Very soon, Bobby came out in casual clothes. "Do you want something to drink? I have coffee here, but it's instant. "
Luke said, "That's fine. Let's sit down."
After they sat down on the couch in the living room, Luke got straight to the point. "I'm back from a business trip. Since I'm free today, I'll give you an official job."
As he spoke, he took out a stack of documents from his backpack. "You can read these later. I can tell you what they are first. These are the patents I applied for. As for what the patents are, take a look at this. "
Luke took out a phone. Although it was still a functional phone, he had enlarged the screen. In any case, this was just a test product for show, and it wasn't a big deal.
He opened an app and gestured for Bobby to take a look.
Looking at him for a moment, Bobby asked uncertainly, "Is this a map?"
Luke nodded. "Yes. With the phone's GPS function, it can be used as a national or even global map. That is, provided that there's enough map data stored in the phone. "
Bobby was confused. "What's the point?"
Luke nodded and said, "I can sell it to Google, but I'm too lazy to do that."
Bobby said, "Google … I think it's a search engine? Why would they want this? "
Luke chuckled and explained how the navigation map could be used for Google.
Bobby nodded. "What's the price?"
Luke thought for a moment and said, "Five hundred million dollars for a buyout. Round it up."
Bobby: … What f * cking round up? Did you add an extra zero?
Naturally, Luke had a reason for that.
He had read some reports on Google's mergers and acquisitions in his previous life. Even though he didn't care much about Google, he had been surprised by the astronomical sums of money involved in the acquisitions.
In his previous life, Google had acquired Motorola Mobility for 12.5 billion dollars, and sold it to China's Lenovo for 2.9 billion dollars a few years later. That was why Luke knew that Google was willing to fork out the money. (Note: Google kept a lot of Motorola's patents.)
Luke didn't know how much Google had spent on the navigation map app.
But considering Google's wealth, and the bright future of maps after smartphones appeared, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to ask for 500 million dollars.
What if it didn't work? Then it wouldn't work.
At most, he could sell some other technologies that weren't that valuable.
Luke knew a lot of things would develop, but he lacked the necessary ability and funds, so he couldn't make a fortune.
Now that he had bought Tony Stark's four elementary abilities, it was very easy for him to make a fortune.
Selling the technology first was to see if he could raise enough funds in one go.
Five hundred million dollars would last Luke a long time.
He wasn't Tony Stark. He didn't need as much skill, and he didn't have to burn money as quickly.
Luke kept the phone and the program for Bobby to demonstrate. He also gave Bobby ten thousand dollars as travel expenses for the next few months.
Giving cash is not legal? It was only right that it wasn't formal.
Luke didn't really expect Bobby to be a good PR manager, but rather that Bobby was too idle and could be recycled.
He even encouraged Bobby and asked him to think about how much he would get if he sold the navigation and mapping technology for five hundred million dollars. That was five million dollars.
With this money, Bobby could instantly transform from an ordinary person with an annual salary of a hundred thousand to a tycoon.
Naturally, Bobby could only smile bitterly. That was if the navigation and mapping technology could be sold for five hundred million dollars!
But he would be lying if he said he wasn't tempted by the prospect.
Bobby didn't believe it, but he was still looking forward to it. Five hundred million dollars was too much, but a hundred million dollars was peanuts for Google.
Luke wasn't afraid that Google and the other companies would mess around. The patents were there!
In order to turn the patents into basic barriers, he had spent almost a hundred thousand dollars on the patent registration alone, and the law firm that he had hired would earn tens of thousands of dollars too.
So, the villa that Luke was living in was mortgaged.
Google was only planning for the long term, and it was very easy for Luke to relax for a while.
For example, he had an uncle who lived in Las Vegas.
California and Nevada were right next to each other, and Los Angeles was only 430 kilometers away from Las Vegas. It only took four hours to drive, and one hour to fly.
However, Luke still had a lot of money from the mortgage, so he wasn't in a hurry.
It was already noon, and Luke drove to USC.
The further south he went, the worse public security was. There were too many gangs and too many crimes.
Luke wandered around the area for a while and had lunch at a fast food restaurant. He didn't return home until four in the afternoon.
The place he was looking at wasn't a secret. It was just a gathering place for the WD36 gang. The gang members liked to tattoo the numbers "wd" or "36" on their bodies, and their main business was illegal drugs.
The reason why Luke had tracked them down was simple: they were the sellers of the weed that Miss Jenny was selling.
The reason why Miss Jenny, who lived in Beverly Hills, had found the drug dealers was even simpler: she was a student at USC.
She was rich and had security guards. She was only bold enough to ask the gang to deliver the weed to her door.
Luke had acquired basic intelligence on the WD36 gang from Dustin and Elsa during Katie's murder. Together with his own investigation, he had a rough idea of the gang's activities.
Now that he had a personal space, he could do a lot of things.
After he got home, he opened the fridge and searched for ingredients.
He didn't have any for breakfast, but he had plenty for dinner. Selina certainly wouldn't eat raw meat.
He didn't touch the condiments either, so he had the main course for dinner.
He took out the barbecue that he rarely used and moved it to the backyard. He cooked a few chunks of meat and put them on the barbecue.
The barbecue could be cooked for five or six hours in the American style. To save time, Luke intentionally made the meat smaller. He didn't want to throw five kilograms of meat into the barbecue at the same time.
After that, Luke searched online for flights to Las Vegas and calculated the route back to Los Angeles so that he could make the most of his time.
He also checked the hotels in Las Vegas that had an entertainment center and a good reputation.
Not only could those hotels afford to lose money, they could also ensure that he wouldn't be targeted after he won a fortune. There were a lot of desperadoes there who would risk their lives for money.
There were similar entertainment centers in downtown Los Angeles, but Luke was a police officer here.
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