Chapter 36: A Sense of Honor

Chen Tao and the other staff of the mouse project team, upon hearing Li Dongling's words, and then looking at the mouse placed on the experimental table, their first reaction was relief, then excitement, but finally, they felt inexplicably lost.

This wasn't because Chen Tao and the others missed the destruction of being asked by Li Dongling to redo it again and again, but the emptiness of the product they had put their heart and soul into developing finally being successfully developed.

In the mouse project team, Li Wentao, who was responsible for making the model, almost cried at this time. There was no 3D printing technology in this day and age, and the models had to be rubbed by hand.

The early models of the mouse were all made of wood and then polished. Li Wentao was the one responsible for making the wooden model. Now his hands were covered with calluses from grinding, and he was almost sick of making mouse models.

The rest of the people from Dongling High-Tech who received the news, Hu Zixian, Yao Luoying, Gao Peng, Li Dongshan, and others, all rushed to the laboratory.

Hu Zixian, Yao Luoying, and others, when they saw this mouse, the first feeling in their hearts was "exquisite and beautiful." Even people who knew nothing about mechanical technology, when they saw this mouse, would have this feeling in their hearts.

The milky white mouse had smooth lines and was not the square mouse that was popular now. The edges and corners of the mouse had all become arcs, without any place that hurt the hand. One hand could wrap the mouse.

Hu Zixian, Yao Luoying, Gao Peng, and others all experienced the mouse. The first feeling of touching the mouse was that it was handy. After holding the mouse, it was very comfortable. The moment the index finger pressed down, there was a slight mechanical pressing feeling. The silver-gray rolling ball at the bottom had some weight, but there was no clumsy feeling. The surface of the rolling ball was soft and frosted, paired with a special mouse pad, Yao Luoying felt that the operation was full of feeling.

After experiencing it for a few minutes, Yao Luoying felt that using this mouse to operate was much more convenient than using DOS operation instructions.

Reluctantly putting down the mouse, Yao Luoying looked at Li Dongling. "What is this mouse called?!"

"Silver Mink, let's call it. This is the first mouse launched by Dongling High-Tech, the mechanical Silver Mink mouse!" Seeing the gazes cast by Yao Luoying, Hu Zixian, and others, Li Dongling thought for a while and said.

A group of people came to the conference room next to the laboratory. Li Dongling looked at everyone. "Next, for Dongling High-Tech, the most important thing is production, promotion, and sales!

But before that, the patents and technology of the Silver Mink mouse must be completed globally!"

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Hu Zixian couldn't help but say, "If we apply for patents globally, that will probably require a not-so-small expense!"

Hu Zixian's thinking was still stuck in China. For most or even nearly 90% of companies in China, their minds were placed on their own one-acre-three-cent land in China. As for the overseas market, it was basically automatically abandoned. They were frantically rolling with peers in China. Even if they sold a TV, air conditioner, refrigerator, etc., as long as they still earned one yuan, they would continue to roll and would not go to overseas to fight and compete with those foreign brands.

Or rather, they didn't dare. Now, whether it was cars, electronic products, or high-end brands like clothing and furniture in China, they were basically held by foreign countries. Foreign brands were better than domestic ones. This had almost become a consensus. Not to mention those who bought things, even those companies in China that produced these things mostly had this idea.

Under such circumstances, things like patents and exclusive technology were not cared about at all. Anyway, China didn't need this set, and they were all copying each other's homework.

Going to apply for patents overseas would cost more money, and even fewer people were willing to do it.

But Yao Luoying, who had studied at the University of Hong Kong, instantly understood Li Dongling's meaning. Now companies in Hong Kong were encountering brand dilemmas. The clothing, textile, electronic, and home appliance industries in Hong Kong were in their most prosperous period, and their products were sold all over the world.

Companies in Hong Kong now wanted to impact the high-end brand market and eat the fattest piece of meat, but they were facing difficulties. Over the past few years, most of Hong Kong's electronic, clothing, and jewelry companies were imitating and copying foreign brands. They never thought about establishing their own brands. Now that they wanted to impact the high-end market, how could it be easily done.

"The patents and technology of the mechanical Silver Mink mouse must be held in the hands of Dongling High-Tech, no matter how much it costs!"

Li Dongling said solemnly, and then looked at Hu Zixian and others. "Who said that only foreign brands can enter the domestic market? Why can't domestic products be sold abroad?!"

Hu Zixian was dumbfounded. In this day and age, there had been all kinds of people. There were even more madmen like Boss Mou and Boss Shi of Giant, who only claimed to be the second person in the domestic tech industry after Bill Gates. As for saying that they wanted to compete with foreign brands and sell products abroad, there hadn't been a single person who dared to say it!

Compared to Hu Zixian, Yao Luoying and Gao Peng were much younger and were at the most hot-blooded age. Hearing Li Dongling's words, a sense of excitement couldn't help but rise in their hearts. Yao Luoying looked at Li Dongling with strange colors in her eyes.

Gao Peng's face was flushed, and he clenched his fists tightly. In this day and age, how many people dared to say they wanted to go head-to-head with foreign brands?!

Hu Zixian shook his head. He was an old hand and knew how difficult this road was. What surprised Hu Zixian was that, not to mention whether Li Dongling could achieve the big talk he made, the company that dared to shout about competing with foreign brands in this day and age was already a rare phoenix feather and unicorn horn. Today, Hu Zixian had a feeling of re-knowing Li Dongling.

"For companies in Hong Kong that specialize in acting as agents for patent and technology applications, we can entrust patent agency companies in Hong Kong to apply for patents on behalf of Dongling High-Tech. It's just that the agency fee might be a bit higher!"

Yao Luoying said. Companies in Hong Kong dealt with foreign companies a lot and had been fined by foreign companies for patent sanctions, so they began to understand the importance of patents. Some Hong Kong companies specialized in patent business. Where there was money to be made, no matter how remote it was, someone would do it.

"You do this. Find a reliable company and handle the patent matter as soon as possible!"

Li Dongling said to Yao Luoying. Having a specialized patent agency company do it, even if it was a fee, would be more convenient. Otherwise, Dongling High-Tech would need to fly all over the world to apply for patents, and I don't know when it would be delayed.

"Manager Hu, you are familiar with the situation in Guangdong Province. I'll trouble you to lead a team to Guangdong Province to find suitable component manufacturers for the Silver Mink mouse and let the Silver Mink mouse be put into production as soon as possible!"

"I have no problem!" Hu Zixian responded directly.

Li Dongling looked at Gao Peng on the side. "If you want to promote the Silver Mink mouse, besides advertising, you need to let it participate in the computer exhibition to let more computer manufacturers see it. Gao Peng, you and the people from the sales section take the Silver Mink mouse to participate in the Guangzhou Computer Exhibition!"

After the New Year this year, the news of reducing computer tariffs released last year was officially announced. By the middle of the year at the latest, computer tariffs would be reduced to 26%, which also meant that computer giants like IBM, Compaq, and HP would kill into the domestic market, making this year's Guangzhou Computer Exhibition the liveliest exhibition in history. Countless computer manufacturers and components were gearing up, preparing to do a big job.

"Dongling High-Tech first seeks cooperation with domestic computer manufacturers, and then finds opportunities to take orders from foreign manufacturers!"

Li Dongling said. He was prepared to let the Silver Mink mouse go domestic first and then foreign. Although he had just said that he wanted to compete with foreign mouse brands like Logitech, bravery didn't mean being a reckless man. He had to have his own basic market to survive.

Now, although mice were sold in retail, the bulk of mouse sales were still bundled with computers. Even the world's largest mouse giant, Logitech, the king of computer peripherals, had to work for others.

HP's mouse now was purchased from Logitech. The technology and production were all done by Logitech, but what was pasted on it was HP's label. After a few years of fame, it cooperated with Apple to launch a mouse, and then it could paste Logitech's label on the mouse.

Li Dongling hoped that the Silver Mink mouse could get orders from domestic computer brands like Lenovo, Great Wall, Langchao, Seven Joy, and Shida, and then impact the overseas market. Slogans could be shouted, but one had to be full first.

Hu Zixian and Gao Peng took people south to Guangdong Province first, Yao Luoying contacted her classmates at the University of Hong Kong to find a patent agency company to handle the patent matter, the mouse project team continued to polish the Silver Mink mouse, and when it started mass production, they still had to deal with technical problems. Chen Tao was not idle and started to get busy with the digital cordless phone.

Dongling High-Tech suddenly became quiet. Li Dongling basically contacted Hu Zixian and Gao Peng by phone every day.

On the side of the Shangguan Town Component Factory, Li Dongling went there once after the New Year and took away a dividend, but didn't pay too much attention to it, because the satellite dish market had completely rotted. Hundreds of satellite dish brands appeared in China, fighting a fierce price war, and the era of cabbage prices for satellite dishes had arrived!

At the Guangzhou Computer Exhibition, even though it was drizzling today, there was still a long queue outside the exhibition hall. Bonas, who had rushed over, raised his work card. Seeing this work card, the venue staff immediately let Bonas enter the venue from the participating manufacturer's channel. This work card belonged to Microsoft!

As a Microsoft person, Bonas was very proud. No matter where in the world, as long as he showed this work card, what he would receive would be envious and respectful gazes and treatment. This was the strength of the world's number one tech giant, a tech hegemon with a market value of over 40 billion US dollars. Even as an employee, he could share the honor and enjoy the applause and light. ===== CHAPTER 37 =====