Although the Matsuda group is very strong, they rarely take the initiative to cause trouble, they have always only taken care of their industry around the theater, and rarely come out to do activities, why did they suddenly come to their place today, so Takahashi smiled and said: "It turned out to be Mr. Endo from the Matsuda group, you are really a rare guest, I don't know why you came here today?" ”

Endo ignored his flattery and asked, "Let me ask you, what are you selling here?" ”

Takahashi replied inexplicably, "Instant noodles, Mr. Endo, do you want to try them?" It doesn't matter, I have a lot of them here, you can take whatever you want. ”

Endo snorted coldly: "I came all the way here just to get you a few packets of noodles?" You also look down on people too much, let me ask you, who allowed you to produce and sell instant noodles? ”

Takahashi said with some hesitation: "Do you need anyone's permission for this?" Isn't it possible to produce it casually? My instant noodles taste pure and the price is fair, and there is absolutely no deception to customers. ”

Endo said angrily: "Who asked you this, I'm asking you, who authorized you to produce and sell instant noodles?" As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his purse, stretched it out in front of Takahashi, and shouted, "Open your eyes wide, see clearly, what is this!" ”

Takahashi took the piece of paper, and his face changed when he saw it, because this was a copy of the Japanese patent certificate for instant noodles, which clearly stated that the production and sales rights of instant noodles in Japan belonged to the American Tony Downing, and the specific items of the patent were clearly written on it, and the period turned out to be 1948. As a businessman, Takahashi naturally knows what this means, he has registered a patent in 48 years, and he produces and sells instant noodles without permission, which is infringement, especially if he is still an American, if he starts a lawsuit, he will definitely lose extremely miserably.

Endo looked at Takahashi's face, knowing that he should have understood what was going on, and continued to say coldly: "Boss Takahashi, you must also know what situation you are in now, right?" Tell you the truth. Not only Japan, but also China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, almost everywhere in the world where there is a patent law, our boss has already registered the patent right two years ago. So now the only person in the world who has the right to produce and sell instant noodles is our boss, if you don't want to go bankrupt in a lawsuit, stop the production and sale as soon as possible, and then compensate our boss for the loss, otherwise, hum, this matter will not be over. ”

Takahashi's legs suddenly went limp. Just sat on the ground, my heart was crying without tears, this is over, this is really over, the black and white are ready, the white people have a patent certificate in their hands, the lawsuit will definitely not be won, the strength of the underworld is clearly there, it is said that the thugs of the Matsuda group are trained according to the standards of the army, and these guys come to the store every day to make trouble. No one can cure it. But to say that you just let it go, that would be unwilling.

So Takahashi said with a sad face: "Mr. Endo, I beg you, you help me say good things in front of your boss, I admit compensation and accept punishment, but don't let me produce and sell instant noodles, my equipment is ready, I have spent a lot of money in the early stage, if I stop production, I will be bankrupt directly, I beg you!" ”

Endo hung Takahashi for half a day. Only then did he say: "Don't say that our boss doesn't give you a way to live, there is also an application to join here, you take a closer look, if you agree." Just three days later, our boss's mansion went to apply to join, telling you that this is our boss's kindness and giving you a way out, you don't know how to cherish it. By the way, no more instant noodles are allowed to be sold these days. Otherwise, don't blame us for being unkind! ”

After sending Endo and others away, Takahashi took this franchise application and looked at it for a long time, and smiled bitterly in his heart, this does give a way out, but this way out is not so easy to walk, the so-called joining is to become a subsidiary of Tangning instant noodle factory in his own small factory, and he has to take out a large amount of money every year to obtain the production and sales qualification of instant noodles, and must be consistent with the head office in ingredients, production, pricing, and after-sales, otherwise he will be heavily punished. Although he was able to keep himself from going bankrupt by doing so, he didn't make much money, and most of it was taken away by the head office.

Takahashi was in a dilemma, the next day an incident happened that prompted him to make up his mind, it turned out that Morimoto, who also produced instant noodles, although the store was closed on the surface, but still secretly dispatched employees to secretly set up stalls in busy places such as industrial parks to sell Morimoto brand instant noodles, as a result, all the vendors were beaten by the Matsuda group thugs who heard the news, and then twisted to the police station, and that night Morimoto's underground instant noodle factory fire, a fire burned all the equipment and goods, the most ruthless, At that time, the thugs of the Matsuda group were under the leadership of Endo, sitting on the fire ground, and no one was allowed to fight the fire, Morimoto watched his factory being burned to the ground, crying so much that his eyes were almost blind, and finally only got Endo's sentence "Give face shame, really when we Matsuda Group are so fooled?!" ”

When such an incident happened, Takahashi and others didn't dare to insist anymore, and on the third day, they obediently went to Tang Ning to apply for joining and pay the franchise fee and deposit, so far, the instant noodle market in Tokyo was officially monopolized by Tang Ning.

After all, his home base Okinawa is too far away from Tokyo and other big cities, and he doesn't have so many people to focus on the production of instant noodles, so he simply let Takahashi and his gang make their own production base, and they can make a large profit with only one patent right, how easy it is to make this kind of money.

However, Tang Ning did not completely abandon it, the instant noodle factory in Okinawa has always been carrying out the research and development of new flavors and new technologies, and now the seasoning package and polyethylene packaging (that is, the instant noodle box) have not been developed, and the flavor is only chicken soup, so we must increase the research and development strength, and get all the instant noodles in their memory as soon as possible, so as to have a greater say in the market.

At this time, Tangning also sent away an old friend who was not an old friend, that is, Takeda Yixiong with the pseudonym Shurmit, this legendary agent was going to leave for the Korean War as a staff officer, Tangning knew what the purpose of his trip was, but did not reveal it, because although his body is American, his soul is still a Chinese, and he still hopes that China's casualties in the Korean War will be as low as possible, and victory will come sooner. (To be continued.) )