It only took two days for Chen Yuanming and Yan Qiaosen to rush back to the Feiyan General Factory without any rest, they turned around and quickly threw themselves into the company's high-level meeting. It was still the meeting room of the head office with bright windows and clean windows, but the harmony and passion of the past could not be found for a long time. I saw that several people in the room were sitting clearly. Meng Lisheng locked his eyebrows in the corner of the conference table, and Yu Yongan couldn't help turning his hands. The pile of documents in front of him whispered to Liang Weiguo, the director of the legal department next to him. Only Lin Xuewen squatted beside the hill-like garbage dump in the corner of the conference room, looking for something.
"Lao Meng!" Yan Qiaosen couldn't help shouting when he saw the situation in the room, which attracted everyone's attention, "How is the situation now? Didn't it say that there was an infringement case, and preparations have begun?"
"Prepare?" Meng Lisheng looked at the two of them, but he didn't seem to be looking at them, his eyes contained uncontrollable anger and resentment, "How can I prepare alone? Is it possible for me to say this now? !"
It was almost a roar that made the entire conference room quiet for a few seconds. Chen Yuanming frowned and took two steps, "Mr. Yu, let me see the latest situation!"
Yu Yongan didn't talk nonsense, and handed out the folder in his hand, which contained a leaflet with a line of clear characters on it, "Lida VCD, high-definition decoding, error-free identification, an excellent brand that can be trusted."
Lida... As soon as these two words appeared, Chen Yuanming understood most of them, and then scrolled down and there was another similar promotion, but the brand name became Jinke. , looks high-end and atmospheric, no worse than the effect of Feiyan.
"How long has this thing been around?" Chen Yuanming asked in a deep voice, putting down the poster.
"It's been a month, and the southern cities have been fully stocked, and Feiyan has been squeezed out of the market." This time it was Liang Weiguo, who was the oldest in this room, with gray hair long ago, wearing a pair of Thick black-rimmed glasses, not much of a lawyer, but a lot like a college professor—of course, he was.
"Didn't you send a lawyer's letter to get in touch?" Chen Yuanming's brows furrowed even tighter.
"It has been issued a long time ago, but the attitudes of these two companies are very straightforward, saying that the VCD inner core is their own research and development, which can not be regarded as infringement, because it is Jinke, it is said that their laser head technology is indeed very different from Feiyan, which is an improvement. product… "
"Improvement!!" Meng Lisheng couldn't bear it any longer, he almost stood up, took a deep breath, and suppressed the flushing on his face, "Their machines are indeed imitated from ours. , there is no change in the core technology at all, the only change is to cancel the CSS settings, so that those damn pirated discs can be played!!"
Yu Yongan, who was sitting beside him, was much calmer, and persuaded slowly, "These are all predicted before, what's the use of being angry, it's natural to be imitated when you're famous, you can't hide, now we have enough. Take the initiative…”
"Of course you don't..."
Seeing that Meng Lisheng might say something excessive, Chen Yuanming interrupted the other party immediately, and then asked Yu Yongan, "Don't say what their behavior is, just say what the situation is now. Didn't we study countermeasures at first, why didn't we put them It is also absorbed into the VCD alliance, but it has to make trouble to this step?"
Yu Yongan sighed, "If only things could be that simple, the most fatal problem now is that joining the alliance is not up to us or they can decide, not to mention whether the lawsuit can be won, or even whether it can be fought. Say."
Chen Yuanming's heart sank, "What's going on?"
"Local protectionism." Liang Weiguo, who was sitting on the side, said, "the backstage of these two companies is too hard, and almost all of them are pillar industries supported by the municipal and provincial governments. Lida's boss used to develop satellite TV signal receivers. , the products occupy more than 40% of the national market, and have an excellent reputation in Zhangzhou City. Jinke is also a national key enterprise. When the chief planner visited their factory during his southern tour, it was regarded as a role that could reach Tianting directly. Given their background, Anhui Province has already sent a special person to negotiate with them, and now they have given a clear signal, let's be calm and don't make big moves."
"Now, what Lao Liang and I mean is to first look at the actions of the upper management. After all, it is a Chinese company and cannot avoid local policy support. Moreover, the current domestic patent law is not perfect. If you really want to fight a lawsuit, you may not be able to win. In the end, Don't make trouble." Yu Yongan's voice remained calm and said with a straight face.
Chen Yuanming pondered for a while, then turned his head to look at Meng Lisheng, only to see that the other party shook his head forcefully.
"This is a business and a legal issue. I firmly disagree with turning it into a political event, and Feiyan shouldn't be turned into a prop for local governments to wrestle. If they reach an agreement, they will put our company in the Where? Just because they are private enterprises and we are a joint venture, we must be inferior to others and make concessions for local economic development?”
Looking at Meng Li's angry face and Yu Yongan's helpless expression, Chen Yuanming fully understood that this was the first direct conflict between the two factions over the countermeasures, and it was also the first direct conflict between Feiyan's top management. But fundamentally speaking, both parties are thinking of the interests of Feiyan Company and want to find the best solution to the problem... For a time, even Chen Yuanming fell into silence. He had imagined many unexpected situations. , but never took this into account.
In later generations, although government support is also of great significance, the status of businessmen has been greatly improved, especially those high-tech industries with hard waists, which can almost drive the economic development of one place, and all places can't wait to scramble for it. Serve their needs and expand investment channels. At the same time, the law has also been greatly improved, and it can be said to be familiar with this kind of economic disputes.
But now it is only 1994, and it has not been two years since the Southern Tour. This is still an era of crossing the river by feeling the stones. It is an era when black cats and white cats can catch mice and are good cats. In such an era, his forward thinking is obviously not enough to deal with such a complex situation. How to approach the government and how to form alliances with other companies in this economic and political era is not something he can settle at the tap of a table. .
With a light sigh, Chen Yuanming turned his head to look aside. I don't know when Yan Qiaosen had walked over to Lin Xuewen. In front of them, there was half a wall of debris piled up, like a huge garbage mountain. Most of them are colorful DVDs, and the other half are all kinds of disc players. Some are called Fengyan, some are called Xiaofeiyan, some are called Feiyan, and there are all kinds of strange things.
Noticing Chen Yuanming's gaze, Meng Lisheng snorted coldly, "Those counterfeit goods are easy to deal with, the checkpoint is cleared, and the police will come to collect them directly, but nothing has been left except this pile of junk, and I can't even earn a PR fee. It's good now. , don't talk about ragged, people insist on tearing the flesh from you, you have to stick to each other, just because the other party is a big company that has been established for more than ten years, and Feiyan is just a hairy child..."
At this point, Meng Lisheng clenched his fists tightly, unable to speak, his once straight shoulders seemed to have been crushed down, with a sense of depression that his ambitions could not be rewarded. Yan Qiaosen stood by the garbage mountain for a long time, and finally picked up a disc from somewhere and walked back slowly.
With a snap, a pirated CD was thrown on the conference table, with an indistinct color cover on it, with the words "Star Wars" written in large letters. It seemed to be the cover of a transfer tape, which looked cheap and rough. It's just that the genuine video discs they authorized agents have not yet listed, and these pirated versions have already occupied the market...
Whether to fight or not to fight this battle, how to fight and how to win? If you give up this front, pirated CDs will immediately overwhelm the foundation they have built so hard. Since there are cheap CDs, why not buy them? Since your CD player can't read them, why not buy others? This simple and straightforward thinking of the common people is how to destroy an industry and drag several related industries down the quagmire together. Who was the last to eat fat? Who benefits? Who was damaged and annihilated
But if they fight this battle, they may face not only those pirates, but also government departments that show their arrogance for the local economy, and well-known companies that are relentless for corporate profits. This is a real battle against the enemy. It may cause the enterprise to bleed heavily, and even the Longtan Tiger's Den that has been devastated.
Which is more important and which is lighter, where should we go
At this time, after finally plucking things from the garbage mountain, Lin Xuewen also walked back and threw the pirated CD in his hand on the table.
"I have to say, this group of people has really good eyesight. Look at this..." Lin Xuewen held up a few of them, "Kurozawa Akira, Kubrick, Oliver Stone... I used to only listen to it in a small circle. Having said their names, I don’t know how much it would cost and how much time it would take to import them, but pirated copies are different. When I saw these discs, let alone those little people, I couldn’t help but want to buy them. look..."
Several DVDs were thrown on the table, "Rashomon", "A Clockwork Orange", "Field Platoon"... It is indeed a classic, and it is indeed difficult to introduce. Lin Xuewen said not a half sentence is a lie, but The eyes of everyone looking at him were full of indescribable taste.
"As I said at the beginning, it is too difficult and a waste of time to run a national enterprise in today's China. The things you insist on are not worth mentioning in the eyes of the people, and the ones like Lida and Jinke are really popular. I can’t fight on the basics, can’t fight on the policy support, and now even the background background is worrying…”
Sitting back in the sofa chair leisurely, Lin Xuewen fiddled with the pirated CDs with his fingers, "Of course, according to our original plan, Feiyan still has the strength to fight in the first battle, and also has preliminary allies and friendly forces, but if it is true If you tear up your face and file a lawsuit, you must fight for victory. If you fail, it will be a devastating blow. What you are fighting against is the inferiority that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is an unmeasurable general trend. A real tough fight."
"It's not that there is no chance of winning in a head-on conflict. In the end, the company is still yours, and the decision-making power is still in your hands. Just recognize the facts and make a decision."
The usual passage even brought out a little curiosity of bystanders. Standing in the middle of this clear-cut conference room, Chen Yuanming looked at the two sides, but was unable to speak for a long time.
(This chapter is over!)
The author has something to say: cough, there are difficulties and obstacles, but they will always be resolved, don’t be in a hurry =w=