Tokyo is located on the east coast of the island country, and the climate is typical of the subtropical oceanic monsoon climate, with a lot of precipitation in November and February.

Yesterday the sky in Tokyo was clear, but today it was cloudy and it looked like it was about to rain down, and the atmosphere in the whole city was a little depressing, and the pedestrians on the streets hurried to their homes.

The outside world is cloudy, and the Aoga family hall is not bad.

At this time, Kohei Soga, Ichiro Soga and Sutaro Soga were kneeling on the tatami mats, looking at the summons on the table with the red seal of the Tokyo Court, their faces were gloomy, and the room was filled with a solemn and gloomy atmosphere.

After a long time, as the head of the family, Kohei Aiga opened his mouth to break the oppressive silence: "Jiuding Animation has really appealed, and there is no way back at all, what do you say?"

Sutaro Soga, who originally disagreed with the strong suppression, moved his lips slightly, and finally looked at things without speaking, sighed slightly, and set his eyes on Ichiro Soga, who had previously advocated a tough suppression of Jiuding Animation.

Although they are all a family, the responsibility still has to be separated, the main responsibility for this matter is not him, and he has no other way, so don't take the lead, let the "more capable" person take the lead!

Ichiro Saga withdrew his slightly distracted gaze from the summons, and subconsciously looked at Kohei Asaka, but found that both of them were looking straight at him, and he suddenly felt that there was an extra mountain on his back, which made him breathless.

"Giggle......

Ichiro Auga took a deep breath and clenched his bite, making a terrifying grinding sound and his temples bulging on both sides, obviously irritated at this time.

But no matter how much anger he had, in the end, he was still hiding the panic in his heart.

One wrong step and one wrong step, until it evolved to the point where it can't end now, if he had known this, Ichiro Asaka would never have copied it so obviously, and spent more time researching it, plagiarizing the essence of the manga, instead of making a similar outline and setting, etc.

But it has come to this, and no amount of regret is useless.

Faced with a dilemma, smart people will only find a way to solve the problem as soon as possible.

Ichiro Auga is naturally a smart person, so he immediately cleaned up his regret and thought about it.

Time passed minute by minute, Ichiro Aiga stretched his brows slightly, and said to Kohei Aiga: "The only way now is to use a patent, as long as the patent is applied, the black can become white, and it is useless to fight a lawsuit!"

Kohei Soga took a deep breath and could only agree, he thought about it and asked: "What stage has the patent application reached, has Nakaharu Sao replied, and when can the application approval process be completed at the earliest?"

Ichiro Auga immediately replied: "I already asked him when I came, and now there are only the last few processes left for approval, and if you speed up the progress, as long as there are no accidents in the middle, you can apply for a patent in five days at most!"

As soon as these words came out, Kohei Asaka's heart tightened, five days were too rushed, of course, Kohei Soga was not without annoyance at the enthusiasm of the Tokyo Tribunal, making them so passive.

In the past, I was not as active as the Tokyo Court when I was working normally.

According to the law of the island country, under normal circumstances, after the court (that is, the court, the court of the island country is called the court), the summons must be served on the defendant within one week.

But what made Kohei Soga feel disgusted was that he should have been influenced by public opinion, and this time the speed of the Tokyo court was amazing, and the case was accepted only during the day, and the summons was served on them on the same day.

After they learned the news that Jiuding Animation was going to the lawsuit, only a few hours later, the summons was delivered, and they didn't have time to prepare at all, and they were caught off guard.

According to the laws of the island countries, the time limit for the trial of a case is that the summons is issued within the time limit for the trial, of which the maximum is three months for summary procedures and six months for ordinary procedures.

However, the Tokyo Magistrate's Office wrote directly on the summons, using an ultra-short time limit, and the trial will be held in five days!

This time is too tight!

It's just the time to get the patent, or five days if there is no accident, so what if there is an accident?

Kohei Asaka was very worried in his heart, he thought about it, and said to Ichiro Soga: "Ichiro, the court will be held in five days, the time is too tight, you hurry up and urge Nakaharu Zuofu, be sure to approve it within three days, whatever the price, we will give it!"

"Yes!"

Ichiro Soga nodded heavily, his expression very serious.

At this moment, Kohei Soga saw Suzutaro Soga, who had been silent, and found that he was frowning and deep in thought, as if he was bothered by the problem.

Kohei Soga asked with concern, "Suzutaro, what's wrong with you?"

Sutaro Soga raised his head, looked at Kohei Soga, then at Ichiro Soga, and said faintly, "I can't figure it out a little, I always feel wrong." ”

"What's wrong?"

Ichiro Soga hurriedly asked, and Kohei Soga also looked at him with burning eyes.

Sutaro Soga shook his head in annoyance and said, "After our press conference, Jiuding Animation should know that our patent is pending, why would they be indifferent?

Hearing this question, Ichiro Soga and Kohei Aoga suddenly woke up, and the two looked at each other, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and they had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

Ichiro Soga seemed to be puffing up firm belief in himself, but he frowned, and said to himself: "It's definitely no problem, I asked Sao Nakaharu, Jiuding Animation has not submitted any patent applications, they can't come up with the patent of the island country, absolutely impossible!"

"Are you sure?"

Kohei Aiga said with some unease.

Ichiro Soga nodded without hesitation and said, "I'm pretty sure, I've asked Sao Nakaharu again and again, and he asked people to check all the patents related to publishing and manga this year, and none of them match!"

"That's what we're thinking about, Sutaro, don't worry. ”

Seeing that Ichiro Soga was sure, Kohei Soga let out a breath and said to Sutaro Soga with a smile.

But Sutaro Soga was unmoved, still frowning, still feeling unable to figure it out.

"No, no, since Jiuding Animation dares to continue to open stores and dare to take the initiative to file a lawsuit with the Tokyo Tribunal, they definitely have the belief that they will win, so they must have sufficient evidence to prove their copyright, and believe that they can win the lawsuit. ”

"Think about it from another perspective, if I am Ma Tengdong, if we apply for a patent for the island country, then what hole card is more useful than the patent of the island country?"

Thinking of this, Sutaro Soga's alarm clock flashed a bolt of lightning and blurted out: "International patent?!"

"What international patents?"

Hearing Sutaro Soga blurt out the words, Ichiro Soga was startled by his startled movements, and before he could react, he subconsciously muttered again.

But immediately, he reacted, and his face suddenly changed, and he said in disbelief: "An international patent registered in the United States?"

"Probably not, Xiangjiang people's patent awareness is very weak, especially in the comics industry, which belongs to cultural copyright, it would be good for them to register Xiangjiang's patents, where would they spend so much effort and energy to register international patents?"

Ichiro Auga said questioningly, but the effect of these words was more to cheer himself up, and he had no confidence in what he said.

"It's hard to say!"

"If Jiuding Animation really has an international patent, then even if we have an island country patent, it will be invalidated. ”

Sutaro Soga said with a solemn expression, and stabbed Ichiro Soga again.

"But it's not right, if Jiuding Animation has an international patent, the patent office of the island country will definitely not approve our patent application, and it is impossible for Sao Nakaharu not to remind us that no matter how much money he gives, he won't have the courage to do this!"

Ichiro Aiga retorted, subconsciously not wanting this to happen.

"This ......"

Sutaro Soga was speechless for a while.

Kohei Soga couldn't stand it anymore, directly interrupted the argument between the two, and said impatiently: "Don't argue, we definitely don't know about international patents and island patents, Ichiro, you call Nakaharu Tsao now and ask him this question clearly." ”

"Okay!"

Ichiro Soga dropped two words, immediately got up and came to the table, picked up the phone and dialed a number to go out.

While waiting, Ichiro Soga has a feeling that his days are like years.

Not long after, the phone was connected, and the voice of Sao Nakaharu came from the receiver, Ichiro Aiga didn't say anything, and said bluntly: "Nakaharu-kun, I'm Ichiro Soga, and I have an urgent matter to know from you." ”

"Can you be sure that the four manga "Dragon Ball", "One Piece", "Pokemon" and "Douluo Continent" have registered international patents?"

......

"What? You're not sure? Why?"

......

"Okay, I got it!"

After listening to Savo Nakaharu's words on the other end of the phone, Ichiro Soga's face suddenly became gloomy, and he took a deep breath to suppress the uneasiness and restlessness in his heart.

"Zhongchunjun, no matter what else, I'll give you another 10 million, please be sure to help me get the patent approved within three days, I want to see the patent certificate." ”

“...... Good!"

"Please!"

After saying that, Ichiro Aiga hung up the phone and returned to the tatami mat with a heavy heart.

"What did Nakaharu say?"

Kohei Aiga hurriedly asked with concern.

Nakaharu said that he helped us go to other departments to check international patents, and did not find any international patents related to Dragon Ball. ”

Just when Kohei Soga breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to ask Ichiro Soga why he was still so heavy, he was frightened by Ichiro Soga's words and reassured again.

"But!"

"Nakaharu also said that in the international patent department in Washington, the speed of the American ghost animal is very slow, and every time it can't dock international patents with countries in time, so Nakaharu told me that there must still be a batch of international patents that have not been docked with the patent offices of island countries, and as for whether there are any patents related to Dragon Ball, he is not sure!"

"He reminded me that the island country has signed the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and if there is a corresponding international patent, the international patent shall prevail, even if the patent office of the island country gives us approval, it will be invalid!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room instantly cooled.

Whether there is an international patent or not, now only the international patent department and Jiuding Animation Co., Ltd. know, even the island country patent office does not know, and it is even more impossible for them to know.

Now we can only hope that there are no so-called international patents, otherwise they will lose the last hole card of resistance and will definitely lose a mess!

In the end, it was Kohei Soga, who was the head of the family, who made a decision, he gritted his teeth and said: "Whether there is or not, this is not something we can control, we can only hope that there is no international patent, and then get the patent of the island country!"

After speaking, Yasuhei Asakaga was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke:

"But we have to prepare for the worst, if it really fails, with the current public opinion situation, our stock price will definitely plummet......!

Ichiro Soga and Sutaro Soga both nodded with a heavy heart, even Ichiro Soga didn't know what else to say for a while.

......

As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is not yourself, but your enemy.

As the only two supergiants in the publishing and manga industry in the island country, the Otowa Group and the Hitotsubashi Group have faced off against each other for an unknown number of times, and they have long known the Hitotsubashi Group well.

While the Soga family was discussing internally, the Otowa Group also got the news that Jiuding Animation had sued the Hitotsubashi Group, and then urgently convened a secret board meeting.

Although the Otowa Group and the Hitotsubashi Group are similar in strength, the management structure of the Group is completely different from that of the Hitotsubashi Group.

Hitotsubashi Group can be said to be a family-owned company, founded by the Aoga family, and until its listing, it was the only one that carried out the will of the Aoga family.

However, the Otowa Group is a public company with multiple shareholders, and the majority shareholder's shareholding does not exceed that of the other shareholders, and the management of the group is selected by the board of directors based on a combination of capabilities and relationships.

Relatively speaking, the management of the Otowa Group was stronger than that of the Hitotsubashi Group, and it was able to catch up step by step when it was much behind at the beginning, and even made Kodansha the position of the No. 1 publishing house in the island country.

At this time, the chairman of the Otowa Group was Yuta Shiba, who was not the founder of the music group, but became the largest shareholder by relying on capital, and was very capable, and at the same time served as the president of the Otowa Group.

In the small conference room of the Otowa Group, seven directors gathered together, and Shiba Shengxiong sat down at the top and said to the other directors: "Everyone should know that Jiuding Animation has gone to the Tokyo Court to sue Hitotsubashi Group, and the Tokyo Court has served a summons. ”

Watanabe Akihito, the second largest shareholder sitting in second place, couldn't help but smile: "The Soga family has caused a lot of trouble, and it's going to be unlucky, haha!"

"That's right, it's just that they're too black-hearted, and they're so stupid. ”

"Hehe, I've been the boss for too long, and I've lost my vigilance!

......

The other directors are all gloating when you say everything you say to me.

This is also normal, in terms of the strength of a single publishing house, Kodansha surpasses any of Shogakusha, Shueisha and Shirasensha, but in terms of overall strength, it is still the Hitotsubashi Group that is stronger, and it has been pressing on their Otowa Group, and they must be unhappy for many years.

At this time, I was of course happy to see that the Hitotsubashi Group was deflated.

With their height, as well as their cognition of the Hitotsubashi Group, of course, they know that the Hitotsubashi Group copied Jiuding Animation, and if the Hitotsubashi Group created these four comics, it would have been sent out a long time ago!

And with the character of those old rivals of the Soga family, they must have applied for patent copyright before the release, where will it drag on until now?

It's no wonder that the Ichitsubashi Group fights geese all day long, and was finally pecked by the geese!

"Okay, there's no need to talk about that, let's talk about what we should do next?"

Shiba interrupted everyone's discussion and turned the subject back to ask.

Everyone immediately quieted down and thought about it, Watanabe Akihito said: "I'm not optimistic about the One Bridge Group, now their stock has been shorted by Jiuding Animation, I specially went to learn about the information of Jiuding Securities, Jiuding Securities is the top company in the Xiangjiang stock market, the fierce reputation, since its inception has never been defeated, I think this time, the One Bridge Group can not withstand it! The stock price plummets inevitably!"

"In that case, we might as well buy some of the shares of the Hitotsubashi Group, and it would be great if we could annex the Hitotsubashi Group!"

Speaking of this, a gleam flashed in Watanabe's eyes.

The other directors' eyes lit up, and it was clear that they were interested in Watanabe's proposal.

The Hitotsubashi Group has been pressing on their heads, and they Otowa Group are constantly catching up if they can acquire the Hitotsubashi Group.

No!

Even if you hold a part of the equity of the One Bridge Group and become a real director, you can hold the initiative and eat away the One Bridge Group step by step, and in the end, there is no chance of annexation!

Thinking of this, the hearts of several directors fluttered wildly, and even worse, they couldn't help but lick their lips.