Chapter 375 Press Conference [Part 1]
After watching the entire interview video, everyone in the conference room was excited.
The most excited one among them was Cheng Xiaohua, after all, he was the one who was criticized the most.
He even threatened to confront the program crew.
Lu Yiming stopped Cheng Xiaohua and said, "Don't be impulsive. Since the other party wants to fight a propaganda war with us, then we will fight a propaganda war with them. No matter what, as long as the patent of the USB flash drive is firmly in our hands, Mingyuan Technology will be invincible."
When it comes to fighting a war of public opinion, Lu Yiming has a lot of experience and has accumulated a lot of resources. He calmed Cheng Xiaohua down and promised, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you get revenge. What you need to do is to continue to delve deeper into USB flash drive technology and increase the memory capacity and read and write speed for me."
With Lu Yiming's promise, Cheng Xiaohua finally calmed down. Zheng Youyuan, who was originally a little worried about how to deal with it, saw that Lu Yiming had already come up with an idea, and his expression was much more relaxed: "So, Mr. Lu already has a solution?"
Lu Yiming didn't know the source of this rumor before, but when he saw Deng Guoshun, he was basically sure. In addition, these reports and interviews all put Aimon Systems in a very high position, so it was most likely Deng Guoshun and Aimon who did it.
Deng Guoshun had the motivation and public opinion basis, and Aimon Company had the demand and funds. It can be said that the two parties hit it off.
However, Lu Yiming didn't care whether this was true or not. Anyway, he was sure about Deng Guoshun, so he decided to use Deng Guoshun as a breakthrough point.
After school in the afternoon, Lu Yiming called Li Zixian.
"Good afternoon, beautiful lady. What are you doing?"
On the other end of the phone, Li Zixian, who was preparing the script, said in surprise, "I'm preparing the script for the final battle of "Millionaire Painters". You called me at this time. Is Mr. Lu planning to treat me to a candlelight dinner?"
Lu Yiming said, "I would like to, but I don't know if I have the honor to invite reporter Li."
Li Zixian said playfully, "What if I tell you that I happen to have time?"
Lu Yiming immediately said: "Then let's meet at Apple Restaurant in ten minutes?"
Li Zixian chuckled and said, "Boss Lu is really decisive."
Lu Yiming said: "What else? I have already set out."
"Then I'll pack up and go over."
Li Zixian actually knew that Lu Yiming would not look for her for no reason, and she had already noticed the various negative and positive reports about Lu Yiming in the media recently. She guessed that Lu Yiming's looking for her at this time should be related to this matter.
After all, this was not the first time Lu Yiming had done something like this.
Half an hour later, Lu Yiming was already outside the restaurant. There was no candlelight dinner, but he still had to show sincerity when inviting Li Zixian to dinner, so he specially picked the most expensive restaurant nearby.
After a while, Li Zixian also arrived.
She was only lightly made up, and her graceful figure floated in the moonlight. The hazy light made her look even more charming.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. Miss Li, you have become even more beautiful."
Lu Yiming pulled out a chair for her and said very gentlemanly, "Please sit down."
Li Zixian fiddled with her skirt, sat down, and looked at Lu Yiming with a smile: "Who told Mr. Lu not to come and see me?"
Lu Yiming curled his lips and said, "My studies are very heavy, and there is nothing I can do about it. Come, what would you like to eat? The Angus beef here is very good."
"It seems you come here often."
"No, no, occasionally."
"Then have one, I like it cooked well."
"OK."
After a while, two steaks were served and the two men ate and chatted.
"Miss Li, you should have heard about some of the reports in recent days, right? Especially the talk show that Turkey TV has launched."
Li Zixian smiled and said, "Sure enough, Mr. Lu never comes to visit you for no reason. I've read the reports. The more praises you received in the reports a few days ago, the louder the voices opposing you are now."
He said with a depressed look, "Isn't it? The key is that those reports were not arranged by us. There are also official media. We don't have such a big card. Now, they spread rumors and everyone laughs at us."
Li Zixian asked : "Do you know they are spreading rumors?"
Lu Yiming said confidently, " I am the inventor of the USB flash drive. If they are not spreading rumors, what are they? Think about it. That Aimon Company and that Deng Guoshun are now making big claims here, saying that the idea is theirs. Isn't this hindsight? If they had come up with a solution earlier than us, with Aimon Company's strength, they would have made it long ago. They can't be hiding it, right?"
Li Zixian nodded slightly and said, "That's the truth. So what?"
Lu Yiming said bluntly: "So, I hope you can do me a favor and ask the TV station to do an exclusive interview with Mingyuan Technology."
Li Zixian said: "It seems that this episode of "Lu Yu Interview" has brought you some pressure."
Lu Yiming said very frankly: "Deng Guoshun and Aimon Company have indeed put a lot of pressure on Mingyuan Technology, and it has even affected the shipment volume of USB flash drives."
Many dealers who were originally interested in USB flash drives backed off immediately after seeing Mingyuan Technology in trouble. Business people only want to make money and don't want to take risks. Lu Yiming knew that these dealers were worried that if Mingyuan Technology's USB flash drive technology was really stolen, their losses would be huge.
Li Zixian was surprised that Lu Yiming was so frank. Many so-called successful people she had interviewed before only reported good news and not bad news. When facing media reporters, they would rather pretend to be strong than be seen as weak.
However, Lu Yiming is well aware of the benefits of pretending to be weak. After all, people are all made of flesh and blood, and public opinion always tends to sympathize with the weak.
Now Deng Guoshun portrays himself as a researcher persecuted by a large company. This is how he puts himself in a "weak" position to gain sympathy from public opinion.
If Mingyuan Technology wants to reverse the direction of public opinion, it must first occupy the advantageous position of "weakness".
Li Zixian asked: "Did you really invent the USB flash drive?"
Lu Yiming said depressedly: "The patent certificate is in my safe. We are the only one in the world that can produce USB flash drives. Tell me who we should find to copy? As for the creativity, I just said that they are just hindsight. Otherwise, with their strength, they would definitely be earlier than us."
Seeing Lu Yiming's firm tone, Li Zixian believed him and said, "Mingzhu TV is willing to help. After all, Mingyuan Technology is a star enterprise in Baiyun City. Now it has been slandered and wronged. As a member of Baiyun City, I naturally cannot turn a blind eye to it."
Because of the popularity of the show "Millionaire Painter", Li Zixian, who has a steady style instead of a lively one, and whose words and deeds are down-to-earth but not vulgar, has received unanimous praise from the audience, and the TV station has received countless letters and phone calls praising Li Zixian. Therefore, Li Zixian's status in the TV station has been significantly improved again. When a big customer like Lu Yiming asks the TV station for help, she can certainly make the decision and agree.
After listening to this, Lu Yiming immediately gave Li Zixian a thumbs up: "As expected of the leading actress of Pearl Channel, what she said is very professional."
Li Zixian tossed her hair and immediately took out her notebook to start taking notes. She asked seriously, "How do you want me to cooperate with you in publicity?"
Lu Yiming said: "I plan to..."
A few days later, Mingyuan Technology finally stood up for the first time since the "USB flash drive plagiarism" incident and announced that it would hold a press conference.
In the 1990s, holding press conferences was still a new practice in China, and many people were curious about what Mingyuan Technology was planning to do.
On the day of the press conference, Lu Yiming took a leave of absence from school, dressed in a neat suit, and came to the scene to host the event in person.
Backstage, Li Zixian walked towards Lu Yiming with a sweet smile and said, "I have already invited the 23 most influential media magazines in the province and hundreds of reporters as you said. Don't let me down in the interview later."
Lu Yiming straightened his tie, appearing confident and calm: "Don't worry, at today's press conference, I will make the final decision and completely reverse the unfavorable public opinion against Mingyuan Technology."
Soon, the press conference began, and Lu Yiming walked to the stage with firm and powerful steps.
Many of the reporters below were not familiar with Lu Yiming, and were surprised to see that the boss of Mingyuan Technology was so young.
Some people even suspected that Lu Yiming might be some rich second-generation, but his last name wasn't Zheng, so why wasn't Zheng Youyuan hosting the press conference?
Countless people are curious about Lu Yiming's true identity and feel that there may be something fishy going on here.
Suddenly, the "guns and cannons" in their hands swarmed over, and the gazes of hundreds of people converged, and even fell directly on Lu Yiming's shoulders. The heavy feeling of being the center of attention almost crushed a person's heart.
If it were an ordinary person, he would have been so nervous that his palms would be sweating, his heart would be pounding, and his limbs would be sore.
However, having had experience in being interviewed in Hong Kong, Lu Yiming behaved gracefully and looked calm at this time.
"Welcome everyone to attend our Mingyuan Technology press conference. The main reason we called you here is to clarify one thing."
In the audience , everyone sat up straight unconsciously, with their cameras ready, notebooks open, and pens in their hands.
Lu Yiming took advantage of this time to take a few framed photo frames from the staff next to him and walked to the center of the stage to show them to everyone.
"Words are not enough, let me get straight to the point. These are the patent certificates issued to me by the State Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent Office. In other words, whether in Xia or the United States, the patent departments believe that I have undisputed ownership of the patented technology of the USB flash drive."
“Crack…”
“Crack, crack…”
Flash lights flashed and the sound of shutter clicks rang out one after another.
Many media outlets used film to record the scene before their eyes.
"Does anyone question me? If you think I'm forging something, you can come up and verify the authenticity of these two patents. If not, then I'm going to say something else next."
He put the patent certificate back into the safe in the hands of the staff, locked the safe in front of everyone, and then returned to the center of the stage and said, "I believe that at this point, the rumors have been refuted. I have indisputable ownership of the patent for the USB flash drive. Next, I will answer Mr. Deng Guoshun's questions about the creativity of the USB flash drive."
"I met Mr. Deng Guoshun at an electronics exhibition not long ago. He came to my counter and asked me who invented the USB flash drive and what it was used for. I asked a staff member to demonstrate it to him. Many staff members and people attending the exhibition saw this. If necessary, I can ask them to come out and testify."
"So you see, even though Mr. Deng Guoshun saw the USB drive, he didn't even know how to use it. How can he say that this idea is his? Anyone with a normal brain can sense that something is wrong here, right? I came up with something myself, but I can't use it myself? Are you a fish? You have a poor memory?"
This last witty remark immediately brought a burst of good-natured smiles and continuous cheers from the audience.
Lu Yiming deliberately left everyone 30 seconds. After a while, he continued, "Let's stop here for Mr. Deng Guoshun's question for now. Let's talk about Aimon Company. As we all know, this company is the world's largest flash drive manufacturer and has the most flash drive technology accumulation. For such a company, if they can come up with this idea, I think it's a casual thing to make it. How could they fall behind me? It's impossible for Mr. Deng Guoshun to say to Mr. Aimon: Sir, this idea is here, let's not produce it first, let's see who can come up with it, and then we will sue him for infringement... Mr. Aimon is not a fool!"
The audience burst into laughter again. Lu Yiming presented the facts and evidence, and also refuted Deng Guoshun's ridiculous remarks from a logical point of view.
At this point, they have completely believed that the content published by these newspapers and media during this period was a rumor and slander against Lu Yiming and Mingyuan Technology.
However, just when everyone thought the press conference was about to end, Lu Yiming's expression froze, and he changed the subject and said, "Xia's technology industry has not made much progress over the years. In addition to certain historical reasons, I think it has something to do with some reputation-seeking parasites. They themselves are not enterprising, and they don't spend time and energy on research and development, but they are always thinking about picking peaches and getting benefits. Xia's scientific research environment is being ruined by these people."
"In response to Mr. Deng Guoshun's slander and defamation of Mingyuan Technology, myself, and our researchers Cheng Xiaohua and Fang Yunfeng, our company will take legal action and fight to the end. I will never allow anyone to damage the brand image of our Xiaguo enterprise. I will never accept the idea of national superiority or inferiority!"
At this time, a reporter raised his hand and asked, "Hello, Mr. Lu. I am Qi Fei, a reporter from the Science and Technology Talent Newspaper. Although you have presented a lot of evidence and your logic is impeccable, I have a question. There are so many technology companies in China, why did Mr. Deng Guoshun only target Mingyuan Technology? Does this prove that Mingyuan Technology also has some areas that need to be reflected on? What explanation will Mingyuan Technology give for this? Thank you."
Lu Yiming looked coldly, "Why do we need Mingyuan Technology to explain? Even in court, the principle of presumption of innocence is upheld. Since Deng Guoshun said that we stole his technology, please provide evidence to prove that we plagiarized. Also, reporter, I have a reflection voucher here, do you want it?"
Facing Lu Yiming's gaze, Qi Fei felt very unhappy. After all, journalists have a superior status these days. Even big bosses are submissive when facing these pens and mouthpieces.
He continued to question aggressively: "Mr. Lu, can you explain why Mingyuan Technology has achieved success in the technical research and development of USB flash drives less than two months after its establishment? Generally speaking, isn't this too unreasonable?"
