industrial overlord

Chapter 174
Naturally, the representatives from various provinces would not follow Lin Zhenhua to eat authentic Cantonese cuisine. They were already so full that they couldn't even eat a work meal with four dishes and one soup.

Lin Zhenhua was in a happy mood, and after two days of being aggrieved, he let out a bad breath today.Thinking of the director's face as black as coal, he couldn't help but want to laugh, the feeling of stepping on the director was really great.

"Boss, what treasure did you pick up, so happy?" Chu Hongyang, who was waiting outside the hotel, approached and asked.

This time at the Canton Fair, Lin Zhenhua transferred Chu Hongyang from the Wuhan distribution office as usual, and was ready to provide services outside the fair at any time.When Chu Hongyang received a call from Lin Zhenhua, he didn't even care about waiting for a hard seat ticket, so he bought a standing ticket and rushed to Guangzhou, because there was Schumann, whom he had always dreamed of.Before Lin Zhenhua and others arrived, Chu Hongyang and Shuman had already been shopping in Guangzhou for two days. They walked every alley in Guangzhou, and they didn't feel tired at all, really.

Lin Zhenhua smiled and asked, "Hongyang, where's your gold brick?"

With a mixed expression of shyness and happiness on Chu Hongyang's face, he said: "She went to the restaurant to make arrangements, and all the guests have arrived, and they are waiting for you and Director Hua."

The three of them came to a restaurant near the hotel together and entered a private room.A not-so-big table was placed in the private room, and the composition of the guests was very complicated: Zhao Liankui, deputy director of the Light and Chemical Department of Jiangnan Province, Qian Yuanping, a Hong Kong patent attorney, Belinda, the sales director of Gart, America, Spicer Ford, the vice president of the Asia-Pacific region of Seoul Company, and Schumann who is in charge of the reception.

Hua Keqin had met Belinda before. He shook hands with Belinda and greeted each other.He had never met Qian Yuanping and Ford, and Lin Zhenhua introduced them to him.

"Oh, Mr. Ford, I've heard of you. Have you lived in Jiangnan Province for a while?" Hua Keqin nodded to Ford.Back then, Spischer Company donated a MK800 CNC milling machine to Hanhua Machinery Factory. This incident also caused some sensation in the Foreign Trade Office. Hua Keqin roughly knew the reason, and incidentally heard about Ford.

Ford said: "Yes, I once lived in Jiangnan Province for a month, and the scenery of Jiangnan Province left a very good impression on me."

The conversations between them were all conducted in English, and only poor Chu Hongyang could not understand English in this room.However, it was a blessing in disguise, but he knew it was not a blessing. Because he did not understand English, Schumann kept putting his mouth next to his ear to translate for him. His thin hair brushed against Chu Hongyang's face from time to time, making Chu Hongyang never Itchy from the outside to the inside.

Hua Keqin and Ford exchanged a few more words, then turned their heads and asked Lin Zhenhua in a low voice: "Xiao Lin, what kind of banquet are you throwing, why do I feel that these people don't seem to be able to get together."

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said, "We're all old friends. Since we're going to eat, of course we'll gather together for a table. Director Hua, don't worry, this is not a grand feast."

Hua Keqin laughed loudly and said, "Didn't you invite Director Xu to dinner just now? Once he comes, it will become a grand banquet."

Lin Zhenhua asked: "Director Hua, just now I offended this Xu, won't I cause any trouble for the province?"

Hua Keqin waved his hand: "What is this? How many times did the representatives of the provinces fight with the people from the Ministry of Foreign Trade at the Canton Fair? If you don't fight, people will think you are a bully, and they will not give you any benefits. I will tell you Well, the most popular ones in the Ministry are those provinces and cities where you can make troubles the most. People say that if you dare to make troubles, it means that there are real products. If you don’t even have the guts to make troubles, doesn’t that mean you have no skills?”

"Is there such a thing?" Lin Zhenhua was really eye-opening.

Hua Keqin said: "Let me tell you again, every March, the country holds a planning meeting, and each province sends three kinds of people to participate in the meeting. The first type is those who understand business, the business leaders of various departments, They are in charge of discussing projects. The second type has contacts and is responsible for establishing good relations with various ministries and commissions. The third type is the most troublesome and is responsible for quarreling. Good guy, you have never participated in that kind of meeting. The whole thing is noisy, and we call the planning meeting the Roman Congress."

Schumann interjected: "Director Hua, what does this have to do with Rome?"

Hua Keqin said with a smile: "It's not Rome in foreign countries, it's the livestock market in the countryside, and the mule and horse meeting. The people in the room are louder than anyone else, and the one with the loudest voice can get investment."

Lin Zhenhua read it silently, and said: "I thought about it, and it seems that I am suitable for the third type of person. By the way, Director Hua, will there be fights in the venue? If there are fights, I am a scout. Five is fine."

The Chinese present laughed together. Belinda and Ford looked at each other, wondering what the Chinese were laughing at.Schumann wanted to translate for them, but after thinking about it, this seems to be a family scandal, so it's better not to make it public.

The waiter brought the dishes, everyone gave way to each other, and the table started.Although Belinda and Ford are not strangers to China, such authentic Cantonese cuisine is not often available.Lin Zhenhua was willing to pay, and what Schumann found was a relatively high-end restaurant, and everyone ate with smiles on their faces.

"Belinda, thank you for what happened today." Lin Zhenhua said to Belinda.

"Oh, dear Lin, why are you thanking me?"

"Because some things are more effective to be passed on to each other by your overseas merchants. One sentence you say among your colleagues is more useful than ten sentences I say."

"This is what I should do." Belinda said, "In the United States, the awareness of patent protection is very strong. Such a regrettable thing that appeared in the exhibition hall this time will definitely not happen in the United States. of."

Hua Keqin said embarrassingly: "Ms. Belinda, I think this situation will change soon. Our country is engaged in a commodity economy. I believe that the importance of patents will also be put on the agenda."

Qian Yuanping said: "Director Hua is telling the truth, but, with all due respect, the pace of patent protection in the mainland is still too slow. I heard in Hong Kong that many foreign companies are now making large-scale Collecting information on advanced technology in the Mainland and preparing to register patents is an issue that deserves the attention of the officials in the Mainland."

"What do you mean by this?" Hua Keqin asked sensitively.

Qian Yuanping said: "Although the overall technical level of our mainland is not as good as that of foreign countries, we still have some unique features in some aspects. In the past, we were relatively closed, and many technologies were unknown to outsiders. That's all. Now the country is open. Foreigners see that our technology has no patent protection, and they all want to apply for it first, so that in the future, these technologies will belong to foreigners, and even we can’t use them ourselves.”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Liankui said angrily, "This can no longer be described as stealing. This is simply robbery."

Qian Yuanping said: "In today's world, everything is governed by the law. If someone registers a patent first, then you are infringing if you use it again. No matter whether you are the real inventor or not, who told you not to register a patent? Our inland tradition It’s more reasonable and doesn’t pay much attention to the law. This kind of habit will suffer in the international market.”

Hua Keqin nodded and said, "Lawyer Qian, the information you provided is very important. We will study this issue seriously after we go back."

Next, everyone discussed at the dinner table how to carry out the patent protection of the five-blade fan.Qian Yuanping had already written a lawyer's statement, and Schuman took several copies, and Belinda promised to help them distribute it to her colleagues.This measure is also meaningful to those counterparts in European and American countries. If they purchase five-blade fans in a daze and sell them back, Lin Zhenhua can indeed use the law to sanction them.

After dinner, Hua Keqin, Zhao Liankui and Belinda left first. Lin Zhenhua asked Schumann and Chu Hongyang to accompany Qian Yuanping. He and Ford found a tea room alone and began to talk about their affairs.

"Mr. Lin, I didn't expect your career to be so big. Please allow me to congratulate you first." Ford said.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Thank you for your congratulations. Mr. Ford, my career can be started, and you are the greatest contributor. In fact, my earliest career was relying on the electronic watches and sunglasses you helped me purchase. Earned the first pot of gold."

Ford said with a smile: "It's just because Mr. Lin has a good vision and seized the opportunity of the opening up of mainland China."

"Opportunity alone is not enough. If there is no start-up capital provided by Spischer, I would be a smart woman." Lin Zhenhua said.

Ford said: "Lin, there is one thing that I have always wondered about. How do you know about the bugs in our machine tool control system? Our source code is strictly confidential. You know, because you provided those source code patches, Our company conducted another thorough security check and found no signs of compromise."

Lin Zhenhua smiled slightly and said, "Since you haven't discovered the secrecy, then naturally there is no secrecy. You must know that in traditional Chinese culture, there have always been some very mysterious things, such as supernatural powers."

"No, no, no, I don't believe this." Ford shook his head and said, "I did hear that there are some qigong masters in China who can penetrate into people's hearts. But even I don't know the source code, how can you learn from my Understand it in your head? As for our programmers, I believe your qigong will not be able to work across the Pacific Ocean?"

Lin Zhenhua smiled without saying a word, how could he explain such bloody things to Ford?

Seeing that Lin Zhenhua didn't intend to reveal the mystery, Ford said disappointedly: "Forget it, let's make this an eternal mystery. We investigated it and heard that you served in the Chinese army. Yes, some people in our company suspect that you are a mysterious force belonging to the Chinese military. An ordinary civilian machine tool company like us cannot keep secrets in front of you."

"This..." Lin Zhenhua wanted to cry, "Uh...forget it, let's get down to business."

He really didn't bother to explain it. Mystery should be mysterious. A little more mystery can become his own protective color. At least, the Spischer company dare not investigate further.

(End of this chapter)