Chapter 477: Establishing Prestige

"One who is not in that position does not plan for that position. Sometimes, things cannot be measured by right or wrong!" Wang Yongyu sighed and said to Gao Tianqing.

It seemed that Wang Yongyu's position was not low and his power was flourishing, but he also had a pile of nagging people above him, and he also had his own difficulties. In the past, his power was not small, but when he encountered difficult things, he had to go up.

Just like this time, if possible, he wouldn't want to get involved in this kind of broken thing. If it didn't go well, he would offend both sides. Whether it was Shenzhou Storage or Lianxiang, there was a large group of supporters behind them!

The key was that there were too many people coming forward to plead for mercy and mediate. Wanting to let Yanjing Industry and Commerce, Electronics, and other departments come forward to mediate the dispute between the two sides, even for a director of Yanjing Industry and Commerce like Wang Yongyu, the pressure was quite great, and he could only make this trip.

But Gao Tianqing's attitude also made Wang Yongyu understand that Pingyang Municipal Government and even the Hanxi Provincial Government absolutely would not stand on his side this wave.

Wang Yongyu only hoped that this trip to Pingyang could calm this storm and preserve Lianxiang as much as possible, not letting it go bankrupt. Otherwise, a pile of mess would really be impossible to clean up, and Wang Yongyu wouldn't be able to report back after returning.

"Director Wang!"

After entering the Dongling Gao Ke headquarters, Li Dongling, Ren Yuefeng, Zhang Ao, Gao Peng, and a group of Dongling Gao Ke executives all came out to greet him. Regardless of why Wang Yongyu came this time, the treatment that should be given to the other party had to be given.

In the future, Dongling Gao Ke and the Yanjing Industry and Commerce General Administration would have plenty of dealings. There was no reason to offend the relationship with the Yanjing departments for the sake of a Lianxiang. It was too worthless!

In this world, one still had to pay attention to having more friends and fewer enemies. At the very least, one couldn't push the centrists to the side of the opponent and finally become a lonely person and a target of public criticism!

"Mr. Li, it's a pleasure to meet you. The bureau has long wanted to come and inspect Dongling Gao Ke, but there just hasn't been an opportunity!"

After Wang Yongyu shook hands with Ren Yuefeng and others, he walked into the Dongling Gao Ke headquarters with Li Dongling. The name he came with this time was, of course, still to inspect the Dongling Gao Ke headquarters.

Excluding this matter of Lianxiang, Dongling Gao Ke was also one of the companies that the Yanjing Industry and Commerce General Administration focused on, or rather, Dongling Gao Ke was also one of the political achievement facade companies of the Industry and Commerce General Administration in the past few years!

After visiting all the major departments of Dongling Gao Ke, Wang Yongyu walked into the Dongling Gao Ke conference room and signaled the rest to leave first. In the conference room, only Industry and Commerce, Electronics, Science and Education Committee, and Dongling Gao Ke headquarters executives remained, as well as Gao Tianqing and others representing the Pingyang Municipal Government.

"Li Zong, Manager Ren, this trip should have been to stay in Pingyang for a few more days, but you also know that I came on this trip somewhat helplessly!"

"Of course, this is not favoring anyone. If one day, Dongling Gao Ke encounters trouble, I will also make this trip. It's just that this time, both the palm and the back of the hand are meat, and it is really difficult to choose!" Wang Yongyu said straightforwardly.

Hearing Wang Yongyu's words, Li Dongling and Ren Yuefeng and others looked at each other. Ren Yuefeng took the lead and said, "We all understand Director Wang's intentions, but this time, Shenzhou Storage also just wants justice!"

"Asking for justice is not wrong, but this time, Lianxiang has indeed suffered huge losses and may even collapse because of this. This is indeed a loss for the domestic computer industry, and how many staff members will lose their jobs!"

Wang Yongyu said. This was also the main reason for his visit this time. Yanjing Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Electronics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc., did not want Lianxiang to really collapse like this. That would not only mean the loss of tax revenue, but also a considerable number of Lianxiang staff members' employment positions would be lost. Who would clean up the mess then?

"Director Wang is overthinking. In this world, I have never heard of a case where one couldn't eat meat after leaving Zhang the Butcher!" Li Dongling said indifferently to Wang Yongyu.

Wang Yongyu felt Li Dongling's attitude, which was much tougher than he expected. After talking to the people on the left and right for a while, he looked at Li Dongling. "Li Zong, I came here not to defend anyone, but to solve this trouble!"

"Shenzhou Storage, or rather Dongling Gao Ke, exactly what step do you want to reach?!"

Li Dongling also became serious. "Shenzhou Storage's requirements have always been very simple: companies that infringed on U-disk patents must immediately stop the infringement and must not violate regulations to produce and sell U-disks, and must publicly apologize in the newspaper to Shenzhou Storage, and compensate for Shenzhou Storage's losses!"

"Additionally, certain companies must not artificially block Dongling Gao Ke in the computer industry again!"

Hearing Li Dongling's words, the people who came down from Yanjing on Wang Yongyu's side produced a noisy sound.

If they really let Lianxiang apologize in the newspaper, the effect of this move of killing the chicken to warn the monkey would be truly astonishing. Even a giant company like it in the domestic technology industry had to apologize, so it was estimated that in the future, not to mention small counterfeit companies, at least companies with some fame would not dare to infringe on Dongling Gao Ke's patents and products again!

But at the same time, if they really apologized in the newspaper, Lianxiang's brand would be almost half-smashed. In the future, it was estimated that the banner of domestic computers wouldn't be able to be carried. To use a more direct metaphor, it was equivalent to a cultivator having their foundation destroyed, and there was no need to hope for the Great Dao in the future.

"Apologizing is what should be done, but, is it too much to publicly apologize in the newspaper? After all, everyone is a domestic company..."

Another director who came down from the Ministry of Electronics also spoke, wanting to save some face for Lianxiang.

"This is a must!"

Zhang Ao, who had the most explosive temper, spoke. "If they don't apologize publicly, how can we clarify who is right and who is wrong this time? It's hard to guarantee that no one will rewrite history and spread rumors!"

Hearing this, this director of the Ministry of Electronics, as well as Wang Yongyu and others who came from Yanjing, all heard that Zhang Ao was talking about whom. Besides Liu Zong, who else could it be!

Liu Zong rewriting history in Lianxiang's internal newspaper and pushing the blame onto Ni Guangnan was now known to everyone.

If they didn't apologize publicly this wave, it was hard to guarantee that someone wouldn't start rewriting history again, blaming the victim, and pinning the blame on Dongling Gao Ke.

Wang Yongyu and several people discussed for a long time. Dongling Gao Ke's attitude here was tough and they were unwilling to make concessions. Letting Lianxiang really apologize was not unacceptable. Apologizing was better than going bankrupt!

"The compensation can be coordinated for Lianxiang to pay, but four hundred million is really too much. Lianxiang simply cannot afford it!"

But for the last point of compensation, Wang Yongyu knew that it was really too high. Four hundred million RMB in compensation—don't look at Lianxiang's annual revenue of over eight billion now, but in reality, what they earned was just like the old bottom line revealed by Shenzhou Storage. The bulk was taken by foreign component manufacturers, and Lianxiang just earned some hard-earned money for assembly. If they really took out such a huge sum to compensate, then they might as well close down. Not to mention that Lianxiang's profit wasn't that high now, even five or six years later, its revenue started to soar, but the net profit was only four or five hundred million. That was the big explosion period of the domestic computer industry. Who earned the bulk? Need I say more?!

"The compensation cannot be less than seventy million. This time, the patent lawsuit fees spent by Shenzhou Storage have exceeded forty million, and in the future, they will have to target more counterfeit infringement companies, which also requires spending!"

Ren Yuefeng spoke. In fact, everyone knew that four hundred million in compensation was something Lianxiang couldn't afford. This was just asking for a sky-high price and paying back on the ground.

Wang Yongyu looked left and right, then nodded. Having obtained the conditions from Dongling Gao Ke, the rest depended on whether he could suppress Lianxiang and let Liu Zong accept the conditions!

After everyone in the conference room left, Li Dongling saw Ren Yuefeng sitting there and knew he had something to talk about.

Throwing a cigarette to Ren Yuefeng, Li Dongling took out the Zorro prototype manually polished and carved by the Torch Group's lighter laboratory. With a "clack," the Zorro lighter made a crisp sound, even a few points crisper than Zippo and S. T. Dupont.

"Will Lianxiang accept Shenzhou Storage's conditions?" Ren Yuefeng frowned and said.

Li Dongling slowly shook his head. "Regardless of whether it admits defeat or not, Dongling Gao Ke's goal this time has already been achieved. This is Dongling Gao Ke's battle to establish prestige!"

Small people fear power but not virtue. Sometimes, just reasoning and being too friendly is instead treated as being easy to bully. A certain person who rides on someone's head—will he pity this person? The answer is negative. As long as he isn't beaten until it hurts, he will keep riding!

Similarly, this time, using this lawsuit to avenge the arrow of being blocked from the National Computer Developers Association last year was only a part. More importantly, through Lianxiang, Dongling Gao Ke expressed its means and strength. In the future, on this one-third of an acre of land in the domestic technology industry, Dongling Gao Ke's flag would be planted here. Those who dare to reach out randomly must be prepared to be finished off!

Ren Yuefeng nodded, then suddenly asked, "Will Lianxiang collapse this time?"

Li Dongling shook his head. "No!"

"Because there are too many people who don't want it to collapse. Dongling Gao Ke doesn't yet have the strength to make it completely collapse!" ===== CHAPTER 478 =====

"Because there are too many people who don't want it to fall, and Dongling Gao Ke hasn't reached the level of strength yet that would allow it to be completely toppled!"