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500 [Kingston]

The APEC has already held its meeting, but the major attractions in Brunei are becoming lively.

Meditation in traditional Brunei women's clothing, standing at the entrance of the Crystal Park, looking up at the front and said, "This crystal really weighs 4.5 tons?"

Song Weiyang raised his neck and said seriously: "This crystal is about 2 cubic meters. If the density of the crystal is twice that of water, it will be almost 4 tons." He turned his head and asked Chen Fuxing, "Fuxing, you are a science student. Do you still remember the density of the crystal?"

Chen Fuxing corrected: "I am an engineering student!"

Yang Xin smiled and said, "It's all the same, science and engineering are not separated."

Chen Fuxing shook his head and said, "Who can remember the crystal density for nothing? It's probably true. The King of Brunei does not need to fake data, and he does not lack the amount of ticket revenue for the park."

Brunei Crystal Park, also known as Zheludong Park, was officially opened in 1994 and cost more than 1 billion US dollars to build. It is said that when the King of Brunei was 48 years old, the princess gave him a 4.5-ton crystal. The king was very happy and built the Crystal Park so that people across the country could share happiness.

I have to say that this king is really rich, with a $1 billion in the early 1990s. At that time, China's foreign exchange reserves were less than $20 billion, so people directly used $1 billion to build the garden.

Don’t say that this is developing the tourism industry, it is purely the king who is enjoying the people.

When the Crystal Park was built, Brunei did not pay attention to the tourism industry at all. Even in 2000, the number of tourists in Brunei was less than 100,000 each year, and the country did not even have a tourism management agency. It would take a few more years to establish the Tourism Management Committee.

On the contrary, due to the improvement of per capita living standards, Brunei farmers gave up their original water villages and went to live in new modern houses. This led to the rapid development of the construction industry, and the powerful and powerful became urban real estate developers one after another, while many Brunei Chinese became builders, and township construction was almost monopolized by the Chinese.

Everyone walked into the park for a tour, and Chen Fuxing suddenly said: "I have talked to the entrepreneurs who came to the meeting this time. Shenzhou Technology can't even sell computers to Southeast Asia."

Song Weiyang was really not sure and asked, "Why?"

Chen Fuxing smiled bitterly: "Because the electronic components of Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines are more complete and cheaper than China. In addition, countries such as Malay and Ink, electronic devices are one of their main export commodities. They will definitely choose the American brand and the mid- and low-end computer brand. They will choose the bend brand, and the assembly machine is unimaginable."

"It seems that China has to wait for China to join WTO." Song Weiyang sighed.

Before joining WTO, China had many restrictions on foreign investment in the electronics industry, so many multinational companies chose to build OEM factories in Southeast Asia. After China joined WTO, restrictions were relaxed a little bit, and brands from various countries came to China to invest and build factories. China relied on preferential policies, cheap manpower, and broad market to develop rapidly into world factories, and instead suppressed related industries in Southeast Asia, and even sold electronic products back to Southeast Asia.

Chen Fuxing said confidently: "But the Southeast Asian countries are not worth worrying. Except for Singapore, other countries are all OEM factories, they do not have independent research and development capabilities, and they cannot launch their own local brands. When China develops, they will sooner or later be able to kill them. Now they should gain a foothold in China, rather than rushing to explore overseas. We have considered it a bit unrealistic before."

This can only show that China's overall industrial strength is not enough, otherwise it can bypass Lenovo's dominance in China and go directly to bloom abroad.

Just like "OnePlus Mobile", it cannot compete with brands such as Huawei and Xiaomi in China, so people go overseas to develop directly. As a result, few people in China know about this brand, but its reputation and sales have both been well-known in the overseas market. When OnePlus Mobile released its new product, it held activities in more than a dozen cities around the world, including New York, Paris, Berlin, London, Bangalore, etc., and the stores were lined up for hundreds of meters away. They were snatched up as soon as they were launched. Those who didn't know thought they were selling Apple phones.

I can only say that the BBK team has all the great people going abroad, and the founder of OnePlus Mobile is the former vice president of Oppo.

"Just the coffee shop in front, I made an appointment with Mr. Du." Chen Fuxing suddenly pointed ahead and said.

Song Weiyang led the team into the cafe. A Chinese man in his fifties stood up. He was thin and thin, with a pair of frameless glasses, and looked gentle and shook hands with Song Weiyang and said, "Boss Song, I have long been acclaimed and I have always wanted to communicate with you in person."

"Where is Mr. Du, the senior, and we need to support us juniors." Song Weiyang said with a smile.

Du Jichuan, the founder of Kingston, was born in mainland China and grew up in a bellwether.

This gentleman liked music since he was a child. In high school, he created the earliest student band of Wanwan. He had good guitar and drums. Because he was addicted to musical dreams, he skipped classes too many times. After being persuaded to leave in many high schools, he was still in the first year of high school. His parents were very troubled by this and wanted to imitate Meng Muslim and migrate to the United States, but he was unable to apply for a green card because he had not graduated from high school. Perhaps because his parents were too strict, he actually took a small sampan and smuggled to Hong Kong City to obtain a Hong Kong City resident certificate as a mainland refugee.

My parents were almost furious, but they had no choice but to send their living expenses and help him contact the school in Gangcheng. Du Jichuan was still playing music when he was in Gangcheng, and his academic performance was bad. After finally graduating from high school, his parents immediately sent him to Germany to study mechanical and electrical engineering.

The family's financial resources were also limited. After Du Jichuan arrived in Germany, he truly realized the difficulties of life. He had to make a living by swiping plates in a restaurant run by his relatives. Finally, he began to study hard. After living in Germany for ten years, he chose to immigrate to the United States. Due to the difficulties in finding a job, he could only make a living in real estate sales.

Later, Du Jichuan met David Sun and the two started a company together. They were both very happy and said that $1 million was enough to spend. So when the big company came to acquire it, they agreed to sell it without thinking much, and each person shared $3 million. At that time, the US stock market was booming, and they invested all their money in the stock market. As a result, they encountered a major stock market crash in 1987, and had no money to repay more than $1 million in debt.

These two brothers in distress did not dare to tell the truth to their families. They went out to work on time every day, but actually made an appointment to chat in the cafe. They rummaged through boxes and cabinets to raise $2,000 and started a company together again. This company was the famous Kingston.

"We have applied for and approved the U disk patent for a long time, and can be found in the US Patent Office," said Chen Fuxing. "I hope Kingston can abide by the commercial rules and stop the U disk patent infringement."

Du Jichuan smiled and said, "Of course, Kingston is a law-abiding company. I came here to discuss solutions this time. Kingston does not need to make money by illegally committing the law, and I don't take money seriously. I have never received a letter from your company before. I called back to the United States last night and knew the whole story. It was a person in charge of Kingston who detained the letter."

"I believe that Mr. Du's name for scattering wealth has long been famous all over the world." Song Weiyang said with a smile.

Four years ago, Masayoshi Son acquired 80% of Kingston's shares, and Du Jichuan directly gave out $100 million to his employees. This move made Kingston famous and became a company that countless young Americans yearned for, and its product sales also grew wildly.

Masayoshi Son's assets shrank due to the Internet bubble this year, so he could only sell companies everywhere to raise money. Kingston took the opportunity to buy all the shares back.

Du Jichuan said: "The US patent licensing fee is usually 0.5%, and some core technology patents can reach more than 1%. U disk patents are not complicated. I hope to handle them according to the normal market conditions. Kingston is willing to pay the U disk patent usage fee at a ratio of 0.5%.

Chen Fuxing smiled and said, "We only need 0.3%.

Du Jichuan was quite surprised: "There are still companies that think they make too little money? Tell me, what are the additional conditions?"

Chen Fuxing said: "We hope Kingston can join the U disk patent alliance and sue those infringing companies, such as Bienwei, the second largest U disk sales in the United States! This is also beneficial to Kingston. If Bienwei continues to infringe, the cost of its U disk will be lower and it will be more competitive than Kingston's U disk."

Du Jichuan blinked, thought for a moment and said, "Yes, you can't let Bienwei take advantage of it. But, the cost of lawsuits requires Shenzhou Technology to pay. Kingston only provides assistance when necessary, and morally always stands on Shenzhou Technology's side."

Song Weiyang said: "No problem. If Kingston, the largest U-sales sales in the United States, comes forward and speaks, it will definitely affect the judge's decision, and the lawsuit will be much faster."
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