Chapter 1622

The world has suffered for a long time!

This sentence speaks the voice of John Warnock. Microsoft has done too many bad things by relying on its monopoly position in the system industry. In fact, John Warnock has hated Microsoft for a long time.

So when John Warnock saw that so many companies had promised to sign contracts, his heart was moved on the spot.

"But Zhou, have you really convinced them? Especially Autodesk, their relationship with Microsoft is still very good. They shouldn't have promised you so simply!" John Warnock said puzzled.

"No, they are the first to promise us, because they are not afraid of Microsoft's blocking!" Zhou Hongwei said with a smile.

Autodesk is really not afraid of Microsoft's blocking, because it is the only software enterprise in the world that Microsoft does not dare to block.

Because Autodesk company is the famous developer of Autodesk CAD software.

How famous this software is, I believe anyone with a little engineering knowledge knows. After all, in any science college in China, no matter what major, as long as it is a major related to manufacturing, there must be a course called CAD.

By 2000, the company had 22 professional CAD software with different functions, including large-scale civil engineering design software.

Electrical automation control design software.

Manage spatial data platform software.

2D mechanical design and application software.

Maps, aerial photos, satellite images, digital altitude model software.

Pipeline integrated design software.

3D animation design, modeling, rendering platform.

Network processing solution software.

3D design software.

……

In a word, CAD covers almost all professional software categories in the whole manufacturing industry. Although it also has some competitors, it generally occupies more than 40% of the relevant markets in the world.

If Microsoft dares to block CAD, it is to block 40% of its users. I'm afraid all users will revolt directly.

So when John Warnock saw that Autodesk also signed, the whole person almost agreed directly.

"It can't be fake, can't you be lying to me?" John Warnock asked subconsciously.

"How could I cheat you on such a thing? Our thousands of enterprises are also the top 50 enterprises in the world. How could they do such shameless things!" Zhou Hongwei said angrily. Did he feel insulted, then took out a contract from the package and threw it in front of John Warnock.

"Well, this is the contract I signed with Autodesk yesterday. It has their own signature. You can always trust us after reading it!"

"There's no need, I'm just playing!" John Warnock returned the document to Zhou Hongwei without looking at it. At the same time, he felt ashamed that he really shouldn't question. How can a big enterprise like Daqian do such shameless things!

"In fact, Autodesk agreed to sign with us because our contract was so perfect that they couldn't resist the temptation to sign with us!" Zhou Hongwei smiled.

"Oh!" John Warnock immediately became curious. "What kind of contract have you prepared?"

"This is the contract carefully designed by Chairman Jia for you!" Zhou Hongwei said. "We know that it is very difficult for you to develop Hongmeng system software under the pressure of Microsoft!"

"Moreover, developing another version of software requires a lot of resources. If the market of our Hongmeng system is bad in the future, you will also lose money, which is also a great risk for you!" Zhou Hongwei said.

"Yes!" John Warnock nodded with deep feeling. In fact, he chose to refuse Hongmeng. First, Microsoft's blocking attitude was very firm. Second, he was worried that the software he developed would not be able to recover its capital.

Even if the development of another version of software only needs to be slightly modified on the basis of the original software, because the underlying logic of the two software is different, it also needs dozens of programmers to replace the other version. Working for more than half a year, it will cost about US $2 million in R & D funds. If the money can't be earned back, it won't be a big loss, But after all, my heart is not comfortable.

Because of this, John Warnock's attitude towards signing a contract with the alliance was not firm. He gave up directly after Microsoft threatened him a little.

"So, we have prepared a perfect contract this time. You only earn but don't lose!" Zhou Hongwei said with a smile. This complete contract makes John Warnock more itchy and curious.

"Excuse me, President, how much money will you need if you develop Hongmeng version?" Zhou Hongwei suddenly asked, "by the way, what I want is the money that can absolutely meet the R & D needs, or even float up, so as to ensure that you can use these expenses to develop the software!"

"That's about $5 million!" John Warnock said with his eyes open. Although it actually only needs less than $2 million, Zhou Hongwei must have overstated it.

"Well, that's $5 million!" Zhou Hongwei immediately patted his thigh and said, "we are willing to buy the agency sales right of PS Hongmeng version at the price of $5 million. In the future, we Hongmeng company will be responsible for the agency sales of PS Hongmeng version, and the profits will be shared by our two companies. What do you think?"

"What you said is true!!" John Warnock jumped up in an instant.

This contract is really wonderful. In fact, the Hongmeng version of PS can be revised with less than US $2 million. In a thousand breath, buying the agency sales right of Hongmeng version with us $5 million is actually equivalent to giving their company 5 million to develop Hongmeng version, so that the company can make a net profit of at least US $3 million, This is definitely the most attractive condition.

You know, last year, the whole company only had a net profit of more than $4 million. The net profit of $3 million is almost equivalent to a year's income. Why don't you make them excited?

As for the risks, Hongmeng will bear them all. The public sale price of PS software is $49. According to the rule of half sharing after sale, if Hongmeng wants to recover the investment of $5 million, it must sell 200000 PS software, which is almost impossible. After all, the sales volume of PS Windows version is only about 300000 a year.

But if Hongmeng can really sell 200000 copies, the company can make a net share of 5 million. There is really no more perfect contract in the world.

At this moment, he finally understood why Autodesk would be willing to sign this contract. After all, their company has 22 software. If all of them are calculated according to 500 copies, it would be a cost of 100 million US dollars. There is a ghost if Autodesk would refuse!

"Sign quickly. If everyone signs, you'll be the only one!" Zhou Hongwei said in a bewitching voice.