Chapter 476: The Best Strategy is to Attack the Enemy's Strategy

Listening to Li Dongling's words, Meng Liang felt that his worldview had been impacted. Since the dense exchanges with overseas began more than a decade ago, countless people in the country had had unrealistic fantasies about overseas.

Or rather, influenced by media magazines led by "Reader," "Yi Lin," and "Youth Digest," as well as cultural influences like Hollywood movies, people who had never been abroad had a perception of overseas that was a terrestrial heaven or a paradise on earth that they had outlined in their own minds.

In that imagination, everyone overseas adhered to contracts, were like gentlemen, and gold was everywhere. One could buy sports cars and big villas after washing dishes for three months, could marry Hollywood female stars, and so on.

Referring to the first "China-blower" in history, how he touted the country to the ancestors of old Europe in "The Travels of Marco Polo," now some media in the country touted America, old Europe, Japan, and other places in the same way. Not to mention touting that the moon was rounder than in the country, those places were simply touted to the point where everyone became a saint.

This influence was not only influential among ordinary people. Even people with high education and a certain social status like Meng Liang were actually influenced. Although he didn't imagine America to be that perfect, subconsciously, he still believed that America was a lighthouse that adhered to contracts and "helped" other countries progress.

But Li Dongling pointed out a path to Meng Liang that he hadn't thought of before, or a path that many people were unwilling to think towards: what if America turned its face one day?

If it really turned its face, and America stepped on its own theory of globalization with its feet, and was unwilling to supply the country with computer systems, chips, graphics cards, network cards, and RAM, and desperately suppressed domestic goods, how would domestic companies holding onto overseas thighs respond?

"Should... not reach that point, Li Zong, you are too worried, worrying about the sky falling!"

Meng Liang moved his throat and said. He said this, but in his heart, he couldn't help but think about what Li Dongling just said: was he willing to be a grandson to others for a lifetime?

According to the current division of labor in globalization, the country's positioning was OEM, OEM for companies in America, old Europe, Japan, and other regions, which was at the very bottom of the industrial chain.

Working hard on OEM, and after finishing OEM, those brand companies would pull the goods to America for a round and then pull them back to the country to sell at a high price. This was the scene that the designers of globalization dreamed of.

And if one day, domestic companies really wanted to enter the mid-to-high-end market, would the companies at the top of the industrial chain allow it? By then, how would those brand companies and domestic companies interact?

"This is just one person's opinion. No one hopes that such a thing will happen!"

Li Dongling said, and then looked at Meng Liang, seemingly saying casually, "This world still follows the ancient law of the jungle. Prey and hunters are not fixed, but Dongling Gao Ke does not hope to become prey and be put on the dining table to become that dish!"

"Regarding this lawsuit with Lianxiang, Dongling Gao Ke's requirements and goals are very simple: to maintain the patents belonging to Shenzhou U-disks and make companies that counterfeit and infringe on patents pay the price they deserve!"

"This is not only for Shenzhou U-disks but also for the countless R&D personnel who spent painstaking effort day and night to develop U-disks, and even more so for later companies like Shenzhou Storage to have a way to survive!"

Listening to Li Dongling describe Shenzhou Storage as a poor, weak, and helpless "small" company struggling to survive, Meng Liang felt a burst of helplessness in his heart.

If Shenzhou Storage could be counted as poor, weak, and helpless, then what was Lianxiang, which was made to look gray-faced and even somewhat shaky by Shenzhou Storage?

Which "small" company, as soon as it debuted, could unite several international technology giants to form a rogue alliance like the U-disk international technology alliance, pressing old-brand storage business companies like Kingston, Samsung, and SanDisk to the point of crying out, and also protesting to the domestic Industry and Commerce that a certain company was playing international rogue...

But Meng Liang also had to admit that this lawsuit was truly the first patent case in the country. The outcome of this patent lawsuit would have an impact on future patent lawsuits in the country.

At the very least, if Shenzhou Storage won, then from a legal and righteous standpoint, companies that developed patents could sue companies that infringed on patents, demanding apologies and compensation, etc.

Of course, the premise was that they had to win the lawsuit, at least like Shenzhou Storage, using thunderous means to isolate Lianxiang internally and externally, taking action domestically and overseas simultaneously, cutting off components, stopping the authorization of patent use, and letting the stock price fall into waste paper, making it pay a huge price, before there was a chance to make the other party admit defeat.

Shenzhou Storage and Lianxiang's lawsuit, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was only a matter of time before Lianxiang admitted defeat!

Toshiba, Philips, and IBM did not authorize patents and did not supply key components like RAM. Once the inventory was used up, Lianxiang's production capacity would also be affected.

Its market share overseas had basically been lost completely. In the future, if it wanted to go to sea again, it didn't know how many times more difficult it would be, and it was facing huge claims in Xiangjiang and other places.

More importantly, there were stock prices and brands. Lianxiang's Xiangjiang company's stock price had collapsed. If it continued to fall, it was estimated that Lianxiang's Xiangjiang company would become the first red-chip stock to be liquidated and delisted...

As for the brand, even if Liu Zong kept asking people to do public relations, the outside world's perception of it continued to decline. After all, the old bottom lines revealed by Shenzhou Storage were too scary.

The domestic computer touted to the sky was actually a shell that was domestic. What was the difference between that and buying foreign goods?

And the rumors of the Ni-Liu dispute, the inside story of the program-controlled switch project, etc., made Lianxiang look worse and worse. If they kept tossing, it was estimated that the brand would be completely finished.

"Li Zong, thank you very much for your interview. I will rush back to Yanjing today and send the interview film back to the station. I will also convey your requirements for the interview film to the station leaders!"

Meng Liang knew that Li Dongling didn't want the film of the interview he accepted today to be edited at will, changing his words and stance. Since it was to be put on the TV station, then put the entire interview out!

"Li Zong, will that... kind of scene you mentioned really happen?" Walking out of the conference room, Meng Liang still couldn't help but ask Li Dongling.

Li Dongling laughed. "The Art of War says: The best strategy is to attack the enemy's strategy, the next is to attack the enemy's alliances, and the worst is to attack the enemy's cities!"

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Meng Liang breathed a slight sigh of relief. He felt that Li Dongling seemed to be exaggerating, using momentum to suppress Lianxiang.

"But some things, who can say for sure? If it doesn't happen now, who can guarantee that it won't happen in the future?"

Just as Meng Liang breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Li Dongling say again, "Being backward doesn't necessarily mean getting beaten. In the jungle world, ants, cockroaches, mice, and the like can also live, or live quite well."

"But, they can live because fierce beasts like tigers, lions, and leopards don't care about them, and sometimes they will share the leftover prey with ants, cockroaches, and mice."

"However, who wants to be an ant that no one cares about even if stepped to death?"

"When an elephant stands up, if it hides behind a tree, will it not be discovered? When it is weak, will jackals, tigers, and leopards let it go?"

Meng Liang stood there, and it wasn't until Li Dongling's figure left that he came back to his senses. In just this short while, a layer of sweat had actually appeared on his forehead.

As a media person, he had been greatly influenced by news and Hollywood culture from America, old Europe, and other places for more than a decade.

Meng Liang didn't dare to imagine what the scene would be like if everything Li Dongling said really happened one day. The filter he had had for overseas for more than a decade would probably be shattered.

And just as Meng Liang and the interview team left the Dongling Gao Ke headquarters and were rushing back to Yanjing, another wave of people arrived at the Dongling Gao Ke headquarters.

"Director Gao, this time, Pingyang Industry and Commerce must put in effort!"

When several cars drove into the Dongling Gao Ke headquarters, a man in a Zhongshan suit in the car said to Gao Tianqing, who was sitting on the side and in charge of the current Pingyang Industry and Commerce Department.

If one looked carefully, one would find that Gao Tianqing's face was vaguely similar to Gao Peng, the manager of Dongling Gao Ke's logistics department.

In fact, Gao Tianqing was indeed the Gao brothers. The Gao family's status in Pingyang had advanced by leaps and bounds in the past few years, which was not touted.

The Gao family had three brothers. The eldest was Gao Tianqing, who was previously in the Pingyang Industry and Commerce Department and was a subordinate of Yao Zhengru. After Yao Zhengru took the helm in Pingyang, he promoted a group of people. Gao Tianqing, who acted steadily, became the person in charge of Pingyang Industry and Commerce.

Of course, there were some rumors in Pingyang that Gao Tianqing could get this position because of his brother's nobility, because his two younger brothers were the manager of Dongling Gao Ke's logistics department and the manager of Dongling Gao Ke's legal department. Did the relationship between the Gao family and Dongling Gao Ke still need to be said?

As the largest taxpayer in Pingyang, the person in charge of Pingyang Industry and Commerce—if they didn't pick someone who had a close relationship with Dongling Gao Ke, could they pick someone who was at odds with Dongling Gao Ke?

But with Yao Zhengru's character and style of doing things, even if there was indeed a consideration for Dongling Gao Ke, if Gao Tianqing were really a straw bag, he would never have been picked.

In fact, Gao Tianqing acted steadily, and he had excellently completed the tasks assigned by Yao Zhengru and the municipal government, never dropping the ball. This could also show Gao Tianqing's ability.

But, at this moment, facing the director who came down from the Yanjing Industry and Commerce General Administration, Gao Tianqing was not overly enthusiastic.

"Director Wang, there is a sentence, I don't know if it should be said or not!" Gao Tianqing said to Wang Yongyu.

"Just say it!" Wang Yongyu raised an eyebrow and said.

Gao Tianqing said, "I know a little bit about the character of the founder of Dongling Gao Ke. As far as I know, Li Dongling is not someone who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, but sometimes, he will not retreat!"

"The fault in this lawsuit of Shenzhou Storage does not lie with Shenzhou Storage and Dongling Gao Ke. Why should a reasonable person retreat?!"

Wang Yongyu was stunned for a while, then silently shook his head. From Gao Tianqing's words, he could see the attitude of Pingyang and the Hanxi Provincial Government. It was clear that they didn't want to lean to one side. Not protecting the calf was already quite restrained.

"Sometimes, one is helpless!" Wang Yongyu was silent for a moment, and also shook his head somewhat helplessly. ===== CHAPTER 477 =====