"Hey, good morning, is this the Xiangjiang branch of Law Firm?"

"Yes, hello, sir, is there anything I can do to help you?" A crisp and beautiful female voice came from the earpiece.

"That's the lady, I have some personal problems recently, I want to consult your law firm, of course, if I feel suitable, I don't mind entrusting your law firm to help me deal with some of my legal matters, I don't know if I should talk to that one?" Li Yixuan tried his best to make his voice speak smoothly and appear mature. In this way, the other party will give a certain amount of attention.

He is in a very nervous mood now, and after the template is ready, he will have to do the substantive work. First of all, you have to find a reliable law firm and apply for a patent for his arcade motherboard, preferably an international patent. But there is no such law firm in Hong Kong.

Now Hong Kong does not look at the developed manufacturing industry, but it is mainly engaged in low-end manufacturing without technical content, in addition to finance, real estate and international trade, there is no need to apply for any patents, the only thing that is close to a little patent is copyright.

Later, I searched around and accidentally found an advertisement for Law Firm in the United States in a newspaper. Under the influence of Li Yixuan, Law Firm focused on life sciences and intellectual property business, and I didn't know if the Hong Kong branch could undertake such business, so Li Yixuan called to consult. But there is a fear that this white man's law firm will hack him.

This is not without precedent, and in another time and space, many Chinese enterprises have been cheated by foreign lawyers. China later put these firms on a blacklist, and although did not appear on the blacklist, there was no guarantee that the other party would not hack him.

Hearing that there was a business commission, the person on the other side of the phone was much more enthusiastic: "Oh, okay, sir, may I ask you a question, let me be sure what kind of service you need?" I don't know if it's a personal matter or a business matter, and what kind of thing does this matter belong to? I guess I have to get these things clear before I can give you sound advice? ”

"I'll give you a brief introduction to my situation first, I'm an electronics enthusiast, so I invented some small things when I was bored, and I feel pretty good, so I want to set up my own company to promote my invention, and before that I want to turn my invention into a patent, that's the general situation, can you give me advice?"

"It is one of our best jobs, it is the right decision for you to find us, at present your question I hope you can come to our law firm to do a detailed and in-depth conversation, you will feel worthwhile, you can come directly to our company, my name is Guo Yifei, you can find me when you go directly to consult our front desk information office, can you tell me your name?"

"Li Yixuan, I'll arrive at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Okay, at that time, I will take the time to give you professional advice and advice. Then we'll see you at 9 o'clock, bye-bye. ”

The next day, Li Yixuan and Jack appeared at's office in Xiangjiang on time, and after reporting to the front desk, he soon met Guo Yifei, who was on the phone with him yesterday. ”

A beautiful young woman with a face full of shrewdness and capability.

Guo Yifei poured milk tea for Li Yixuan, and as soon as he sat down on the sofa, he said: "It's really enviable to see that Mr. Li has an invention at such a young age, I can take the liberty of asking, what is Mr. Li's current occupation?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a hobby, and I just happened to have some experience. At the moment I'm just a street vendor. Li Yixuan returned nonchalantly.

Guo Yifei was surprised, looked at Li Yixuan, and then looked at the bodyguard Jack standing behind him, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a wandering trader who got rid of it, but more like a rich second generation of a wealthy family.

"Why not?" Pointing to Jack behind him, "This is my buddy from childhood to adulthood, and I will set up a stall with me." We live in Sha Tau Kok. ”

Guo Yifei is full of black lines, what is this. He obviously didn't believe Li Yixuan's words.

Li Yixuan also smiled bitterly in his heart, no one would believe it.

"Do you mind looking at your ID cards?"

"Okay." Li Yixuan took out his ID card, and Jack also took it out. Guo Yifei was stunned, and the identities of the two were actually green.

There are two types of identity cards in Hong Kong, one green and one blue. Green is for people who have just come to Hong Kong, and blue must have lived in Hong Kong for more than 7 years before applying.

Guo Yifei seemed to understand something, "From the north?" ”

Li Yixuan nodded. Guo Yifei pointed at Jack and said, "But he? ”

"There are 56 ethnic groups in China, including a Russian ethnic group in the north, descendants of Russian immigrants who fled to China after the October Revolution because of the war, and a small number of Soviet immigrants. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were classified as ethnic Russians. "Both Russians and Ukrainians, as well as Belarusians, call themselves Slavs, and Jack's appearance is designed according to standard Slavic, and it is appropriate to call him ethnic Russian.

At this point, Guo Yifei didn't plan to continue to dwell on this issue, and said: "Can you show me your invention?" ”

Li Yixuan nodded to Jack, Jack took out his suitcase, took out the arcade motherboard, and put it in front of Guo Yifei.

"This is a game arcade motherboard, called F-1, and I also developed a game specifically for him called "Tank Wars", which I applied for is the international game copyright and patent of "Tank Wars" and the architecture patent of the console version. In addition, there are several small inventions of mine on the motherboard, and I would like to apply for patents together. "Jack, pull out another file.

Guo Yifei took the document and looked at it carefully. Li Yixuan didn't bother her, picked up the milk tea and drank it, while looking at Guo Yifei's office.

The office is very large, the decoration is not luxurious, and a pot of potted plants in the corner of the wall that I don't know gives people a fresh and elegant feeling, and such an office makes Li Yixuan on the sofa feel very comfortable and quiet. I wish I had an office like this.

"Mr. Li, just such a board, the name can't explain the problem, can I see the complete arcade machine?"

"Yes, it's right outside the office, my assistant is watching, and I'll let you move in."

Knock-knock-knock, footsteps sounded, and a tall and burly white man like Jack walked in with an arcade machine in his hands. His face was calm, and the huge arcade machine seemed to be as light as paper.

Guo Yifei frowned, why is he a white man, how can he have so many white subordinates.

Billy gently put the arcade machine down, plugged it in, and pressed the switch on the back to start it.

Li Yixuan invited Guo Yifei to come to the arcade and explain to her how to play "Tank Wars".

Boom ——! The headquarters was destroyed, which was Guo Yifei's fifth defeat.

"Great game, I almost want to continue. The picture is very exquisite, the sense of impact is also very strong, the colors are also very bright, the operation is simple and easy to use, I dare to guarantee that he will be a big seller, I took the list, but Mr. Li, I tell you something, there is no software patent law in the United States at present, your game software cannot apply for a patent, and there is no relevant law in the world, but you can apply for copyright works. ”

Li Yixuan nodded, he did this understanding before he came, the software patent law will not be promulgated until the United States in 1982, and the only way for game producers and companies to protect their legitimate interests before is to apply for copyright protection.

In fact, even if there is a software patent law, the effect is not very large, the software itself relies on intelligent creative design to produce virtual products, other companies want to imitate, there are many ways to bypass and make a similar product.

Saying that he is useful or not, of course it is useful, his only role is to prevent piracy, but it can only be used in countries such as Europe and the United States, which have very good copyright protection, and developing countries...... Forget it.

"Mr. Li, I have two options for you to choose from: one is that we are only responsible for this one witness, and the other is to provide round-the-clock legal advice and opinion services for you and your business for a long time.

"Can you talk to me about the difference between price and service?" Li Yixuan asked.

"I won't say much about the one-time service, and the price is also very cheap, charging 30,000 Hong Kong dollars at a time; If you choose long-term service, the annual fee for trainee lawyers is $10,000, the annual fee for intermediate is $50,000, and the minimum annual fee for senior lawyers is $100,000. Just pick an intermediate one.

I rely on it, these American law firms are really dark enough, with an annual fee of 100,000 yuan, according to the current exchange rate of about 1:6 between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar, 100,000 is more than 600,000 Hong Kong dollars.

"I would like to ask, which one do you belong to?"

Guo Yifei smiled, "Of course I'm the most expensive." ”

Li Yixuan looked her up and down several times, wondering if she was bragging. You must know that it is difficult for lawyers in countries such as Hong Kong, the United States, and the United Kingdom to get a lawyer, and the vast majority of people are almost 40 years old when they are admitted to the lawyer's certificate, and some even have to be 50 years old to get a lawyer's qualification. Of course, this kind of person who is qualified as a solicitor must be that kind of barrister. But the woman in front of her, no matter how she looks at it, is less than 30 years old, so she has become a barrister funny.

Guo Yifei knew his suspicions and explained: "I am an American doctor of law, and I have also obtained the title of doctor of law in Hong Kong. ”

I didn't see it, but I didn't expect it to be a double doctor. It seems that she is not too young, I don't know how she takes care of it, she looks like she is in her twenties.

Li Yixuan didn't ask the other party's age, for women, age is the most sensitive, and people who are not the closest will not tell each other.

Li Yixuan thought about it, he should start from his actual needs, he doesn't need a barrister at present, just choose an intermediate one, and when the company grows bigger, just choose a lawyer.

In the end, Li Yixuan chose a one-year intermediate lawyer service.

Guo Yifei told him that it takes a one-month publicity period to apply for a patent, and a North American patent can be completed in a few days a month, while the patent time in Europe is longer, because there are many European countries, and the total time to run down one by one is about 2 months.

And the cost is not expensive, in addition to the annual fee, all patents add up to $130,000, plus $50,000 in annual fees, a total of $18.

Li Yixuan couldn't take out so much money for a while, and Guo Yifei told him that he could pay in installments, with 3-month, half-year and one-year installment modes. Choose a 1-year term and only pay $16,000 per month in the United States.

"Damn, it's over $190,000." Li Yixuan vomited.

"The extra is interest."

"Okay, just pay in installments for a year."