My Age of Investment

  Chapter 956 QR Code Patent

  Zhang Yong and Xia Jingxing exchanged for a while, the gloom on his face and the pressure in his heart were all wiped out, and the whole person regained his high morale.

  Next, he arranged for the secretary to inform the senior executives above the vice presidents of the three major business sectors of Hainei.com, Hainei Games and Haifutong, and came to the conference room for a meeting.

  The CEO of Haipay is Liu Yingqi, the general manager of the former Tenpay. He has very rich working experience in the field of online payment. A few months ago, he was dug into the domestic holding group and served as group vice president and subsidiary CEO.

  Because of this incident, Xiao Ma's resentment towards Xia Jingxing and the domestic holding group has become deeper.

At the meeting, Liu Yingqi reported in the first meeting: "Mr. Xia, in addition to launching Haipay’s virtual currency Haibei, it has also fully connected to the open platform of Hainan. External partners include Fuxing Mall, There are a total of 85 websites, such as Jingxi Mall, Tudou.com, and Kugou Music.

  At present, the focus of our work is to expand external partners and let more websites choose to use Haipay as their online payment tool..."

Sitting at the head of the long table, Xia Jingxing nodded slightly. At this moment, the business imagination of online payment companies is still very small. What Yubao, funds, insurance... Don't even think about it, even the most basic online payment business is driving without a license. , May be stopped at any time.

  If you want to gain more room for development, you must open a hole at the top, recognize and issue a formal payment license.

  Alipay and Tenpay are currently developing similarly to Haipay, and their businesses are very single.

  The background of Haifutong’s launch is to solve the problem of commercial realization of Hainet. It is used for social games and small games and gadgets on open platforms to recharge virtual currency, and to purchase paid props and services.

  However, it is not enough to feed the Haifutong team in business, and can only actively expand outwards, so they cooperated with closely related websites such as Fuxing and Jingxi Mall.

  In the short term, Xia Jingxing does not have high expectations for Haifutong, and the tasks issued are not onerous. In addition to continuing to expand more website partners, it is to develop technology and train the team.

   Briefly reported on the commercial results, and Liu Yingqi talked about the research and development work.

  "Mr. Xia, the "QR code payment" project you arranged is under development by our team. The technical difficulty is not too great, and the results will be available next year at the latest.

During   , we also went to Japan on a business trip and visited Yuan Changhong, the inventor of the QR code.

  We originally wanted to buy or obtain patent authorization. As a result, other people’s patents are open source, and people all over the world can use it for free. "

  Wu Yimin, the CEO of domestic games, was quite surprised, "Open source? Doesn't charge money? I am so generous?"

  Liu Yingqi nodded, “This is true! Yuan Masahiro works for Japan Denso Co., Ltd., an auto parts company independent of Toyota Group.

  In 1994, Denso Co., Ltd. arranged for Yuan Changhong and a colleague to develop QR code technology in order to solve the product management problems in the manufacturing and logistics industries.

  Because information can be recorded in both the horizontal and vertical directions, the two-dimensional code has a larger information capacity and anti-fouling performance than ordinary barcodes.

  Because this technology is not very difficult, and in Yuan Changhong's view, the use scene should be limited to industry, open source patents can make this technology more widely used.

  If the patent is paid and used for a fee, many people and companies may not use the technology. "

  Xia Jingxing did not say a word, with a faint smile on his face.

  It is not accurate to say that the QR code technology was invented by Japan, because the Americans invented this technology as early as the 1980s.

It’s just that I, Yuan Changhong, later improved it and introduced the QR standard QR code, and because it was free, it became popular on the application side. Later, the QR standard even became synonymous with QR codes, and both WeChat and Alipay used it. QR standard two-dimensional code.

  QR stands for QuickResponse quick response matrix code, which is characterized by three small squares at the four corners of the square except for the lower right corner.

After seeing the ubiquitous QR codes in the streets and alleys of China, he told Chinese reporters that he was very happy to see that his invention was widely applied to the whole society. He said that he was planning to further research and design more. Security and more variety of QR code technology, but this time there will be a charge. I don’t know if his heart is bleeding when he says this.

  There have been many Japanese on the Internet fighting injustices in their own country, thinking that the Chinese should pay Japanese patent fees, using one cent at a time. This kind of remark has been ridiculed by Chinese netizens.

  First of all, the validity period of patents in China is only 20 years. When QR codes are widely used, Japan's original technology patents for QR codes have already expired.

  In addition, China’s payment QR code was developed for the second time on the basis of the original QR code invented by Yuan Changhong, which is equivalent to a variant, but if traced from the source, it still belongs to the QR standard.

  Several QR code startup companies in China applied for one or two patents, and they actually went to touch Porcelain Penguin, claiming 10 billion.

  As a result, the patents of start-up companies were ruled invalid by relevant departments.

  It’s not that the penguin got through the relationship, but the startup company’s patent content is not high. After all, it was developed on the basis of the original patents of others and Americans.

  I even gave up the charge, anyone with such a big face dared to jump out of the charge.

  It can be said that for the time being, no company has the dominant control position of QR code technology patents, but there will be some problems in the future, patent traps and so on.

Liu Yingqi continued: "We searched all over the country and found that it was in Zhongguancun, right next to us, and there was a startup company called Yirui Xinchuang that developed and applied QR codes. They mainly focused on the core technology of QR code reading. Research and development of engine software.

This company has cooperated with the China Article Coding Center and has successfully developed China’s first Hanxin code reading device and mobile phone version of the Hanxin code engine, and won the 2006 Special Contribution Award for China’s Automatic Identification Industry. National standards are applying for international ISO standards.

   By the way, the advisor of Fuxing Industrial Group, Academician Li Guangnan, is the leader of the expert group on this subject. "

  Xia Jingxing was a little surprised, and then secretly nodded in his heart. Academician Li Guangnan still did a lot of things that contributed to national intellectual property rights and national information security. Many people said that people only shout slogans, which is more or less misunderstood.

  Like the Hanxin code, it is actually a Chinese standard QR code that is parallel to the Japanese QR standard. Countries in the past have also promoted this standard, but unfortunately, because there is no QR code that is easy to use, it has not been promoted.

However, the government, national defense scientific research, and military departments have always been concerned about foreign code systems and technologies, and they are more inclined to use code systems with independent intellectual property rights. Therefore, Hanxin codes are not useless. There are spare tires to support them at critical moments. superior.

   Liu Yingqi said mysteriously: "I also heard that Conscience Mobile is cooperating with Yirui Xinchuang, and plans to launch China's first QR code mobile phone."

   "Conscience is so fashionable this time?"

  Xia Jingxing smiled a little jokingly, as the saying goes: If you have a big step, you can easily pull your crotch!

  Currently, many factors such as inconsistent mobile phone platforms, low level of intelligence, low camera configuration of mobile phones, and low technical level of manufacturers are not conducive to the promotion of QR code technology.

  Start to promote the QR code now, I am afraid that I will only become a martyr.

Liu Yingqi heard the ridicule in the boss’s words and vowed to say: “Mr. Xia, we are definitely different from them! The QR code payment software we developed is installed on the Fuxing mobile phone. It will definitely solve all problems and bring the best to users. Experience."

  Xia Jingxing waved his hand, “You don’t have to be too anxious, you have to put polished products and technology first! And you don’t need to develop a software specifically for QR codes, but should be used as a function of the software.”

   Liu Yingqi said in a puzzled way: "Everyone is doing this now, including Conscience and Mobile companies are planning to develop a software."

   "That's because they have a problem with their direction. Is it not good to be installed on the mobile phone software of Hai intranet? The next revival mobile phone will be equipped with the mobile phone application of Facebook and YouTube.

  Social + QR code payment, this is the correct way to open!

Social software provides high-frequency access. After logging in to the application, users can directly scan the QR code in the upper left or upper right corner of the application without logging out, making payments, adding friends, checking in and punching in, showing personal health... …Don’t use too many scenarios. "

   Liu Yingqi was stunned when she heard it, and said in surprise: "There are so many usage scenarios besides payment?"

  Xia Jingxing smiled and replied: “When the QR code was first born, the application was limited to industry. Now there is hope for individual users? Modes and methods are all created by people, so use your brains more.”

   Liu Yingqi murmured: "It makes sense!"

   Then he nodded to Xia Jingxing and replied: "Okay, President Xia, we must follow your instructions to polish the technology and products to the most perfect state, and think more about exploring some application scenarios."

  Xia Jingxing nodded slightly, and at the same time he made up his mind in his heart, and went back to ask Academician Li to see if there is any room for improvement in the Hanxin Code?

  As a product with independent intellectual property rights and national standards, he also hopes to be widely used in the civilian field, not just for military and political use.

  Wu Yimin went on to report: "Mr. Xia, several of our social games have achieved good success after they started commercial realization this year.

  Especially the overseas version of "Happy Farm", after some localization changes, it is very popular in overseas markets.

  Relying on the Facebook platform, the registered users of this game have reached hundreds of millions, covering dozens of countries, and netizens from all over the world grow vegetables together!

  Even the People’s Daily took the publication side and praised our company once, saying that we are a benchmark case for the Internet to go abroad! "

  Xia Jingxing smiled. He has read relevant reports that the success of domestic games going overseas has indeed had a great impact, and made people across the country feel a sense of pride.

"The monthly turnover of the international version of "Happy Farm" reached a maximum of 30 million U.S. dollars, which is much higher than the domestic monthly turnover of tens of millions of RMB. Foreigners have a high degree of acceptance of paid purchase items, and it is also very convenient and fast to use PayPal to pay. ."

  Wu Yimin paused, and then continued: “Several other social games are very homogenous with "Happy Farm", and they are one step late to the sea, and their performance is much worse. The income of all plus one can not catch up with "Happy Farm".

  However, we estimate that for the whole year of this year, the total revenue of domestic and foreign social games should reach the level of about 2 billion yuan. "

  Xia Jingxing nodded slightly. With this income, the domestic holding group will not need financing in the short term.

  Speaking of which, games are really profitable, and it’s even more profitable to go to sea to make dollars. No wonder game makers, large and small in the past, scrambled to go to sea, for fear that they won’t be able to eat a bite later.

  "In terms of online game business, both rounds of closed betas of "Dungeon and Warriors" have ended. The public beta will be officially launched next Monday, September 24.

  In the internal test phase, our internal employees and professional players invited from outside all reported that this game is good. In their words: the game is very good! Enough blood! The young ones will definitely like it. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled, and then ordered: "This is the first online game we have launched. We must be 100% spirited, and we must not let any slack. At the same time, we must beware of damage by several peers."

   "Don't worry Mr. Xia, I'm paying attention."

  Speaking of this, Wu Yimin's eyes were a little dark, "They play around, that is, those old-fashioned methods, calling on Internet cafes to boycott us, send people to tear up posters, spread rumors online...

  But it’s okay, I will play with them slowly. "

  Xia Jingxing knows some dirty methods in the game field, but he can also bully newcomers. If you become famous in the field of online games and gain a firm foothold, many dirty methods will not work, or their effect will be minimal.

   "In addition, I have bad news to tell you." Wu Yimin glanced at Xia Jingxing, his expression a little solemn.

   "What happened?" Xia Jingxing asked.

"Cross Fire" has been officially launched in South Korea, but the user feedback is very bad. Many Korean netizens are scolding that it is too obvious to plagiarize Counter-Strike, but it is no one's fun and feels bad, just like a shoddy version. Game works the same."

  Wu Yimin glanced at Xia Jingxing cautiously. CF and even the game company were bought by the boss against the consensus. Now that such a thing has happened, the boss is somewhat shameless.

  Looking at the silent boss, he regretted it a little bit, and he should have expressed a bit more euphemistically just now.

  Actually, he thinks too much, Xia Jingxing is not angry at all, but is reminiscing.

  Xia Jingxing vaguely remembered that CF seemed to have endless problems in his previous life, especially Hanbok, which stopped serving several times. If it weren’t for the continuous collection of agency fees from the Chinese market, let alone reopening the service, the company would have collapsed long ago.

  "It’s normal to have defects. Small companies, how can they have such strong R&D strength? After you take over, when you get the domestic internal beta, listen to the opinions of the players and make improvements. There should still be a market."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and encouraged: “Don’t you think everyone is playing CS now? The market needs such a new FPS work, even if it’s mediocre, it doesn’t matter, as long as it catches up with the wind, the pigs can fly.”

  Wu Yimin nodded his head heavily, with a look of approval: "Mr. Xia, you are right, I was the one who took the picture. There are so many cases of Korean game walls blooming outside the walls! There are too many to count!

  Next, we will start the packaging and testing, and carry out localization and down-to-earth transformation for domestic users, lower the threshold of the game, and make it easy for ordinary players to learn and master products. "

  Xia Jingxing knows that this is another flatterer, but the business ability is not bad, the other party said that the localization transformation is also quite reasonable, too high and low, it is indeed applauded not to sell, not to make money.

  DNF and CF are actually two vulgar games that cannot be vulgar, with a strong commercial atmosphere.

  This is also no way. For domestic games, even self-developed games are now difficult, let alone making 3A masterpieces, taking both artistic and commercial aspects into consideration, and standing to make money.

  Too far away! Lay the foundation first.

  Zhang Yong suddenly said: “The game business must be done well. The dividends of social games have waited this year. Next year, it is bound to regress. The task of creating revenue for the company falls on you.

  My minimum requirement is that CF and DNF must be successful. The standard is to create a monthly turnover of more than 50 million yuan. "

  Wu Yimin has a small chest, "Guaranteed to complete the task!"

  Xia Jingxing looked at Wu Yimin earnestly, and the latter did not show any dissatisfaction on his face.

  Look at Zhang Yong, who is smiling and kind. Xia Jingxing feels that Lao Zhang's methods are not weak. After only a few months, he has cleaned up old employees like Wu Yimin.

   But then again, because Hainei.com is relatively young, it was only acquired by Xia Jingxing last year, and the oldest employee is only more than a year old, so there are not too many hills and factions.

  The oldest seniors in the company should be the group of veterans who followed Huang Xin to start a business together, but Huang Xin has resigned now, and this group of people is no longer a climate.

Tang Yang, vice president of Haipay, and Lai Binqiang, vice president of Hainet, who attended the meeting today, are the veterans of the two dynasties who witnessed the emergence of Hainet from nothing to today. However, they both have little rights, just their subsidiaries. It’s just the second and third in command.

  Zhang Yong slowly said: “Mr. Xia, Hainei.com started commercialization late, and advertisements were launched in large numbers only this year, and there is no accurate advertising platform that Facebook has, so the advertising potential has not been tapped to the extreme.

  According to the performance in the first half of the year, it is expected that this year’s advertising revenue will not be too high, about 200 million yuan. The open platform performs well, and it is expected that it will reach 300 million yuan in revenue for the whole year. "

  Xia Jingxing nodded, indicating that she knew it.

  A social platform with hundreds of millions of users and only 200 million in advertising revenue a year, the performance can be said to be very poor, but considering that the commercialization time is short, and the focus of work is not on making money, it is barely acceptable.

  On the contrary, the open platform has earned 300 million yuan in revenue, which surprised Xia Jingxing.

  According to the rule of five to five, it means that the developer team on the platform can get 150 million, which is enough to feed hundreds of small companies and small teams.

  These small companies are very important to Hainet. At the moment when social games are about to ebb, these developers need to take over the banner to retain active users and use time for the Hainet platform.

Xia Jingxing tapped his finger on the desktop, pondered for a moment, and slowly said: "HalfPay has less revenue, but you can ignore it. The other two main businesses can generate 2.5 billion yuan in revenue this year, and 20 years. A gross profit of 100 million, right?"

  Zhang Yong smiled and said: “Yes, after deducting sales, management, finance, tax and other expenses, the company has at least one billion yuan in net profit this year.”

Xia Jingxing smiled lightly: "In this case, starting from next month, adjust the developer share ratio and give them 60%. They are all small companies. They can develop more interesting web plug-ins and Application is beneficial to the platform ecology."

  Zhang Yong pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, the life of some developer teams is really not easy, so we should give some support.

  However, I suggest that the support must be accurate, with levels and strengths of support.

  For example, supporting the waist developer team, that is, the part of the developer team with a monthly income of between 50,000 and 500,000, providing them with different amounts of reward funds to help them grow into top developers.

  Head developer team, that is, with a monthly income of more than 500,000, in fact, we don’t need much support anymore. Excellent people can even get the "Developer Fund" investment initiated by Envision Capital, and there is no shortage of money.

  However, in order to demonstrate the sincerity of the platform, you can make a slight concession and give them an increase of 60%.

  Developers with monthly income of less than 50,000, in fact, are not doing very well, and the life is the most difficult, but the waist and head developer teams have evolved from such small teams, and we cannot abandon them.

  I think we can give them the greatest support, exempt from sharing, and give all the income to these small developer teams.

  Rich web plug-ins and mini games are the cornerstones of building the prosperity of the open platform of Hainet, so it is acceptable to make more profit. "

  Zhang Yong took a deep look at Xia Jingxing, who understood what he meant.

  Hainai.com currently has to support it, and users have to continue to grow upwards, so as to successfully incubate mobile instant messaging software.

   "No problem, you can just draw up a plan."

  Xia Jingxing said with a smile, not to mention that Hainei.com is now in a profitable state. Even if it is in a state of loss, the subsidy should be subsidized. The days to make money are later, so there is no need to rush for a while.

  Zhang Yong suddenly remembered an important thing, and hurriedly reported: "Oh, yes, Mr. Xia, there is something I almost forgot to report to you. There are Twitter imitators in China."

"Twitter?"

  (End of this chapter)