Chapter 57: You dare to mess with me? I'll go crazy!

  Jiang Yang and Zhao Yongping stayed to take care of Old Duan and his family, while Yang Yun took Jiang Shaoyun back to Longteng Company, where he retrieved a document from the safe in his office.

  This is a contract from the US company KTT Redberry Square, with strange terms. It states that the adventure game adapted by Longteng Entertainment can only be sold outside mainland China through KTT, and each copy requires a payment of $10 to KTT.

  Jiang Shaoyun was confused after reading the beginning of the contract: "Isn't the copyright owner of Adventure Island the American Weston company? We bought the adaptation rights from them, $0.1 per copy, and the payment object is also Weston, what does KTT have to do with this?"

  Yang Yun smiled: "The copyright is correct, Weston's adaptation quotation for all game developers is $0.1, and they don't care about sales. This is another sales contract we signed with KTT company, take a look at the sales channel clause, it clearly states that we sell Adventure Island games in mainland China, KTT doesn't care, but if you want to sell to regions outside of China, you must pay $10 per copy to KTT company."

  Jiang Shaoyun was shocked: "Isn't this extortion? $10 per copy, didn't KTT buy out the global sales of Adventure Island? Hudson's 'Celebrity High Bridge Adventure Island' is also an adaptation, do they have to pay KTT $10 for every copy sold?"

  Yang Yun pointed to the name of the other party: "KTT company did not buy out, no matter how much Hudson sold in Japan, they don't have to pay a penny. In this world, only mainland China's Longteng Entertainment Game Company needs to pay this huge fee. Think about it, how did we get in touch with Weston company? How did we obtain their adaptation authorization? KTT company spent so much effort to make this happen, and then they charge us a small fee, is there anything wrong with that?"

  According to Yang Yun, KTT acted as an intermediary and facilitated the deal. If Longteng wanted to resolve the patent issue at the Canton Fair, it was possible for them to grit their teeth and sign such an unequal treaty that humiliated the country, which is a normal business practice where one party is willing to take advantage of the other.

  Jiang Shaoyun was stunned when he realized this point, and it seemed that there were no legal issues with this approach.

  It's just that this thing is legal but unreasonable.

  Why did Yang Yun sign this contract? He clearly knew that the Red Sun Four-in-One was to be sold overseas at the Guangzhou Trade Fair, which is 1 million units of the whole machine, plus 200,000 game cards. This adds up to them having to pay $12 million to KTT Company! The lion's share of the profit has been given away to KTT Company, this is completely doing things for others' benefit!

  "This is 12 million... Don't you know, Director Yang?..." Jiang Shaoyun was almost in tears. Is this what you call a small expense? This is too ridiculous!"

  Yang Yun smiled and put the contract in his briefcase, saying with a tone of schadenfreude: "You think if Huang Bei Yang that son of a bitch saw this contract, wouldn't he collapse on the spot? Isn't he the signing leader? The first delivery contract is at the end of October, KTT company won't receive US dollars, and the Red Sun learning machine can't be exported, which means breach of contract, and the signing leader will be held responsible."

  Jiang Shaoyun asked tremulously, "At the time of signing the contract at the Guangzhou Fair, why didn't you explain the situation to him? Now that you're bringing it up after the fact, he's bound to blame you."

  Yang Yun smiled and said, "Huang Bei Yang didn't even understand the specific situation, but he kicked us away and rushed to sign the contract. Who can blame? It's not that I didn't tell him, it's just that he looked down on me and didn't even want to talk to me! Now, if he wants to shirk responsibility, the total amount is 120 million US dollars, not a single cent less. This 55 million US dollars is such a big piece of fat, if someone dares to make things difficult for us and doesn't give us a share, don't blame me for taking a big bite!"

  Jiang Shaoyun fainted: "Ah? What do you mean?"

  Yang Yun smiled and stopped explaining.

  In fact, there are not only one contract in the safe deposit box, but three contracts with the same content signed by KTT and Longteng. The difference lies in the amount paid by Longteng to KTT company, which is 5 dollars, 10 dollars and 20 dollars respectively.

  Which of these three contracts will be taken out depends on Yang Yun's mood.

  The country gave Yang Yun enough benefits, took out 5 dollars, and even didn't take it at all. The contract thing doesn't exist at all.

  If a country is small-minded or lets Yang Yun down, he would take out $50 of the $10 and operate more carefully to make tens of millions.

  If I ran into a scoundrel like Huang Beiyang, that kind of turtle egg official, you'd be messing around on top, and I'd follow suit, throwing away the $20 contract and directly biting off over 20 million. If you still don't behave, KTT can even send over contracts worth $50 or $100, which would mean we'd have to pay extra for exports, making a big fuss until one of us is dead. The barefooted aren't afraid of the shod.

  Is it easy for KTT to cooperate with Yang Yun? The registered address of Hongmei Fangkuai Company is in the Cayman Islands, and all settlements are made through Swiss bank accounts. The contact person's representative in the United States is an unemployed vagrant. Can the Chinese government investigate this?

  As for the rational interpretation of the Guangzhou Fair?

  Please, Longteng Company only registered the adaptation rights of Adventure Island game in the National Patent Office. The authorization contract for the adaptation rights is indeed there, and Weston's contract is valid, so legally, everything is fine, and the National Patent Office can't find any problems.

  For overseas sales, Longteng Company had to make some sacrifices to open up the overseas market. Can't there be other supplementary contracts? If you have the ability to go to the US and close down KTT, otherwise, Chuyang Electronics Factory must pay a large sum of dollars to KTT Company!

  "Tonight, I went to the hospital with Old Duan. Tomorrow we will go to the Foreign Trade Bureau together and have a good meeting with Huang Bei Yang!"

  Yang Yun sneered, at critical moments, he would personally take the stage to kill the enemy. If anyone dared to take advantage of him, he wouldn't mind pulling everyone down the cliff together. After all, it was absolutely not him, Long Teng, who would be laughed at. If things didn't work out in China, no big deal, he'd just slap his butt and go start a business in America. Who would still be afraid of those ugly bureaucrats?

  Those classic games in his memory are his greatest wealth!

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  Duan Haisheng woke up, with a drip bottle hanging, an oxygen tube stuck under his nose, and the ventilator and monitor beside him making beeping sounds. The hospital had arranged for a nurse to take care of him 24 hours a day in the ward.

  The doctor instructed that relatives and friends can visit, but must not get angry, anything that might make the patient angry cannot be done, it's best not to visit, let the patient rest well.

  Yang Yun knew that at this time, Duan Haisheng was absolutely not resting well. Heart disease needed to be treated with heart medicine, and what Duan Haisheng couldn't let go of the most right now was that the factory had no money for production. The best medicine would be to find him the money immediately.

  When only Yang Yun was left to accompany Duan Haisheng by the bedside, Yang Yun leaned over and whispered with a smile: "Old Duan, I have a trick to deal with Huang Beiyang, snatch some US dollars from his hands, do you want to hear?"

  Duan Haisheng's voice was somewhat weak: "You say."

  Yang Yun showed him the contract documents and explained in a low voice: "This is a regular effective contract, but this company is a shadow company I found. A copy costs $10, and it will be returned to us in full later. I want to put pressure on Huang Bei Yang through this method, what do you think?"

  Duan Haisheng listened to Yang Yun's detailed explanation, and for half a day he didn't say a word, nor did he show the joy that Yang Yun had expected. Instead, he closed his eyes, his lips moved slightly, and finally let out a long sigh.

  Yang Yun felt something was off and furrowed his brow, saying: "Old Duan, if you have any ideas just say them straight out. I'm young and lack social experience, so I still need the help of an experienced old man like you to steer the ship!"

  Duan Haisheng spoke slowly, "Mr. Yang, you can try... but don't be too aggressive... when negotiating with this kind of official, you need to use tactics and strategy... if you really decide to do it, the pressure you'll face in the future will be huge... I'm an old man who has been through the struggles, Hong Wei Bing didn't knock me down, Su Qing Dui didn't remove me from office, I've seen too many intrigues and conflicts between officials and civilians, I know how difficult it is in the middle... our goal is not to fight to the death, fishermen can repair their nets and try again somewhere else, but once the fish loses its life, there's no turning back... do you understand this?"

  Yang Yun nodded, hard fighting is not a good idea, if he really did that, it would thoroughly offend Huang Beiyang.

  Duan Haisheng was well aware that officials like Huang Beiyang would only take advantage of the situation and never suffer losses. If someone were to make him suffer losses, the consequences would be unpredictable, which is something business people dread most. This is also a common saying in society: "ordinary people do not fight with officials".

  Duan Haisheng's tone suddenly became much more despondent, and he said: "Director Yang, after walking around the Ghost Gate Pass, I thought a lot and saw through many things... Summing up my life, at 10 years old I was struggling to survive in war, at 20 years old I was working hard for the country's steel production, at 30 years old I was busy with criticism and self-protection, at 40 years old I went to the countryside to support national construction, at 50 years old I was exhausting myself thinking about how to feed over a hundred people... On my way to turning 60, I encountered such a rotten thing... I, Duan Haisheng, have been struggling all my life, but in the end, I got nothing. I wasted a lot of time on struggles and couldn't even take care of my wife and daughter... Life is really meaningless..."

  After this ordeal, Duan Haisheng actually had the intention to retire! His ambition and ideals disappeared, now he just wants to spend his later years in peace and quiet, and accompany his family well.

  Yang Yun felt quite ashamed, but also felt a lot of pressure lifted off her shoulders.

  When he decided to abandon Red Sun Electronics and form his own team, he didn't know how to deal with Duan Haisheng.

  Duan Haisheng rushed forward for everyone's benefit, charging into the enemy's lair alone, but ultimately ended up in the hospital, lying on his sickbed, nearly losing his life. Yang Yun has always felt guilty about this.

  Since Duan Haisheng had the intention to retire, Yang Yun felt much more at ease. He grasped Duan Haisheng's rough and calloused hands, sighing: "Old Duan, since we can't outdo others, then let's not compete anymore. We'll just do our own thing. If you still want to make use of your remaining energy, I warmly welcome it - I'll give you a position as factory director to continue leading everyone. If you want to retire ahead of time, I guarantee that you'll have no worries about food and clothing, and a secure old age, every day drinking tea, walking dogs, teasing birds, and playing chess!

  Duan Haisheng finally revealed a smile, his face full of wrinkles smiled very happily.