Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 436 You Zhang Liangji, I Have a Wall Ladder
Lu Yiming couldn't help smiling when he saw the court summons.

The executives in the office were all terrified when they saw the court summons.

In the 90s, most people were still in awe of so-called authoritative institutions like courts, and tried not to take lawsuits if they could.So when they saw this court summons, their first reaction was whether the Ming Yuan Group had really committed a crime.

Lu Yiming waved the court summons to everyone, and said with a smile: "This Sehan company is really active enough. It only took a few days to get all the court summons."

Song Honglin asked worriedly: "Mr. Lu, what should we do now? Are we going to recall all the MP3 players?"

"Why recall? Since Shihan wants to sue us, then we just go to sue them. What are we afraid of?"

Song Honglin muttered with a mournful face: "Mr. Lu, you will be fined a lot of money for infringement..."

In fact, the situation is even worse than what Song Honglin thought. Now it is not just a matter of money. Many people read newspapers and talk shows, and subconsciously regard Mingyuan Technology as a copycat company with no technical content. .

Even many people in the company who have no contact with R&D think so.

After all, people in this era, in their subconscious mind, Xia Guo can only pick up the wisdom of others, and the so-called technology is definitely plagiarized.

Moreover, at this time in China, copycats can be said to be insane. They are no longer limited to the so-called technological field, but have penetrated into all aspects of life.

For example, if you go to the canteen downstairs to buy White Rabbit toffee, you may end up with White Rabbit toffee by accident.

As a result, the common people who have suffered from it can be said to hate counterfeit products, and almost all of them have formed a conditioned reflex.

It is precisely because of this that everyone's first reaction was to boycott Mingyuan Technology when they heard that it was plagiarized by Yuan Technology, and no one went to verify the authenticity of this statement.Now under the hatred of the house and the black, the situation of Mingyuan Technology is precarious.

"Even if we win the lawsuit, it will be difficult for us to change the first impression of the people."

"This is a dead end. The enemy cleverly used the media offensive and preconceived impressions to directly and severely hit Mingyuan Technology with a sap."

Facing the discussion among the crowd, Lu Yiming comforted him: "Don't panic, we haven't started fighting yet, do you think I will lose?"

In the conference room, only Lu Yiming's eyes remained firm.

No matter what kind of opponents and difficulties he faces, he will never bow his head, let alone admit defeat.

Now that he is in a dead end, it has aroused the pride and ambition in his heart—let's make the storm more violent!
Someone asked: "Mr. Lu, I have read all those newspapers. Now that the court summons has come down, is our product infringing?"

Lu Yiming didn't shy away either, nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

Such a frank answer immediately caused quite a commotion in the conference room.

"Is it really an infringement?"

"Isn't this lawsuit certain to lose?"

"We have to pay a lot of money?"

"Will the company go bankrupt? To be honest, I quite like working here."

"What can I do?"

Everyone who had no confidence in litigation with foreign-funded enterprises became even more panicked after hearing this answer. The status of private enterprises in Xia State is very embarrassing. They belong to state-owned enterprises that do not love their grandmas and uncles, and their internal benefits are not as good as those of their eldest sons. , It is far inferior to foreign companies in terms of preferential policies.

If there is a dispute, the authorities may not decide who to help.

Lu Yiming waved his hand slightly, and said calmly: "Everyone, don't panic. Although our MP3 product infringes some existing related patents, it has nothing to do with the Sehan Group in Bangguo. So the court summons of the Sehan Group is nothing at all. use."

Cheng Xiaohua, the technical director in charge of hardware development, stood up in time and explained to everyone: "Our Tianyin MP3 is a new product independently developed, and has nothing to do with Sehan Group. It mainly involves the Thomson Group in Faguo. , Royal Philips in the Netherlands, and AT&T in the beautiful country and other large European and American companies."

Although the first commercialized MP3 was produced by Bangguo, in fact the relevant patented technology was born as early as 3, and the MP[-] standard was formulated shortly thereafter. Research institutes joined in one after another, building strong patent barriers.

In modern technology companies, no company dares to say that it never infringes on patents. Everyone is often in the relationship of you and me, and it is nothing more than a troublesome lawsuit.

Lu Yiming followed Cheng Xiaohua's words and continued: "Currently the most important holder of the MP3 patent is the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. The lawsuit is not really the point."

After speaking clearly, everyone was finally appeased temporarily.

Although everyone is still not very optimistic about the MP3 project, but Lu Yiming is the boss and Zheng Youyuan is not around, no one can stop him from "going his own way".

After the meeting was over, Lu Yiming was about to leave when Song Honglin rushed to his side.

"Mr. Lu, wait a minute."

"What's the matter? What's the matter?"

"Well, Mr. Lu, do you really have a way to obtain the patent authorization of MP3?"

Song Honglin asked cautiously, staring at Lu Yiming, trying to see through his true thoughts.

However, what left him speechless was that Lu Yiming shook his head directly and said, "For a while, I definitely can't do anything about it. Foreigners always have their eyes on the top. We, a Xiaguo company, went to negotiate, and we are afraid that the gates can't be entered. I'm about to be kicked out by security."

Song Honglin was dumbfounded upon hearing this answer: "President Lu, now is not the time to joke."

Lu Yiming still had a relaxed expression on his face: "I'm not joking, but although I can't help it, there are people who can."

"Who?"

"Bill Gates."

"..."

Back in the office, Lu Yiming specially calculated the time and called Bill Gates at eleven o'clock in the morning.

At this moment, it was eight o'clock in the evening Seattle time.

"Good evening, Bill, it's been a while since we left Pretty Country."

"Good evening, Lu, how are you doing recently?"

Bill Gates also valued Lu Yiming as a partner. After all, the cooperation on the USB flash drive project made him a lot of money, and he even ordered the integration of various functions of the USB flash drive in the next-generation Windows system.

Lu Yiming said: "Thanks to you, I've been doing pretty well recently."

After a few words of pleasantries, Lu Yiming directly cut to the point: "Bill, I have a new project in hand, I wonder if you are interested?"

Bill Gates laughed and said: "As long as the project can make money, I am very interested."

"You are so direct, but I like it."

Lu Yiming made a joke, and then continued: "I made a little thing now, MP3, have you heard of it? The Diamond Company of your beautiful country has recently filed a lawsuit with the record company because of this matter."

Bill Gates was really impressed with this matter, so he nodded and asked, "Why, you plan to do this too?"

"Why not?"

Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said, "How is it? Are you interested in joining?"

He wanted to recruit Bill Gates, after all, the matter of patent rights had to be handled by someone.

However, what Lu Yiming didn't expect was that Bill Gates actually rejected his proposal.

"Dimeng has done a good job, I don't think you can compete with him."

Fortunately, it was not that Lu Yiming had not considered this situation.He knows very well that an old fox like Bill Gates has always been the one who doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't scatter the eagle.

"What if I told you that Steve Jobs was also working on an MP3 player? Do you think Diamond will be Apple's rival?"

"Oh, by the way, their MacOSX operating system is almost ready..."

Apple, which has lost its leader Joe, is naturally vulnerable to Microsoft.

However, Joe, who chose to return to Apple, still made Bill Gates feel jealous. The two are both enemies and close friends. The grievances and hatred between them may not be finished for three days and three nights.

But in any case, Bill Gates still recognizes Joe's talent very much. Knowing that he is a marketing genius, maybe he can really turn Microsoft's old rival Apple.

At this time, Microsoft really needs a "competitor" in order to avoid being split due to anti-monopoly laws.

But in order to maintain its dominance in the operating system, this "competitor" must not be too strong.

So Bill Gates needs someone to help him deal with Joe Gang.

"Can you handle Jobs?"

Bill Gates' tone was somewhat puzzled, he obviously didn't think Lu Yiming had this ability.

Lu Yiming didn't care about this: "Can you tell if you can or can't? What's more, even in the worst case, I can at least help you restrain part of his energy and slow down Apple's development speed." .”

"What do you need me to do?"

After pondering for a while, Bill Gates finally chose to agree to Lu Yiming's request. After all, this is no loss for Microsoft.

"I need you to help me obtain the relevant patent authorization for MP3, and I will pay for it."

"Well, yes."

The two quickly reached a deal, because the previous cooperation with the USB flash drive made both parties earn money from it, so Bill Gates also seemed to be easy to talk to.

What's more, now that everyone has a common opponent, Bill Gates is happy to make trouble for his old friend Joe, lest Apple's strength grow and threaten Microsoft's dominance in the operating system field.

A few weeks later, in the center of Baiyun, at the gate of the court.

When Lu Yiming arrived at the scene with his legal team, reporters immediately surrounded him.

"Mr. Lu, is Mingyuan Technology's MP3 technology really infringing?"

Facing the reporter's question, Lu Yiming retorted righteously and said: "It's nonsense, the core concept of our Mingyuan Technology is technological innovation and independent research and development, and the proportion of funds invested in research and development every year is as high as a quarter. One, the crown covers the world."

"Bangguo's companies are obviously afraid of the potential of our Mingyuan Technology, so they deliberately suppress it. This kind of behavior is very bad, and their hearts can be punished!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Lu Yiming directly turned this infringement lawsuit into a commercial conflict between Xia Guo and Bang Guo. At this moment, it seemed that Ming Yuan Technology had become a lone hero who was being persecuted by foreign enemies.

The reporters were so excited that their eyes lit up, and they asked questions again, as if watching the excitement is not a big deal.

"So Mr. Lu, you will choose to fight to the end?"

"Isn't that natural?"

After finishing speaking, Lu Yiming raised his right arm high in public, and let out a deafening cry: "As a Xia country enterprise, we, Mingyuan Technology, will never bow to foreign capital!"

Where can photographers miss this picture?They raised their cameras one after another and kept taking pictures.

At this moment, Li Dongtai from the Sehan Group led a team to come and looked at Lu Yiming with a sneer. Their eyes met, and their needlepoints immediately met the wheat light, as if sparks exploded in the air.

Seeing the arrival of the people from the Sehan Group, these reporters, who are not too serious about watching the excitement, became even more excited. They wished that the two of them would fight on the spot, and the headlines of tomorrow morning would be directly locked.

It's a pity that no matter whether it's Lu Yiming or Li Dongtai, everyone is obviously a decent person. As the saying goes, a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands, and killing people doesn't necessarily require blood.

Words are sometimes more cruel than violence.

Li Dongtai sneered and said to Lu Yiming: "You are bound to lose this lawsuit."

Li Dongtai, who thought he had the chance to win, didn't pay attention to Lu Yiming at all, but just as he was about to turn around and walk into the court, Lu Yiming let out a contemptuous laugh.

Li Dongtai frowned, turned his head coldly, and his eyes fell on Lu Yiming again: "What are you laughing at?"

"Of course I'm laughing at you for being stupid."

"Bold!"

"rude!"

"How dare you talk to Mr. Li like that, do you know what you are doing!"

Li Dongtai hadn't opened his mouth yet, but the dog legs around him couldn't sit still. They were obviously from the Xia Kingdom, but they all jumped out with righteous indignation to fight for their "master", as if it wasn't the people from the Bang Kingdom who were being scolded, but them. Like my own father.

Lu Yiming glanced at these people coldly, and sneered contemptuously: "A small official is a big official, and the meaning is happy. If you can treat your relatives like this, you can't be a filial son."

The reporters around immediately picked up their cameras and snapped shots, and kept writing with pens in their hands. Such an irritable plot was what they liked the most.

Several Xiaguo executives of the Xiaguo Branch of the Sehan Group suddenly lost their composure, pointed at Lu Yiming's nose and shouted: "Who are you scolding?"

"Why, did I say something wrong?"

Lu Yiming didn't even pay attention to the Shihan Group, let alone Li Dongtai's henchmen, and he directly looked at Li Dongtai: "Take care of your dog, Xia Guo is not a place where you can play wild, friends are here We have wine and meat, and we have shotguns when the wolves come."

After speaking, he ignored Li Dongtai's uncertain expression, shook his sleeves, and strode into the courtroom.

After everyone arrived, the trial began immediately.

In court, both parties take their seats.

Because of the public hearing, the auditorium was almost full of people, not only media reporters from major newspapers, but also entrepreneurs from Xia Kingdom who paid attention to this matter.

In the court, the lawyer of Sehan Group, as the representative of the plaintiff, took the lead in speaking directly. He produced a bunch of so-called evidence and began to sue Mingyuan Technology for infringement in a grand manner.

After he finished his speech, Li Qiu, the representative of the defendant's legal team, calmly straightened his collar and stood up.

With a contemptuous smile on his face, he asked his assistant to take out the documents from the briefcase, and then talked to the judge and jurors: "We have obtained the Fraunhofer Institute, Thomson, Royal Philips and AT&T's patent licensing, Sehan Group's accusations are simply non-existent."

After Li Qiu handed over each piece of evidence, Li Dongtai, who was originally calm and calm, suddenly panicked. He looked at Lu Yiming who was sitting in the dock with disbelief.

"Impossible, how could you obtain a patent authorization!?"

Sehan Group also paid a huge price for the patent authorization of MP3 related technology, the key is time!

It's only been a few days?
How could Lu Yiming have managed so many European and American companies and research institutions so quickly?
This makes no sense at all!
Regardless, Lee Dong Tae couldn't believe it was real either.

Gradually, he felt that things were out of his control, and when he thought about the consequences of not fulfilling his promise to Joe Burt, Li Dongtai's cold sweat kept breaking out.

People from Wall Street don't like reasoning very much!
(End of this chapter)