Chapter 126: The Great Killer

  IBM's little Watson received a strange letter, or rather a letter of intent for cooperation - from Intel.

  "Radium Disc..."

  This is a fresh term.

  The most detailed part of this letter of intent is the explanation of this issue.

  Laserdisc technology is Catherine's vision of the future.

  Little Watson is indeed very much moved by this large-capacity storage system.

  However, as a businessman, what is most needed is to be on guard against this "heart movement". Because he is not sure if it's digging a hole or really a win-win situation.

  Although Intel is a competitor of IBM, Catherine has accumulated very little. Although IBM is a big dumb elephant, the technical capabilities under its flag are still very rich.

  Catherine's plan was undoubtedly afoot.

  But she didn't believe he wouldn't take the bait.

  This is the trend of future development, and it's also very helpful for IBM's hard disk research.

  Of course, Little Watson did not know that Catherine had another VCD plan being discussed within the company.

  Actually, research on optical discs began earlier than hard disks. In 1972, Philips developed the first laser disc. The concept already existed in the 1960s!

  At that time, however, the error rate of CDs was quite high, and now, no one is really studying this.

  Catherine can be said to have taken the lead at this time.

  Little Watson was excited but also hesitant. After all, Intel is his competitor.

  Although there are no eternal enemies in this world, is it really necessary to cooperate with each other?

  It's not just this, the other side has already made it clear that they can license patents for integrated circuits, CPUs and RAM to IBM, Xiao Watson really doesn't want to give up.

  And Catherine, who had been troubling Little Watson, was also in trouble at this moment.

  The reason is simple, because a middle-aged woman named Elizabeth is investigating Intel's revenue with a straight face. Of course, due to legal protection, the other party cannot conduct an in-depth investigation of their own company, but this has already given Katherine a headache.

  In the United States, perhaps no one is afraid of the government or police. But when it comes to the IRS, many people grit their teeth with hatred. The United States is a "country of ten thousand taxes", and the IRS's tax inspectors are not only tall and powerful, but also proficient in their profession, and they carry weapons that are no less than those of professional police officers.

  The US Internal Revenue Service's obsession with taxes has reached an outrageous level. For example, there was a Japanese immigrant dentist named Murata, and the IRS spent over a month investigating him for tax evasion by tracking down his patients' license plate numbers, copying their receipts, and finding that many poor people had paid him in cash to avoid paying 10% of the usual fee, for which he did not provide them with receipts.

  The dentist was convicted of nine counts, including tax evasion, fraud, concealment of evidence and forgery. He was sentenced to three years in prison, ordered to pay $24 million in back taxes, and fined an additional $5 million. He is not eligible for bail.

  In short, this is an organization that digs three feet of earth to collect taxes.

  Long before doing things, Catherine had already decided that no matter what she did, she could not offend the tax authorities. The taxes to be paid could not be saved...

  It seems clear that the other side had no intention of sparing Catherine's enterprise either.

  However, the Japanese did not stop.

  Catherine analyzed the Japanese means - mainly dumping.

  Japan does not allow imports of American TVs, so Japanese TVs can hold a domestic monopoly and sell domestically produced TVs at super high prices.

  In the United States, however, they falsely reported a high export price. Although more tariffs had to be paid, in reality they were selling at a price lower than cost in the US. As a result, American-made TVs could not compete.

  Finally, the Japanese government gave enterprises a refund and subsidy to make up for the losses of TV exporters.

  This is the whole process of Japanese TVs occupying America.

  But now Catherine's company has surpassed Japan and become a thorn in the eyes of her American peers.

  It is inevitable that Japan will be fleeced and plucked, but Catherine, a native American enterprise, will not do so like the Japanese.

  "How is that old woman?"

  Catherine asked Sanders.

  "Our company did not evade taxes, so although the other party's inspection was meticulous, they didn't find any evidence..."

  "Hmm. The plan to set up a subsidiary in Liechtenstein needs to be sped up, we've been paying more and more taxes lately."

  One-third of the profits were taken away by the government, and Catherine really couldn't bear it. Moreover, she also had to pay taxes.

  "By the way, there's something else, Sanders," Catherine said suddenly.

  "Please go on."

  "Sanders, can you get a lawyer team that can fight an international lawsuit?"

  "International lawsuit?! You want to sue those Japanese companies? But what's the reason? They didn't infringe on our company's rights?"

  Sanders is somewhat strange.

  "Of course it's not you guys."

  Catherine smiled and then pointed at herself.

  "It's me."

  "You?"

  Sanders suddenly came to his senses.

  The other party has clearly committed a tort.

  To be exact, a series of companies including Westinghouse Electric have all infringed on rights.

  And this patent belongs to Catherine personally.

  Integrated Circuit

  A TV without an integrated circuit is hardly a modern TV at all.

  Although there is still a color TV, it can only be considered low-end among low-end ones.

  Such TVs originally appeared in 1966.

  However, with the launch of GameTV, better display effects and more fashionable appearance have become people's first choice.

  Later, various integrated circuit TVs began to emerge like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

  However, Catherine's integrated circuit technology is only fully licensed to Xilinx and Texas Instruments! While other companies have only partial licenses!

  "I get it!"

  Sanders immediately became excited.

  In addition to this, Catherine also brought Olson over.

  Apple is now, apart from XBOX, more focused on developing a display tube technology. They want to beat Sony in researching this technology, which is the Trinitron color TV technology that appeared in 1967.

  With OLED technology, it's almost mastered the highest-end technology of all current TVs and monitors.

  If they want to squeeze Catherine out of the lowest-end TV market, let them do it. As long as Catherine masters high-end technology and mid-to-high-end markets, she will be stable!

  In short, Catherine now has the technology for integrated circuits in her hands, while the other side is illegally producing their own products without knowing it. Once a lawsuit is filed, they will be in big trouble!