Chapter 580: New York Times Reporter
7 December 1982, three days after the last hearing.
The case of MD White Mining Equipment Manufacturing Factory against Huaguo Baifeng Group and its subsidiaries for unfair competition and abuse of patents was heard for the second time in the Greek court.
In addition to the reporters with long guns and short guns, there were also many people in the auditorium.
Yu Dongfeng still attended the trial, while Tom White, the head of the White Mining Equipment Manufacturing Plant, was absent this time, and was represented by a team of lawyers.
There were very few eastern faces in the auditorium, because the Baifeng Group did not send a few people, but there were many whites, and Zhong Bai saw Wilson sitting in the corner at a glance.
This guy looked very low-key, completely different from the scene he was shouting at in Heyuan City, Zhong Bai just glanced at him and then didn't pay attention to him anymore.
At this time, before the trial began, a reporter from the New York Times looked around, and saw that he could not squeeze to the front, so he had to pay attention to the auditorium, preparing to find a target for an interview.
He was a little disappointed that all the interviews he could do before were almost done, but now he suddenly saw Zhong Bai's oriental face, and immediately ran over in a hurry.
"Hello sir, I'm David from the New York Times, can I delay your precious time for an interview?" David deftly pulled out his notebook and asked.
Zhong Bai was originally not interested in this kind of thing, because he was about to return to China after watching the trial, but when he heard that the other party was an old newspaper like the New York Times, he thought about it and asked: "You don't even know who I am and what am I interviewing?" ”
"Ah, I'm sorry! Please forgive me for not asking about your identity in advance. Hearing Zhong Bai's fluent English, David was a little surprised, and immediately subconsciously made up Zhong Bai's identity: "I guess you must be a foreign affairs officer here, right?" ”
"No, I'm just passing by." Zhong Bai's mind suddenly turned and teased the other party: "The gap between the transfer from Switzerland to Greece, seeing that this place is open for auditing, I will take a look by the way." ”
"That's right...... By the way? David was a little stalked, and he didn't know what to say, and said in his heart that these yellow-skinned monkeys are really funny, seeing that this person is so young, and said that he is transferring from Switzerland to here, he should be an international student, right?
International students are very simple, well, then casually guide his values and write a "light black" article.
Although David is a reporter for the New York Times, he is not a front-line reporter.
The front-line colleagues are responsible for the blockbuster news of the first court session, or they have their own way to contact the important people of the company concerned for exclusive interviews, and their reports are more valuable.
But for a reporter like David who runs a follow-up report, he can't even squeeze into the front position in the second trial, so you can imagine how bad he is.
At this time, I caught a Zhong Bai who "resembled" an international student and was a little silly and sweet, so I had to do a good job on him?
Induce a few questions, and then by the way, the Chinese students were suppressed in China because they did not have patent rights, and finally actively publicized how much MD, the beacon of the earth, pays attention to and protects intellectual property patents, and an article with a strong ideology is released, which will attract the attention of several congressmen at that time, and then "micro-linkage", and their work tasks for this month will be completed.
Of course, if Zhong Bai is a little resistant to the interview, David is already ready to pay out of his pocket to invite him to dinner to complete the task!
Unexpectedly, the next conversation was the beginning of David's nightmare, he didn't expect that the young man interviewed in front of him, who he thought was bronze, was actually a king!
"Then I'll just ask you a few questions, and if you cooperate, I don't mind inviting you to have dinner outside after the audition is over." David opened his notebook and made a serious statement: "As a Chinese, what do you personally think of this cross-border lawsuit?" ”
"This kind of litigation is very necessary, the law can tell us the importance of patent rights, every patented invention embodies the efforts of the inventor, it cannot be provided to others in vain, so even if it is cross-border, there must be a sense of protection!" Zhong Bai replied without thinking.
David nodded, and quickly wrote it down in his notebook - the awakening of patent consciousness among overseas Chinese people, they obviously support MD Company's lawsuit against Huaguo Company for shameless thief behavior, which is the progress of the times.
David quickly started the second question: "So, which country do you personally think has done the best job of patent protection in the world at present?" ”
"Of course, MD, your country has more than 200 professional laws and regulations in terms of intellectual property, covering more than 95% of the scientific and technological fields, which is incomparable to other countries in the world, but ......"
David immediately wrote down in his notebook - even in China, where patent awareness is poor, some of them know that MD is the world's leading patent protection system, and think that no country can compare with MD, and China's high level of patents has become a favorable condition to attract many foreign talents.
It seems that this young man is very sensible, and when David thought that he could end the interview by flickering one more question, he suddenly heard the second half of Zhong Bai's unfinished sentence.
"But...... The legal protection provisions of intellectual property rights formulated by your MD are all tailor-made for those big capitalists, and the complicated trial procedures, long litigation, and high court fees have hindered the further development of MD's intellectual property patents. ”
"Do you know why this lawsuit has to be held in Greece? Because the patents of this Huaguo Group are not registered in MD, but in Switzerland! ”
"The reason why they didn't choose to register with MD is because of the unfair environment of your MD, which protects the interests of monopolies in your country, but ignores the progressive technology itself, otherwise, this lawsuit should be fought in MD, not in the European Communities Court of Justice in Greece!"
"You, you ......" David didn't expect the sudden change in painting style, looked up at Zhong Bai in surprise, and stammered a little speechless.
But Zhong Bai's words have not stopped: "By the way, the facts have also proved that this patent lawsuit is not true at all, what I can tell you is that the automatic drilling and blasting system promoted by the White Mining Equipment Manufacturing Factory can not beat the DWX single hydraulic pillar of Huaguo Baifeng Group, and it has been a complete failure in the European market. Because you put too much thought into monopoly, but never put your energy into studying the technology itself, so in the field of mine support equipment, the decline of MD is inevitable and irreversible. ”
"You...... It's just gibberish! "David just wants to complete the task, and it is impossible to pretend that he didn't hear Zhong Bai's ridicule just now, after all, he is also a reporter, even if he wants to make up an article out of context, but he can't ignore the other party's basic point of view!
Just as David closed his notebook and was about to terminate this meaningless interview, Zhong Bai suddenly reached out and patted him on the right shoulder: "Reporter David, I think your usual work must be very hard, today's interview task ...... If I don't count this article, I still can't finish it, right? ”
David paused for a moment and said angrily, "How do you know? ”
"Of course I know that a last-class reporter like you, a first-class newspaper, can only make a little lace, or make up the news processing in the corners." Zhong Bai looked at the other party with a smile: "It's a pity that your thinking has been imprisoned, have you ever thought that if my shocking remarks just now are truthfully reported by your pen, it will inevitably cause a violent discussion among your MD people?" This is actually a great opportunity for you to improve your worth! Think about it, big news is not necessarily what people want to see, and the last thing they want to see is reported, so why not be a big news? And you, the maker of this big news, ...... Your reputation should be made in the press quickly. ”