The success of Feitong Games made Zhou Lei, the chairman of the original Chinese domestic game boss Yiwang, very unhappy, especially the fact that Feitong's popular RPG game "UU Three Kingdoms" was suspected of plagiarizing Yiwang's "Q version of Journey to the West", which made Zhou Lei even more hateful.

Several times, Zhou Lei took the case at the internal board meeting, calling Zhao Hongbing a bully of domestic IT entrepreneurs and a shame for the Chinese nation.

Zhao Hongbing also got a nickname of "Zhao Copy" in the game industry, but Zhao Hongbing himself didn't particularly care, Zhao Hongbing believes that his games are just imitating and borrowing from companies such as Yiwang and Trolls, and they have created a prop charging model on the basis of their time charges, so that domestic small and medium-sized game companies have found a way out for development.

However, Zhang Xiao is worried about this situation, she believes that Zhao Hongbing is the image of Feitong, and once Zhao Hongbing's image is flawed, it will also indirectly affect consumers' perception of Feitong.

"If this is plagiarism, can it be said that Zhongsheng copied Haiger to make semiconductors, Caiguo copied Northink to make mobile phones, no, now they have become giant companies in their respective fields, why can't I Feitong become an IT giant in Huaxia?" Zhao Hongbing said disapprovingly.

"Since there is such a voice in the industry, then we have already controlled it! How can you let it go? Zhang Xiao said a little anxiously.

Zhao Hongbing saw Zhang Xiao's anxious face, and he said a little mischievously: "Hehe, Illya, do you think that my image has been frustrated, which has affected my glorious impression in your heart?" ”

"Pete, stop making a fuss! I'm talking to you about business! ”

Although Zhang Xiao tried his best to refute, his face still showed a touch of flushing, and he seemed to be really a little shy.

In the seventh year that the two have worked together, the relationship between Zhang Xiao and Zhao Hongbing has long been not just a relationship between superiors and subordinates or friends, but a confidant relationship that is higher than friends and lower than lovers, Zhang Xiao has also accompanied Zhao Hongbing through countless crises in Feitong, she is Zhao Hongbing's most staunch supporter, and even to some extent, her importance is greater than that of Da Zhuang, A Xin and other veterans.

"Okay, okay! I asked Ah Xin and Liang Ying to pay attention to it, and it is best to deviate from the design style of other companies in the future game updates, so that they can be innovative, rest assured, and it will be fine. Zhao Hongbing tried his best to comfort Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao still felt a little nervous.

Sure enough, Zhou Lei sued Zhao Hongbing and his Feitong game to the Huaxia State Intellectual Property Office and the Ministry of Electronic Information Industry through anonymous reporting, and the crime was large-scale plagiarism.

Li Tang, director of the Huaxia State Intellectual Property Office, is Zhou Lei's college classmate, and after he saw the report letter, he immediately felt that something was wrong, so he contacted Zhou Lei and learned the other party's intentions.

"Brother Li, didn't I say it, then Zhao Hongbing and Feitong Company are really too deceitful, I also introduced the game "Q version of Journey to the West" to you, you should know that our company enjoys copyright, but that Zhao Hongbing misappropriated our character design, and the plot did not mention intellectual property rights at all, don't you say that you are despising your State Intellectual Property Office?" Zhou Lei said on the phone.

"Xiao Lei, don't worry, I will report this matter to my superiors, and recently the above has also asked us to pay attention to the protection of intellectual property rights, and a new proposal to amend the intellectual property protection law should be introduced soon, and the electronic online game wipe industry should be included at that time." Li Tang responded.

"Really? Thank you so much Brother Li, then do you think I should sue them? Zhou Lei said anxiously.

"Now is not the time, you can collect evidence, and when the bill to amend the protection law comes out, you will have a legal basis, and it will not be a problem to sue him for bankruptcy at that time." Li Tang became more and more excited when he said this.

"Yes, yes, Brother Li, have you received the two boxes of 'pears' I brought to you?"

Li Tang glanced at the two safes at home, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "I received it, I received it early, it's very sweet!" ”

"Hahaha!"

"Haha!"

The two laughed in unison.

A few months later, Huaxia's top brass promulgated a new "Intellectual Property Protection Law", which included a proposal to include the electronic information industry in the intellectual property protection law, and electronic online games in particular should be paid attention to.

"Damn! It must be Zhou Lei's bastard who is obstructing it, otherwise it would be impossible for such a law to suddenly appear like this! ”

Zhao Hongbing was so angry that he threw the ashtray on the ground in the office, Zhang Xiao silently picked up the ashtray and said: "I told you a long time ago, don't take these things too seriously, we shouldn't imitate each other too much, it's time to change it!" ”

"Well, that's all there is to it." Zhao Hongbing said helplessly.

Subsequently, Zhao Hongbing immediately instructed Ah Xin and Liang Ying, and asked them to lead their colleagues in the game division to modify the various character designs, game screen UI styles, etc. of more than 20 games overnight, so that the plot can be changed as much as possible, so that the plot will not be similar to other companies.

Of course, such a sudden maintenance caught players off guard, and because players couldn't play the game, they began to confide their bitterness on major forums and social media, complaining and satirizing Feitong's official ineffectiveness.

What made Feitong even worse was that Yiwang and other companies sued Feitong in court, suing Feitong for plagiarizing games such as "Journey to the West in Q Version" and "Troll Speed", claiming a total of 100 billion Huaxia coins, and asking Zhao Hongbing, chairman of Feitong, to apologize in the public media.

This incident caused an uproar in Huaxia, and the domestic media rushed to report on it, and for a while, Zhao Hongbing was pushed to the forefront of plagiarism.

In order to calm the matter, Zhao Hongbing asked Da Zhuang, who managed the public relations department, to find more than a dozen media outlets, hired nearly a million sailors to suppress the matter, and smoothly shifted the topic to the quadrennial World Cup.

However, fortunately, Zhao Hongbing made timely rectifications in the game division, and relaunched the major online games a week after they went offline, and still recovered 60% of the usual sales revenue, although it cannot be compared with the Feitong Game Kingdom in its heyday, but it has not yet reached the point of bankruptcy.

In addition, Feitong games have attracted a group of loyal fans before, and these people unconditionally support Feitong's games at any time, and naturally maintain a certain income from Feitong games.

Zhao Hongbing also hired 10 lawyers from the four major law firms in Huaxia to deal with the lawsuit between Yiwang and Trolls, which took a whole year and finally ended in a settlement, with Feitong compensating Yiwang for about 20 billion Huaxia coins, compensating Trolls for 10 billion Huaxia coins, and other small and medium-sized game companies receiving a total of about 5 billion Huaxia coins.

The plagiarism turmoil finally ended with Zhao Hongbing's Feitong paying the price of nearly 40 billion Huaxia coins in compensation, and the market management of the Huaxia game industry has become increasingly strict, which has promoted the vigorous development of the Huaxia game industry to a certain extent.