Chapter 1019 Shura Field
Hearing Tang Zhouming's words and looking at the intention agreement in his hand, Chen Chu was stunned. With such harsh conditions, these technology companies and manufacturers actually agreed?!
This is almost like bundled sales. Just like Microsoft once did, when using Microsoft's system on your computer, you need to install Microsoft's browser, document processor, etc., which is bundled sales!
Now Onyx Technology is doing more harshly, almost completely kidnapped other small and medium-sized manufacturers. Technology companies that want to join the e-reader industry alliance need to pay patent fees to Onyx Technology, then use the content provided by the Digital Copyright Association, and components must also be purchased from the component suppliers inside the e-reader!
Even if there are other parts suppliers on the market that offer more favorable prices, they can only purchase them from the e-reader industry alliance. Tang Zhouming took advantage of the situation to treat Onyx Technology's internal processor as the official processor of global e-readers. As long as there are no manufacturers like LG, Panasonic, and Sony that can produce their own processors need to purchase processors from Onyx Technology!
This is almost a business of forced buying and selling. Chen Chu couldn't help but have an idea. Patent gangsters are probably just like this. Qualcomm also had the same style during his heyday. Now, powerful technology companies are like this. For example, manufacturers who master patents and technology can eat meat and drink soup, while small manufacturers can only make some hard money and have to hand over some to large manufacturers!
Chen Chu's eyes changed. Onyx Technology has just begun to control the entire e-reader industry and has reached this point. It is almost the entire reader industry and has begun to work for Onyx Technology. If it is really fully controlled, Chen Chu doesn't know whether Onyx Technology will once occupy 90% of the profits of the entire industry in the reader market like Apple phones in the future!
"What companies have agreed to these agreements?" Chen Chu asked Tang Zhouming.
Tang Zhouming saw Chen Chu's expression and said, "Those small and medium-sized manufacturers, mainly low-end mobile phones or MP3 manufacturers, have severe profit declines. If e-readers are not put into production as soon as possible, the only way to go bankrupt!"
In fact, Tang Zhouming didn't say anything. Manufacturers like Bangzi have to accept the harsh conditions of Onyx Technology. South Korea's narrow market is destined to have so many technology companies that can only take the path of foreign trade, and the local market cannot afford them at all!
If you want to sell it in the international market, you have to get a patent authorization. In this case, Vk, Aili and a number of small manufacturers at home and abroad all regard e-readers as life-saving straws. No matter how harsh the conditions are, they have to accept it. Even though they have signed an agreement, they will sell themselves to Onyx Technology to work, but there is no way. After all, only by living can you consider the future!
Chen Chu shook his head. The development of the entire global e-reader industry alliance was somewhat beyond Chen Chu's expectations. Chen Chu did think about letting Onyx Technology take over the entire reader industry, but the current form really surprised Chen Chu, not knowing how far it will develop in the future.
"At the Global E-Reader Industry Alliance, please pay more attention to those manufacturers and Onyx Technology's processors!"
Chen Chu explained to Tang Zhouming, "The e-reader industry alliance is part of it. The most important thing is Onyx Technology itself. The second generation of e-readers will be put into production as soon as possible to ensure Onyx Technology's advantages in the industry!"
"Mr. Chen, don't worry, I will handle it!" Tang Zhouming stood up and said with a serious face. He knew what the key point is. Onyx Technology is the core. As for the e-reader industry alliance, it is the icing on the cake. If Onyx Technology no longer remains strong, the entire global e-reader industry alliance will fall apart at any time!
Just as the technology industry was still talking about whether Onyx Technology could gain a foothold, shocking news suddenly came out. Sony announced to join the e-reader industry alliance, which completely shocked the entire technology industry.
Many people even doubt whether this is fake news, but this news reprinted from Riben, Sony later updated the news on its official website and announced that it will officially launch the Sony brand e-reader!
First Panasonic, then Sony, and the previous LG Electronics, the entire domestic technology industry was in a panic. Onyx Technology was really in a state of success. The Global Electronic Reader Industry Alliance is really about to become an institution managing the global electronic reader industry. This news is really beyond everyone's expectations.
Even the technology giant Sony failed to overwhelm Onyx Technology and had to join the e-reader industry alliance to get patents. Although Sony and Onyx Technology did not publish the details of the patent exchange, people in the technology industry understood with their toes that Sony must have obtained the patent authorization of Onyx Technology, so they dared to announce their entry into the reader industry with such a big fanfare.
If Sony is the first step, then followed closely by more than 20 domestic and foreign technology manufacturers, including Hyundai, Pantai, Vk, Aili, Bodguid, TCL, Konka, Dongxin, Panda, Xia Xin, Tianyu, Lenovo and other domestic and foreign manufacturers, also announced that they would join the e-reader industry alliance and launch their own brand e-readers.
The Global E-Reader Industry Alliance, the institution launched by Onyx Technology, has become an institution in charge of the e-reader industry. In the future, all manufacturers who want to enter the e-reader industry need to obtain its consent!
In addition, the E-Reader Industry Alliance has also become the main institution that holds reader patents. In the future, those pirated and infringing readers manufacturers will also be sued by the Global E-Reader Industry Alliance!
In this case, Europe and Nibende Technology Co., Ltd. were not hesitant to include Siemens, Philips, Ericsson, Panasonic, NEC Electric, Fujitsu, Toshiba and other companies, which also announced their participation in the global e-reader industry alliance through patent exchange.
The most embarrassing thing at this time was only three manufacturers, Samsung, Apple, and Amazon, hiding in the dark to prepare for big moves. Facing the sudden strong global e-reader industry alliance and managing their reader business, the three companies were extremely disgusted!
Samsung is the most uncomfortable. It has a complete set of technology and parts production line for electronic readers, but it has stagnated due to patent issues. Apple is similar, and it has even surpassed it. It has its own system software. The rest of Amazon was originally planning to do a big move, but at this time it was a little at a loss.
The entire e-reader market instantly became an e-reader industry alliance, and a pattern with Apple, Samsung, and Amazon.
In this case, Apple, Samsung, or Amazon are unwilling to join the global e-reader industry alliance. Due to Onyx Technology, they have considered more. Joining now seems to reduce the trouble, but the future may be full of troubles.
Having no choice but to bite the bullet, Samsung, Apple and Amazon and other companies began to negotiate with the e-reader industry alliance. They did not want to join the e-reader industry alliance and wanted to obtain patent authorization, and they were in a deadlock for a while.
Onyx Technology is not in a hurry. As long as you don’t get the authorization, Apple, Samsung and Amazon cannot produce and sell e-readers. If you dare to sell them forcibly, then wait for a patent lawsuit!
Other companies in the e-reader industry alliance have changed their mindset at this time and are eager to sue Samsung and Apple, so that they can lose several competitors in the e-reader market.
In the news media and public opinion, the word patent rogue has also begun to appear on Onyx Technology. Although it is not the case with the global e-reader industry alliance, Onyx Technology uses patent sticks to control the e-reader industry alliance, but everyone knows what is going on!
"Onyx Technology has become a patent gangster in the technology industry, and it has become an existence that hinders the development of the technology industry!"
This is a Korean technology newspaper. The comments on Onyx Technology and the strict franchise conditions set by Onyx Technology have been spread to the outside world. In terms of public opinion and media, Onyx's evaluation is also a one-sided bad review, believing that Onyx Technology is a patent rogue company, relying on patents to suck blood on other companies and suppress other technology companies.
Because of the e-reader industry alliance, the biggest beneficiary is Onyx Technology, not only Western Europe, North America, Asia and other technology media have criticized Onyx Technology, but also many domestic media are dissatisfied with Onyx Technology, believing that Onyx Technology has hindered the development of the reader market and is also squeezing and restricting the development of other technology companies.
Onyx Technology doesn't care about these comments. If these sounds are not present, that would be a strange thing.
Onyx Technology is currently focusing on not external news comments, but the launch of the new generation of Onyx e-readers. Now more than 40 brands are about to enter the entire e-reader market, and the entire reader market can be seen in the naked eye and has become a Shura field!
Onyx Technology must ensure that it remains strong in the reader market. Only the performance of the new generation of e-readers in the market can the position of Onyx Technology be consolidated!
After a few days of busy life, when Chen Chu returned to Dongshan Villa, he immediately took a bath and started to rest. Chen Chu had basically not had much rest in the past few days. Although Onyx Technology also has a place to rest, it is far worse than Dongshan Villa.
When Chen Chu got up, it was already evening. When he went downstairs, he smelled the fragrance of food and Chen Chu felt that his stomach was empty.
In the living room, Chen Guohua was watching with a newspaper, and Zhou Danping was busy in the kitchen.
"It's better to have two more dishes!" Zhou Danping said when she saw Chen Chu going downstairs, and then shouted to Chen Guohua, "Why don't you clean up the table quickly, old man!"
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Chapter completed!