Heiyun Group. In your hands, this situation is unlikely to happen anymore. From now on, no one except Heiyun Toy Company will be allowed to produce the Rubik's Cube. If you want to produce it, you will have to pay a patent fee.

After explaining Professor Rubik's next research and development direction, Bao Zixuan went to the next country in Europe.