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Chapter 472: One word comes true

Before the legal battle between Shenzhou Memory and Lianxiang, companies in the technology industry did not pay too much attention to it, nor did they think that Shenzhou Memory could win, or it was impossible for it to win so easily.

Even those who expected Shenzhou Memory to win did not expect it to lose so badly, because the country had never really experienced a patent war before.

But Shenzhou Storage won, almost completely, and crushed the computer brand that was known as the No. 1 domestic brand. Not only did it force the other party to make a public apology, but it also paid a huge compensation of tens of millions!
After this battle, the sales system that Lianxiang had worked so hard to build overseas was destroyed, and its reputation almost completely collapsed. It would take several years to rebuild its reputation, and it would probably be difficult to do so.

The key point is that the negative information that has been exposed will become a stain on Lian Xiang’s life. Whenever he gets into a war of words with other companies, it will be brought up and it will never disappear!

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"Boss Feng, what should we do now?!"

Huaqi Digital Corporation, the parent company of the Patriot brand, was in chaos at the moment, and several executives ran into the office of the founder Feng Jun.

"Lian Xiang actually admitted defeat. I heard that he had to pay 70 million to Shenzhou Storage. This is too harsh!"

"Lian Xiang has earned hundreds of millions of yuan in revenue by using the strategy of binding USB flash drives to computers. It is reasonable for him to lose this money, but what should we do?"

"Yes, if Lian Xiang kneels down, it will be the turn of other USB drive companies to be in trouble!"

"It has already begun. I heard that Shenzhou Storage has started to target SanDisk's domestic company, Xingzhidao!"

Everyone in Feng Jun's office was talking about it at once. To be honest, they had never seen such a scene before. In the past, they had only heard of overseas companies filing lawsuits and killing their opponents, but they had only regarded them as rumors. This time, they saw it with their own eyes.

Feng Jun frowned as he listened to the executives' words. As a graduate of Huaqing University, he gave up his iron rice bowl in a state-owned enterprise, rode a tricycle, and resold keyboard CDs in Zhongguancun. It can be said that Feng Jun had gone through all kinds of hardships in order to start his own business.

After the establishment of Huaqi Digital Company, it finally made some progress by acting as an agent for the sales of keyboards, computer cases, display screens, etc. After the establishment of the Patriot brand, USB flash drives made Huaqi soar.

Compared with other copycat products, although Patriot USB flash drives were produced without the authorization of Shenzhou Storage, they were made of relatively solid materials, had finer workmanship, and had good quality. It quickly became famous and became a dark horse in the USB flash drive industry.

"Suspend the USB drive service first!"

Feng Jun thought for a moment and said that Shenzhou Storage is now in its heyday, and with the power of a great victory, it is challenging other USB flash drive copycat manufacturers. Even the thought of it cannot be stopped. Even Feng Jun does not think that Huaqi has a chance of winning by competing head-on with Shenzhou Storage.

"I will go back to Hanxi tomorrow and seek an audience with the founder of Dongling Hi-Tech. I hope that since we are both from the same hometown of Hanxi, I can help him with Huaqi!"

Feng Jun smiled bitterly and said that he and Li Dongling were both from the same hometown in Hanxi, and they both debuted at almost the same time, but their current situations were worlds apart.

He is still dealing with counterfeit goods, but Li Dongling has begun to crack down on counterfeits and piracy and is selling domestic products overseas. It would be bullshit to say that he is not envious.

However, the Patriot brand USB flash drive business is too important for Huaqi Digital. This is a business that has been hard to turn around. If it is closed down, the entire Huaqi will probably hit rock bottom.

"Zhongguancun media received the latest news that the USB flash drive brand Patriot announced the suspension of USB flash drive production and sales!"

After Lian Xiang admitted defeat, just as various media outlets were reprinting the news and the entire technology industry was shaken, less than an hour later, shocking news came out in the technology industry again: Patriot USB flash drives had suspended operations!

After Patriot, several USB flash drive brands such as Luwen Yipan and Acer also announced the suspension or closure of their USB flash drive businesses, and then cleared out their USB flash drive inventories at low prices offline, apparently trying to make a final comeback.

As for Shenzhou Storage, it showed signs of going crazy. After defeating Lianxiang, it directly attacked SanDisk's domestic shell companies. After winning the lawsuit against Lianxiang, SanDisk's domestic shell companies basically cannot escape!
The entire domestic USB flash drive industry was reshaped in one day. After USB flash drive brands such as Lenovo, Patriot, Luwen Yipan, and Acer stopped selling or closed down, various USB flash drive copycat factories also ceased operations and ran away with their tails between their legs.

Even those big factories have been dealt with by Shenzhou Storage. If these small copycat factories don't run away, are they waiting to be hit by the iron fist? !
Even those big companies can have their reputation trampled under the feet of Shenzhou Storage, and then just apologize and compensate to get away with it. But if the bosses of small USB flash drive knockoff factories are caught, it will not be enough to just pay some money. If they are not careful, they will have to stay in jail, eat steamed buns for a few years, and practice sewing machine skills!

Not only the USB flash drive industry, but also the counterfeit products of products such as Shenzhou digital cordless phones, Xiaolingtong mobile phones, Silver Mink mice, Feiyan mini radios, etc. have all been restrained for a while, for fear of bringing bad luck.

In the future, there will definitely be more copycat manufacturers who, under the temptation of huge profits, will copy Dongling Hi-Tech's products. But in the short term, after this wave, the entire domestic technology industry, whether large or small, will feel uneasy and know that Dongling Hi-Tech cannot be provoked easily!
Dongling Hi-Tech's reputation has also been established in the domestic technology industry. This is more like speaking, it is going to be effective immediately and there will be results!

... "If you can get first place in the exam by copying each other's homework, then is there any need to study?!"

“If we don’t care about patents and order, the entire industry will be in a state of disarray, and the entire industry will be completely destroyed by internal competition!
The most typical example will appear in the domestic motorcycle industry, allowing everyone to see what the scene will be like if all companies in the industry are involuted.

Within three years, domestic motorcycles will suffer a disastrous defeat throughout Southeast Asia, and the entire overseas market for domestic motorcycles will be lost.

The Southeast Asian motorcycle market will be taken back by the Japanese Benz motorcycle brand, and it will be won without a fight!"

"The country does not attach importance to patents now. One day, it will be backfired because of patents and technology, especially when technology and patents are in the hands of outsiders!"

"Will globalization continue? What if one day it stops?"

"According to the global division of labor, companies in a certain place will always be low-profit OEM businesses, just like Siam, Jiaozhi, Malaysia and other places. Their fate depends entirely on the upstream brand companies. Once they leave, there will be nothing left in this place!"

"You won't be beaten if you fall behind. I just don't want to beat you today!"

The central media's financial channel aired an interview with Li Dongling during prime time in the evening.

Of course, not only the interview with Li Dongling, but also the interview with Boss Lian Xiangliu are all on the evening show.

In the program, Boss Liu still used the same rhetoric, saying how difficult it was for Lian Xiang, and how he worked diligently to bring Lian Xiang to where it is today.

And Lian Xiang, it’s not that we don’t want to develop technology, it’s just that we have to occupy the market first and make money before we can develop technology. People have to eat first and survive before they can think about eating well!
It cannot be said that there is anything wrong with what Boss Liu said. It is even the voice of many companies. They are almost starving to death, so how can they care about following any rules?

But at the same time, Li Dongling’s words are even more difficult to refute. Can we really say that Shenzhou Storage did something wrong this time?
Anyone who has received a few days of education and has some common sense can understand the principle of draining the pond to catch all the fish. Even with their eyes closed, they cannot accuse Shenzhou Storage of disregarding the code of conduct. All they can do is mutter that Shenzhou Storage was too ruthless.

But what Li Dongling said in the interview, especially the last sentence, was a huge shock to many people.

Especially for companies with foreign trade business, or people who have dealt with foreign companies, they can better understand what Li Dongling meant by this. Even people in weapons research and development units feel it much more deeply!
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"call!"

"The Chrysanthemum Factory should also make plans early!"

Pengcheng, the boss of the Chrysanthemum Factory, saw Li Dongling's words and couldn't help but speak to Li Yinan, Zheng Baoyong and other executives of the Chrysanthemum Factory who were his right-hand men.

The Chrysanthemum Factory is now competing with a number of foreign communication equipment manufacturers such as Nokia, Ericsson, Qualcomm, Cisco, and Lucent. No one understands better than the Chrysanthemum Factory what it feels like to be strangled by communication patents, suppressed by technology, and deliberately engaged in price wars with the other party. Boss Ren can almost be said to have empathized with them.

In the previous life, it was because the Chrysanthemum Factory had been competing with foreign companies for many years that we realized that the essence of this world is still the old law of the jungle.

Most people in the country are just the bravest ones who keep the enemies out and keep the danger out of the country, so much so that many people have forgotten the oldest rules of the world.

Chrysanthemum Factory and Boss Ren knew too well what those foreign companies were like, which was why HiSilicon Semiconductor came into being. But even if they knew about it, Boss Ren and Chrysanthemum Factory would never have thought that the Ansa gang had no bottom line at all...

Now, after seeing Li Dongling's interview, Boss Ren, who came from the military, feels that he should have made preparations earlier!
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Different people have different feelings after watching this interview with Li Dongling. Inside Wanyan Company, the first company in the world to invent VCD.

“If we don’t care about patents and order… the entire industry will be completely destroyed by internal competition!”

Jiang Wanmeng, the founder of Wanyan, watched Li Dongling's interview dozens of times. He just smiled bitterly at first, then felt relieved, and finally couldn't help but cover his head with his hands, with red eyes.

If someone had said this to Jiang Wanmeng four years ago when he first founded Wanyan, Jiang Wanmeng felt that Wanyan would never fall into such an embarrassing situation. Now Wanyan still seems to be doing well, but Jiang Wanmeng feels a little out of control. He feels despair not only for Wanyan, but also for the entire domestic VCD!
(End of this chapter)