The deadliest intellectual property dispute in the United States is not patent litigation, which is too mild in terms of evidence and lacks strong criminal investigation tools, custodial measures, and criminal penalties. In contrast, the "secret war" between companies led by the FBI and state police is more deadly.

Later, Li Xuan heard in Silicon Valley that some companies were cheated by their own employees, and some technicians unconsciously implemented the rules and regulations, and liked to download the company's documents to be watched at home, and this would leave a download record in the company's computer. Once the employee resigns, if he or she moves to a competing company, the original company only needs to accuse the employee of illegally stealing and downloading company secrets, and you will not be able to tell.

After this kind of case, many companies have taken precautions and will have a lawyer appoint a complete set of filings in advance to prevent falling into the same trap. It's better to say that U.S. companies steal trade secrets between themselves, but when it comes to foreign companies, there is little justice. Especially if Chinese companies like later generations continue to be involved in similar cases, unless you have very perfect evidence to extract yourself, as long as the other party finds an excuse to sue you, regardless of whether you are really suspected of theft, the FBI will favor American companies to find you guilty.

"Mr. Li, the preliminary selection of the first batch of projects in cooperation with mainland scientific research institutions has ended, and there are many very valuable projects in the application materials handed over by the mainland!" Zhao Weiming finished introducing the graphics processor, and handed Li Xuan a thick bag.

Li Xuan opened it with his hand and took out a stack of application items that had been bound into a book, and the top page was a list of contents. He quickly scanned the list. Most of the projects selected by Zhao Weiming focus on the development of practical projects, such as the development of digital program-controlled switches at the top.

The digital program-controlled exchange is the switching equipment of the telephone switching network. The basic composition is mainly divided into control equipment and voice equipment. The core of the control device is also a central processing unit like the computer. Zhao Weiming's reason for choosing this project. It is hoped that the application scope of the ERM architecture will be further expanded.

The existing ERM architecture of the Oriental Research Institute lags behind in the performance of 32-bit chips. But it can be used to develop low-end programmed computers. In the future, with the MIPS architecture chip being developed in cooperation with Stanford University, high-end program-controlled machines will be developed to form a high-level configuration and gradually enter the international communication equipment market.

Li Xuan glanced at the selection unit of the digital program-controlled switch project, the Beijing-Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, which is the cradle of talents in China's communications system. He couldn't help but nodded, and cooperating with BUPT has a huge advantage in opening up the domestic communication equipment market in the future.

China's telecommunications industry is not operated in a market-oriented manner, but is built by the General Administration of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. BUPT is also a university under the management of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and belongs to the same system as the General Administration of Telecommunications. As long as the digital program-controlled switch of Beijing Post can be successfully developed. When the time comes, they will help thread the needle, and it will be very convenient to promote it in the mainland.

You must know that in the early 10s, multinational companies such as NEC, Motorola, and Siemens sold their switches to China at a pig price. A 10,000-door switch sells for as much as $3 to $4 million, with an average of $3 to $400 per line.

This is also the fundamental reason why the initial installation fee for domestic telephones at that time often required thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan. It was not until 2000 that the domestic programmatic machine technology matured, and the price fell rapidly. Moreover, in the next 20 years, the popularity of domestic telephones will be much faster than that of computers, and the demand for digital programming machines is very huge.

"The first batch of visiting scholars from the mainland entered the state very quickly. Many people are staying in the building 24 hours a day, very desperately!" Zhao Weiming also talked about the first batch of mainland exchange personnel accepted by the Oriental Research Institute not long ago.

"In the past 10 years, the mainland has lagged too far behind in the field of high and new technology, and its thirst for new knowledge is naturally stronger! These are all young elites from mainland universities!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

The research environment provided by the Institute of Oriental Studies is world-class, even compared to those famous real rooms in Europe and the United States. Compared to the current difficult conditions in China, it is like paradise.

"In the past, I was afraid that this kind of exchange would be a mere formality, but with this kind of momentum, they will be able to do some basic research and development work in half a year!" Zhao Weiming said with a spring breeze on his face.

Initially, he had a lot of doubts about the current level of scientific research in the mainland. I am not optimistic about how much the "Dongfanghong" exchange program can bring to the Oriental Research Institute. However, the first batch of mainland personnel dispelled his doubts with practical expressions, although their knowledge reserves were somewhat backward. There are many things that need to be relearned, but a conscientious attitude is enough to make up for them.

The first batch of dozens of exchange scholars spent at the Institute of Oriental Studies for a minimum of three years. It can be up to five years. If it only takes them half a year to a year to meet the requirements for participating in research and development, the next time can be used as cheap labor for Li Xuan.

Compared with the Institute's other R&D centers, the Hong Kong Centre is the largest at this stage, but its development potential is severely constrained by the lack of top talent in Hong Kong. For example, in the Silicon Valley R&D Center, as long as Li Xuan is willing to spend money, it will not be a problem to recruit hundreds of master's and doctoral students from top universities in one go. However, the total number of undergraduate graduates in related majors in Hong Kong every year is only about 100, not to mention master's and doctoral degrees.

The continuous replenishment of talents from the mainland can make up for the dilemma of the shortage of local cutting-edge talents in Hong Kong, which is also Li Xuan's plan at the beginning. Hong Kong is not very attractive to talents from Europe and the United States, and the Institute of Oriental Studies can only persuade Chinese Americans who have not settled well into American life to return to Hong Kong. But Hong Kong is now much more developed than the mainland, and for most mainlanders, Hong Kong is a world of capitalist flowers. It is no less attractive to everyone than in developed countries.

"Ask colleagues in logistics to pay more attention, it's a good thing to work hard, but you should also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, I don't want to be scolded behind my back as a black-hearted boss who oppresses employees!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

In the 80s, Hong Kong's wages and consumption levels were much lower than those in Europe and the United States, and the cost of recruiting a local researcher in Hong Kong was much cheaper than hiring in Silicon Valley. Most of the people who have been dug up by the Oriental Research Institute in the United States are middle and high-level project leaders with real materials.

This way, even if their salaries are higher than those of their local colleagues, they can be convinced and not disrupt the company's salary structure. As for the mainland exchange personnel of the "Dongfanghong" project, their fees are even lower. Since they came to Hong Kong in the name of academic exchange, they are not official employees of the Institute of Oriental Studies. Therefore, Li Xuan does not need to pay a salary, only provides a scientific research grant, 1200 Hong Kong dollars per month.

This salary is only equivalent to the monthly salary of ordinary workers in Hong Kong, which is about one-third of that of ordinary scientific researchers in Dongfang Shiyàn. However, this money is placed in China, even according to the official exchange rate of the People's Bank of China, it is equivalent to more than 400 yuan, which completely destroys the salaries of provincial governors and ministers.

This is also the reason why Li Xuan never forgets to carry out scientific research cooperation with the mainland, if the Oriental Research Institute can directly set up a research and development center in the mainland, the salary expenditure level can be on par with the salary scale of the mainland, and it can be reduced by a large margin. At the level of wages in the mainland in this era, the salary of a Silicon Valley R&D worker is still more than enough to pay the salary of 20 mainland researchers.

After Zhao Weiming finished talking about work and left, Li Xuan also left work early, and he was going to attend a celebratory reception held at the Shanghai Hotel today. Lu's Electronics Co., Ltd. has just completed its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a stock issue price of HK$6, and rose 33% on the first day of listing to close at 8.05 yuan.

Hong Kong has another billionaire, Lu Qintian and his wife hold a total of 52.6% of Luk's Electronics Company, with a market value of HK$164 million at the closing price. Dongfang Electronics is the second largest shareholder of the listed company Lu's Electronics, holding 21.5% of the shares.

"Li Sheng, thank you for coming!" Lu Qintian saw Li Xuan holding his girlfriend Zhong Chuhong in from the entrance of the banquet hall, and immediately confessed to the others, and greeted him with a happy face.

"Dong Lu, I am also the major shareholder of Lu's company now, so naturally I can't be absent from the celebration banquet!" Li Xuan smiled, just let Lu Qintian go and get busy by himself, he is the focus of the celebration banquet today.

Previously, Dongfang Electronics and RCA Company negotiated a joint venture factory for picture tubes, and at the request of Li Xuan, they joined Lu's Electronics and became a tripartite joint venture. A few days ago, we just reached a preliminary intention, of which Dongfang Electronics is the main investor, accounting for 45% of the shares, and Lushi Electronics is the secondary investor, accounting for 25% of the shares, responsible for the specific preparation and future management of the new factory. RCA, on the other hand, has a 30% stake in technology and production facilities, and is responsible for technical support for the new plant.

Lu's Electronics' stock price can close with a sharp rise today, and the plan to join the CRA and Dongfang Electronics' picture tube joint venture announced a few days ago is one of the important good news. Although Lu's Electronics is the smallest of the three parties, it will be responsible for the specific preparation of the CRT factory, and has started negotiations with Shekou Industrial Park on the issue of land for the new factory, hoping to build a wholly foreign-owned enterprise there.

Lu's Electronics is also the first company to be listed among the peripheral enterprises in Hong Kong's Oriental system, and the response from the market is very enthusiastic. Before the end of the year, there will be two other companies that are very related to Dongfang Electronics to go public one after another. Now that the property market has begun to stagnate, but the stock market has not been affected much, this should be the last excellent window period before the dust settles on the future of Hong Kong in '84. (To be continued......)