Riding the wind of rebirth

After hearing what was said on the phone, Zhou Zhi was completely stunned.

"Did your second brother call you?" asked Li Laosan.

"No," Zhou Zhi said, "The ancestor's efficacy you just mentioned does not exist. Tony Huang from the street called and the American Music Professionals Union filed a lawsuit against our Digital Alliance. This is not a good thing."

"???" Li Laosan asked, "What are you suing for?"

"They sued us because the profits from digital music were too high. In addition, due to the widespread dissemination of digital music and its low-cost downloading and free transcoding, consumers have gained the right to exchange and distribute music for free. The digital music licensing agreement they gave to the alliance did not include these contents. Therefore, our series of software infringed on the creators."

"Wait a minute!" Li Laosan felt that he didn't understand: "If I have a CD and convert it into MP3, is that infringing the copyright of the creator? Isn't this ridiculous?"

Shama Ricong and Jilie Azi are both music fans. Shama Ricong said he didn't understand at all: "Is it not possible to exchange music? For example, if I have a CD of Tingting and lend it to Azi, is it an infringement of the law?"

“Hahaha…” Zhou Zhi laughed, “That’s what I mean.”

"Isn't this too ridiculous?" Ah Zi said angrily, "I've never heard of it being illegal to exchange tapes with each other! This can't be done in the United States, right?!"

"I know why!" Li Laosan suddenly said firmly.

"Why?" Everyone looked at Li Laosan in admiration.

"Because he didn't burn incense for Patriarch Yang!"

"What are you going to say if I'm your third brother?" Mai Xiaomiao was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"That's right, he's talking nonsense." Zhou Zhi disagreed: "Your path is still on a blank check. I have already donated a pulping machine to the temple before, and yesterday I gave them a pair of walkie-talkies. I also wrote an article and a couplet. Isn't it better than him burning a few incense sticks?"

"Stop talking about these nonsense." Wu Renzhong asked, "What should we do now? That's not right. The Americans are suing themselves. What does it have to do with you?"

"The MP3 player was invented by Clover Group!" Shama Ricong said, "And the Digital Alliance. Many English songs were downloaded from that website by fans and forwarded to domestic forums. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to hear them."

"Yes, this is also a charge." Zhou Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Most pirated digital music websites obtain their songs from the Digital Alliance website. This is also included in the lawsuit filed by the Music Practitioners Union against the Digital Alliance."

"Does it really have something to do with you? What should we do now?" Wu Renzhong asked.

"What should we do? Just chill!" Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Leave professional matters to professionals. The Digital Alliance is not just Clover, there are also Sony, Samsung, and many other companies and organizations under the alliance such as DVD and Multimedia Music. Since the other party has sued, then we should actively respond. Just make a high offer and pay it back when it comes."

"Elbow, are you going to the United States?" Mai Xiaomiao had been anxious to ask this question, but a bunch of people in front of him were talking one after another and he couldn't get a word in.

"Well, I guess I will go there once, but it will definitely be after my trip to the capital." Zhou Zhi said to Mai Xiaomiao, "Don't worry, Xiaomiao, I won't be gone for long."

“No…” Mai Xiaomiao was speechless: “I mean…I mean…if you want to go, I can go home with you…” “Hey!” Zhou Zhi slapped his forehead: “I forgot that you are American!”

"Let's talk about it when we get back!" Li Laosan probably has experienced this kind of thing a lot, so he doesn't seem to be in a hurry: "Elbow is right, finding a good lawyer is the key. The legal affairs of your alliance groups are not easy to deal with."

"That's right. We should take care of ourselves first. This is the general direction of future development." Zhou Zhi said, "As for the alliance, we are actually taking advantage of the creator of the protocol. The main profits are from chips and players. The content is mainly equity participation. Sony and other large groups are responsible for operations. They are more anxious to sue them than us!"

After returning to the grain station, Zhou Zhi only did some simple packing and then packed his bags with Li Laosan. Just as they had booked the plane tickets, they received a call from Li Weigang, who said that they didn't need to buy tickets as they would take a military plane this time.

Seeing Li Laosan's excited face, Zhou Zhi had to say that Mai Xiaomiao also had scientific research progress to report in Beijing, and he had to accompany her. So Li Laosan would accompany you on the military plane, and I would accompany Xiaomiao on the civil aviation, and we would meet again in the capital.

Li Weigang was very impressed with Mai Xiaomiao. He knew that her nonlinear simulation was of great use to many national scientific research projects. In addition, it was not appropriate to let such a delicate girl fly a long distance alone, so he finally agreed to Zhou Zhi's plan.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Zhi looked at Li Laosan who was inexplicably excited sitting opposite the military plane and could only silently wish him well.

Early the next morning, Zhou Zhi and two other people rushed to the airport. Li Laosan was waiting there for Li Weigang and the others, while Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao checked their tickets and boarded the plane first.

The plane had to stop in Shudu first, and waited for a long time before taking off again. It was already past six in the evening when it landed.

As soon as they got off the plane, they were met by two young men: "Are you Mr. Zhou Zhi and Ms. Mai Xiaomiao? Please follow us."

"Who are you?" Zhou Zhi asked the two young men who were wearing casual clothes but looked full of military temperament.

A young man took out his work ID and said, "I am Xiao Qian, the security officer of the Institute of Engineering Physics. This is Liu Meng, our driver. We are here to pick you up and take you to the institute."

"Institute of Engineering Physics?" Zhou Zhi was shocked: "We don't seem to have any business relationship..."

The China Institute of Engineering Physics is abbreviated as "China Institute of Engineering Physics". The name sounds harmless, but it originally had an abbreviation called "9th Institute". Its predecessors were the 9th Institute of the Capital, the 9th Research and Design Institute of the Second Ministry of Machine Building, the 9th Institute of the People's Liberation Army, the 9th Institute of the Second Ministry of Machine Building, and the 9th Institute of the Ministry of Nuclear Industry. It was not until 1985 that the name China Institute of Engineering Physics was used externally.

This is a national research institute at the vice-ministerial level that is separately listed in the national plan. The products developed and produced by it can basically not be put into practical use, but they are absolutely indispensable because they are - nuclear weapons.

The reason why Zhou Zhi knew about this research institute was not for any other reason, but because the main body of this Institute of Modern Physics was located in Mianzhou City in Sichuan Province. The radio amateur club that his cousin An Ran used to hang out in had its base in Mianzhou, and he had learned about the situation there through him.

"People from the Ninth Hospital" means experts in the club.

"We are going to the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics." Xiao Qian explained to Zhou Zhi: "Once you get there, someone will naturally receive you and explain why you are going there."

"I understand." Zhou Zhi nodded and followed the two men into an ordinary black Santana. (End of this chapter)