Chapter 2222: Barefoot Not Afraid of Wearing Shoes

Everyone's gaze focused on Zhou Andong involuntarily, and everyone's face was filled with doubt and confusion. It was really hard to imagine, who gave you the courage to actually possess such huge self-confidence?

You have to know, even the country, on the international stage at this time, still had a relatively weak status, let alone you were just a Chinese enterprise.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about Sony's size and influence globally, if it really didn't care about its image and started acting like a hooligan, I'm afraid no one would be able to do anything about it.

Zhou Andong slowly scanned the crowd, and finally, his gaze settled on Mo Dong. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and he asked softly.

"Tell me, is the number of patents I hold greater, or is the number of patents Sony possesses greater?"

Hearing this question, Mo Dong blurted out almost without any thought: "Of course it's Sony. You only have the patents for VCD and DVD."

"But Sony has how many? I certainly don't know the specifics, but even if I think with my butt, I know there must be many. There is absolutely no comparability between the two of you."

"That's right!" Zhou Andong said with a smile: "Precisely because the gap between us is huge and there is no way to compare, so how dare Sony not pay me patent fees?"

When this sentence came out of Zhou Andong's mouth, the whole scene instantly fell into a dead silence, and everyone was dumbfounded and stunned.

This scene was like a newborn baby, stretching out its chubby little hand, pointing at a strong man holding a machine gun, and shouting extremely arrogantly.

"Hey, you guy, hurry up and kneel down to this baby, otherwise I will drown you with my virgin urine!"

Just thinking about this picture made people feel ridiculous and unbelievable.

"Brother... brother-in-law!"

Mo Dong was a bit stuttering, staring at this man he admired very much with a face full of shock. Did his brother-in-law have a mental problem, or did he have hallucinations in his brain? Otherwise, how could such an absurd idea appear?

Did he think that Yuzhou Technology was the real behemoth, and Sony was that newborn baby?

It wasn't just Mo Dong; others also had looks of astonishment on their faces, and their brains couldn't turn around no matter what.

Zhou Andong laughed heartily: "Think about it, if Sony refuses to acknowledge the VCD and DVD patents I hold, then what right do I have to acknowledge their patents?"

"Since Sony is unwilling to pay me the due patent fees when producing and selling VCDs, then can't I also produce all products under Sony without paying them a single cent in patent fees?"

Zhou Andong's words instantly stunned everyone present.

Zhou Andong threw the cigarette butt in his hand onto the ground, and then said: "With Yuzhou Technology's strength, it is fully capable of manufacturing all products under Sony, especially game consoles."

"And, I can guarantee that the things manufactured by Yuzhou Technology, whether in quality or performance, will absolutely not lose to Sony, and might even be better than them."

"By then, not only will I sell them on a large scale in the domestic market at an extremely low price, allowing our Chinese consumers to enjoy high cost-performance products."

"At the same time, I will also export these products to developing countries as well as third-world countries in the Middle East and Africa that do not have patent protection systems. I think these countries will also like cheap and high-quality products, right?"

Zhou Andong's smile was very bright: "Since Sony can act like a hooligan in a suit, then why should I, who is barefoot, be afraid of seeing people?"

At this moment, everyone finally realized and understood where Zhou Andong's strong self-confidence came from. In a word, I am barefoot, so why should I be afraid of you who are wearing shoes?

If you refuse to acknowledge my patents, then I'm sorry, I won't acknowledge your patents either when I see them. Unless Sony is willing to give up the vast markets of numerous developing countries and third-world countries, including China.

When consumers are faced with products that have the same content, same functions, same quality, and even more beautiful exterior designs, but the price is very low, do they still need to think about how to choose?

And Gu Mingxiang and the others thought more. If Zhou Andong could really replicate all products under Sony, and the quality wasn't bad, Sony's competitiveness in developing countries and third-world countries would vanish.

More importantly, these cheap and high-quality products are very likely to be smuggled into some highly economically developed countries in Europe and America through various illegal channels.

Although Europeans and Americans are generally wealthier, this doesn't mean they are fools. If they can purchase high-quality and inexpensive goods with relatively less money, who would be stupid enough to pull out a large stack of cash to buy other things that are completely identical?

Therefore, if Sony really dared to act like a hooligan toward Zhou Andong and refused to acknowledge the VCD patent, their losses would be an astronomical figure that couldn't be estimated.

And what they would lose wouldn't just be money, but also the huge markets of developing countries and third-world countries, which was the fatal part.

Gu Haitang looked at Zhou Andong, not just her eyes, but even her face was glowing at this moment.

"Brother-in-law, then did Sony agree to pay you patent fees?"

"Do they dare not agree?" Zhou Andong said very "Versailles" (humbly bragging): "I actually hoped Sony could act like a hooligan with me and not acknowledge the VCD patent. But they insisted on paying me patent fees; no matter how I tried to persuade them, it didn't work."

At this moment, Tang Lin and Zhang Zuo arrived. Seeing that the courtyard was full of people, they were stunned for a moment, then recognized the elders like Gu Mingxiang, and walked over quickly to greet them one by one.

After greeting, Tang Lin said to Zhou Andong: "Shen Mingsheng and Zhang Hua are here. We met at the gate, and they are in the reception hall of the third courtyard."

Zhou Andong nodded and said to Gu Minglan: "Mom, you keep Uncle and the others company. A few friends have come over, I'll go over and take a look."

"Go!" Gu Minglan and Gu Mingxiang responded with a nod.

Gu Bing hurriedly turned around and followed behind Zhou Andong. Gu Mingxiang opened his mouth wanting to say something, but was stopped by his wife.

Gu Mingxiang glanced at his youngest son, finally shook his head, and said nothing.

In the reception hall of the third courtyard, Shen Mingsheng was pacing back and forth, looking at this and then at that, constantly sighing in his mouth.

"People nowadays dream of living in high-rise buildings and dream of escaping from the Sihe Academy (courtyard house). I was the same once. After I had money, I sold the courtyard, but now looking at Chairman Zhou's home, I suddenly regret it."

Zhang Hua had also been examining the interior decoration, his eyes full of envy: "I grew up in a large courtyard, and later my dad was allocated a house, so I moved into a high-rise building. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep for several nights."

"I haven't felt anything for so many years. But if you want me to go back to living in a bungalow, don't even think about it. But seeing Chairman Zhou's home, I suddenly have an impulse; I also want to buy a courtyard." ===== CHAPTER 2223 =====