Kailina raised her head and looked at Niu Xiaoqiang's worried expression, and couldn't help but smile: "Are you worried that I have an idea about this?" Don't worry, I didn't plan to marry you, it doesn't matter who you are engaged to, what's the second thing?"

Niu Xiaoqiang breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "The second thing is that our relationship is ...... Be known to your parents. ”

This time Karina was no longer as relaxed as she had just been, and she looked surprised and surprised, and asked, "How did they know?"

Niu Xiaoqiang explained the situation, and Karina understood. She frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "What is their attitude towards this matter?"

"They didn't interfere in the matter, and your mother said I would have time to take you home for dinner. ”

Karina sighed, without the slightest concern: "Since they said they would not interfere, then there is nothing to worry about, if we have time, we will go home." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang hesitated: "What is the relationship between the two of us going home?"

"Of course, it's a relationship between partners, they just know about things in their private lives, and there's no need to talk about it. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "Okay, just follow your meaning." ”

After explaining these two things, Niu Xiaoqiang relaxed a lot. He raised his glass and smiled, "Let's toast." ”

Kailina then raised her glass and looked at Niu Xiaoqiang: "Before drinking this glass of wine, I want to solemnly remind you that I will not interfere in your private life in the future, and you cannot interfere in my private life. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang has long felt very strange about Karina's style, even if Karina is an American and has a very open mind, but she can't be so open-minded, right?

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't bear it, and asked very sincerely: "Karina, I have a question I want to ask you, why do you want to maintain such a strange relationship with me?"

Karina didn't see the slightest embarrassment, and replied seriously: "Because I'm afraid to talk about feelings with others, I've never been in love since I was a child." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was surprised: "Didn't you say that Americans started falling in love when they were in middle school? Why are you different from others?"

Kailina smiled self-deprecatingly: "The reason is very simple, because my personality is very poor, no one dares to take the initiative to pursue me, and at the same time, I am also very proud and afraid of being rejected by others, so I don't dare to take the initiative to pursue others, so until now, I have never been in love." ”

This explanation is very reasonable, Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "I see, but you are changing your personality, I believe you can overcome these obstacles in the future." ”

Karina smiled: "That's why I told you in advance that we will not interfere with each other in the future, and if I really find a suitable partner, then our personal relationship will naturally end at that time." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang snorted: "I have no opinion, come, let's have a toast." ”

The two toasted again, this time only taking one sip.

Karina put down her glass and got back to the point, talking about the company: "The company has been successfully registered, and I will apply for a patent in the next step, and when the patent application is completed, the company will start business, but before that, we need to choose the company's office address, after all, it is a regular company, and it is not possible to have an office space." ”

According to Niu Xiaoqiang's meaning, it is completely possible to work in the rental house in the future, anyway, the space here is quite large, and it is definitely enough.

"You can work with me in the future, so you can save money on the rent of the office, which is a double win. ”

Karina shook her head: "I am a very principled person, work is work, life is life, can not be mixed, if I work here with you, I will not be able to distinguish the boundary between work and life, I am not used to it, so I think it is better to rent an office outside." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't insist on his opinion when he heard this, he nodded: "I respect your opinion in this regard, but I don't have much money left, I don't know how long it will take to apply for the patented technology?"

"All you have in your hand are invention patents, and it takes about two years from the application to the final confirmation, but as long as the application is submitted, the patent office does not find the same patented technology through the search, you can immediately enter the patent protection period, even if the patent certificate is not obtained during this time period, the applicant can also use the patented technology normally for commercial behavior, if the patented technology is finally found to be illegal, such as plagiarism, the applicant will bear the consequences of business operations, that is, compensation liability. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang sighed: "There is no plagiarism problem in our technology, it is absolutely reliable, I don't know how long it will take for the patent office to conduct a search?"

Kailina is a double degree in MBA and law, and she is very clear about this situation, she immediately replied: "There are two methods of patent search, the first is to search by the patent office, and the second is to entrust professionals or institutions to conduct the search independently, the former consumes a long time, at least half a year, and the latter time is relatively short, as long as the search results come out, you can immediately enter the patent protection period, you can start business activities, of course, the latter is to pay additional remuneration, it depends on how you choose." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was naturally unwilling to delay the time to make money, and he asked: "How much does it cost to ask someone to search?"

"I worked in a law firm, and according to the firm's pricing, it cost $2,000 to search for a patent. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang has 17 large and small patents in his hands, which cost a total of 34,000 US dollars in search fees. This money is not too much, but Niu Xiaoqiang only has 40,000 US dollars left in his hand, and after deducting the cost of patent applications, there is only 6,000 US dollars, so this amount of money is obviously not enough to lease an office.

He thought of this and asked, "Where are you going to rent an office, and how much will it cost?"

Karina had already planned for this, and in order to prove her strength to her former employers, she was going to rent offices near those companies: "I think downtown Boston is better, where transportation is convenient and business is more developed, so it's good to rent a house there, and the annual rental fee will cost about 100,000 US dollars, and if you add the cost of renovating and buying office supplies, it will be about more than 200,000 US dollars." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang heard this and sighed: "It's so expensive!"

Karina explained: "Americans also do business based on strength, and if our office is too shabby, we will be looked down upon, which will affect the other party's senses, and then affect the initiative in negotiations." ”