Chapter 354 World Archaeology Summit (3)
Xiao Li continued to answer Saleh's questions: "Regarding the third question, this is a topic that requires long-term observation, and I dare not make a conclusion for the time being. However, at present, the surviving elves on the fossil island in the secret realm of Tanghe have not had any adverse reactions. We will focus on this in subsequent research and protection measures to ensure that they can adapt to the new environment."
Xiao Li answered all three of Saleh's questions at once, and the audience applauded. In particular, the answer to the second question mentioned that humans can synchronize the dreams of fossils, which means that humans can see the ancient spirit world through fossils. This kind of time-travel archaeology made a group of archaeologists excited, and they couldn't wait to try it out.
Then a group of people raised their hands to ask questions. Xiao Li had made sufficient preparations for today's meeting, but there were still many questions that stumped him. For example, someone asked about the combat effectiveness of ancient elves, whether the skills of elves were similar to those of today, whether they could be captured by human trainers and become a member of the elf battle arena, etc. In order to better answer the questions, Professor Lu and Professor Wu were also invited to the stage.
Their team has already made a division of labor. Questions about fossil elves' combat and training will be answered by Wang Qiyi, questions about elf genetic science will be answered by Professor Lu, questions about the hardware of the fossil resurrection device will be answered by Xiao Li, and questions related to the archaeological field will be answered by Professor Wu.
The time originally given to their research team was one hour, but it was delayed again and again, and the entire morning almost became a special session for Professor Lu's team. Saleh could only discuss with the other groups to postpone the order of appearance and extend the overall summit time by half a day.
The live broadcast and reports of the World Archaeology Summit are usually not watched by many people, only those who are interested in elf history and secret archaeology. However, the number of people in the live broadcast room today has skyrocketed, and the mythical invention of the fossil resurrection device was reported at the speed of light by reporters on the scene. In today's Internet age, once a topic is ignited, it only takes a few minutes to become popular. Big data will push such topics to people crazily, and the server will crash when the morning meeting is about to end.
At this time, the topic of more than ten new fossil elves was overwhelming on the Internet, and the International Alliance officials immediately sent people to the Dragon Country to verify the data of the more than ten elves uploaded by Wang Qiyi. The president of the Wen'an County Elf Alliance immediately called Wang Qiyi and said that the International Alliance would send people to Tanghe Secret Realm to investigate with him and confirm the review of the more than ten fossil elves reported today. Wang Qiyi handed this matter over to Professor Su at the Tanghe Secret Realm Laboratory.
The morning session ended and it was time for a lunch break. Professor Lu's research team was invited to lunch by President Saleh. In addition to being a trainer, Saleh also belongs to the Arab royal family. With status, position, money and even strength, Professor Lu's research team was already the champion of this Archaeological Summit. Saleh's invitation also had another purpose, which was that he wanted to keep the fossil resurrection device and the resurrected Pokémon.
During lunch, Saleh cut his steak gracefully and said with a smile: "Professor Lu, the achievements of your team are undoubtedly epoch-making. As long as you are willing to transfer the technology and elves to me, I will provide you and your team with endless resources and support to take your research to a higher level."
Professor Lu understood what Saleh meant and smiled, saying, "Chairman Saleh, our research team not only has the full support of several technology companies, but the National Research Department of Dragon Country is also very supportive of our project. We are not short of funds at all."
"Professor Lu, everything has a price. Let's be frank. I believe you also see the value of this technology. If the fossil resuscitation device can be mass-produced, I believe every scientific research institution in the world will need it. How about this: the technical patent still belongs to you, and you give me exclusive authorization. I am willing to pay 50 billion MiGold in one lump sum to get this authorization letter. What do you think?"
When Saleh reported this number, Professor Wu and Dong Bangzhe were so shocked that their jaws dropped. They had never seen so much money before. 50 billion MiGold converted into Dragon Coins is equivalent to 320 billion. Even the richest man in a city cannot come up with this level of cash flow at once. The president's request is as simple as taking out pocket money. It is said that Arab nobles are very rich, and this time I really saw it.
However, this number is completely unable to impress Wang Qiyi and Xiao Li, who are now also wealthy. Professor Lu discussed with several members about the patent share of this technology. Professor Lu holds 40%; Wang Qiyi holds 25%; Xiao Li holds 20%; Dong Bangzhe holds 10%; and Professor Wu holds 5%. Although Professor Lu holds the largest share, it was Wang Qiyi who initiated this project, and the experimental and research plans were also provided by Wang Qiyi, and the key breakthroughs were also made by Wang Qiyi. It’s just that some of the experimental operations involved Professor Lu, Xiao Li, and Dong Bangzhe, and Professor Wu joined last, so Professor Lu still needs to see Wang Qiyi’s opinion.
“President Saleh, your proposal is very tempting, but this research is not my own achievement. I need to communicate with the members of the team.”
Saleh smiled and nodded, indicating that they could do as they pleased.
Professor Lu gestured for everyone to gather around a table and hold a small meeting in their native language. They had all heard Saleh's proposal, but Professor Wu and Dong Bangzhe had no say in patents. They only looked at Wang Qiyi and Xiao Li. Since Professor Lu wanted to ask for everyone's opinions, it basically depended on what these two people thought.
Seeing that Xiao Li had been looking at him, Wang Qiyi nodded to him, which meant that he would listen to him. Wang Qiyi coughed and said, "I really don't care about money. The Pokémon Transmission Device has made me a lot of money. If the special Pokéballs developed by our laboratory are launched in the market, it will be another round of wealth. However, the advent of special Pokéballs will definitely shake the Alliance's monopoly on the Pokéball market, which will also cause some trouble. So it is not a bad idea to use this patent to win over some international forces. My idea is to license the patent to Saleh, but he must cooperate with us as the agent of Glow Technology in the Arab region. The core technology is still in our hands, but we can share the benefits together."
"You mean for him to join us?"
"We can also join him. It doesn't matter what he thinks. The Middle East market is definitely his anyway. He just needs to give us some technology shares. It's a win-win cooperation. We can also propose to jointly promote the development of fossil revival technology and establish a more complete fossil elf protection area."
"Wow, Wang Qiyi, when did you become so business-minded?" Xiao Li couldn't help but praise him. The five people sitting here were all straight male scientists. Although Professor Lu was the oldest, he was also a science madman and knew nothing about business. Many of his scientific research patents were operated by his students who knew business. At this time, he couldn't give any opinions on Wang Qiyi's ideas.
In fact, Wang Qiyi's business acumen is similar to that of these scientists, but he has a good brother who knows how to do business. When Saleh asked Professor Lu for technology licensing, he asked Jia Wencheng, who was far away in Sichuan Province, the Land of Dragons, on his mobile phone. Jia Wencheng gave the suggestion just now.
When Professor Lu told Saleh about everyone's ideas, Saleh was the one who was confused. He originally wanted to acquire Professor Lu's technology, but he was asked to be an agent to recruit him. This time it was his turn to hesitate. However, this seemed to be a good choice for win-win cooperation. The only thing that made him uncomfortable was that the core technology was still in the hands of the Dragon Country. There was nothing he could do. After all, the technology was developed by others themselves, and he was able to share a share of the money-making business because of his face as the Arab royal family and the president of the Archaeological Association.