Chapter 240: Domineering Exposed, Shocking Peers
Cao Yang is a celebrity at Lingnan University of Technology.
As the largest private enterprise in Yangcheng, Nanshan's popularity has risen very quickly.
This time, the Internet has been buzzing for some time about Nanshan being caught up in an anti-dumping investigation in the United States.
Originally, some new headlines had overshadowed the heat of this matter.
But soon, Nanshan sued SKF, Aisin and Fanuc in the United States, claiming that they infringed their patents.
At the same time, the report of these manufacturers violating the antitrust law and the promotion of the antitrust investigation of these companies by the U.S. judicial authorities have also been exposed on the Internet.
In this way, the heat of the matter exploded again.
"This Nanshan is tough enough!"
"I actually dared to resist other people's anti-dumping investigations, not to mention, and even sued the other party with my backhand."
"No wonder so many people came to their information session yesterday."
In a dormitory at Lingnan University of Science and Technology, Liang Hualong was on the Internet while blowing water with his roommates next to him.
With the increasing number of college graduates and the rising influence of Nanshan, everyone's vision of Nanshan has undergone great changes.
For example, students of Lingnan University of Science and Technology, many people are no longer reluctant to go to work in Nanshan.
If it had been three years ago, it was estimated that few people from Nanshan would have attended the seminar, let alone how many people would eventually be willing to go to work in Nanshan.
"Aaron, you're lonely and unheard, aren't you?"
"I heard that Professor Zhou Yuan of the law school personally took a group of teachers and graduate students to follow Cao Yang from Nanshan to the United States."
"It is said that Nanshan's team of lawyers in the United States to deal with these lawsuits has exceeded 200 people."
"The amount of money spent every day is not a small amount."
"This time, Nanshan is ready to resist those international giants."
Zhang Yingdong's girlfriend is from law school, so she knows more about the situation than Liang Hualong.
"Do you think Nanshan can win the lawsuit this time?"
In international lawsuits, no matter which side the reason stands on, Liang Hualong must be on the side of Huaxia enterprises, hoping that Huaxia enterprises can win.
"I've also discussed this matter with my daughter-in-law, I'm afraid it's not that simple."
"Judging from the past history, as long as the manufacturers are included in the anti-dumping investigation, most of them will not be able to win the lawsuit."
"To put it bluntly, the probability of Nanshan winning is no more than two percent."
"But their attitude of not admitting defeat is really impressive."
"If you sue me for anti-dumping, I will use the anti-monopoly law to sue you, and then I will fight a patent infringement lawsuit with you."
"As long as Nanshan is really determined to work with others to the end, it will definitely make those manufacturers very uncomfortable in the end."
"After all, no matter what the case is, you need to prepare a lot of things and spend a lot of money to start a lawsuit."
"In the end, it's up to whoever can't hold it first."
I have to say that Zhang Yingdong's opinion is still very convincing.
Of course, he can only be a mouth cannon warrior.
I really want him to come up with something, but he doesn't have any good ideas.
"Anyway, I think Nanshan is still very different from domestic enterprises."
"If other companies encounter such a thing, there is a high probability that they may not even respond to the lawsuit."
Liang Hualong said while thinking about finding a job this year.
This year's campus recruitment in Nanshan started later than in previous years.
Now Liang Hualong has got several offers.
Among them, there is also an offer from Nanshan.
Whether to go to Nanshan or not, he had been struggling before.
Now I think I can think about it.
"You're right, I've heard that many seemingly large-scale domestic companies didn't pay attention to anti-dumping investigations in Europe."
"In the end, you can only bear high anti-dumping duties, and then completely lose the market."
"After all, the products that can be included in the anti-dumping are certainly not unique and irreplaceable."
"In this case, as long as anti-dumping duties are levied, there is basically no market."
"At least in the years when anti-dumping duties are imposed, the market share will quickly fall to close to zero."
As soon as Zhang Yingdong finished speaking, he immediately thought of something, "Didn't the HR of Nanshan tell our counselor that as long as our professional students are willing to go to Nanshan, how many or how many they want, all the interview written tests can be omitted?" ”
As a person who has already been researched, Zhang Yingdong is not very concerned about finding a job.
After all, it will be another two or three years before he needs to find a job.
"That's the case, so I got an offer from Nanshan."
"I'm struggling with whether to go or not."
As soon as Liang Hualong said this, Zhang Yingdong immediately expressed his opinion, saying: "If you want to live a comfortable life, then you must go to a foreign company." ”
"But if you want to take on a challenge and want to have greater achievements in the future, I think you can try to go to Nanshan."
"Now the salary offered by Nanshan should not be low, even higher than some joint ventures."
Zhang Yingdong persuaded him like this, and the balance in Liang Hualong's heart began to tilt.
"Come to think of it, it's still a few days away anyway."
……
Wang Fu's lunch is basically solved in BYD's canteen.
They are all served at the same window as ordinary employees.
Basically, where he sits every day is relatively fixed.
After Zhong Qiang cooked the meal today, he sat opposite Wang Fu with a plate.
"Mr. Wang, in the past few days, I have asked people to collect and sort out the situation of Nanshan's lawsuit in the United States, and the current situation seems to be getting more and more complicated."
Nanshan, as BYD's supplier, Zhong Qiang, the head of the purchasing department, is naturally very concerned about their situation in the United States.
Although Nanshan loses the lawsuit in the United States, it will not affect the domestic supply of parts.
But whether it will affect Nanshan's business conditions, he is still very concerned.
The most important thing is that this case is also a warning and reference for BYD.
After all, BYD's laptop batteries, mobile phone batteries and other products are also exported to the United States.
What should they do if their opponents use the same anti-dumping investigation against BYD at that time.
This is definitely something that needs to be considered in advance.
At least after experiencing the Nanshan incident, BYD will start to think about this issue internally.
"What's a complicated law?"
"Isn't it just that there are more opponents who want to take advantage of the fire? It's all essentially the same. ”
Wang Fu has some understanding of Nanshan's involvement in an anti-dumping investigation in the United States.
However, he is very busy every day, and he needs to participate in various reports.
So naturally, it is impossible to stare at it all the time.
"In addition to the situation you mentioned, Nanshan has now taken the initiative, not only hiring a large number of lawyers from home and abroad to form a response team, but also beginning to sue SKF and Aisin and other companies for infringing Nanshan's patents."
"They are even collecting evidence and reporting the antitrust behavior of SKF and other opponents to the U.S. judicial authorities again."
"The next lawsuit they have to fight is not only anti-dumping cases, but also anti-monopoly cases and patent infringement cases."
"And it's not just SKF, it's several companies that are involved in several cases at the same time."
"This kind of practice is simply unheard of and unseen."
Zhong Qiang admired Nanshan a little at this time.
There is no one who dares to resist so many competitors in the United States.
"In this case, Nanshan estimates that it will cost more than 100 million yuan to fight a lawsuit this year."
Wang Fu has also heard about the high legal fees in the United States.
This level of litigation involves a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is definitely a lot of money.
"I've heard of this, I heard that Mr. Cao said cruelly, no matter how much it costs, he will fight the lawsuit until he wins or the other party takes the initiative to withdraw the lawsuit."
"That is, Nanshan has mastered the core technology, the rate of return is okay, and the scale of the company is large, otherwise ordinary enterprises really can't hold it."
Zhong Qiang imagined in his mind, if BYD was involved in this matter, would he have the courage to spend such a big price to deal with it?
It's hard to say how it turned out.
"Mr. Cao made this decision, probably because he wanted to let his competitors know that Nanshan is not easy to mess with."
"In recent years, Nanshan has developed rapidly, and there are many competitors at home and abroad."
"If every competitor thinks of various ways to deal with them, then Nanshan should not think about developing well."
"It's better to put the posture out of the way at one time, so that everyone will not dare to easily sue Nanshan in the future."
As the general manager of BYD, Wang Fu naturally looks at the problem from a very different height.
However, as soon as he said this, Zhong Qiang couldn't help but say: "Mr. Wang, will we continue to use the F6 in our future engine and gearbox research?" ”
Hearing Zhong Qiang say this, Wang Fu fell into silence.
After a while, he said: "Find a suitable opportunity, I will talk to Mr. Cao to see if there can be a result that is satisfactory to both parties." ”
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"Mr. Wang, this Nanshan's style of doing things is a bit fierce!"
In Great Wall Motors, Liang Chuanqing reported to Wang Ying on the progress of the self-developed engine project.
After the meeting, I chatted about Nanshan's lawsuit in the United States.
In the entire Huaxia automobile industry, there are few companies that do not pay attention to Nanshan's anti-dumping case in the United States.
After all, Nanshan is now the supplier of most OEMs.
At the same time, other auto parts companies in Huaxia in the future, and even enterprises in other industries, may also face the same situation.
So everyone's attention to this matter is naturally different.
"Mr. Cao is so strong, this has brushed off my previous perception of him."
"When I used to meet him, I spoke very elegantly, without the impatience of young people at all."
"It seems that this rabbit will bite when it is in a hurry."
Nanshan's actions in the United States were obviously also greatly unexpected by Wang Ying.
In other words, Nanshan's action exceeded the expectations of most Chinese enterprises.
"Indeed, Nanshan's action this time, although it was a passive counterattack at the beginning, quickly became very aggressive."
"The kind of people who take the initiative to fight patent infringement cases with other international giants, and go to the U.S. judicial authorities to report that these international giants have violated the Anti-Monopoly Law."
"This thing is definitely not done by ordinary Chinese enterprises."
"They are so rigid in the United States, and they will definitely not be afraid of things in China in the future."
As soon as Wang Ying said this, Liang Chuanqing nodded desperately beside him, and then said: "Yes, it is estimated that no domestic company will dare to provoke Nanshan easily in the future." ”
"Especially in terms of patent infringement, Nanshan's determination to protect its own interests is very great."
Liang Chuanqing said meaningfully.
Wang Ying is a smart person.
She naturally immediately understood what Liang Chuanqing meant.
Domestic independent brands are now more or less using or preparing to use Nanshan's turbocharged engines.
In this process, it is inevitable to think about developing your own engine on the basis of Nanshan's engine.
After all, no aspiring car company will purchase engines from outside for a long time.
Great Wall Motors is naturally also very thoughtful.
"Are there many patents registered in Nanshan now?"
After a moment of silence, Wang Ying took the initiative to mention the topic of patents.
"It's quite a lot, they now have more than 50 patents filed every month, and the number is still increasing."
"Whether it is in terms of auto parts or equipment, the number of patents in Nanshan should be the largest in the domestic automotive industry."
"If we develop our own engine based on Nanshan's turbocharged engine, then there is definitely no way to circumvent some patents."
"Or that the cost of circumvention is very high and difficult to accept."
Liang Chuanqing didn't want to find a way to solve it when he fell into the pit.
Make it clear to the company in advance that if you want to continue to do it, the responsibility is not your own.
"There are many technologies on the engine that should have passed the patent protection period, right?"
"Otherwise, Nanshan's own engine will also infringe on the patents of many international parts giants."
Wang Ying is obviously not a novice, she still knows a lot about the situation in the automotive industry.
"You're right, the patents on many parts and components have indeed expired."
"But Nanshan's 1.5T turbocharged engine uses some of its own unique technologies, and the patents in it have just been registered."
Liang Chuanqing explained this, and Wang Ying could understand it.
Nanshan's engine has achieved such a big response as soon as it was launched, and it obviously has its own uniqueness.
Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to achieve today's results.
In this case, it is inevitable that Nanshan has some patents in his hands.
"Your research institute will take a good look at it and see which parts are not able to circumvent Nanshan's patents."
"When the time comes, we can consider buying these parts from Nanshan."
"In this case, they should not be so resistant to the engines we have researched themselves."
"After all, Mr. Cao is also a smart person, and he can understand the behavior of our own research engines."
Wang Ying quickly gave a solution.
It is not possible for any company to produce all the engine parts in-house.
Now it is nothing more than a special selection of some parts and designated to buy from Nanshan.
"That ......"
"Then will Nanshan set the price of these parts very high?"
Although Liang Chuanqing is responsible for the design, it is impossible for him to ignore the cost.
Eighty percent of the cost of a part depends on the design.
As long as the specifications are set, the cost is basically set.
In fact, there is very little room for the purchasing department to work hard.
"Judging from the current situation, Nanshan should not be such a short-sighted company, and they should also know that the engine business cannot be done forever."
"At most, it will be sold for another three or five years, and most of the independent brand car companies will start using their own engines."
"Unless they keep coming out with better engines, it's almost a certainty."
As soon as Wang Ying said this, Liang Chuanqing couldn't help but nodded.
The truth is this, and he has no way to refute it.
But the feeling that this key component technology is in the hands of someone else is still very uncomfortable.
However, come to think of it, there are some parts of the Great Wall that you can't do on your own.
Even if some parts are not in the hands of Nanshan, they will be in the hands of parts giants such as Bosch and Denso.
What are you struggling with?
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Detroit, USA.
Obviously, the first hearing of the Nanshan anti-dumping investigation did not have a final result.
The team of lawyers who have spent a lot of money to hire will naturally have to show their value.
Therefore, the first court session is for both parties to argue with each other, and wait for the next time after the argument is completed.
Immediately after that, the patent infringement case between Nanshan and SKF was similar.
However, through these two cases, everyone is fully aware that Nanshan is really preparing to fight a lawsuit with everyone in all aspects.
And it's the kind that is well prepared.
"Mr. Zhang, this time we came over, and it can be regarded as a long experience."
"Nanshan really paid a lot of money."
Wang Zhijian and Zhang Xiucai followed the large army of Nanshan to the United States.
Originally, as a manufacturer that was included in the anti-dumping investigation, C&U Bearing didn't know how to deal with it and wanted to lie flat directly.
Later, when I saw the report that Nanshan was going to respond to the lawsuit, I took the initiative to contact to see if I could take a ride.
I didn't expect it to be a long insight.
"I've always heard that Nanshan's prices are very competitive, and they have mastered the core technology by themselves, but I think their profit margins shouldn't be very high."
"Now it seems that Nanshan also has its own uniqueness in terms of cost control."
"Or maybe they have a deep yield on the gearbox, or they can't support this kind of toss."
"An anti-dumping investigation will cost a lot of money, and if you take the initiative to fight patent cases with various manufacturers, it will cost even more money."
"I feel that so far, Nanshan has spent at least tens of millions of yuan."
"And now it's just the beginning."
Zhang Xiucai has always felt that he is a very bold person.
But compared with Cao Yang, he found that he was still lagging behind.
He really doesn't have the courage to take the initiative to follow a bunch of international manufacturers to fight lawsuits.
Even deep down, he is guilty of lawsuits with international manufacturers.
"It's true, Nanshan gives people a sense of wealth, and the accommodation is directly in the local five-star hotel."
"The cost of this alone is not a small amount."
"I've heard that they have a much larger team doing support work in China, and there are at least 500 people working on it, both inside and outside."
Wang Zhijian didn't learn much about anything else during this time, but his understanding of Nanshan has definitely gone up a level.
"So how we get along with Nanshan in the future also needs to be carefully considered."
"Fortunately, there are not so many intersections between the two of us, and the competition is not so fierce."
"Otherwise, maybe one day Nanshan will attack us."
Zhang Xiucai inevitably has such a sad feeling in his heart.
Nanshan is not even afraid of international giants, will it be afraid of local companies such as Renben?
……
"Xiao Luo, you have to keep an eye on the situation in Nanshan during this time, and once something special happens, remember to report to me immediately."
Cao Yang is now in the United States, and there are no accidents in the operation of Nanshan Industrial Park.
However, Liu Tianwu is still worried that in this case, the development of Nanshan will be affected.
This is definitely not what he wants to see.
In the past two years, he has been able to go to the city for meetings every time he is confident, because there is such a powerful company as Nanshan in the district.
Even because of the rapid development of Nanshan Industrial Park, the GDP ranking of the district in the city is expected to be further improved.
"Leader, rest assured, I have daily contact with people in Nanshan, and I also go to the Internet to pay attention to news reports related to Nanshan."
"So far, public opinion on the Internet is still more favorable to Nanshan, and most people think that Nanshan's approach has given everyone a sigh of relief."
Luo Yi naturally knew very well what Liu Tianwu was most concerned about.
The development of Nanshan is not only related to Liu Tianwu's career, but also related to his future.
In this case, whoever hinders the development of Nanshan will hinder the progress of the two of them to a certain extent.
"This time, if Nanshan can withstand the various means of competitors, then it will definitely enter a more rapid development stage in the next few years."
"Go back and find out more about it, and see if there are any funds in the city or district that can be used to support the Nanshan anti-dumping investigation case."
Under reasonable and legal circumstances, Liu Tianwu obviously wanted to help Nanshan.
After all, he also heard about these cases in Nanshan, and they cost a lot.
"No problem, there should be some surplus in the budget of the zone this year, and I will contact you when the time comes, and see if there is a special fund to support enterprises in the zone to deal with international disputes related to anti-dumping."
Luo Yi is a smart person.
It didn't take long for an idea.
The leader asked you to investigate, but the meaning is already obvious.
If there are these projects, then implement them.
If you don't have these projects, you create them.
In the case of reasonable, compliant and legal, just be bold and let it go.
Today, we will start merging chapters into two chapters from seven in the morning to seven in the evening, and I will tell you that ten thousand days or ten thousand days ~
(End of chapter)