Chapter 409 It’s Broken, I Became a Substitute
After hearing what Lu Yiming said, Zhao Chuanhai showed an awkward expression on his face, but he soon returned to normal, as if he had never said anything just now. His face smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum, and his tone was not as aggressive as before: "Ahaha, it's really like a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple. Family members don't recognize each other as family. Our L Company and Jianlai Technology are both leading domestic computer manufacturers. Our common vision is to devote ourselves to the development and growth of domestic computers."
Lu Yiming shook his eyebrows and jokingly said, "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"
Zhao Chuanhai remained calm and smiled as he said, "Boss Lu, why don't we talk about cooperation? Our L company has such a large shipment volume. If we sell it together with your USB flash drives, your USB flash drive sales will definitely be able to reach a new level."
Lu Yiming said calmly: "Then how can I sell my computer? Don't think about it anymore, just do what you need to do."
As he said that, he picked up the teacup.
This means to see the guest off.
Zhao Chuanhai's expression suddenly turned ferocious, and he said softly, "Lu Yiming! I advise you not to act on your own! Compared with our L Company, Jianlai Computer is nothing. If I want to crush Jianlai Computer, I have at least nine ways, nine ways!"
Lu Yiming didn't care about Zhao Chuanhai's threat at all. He said calmly, "Then just use it."
He hated L Company very much before his rebirth, and he didn't expect to encounter such a thing after his rebirth. He felt like he had eaten a fly. He actually hoped that L Company would come to mess with him, which gave him a reason to launch a siege against L Company.
After Zhao Chuanhai left, Song Honglin looked worried and said to Lu Yiming, "Will this ever end? First it was that guy from Wall Street, then there was this guy who made flash memory, and now there's also L Company. I don't even dare to imagine what other monsters will come out in the future."
"Let's talk about Dover Aymon. He is a wealthy man in Israel. As a Jew, he has great influence in the Western capitalist world."
Lu Yiming said disdainfully: "You are afraid of this and that, and you are still doing business? And this person obviously wants to take advantage of us, should I still be nice to him?"
With just a small amount of money, he wanted to invest in Mingyuan Technology, a goose that lays golden eggs. In Lu Yiming's opinion, Dover Amon was clearly dreaming.
As for offending a foreigner...
That's even more ridiculous. How can you make money without offending people?
"When enemies come, we will fight them. Okay, go do your own work. I should also go to evening self-study. Oh, the college entrance examination is only three months away."
Zhao Chuanhai left Mingyuan Technology angrily. On the way back, his assistant asked unwillingly, "Boss Zhao, are we just going to let it go?"
"Of course not."
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On the other hand, Dover Amon failed to take over Mingyuan Technology and had to return home disappointed. When he was about to buy a ticket back to Israel, Joe Bert found him with Shi Wuwei.
"Mr. Aimon, this is my partner, Shi Wuwei."
Shi Wuwei introduced himself in fluent English , and then said, "Mr. Aimon, I just heard that Mingyuan Technology, who doesn't know what's good for you, rejected your cooperation. They are really too ungrateful."
With just a few words, Shi Wuwei narrowed the distance between himself and Dover Amon and gained Dover Amon's favor.
Then, Shi Wuwei continued, "Actually, Mr. Aimon, you don't have to go through so much trouble. Hasn't your company already developed something similar to Mingyuan Technology's USB flash drive?"
This thing really has no technical threshold. With the strength of Amon Company, replicating it is as easy as eating and drinking. And Dover Amon tried every means to find Lu Yiming for cooperation because Lu Yiming has the basic patent for this thing.
In short, if the same thing is made using the same method, regardless of whether there is reference or plagiarism, the copyright belongs to the first person who obtains the patent license.
This is easy to understand. For example, A wrote a poem and B also wrote an identical poem. B has not read A's poem, but it still constitutes infringement.
In terms of usage, product logic, and implementation methods, Aimon's products are the same as Mingyuan Technology's USB flash drives. This means it is infringing on someone's rights, even if the king is the one who infringes on their rights.
Intellectual property rights are subject to heavy penalties in foreign countries, because patents mean profits. The Western world operates based on profit, and this is the cornerstone of their technological blockade, so they naturally take it very seriously.
But it's different in China. China emphasizes that the whole world belongs to the king and all the people in the world are the king's subjects. Copyright? What copyright? You live in my Xia country's house, eat my Xia country's food, and breathe my Xia country's car exhaust. Where did you get the copyright?
As long as the officials benefit, who cares whether you have a patent or not?
In response to Shi Wuwei's words, Dover Amon expressed his incomprehension.
"so what?"
Shi Wuwei smiled slyly: "You can name the product 'U disk'. Although the pronunciations of the two are the same, you can say they are two completely different things."
Dover Amon couldn't help but widen his eyes, and his friends were surprised: "Is this possible?"
"Of course, his is a USB flash drive, not a USB flash drive. Yours is a USB flash drive, not a USB flash drive, so how can they be the same thing? As for the same functions and uses, so what? Phones and mobile phones are both used to make calls, are they the same thing?"
After listening to this, Dover Amon felt as if the door to a new world had opened.
So you can play it this way?
I was careless.
Otherwise, why do we say that the Celestial Empire has its own national conditions? In this regard, ten Dov Aymons are not enough to beat Shi Wuwei.
Seeing that Dover Aymon was stunned by his words, he immediately struck while the iron was hot and said, "Listen to me, you can invest in a factory in China, or if you can't wait, just buy a company and change the production line. When the time comes, the government can get tax revenue and won't care whether you plagiarize or infringe. I just got the news that L company wanted to cooperate with Mingyuan Technology to promote USB flash drives, but was rejected by Mingyuan Technology. Then you can contact them. L company is the largest computer manufacturer and distributor in China. Once you cooperate, won't the sales problem be solved? By then, Mingyuan Technology will be squeezed out by you, and you will directly acquire Mingyuan Technology, then won't the patent still be in your hands?"
Dover Amon was immediately excited and couldn't help but said happily: "That makes sense, let's do it right away!"
Not long after Zhao Chuanhai returned, Dover Amon came to him and told him the idea of the USB flash drive. The two sides hit it off immediately. Zhao Chuanhai even said that he could set aside a factory and work overtime to transform it into a USB flash drive production line.
Not long after.
Su Sheng also got the news. He personally found Dover Aymon and expressed his willingness to provide policy and financial support.
After this, Aimon Company, L Company and the Investment Promotion Office immediately signed a cooperation agreement, and the renovation of the factory building was carried out in full swing.
Not long after, Lu Yiming was testing the second version of the MP3 at Mingyuan Technology when Song Honglin rushed in with a few newspapers in his hands.
"Boss Lu, something happened. Something serious happened."
Lu Yiming took off his headphones, frowned slightly, and said, "What happened?"
"The three groups of people who came to us have united together! They have published a large number of advertisements in newspapers to popularize their USB storage technology, and even called Dover Amon the 'Father of USB Flash Drives'! These newspapers and periodicals have influence nationwide, especially in the field of electronic technology. If everyone believes their lies, it will be very disadvantageous to our Mingyuan Technology."
In this day and age, most people firmly believe that what we have abroad may not be what we have, and what we have is definitely better abroad.
Therefore, in the subconscious of the people, this report is correct.
By then, the USB flash drive will be transformed from a fake to a real one.
Lu Yiming flipped through a few newspapers casually, then asked calmly, "What do you think we should do?"
Song Honglin blurted out: "Of course we should sue them."
Lu Yiming thought about it, shook his head slightly and said, "Don't be in a hurry, let the bullets fly for a while. When they show their true colors, we will catch the thieves and seize the stolen goods, and make the final decision. Either don't fight, or beat them to death."
Given the current situation in Xia, suing is ridiculous. When the foreign boss comes, you don't treat him well, but sue him? I'll give you a big sack first.
Besides, Aimon already has flash drive technology. At most, they can just change their name. How much compensation should they pay for trademark infringement?
After years of litigation with you, and the people who have brainwashed you have started dumping their products. What will you do?
Song Honglin was originally very nervous when he saw the news. After all, Mingyuan Technology was entrusted to him by Zheng Youyuan. He couldn't bear it when something went wrong just after he took office.
However, after hearing what Lu Yiming said, he gradually calmed down.
It seems that Mr. Lu has a solution, so don't panic.
Not long after, a flash drive product called USB flash drive began to appear on the market. It was sold together with Lenovo computers and was very popular.
After Song Honglin learned about this situation, he immediately informed Lu Yiming of the news.
Mingyuan Technology also bought a batch as soon as possible.
After disassembling it, Cheng Xiaohua told Lu Yiming that except for the appearance, the internal structure was basically the same as Mingyuan Technology's USB flash drive.
Lu Yiming took a few glances and saw that the manufacturer was written as Huaqi Information Technology Co., Ltd., and his brows furrowed.
Unlike the copycat products made by Lin Jiandong and Liu Qian, the USB flash drive in front of them has strong technical strength and its quality is no worse than that of a USB flash drive. It is definitely a strong competitor.
"Boss Lu, what should we do?"
"Be prepared to fight a patent lawsuit. At the same time, we must launch a new generation of USB flash drives as soon as possible. We want to surpass our opponents in technology."
In matters like patent infringement, even if you win the lawsuit, the worst that can happen is that the other party will just have to pay you money and you can still sell your products. The lawsuit can even drag on for several years, so make enough money first.
So don’t expect the court to do you justice; in commercial competition, products will ultimately speak for themselves.
At the Guangdong headquarters of L Company, the atmosphere was warm and peaceful. A celebration banquet was being held.
The USB flash drive project made them a ton of money, L Company's computer sales continued to rise, and the government was delighted with the tax revenue it received.
Su Sheng picked up the wine glass and said to Dover Amon proudly, "I told you, how can foreign technology be compared with these rubbish in China? Mr. Amon is worthy of being the father of USB flash drives. Come, I toast you with this glass!"
Dover Emond raised his glass happily and said, "Chelsea!"
The core technologies of USB flash drives are basically copied from those of USB flash drives. There are very few technologies that truly belong to Aimon Company, and Mingyuan Technology has registered almost all USB flash drive technology patents that can be registered. Even if he wants to bypass it, there is no way.
But things like technology infringement can always be big or small. He just wants to make money first. At worst, he will have to pay some money if he loses the lawsuit.
Compared to the profits from selling USB flash drives, this is nothing.
Shi Wuwei suggested, "What we need to do now is to expand production capacity and squeeze out Mingyuan Technology's market in one fell swoop. Our Shi family can invest in it!"
When he thought about the huge market share of USB flash drives in the future and the huge profits they would bring every year, he became very excited and felt that the entire Shi family's comeback might depend on this.
“Our foundation can also provide support,” said Joe Burt.
Zhao Chuanhai patted his chest and assured: "Leave the sales to me!"
The parties hit it off immediately and could not wait to publish a joint statement in the media the next day, announcing that a joint venture company would be established with funding from the Shi family and the fund recently established by Joe Bert, the government providing the land, and Amon Company providing the technology to expand the USB flash drive production capacity and usher in the USB flash drive 2:0 era.
This statement, with an official booth and a foreign joint venture, looked very impressive. Even the public began to suspect whether the USB flash drive technology was copied from others, and the related debate was heated.
Many people think that Mingyuan Technology must have copied the foreign technology.
After all, what foreign countries can make, we definitely cannot make, and what we can make will definitely be eliminated by foreign countries. This is an iron rule.
Suddenly, Mingyuan Technology was pushed to the forefront of public opinion, and Lu Yiming, the inventor of the USB flash drive, was also described as a thief seeking fame and reputation.
This matter was widely circulated in the circle. Zheng Youyuan, who was still in the hospital, felt dizzy after reading the report. Zheng Fengting was so scared that she ran over and scolded Lu Yiming.
Lin Shuyi also called to express her concern.
"It's spreading so fiercely outside, and you don't even want to say anything? If you don't say anything, you will be the one being plagiarized."
Lu Yiming said calmly: "How do you say that? Say they copied me? I don't want to argue with a moron. Let the bullets fly for a while, it's still uncertain who will win."
Lin Shuyi complained: "You are really patient. If it were me, I would have to fight them. These foreigners are really good at confusing right and wrong."
"That's nothing, it's just a traditional art. Okay, just wait and see."
