"With such a big storefront, the rent is only a few thousand euros a year?"

Xiao Wenjun paid attention to another question and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

In addition to the storefront, there are several offices in the back, and the rent for a year is only a few thousand euros, that is, tens of thousands of yuan.

Linhe is a third-tier city, and the high beach where the machine tool park is located is not a prosperous area, but it is too cheap to say that you can rent a commercial space of no less than three or four hundred square meters for a few thousand yuan a month.

Ferguson was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "Professor Xiao, I have to thank Mr. Tang for this matter, it is the policy he formulated that stipulates that the rent of the park is preferential." Indeed, a storefront like this may not be able to be rented for a few thousand euros a month in Germany. ”

Tang Zifeng waved his hand and said: "Don't thank me for this, the preferential policy is given by the Linhe Municipal Government, and it is only for three years." After three years, the rent will have to be determined according to the tax amount of each enterprise, and enterprises that pay more taxes can enjoy relatively higher preferential treatments, and enterprises that pay less taxes will have to pay high rents, and if they can't pay them, they will have to get out. Linhe City also spent a lot of money to build this park, and they are not doing charity. ”

"That's exactly as it should be. Ferguson looked very reasonable, and said: "What I particularly admire about the Chinese government is that the Chinese officials are very enthusiastic about things that can develop the economy, and it only took me a week before and after the application for a business license for this technical service center, and all the departments are very good."

"We Western officials also promised to vigorously develop the economy when they campaigned, but in reality they did very little. An industrial agglomeration area like Gaotan Park is absolutely not seen in our west. ”

Xiao Wenjun said: "Mr. Ferguson, I have read the views of some Chinese scholars, and they are very much in favor of Germany's industrial layout. According to them, there are many companies in Germany that are scattered in small towns and have only focused on making a product for hundreds of years, and there are few large-scale industrial parks like China. ”

"No, it's definitely not something to envy!," Ferguson said, "There are a lot of companies in Germany that are located in small towns and they produce very good products." However, this is not a good industrial layout model, this is just a historical reason.

"As a machine tool professional, I prefer a place like Gaotan, where in less than 10 square kilometers there are dozens of machine tool companies, as well as hundreds of parts factories and technical service companies like me.

"Here, any genius idea can be immediately verified, and no matter what kind of product we design, we can immediately find a company to produce it. This high beach park is a giant laboratory, and it is a paradise for all scholars and engineers who study machine tools. ”

"Are you sure?" asked Xiao Wenjun seriously, "Mr. Ferguson?" Are you sure you don't think it's a paradise because you can make money here?"

"Of course not!" Ferguson seemed to be greatly insulted. He replied solemnly, "I admit it?" When I first started this machine tool service center, it was to make money. But when I found out that my clients were able to give me all sorts of new ideas, my mind changed.

"Professor Xiao, you may not know, in the past three months? I have published 4 new top-notch papers? How many papers are still being reviewed? I have no doubt at all that they will be accepted and will be able to cause a sensation.

"All of these papers, the ideas come from my clients. What do they ask for? There are many genius ideas, and I just helped them solve the problem of technical implementation according to their ideas, and they generously gave these ideas to me. ”

"I hope you haven't infringed on their right of originality. Tang Zifeng said half-jokingly.

Ferguson with a bitter face? said: "Mr. Tang? Tell you the truth? I did have the idea of infringing on their original rights, but I found that all the Chinese clients I deal with are very aware of the value of intellectual property, and they allow me to write these ideas into papers and have the right of authorship, but they will not let me possess the patents that arise from them.

"They have a first-class team of lawyers, and when they sign a contract with our center, they make all the benefits clear and clear so that we don't have any chance. Later, I learned that it was a law firm affiliated to your Linji Group that provided legal services to them, and I thought it should be at your behest, right?"

"Not really. Tang Zifeng flatly denied it, "It's only because we have suffered some losses on this issue that we have set up a special law firm to deal with similar issues." You should know that the lawyers of the law firm also have performance requirements, so they will provide some legal assistance to the enterprises in the park in addition to completing the tasks assigned by the group. This is the same reason as Professor Ferguson who opened a machine tool technical service center. ”

Tang Zifeng's words are somewhat untrue. As a time-traveler, he paid far more attention to intellectual property issues than his contemporaries, and raised the matter many times in the group's office meetings. Zhang Jianyang, executive vice president of the group, is his loyal fan, and he will give 120 points of importance to any sentence he makes. Therefore, Ferguson is not wrong when he said that this matter was instructed by Tang Zifeng.

The law firm that Ferguson mentioned was established under the instructions of Zhang Jianyang and was listed under the banner of Linhui Company, and is now a well-known law firm focusing on intellectual property rights in the entire Dongye Province.

Gaotan Park concentrates dozens of machine tool factories, as well as a large number of machine tool accessories, if you do not emphasize the issue of intellectual property rights, it will inevitably lead to the rampant copycats, thereby cracking down on the innovation of enterprises in the park. Under the impetus of Zhang Jianyang, Linhui Law Firm has conducted several rounds of law popularization in Gaotan Park, and also took the initiative to seek justice for some infringed enterprises, creating an atmosphere of attaching importance to intellectual property rights in the park.

"Mr. Tang, don't worry, I have a work ethic, and so do my colleagues. "I will seriously discuss our rights with my clients, and I will write a paper on the ideas they provide, and I will ask them for their consent beforehand." Sometimes, I will take the initiative to lower some prices in return for using their ideas. ”

"I think it should be a win-win deal. Tang Zifeng said with a smile, "The value of these papers is much higher than the price you gave out, but for the enterprises in the park, they are not worth much." They don't want to be academics, so they don't have to think about publishing papers. ”

Xiao Wenjun interjected: "It is reasonable for Mr. Ferguson to have the authorship of the paper, those companies only provide a need, and the specific solution to the problem and the corresponding theory are all completed by Mr. Ferguson, and these are the core content of the paper." We work with businesses in schools, and we generally do the same. ”

"Yes, Professor Xiao is so right!" Ferguson hurriedly echoed, these words were said by Tang Zifeng's wife, which seemed more convincing. Ferguson is really afraid that Tang Zifeng will make some demon moths, such as teaching companies to bargain with him and forcing him to give up more profits, and he will lose.

Publishing a paper is a rigid need for Ferguson. The employment contract between Dongye University and Ferguson stipulated that he must publish several papers each year, and that he would be rewarded with high rewards for the excess. The profits that Ferguson transferred to the company were actually just a bonus given to him by Dongye University, and it was only a part of the bonus, and Ferguson made a net profit in this transaction.

Even if you don't consider the immediate income, these papers published by Ferguson are worth a lot in the long run. The more papers he published, the more famous he became. And the greater the fame, the higher the price will be when others want to hire him.

Professors are painstakingly writing and publishing papers, but not all for the purpose of exploring human truths. Raising one's own worth in order to obtain long-term benefits is probably the strongest driving force.

Tang Zifeng and Ferguson chatted casually, Xiao Wenjun was playing with the child on the side, but her ears were pricked up, and in her heart, an idea grew irrepressibly.

"Zifeng, I have thought about it, and I am also going to open a technical service center in the park. ”

After walking out of the Laosen Machine Tool Technical Service Center, Xiao Wenjun said to Tang Zifeng.

Tang Zifeng laughed: "I guessed that you would be tempted, Ferguson blew too much cowhide just now, and now I guess I have to regret it." ”

"What does he regret?"

"I'm sorry to have such a competitor as you. Professor Xiao is out, will there still be his Lao Sen's business in the park in the future?"

"Not necessarily, maybe you dirt buns trust foreign experts more?"

"It may be the case in other places, but in the Gaotan Park, foreigners are really nothing uncommon. Tang Zifeng said confidently, "There is absolutely no atmosphere of admiring foreign countries in Gaotan Park, on the contrary, everyone thinks that domestic products are cheap and the service is good, and it is a fool not to choose domestic products." ”

Xiao Wenjun burst out laughing: "Zifeng, I'm afraid this is the result of your brainwashing for everyone, right? At the beginning, in order to squeeze out the Korean-funded machine tool enterprises, you made up a lot of jokes about Koreans. There is also the identification network that Wang Zijie has built, which also spreads the view that domestic products are better than foreign goods all day long. Not to mention your Gaotan Park, even we have many students at Tsinghua University who believe your propaganda. ”

"We're not wrong. Tang Zifeng said, "You are engaged in technology, do you dare to say that China's technology is completely inferior to foreign countries?"