Go back in time and be a chaebol

Chapter 280: Encounter in Little Italy (first update, please subscribe)

Although the tire company has a test workshop, it always takes time from design to product. After all, the entire tire manufacturing process is not simple. It needs to go through more than a dozen processes, large and small, using knitting machines, rubber mixing machines, internal mixers, Calenders, extruders and many other rubber processing equipment are a time-consuming and labor-intensive process.

After further improving the design of full-fiber radial tires, Li Yian left the tire company.

"Okay, all that's left is to wait,"

Wait for the company to produce samples of radial tires before testing them. After the test is successful, it can be put into production. The reason why the tire company has not put into full production now is because it is stuck in the training of workers. According to the progress of the plan, it should be put into production next month. If new tires are produced, the production line will need to be adjusted.

These are all problems. Li Yian needs to spend more time to produce radial tires.

However, before mass-producing radial tires, Li Yian had to do one thing first, which was to apply for a patent for radial tires.

Historically, the patent for radial tires was only applied for in the second half of 46. If you apply for a patent now, you will definitely be able to get the patent for radial tires.

Because the laws of North Borneo follow British laws and colonial local traditional laws, they naturally follow the British Patents Act. Patents applied by North Borneo under British laws are protected by the British Patents Act.

Although Britain and the United States reached agreements on mutual recognition of patents during the war in order to share patented technologies. But Li Nian does not intend to register the patent only in North Borneo.

After all, there are loopholes in any law. When faced with a profitable patent, what large companies are best at is finding loopholes and exploiting them. If they cannot find loopholes, they will spend more than ten years, or even decades, patenting them. Litigation, ongoing litigation and infringing production, continued until the patent expired.

Therefore, the safest way is to directly apply for a patent in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Although American companies are good at litigating patent lawsuits, the United States is also the country that values ​​patent protection the most in this era, because the patent system itself is a monopoly system for large companies. Large companies need to monopolize the market through patent rights, so they Do your best to preserve this system.

So as long as you apply for a patent in the United States, you basically don’t need to worry about infringement. Even if there is an infringement, the legal department only needs to be dispatched.

"It seems that we need to send someone to the United States to apply for a patent first."

The reason why this matter is so important is because Wells and others are sent by Goodyear, which is equivalent to holding the secret directly in front of their eyes.

Fortunately, it was during the war and they had no way to return to the United States. Fortunately, the agents of the Security Bureau were by their side.

All this can at least ensure that this patent will not be leaked by them and then registered by Goodyear or other American companies.

After relaxing, Li Yian, who felt a little hungry, happened to see a restaurant on the roadside on his way back to the city.

"Naples restaurant? Is it opened by Alfa Romeo employees?"

The Alfa Romeo Company is nearby. There are many Italian employees in the company, including engineers and skilled workers. They and their families live near the company. It is normal for there to be an Italian restaurant here. After all, there is now a small Italy here, although there are only more than 1000 people.

In the future, as the Italian companies bought by Li Yi'an are demolished here, especially those belonging to the Fiat Group, more Italian engineers, skilled craftsmen and their families will come to Borneo. According to the statistics of the Italian branch, for demolition and subsequent installation. They employ more than 5000 engineers and skilled craftsmen. Counting their families, at least to Italians will come to Borneo.

In the future, regional place names such as Little Italy and Little Germany will appear in Sandakan and other Borneo cities. They all came here with the demolition of factories, and they are bound to integrate into this land. Become part of a local, diverse culture.

"Otherwise, let's try some Italian food today."

There were no customers in the restaurant at around ten o'clock in the night. When Li Yian opened the door and entered the restaurant, he only saw a girl sitting in the corner of the restaurant.

The girl wore a white school skirt. Her arms placed on the table looked very white under the light. Her thick eyelashes fluttered up and down from time to time. Her pink lips were plump and seductive. Her wavy long hair fell down over her shoulders.

At this time, the girl with her head lowered was holding a thick book, and there was a "Huayi Dictionary" beside her. She was carefully reading the dictionary from time to time, while looking at the book in her hand, it seemed that she was still writing something.

The girl who was doing her homework just looked up when she heard the door opening, then turned and shouted to the house.

"Mom, there are guests coming,"

"Okay, Sophia, please say hello first."

After Li Jianyi sat down, the girl came over with a menu and spoke in blunt Chinese.

"Sir, what do you need?"

The teenage girl looks very immature, but she seems a little familiar.

Look familiar?

The extremely similar appearance made Li Yian stunned for a moment.

"Your name is Sophia?"

"Yes, sir." Suddenly a relevant memory seemed to be activated in his mind.

Sophia Loren!

Not to mention they look really alike. It’s just that the person in front of me is the lolita version of Sophia Loren.

She can't really be, can she?

But why is she here?

Shouldn't she be doing her laundry in the slums of Naples?

Because I have written several articles online, I know that Sophia's childhood was very difficult. Living in Naples, she and her family not only had to avoid Allied bombing all day long. Her mother even had to beg from passers-by, and was probably a street girl. Only in this way could she manage to maintain the family's life. Due to long-term malnutrition, Sofia, who was sallow and thin, was even called "Toothpick Sophia".

But the girl in front of me doesn't look malnourished at all, and she seems to be growing really well. Maybe because there is enough food in Borneo.

Logically speaking, Sophia, who is only twelve or thirteen years old, should stay in Naples, then participate in beauty pageants, and finally be discovered as an actress. How did she end up in Sandakan?

What Li Yi'an didn't know was that his acquisition of Alfa Romeo changed Sophia's life. Due to the pressure of life, her mother married a Naples mechanic. In fact, although they had social interactions in their lives, Nothing will come of it. After all, in Naples in 44, almost everyone was unemployed and everyone was struggling on the edge of starvation. The same goes for the Alfa Romeo mechanic.

But the sudden acquisition allowed him to get his job again. The former bachelor immediately became the most handsome boy in the village, and successfully attracted the attention of Sophia's mother. As a woman who had worked in Hollywood, faced with the hungry reality, Take the initiative to hook up with him.

As the company moved to Borneo as a whole, their mother and daughter followed him to Sandakan.

In short, here she is, no longer having to wash clothes with soapy water every day to make a living.

Now in school, she has to work hard to learn Chinese. For Sofia and other Italian children, learning Chinese is undoubtedly a very painful process, but they must learn it. This is a prerequisite for living here. Of course, they also need to learn English. After all, this is still the UK in name only. of colonies.

Her mother opened the Italian restaurant here a few months ago.

Probably not her.

Maybe they just have similar looks, Li Yian thought to himself.

"What's your full name?"

"Sophia Bianchi!"

After thinking for a while and looking at the very handsome gentleman in front of her, Sophia said.

"But I prefer the original name, Sophia Loren."

Sophia Loren!

It's really her!

Li Yian looked up at the girl standing at the table. The moment the two looked at each other, a bright smile appeared on her face, and then she said.

"Sir, what do you need?"

Yes, it’s this smile. In Sophia Loren’s movies, this smile is the most charming, calm and direct.

“A seafood pasta dish.”

After casually ordering a dinner, I watched the girl leave. Although I was surprised by the impermanence of the world, I felt relieved immediately.

It's just a little girl movie.

At most, the world is missing one Oscar-winning actress. Even Hepburn is missing. Is she still missing?

No worries.

Soon, the noodles came, this time from her mother. It had to be said that the woman who had been in Hollywood was indeed quite pretty and had a very hot figure.

But it was just one more look, and then Li Yian had a late dinner. The noodles Sophia’s mother ordered were indeed delicious.

No wonder he knows how to open a restaurant, Li Yian couldn't help but give it a high score.

While enjoying dinner, Li Yian occasionally cast his eyes on Sophia.

At the same time, Sophia seemed to notice that someone was looking at her, so she raised her eyebrows and glanced over.

The moment the two looked at each other, her iconic smile appeared again on her face...

　Please continue to support me! Please subscribe, please give me a monthly pass, and please support me! Thank you! ! ! A book club group has been created: 739209015. Everyone is welcome to join and discuss the plot together.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)