Chapter 49: Yesterday You Ignored Me, Today You Can't Afford to Climb High

Guangdong Province, coming out of the district court again, Gao Peng's face was full of dissatisfaction and grievance. Standing beside Gao Peng was a man in his thirties or forties, also with a full face of seriousness.

Gao Peng and the others were now in Yangcheng, initiating a lawsuit against the *New Tech Express* newspaper. Beside him was Gao Peng's second brother, Gao Zhiyuan.

"Still not accepting the case. How long have we been coming here? We haven't even had the case accepted!"

From the time Li Dongling went to America to fight the lawsuit, Dongling High-Tech had signed an agency contract with Gao Zhiyuan. Gao Peng and Gao Zhiyuan came to Guangdong Province together to initiate a lawsuit against *New Tech Express*.

But until now, there had been no progress at all. Even the court hadn't accepted the indictment submitted by Gao Zhiyuan because there had been no such precedent before.

During this period, Gao Peng could be said to have been aggrieved. When had he ever suffered this kind of bird's anger in Pingyang? "If this were in Pingyang, I would definitely..."

"What do you want to do?!"

Gao Zhiyuan glared at him unhappily. "This is Guangdong Province. There is no father's relationship here. You'd better be well-behaved. I don't want to have to fish you out when fighting the lawsuit!"

Although he said so, Gao Zhiyuan also felt a bit of a headache. This time the lawsuit was mainly because of the untrue reports of *New Tech Express*, which caused huge losses to Dongling High-Tech. Another thing was to make the female reporter Lin Shiman, who had been bombarding Dongling High-Tech for this period, publicly apologize.

But the current effect was very bad. The lawsuit hadn't been accepted by the court. Not only was Gao Peng anxious, but Gao Zhiyuan was also a bit angry.

Touching his pocket, Gao Zhiyuan asked Gao Peng for a cigarette. Just as he was about to light it, a figure walked out of the district court in a hurry. Seeing the figures of Gao Zhiyuan and Gao Peng, he hurriedly walked over.

"Director Wang!"

Seeing the person who came out, Gao Zhiyuan's heart moved, and he hurriedly stepped forward, walking toward the person. This person was the office director of the district court.

"Is it Lawyer Gao? Let's talk inside." As soon as Director Wang came out, he pulled Gao Zhiyuan and walked into the court. "The court actually attaches great importance to the lawsuit you submitted and has been discussing it. It's just that the case was too complicated before, and no result was discussed. However, the court finally decided to accept the indictment you submitted, Lawyer Gao!"

Gao Peng heard this and was happy. Gao Zhiyuan was a bit suspicious. He didn't know why the district court suddenly changed its attitude. But at this time, there was no time to think carefully. They definitely had to have the case accepted first.

This time it went very smoothly. In less than half an hour, Gao Peng and Gao Zhiyuan came out. Gao Zhiyuan could clearly feel that the district court's attitude toward them was a world of difference from before, clearly inclined to support them. Even the court hearing time was surprisingly fast, able to be heard next month, and now it was only a week or so until next month!

Walking out of the court, Gao Zhiyuan recalled the sentence Director Wang said to him: "The district court absolutely supports national brands and does not allow anyone to maliciously tarnish and smear national brands!"

"Go buy a newspaper, quickly, the latest newspaper!" Gao Zhiyuan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said to Gao Peng.

A moment later, the Gao brothers, looking at the news in the newspaper, couldn't help but swallow hard, and then stared at each other with big eyes. Dongling High-Tech's lawsuit in America had actually won and even made Microsoft pay money!

Then there was no doubt about this lawsuit against *New Tech Express*. Now the Dongling High-Tech company had become the pride of the domestic tech industry. If one said the Silver Mink mouse was a national brand product, it wouldn't be an exaggeration. If the district court didn't accept the case now, it would be pointed at by thousands of people if it spread!

A court urgent summons sent by the district court lay quietly inside the *New Tech Express* newspaper office. At this moment, the *New Tech Express* was in chaos.

Lin Shiman sat at her desk blankly, her expression dull, still unable to believe it. Dongling High-Tech had actually won the lawsuit against Microsoft. Lin Shiman had actually seen such an Arabian Nights-like news.

When bombarding Dongling High-Tech before, the newspapers sold fast. Now the *New Tech Express* was in a mess. Those newspapers had become evidence of slandering Dongling High-Tech!

Before that court summons was sent, the editor-in-chief and the boss of the newspaper had already gathered together to discuss how to deal with it.

The key problem wasn't Dongling High-Tech initiating a claim for compensation against *New Tech Express*. If it was just paying money, it would be easy to handle for *New Tech Express*.

But now the problem with *New Tech Express* was that its reputation stank. Slandering Dongling High-Tech had already made it a newspaper that users didn't trust. A newspaper that reported news that no one trusted—who would buy it, and which company would dare to advertise on it, not afraid of being called a fraud company?

"No matter what, let that Lin Shiman go first, and publish an announcement, saying the newspaper was blinded and deceived by her!"

The newspaper boss made the final decision, throwing the pot to Lin Shiman first. The newspaper absolutely couldn't keep Lin Shiman.

"Go handle the resignation procedures!"

Hearing the cold words of the newspaper editor-in-chief, Lin Shiman got up like a walking corpse. How she walked out of the newspaper office, Lin Shiman herself didn't know, but she knew that her reporter career was completely over.

Pingyang Dongling High-Tech headquarters, the sound of phones was almost one after another and didn't stop. Hu Zi answered and made calls until his throat was hoarse. Chen Tao brought people from the technical department to support the sales department because they were truly too busy!

After the central media reported the news of Dongling High-Tech, the city leaders came to visit and inspect Dongling High-Tech, and it was even heard that provincial leaders were coming too.

Media were also calling one after another, wanting to interview Dongling High-Tech. The most critical thing was that major domestic computer manufacturers like Great Wall, Lenovo, Seenda, Shida, Langchao, etc., including computer dealers all over the country, called one after another, wanting to cooperate with Dongling High-Tech or wanting to become agents for the Silver Mink mouse!

Think about how the Oriental Magic Water Jianlibao became popular—it was by sponsoring the national team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and that session of the Olympics won gold medals. The athletes who participated in the Olympics became heroes, and Jianlibao, as a sponsor, also became popular overnight. It was even rumored that it was because they drank Jianlibao that they won gold medals, and the Oriental Magic Water resounded throughout the country.

This era needed heroes. Times create heroes. Jianlibao became famous in one battle by relying on Olympic gold medals, and now, Dongling High-Tech and the Silver Mink mouse had also become heroes of the domestic tech industry!

Before, they ignored the Silver Mink mouse, and even when they were about to reach cooperation, they left. Now, brands like Seenda Computer had turned back, wanting to cooperate with Dongling High-Tech and let the Silver Mink mouse become the standard configuration for Seenda computers!

The mice piled up in the Yangcheng warehouse had already been snatched away by computer parts dealers who smelled the opportunity in advance. The ex-factory price of 150 for the Silver Mink mouse was hyped to 180, 200, and people still bought it.

This era needed heroes. The enthusiasm for supporting heroes was also beyond imagination, and it was real gold and silver support. Jianlibao could be sold out, and the Silver Mink mouse was the same!

Several major domestic computer brands were now desperately wanting Dongling High-Tech to supply mice for them. These computer brands had advertised hard for so long, but they didn't have as much fame as Dongling High-Tech this time.

Certified by Microsoft and the central media at the same time, Dongling High-Tech's technical level was the "highest" in the domestic computer industry. No matter if these computer brands recognized it or not, the users just thought so. A computer without a Silver Mink mouse, then that computer definitely didn't have much technical content...

This scene made major computer brands and even computer dealers somewhat unable to laugh or cry. But no matter how the salesperson explained, some users buying computers didn't listen. No matter how well you say it, could it be better than the products certified by the central media and that company called Microsoft?!

"Exclusive cooperation?"

"This needs to be decided by Chairman Li after he returns. However, I certainly hope to reach an exclusive cooperation with your company!" Hu Zi said to the person on the other end of the phone with a hoarse voice.

As the high-level executive with the highest position sitting in the Dongling High-Tech headquarters now, Hu Zi naturally had to be responsible for handling Dongling High-Tech's affairs. The one who just called was a high-level executive of Great Wall Computer, wanting to get another batch of Silver Mink mice from Dongling High-Tech or reach an exclusive cooperation.

Because now computer manufacturers found that matching with the Silver Mink mouse was truly easy to sell. Now computer users didn't know much about computers, and there were no professional media institutions to popularize them. Users basically relied on brand fame to buy computers. Whichever computer advertised more, users bought more.

But the appearance of Dongling High-Tech changed the current sales situation of the computer industry, at least temporarily. A computer sold with a Silver Mink mouse was considered by users to have high technical content. Conversely, computers not matched with the Silver Mink mouse were easily considered not good goods, even if they were foreign brand computers...

This scene made major computer brands and even computer dealers somewhat unable to laugh or cry. But no matter how the salesperson explained, some users buying computers didn't listen. No matter how well you say it, could it be better than the products certified by the central media and that company called Microsoft?!

"Cheers!"

New York, after settling with Microsoft and the compensation arrived, Larson immediately held a celebration.

Li Dongling raised his glass and bumped it with Larson. According to the agreement signed with Larson before, the compensation received, his law firm had to take half, and the remaining 9 million USD belonged to Dongling High-Tech! ===== CHAPTER 50 =====