This news was expected by Lu Yiming, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Lu Yiming actually didn't care much about his opponent's siege.

He said nonchalantly: "Very good, if they come together, it will save me the time to knock on the door one by one. You can continue to do your job, and you will still get the triple compensation."

"OK."

Since Lu Yiming said so, Li Qiu naturally has no psychological burden and can take his share of the benefits with peace of mind.

After all, he is not a shareholder of Mingyuan Technology, and the company's losses are none of his business.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming picked up his pen and continued sitting at his desk to brush up on the exam questions.

After all, I am going abroad soon, so it is good to brush up on the questions before going abroad.

At noon the next day, Lu Yiming called Zhao Tiezhu and asked him to drive over.

As soon as he got in the car, Zhao Tiezhu asked: "Mr. Lu, are you going home?"

"No, I have something to do when I go to Mingyuan Technology."

"Okay, sit tight."

Zhao Tiezhu nodded, then stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

At this moment, Song Honglin was holding an executive meeting in the conference room of Mingyuan Technology Headquarters, and basically everyone in the company was called over.

His expression was solemn, and his eyes were even more worried.

Song Honglin was well-informed, and his competitors were doing things with such great fanfare. Of course, he also knew about Pengrun Electric's joining in the encirclement and suppression of Mingyuan Technology, so he hurriedly convened everyone to discuss countermeasures.

Soon, the door to the conference room was pushed open.

Lu Yiming stepped in with a confident and calm smile on his face: "Hey, are there so many people today?"

Seeing Lu Yiming coming in, Song Honglin also quickly gave way.

After sitting down, Lu Yiming leaned back slightly on the chair and glanced at everyone present: "What are you talking about?"

Song Honglin quickly told him the current situation: "We are talking about Pengrun Electric joining the siege of our Mingyuan Technology. Just yesterday, Lenovo used its own influence and held a press conference with Aimeng Company in Beijing.

, once again claiming that Dover Ammon was the inventor of flash drive technology.”

Lu Yiming frowned slightly, puzzled by this: "Haven't they done this before? Are they coming again?"

Song Honglin said with a wry smile: "It's different this time. They are no longer empty talk, but have produced several patent documents. These patents all took effect earlier than the time when our Mingyuan Technology applied for a USB flash drive patent. Now they are all

It was taken as evidence that we copied each other’s flash drive technology.”

Cheng Xiaohua, who was in charge of the company's technology research and development department, immediately retorted angrily: "I have seen all of his patents. Although they are indeed related to the pre-production technology of flash drives, it is impossible to apply for them in full.

His flash drive patent is not worth mentioning compared to our research progress, so why did we plagiarize it?"

Fang Yunfeng also echoed: "He is just trying to make fools out of it. They don't have any of the key technology patents for making USB flash drives. How dare they show it off? It's so shameless!"

Song Honglin sighed, with a look of helplessness on his face: "It's useless for us to talk about this here. How can ordinary people distinguish this clearly? Haven't you heard that three people make a tiger? Now they have created the illusion that everyone is supporting Aimeng Company.

In addition, Aimeng is a foreign technology company, so the first step is to win three points, and we are very passive now."

Even if you tell a lie a thousand times, it may be taken as the truth, let alone what the other party is telling you now, and even the "evidence" has been produced.

Obviously, many ordinary people are kept in the dark.

Fang Yunfeng couldn't help but ask: "Can't we ask the media reporters to clarify? Just let them talk nonsense?"

In this regard, Song Honglin also looked helpless: "The key lies in Lenovo. Under the banner of a national enterprise, they are not comparable to us in terms of appeal and influence."

Cheng Xiaohua clenched his fists, angry at the other party's shameless behavior, and cursed: "That's an elbow turned out. It's a clear way to lure a wolf into the house. It's so shameless."

In fact, due to Lenovo's pressure and the change in public opinion, some USB flash drive agents have now either defected to the USB flash drive camp, or are in a wait-and-see state, waiting for the two sides to decide the outcome.

As long as the other party wants to delay this kind of patent lawsuit, it will not come to a conclusion within three to five years.

But if we really have to wait three to five years, Ammon Company will have already carried out several product iterations. Will it matter what the outcome of the lawsuit will be by then?

Song Honglin also said: "There was news this morning that Pengrun Electrical Appliances has begun selling USB flash drives in large quantities, and has also launched a huge promotional campaign, but refused to allow our USB flash drive products to enter the market."

Such a situation is naturally very unfavorable to Mingyuan Technology, and can even be said to be a fatal business crisis.

In the conference room, everyone discussed for a long time, but could not come up with a way to break the situation. They had no choice but to turn their attention to Lu Yiming and place their hopes on him.

Lu Yiming touched his chin and said: "Whether it is Lenovo or Pengrun, they are both leaders in the industry. They really think highly of me when they join forces. But we can't just sit back and wait for death. The country is so bad at originality, there is nothing we can do about it."

, we can only start from foreign markets. Fortunately, I have applied for an international patent."

"Overseas market?"

This is a path that no one has ever imagined.

Lu Yiming said: "Yes, although domestic allocations are based on market conditions, foreign institutions don't care about this. The patent rights belong to whomever belongs to them. If they have the ability, they will go out with me to play."

Cheng Xiaohua had overseas experience, and he praised Lu Yiming's idea of ​​encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, but he was a little worried: "Is it too early to enter the overseas market now?"

Mingyuan Technology has no sales channels overseas. It is not a simple matter to export its products overseas.

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "Can't we just find an influential local snake to cooperate with? Leave this matter to me."

He continued: "Okay, there's nothing to talk about. It's better for your R&D department to strive for excellence. As long as our products are stable enough, the capacity is large enough, and the technology is always one generation ahead of theirs, then we will be invincible."

Don't be disturbed by their little tricks. They are doing this now just to slow down our research and development speed. You have to see through the phenomenon to see the essence."

Everyone was awakened by Lu Yiming's words, and the people in the R&D department were so enlightened that they immediately said that they would not hear anything outside the window from now on.

Lu Yiming took out his mobile phone and started pressing a series of numbers: "I'll call Bill Gates."

The moment the call was connected, Lu Yiming heard a long yawn.

Then came the voice of Bill Gates: "Lu, when do you plan to come to the United States? I can't wait to meet you."

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "There is no rush about the meeting. I will definitely show up in the United States before the game starts. Now there is a promising business, and I want to talk to you. I wonder if you are interested?"

As the world's richest man, Bill Gates has a natural passion for making money. At the same time, he is also very curious in his heart. He doesn't know what promising business in the wild land of Xia Country can interest him.

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"You can talk and listen first."

Lu Yiming said: "Mr. Gates, have you heard of a USB flash drive?"

"USB flash drive?"

Bill Gates' tone was full of doubts, and he obviously hadn't paid attention to this new gadget yet.

Lu Yiming knew well that "seeing is better than hearing a hundred times", so he said directly: "I'm afraid it's difficult to explain clearly just by talking about it. So, I can send some relevant information to your email."

With that said, Lu Yiming sent Bill Gates a piece of information about USB flash drives.

There is no doubt that Bill Gates has a very keen business sense, especially in the field of technology.

After he spent a few minutes browsing the entire introduction to the USB flash drive, he immediately realized the huge value of this thing.

"Lu, you invented this? It's incredible! There is no doubt that it is an epoch-making product! With it, the form of computers will be changed!"

Lu Yiming secretly admired it. The old fox was an old fox and he could see the value of this thing at a glance.

As a computer accessory, it directly affects the design and manufacturing of future computers. This is the scariest part. Once USB flash drives replace floppy disks and even optical drives, this means that this product will become the "standard equipment" for computer users.

By then, the sales volume of USB flash drives will be terrifying, and the market prospects will be simply astonishing.

In fact, around 2010, there were as many as 200 million USB flash drives produced in Xia State alone. The market demand was extremely strong. Basically, anyone with a computer would need to buy one or two in case of emergency.

need.

When Lu Yiming throws out the bait, even Bill Gates has to take the bait.

After all, there are few people in this world who don't like money.

Lu Yiming praised: "Mr. Gates is indeed the richest man in the world. You can see the key point at a glance. As the sole inventor of the USB flash drive, I have patent certificates issued by Xia Guo and the United States, and I have undisputed ownership of the USB flash drive."

Patent rights. I wonder if Mr. Gates is interested in cooperating with me?"

Hearing that Lu Yiming was the sole inventor of the USB flash drive, Bill Gates stopped thinking about other things and could only ask: "How do you plan to cooperate?"

Lu Yiming said bluntly: "We jointly opened a company in the United States to be responsible for the promotion and sales of USB flash drives. We will split the profits 80% of the time. I will share 20% of the profit with you."

Of course, Bill Gates was not satisfied with this ratio. He directly expressed his opinion: "Twenty percent is too little. I want half."

Bill Gates' lion opened his mouth, which was expected by Lu Yiming. After all, he was a pawn in his previous life, so what kind of greedy capitalist has he not seen? Not to mention that Bill Gates is still a capitalist leader. It is estimated that as long as the technology allows, he can stone him.

Everyone wants to grab a few ounces of oil.

Lu Yiming said calmly: "The technology is owned by our Mingyuan Technology, and the products are also provided by us. Half is too much. This is impossible. I will give you 30% at most, and no more."

And Bill Gates refused to give up, and was still negotiating terms with Lu Yiming: "If you want to sell USB flash drives to the United States, without my connections and channels, you can't promote it at all, so I want at least 40%, one penny."

Nothing less.”

The two argued with each other for a long time, and finally agreed on the distribution of profits. Bill Gates accounted for 38%, and Mingyuan Technology owned the rest.

Lu Yiming hung up the phone, and everyone in the office was stunned.

What did I see just now?

My boss is chatting and laughing with the world's richest man?
To be continued...