Chapter 46: Mistaking Ma Liang for Feng Jing

  The meeting was presided over by Director Liu of the Industry Department of the State Planning Commission.

  Other people involved include Guangdong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade Director Yao Qiuyu, Deputy Director Wang Limin in charge of light industry, Huang Jianan, former head of Rongsheng Group in Chongqing, Zhao Yongping, general manager of Xiaobawang Electronics Industry Co., Ltd. under Rongsheng Group, and Shen Jun, deputy general manager.

  There were six people in total, no others were invited, and even Xiao Dehua's lawyer team was not present.

  Vice Minister of Light Industry Wang Limin and others have figured out the cause of the matter, now they are reporting to Director Liu of the Planning Commission on the specific situation, and waiting for instructions from Beijing.

  Zhao Yongping felt wronged: "Director Liu, our company, Xiao Ba Wang, submitted the application to the Beijing Patent Office in accordance with normal declaration procedures. The documents were sent over three months ago. It was agreed that we would receive a response within 30 working days, but it has been delayed until now, and there is no news at all. We really don't know if we have infringed on rights or not, let alone whether the infringement has been confirmed."

  Shen Jun added, "It was just last week that I personally submitted the patent application for 'Cosmic Cruiser' to Beijing. According to law and regulations, when it enters the approval and publicity process, shouldn't there be a certain period of protection? The protection period should not be affected by domestic or foreign patent laws, right?"

  Yao Qiuyu had already discussed with Wang Limin and said, "Director Liu, the most important point of the doubts raised by the Taiwan side this time is about the patent rights of the two games 'Tetris' and 'Cosmic Cruiser'. Two Japanese companies have produced international patent documents with batch numbers and content. We cannot verify their authenticity, so we hope you can react to Beijing and see if they can issue a letter explaining the matter."

  Liu Shouzhang nodded and arranged for a communication officer to stand outside and sort out the documents sent from the Central Committee, then chatted with these people from Guangdong Province.

  The most embarrassing thing is that the Guangdong province people have been affected, with an order of nearly 300 million US dollars, and after this commotion, more than 90% of customers asked to cancel their orders. Only a few rational customers agreed to wait for the Chinese side's announcement before making a decision. In the end, it was Wang Limin who came forward to appease everyone, patting his chest to guarantee that he would give everyone an answer within one day, which prevented a snowball effect from occurring.

  The Canton Fair will last for 15 days, but it doesn't mean that these distributors have to stay for 15 days. Since the Chinese leaders have stepped in, these small business owners don't dare to cause more trouble. However, no one dares to sign any further deals after this incident, and it has had a significant impact on other light industry enterprises in Guangdong Province, which has made the provincial leaders extremely angry.

  Zhōngyì Group is also suffering, bitter, a few people take turns introducing the situation, expressing loyalty, and talking about difficulties. Xiaobao Wang was obviously a money-making project that would bring great benefits, but it was ruined by these Taiwanese people!

  Especially Shen Jun, Xiao Dehua was made into a big bad guy who did all the evil things. He blamed a Taiwanese compatriot for helping the Japanese to bully Chinese people and thought that the country should restrict such people from entering the border and stop all his investments in the mainland.

  Xiao Ba Wang and Xiao Tian Cai are rivals, so Shen Jun's harsh words didn't seem excessive to anyone.

  The most suspicious thing about this matter is still on the patent document provided by Xiao Dehua.

  They provided two patent documents, one of which was an agreement between the US company KTT Red Block and Nintendo to license Tetris for markets outside mainland China. This document is merely a declaration stating that KTT owns the patent rights to Tetris, but it does not have any binding force on Little King Company.

  It's easy to respond to this document. As long as Little King can also obtain the authorization letter from KTT, this accusation will not hold up. Unfortunately, Little King couldn't produce it, and they didn't even know what role KTT Cranberry Cube Company played.

  The other is a statement from Japan's Konami Corporation and an international patent photocopy, which clearly states that Little King Company has not been authorized and must compulsorily stop all infringement and bear the loss of Konami Corporation.

  Due to the limited conditions, no one in the scene can identify the authenticity of these two documents, so they are all faxed back to the Beijing Patent Office for inquiry. The results should be coming out soon, and everyone is waiting.

  The messenger returned soon, handed over a stack of materials, and spread out a small notebook with a summary conclusion from the Beijing Patent Office.

  "Huh?" Director Liu discovered something and asked, "How is a company from our capital city involved in this? Little Zhang, go call over Xiao Guoqing, the director of the Beijing Foreign Trade Bureau, and also the person in charge of their Chuyang Electronics Factory, have them come together."

  "What's going on?"

  "What's Red Sun Electronics got to do with anything?" The three people from Zhongyi Group in the room let out strange cries.

  Liu Shouzhang looked up and saw that the expressions on the side of the Xiao Ba Wang company were very strange. Huang Jianan was stunned, Zhao Yongping was thoughtful, and Shen Jun was extremely angry.

  Liu asked in confusion, "Do you know each other? Oh, you're colleagues. The materials from the Patent Bureau also had a reply to the patent application of Chi Yang Electronics Factory. This incident this afternoon has a very bad influence. The Beijing authorities have urged relevant units to speed up the handling of this matter. Just now, Director Zhao said that if it's not handled within 30 working days, this is indeed the low efficiency of the relevant functional departments. It's about to be National Day, everyone should understand each other."

  Xiao Guoqing and his party of four came in, Xiao Guoqing, Director of the Foreign Trade Bureau, Huang Beiyang, Deputy Director in charge of light industry, Duan Haisheng, factory director, and Yang Yun, technician.

  Both sides met, and their eyes turned red with excitement.

  Shen Jun was the first to pop out and shouted at Yang Yun: "Yang Yun, it must be you who called Little Genius here!"

  Yang Yun was stunned, why did this mad dog bite whoever he saw? Although it was indeed related to him, it was he who let Aleksey go around in circles to make this happen, but how could Shen Jun possibly know the inside story?

  He snorted: "What's it got to do with me? I don't even know who those people are!"

  Duan Haisheng was furious, but he didn't dare to lose his temper with Huang Beiyang and the others. Was he still afraid of these few small-time hooligans? He stood up, unyielding, and slammed his hand on the table, shouting: "What kind of thing are you! You can't even stand upright, your shadow is crooked, and you still have the nerve to talk about others? You little thief, don't think I don't know what you've been doing behind people's backs. If you keep on yapping, watch out or I'll slap you silly!"

  Shen Jun said with a ratio of one against two: "All three of our families are doing learning machines and game cards, why don't they look for you, just to make things difficult for us?"

  Cough...cough...

  Huang Beiyang felt triumphant and seized the opportunity to say, "It was I who had them remove all the learning machines and game cards from the exhibition stand. Haha, how could those lawyers possibly find us?"

  Shen Jun was most resistant to leadership and still refused: "Then you all signed the contract? You signed the contract, it's also an infringement!"

  Huang Bei Yang's smile immediately stopped and quickly turned into a black face.

  "That's enough!" Yao Qiuyu slammed her hand on the table: "Huang, tell your underlings to shut up! No respect for their elders, what kind of people are they?"

  Huang Jianan was startled and hastily pulled Shen Jun, telling him to shut up.

  At this time, Huang Bei-yang and Xiao Guo-qing both had angry faces, not a single cent was signed for the Red Sun Electronics Factory. This matter is not easy to talk about, this unknown small factory actually dared to question them, these high-ranking officials from Beijing, in their face?

  Huang Beiyang said discontentedly, "Director Yao, your people are also too unscrupulous, right? With their own backsides covered in mud and not even bothering to wipe it clean, they still have the leisure to interfere with others?"

  Yao Qiuyu had long since hated Shen Jun to the core, and even the company Xiao Ba Wang didn't leave a good impression on her. All these things were stirred up by this group of people, who made the most trouble and shouted the loudest!

  Finally, Director Liu gestured for everyone to quiet down and said: "I called you over here not to quarrel. The Beijing Patent Office sent over some materials that mentioned your Red Sun Electronics Factory, so I'll just pass on the message. Hmm, your application for the patent of the circus game has been approved. The rocket car and this... Saloman Snake... this name is really a mouthful... these two games have gone through the relevant departments' verification, the procedures are no problem, after the public announcement period, they can take effect immediately."

  "Thank you, Director Liu!"

  "Thank you so much!"

  Duan Haisheng and Yang Yun couldn't help but feel delighted. If it weren't for this incident, how could the State Patent Office possibly complete thirty days' worth of approval work in just one day?

  Liu smiled: "There's still one last adventure game, don't you need a supplementary agreement authorized by an overseas company? Jingcheng said that your application is for adaptation rights, not patent ownership, and you only asked to be registered with the National Patent Office?"

  Yang Yun nodded: "Yes, Director Liu, the ownership of this adventure island game is an American company, and we have signed a licensing agreement with them. It will not affect the export task of Chiyang Electronics Factory at all. We have entrusted our friends in the United States to send the contract signed by the licensed party to the Canton Fair by international express. I think it should arrive within these few days."

  Liu was very satisfied: "Alright, that should be no big problem. I said it's okay, Old Xiao, this Red Sun Electronics Factory under your hand, the procedures are complete and complete, it's really rare! How many tens of millions did you sign this time?"

  "Ah?" Xiao Guoqing and Huang Beiyang were both stunned.

  In the afternoon, Xiao Guoqing was blocked by Duan Haisheng and Yang Yun, who made a complaint to him. However, he didn't dare to fully believe it, as the matter of Little Overlord had been blown up too big. He had to be cautious and didn't make any promises immediately, only saying that he would think about it again.

  Huang Bei Yang almost slapped himself in the face, who would have thought that this Chiyang Electronics Factory actually had all the proper procedures and didn't infringe on any rights at all?

  If he had known this earlier, what would he have done? The key is that he also made a ruthless remark, telling Duan Haisheng to get out of the way and asking his employees to throw the Red Sun's exhibits into the background, seal them in boxes, and dismantle the exhibition stand!

  This is really out of hand!

  Feng Jing's neighbor was beaten by the Japanese with a patent club, Feng Jing's father was wronged to death and wanted to stand up for himself, but no one supported him, and he was taken to the police station for questioning. It seems that neither Feng Jing nor his father will have a good ending.

  It's better this way, Huang Beiyang saw the blood splattered on the exhibition stand next door and was frightened, he quickly pushed and kicked his own family member Ma Liang out of the house, shouting "Get out!"

  Huang Beiyang felt uneasy all over under everyone's gaze.

  This time he really can't run away, but how can he say it? Shen Jun asked him to sign how many, he can get angry, can avoid talking about it, but Liu Shouzhang asked him, he can't not answer!

  But how should I answer this? Should I say that I drove them away and they signed a zero contract?

  Huang Bei-yang has already thought of crying...