King of Industry

  Chapter 331 sounded a wake-up call

  SJ City Motorcycle Inspection and Testing Institute, Zhao Guoyang saw a motorcycle that had just finished the test, and couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

  It turns out that this motorcycle is very similar to a model of Siyang Group's underbone vehicle in appearance, but it is by no means the C100 of Siyang Group.

  After taking a second look, Zhao Guoyang quickly came to the conclusion that this is a copycat car imitating Siyang Group C100.

  Seeing the car being started by the staff and driving away, Zhao Guoyang shook his head helplessly.

  Reborn in this life, this is the first time that Zhao Guoyang has seriously witnessed such a thing as a "cottage" product.

   This undoubtedly sounded a wake-up call for him.

  Yes, no matter in the previous life or in the present life, there has always been an inescapable disease in many industries in China, which is copycats.

  Because of the low cost and fast return of "copycats", many domestic companies would rather be punished than copy other people's good ideas.

  In the era before Zhao Guoyang's rebirth, the most prominent enterprise was the "Xudu" company.

  This extremely shameless enterprise has formed an indissoluble bond with "copycat" and "plagiarism" from the moment it was born.

  From "Xudu Search" at the beginning of its birth, to a certain degree forum, to a literature website, due to the large user base of the "Xudu" company, every "plagiarism" of it has been a great success.

  The most important thing is that after the "cottage", this completely rogue-like website still puts on a complacent posture, as if nothing happened.

   This is also the point that Zhao Guoyang dislikes the most. Those whose rights have been violated by piracy have no place to reason. Even through legal channels, the hard work they put in is not directly proportional to the compensation they get.

  Specifically to the manufacturing industry, the phenomenon of "cottage" is also ubiquitous.

  Some manufacturing companies, in order to make profits, directly copied the ideas and productions of their peers, took them as their own, and sold them on the market without any packaging.

  This kind of phenomenon is intolerable for Zhao Guoyang, a former industrial giant with lofty ideals.

   "In the previous life, I was helpless against this phenomenon in the industry, but in this life, I must not sit idly by!" Looking at this copycat motorcycle, Zhao Guoyang secretly made up his mind.

   Xu Dongfeng on the side saw Zhao Guoyang's serious face, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Guoyang, how are you, are you okay?"

  Woke up by Xu Dongfeng's words, Zhao Guoyang shook his head vigorously, and forced a smile: "It's okay, Xiao Feng quickly catch up with Director Chen's car!"

  After arriving at the designated place, Chen Zhibin and Zhao Guoyang got out of the car, and then Director Chen ordered the staff to help shovel down Hongda Machinery's motorcycle with a forklift.

  Seeing that the car has been transported into the test factory, Chen Zhibin shook hands with Zhao Guoyang politely and said, "Researcher Zhao, you can rest assured when the car arrives here."

   "We will speed up the test progress for the following test items, no later than 20 days, and we will definitely give a result!"

  After hearing this, Zhao Guoyang quickly thanked: "Thank you, thank you, that is really troublesome Director Chen!"

   "Hey, researcher Zhao, don't be too polite! This is our job!"

  The smile on Chen Zhibin's face was so sincere that Zhao Guoyang felt a little embarrassed.

   "Researcher Zhao, how are you? Come to my office?" Chen Zhibin looked at Zhao Guoyang expectantly and said.

   Zhao Guoyang agreed after a little thought.

  He turned his head and explained a few words to Xu Dongfeng. Naturally, he was asked to follow the comrades from the inspection and testing institute throughout the whole process to conduct an all-round inspection of the car.

   "Don't worry, Section Chief Zhao, with me here, there will be no delays!" Xu Dongfeng still frowned when he was outside the house, and he didn't call Zhao Guoyang's name directly without the old Bibi.

   He told the driver, Xiao Feng, to wait a while, then Zhao Guoyang nodded to Director Chen and said, "Director Chen, please stop bothering me!"

   Chen Zhibin smiled and led Zhao Guoyang to his office.

   Along the way, he also introduced some advanced imported equipment in the inspection and testing institute to Zhao Guoyang from time to time, and the two talked and laughed.

   Entering the office, Chen Zhibin first asked Zhao Guoyang to sit down on the sofa, and made him a cup of tea himself.

   "Researcher Zhao, Yuqian Longjing, please!" Chen Zhibin put down his cup and said.

   "Well, it really is good tea!" Zhao Guoyang took a sip of the steaming tea and couldn't help admiring.

  Chen Zhibin grinned, then put down his teacup and asked tentatively: "Researcher Zhao, you were outside just now, I see that you seem to be interested in the car that we are inspecting?"

  After hearing this, Zhao Guoyang immediately understood that Director Chen secretly noticed his behavior of staring at the "copycat" car just now.

   Regarding this kind of matter, Zhao Guoyang naturally didn't need to hide it from the other party.

  He pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, Director Chen, the car just now looks familiar to me."

   "Because our Hongda Machinery Factory has been supplying frames to the Siyang Group in Yangcheng. The shape of the car just now is almost exactly the same as the C100 of the Siyang Group..."

   "Hehe, Researcher Zhao's vision is really sharp, you can see it at a glance!" Chen Zhibin laughed.

   "In fact, this kind of imitation car is seen a lot in our institute. Basically, out of every five new models, two are similar products."

Chen Zhibin shook his head, and said rather helplessly: "Sometimes, there are as many as four or five similar products for a popular car model. In the end, even the comrades in our office can't tell who is who. Genuine product, who is the imitation."

   Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but said after hearing the words: "Director Chen, we should have a motorcycle design patent in China, why are these imitation models so rampant and emerge in endlessly?"

   "In this case, isn't it very unfair to those motorcycle companies that are committed to innovation?"

   "It's true to say so, but the flaws in appearance patents are still easy to find."

  Chen Zhibin patiently explained: "It seems that two cars that look similar in shape, as long as there is a difference in important structure, it cannot be defined as plagiarism, and there is no infringement."

Zhao Guoyang naturally understood what Chen Zhibin meant, and said with a hint of indignation: "Yes, I understand the truth. The easiest way is to adjust the position of the engine suspension on the motorcycle frame, and this is not plagiarism. It is this Do you mean it, Director Chen?"

  As soon as Chen Zhibin heard Zhao Guoyang say this, he knew that he was very knowledgeable.

  Speaking of which, the endless emergence of imitation models has something to do with the lax control of the motorcycle inspection and testing institute to some extent.

  But for this kind of thing, inspection units like Chen Zhibin are also very helpless.

  After all, there are rules to follow and evidence to follow in other people's imitation, so there is no problem in the law.

   The most, it's nothing more than being criticized for a flaw in moral character.

   Seeing that Chen Zhibin was at a loss for words, Zhao Guoyang also knew that he had gone too far.

  After all, although I hate the phenomenon of "copycats", I have to proceed from the actual situation.

  Since I was sitting in Chen Zhibin's seat, maybe I can only watch these imitation cars appear one after another.

  Thinking about this, Zhao Guoyang arched his hands to Chen Zhibin apologetically and said, "Director Chen, I'm sorry, I was a little excited just now."

   "I just think that the appearance of these imitation models has greatly hindered the improvement of our country's motorcycle styling technology, and has had a very bad effect."

  After hearing Zhao Guoyang's apology, Chen Zhibin's expression eased.

  He let out a long sigh, looked up at Zhao Guoyang and said, "Researcher Zhao, to be honest, I can understand your mood."

   "It is true that designing a new model requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and it is not achieved overnight. However, the appearance of these imitation cars is not without their reasons."

   "After all, normally speaking, the price of the imitation models must be lower than that of the original models. To some extent, they can be regarded as lowering the market price of domestic motorcycles."

  Chen Zhibin paused for a moment, and continued: "Also, even if our domestic companies don't imitate, some small countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America will do the same."

   "Speaking of which, low-cost imitation models are also an international convention. This is the reason why the so-called law does not blame the public."

  After hearing Chen Zhibin's defense of the "copycat" car, Zhao Guoyang felt a little dry, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything more.

  Yes, from a certain point of view, what Chen Zhibin said has some truth. "Counterfeit" items have their advantages, but there are more disadvantages.

   It is temporarily impossible to completely abandon the phenomenon of "copycat" in the domestic manufacturing industry.

  However, Zhao Guoyang believes that as long as the models or other products he designs have technical content far beyond the understanding of others, making it impossible for others to imitate them, then there is nothing to worry about.

  Besides, those who like copycats are just a small group of mercenaries. More responsible entrepreneurs and experts and scholars with a sense of mission are making unremitting efforts to improve the country's industrial level.

   After chatting with Chen Zhibin for a while, Zhao Guoyang had a new understanding of this rather bookish director.

   It can be seen that Director Chen still has his own opinions when looking at problems, and he is not the kind of person who "follows what others say".

   "Well, that's right!"

   Chen Zhibin seemed to think of something, so he reminded him: "Just now when I was eating at noon, I heard from you that I seem to want to contact Songqi Group, or I should make a call first."

  Chen Zhibin said to Zhao Guoyang with a smile on his face: "Researcher Zhao, you also saw it along the way. The surrounding area is still relatively deserted. After you go out, it will be difficult to find a place to make a phone call!"

   "Okay, thank you in advance." Zhao Guoyang responded readily.

  Chen Zhibin stood up, walked to the desk, pointed to the telephone, made a "please" gesture and said, "Researcher Zhao, please come!"

  Zhao Guoyang nodded, picked up the phone and started dialing.

  (end of this chapter)