Chapter 1194: Very Important

The tall guy and the short guy had only walked two steps when they heard the old lady's shout behind them. They took to their heels and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

"Little brat," the old lady cursed: "You dare to impersonate people from Xiangjiang. Don't let me run into you again, or I'll definitely catch you and throw you into the detention center."

The tall guy and the short guy were exactly the dogs around Zhao Jingkang, subordinates of Huang Zongze.

They came to the mainland this time to notify Zhou Andong of the arrival time of that batch of smuggled goods.

It was just that they didn't know Zhou Andong was in Jingcheng, so they ran to Jiangzhou.

What they didn't expect was that as soon as they arrived in Jiangzhou, they were taught a lesson by an old lady.

If this were in Xiangjiang, that old lady would probably have been carried into an ambulance already.

"Hoo!"

These two guys ran for several hundred meters before stopping, their hands on their knees, panting heavily, occasionally looking back to see if the old lady was chasing them.

They were also deeply poisoned by Xiangjiang and Western media, and their impression of the mainland was that it was rigid and dictatorial, where people could be thrown into prison and shot at will.

The tall guy was so fierce just now, but it was actually his personality; he was used to it. But now, he was still a bit scared in his heart.

The short guy breathed a long sigh and said with dissatisfaction: "Can you restrain yourself? When we came, the boss gave us repeated instructions not to cause trouble."

The tall guy defended himself: "I just spat; why fine me?"

The short guy glared, his voice suddenly raised: "This is the mainland, not Xiangjiang. Didn't you see that old lady wearing a red armband? A long time ago, I read a news report that those people wearing red armbands are very powerful.

Just because of five yuan, if we were caught and thrown into prison, what would we do? Also, what if we were secretly shot? Wouldn't that be a grievance?"

The tall guy stopped talking, and the short guy snorted: "Let's go, go to the Jiangzhou Winery first, then leave here immediately."

The two got into a yellow minivan and went straight to the Jiangzhou Winery.

Today, the day shift was Old Zhao. The old man sat in the guard room, drinking tea and listening to the radio, looking very comfortable.

Suddenly, the window was knocked. Old Zhao looked up and saw two young men, so he got up and walked out.

"What for?"

"Old sir!" The short guy was very polite, his face full of smiles: "We are from Xiangjiang. Is your Chairman Zhou Andong here?"

When Old Zhao heard they were from Xiangjiang, he immediately attached importance to it: "Our Chairman is not here, but other leaders are. I'll go notify them."

"No, no, no!" The short guy hurriedly waved his hand and took a letter from his pocket: "This letter is very important; it must be handed to your Chairman as soon as possible."

Old Zhao took the letter, and the short guy reminded him again: "It must be handed to him as soon as possible."

Old Zhao wanted to say something else, but these two guys turned and left, then got into the waiting yellow minivan and rushed to the train station.

Old Zhao looked at the letter in his hand suspiciously, didn't dare to delay, and ran to the factory office personally, knocking on Du Chunlai's office door.

"Come in!" Du Chunlai's shout came from inside.

Old Zhao pushed the door open: "General Manager Du, two people from Xiangjiang just gave me a letter, saying it's for the Chairman, and it's very important, telling me to hand it to the Chairman as soon as possible."

"Oh?"

Du Chunlai took the letter. The envelope was exquisite, with a pattern of Victoria Harbour, the Queen's head in the upper right corner, and the words "Xiangjiang" printed on it, but there wasn't a single handwritten word, nor was there a stamp.

"I know." Du Chunlai said.

"Then I'll go back." Old Zhao turned and left Du Chunlai's office, then slowly closed the door.

Du Chunlai held the letter, looking at it left and right, but didn't understand what was going on, so he could only get up and come to Wu Huilin's office.

"General Manager Wu, Old Zhao from the gate just sent me a letter."

Du Chunlai explained the situation and handed the letter to Wu Huilin.

"This is indeed an envelope from Xiangjiang."

Wu Huilin took it and looked at it, but besides confirming the source of the envelope, she didn't see anything either.

Du Chunlai said: "This matter is indeed a bit strange, but what if there's really something important? I think it's better to notify the Chairman immediately."

"Then page him," Wu Huilin nodded and grabbed the phone to page Zhou Andong.

At this time, Zhou Andong was taking photos with those girls at the photo studio, and even Jian Qiu didn't escape and was pulled to take many photos.

"Beep beep beep..."

The pager in Jian Qiu's bag rang. She opened the bag, took it out, and saw it was the phone number of Wu Huilin's office.

No need to think, if Wu Huilin paged her, there must be something important.

"Dongzi!" Jian Qiu said: "Huilin paged me; there should be an emergency."

Zhou Andong nodded and said to Gao Xue and the others with a smile: "You guys play; I have something to do and will leave first."

"Big Brother, Sister-in-law!" Gao Xue waved: "I'll treat you to dinner when I have time."

Jian Qiu promised with a smile: "Okay."

The two left the photo studio, found Wu Chao, and got into the car parked on the roadside outside Xidan.

"Go to the No. 5 Courtyard."

Wu Chao started the car, and Zhou Andong asked: "Have the flight tickets to Nanhong City been bought?"

"Bought," Wu Chao said: "The flight is at 9:15 tomorrow morning, and Tang Lin has been notified; he will pick us up at the airport."

Zhou Andong was just about to say something when a bus flashed by, but he still saw clearly the Sony VCD body advertisement.

"Wife, did you see it just now?"

Jian Qiu was stunned: "See what?"

Zhou Andong said in a deep voice: "Sony's VCD body advertisement, the bus that just passed by."

Jian Qiu shook her head: "Didn't notice."

"It's finally coming," Zhou Andong smiled: "A revolutionary great era is coming."

Jian Qiu frowned slightly: "Don't they investigate whether VCD has applied for a patent?"

Zhou Andong smiled. Patents? How could they care about that stuff.

For example, the founder of Sony claimed to be the creator of the portable music player concept, the player called Walkman, which made Sony's consumers all over the world.

However, he was sued by a German inventor because this inventor had already applied for several patents related to portable stereo system products two years before Sony launched the Walkman.

That is to say, Sony only started developing the Walkman after seeing this patent. And this lawsuit lasted for twenty years, and finally reached a settlement, with Sony paying several million euros in patent fees.

"A thief stealing things won't care if the stolen things have legal proof, right?" Zhou Andong snorted coldly, "What's more, this thief is still very powerful and arrogant. Even if they know you have a patent, they won't care."

Jian Qiu sighed: "The economy determines a country's social foundation, political and cultural status. In the final analysis, it's because we are too poor and weak. In such a big country, there isn't a single influential enterprise in the world, so it's no wonder those thieves don't take us seriously."

Zhou Andong was silent for a while: "This is like a three-year-old child, without father or mother, without friends, not even having enough to eat, who suddenly picks up a gold brick. Do you think he can keep it?"

Jian Qiu looked at Zhou Andong sideways: "Then is it useful for us to apply for patents?"

Zhou Andong smiled, looking very bright: "It's useful. If it weren't useful, why would I spend so much effort and so much money to apply for them?"

Jian Qiu leaned her head on Zhou Andong's shoulder: "If one day we sue them for patent infringement, will we win?"

Zhou Andong hugged Jian Qiu's shoulder and kissed her on the head: "The patents we applied for, including the whole machine patent, have passed PCT international certification. We absolutely won't lose the lawsuit. It just depends on whether those thieves admit it and whether they pay us patent fees."

Jian Qiu thought for a while: "I think it's very likely they will play the rogue, or appeal to delay time. After all, this kind of lawsuit lasts two or three years, and after the appeal, it's another two or three years. Dragging it out could be five or six years, or even ten or eight years."

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "If they dare not to admit it and don't pay us patent fees, then the matter will become very interesting."

"Oh?" Jian Qiu asked curiously: "What can you do?"

Zhou Andong looked out the car window at the street scene retreating rapidly: "If they play the rogue with me, I'll play the rogue with them. I'll let them know what the highest realm of a rogue is."