Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 2124 The Difficult Task
The meeting lasted for more than three hours early, and through this meeting, people with real vision have discovered that the domestic genuine software alliance is currently facing a development bottleneck. For a more influential industry organization, there are still many thresholds that are difficult to cross.

In fact, any influential social organization in China is supported by the government and relevant departments. No matter who the chairman is, there must be a leader of a government department in the organization. They are not the leaders of the industry. People may not have a deep understanding of this industry, but at critical times, they can play a vital role.

But even Duan Yun, whose reputation and prestige has reached the top in domestic private enterprises, has not been included in the ranks of the National People's Congress, and looking at the entire electronics and software industries, there are no representatives in this regard.

The reason why I hope the CEO of the group can become the first group of people's congress representatives and be able to speak at the two sessions is that the country has always attached great importance to agriculture. He not only represents the domestic feed industry, but also to a large extent It is also because he has the identity of a farmer, so out of the needs of national publicity and politics, I hope that the CEO of the group will be elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress, which is also in line with the development of the times, and has also won great support from the people.

But Duan Yun is different. As early as three years ago, he had been nominated as a representative of the Municipal People's Congress in Shenzhen, and he also participated in a series of meetings, but that was all. Level vocalization.

As for the current Genuine Software Alliance, there are also three bosses who have become city-level people's congress representatives, and they are basically concentrated in the south. The northern cities are relatively conservative. Deputies to the National People's Congress are even rarer.

Moreover, many of the CEOs of these technology companies do have some social connections and contacts, but they are all localized. Some companies have a total asset of less than 100 million yuan, which is relatively small, and their influence in the local area is even greater. can be ignored.

After all, only Duan Yun has the greatest influence in the country. Even hundreds of other companies combined, no matter in terms of financial strength or popularity, can't compare with Duan Yun and his Tianyin Group.

In the past, Duan Yun was actually not keen on participating in these political activities. He has always focused on the development of technology and his own business. Although he is also keen on social activities, such as supporting urban construction, poverty alleviation work and the Hope Project, most of the time They all blindly donate money, set up special materials and departments, and conduct charitable donations every year. The main purpose is to maintain the image of the company and itself, and at the same time maintain a good relationship with the local government.

But this time, after the discussion at the alliance conference, he became more and more aware that to break through the current bottleneck in the development of the software industry, funds and technology alone are not enough, and strong support from the government is also needed. Speaker.

After the meeting, that night, in the banquet hall of the hotel, Duan Yun had dinner with the bosses of these technology companies, and he himself sat in seat C without any suspense.

"President Duan, I really envy you. Speaking of which, your group company is not purely engaged in software. If this industry does not make money, you can immediately switch to other projects, but we really have no way out." Halfway through the banquet At that time, Zhang Xun, the director of the software BJ office, walked up to Duan Yun with a glass of wine and said: "But sometimes we feel very desperate for this industry. Obviously, products are already very competitive. After reaching a certain scale, it is always very difficult to grow upwards. Last year, we sold more than 40 sets of accounting software, but in the first half of this year, with your help, we have achieved a small increase. The gap between expectations is huge…”

"This is also a very normal thing." Duan Yun glanced at Zhang Xun, and then said: "Now there are more and more domestic accounting software companies, and there are also Chinese versions of foreign accounting software on the market. It is a pirated version, but the functions are relatively comprehensive. It is not easy for you to have the current market share and sales. As I said before, our software industry now not only competes for technology, but also for after-sales, just like the original When I started an electronics factory, the product technology was not stronger than other joint ventures, but sales and after-sales were done well. After a period of stability, sales will naturally increase. So we must stabilize our mentality and work steadily. I believe in the software industry. The spring will come soon."

"Hearing Mr. Duan say that, I do feel a little more at ease." Zhang Xun nodded, and then said: "The biggest problem in the industry now is piracy. It would be great if the national level can sell it. In fact, I have always felt that you are famous. For such a large and influential private entrepreneur, the state should give you some special care, at least you should be able to talk directly with the department leaders of some countries now, right?"

"I did communicate with the leaders of some departments in the country before, and they also gave me a lot of help, but some problems cannot be solved by the leaders of these departments." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "This also involves A legislative issue. The current patent law was drafted in the 80s, and it was revised for the first time in 1992. However, the new version of the patent law is still not severe enough in terms of punishment, and it is not enough to make up for the losses of our genuine software vendors. The result of this is that the cost of infringement and piracy is low, even if the lawsuit fails, you can’t lose a lot of money, so I feel that if our country’s patent law cannot be revised again, the problem of piracy will still be difficult to curb.”

"Amend the law?" Hearing this, Zhang Xun couldn't help but be surprised, only to hear him say: "I feel that this is a little impossible. As far as I know, many legislative amendments require people's congress representatives to propose motions, and then the meeting will proceed." Vote, organize specialized legal experts to conduct demonstrations, and only after all these procedures are passed, will the relevant legal provisions be amended, which is really too difficult..."

"I also know that it is very difficult, but if we want to change the current market environment, we have to find a way to do it." Duan Yun pondered for a while, and said after a while: "Give me 2-3 years, and I also need your help." Power support, in this case, we may be able to change the current status quo.”

(End of this chapter)