Chapter 30 Intellectual Property Rights

"Charter, switching electrical appliances is a big concept, as small as a few cents of the light wire switch, a few dollars of knife switches, as large as thousands of dollars of high-voltage circuit breakers, as long as the place where electricity is used, it is not needed. Low pressure and high pressure, counting some special models, there are at least a thousand. As you said in my house last year, the prospects are indeed very bright.

But we have to eat one bite at a time, and we can obviously only make three or five kinds of food under our current conditions. What exactly to do must be determined first, because it is directly related to what kind of talent should be recruited next, what kind of machinery and equipment and raw materials should be purchased, and even workers should be targeted training. ”

Perhaps the materials are too scarce these days, and as long as any product can be produced, there is almost no need to consider whether it can be sold. So much so that the important question of what products to produce has not been raised by Hu Meiqi until now.

Ding Wenming also agreed with emotion: "Yes, so much money has been invested, and people can only wait for plant and equipment, not plant and equipment." ”

This article has been prepared for a long time, and he took out a cardboard box from behind his eldest brother-in-law Liu Siwei, pointed to dozens of switch and socket panels of different models inside, and said excitedly: "Everyone, these are all purchased from Hong Kong by Chairman Tuo last year. You see, this is from Spain's Ximeng Electric, this is Germany's Dongmenzi, and this is Japan's Songxin Electric...... Almost all of them come from the top companies in the international switch and socket panel industry. I believe that in the near future, we will become one of them, or even better than them. ”

Even the most basic household appliances in China have not yet been popularized, and there are very few places to use sockets, even if they are used, they are the most common black bakelite sockets.

Installation is simpler, connect the line from the back, twist the lid and fix it to the yellow log with two screws.

So in the eyes of the regulations, the switch and socket panel, Li Xiaoshan, Hu Meiqi, Ding Wenming and Zhang Bing felt very fresh, took out a few left and right, and looked at it for a long time without knowing how to put this thing on the wall.

Liu Siwei hurriedly took out a plastic junction box and gestured on the wall for a while, only then did they understand that this thing still has accessories, and the wires are also hidden in the wall.

Li Xiaoshan, who suddenly came to his senses, couldn't help but exclaim: "Foreign devils really have two tricks, and even a switch can make so many tricks." Charter, are you sure we can do better than them? ”

"Of course!"

The charter smiled, and then changed the conversation: "The reason why I chose to make the switch socket panel first is that the switch panel has no jishu content, and a few injection molding machines, a few sets of molds and a few workers can start production; As long as the quality is strictly controlled, and more beautiful and practical products are designed, the international market can be opened in one fell swoop.

Second, the core of low-voltage electrical appliances is almost in the hands of companies in developed countries such as Europe, America and Japan, and other products cannot bypass their patents. Unless it is not exported, it is dedicated to the domestic market. But then it will leave a stain of disrespect for intellectual property rights, which is very detrimental to the future development of the company. What's more, we are now a Hong Kong-funded enterprise, and only some products are allowed to be sold domestically. ”

Intellectual property!

It was the first time Li Xiaoshan had heard of it, and after thinking for a while, he asked suspiciously: "So we can't make products similar to them?" ”

"Yes, as long as it's a patented product, we can't produce it. Unless they grant it, or wait until the patent expires. However, I prefer to develop my own products independently and research and produce my own patented products. If we really can't get around it, we have to buy patents in accordance with international practice, or buy the company that owns the patents outright, provided we have enough money. ”

In an era when WTO accession has not yet been officially put on the agenda, the concept of the charter is undoubtedly too advanced.

Ding Wenming seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask: "Can the country agree to go to the international acquisition?" ”

The charter was happy, and pointed to the eldest brother-in-law Liu Siwei on the opposite side and said with a smile: "I just said that we are a Hong Kong-funded enterprise, and this is just a branch factory." As long as we comply with the laws of the country of the acquired company, we can acquire as we want. ”

Hu Meiqi's thinking was very active, and she picked up the panel in her hand and asked inferentially: "Charter, does this mean that we must also abide by the rules of the game of intellectual property rights when we produce panels?" ”

"Yes, not only to follow the rules of the game, but also to learn to use the rules of the game."

The charter took out a stack of hand-drawn drawings from his bag, and said with a smile: "These series were designed by me some time ago, there are combined switch sockets, ground switch sockets, voice and light control switches, and cartoon series, see no ...... The whole panel is a face, the switch is the nose, the opening is a smiley face, and when it is turned off, it becomes a crying face.

In order to ensure that our products remain competitive internationally, we need to continuously strengthen our research and development while also patenting all these new designs. If you dare to plagiarize, then use legal weapons to protect our legitimate rights and interests. ”

I have to admit that the "design" of the charter is very beautiful and functional.

For example, if there is a switch on the socket panel, those who are unwilling to pull the plug can solve the problem of cutting off the power supply as long as the switch is turned off; Especially the combined switch panel, install the socket if you want the socket, install the switch if you want to switch, you can combine it freely, and you can install a few if you want to.

Although it is unknown whether the voice-activated and light-activated switches can be produced, this does not affect the patent application. What's more, this idea is indeed very practical, especially in the building corridor, when people come and they will automatically turn on, and when people leave, they will automatically disappear, if they can be developed, there will definitely be a market.

All this made Liu Siwei full of confidence in the future, clenched his fists and said excitedly: "You have been in the mainland for a long time, you may not know how developed Hong Kong's plastic industry used to be. In particular, the plastic flower industry was booming, almost monopolizing more than 80% of the Shijie plastic flower trade, and was once known as the 'plastic flower kingdom'.

Although it is now in decline, the heritage is still there.

I know a few masters who have worked hard in the plastics industry for decades, some injection molding, some open molding, as long as they can be invited back, then the production will definitely not be a problem, and the quality can be guaranteed. Of course, plastic is only one part of the panel, and in addition to that, we need the most haode electrical engineers. ”

The wisdom of the masses is infinite, you say a word to me, and the next work of NB Electric is finalized.

With Liu Siwei's bankrupt investment, the company's shares must be adjusted.

The charter has the largest investment and is still the largest shareholder, accounting for 67% of the company's shares. In addition to planning the future development direction of the company, it is also responsible for product research and development; The second and third largest shareholders, Liu Siwei and Zhang Hui, account for 10% and 5% of the company's shares respectively, one serves as the chairman of the board and is responsible for the company's operations, and the other has to do nothing with children.

When I was in Nanbin's hometown, I said that no matter how much money has been invested here, the shares held by Gu Hongxia, Zhang Shuren and the eldest uncle and second uncle will remain unchanged. Ding Wenming and Zhang Bing, who represent their equity, are responsible for finance and daily procurement, respectively;

Although Li Xiaoshan and his wife resolutely did not want to, the articles of association still gave the two of them 2 percent of the shares in the way of slowly deducting them from their salaries in the future. For the next period of time, they will be responsible for infrastructure and recruiting Jishu personnel and workers.

Due to their lack of education and age, Wu Xiaozhu and other cousins failed to enter the management team.

But they will not be idle, starting tomorrow to help with chores during the day and go to night school at night. When to get a TV secondary school degree, and when can I be entrusted with important tasks. If you can't get it, whether you are a shareholder or not, you can only be a worker for the rest of your life.

As for the uncle and second uncle who are unwilling to enter the company and cause trouble for them, the articles of association also have arrangements.

They don't need to build walls, let alone do chores, but let the eldest sister Zhang Hui accompany them to the most haode hotels, shopping malls, furniture stores and decoration materials markets in Xiangjiang to see how people decorate and make office furniture, and then call the apprentices from their hometown to be fully responsible for the decoration of the company's office building and living area, as well as the production of office furniture.