Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 343 The patent is in hand
The three of them came to the clothing area upstairs, Ruan Tao and Luo Caijing chose three matching suits for Yi Weidong, an evening dress and casual clothes for Ruan Tao, and bought a suit for Luo Caijing by the way.

Yi Weidong also got his own checkbook just now. Although the 3000 million yuan did not come in, Yi Weidong's account has a certain overdraft limit, so he wrote the check in a smart way, but the clothes still need to be modified. Pick up again.

For several days, Yi Weidong was busy with chores, such as the ballpoint pen factory, the decoration of two department stores, the recruitment and training of salespersons, and the purchase of goods, all of which needed Yi Weidong to make up his mind.

In the middle, I crossed the Shenzhen River once and went to Bao'an County to send a letter to He Yuzhu, saying that I was safe.

This day Yi Weidong came back from the shopping mall to take a rest, Luo Caijing came in and said with a smile:

"Boss, lawyer Wu Deyuan from Liqun Law Firm is here."

"Please."

Yi Weidong was suddenly full of apprehension. Attorney Wu Deyuan's coming here must be the result of the patent matter. Whether he makes a fortune or chooses another business project depends on what the news is this time.

Soon, lawyer Wu Deyuan walked in with a smile under the guidance of Luo Caijing, and Yi Weidong greeted him and sat down on the sofa.

Lawyer Wu Deyuan said directly: "Congratulations, Mr. Yi, your patents for the ballpoint pen series have all been passed."

Yi Weidong suddenly felt that he was the happiest person. With the patent, this was enough to ensure that he would have a steady stream of profits in the next 20 years.

This is still the patent of the ballpoint pen that every reader will use. Unfortunately, the patent is only valid for 20 years, so what will we do then!

But this is not something Yi Weidong needs to consider right now, let's talk about it later.

Yi Weidong said happily: "Thank you, Lawyer Wu, this is the best news I've heard."

Lawyer Wu Deyuan smiled and said, "Mr. Yi, your invention will make history."

Yi Weidong said a few words politely, "I still have a batch of follow-up patents to apply for, and I just happen to do this thing today."

The first batch was just the most common patents. Yi Weidong was still worried that the patent application would not come, and many subsequent things were not done.

When Yi Weidong was free recently, he designed the pen refill with small ears. This is also the early press pen scheme. There are two small ear-shaped protrusions at a distance of one inch from the pen tip, which can block the spring. In this way, it can be made into a pen.

There are also plans to make the refills form steps to block the springs, as well as the proposals for double-refill ballpoint pens and three-color refill ballpoint pens. Yi Weidong has designed everything he can think of that he has seen.

Attorney Wu Deyuan was very happy to see that Yi Weidong took out another stack of patent applications. These are all performances!
Yi Weidong was already familiar with the templates of patent applications before, and this batch of patent applications was directly required to be prepared in advance. Lawyer Wu Deyuan installed them after a little inspection, and said, "Mr. If you apply, then I will leave."

Yi Weidong said, "Wait a minute, Lawyer Wu, I have a gift for you."

When the patent was not obtained, Yi Weidong kept sending all the refills produced to the warehouse. Even the company's own people still used fountain pens and did not let the refills spread.

Now that the patent has been obtained, Yi Weidong can take out the refill and use it, which can be given as a gift.

Twelve cap-type ballpoint pens were installed on the upper layer of the box. Yi Weidong gave the gift box to lawyer Wu Deyuan and said, "This is a little wish from me. Please accept it. There are fifty matching pen refills on the lower layer." .”

Lawyer Wu Deyuan declined: "Our law firm has regulations that cannot accept gifts from clients. I appreciate Mr. Yi's kindness."

Lawyer Wu Deyuan refused to accept it after being pushed twice, Yi Weidong said: "Well, our company has launched a new ballpoint pen product, which has not yet passed the market test. This is our trial product, please give it a try after you use it. Opinions, waiting for us to improve the ballpoint pen."

Attorney Wu Deyuan then took the ballpoint pen and said, "That's fine, I will give you a written opinion after a while."

Yi Weidong sent lawyer Wu Deyuan outside, and said to Luo Caijing, "Tell Manager Ruan to come over."

When Yi Weidong came into the office, he was so excited that he didn’t know how to express it. No matter how much space he used to earn before, it was different from this patent. He invented a new ballpoint pen, which is enough to leave his name in history. It's your contribution to society.

Of course, the small money I earn from this patent is also appropriate. I can't make people suspect that I made my fortune by smuggling. The conscience of heaven and earth, I really didn't smuggle.

After a while, Ruan Tao came in and said, "Boss, did lawyer Wu Deyuan come here just now?"

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "Sister Taozi, once our patent comes down, we're going to get rich."

"Really? The patent has come down?"

Ruan Tao happily asked again, and seeing Yi Weidong nodded with a smile, he came over excitedly and hugged Yi Weidong and said:
"Awei, I'm so happy, I lost your watch company, now I have a new way of making money, I"

Yi Weidong cried when he heard what happened in the end, patted Ruan Tao on the back and comforted him: "Sister Taozi, I don't blame you for the watch company's affairs, you don't have to blame yourself, I'm not sad, why are you Still thinking so much?"

Ruan Tao was instantly overjoyed and lost her composure. As the general manager, Ruan Tao knew how terrifying the profit of the refill was. Now that the patent is issued, it can be said that the ballpoint pen can be put on the market immediately to make money.

Letting go of Yi Weidong, Ruan Tao saw that Yi Weidong was a little embarrassed, and asked teasingly, "Awei, do you think I'm too old for Sister Tao?"

Yi Weidong quickly said: "How can it be! Sister Taozi is not very old!"

Ruan Tao looked down to see that it wasn't too big, and said discouragedly: "It's not as good as Ah Zhen."

"Sister Taozi, can you be more serious? I'm in the office now!"

Ruan Tao smiled and said, "I'm so happy, I don't even know what to say."

Yi Weidong pulled Ruan Tao to sit down, made a cup of herbal tea, and said, "Since we have obtained the patent, there is no need to worry. How many refills and pens can we have in stock now?"

Ruan Tao thought about it and said: "Now the daily output has just reached the scheduled one million refills, and the whole pen has a capacity of 50. The inventory is not much. There are more than 1000 million pen refills, and the whole pen is only less than 700 million."

Selling 700 million pens and refills is 2000 million in revenue, and the cost of it is less than a million, which is really a lot.

Yi Weidong can only rely on the production of pen refills all his life, which is more profitable than any other business!
Yi Weidong said happily: "Sister Taozi, we really got rich this time."

"Yeah, the company has its own flagship product, and it can finally get on the right track."

Although Ruan Tao agreed to buy the building, it is unknown whether it will rise in the future and how much it will earn. It is just supported by other income and has no objection.

But this ballpoint pen is different. It can be seen now that it has huge prospects in the future. This is the foundation of Qiuyu Company.

After chatting with Ruan Tao for a long time, Yi Weidong and Ruan Tao gradually calmed down their excitement and began to discuss the promotion of ballpoint pens.

Yi Weidong said: "First, clean up the original watch wholesale store on the first floor. From now on, we will buy goods from the store. The company accounts are all in the East Asia account, and the money in the HSBC account will be put away when it is used up."

Ruan Tao went to transfer the money, but the lobby manager didn't let Ruan Tao transfer all of them, so only 4000 million cash was transferred out. In the end, the account was blocked. How could Yi Weidong put the money into the HSBC account.

Now it is only a few other company accounts and some of them are in HSBC Bank. It just happens that I am continuing to buy properties now, and I will just wait until the money from HSBC is used up.

Ruan Tao asked: "Then how do we promote it? Should we advertise in newspapers and radio stations?"

Yi Weidong shook his head and said, "We are a brand new product, even advertising is useless, and others don't know what a ballpoint pen is."

"Then what method?"

Yi Weidong said: "We can start from schools, so that we can promote it through students, and then promote it after the society knows about the ballpoint pen we invented."

Ruan Tao thought about it and said, "Actually, we can donate to some social groups, such as the Red Cross, Catholic Church, Jidu Church, government departments, public welfare organizations, etc."

"It's also a way to expand your influence. It would be nice to have your own newspaper."

It was only then that Yi Weidong realized that he did not have much right to speak. At this time, there were not many TV sets, and ordinary people read newspapers or listened to the radio. If he had newspapers, he would have the right to speak in society, but now he should promote ballpoint pens first. That's the business.

It's a pity that the two department stores are not ready yet, or they can just promote them in the market.

Yi Weidong immediately thought of a promotion plan: How great would it be to get a ballpoint pen directly when spending over 20 Hong Kong dollars.

When Yi Weidong came home at night, he brought a big bag into the house, and Ah Hui said in surprise, "Brother Ah Wei, are you moving?"

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "Who are you moving to? I'm here to give you a gift."

"Give me a gift? You don't have a fever, do you? How can you be so kind, you cheapskate?"

Yi Weidong was so angry that he put down his bag and stretched out his hand to give him a headache and said:

"You finished eating, drank mine, and called me a cheapskate?"

Ah Hui rubbed her head aggrievedly and said, "Then I'll clean your room and wash your underwear and stinky socks? It's not like I didn't work?"

Yi Weidong said embarrassingly: "Who told you to wash my underwear, I'll do it myself."

Yi Weidong's dirty clothes were thrown directly into the clothes basket, and he didn't expect Ah Hui to wash them, no wonder he felt something was wrong these days.

Skipping this topic, Yi Weidong said: "I invented a new ballpoint pen, you help me give it to your classmates and do some promotion."

"Ballpoint pen? Give it to my classmate? Are you stupid?"

"Are you stupid?"

Yi Weidong opened the bag, and there were boxes of ballpoint pens inside. Yi Weidong packed them in the way that later generations put them upright and inserted them into round holes. A square box contained 50 ballpoint pens.

Yi Weidong took a box, opened it, randomly took one and handed it to Ah Hui, saying, "Look, this is the ballpoint pen I invented. Most students use the one you have."

Ah Hui took it over and looked it over, then pulled out the cap, and when she saw the tip of the pen, she knew how to use it and asked:

"Brother Awei, you said this is your invention?"

"Of course, my patent application has been approved."

Ah Hui took the newspaper on the coffee table next to her, drew it a few times, but there were only scratches, and said with a frown, "Why is there no water? It's broken."

It was only then that Yi Weidong remembered that the sealing of the nib was invented by himself, and the ballpoint pens of Meiguo do not have this sealing wax.said:
"There is a layer of sealing wax on the front of this ballpoint pen. As long as you draw a few more times, the ink will come out."

Ah Hui drew a few more times with suspicion, only to see a black stroke appear on the newspaper,

He shouted happily: "The water is coming out, the water is coming out, so it's not that the pen is broken."

Excitedly, I started writing on the newspaper, and two lines of delicate traditional Chinese characters appeared vividly on the paper.

Yi Weidong asked: "How is it? How does it feel to use this pen?"

"Very good, better than a fountain pen. How much does it cost?"

"This one is the basic one, and it only costs [-] yuan."

Yi Weidong continued: "Tomorrow you will give some to your classmates and teachers, even other classes, and then teach them to remove the sealing wax on the head before they can write."

"Are you crazy? Want me to give a pen worth nine yuan to a classmate?"

"This is my promotion. After the refill is finished, I will buy my pen."

Yi Weidong unscrewed the cap on the back of the pen, pulled out the refill and said, "When the ink in the refill is used up, I need to replace it with a new refill, so that I can make money."

Ah Hui looked at Yi Weidong suspiciously and asked, "Oh, I see, I said you really invented this yourself? Is your head so long?"

"Eat whole grains like you, and grow meat like you."

Ah Hui rolled her eyes and said, "Then why didn't I invent anything?"

"That's because you are stupid, your mind is muddled."

Ah Hui dropped the pen, rushed over and pushed Yi Weidong down on the sofa, stretched out his hand to hit him, and shouted: "Your brain is muddled."

Yi Weidong was stunned and had never seen Ah Hui so crazy before. He took two hits before realizing it, but Ah Hui took advantage and ran into the kitchen and shouted: "Aunt Fu, Miss Xiaochun, help me, the boss wants Hit me."

After shouting, he turned around and made a face at Yi Weidong, and walked into the kitchen with a smile.

Yi Weidong got up and tidied his clothes. Forget it, I don't know as much as this steamed bun today.

The next day, Yi Weidong wanted to do some promotion, but the manager Ping Lezhang came to him and said that he had made an appointment with some suppliers to discuss the supply of department stores.

Yi Weidong can only deal with the affairs of the department store first.

Ah Hui found a small bag and packed four boxes of [-] ballpoint pens in total. When she went to the classroom to put down her schoolbag, she took out a ballpoint pen and said loudly to the girl in the same seat:

"A-Lian, I'll give you a new ballpoint pen."

Before the fellow A-Lian could speak, the fat man in front turned around and said, "I don't know, the ballpoint pen is said to be a ballpoint pen."

After the little fat man finished speaking, he proudly shook the bronze Athena ballpoint pen in his hand.

Ah Hui took the ballpoint pen and said, "Fatty, you don't know much about it. This is the latest ballpoint pen, and it hasn't been released yet!"

The same Alian looked at the ballpoint pen she had never seen before and asked, "Ah Hui, what's the difference?"

Ah Hui unscrewed the back cover, took out the refill and said:
"See, this is a refill, just replace it when you run out."

Then he said to the little fat man, "Fatty man, is there a refill in your Athena ballpoint pen?"

Ah Hui's high voice attracted the surrounding students, who had never heard of refills or ballpoint pens.

Everyone gathered to ask Ah Hui about the ballpoint pen, and Ah Hui said triumphantly, "This is an invention of my brother's company. A ballpoint pen only costs 9 yuan. I'll show you how to write."

Ah Hui unpacked the box, distributed the ballpoint pens to her classmates, and said, "Remove the wax before writing, and then you can write smoothly."

With this reminder from Ah Hui, everyone also found the little red dot on the front of the nib. After removing the wax, they all wrote smoothly.

"It's really written."

"This ballpoint pen is much easier to use than a fountain pen."

"It's only nine dollars, and the worst pen costs nine dollars!"

Students are the ones who know pens best, and they can tell whether the pen is good or not as soon as they get started. The little fat man has the cheek to try one. It is indeed easier to use than his own Athena ballpoint pen. Athena costs 58 yuan.

Asked: "This ballpoint pen really only costs nine yuan?"

Ah Hui said proudly: "Of course, I still can't lie to you."

I and the little fat man in the front seat usually don't deal with each other, and often quarrel together, thinking that Ah Wei wants to give it to a good classmate, will this fat man give it away?

The little fat man got the exact answer, took out a nine-yuan coin from his pocket, put it in front of Ah Hui, and said, "I'll buy a ballpoint pen."

The other students also realized that this ballpoint pen was indeed something they had never seen in a department store, and it was easier to use than a fountain pen. Most of them also bought one. Some people had no money, so they asked others to borrow it. Soon Ah Hui's face was full of loose change.

Ah Hui wanted to give it to her classmates, but when she saw the money in front of her, she swallowed the words.

The panic didn't subside until the class bell rang. During the break, some students took a ballpoint pen to another class to show to their good friends, asking if they wanted it?
Just like this, the whole school knew that Ah Hui had a new ballpoint pen, and everyone who was rich would take the money to buy one.

Soon all [-] ballpoint pens were sold out, and many people came for no reason.

As long as Ah Hui reassured her that she would send her pens during the lunch break, she persuaded the students who came over to ask questions.

Ah Hui took some time to go to the teacher's office and received a call to Yi Weidong's office: "Brother Ah Wei, something serious happened."

(End of this chapter)