Didn't Alice (China) Group steal our technology? At the emergency discussion meeting held by the car group, Bired asked the engine R&D engineers of his group why his company's technology that has not yet been patented will be registered by Alice (China) Group first. Bired is very suspicious that the Alice (China) Group has planted spies within his group.

It's just a pity that my company has sent so many commercial spies to Alice (China) Group, but none of them succeeded, either they were recognized by Alice (China) Group and brought back, or they were rebelled by Alice (China) Group to become Alice (China) Group's own research elite, but they ended up losing their wife and soldiers.

If he didn't succeed, it doesn't mean that Bired didn't have commercial spies in his company that there was no Alice (China) Group, maybe the commercial spies in his company who were planted and bought by Alice (China) Group had reached a fairly high level, high enough to have access to these highly confidential business information?

It's normal to plant commercial spies on your competitors, especially among these large international companies, and it's become a common practice to send commercial spies to each other's companies, something like an unspoken rule, and everyone almost does it. And know that your opponent will do the same.

As for what everyone said on the surface of fair competition and the like, they will forget about it in a blink of an eye: fair competition of shit! If you play fairly, you will die a long time ago, and you can't die again! This is just to fool ordinary people.

Of course, there is no problem in sending spies, provided that they are not discovered, or that they are not exposed by their opponents after they are discovered, otherwise the company will be unlucky: the unspoken rule is only an unspoken rule, that is, although it is also a kind of rule, it cannot be shown in the open. Once it is on the surface, the company's image will be completely ruined, and it also means that if the company does not handle this matter well, then it will not be far from closing its doors.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of commercial espionage that has been discovered, everyone will solve it privately, usually by paying a compensation: no one dares to guarantee that the commercial spies they sent in other people's companies will not be discovered, right? In order not to be retaliated against in the future, it is better for everyone to tacitly come to it.

Of course, the Germans are the real elite when it comes to dealing with this kind of thing, and if you look at how the Germans who started the Second World War are now, you can see how good the Germans are at dealing with this kind of thing: the German chancellor kneeling in front of the Jewish monument is a classic of modern crisis management. It was dealing with crises between countries, and when it came to dealing with commercial problems, the Germans, who had inherited this good talent, were not bad! You can be given a little red flower to wear and praise it.

"Unlikely," the chief designer of Volkswagen Group's TDII diesel engine shook his head, "I have carefully read all the relevant technical information on the patented technology of TDI diesel engine applied by Alice (China) Group, and the results have surprised all of us!" ”

"The result?" Hearing this Mr. Chief Designer say this, Bired was a little surprised, "What result?" ”

"Alice (China) Group has a lot of information about TDI diesel engines," said the chief designer of the Volkswagen Group's TDI diesel engines, "and many of the patented technologies they have applied for are the technical difficulties that we will focus on overcoming in the next step, and it is expected that we will be able to overcome these technical difficulties in five years." In other words, Alice (China) Group's research on TDI diesel engines has been far ahead of us. Speaking of this, the chief designer was a little confused, "This shows that they have started the research on TDDI diesel engines for a long time, but why has their Alice Group not released this news for all these years?" Why wasn't there a patent filed earlier? ”

"Do you mean that Alice (China) Group now has more advanced TDII diesel engine technology than we do?" Birad's eyes widened in disbelief, "How is this possible?" ”

"How is this possible?" This is also the voice of the senior officials of the German Volkswagen Group who came to attend the meeting at the same time.

"In fact, that's what it seems." Mr. Chief Designer nodded helplessly, "I and all my colleagues in our R&D department can attest to this, and our next R&D focus is precisely these aspects that Alice Group has applied for patents for." ”

Hearing what the chief designer said, the people at the venue were silent: things have come to this point, but how can it be good?

"But we don't have opportunities, we still have our own strengths

At this time, the chief designer added.

"Huh? Do we still have an advantage? Hearing this Mr. Chief Designer say this, all the people present were shocked in spirit, and Bi Rhett asked impatiently, "Do you have any good suggestions?" Unconsciously, Birad used honorifics in the designer's tone.

What other advantages do we have? They Alice (China) Group has even solved the problems we want to solve in the future about TDI diesel engines! At the same time, the senior management of the Volkswagen Group, who attended the meeting, was very depressed: now we really can't imagine that our Volkswagen Group has an advantage over Alice (China) Group in the field of TDII diesel engines!

"I don't know if this suggestion is a good suggestion," said the chief designer, "but after carefully studying the technology patents applied by Alice (China) Group, I found that many of Alice (China) Group's technologies for TDI diesel engines are based on our previous technology in TDI diesel engines."

Based on this, I personally think that cross-licensing with Alice (China) Group may be a good approach. ”

"The reason why we are advised to cross-license the technology of TDI diesel engine with Volkswagen Group and Alice (China) Group," Mr. Chief Designer pushed his glasses, "because with the patent on TDI diesel engine technology that Alice (China) Group has applied for, we have no way to continue to further develop TDDI diesel engine technology, because all the previous technologies are Alice (China) Group's technology. Any technology we develop will infringe Alice (China) Group's technical patents in TDI diesel engines, but again, without our authorization, Alice (China) Group will not be able to produce TDI diesel engines. "But if we cross-license the TDI diesel engine technology mastered by Alice (China) Group with our own technology, although Alice Group will obtain the production capacity of TD diesel engines that they need, our technical level in TDI diesel engines will be improved at least immediately for a period of at least five years, which I think should be a good suggestion for both companies." ”,

"Of course," Mr. Chief Designer shrugged, "this is just my personal suggestion, and it's up to you to decide how to do it." But I think you will make the decision that is best for the group. After saying that, the guy hid aside and said nothing.

In a Chinese parlance, this is called cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is harmful to both sides. To paraphrase a more fashionable phrase, this is called achieving a win-win situation for everyone.

"What *** shit!" Hearing the words of the chief designer, Bi Red, who has always paid attention to demeanor, scolded, and was quite unwilling in his heart.

Let Bi Ric, who has always paid attention to demeanor and appearance, start to open his mouth to say foul words, which is enough to prove that this guy is indeed aggrieved by Xiao Chenxi and Alice's accident: if the technology is cross-licensed with Alice (China) Group, then Alice (China) Group will also be able to produce TDI diesel engines; But if we don't license the technology to them, we will only be able to go so far in TDI diesel engine technology. Thinking about this thing makes people feel that this is really *** depressing! Aggrieved!

Volkswagen Group will focus a considerable part of the future development of the company on the TDI diesel engine, hoping that the TDI diesel engine compared with the traditional gasoline engine has the technical characteristics of fuel saving, low environmental pollution and strong engine power, so as to obtain a better market share in the fierce market competition and create a unique path for the Volkswagen Group in the accumulated competition. But now Alice (China) Group has made such a play, which suddenly makes the development of TDI technology of Volkswagen Group hang in the middle of the mountain, and it is impossible to advance or retreat. It's like a fish in the throat, and it's uncomfortable.

"Isn't there any other way than to license the cross-technology with Alice (China) Group for TDI diesel engines?" Bired still asked a little unwillingly.

One of the executives in charge of technology development thought for a moment and said, "Unless it's from the Alice (China) Group to buy their technology patents," but the guy then shrugged his shoulders, "But I don't think that Alice (China) Group will sell TDI diesel engine technology patents to us after achieving such a technological advantage, their purpose is obviously not to sell patents, and their Alice (China) Group has never been short of money." ”