Naturally, the representatives of the provinces would not follow Lin Zhenhua to eat authentic Cantonese food, they were already full of gas, and they couldn't even eat a working meal of four dishes and one soup.

Lin Zhenhua was in a happy mood, he had been aggrieved for two days, and today he was angry. Thinking of the director's face as black as coal, he couldn't help but want to laugh, and the feeling of stepping on the director was so refreshing.

"Boss, what kind of treasure have you picked up, so happy?" Chu Hongyang, who was waiting outside the hotel, stepped forward and asked.

At the Canton Fair this time, Lin Zhenhua transferred Chu Hongyang from the Wuhan distribution office as usual, and was ready to provide services outside the venue at any time. Chu Hongyang received a call from Lin Zhenhua, and he didn't even care about the hard seat ticket, so he directly bought a station ticket and rushed to Guangzhou, because there was Schumann who was haunted by his dreams. Before Lin Zhenhua and others arrived, Chu Hongyang and Schumann had been shopping in Guangzhou for two days, and they walked through every alley in Guangzhou, and they didn't feel tired at all, really.

Lin Zhenhua grinned and asked, "Hongyang, where are your gold bricks?" ”

Chu Hongyang had a shy and happy expression on his face, and said, "She went to the restaurant to make arrangements, and the guests have arrived, just waiting for you and Director Hua." ”

The three of them went to a restaurant near the hotel and entered a private room. There is a table in the private room that is not too large, and the composition of the guests is very complicated: Zhao Liankui, deputy director of the Jiangnan Provincial Department of Light Chemistry, Qian Yuanping, a Hong Kong patent attorney, Belinda, sales director of GART in the United States, Ford, vice president of the Asia-Pacific region of Spischer, and Schumann, who is in charge of reception.

Hua Keqin had met Belinda, and he shook Belinda's hand and greeted each other. For Qian Yuanping and Ford, he has not seen it, and Lin Zhenhua introduced him one by one.

"Oh, Mr. Ford, I've heard of you, you've lived in our Jiangnan Province for a while, haven't you?" Hua Keqin nodded at Fu Tuo. At that time, Spischer Company donated a MK800 CNC milling machine to Hanhua Machinery Factory, which also caused some sensation in the Foreign Trade Department.

"Yes, I lived in Gangnam Province for a month, and I was very impressed by the scenery of Gangnam Province," Ford said. ”

The conversation between them was conducted in English, and in this room, only poor Chu Hongyang could not understand English. However, because he didn't know English, Schumann kept his mouth close to his ear to translate for him, and the thin ends of his hair rubbed against Chu Hongyang's face from time to time, making Chu Hongyang itch from the outside to the inside.

Hua Keqin and Ford exchanged a few more pleasantries, then turned his head and asked Lin Zhenhua in a low voice: "Xiaolin, what kind of banquet are you arguing, why don't I think these people can get together." ”

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "They are all old friends, since they want to eat, of course they have to make a table." Director Hua, don't worry, this is not a Hongmen banquet. ”

Hua Keqin laughed and said, "Didn't you just invite Director Xu to dinner?" As soon as he came, it became a Hongmen banquet. ”

Lin Zhenhua asked: "Director Hua, I offended this Xu just now, so I won't cause any trouble in the province, right?" ”

Hua Keqin waved his hand: "What is this?" In what year did the representatives of the provinces not fight with the people of the Ministry of Foreign Trade at the Canton Fair? If you don't fight, people will think that you are a bully, and they will not give you any benefits when they turn back. I also told you, the most popular in the ministry, is the most tossed in those provinces and cities, people said, dare to toss it means that there are genuine goods, you don't even have the courage to toss, doesn't it mean that you have no ability? ”

"And such a thing?" Lin Zhenhua was really an eye-opener.

Hua Keqin said: "Let me tell you again, every year in March, the state holds a planning meeting, and each province sends three kinds of people to attend the meeting. The first type is the business leaders, the business leaders of various departments and bureaus, who are responsible for discussing projects. The second type is that there is a way to do a good job with various ministries and commissions. The third type, which is the most capable of tossing, is specifically responsible for quarrels. Good guys, you haven't been to that kind of meeting, it's all a lot of noise, and we all call the planning meeting the Rome Conference. ”

Schumann interjected: "Director Hua, what does this have to do with Rome? ”

Hua Keqin said with a smile: "It's not the Rome of a foreign country, it's a rural livestock market, a mule and horse conference. A room full of people is louder than anyone, and the loudest one gets investment. ”

Lin Zhenhua pondered for a moment and said, "I thought about it for a while, it seems to be quite suitable for the third type of person." By the way, Director Hua, is there a fight at the venue? If it's going to be a fight, I'm a scout, so it's okay to fight five at a time. ”

The Chinese present laughed together, and Belinda and Ford looked at each other, not knowing what the Chinese were laughing at. Schumann had the heart to translate it for them, and after thinking about it, it seemed that this was a family ugly, and it was better not to publicize it.

The waiter brought the food, and everyone gave in to each other, and the table began. Although Belinda and Ford are not strangers to China, such authentic Cantonese food is not often eaten. Lin Zhenhua was willing to pay for it, so that Schumann found a relatively high-end restaurant, and everyone was smiling.

"Belinda, thank you for today's incident." Lin Zhenhua said to Belinda.

"Oh, dear Lin, why do you want to thank me?"

"Because some things are more effective to tell each other through your overseas merchants, you can say one word in your peers than I say ten words."

"That's what I'm supposed to do." Belinda said, "In the United States, the awareness of patent protection is very strong, and something like this regrettable thing that appeared in the exhibition hall will definitely not happen in the United States." ”

Hua Keqin said embarrassedly: "Ms. Belinda, I think this situation will change soon, our country is engaged in commodity economy, and I believe that the importance of patents will also be put on the agenda." ”

Qian Yuanping said: "What Director Hua said is true, but, with all due respect, the pace of patent protection in the mainland is still too slow. I have heard in Hong Kong that quite a number of foreign companies are now collecting information on advanced technologies in the mainland on a large scale and preparing to preemptively register patents. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Hua Keqin asked sensitively.

Qian Yuanping said: "Although the overall technical level of our mainland is not as good as that of foreign countries, it still has some unique features in some aspects. In the past, we were relatively closed, and many technologies were not known to outsiders, so that's it. Now that the country is open, foreigners see that our technology is not protected by patents, and they all want to apply for it first, so that in the future, these technologies will belong to foreigners, and even we cannot use them. ”

"And such a thing?" Zhao Liankui said angrily, "This can't be described as stealing, this is simply a robbery." ”

Qian Yuanping said: "In today's world, everything is [***] lawful. If someone preemptively bets the patent, then you will be infringing if you use it again. It doesn't matter if you're a real inventor or not, who told you not to register a patent? The tradition in our mainland is to be more reasonable, and not pay much attention to the law, and this habit will suffer in the international market. ”

Hua Keqin nodded and said, "Lawyer Qian, the information you provided is very important, and we will definitely study this issue seriously after we go back." ”

Next, everyone discussed the issue of how to protect the patent of the five-blade fan at the dinner table. Qian Yuanping had already written a lawyer's statement, and Schumann took it and copied several copies, and Belinda promised to help them take it and distribute it to her colleagues. This measure is also meaningful to their counterparts in Europe and the United States, if they purchase five-blade fans back for sale, Lin Zhenhua can indeed use the law to sanction them.

After eating, Hua Keqin, Zhao Liankui and Belinda left first, Lin Zhenhua asked Schumann and Chu Hongyang to accompany Qian Yuanping, and he and Ford found a tea room alone and began to talk about things between them.

"Mr. Lin, I didn't expect your career to be so big, please allow me to congratulate you first." Ford said.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Thank you for your congratulations. Mr. Ford, you are most credited to the fact that my business has been able to take off. In fact, my earliest career was to rely on the electronic watches and sunglasses you helped me procure, and they earned me my first pot of gold. ”

Ford smiled: "It's just because Mr. Lin is very discerning and seized the opportunity of opening up Chinese mainland." ”

"It's not enough to have a chance, and if it weren't for the start-up capital provided by Spischer, I would be a good woman who can't cook without rice." Lin Zhenhua said.

Ford said: "Lin, one thing I've always wondered about, how do you know there's a bug in our machine control system? Our source code is kept strictly confidential. You know, just because you provided the patches to the source code, our company conducted another thorough security check, and found no signs of confidentiality. ”

Lin Zhenhua smiled slightly and said, "Since you have not found a secret, then naturally there is no secret." You must know that in traditional Chinese culture, there have always been some very mysterious things, such as special functions. ”

"No, no, no, I don't believe that." Ford shook his head and said, "I did hear that there are some qigong masters in China who can see into people's hearts. But I don't even know the source code, so how can you know it from my head? As for our programmers, I'm sure your qigong won't be able to work across the Pacific Ocean, right? ”

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said nothing, how could he explain this bloody thing to Ford?

Seeing that Lin Zhenhua didn't want to uncover the mystery, Ford said disappointedly: "Forget it, let's make this a mystery for the ages." We have investigated and heard that you have served in the Chinese military, and some people in our company suspect that you are a mysterious force affiliated with the Chinese [***] side. An ordinary civilian machine tool company like ours cannot be kept secret in front of you. ”

"This ......" Lin Zhenhua wanted to cry without tears, "uh...... Forget it, let's get down to business. ”

He really didn't bother to explain, mystery is mystery, a little more mystery, but it can also become his own protective color, at least, Spischer Company didn't dare to check it down.

(To be continued)