Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

"The sooner I capture the market, the sooner I will gain control of the industry," Zhou Min said confidently.

Upon hearing this, Gong Yu gave Zhou Min a deep look before saying with feigned emotion, "You are indeed very suited for business."

Zhou Min didn't know whether Professor Gong was praising her or mocking her, so she could only pretend not to care and change the subject, asking, "Professor Gong, how many inventions have you made over the years?"

Upon hearing this, Gong Yu slightly lifted his eyelids before slowly saying, "Don't even think about the projects I have; they're all confidential."

Zhou Min wasn't disappointed by his words and continued to press, "There must be some scraps, right? Or when you're feeling creatively blocked, don't you ever try to create something to lift your spirits?"

Gong Yu frowned and thought for a moment before saying seriously, "Then I'll put together a list for you later, and you can see which ones you need."

"Sure! Label it as the inventor, and give me all those little gadgets that you guys usually think are useless. I'll go back and register them myself."

"And I also need the names of the other people in your lab. Could you please help me spread the word?"

As Zhou Min spoke, she took out a document from her bag, which she had hastily drafted before leaving for the trip.

Gong Yu took the documents from Zhou Min and paused for a moment: "Free registration assistance?"

"Oh right? Didn't I just say that?" Zhou Min was also surprised. She had talked so much before, but it turned out that Teacher Gong hadn't listened at all.

At this moment, Zhou Min became even more curious about the boy in front of her.

What exactly did he do to bother Teacher Gong so much?

Zhou Min figured that Teacher Gong might have been a little distracted and hadn't heard her clearly, so she simply took out a document identical to the one Teacher Gong was holding and began explaining it to him.

"I wanted to build a platform, but charging fees would definitely limit the number of patent applications. In that case, the platform wouldn't be able to scale up, nor would it have any social influence, and its future development would be problematic."

Zhou Min didn't hide anything and directly revealed her thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Teacher Gong did not refute anything, but continued to ask, "After the patent is registered, an annual fee needs to be paid every year. Do you also pay this fee?"

Yes, that's my current plan.

"I plan to launch three cooperation models."

"The first option is full delegation. He only needs to hand over his research and invention to us, and we will handle the subsequent work such as patent registration, patent authorization, and transactions. We split the profits 50/50 with the client."

"The second type is authorization, which is divided into two categories. One is for patents that have not been registered. We help with the registration and waive the agency fee. However, the application fee, examination fee, and annual fee that need to be paid in the process must be paid by the individual."

"The other type is those who have their own patents and don't need our help to register them."

"Both types of patents can be entrusted to us for agency services, such as contacting for authorization and transactions. For transactions completed through our platform, we will take a 20% commission."

"The third option is that we charge patent agency fees at market rates to help our clients register patents."

"If our platform becomes successful, I plan to set up my own laboratory to specifically undertake R&D or patent commissions from some companies."

Trusting Teacher Gong, Zhou Min told him her ideas without any reservations.

After listening to Zhou Min's words, Gong Yu pondered for a while before suddenly asking, "Do you have any plans for lunch?"

"no!"

Zhou Min spoke decisively.

Professor Gong's question clearly shows he cares about his project. At this point, only a fool would say yes.

As Gong Yu picked up his phone to make a call, he glanced at Zhou Min's oversized windbreaker and said, "Go back and change your clothes. I'll take you to see someone at noon."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Min also looked down at herself. Her bright green, oversized windbreaker would never go out of style, even in 10 years.

Wearing loose-fitting dark blue distressed jeans with white sneakers makes you look stylish and trendy.

That's true, at least in this era.

Zhou Min felt that she looked great in this outfit.

Just as Zhou Min was about to criticize Teacher Gong's aesthetic sense, she heard that Teacher Gong's phone call had already been connected.