Chapter 435: Lawyer's Letter of Warning
The black-clad man at the head looked at Lu Yiming, and seemed surprised at his age, but that was all. He shouted sternly, "Take down the booth immediately! Your MP3 player from Mingyuan Technology is suspected of infringing copyright, causing huge economic and reputational losses to Shihan Company! We, Shihan, demand that you apologize in public and compensate us for our losses!"
When they heard that these were people from Sehan, Song Honglin and others were shocked.
This is a giant in the industry!
Compared with Shihan, Mingyuan Technology is just a small workshop.
“These people are actually from Sehan.”
"Let us apologize?"
"What the hell? Aren't they fighting with Sony? Are they venting their anger on us after losing the fight?"
His booth was well maintained and he hadn't provoked anyone, yet someone came to pick a fight. Lu Yiming was so angry that he laughed and retorted, "You say I infringed, so who do you think you are?"
The leader said viciously, "So you don't intend to accept my suggestion? Just wait! Let's go."
He uttered some harsh words and left with his men.
Lu Yiming spat at his back and said, "Psycho."
Song Honglin said to Lu Yiming with some concern: "I really didn't expect that the people from Shihan would target us. Mr. Lu, what should we do now?"
Lu Yiming said with a relaxed look: "When the enemy comes, we can stop him with our generals and when the water comes, we can block it with earth. What else can we do? You all go and do your own things. I will take care of this."
On the other side, this man named Li Dongtai, after leaving the Mingyuan Technology booth, went directly to Jiang Fangyuan, the person in charge of coordination of the organizer.
"Manager Jiang, I'm Li Dongtai, the booth manager of Sehan Company. We found that a company's products copied our Sehan products."
When Jiang Fangyuan heard that Li Dongtai was from Shihan Company, he immediately took it very seriously and his expression became very serious. He said to Li Dongtai solemnly: "Mr. Li, is this true? Are you sure?"
After all, the Wancheng Digital Technology Exhibition is not a sham exhibition. Those who can come to the Wancheng Digital Technology Exhibition to set up exhibitions must be relatively outstanding companies in the industry. If plagiarism occurs, it is no small matter. What's more, the plagiarist is an international giant like Sehan - the key is that Sehan caught them on the spot!
Jiang Fangyuan was immediately extremely anxious. If this was true, not only would the Wancheng Digital Technology Exhibition be humiliated, it would also be a huge blow to the country's image!
Li Dongtai said arrogantly, "Of course it's true! Mingyuan Technology's products have infringed our Sehan Group. The nature of this matter is extremely bad. If we don't get a satisfactory response, we will withdraw from the exhibition and report the matter to the newspapers and media."
Jiang Fangyuan quickly comforted him and said, "Don't be impulsive. I'll go over and take a look. If it is really plagiarism, we, the organizers, will definitely not let it go and will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."
"That's more like it. I won't give you too much time, so deal with it as soon as possible."
"Okay, okay, I'll go now."
After a while, Jiang Fangyuan arrived at the Mingyuan Technology booth. He looked around and found that the Mingyuan Technology booth was quite large, and he hesitated. However, he thought that Sehan was an international giant, and if this matter was not handled properly, it would easily become a diplomatic incident. After weighing the pros and cons, it was obvious that letting Mingyuan Technology withdraw from the booth was the most effective way.
Thinking of this, Jiang Fangyuan took out his ID in a tough manner and said, "The people from Shihan Company complained that your product plagiarized Shihan Company's work. Now I order you to leave immediately in the name of the organizer's staff!"
Lu Yiming, who was drinking tea, put down his cup, walked over, and asked expressionlessly: "You want us to leave, so why should we leave? Why?"
Jiang Fangyuan said impatiently: "You are so confident in plagiarizing others? If you don't want to cause trouble, get out now."
Lu Yiming is not a pushover. Seeing Jiang Fangyuan's bad attitude, he also got angry: "If a foreign businessman complains, we have to leave? Is this Xia Country or Bang Country? Is this the new era or the old society?"
Seeing that Lu Yiming dared to disobey the arrangement, Jiang Fangyuan's face suddenly became very ugly, and he said: "The MP3 produced by Mingyuan Technology is suspected of infringement. Such products are not allowed to appear in our high-level exhibition."
"Moreover, Mingyuan Technology's infringement is basically smearing Xia's private enterprises. You are embarrassing us Xia people, do you know that?"
Lu Yiming would not tolerate such people, especially since there were so many eyes watching him. He asked, "Who is embarrassing Xiaguo? It is obviously the foreign businessmen who are making trouble, but you are convicting us directly? You say I infringed, so I infringed? Do you think you are a court?"
Not to mention that now is a critical moment for Mingyuan Technology to establish its brand image, and not to mention that it is now a highly anticipated technology exhibition. If this matter gets out, it will definitely be a devastating blow to Mingyuan Technology's reputation. Let's just talk about this product of Tianyin MP3.
If Apple came to accuse Lu Yiming of infringing the appearance patent of IPOD, he might still be a little bit disappointed, but for a small fry like Sehan, if both sides compare their products, at most the functions are the same. If this can constitute infringement, then no other company in the world can make MP3s?
Seeing that Lu Yiming refused to give in and scolded him, Jiang Fangyuan was immediately furious and pointed at Lu Yiming and said, "You don't want to leave, right? Just wait for me! I'm going to make you pay for it today!"
After saying these harsh words, Jiang Fangyuan left. The staff of Mingyuan Technology immediately became upset.
Nowadays, few people would read patent laws, and everyone knew that Tianyin MP3 and Sehan had the same functions. Seeing Sehan and the organizers looking for trouble, they thought Tianyin MP3 was really suspected of plagiarism.
"Boss Lu, what is going on?"
“Why are they all coming over here and accusing us of plagiarism?”
"In my opinion, we should just withdraw the exhibition to avoid any trouble. It's no small matter if it involves the Sehan Company."
Facing this group of legal illiterates, Lu Yiming was somewhat displeased and said, "Do your own thing well. If you continue to talk nonsense, go back and copy the Patent Law for me!"
After hearing what he said, everyone shut up and pretended nothing had happened.
After Jiang Fangyuan left, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
Of course he didn't know whether Mingyuan Technology had really plagiarized, but it was Shihan who said it, so how could it be false?
Besides, even if it's fake, so what? Saehan is a foreign company! Saehan said you plagiarized, then you plagiarized even if you didn't!
After returning to the office, Jiang Fangyuan reported the matter directly to Feng Mingliang, the general manager of the organizer.
Feng Mingliang listened to Jiang Fangyuan's explanation of the whole story and took it very seriously. He said, "Come with me to Mingyuan Technology again."
Feng Mingliang and Jiang Fangyuan came to the Mingyuan Technology booth again.
Feng Mingliang was very low-key and looked like someone who came to inspect the work. He said calmly, "Is this the Mingyuan Technology booth? It really has a sense of technology. I heard that Mingyuan Technology's USB flash drives are now selling well all over the world. We are all proud of it."
When Lu Yiming saw his demeanor and Jiang Fangyuan standing respectfully beside him, he began to think about it, but he did not show it. Instead, he said with a smile, "I don't deserve it. I don't deserve it. Come and have a cup of tea."
Feng Mingliang sat opposite Lu Yiming, then revealed his identity, and then said: "I have heard about the matter. I am not a professional so I will not judge the right and wrong. But in my opinion, you should withdraw from the exhibition to avoid a direct conflict with the Sehan Group."
Although on the surface Feng Mingliang spoke more politely than Jiang Fangyuan, in fact, the two people wanted to express the same meaning.
Lu Yiming poured a cup of tea for Feng Mingliang and said leisurely, "Leader, what will Sehan think if I withdraw the exhibition? They will think that you are just dogs. You will do whatever they tell you to do and they don't even dare to verify it. You see, they are not messing with me, but slapping you in the face."
Jiang Fangyuan was immediately filled with anger when he heard this, and shouted: "MP3 is obviously invented by the Chinese, and you still say you are not infringing on copyright? It's a copycat, so it's fine. No one cares if you sell it outside. Now that it's been exposed, you still think you're right?"
Lu Yiming mocked, "Do you understand patent law? The Americans invented the MP3 , so we can't make MP3s? Mobile phones made by Big Brother can make calls, so does that mean other manufacturers' phones can't make calls? Otherwise, it's infringement?"
Feng Mingliang secretly sighed at Lu Yiming's eloquence, but he still had to give an explanation. He said helplessly, "Boss Lu, I hope you can understand our difficulties. It's not that we don't know what you're talking about, but some things can't be judged in black and white."
Lu Yiming sneered, "If right and wrong cannot be the criteria for judgment, then what should we judge by? Okay, leaders, I won't make it difficult for you. If Shihan Company wants to suppress us, then let them do it directly. We, Mingyuan Technology, have Youyuan Electronics Factory holding shares, and we are not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by everyone."
Seeing Lu Yiming moving out of Youyuan Electronics Factory, Feng Mingliang didn't know what to say. After all, Zheng Youyuan was a senior member of the Cantonese business community, and he couldn't afford to offend him.
Feng Mingliang took Jiang Fangyuan away, and Song Honglin asked hurriedly: "Mr. Lu, what should we do now? Should we withdraw from the exhibition?"
Lu Yiming said: "We can't refund it. If we do, it means we admit that our products infringe copyright, which will cause great damage to the brand image."
"Why……"
Song Honglin sighed and asked, "If there is no infringement, why are they picking on us right away?"
Lu Yiming shrugged slightly and said, "Who knows? Maybe he forgot to take his medicine before going out."
When Li Dongtai learned that the organizers of the exhibition had gone to Mingyuan Technology, he was overjoyed. He couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone and dial a number. Then he bowed 45 degrees to the air with a flattering face: "Mr. Bert, I have done everything you asked me to do."
Joe Bert's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Has Mingyuan Technology withdrawn from the exhibition now?"
"No."
"Then continue to target them. I will make sure they never have a chance to turn things around."
"Yes, I understand."
During the Asian financial crisis, many large Korean companies were looted by North American hot money, and Saehan Group was one of them. A large number of its shares fell into the hands of financial capitalists on Wall Street.
The financial backer behind Joe Bert holds a portion of Sehan's shares, so today he specifically asked Li Dongtai to find trouble with Mingyuan Technology.
The last time he failed in his USB investment, Joe Bert lost a lot of money, so he was determined to get revenge.
Lu Yiming had just returned home from the exhibition and was having dinner with his family while watching TV.
There is a talk show going on on TV.
The guest interviewed is an expert professor from a top university.
"Private companies like Mingyuan Technology can only copy and have no innovation."
"If this social chaos continues, when will Xiaguo's electronics industry be able to develop?"
Lu Ding looked at Lu Yiming and asked, "Isn't this Mingyuan Technology your company?"
"Yes."
Lu Yiming's expression was gloomy. Mango TV was considered a very influential information dissemination platform in the province and even in the country. If this news was broadcast, it would definitely cause great damage to Mingyuan Technology's corporate image.
At this moment, Song Honglin called and said hurriedly: "Mr. Lu, have you watched the program on Mango TV? Right now..."
Lu Yiming said expressionlessly: "I have seen it. It should be the Sehan Group that is pushing this matter. It seems that they are determined to put our Mingyuan Technology to death."
Song Honglin was not optimistic about MP3 to begin with. Taking this opportunity, he said directly: "Why don't we just give up the MP3 project? We are just a private company. We can't win against such a multinational company."
"hehe."
"???"
Lu Yi knew clearly that since the other party had already embarked on this path, there must be more means at his disposal.
Sure enough, while having morning tea outside, Lu Yiming saw several newspapers, many of which had published a lot of negative news about Mingyuan Technology.
"Shocked, the so-called high-tech state-owned enterprise is actually a copycat company!"
"Real ability or grandstanding? Uncovering the myriad tricks of Mingyuan Technology."
"I'm so angry. When will Xiaguo Technology be able to stand up?"
“…”
All kinds of sensational headlines made people think that Mingyuan Technology was launching World War III.
After breakfast, Lu Yiming came to the company and planned to call a meeting with senior executives. As soon as everyone arrived, the front desk directly delivered a postal document.
Lu Yiming opened the document and found a court summons inside.
