Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 374
"Shocked! Xiaguo Technology leads the world in this field."

"A big earthquake in the floppy disk industry! A young guy from Xia Guo broke the foreign monopoly!"

Overnight, many domestic media reported that Lu Yiming invented the USB flash drive and obtained the patent certificate of the beautiful country method.

In the 90s, "breaking foreign monopoly" and "leading the world" were high-frequency key words.In an era when national self-confidence is severely lacking and various public intellectuals who have received dog food are fishing in troubled waters to confuse the public, such words are very inspiring.

Our nation is a very demanding nation. "Being the first" seems to be something engraved in everyone's bones. It seems that we will not be reconciled to being the first in any field, and the relevant workers will be poked at the back and scolded.

Similarly, our nation is also very tolerant of its people, and once it has made achievements, it will rejoice and be proud of it.

Lu Yiming led the little-known Mingyuan Technology to produce such an epoch-making product. Naturally, the media and the people will not be stingy with their praise, and various titles such as "National Entrepreneur" have come one after another.

After the news was published, even the exhibition officials praised Mingyuan Technology, saying that the USB flash drive was the No. 5000 dark horse in this year's Electronic Products Expo, and its single-day sales exceeded [-] million, which shocked many people's jaws.

Mingyuan Technology, Chairman's Office.

Holding the newspaper in his hand, Zheng Youyuan has been laughing for two full hours, and the corners of his mouth are almost cracked.

On the desk in front of him, there were more than [-] newspapers that the secretary had just bought.

He read all the news content that published Mingyuan Technology and USB flash drives.

At his level, money is no longer his goal. Although it is not enough to stabilize the throne of the richest man, it is still enough to live a life of luxury.

For him, fame is naturally more important than money.

Lu Yiming sat on the sofa and drank tea leisurely, seeing Zheng Youyuan happy like a child, he suddenly smiled and said, "How does it feel to be famous?"

Zheng Youyuan said excitedly: "It's cool, it's really cool."

In fact, he has earned a lot of money in OEM these years, but in terms of social status, he is really not that high. As for fame, few people know him outside of Baiyun City.

But now it is different. As the major shareholder of Mingyuan Technology, with the help of the popular product of USB flash drive, his name has begun to move towards the whole country. Even now, some foreigners are very interested in Mingyuan Technology and want to come here Invest in shares.

This kind of thing, he didn't even dare to think about it before.

Lu Yiming said seriously: "Okay, remember this feeling, this is the power of originality, this is the power of scientific research. Mingyuan Technology is going to take such a road, not only to go smoothly, but also to go well, to walk out a broad and A wide avenue to reach the sky!"

Zheng Youyuan said cheerfully: "That must be done."

Although he agreed readily, Lu Yiming also knew that it was because Mingyuan Technology was a hit and made money by making USB flash drives.If he is asked to invest a lot of money in research and development in the future, he may not have such a face.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Lu Yiming must hold scientific research power in his hands.

If Zheng Youyuan is really willing to seriously engage in scientific research, then everyone will be happy.If Zheng Youyuan wants to take the route of trade, industry and technology again, Lu Yiming will take away all the scientific research strength without hesitation, making Mingyuan Technology an empty shell.

Seeing Zheng Youyuan get carried away with complacency, Lu Yiming had no choice but to remind: "The next year is crucial to the development of Mingyuan Technology. Although the sales of USB flash drives are very hot now, it even triggered a wave, sweeping the entire electronics industry. market, but at the same time it will bring a fatal trouble."

Zheng Youyuan said nonchalantly: "What trouble can this cause? Don't you own all the invention patents for USB flash drives?"

Lu Yiming sneered, and said, "Invention patents? They don't care if you have patents or not."

As soon as Lu Yiming said the word Shanzhai, Zheng Youyuan's expression changed immediately.

It's true that he does processing with supplied materials, but who doesn't do some private work when opening a factory these days?

The problem of copycats is too common in Xia Country, and any company encountering this kind of thing will be very troublesome.

Even a powerful foreign-funded enterprise has nothing to do with Xia Guo's counterfeit goods.

Lu Yiming went on to say: "I estimate that knockoff products will appear on the market after the Chinese New Year at most. So before that, we need to speed up the production progress and try to sell as many products as possible."

Zheng Youyuan was a little worried, and said: "If we blindly expand production capacity, will there be a backlog risk?"

Although he runs an electronics factory, Zheng Youyuan is essentially a businessman, so he is more concerned about business.Since copycats will appear at most after the Chinese New Year, if the production capacity is expanded now, the goods will be backlogged, the funds will not be returned in time, and the capital chain will be broken. Not only Mingyuan Technology will suffer, but his Youyuan Electronics Factory will also be ruined.

Lu Yiming said: "That's why I said to ship as soon as possible, as much as we can sell. In the future, we must continue to update and update to maintain our leading position in the industry. While making money, we are also making money in the book." Let everyone know that we are authentic when it comes to USB flash drives.”

Only then did Zheng Youyuan feel relieved, mainly because this kind of creative and innovative business model was too unfamiliar to him.

The processing business he did before was trying to find ways to lower costs, improve efficiency, and then snatch orders through lower quotations.

As for what to say about customer feedback, product updates, or good after-sales service, he is not good at all.

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Deng Guoshun arrived at Baiyun Airport by plane. After setting foot on solid ground, he was full of vigor and confidence.

Because this time, he was not fighting alone, but representing Amon Corporation.

Deng Guoshun, who has worked in foreign companies for many years, is well aware of the importance of patents, so he has investigated the patent registration information of USB flash drives. After learning that Mingyuan Technology has registered more than 200 related patents around the USB flash drive After that, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​patent squatting, but planned to fight in a roundabout way.

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Ming Yuan Technology.

Lu Yiming, who had just finished school, hurried over.

In the office, when Zheng Youyuan saw Lu Yiming, he threw a stack of newspapers in front of Lu Yiming, and said to Lu Yiming, "Look at this."

"What is it?"

When Lu Yiming took the newspaper, he saw a shocking title written in thick and bold font on the front page of the headline.

"Is the birth of the USB flash drive a technological advancement or shameless plagiarism?"

Although there is a question mark on the title, the content of the text lists the foundry companies founded by Zheng Youyuan before, and the lines between the lines are all kinds of misleading readers, saying that a boss who runs a foundry company has no experience in independent research and development. Innovation all of a sudden?Also came up with a technologically mature electronic product?
Is there something tricky here?
After that, Ammon Systems, an Israeli private company, was mentioned in the news, saying that Mr. Dov Ammon was the pioneer of flash drive technology and had a profound technical background in this field.

The meaning behind the words is to question that Mingyuan Technology has copied the flash drive technology of Aimon Company.

This accusation is quite serious. After all, the reason why Mingyuan Technology is now attracting attention from all parties, and its valuation is as high as one billion, is not only due to the USB flash drive, but also Mingyuan Technology's own business philosophy.

No matter how high a person stands, how painful it will be when he falls.

Zheng Youyuan was very anxious. It was only two days since he was happy, why did such a thing come out out of nowhere?

"Here, and here, more than a dozen newspapers and magazines have published this article. Mr. Lu, what do you think we should do?"

If you want to talk about playing public opinion wars, Lu Yiming has read too much. He has Weibo with his left hand and Zhihu with his right hand.As soon as he saw this posture, he knew that there was a high probability that Mingyuan Technology was being targeted by the wealthy boss or someone with power.

"This is obviously an organized and premeditated manuscript washing. I don't know which rich and powerful boss is so courageous, and he has managed so many media at once, and many of them are even industry authorities."

Zheng Youyuan frowned and said: "Yes, this is putting us on fire. It seems that we have been too prominent these days, and some people can't stand it. But we have no plagiarism, and the patent certificates are all there. Lu In short, do you want to publish the patent certificate? If they still dare to question it, they are questioning the professionalism of the patent agency, and we can still refer to them."

Lu Yiming sneered and said, "How boring is that? Let the bullets continue to fly for a while. Ignore these things for now, and watch them for two days."

"Ok."

Although he didn't know what Lu Yiming wanted to do, Zheng Youyuan had no other choice but to agree.

Two days later, Zheng Youyuan suddenly called Lu Yiming.

"Mr. Lu, today Turkey Satellite TV released an interview video about our Mingyuan Technology. I have already recorded it. Would you like to come and take a look?"

When Lu Yiming heard this, he felt a little annoyed.

It seems that this opponent will not let it go until it kills Mingyuan Technology. Not only magazines and newspapers come together, but now even talk shows are used.

"Okay, I'll go and have a look after school later."

After school at noon, Lu Yiming came to Mingyuan Technology, and Zheng Youyuan played the interview screen in the multimedia conference room.

The program is the well-known "Interview with Lu Yu", and the guest of the talk show is Deng Guoshun.

On the screen, Deng Guoshun sat in front of the host Lu Yu, talking freely and calmly.

Lu Yu took the microphone and asked him: "You said you were the first person who came up with the idea of ​​a USB flash drive, right?"

Deng Guoshun nodded and said, "Yes, I started thinking about this project a year ago. At that time, I was working in Aztecs, a large multimedia company in Singapore, and was mainly responsible for product sales and management."

With a surprised expression on his face, Lu Yu praised: "These days, those who can enter foreign companies and work abroad are all excellent talents."

Deng Guoshun said modestly: "I just worked hard enough and happened to have a little bit of talent."

Lu Yu asked Deng Guoshun: "How did you come up with the idea of ​​making a flash drive?"

Deng Guoshun opened his mouth and said, "Singapore's weather is similar to that of Guangdong Province, hot and humid, which makes the floppy disk easy to be damp and short-circuited if it is not stored properly, making it unusable. In my opinion, the floppy disk is relatively large and not very light. It is not very convenient to hold it. So I was very distressed at the time, thinking that I must improve this situation, and slowly I came up with such an idea.”

Lu Yu: "I see. It seems that Deng Xian is not only knowledgeable and talented, but also very thoughtful and better at observing the small details in life. Then what happened after that? Did you start researching and developing USB flash drives after that?"

Deng Guoshun: "When I was working in Aztecs, I had a roommate who happened to be from my hometown. His name was Cheng Xiaohua. He was a little older than me. When I first entered university, he was already a student at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Graduate students. But coincidentally, we participated in the recruitment of Aztecs together and lived in the same dormitory, so we became acquainted naturally."

Lu Yu: "I see."

Afterwards, Deng Guoshun's tone became fierce: "At that time, I felt that my strength alone was definitely not enough, so I told Cheng Xiaohua about the idea of ​​making a USB flash drive, and took him to study together. What I didn't expect was that I was sincere in exchange for shameless betrayal."

Seeing this, the people in the multimedia conference room all looked at Cheng Xiaohua in unison.

And Cheng Xiaohua, who was dumbfounded watching the talk show, was very depressed: "Isn't he talking nonsense? Although I know him, ah, yes, the problem is that we just met not long ago!"

The interview continues.

Facing the agitated Deng Guoshun, Lu Yu asked, "What happened?"

Deng Guoshun said angrily: "I just established a new company in Singapore. When I planned to complete the research and development of the USB flash drive with Mr. Aimeng, the research materials were stolen by Cheng Xiaohua at a critical moment. After he returned to China, he joined a company called It is a private enterprise of Mingyuan Technology, and it took less than a month to make the finished product of the USB flash drive, and also preemptively registered the patent, which made the efforts of Mr. Aimeng and me go to waste."

Lu Yu showed an unbelievable expression: "Really? There is such a person! Isn't this too shameless? He is simply the black sheep in our country's scientific research field!"

The talk show was still going on, but Cheng Xiaohua couldn't sit still, his face was flushed, and he cursed: "We only met once! He never told me about the USB drive at all, and neither did I." Worked in that company, let alone stealing information."

Lu Yiming comforted him and said, "We all know that this guy is talking nonsense. Don't get excited. Others don't know how to make a USB flash drive. I don't know?"

Cheng Xiaohua said angrily: "This is too shameless, openly spreading rumors!"

Zheng Youyuan sighed, and said: "It doesn't matter whether you spread rumors or not, what matters is the direction of public opinion. We, Mingyuan Technology, are in trouble now."

Although Mingyuan Technology has applied for a patent now, the key is that the audience who read the news may not believe it. The main reason is that Deng Guoshun's resume is too beautiful, and behind him, there are foreign-funded enterprises such as Ammon Company. The inferiority complex of Chinese people in terms of technology will naturally tend to favor that the USB flash drive was invented by foreigners, and Mingyuan Technology is a proper plagiarist.

(End of this chapter)