Chapter 324 You Guys Really Know How to Play...

We at Ellington are pacifists.

Yes, this is the unified rhetoric that Tang En has been telling Fiona and their external publicity.

Although plunder is the best way to accumulate primitive wealth, wealth does not play a big role in Tang En. He is more concerned about the stable and rapid development of the world, so he works hard in the fields and leads the rapid development of the entire world with his forward-looking vision. , is the best choice.

Therefore, in the initial stage, stability is the most important.

We are pacifists. If you want to fight for hegemony or fight within us, that's up to you. Just don't disturb our development.

This is the unified rhetoric used in propaganda to the outside world, and after Tang En took office, this policy was indeed implemented.

Apart from the annihilation of nearby bandits, the battle to retake the Brussels iron mines, and a counterattack against Casparmi's troops, no war was ever launched.

Let Ellington become an emerging economic center in the minds of others, rather than an emerging military territory - this is the effect Twain wants to achieve.

Do you want to tell me what he really thinks... Haha, have you ever heard of a move falling from the sky... Ah! Have you ever heard of a strategy called concealment?

Of course, none of this mattered to Miss Fiona, because under Tang En's sudden and violent "dong", she, who had been agitated for a long time, suddenly fell into a sea of ​​happiness. She didn't hear what En said clearly and just nodded stupidly.

If Tang En hadn't let her go so quickly, this silly girl would have closed her eyes and pouted her mouth again to ask for a kiss.

"...Two million! President Sidney bids two million gold coins! Who else wants to continue bidding?"

The sudden exclamation brought both Tang En and Fiona back to their senses.

"Two million!"

Fiona wiped the honey liquid from the corner of her mouth, widened her eyes and exclaimed: "If we follow the current trend, let alone 10 million, it may even exceed 20 million in the end!"

Indeed, one patent can be authorized for up to five copies. If the licensing fees are all this high, the licensing fee for Magic Air Conditioner alone will exceed 10 million.

"If nothing else, President Sidney is really courageous."

Although they were enemies, Tang En had to admire Sidney's courage. Ordinary people might not have the courage to drop two million gold coins when faced with this situation.

Tang En's emotion was also the emotion of others at this moment.

"President Sidney, can you make back the money you paid for such a high price?"

"Haha, I don't need you to worry about it. All in all, I must get the first authorization."

Sidney gave them an ultimatum without a smile. They were both members of the business alliance, and they both knew how bold each other could be. If Sidney was really determined to seize the first authorization, None of them can fight it.

In the end, the first license for Magic Air Conditioner fell into Sidney's hands for two million.

This relieved Sidney.

In Sidney's calculations, including the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce, there will be a total of six chambers of commerce to divide the market of magic air conditioners. Let's not talk about other countries. For the Illus Empire alone, the future market of magic air conditioners will be approximately There are about 50 million gold coins, and the expected profit of each chamber of commerce should be about 10 million gold coins.

After all, the market of the Illus Empire is so big, and the markets that other countries have not yet opened up are the real profits worth looking forward to.

After deducting patent licensing fees and sharing fees from this expected profit, the remaining profit is what attracts them to join it.

Therefore, spending two million gold coins in one go to purchase a technology patent license would make even him feel extremely painful.

Although he has estimated the future market space of magic air conditioners, there are too many unknown conditions and the risks are too great. If the licensing fee is higher, he may hesitate.

Of course, the reason why he was so confident about the patent authorization of magic air conditioners before was because he had good personal relationships with some magicians in the Silver City. In order to build a good relationship, he often used his own name to sponsor the magic research of those magicians. Therefore, he has a way to hire some mage apprentices to work for him, and then the problem of the most critical magic part of Tang En's technology can be solved.

Before today, he had always thought that he was the only one with such a secret method, but looking at the way they competed with him for patent authorization just now, it was obvious that each of them had their own secret.

Sidney didn't believe that they came to rob this patented technology without even knowing what it needed. No one who can sit here now is a fool.

In the end, the remaining four authorizations for the magic air conditioner were obtained by Baron Beerbohm, President Neander, President Ryan, and President Elric respectively.

None of the other Sidneys were surprised, but President Elric made him frown.

Because the Elric Chamber of Commerce has not joined the Business Alliance and is a merchant guild. What is even more strange is that their main business is very rare magic equipment. Many adventurers with spare money in their hands encountered the Elric Chamber of Commerce's convoy. They will spend all their money to buy their magic equipment. Among other things, the magic equipment they sell is indeed very useful.

"Congratulations, President Elric, I didn't expect to see you here."

Sidney looked at President Elric with a smile, especially his right arm and left leg, which were completely made of metal components and were very conspicuous.

President Elric nodded: "You're welcome, I happened to be passing by and heard about what's going on here, so I came over to join in the fun."

"I just joined in the fun and spent more than two million gold coins to buy the patent license for the magic air conditioner. Elric will be very generous, but I am very strange..."

Sidney asked aggressively: "Your chamber of commerce is a businessman, right? You don't have your own factory. Where will your chamber of commerce produce?"

"Don't worry, let me tell you the truth. The reason why I bought this is that I have no intention of producing and selling it for the time being. It's just because I am very interested in the technology in it."

Hearing what President Elric said, Sidney's heart skipped a beat, because it had been rumored a long time ago that the president of the Elric Chamber of Commerce was actually a wild mage who had mastered alchemy, and had been following him. The metal puppet bodyguards were also made by him.

However, this rumor has never been confirmed, and over time it has become one of the rumors in the industry.

Standing on it, Tang En stared at President Elric for a moment, and then stared at the huge metal puppet next to him for a while, and then asked Fiona with a bit of teeth: "Should President Elric Will it be called Edward?"

Fiona was startled and shook her head: "I don't know. No one has ever known his name. They only know that his surname is Elric, and the name of the Chamber of Commerce is also the same as his."

So Tang En had another distant look...

These gods... seem to be quite playful, right?

The invasion of the Chaos army is imminent, are you still in the mood to play havoc? Can't you be more serious...

The fierce licensing bidding then continued. Following the Magic Air Conditioner, the Magic Refrigerator, Magic Washing Machine and other patent licenses were also sold one by one. When everyone left, Fiona saw the detailed accounts and her eyes were filled with excitement. As soon as I turned it over, I fainted with happiness on the spot.

Even though Tang En was already calm and completely numb to wealth, he was very surprised after seeing those numbers, because the patent authorization finally exceeded 20 million gold coins, reaching an astonishing 2350 gold coins. Fifty thousand gold coins!

Among them, patent licensing of magic furniture such as magic air conditioners, magic refrigerators, magic washing machines, magic hair dryers, magic hot water kettles, and magic water heaters contributed 18 million gold coins. The total of other miscellaneous technology licenses added up to Five and a half million gold coins.

It is worth mentioning that the patented technology related to the combine harvester, which Tang En and Fiona have always had high hopes for, has rarely been paid attention to, which makes the relevant staff who are gearing up for success quite embarrassed.

Tang En then understood the reason. On the one hand, the price of this patented technology was indeed a bit high, reaching five million gold coins. Although the market for combine harvesters was huge and the selling price was also high, as long as five hundred units were sold, it would be enough. It is possible to recover the capital, but... the initial investment costs are too high, and the risks have reached a level beyond those people's control, so they can only choose to give up and choose the relatively broad magic furniture market instead.

Unfortunately, it’s too late to know. The pricing has already been announced. If a precedent is set for temporarily changing the pricing, those cunning businessmen will definitely notice it in the future and launch a collective boycott, which will be very troublesome.

Therefore, the price cannot change, and even if it changes, it can only go up, not down.

On the other hand, for bicycles that have just been launched on the market, the related patented technology has been immediately snapped up. Although the patented technology of bicycles is not too advanced, the market is very large, so many people are optimistic about it.

Of course, there is also Baron Beerbohm. He has noticed that the low-end horse-drawn carriage market is being impacted by bicycles. If he does not want to lose this market, he must actively join the bicycle market.

In addition, there are also technical patents for individual accessories, such as metal bearings, shock-absorbing springs, and other design patents, which have caused fierce competition among many chambers of commerce. The licensing fees for those small accessories are not expensive, and the production conditions are not high. , once you get it, you can completely become the source supplier of related industries, and what you will produce in the future will be a steady stream of wealth.

Those small chambers of commerce, whose competitiveness was originally not as competitive as that of large chambers of commerce, put almost all their efforts into licensing patents for these small accessories, and the results were quite gratifying.

"It seems that your plan was initially successful."

After Fiona woke up, she first congratulated Tang En, and then held the account book with a happy face: "Haha... we are rich... we finally have money..."

"Look at how stupid you are," Tang En laughed dumbly, "Don't worry, you can work hard when you get back...but don't forget that you have to solve the follow-up problems first."