A strong technological nation starts with repairing mobile phones

Chapter 82 Don't fall into the 'self-incrimination trap', counter-sue!

Chen Jinghong never thought that he would be caught in the crossfire for no reason. He remembered that Sheng Guangxue and Corning Group had no intersection from the beginning to today. How could the other party suddenly launch a series of combined punches at him?

Although it was not yet time for the weekly meeting, Chen Jinghong still convened a meeting of all the company's senior executives because of the Corning matter.

There were two more people attending the meeting this time, a man and a woman. The woman was Zhu Qi, the head of the legal department recently established by Tiansheng Optics.

The other party originally worked in a law firm in Pengcheng, and Zhou Pingshen poached him by giving him a 20% salary increase.

What's rare is that Zhao Wenshu, the manager of the newly established operations and public relations department of Tiansheng Optics, is also a senior practitioner in the industry who made the jump to Tiansheng after being attracted by its high salary and prospects.

"Lawyer Zhu, will Corning's sudden lawsuit against us have any impact on us?" Chen Jinghong looked at Zhu Qi in confusion and asked.

This was the first time that Chen Jinghong encountered this situation. As an ordinary person with a system, he could only remain calm. He had no idea how to fight back or how to deal with the matter.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on him. He has been at the bottom of society for so many years. It was all thanks to the system that he has reached his current height after the acquisition of Tiansheng Optics. Even if he has been studying management frantically during this period, it cannot cover up the fact that he is just an ordinary person with no management experience.

Zhu Qi is a woman around 37 or 38 years old. Perhaps due to family reasons, although she already has a daughter, her figure is still maintained at a certain level. Of course, it is not stunning.

When Zhu Qi heard Chen Jinghong raise this question, he thought about it for a while, then looked at everyone and expressed his opinion.

"Normally speaking, our company's business is all in China, and we don't have any branches in the United States. If Corning really wants to sue us, they should sue us in China, after all, they have branches in China.

They are now suing us in the United States, which doesn't make sense logically. Normally, even if we don't respond to the lawsuit, no matter what the United States decides, it will not affect us!

Of course, if they have other ideas, or if we plan to develop in the United States in the future, there may be some trouble at that time.”

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, the conference room fell silent. At this moment, everyone in the meeting room was wondering why Corning did this. No one believed that Corning spent money to sue Tiansheng Optics just for fun. Every step taken by these century-old companies has a deep meaning.

"Since it has no impact on the domestic market, let's put it aside for the time being." After hearing that it had no impact on the domestic market, Chen Jinghong stopped considering it for the time being. His ultimate weapon had not yet come out, and he didn't want his energy to be distracted too much by these irrelevant companies.

“Let’s not talk about the lawsuit in advance. What do you think we should do now about Corning accusing us of infringing their patents and stealing their technology?

Once this news came out, most people in the country assumed that our current technology was stolen from others! Manager Zhao, this is the result of your investigation, tell us about it! "

It seemed that Zhao Wenshu's preparations were very repetitive. At the moment, he had several documents in his hands, and it seemed that they were prepared for more than just one thing.

Zhao Wenshu looks gentle and refined, wearing a pair of expensive titanium alloy frame glasses on his face.

When it was his turn to appear, he first adjusted his glasses before speaking: "Our public relations department investigated several domestic platforms, including three self-media platforms and four short video platforms.

Since Corning announced the lawsuit, these platforms have all given more than 80 percent additional support to Corning Group. These people do not believe that there is a company like Tiansheng Optics in our country, and do not believe that we can possess this technology.

They all think that we were able to survive by developing anti-reflective glass by stealing technology from Corning’s labs.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the conference room looked a little strange, and some of them were secretly watching Chen Jinghong's reaction.

Indeed, these people actually had some doubts in their hearts at this moment whether Chen Jinghong really relied on some mysterious means to steal these technologies from Corning Laboratory and bring them back to China.

This cannot be blamed on these people. After all, these two technologies are indeed too mysterious so far, and no one knows who developed them.

Chen Jinghong did not explain anything. Instead, he looked at Zhao Wenshu and asked, "Then how do we prove this?"

Chen Jinghong's first reaction was to prove that his company's technology was not stolen from Corning Group, so he asked Zhao Wenshu how to deal with it.

But what Zhao Wenshu said next was beyond Chen Jinghong's expectations, and also shocked the rest of the people in the meeting room.

"Why do we need to prove it? Why does Tiansheng Optics need to stand up and prove this baseless accusation?" Zhao Wenshu did not choose to directly answer Chen Jinghong's question. Instead, he stood up and said loudly to everyone: "As long as we prove it, no matter how we prove it, we will fall into the trap set for us by Corning Group.

This is the so-called "self-proving trap". As a company, we often encounter this kind of self-proving trap. We must be extremely careful not to fall into any self-proving trap! "

Self-evident trap?

It was the first time that Chen Jinghong heard this term, and he never thought that self-certification was actually a trap for the company.

Of course, Chen Jinghong was not the only one who encountered this term for the first time. Most people in the conference room, except for the lawyer Zhu Qi, were hearing this term for the first time, especially those managers during Zhao Bo's period. Although they have been promoted with the help of Chen Jinghong, it still cannot cover up the shortcomings of their grassroots experience.

"So how should we deal with this matter now?" Chen Jinghong asked Zhao Wenshu.

Zhao Wenshu looked at Chen Jinghong's attitude towards him and the expressions of his colleagues around him at the moment, and knew that his first appearance was quite successful.

In his previous company, perhaps the company had too high a status in the industry and too strong a background, so he always felt that he was useless as the head of the public relations department, so he switched to Tiansheng Optics.

He did not deny that he was attracted by the salary offered by Zhou Pingshen, but the most important thing was that after learning about Tiansheng Optics, he knew that as long as he developed normally, he would definitely be able to use his talents. Sure enough, this time he got the job soon after he came here.

"Counter-sue! We should counter-sue the other party as soon as possible!" Zhao Wenshu once again made a shocking statement. He was in the right state and didn't care about the crazy expressions of the people around him. He stood up and said excitedly: "If we want to get out of the self-proof trap, our first step is to directly counter-sue Corning Group for slandering us, and ask the other party to produce evidence to prove that we have infringed on their patents and stolen Corning's test technology.

In this way, we jump out of the self-proving trap directly and let the other party fall into this trap instead.

Next, we will immediately contact all self-media platforms and ask them to remove any articles or videos that defame us immediately, and we reserve the right to sue them.”

In the conference room, except for Chen Jinghong, almost everyone else looked at Zhao Wenshu as if he was a madman.

Counter-sue Corning? He dared to say that. You should know that Corning is not an ordinary large company, but a century-old enterprise that has been established for about 150 years. Its business covers all walks of life. Why would he sue Tiansheng Optics, a small company with a market value of less than 10 billion?
Chen Jinghong didn't think so. With the system in hand, he had nothing to fear. Not to mention that the other party was an American company, so he cared even less.

"Counter-sue? Do you mean we should go to the United States to counter-sue the other party?" Chen Jinghong looked at Zhao Wenshu and said. "No!" Zhao Wenshu shook his head quickly; "The United States is the enemy's base camp, and even the White Palace has their people. If we go there to counter-sue, it's basically like a sheep walking into a wolf's mouth!

We can just file a counter-claim in China. It doesn’t matter whether the other party responds or not. We just need to show our attitude!”

No matter how arrogant Zhao Wenshu was, he would not dare to let Chen Jinghong send people to the United States to file a counter-suit against Corning Group.

After all, countersuing in China and going to the United States are two different concepts. Going to the United States is someone else's territory, and the outcome of the countersuing will probably be decided by others.

"The other party is Corning Group. Wouldn't it be too reckless for us to do this?" The speaker was Li Huanyi.

Seeing that Chen Jinghong seemed to have really decided on the counterclaim proposed by Zhao Wenshu, she couldn't help but come out to persuade him.

As someone who has been working in this industry for so many years, OOPP and Corning have also cooperated for many years. This person who came from OOPP naturally knows how terrifying Corning is.

She still prefers to be conservative and doesn't want Tiansheng Optics to offend the other party.

"Reckless? They're coming after us, and we're just trying to protect ourselves. How can you say we're reckless?"

After hearing this, Chen Jinghong immediately expressed his dissatisfaction. Although this was the first time Li Huanyi expressed an opinion, he still refuted the other party without hesitation.

As soon as these words were spoken, several people who originally wanted to speak up to persuade him immediately shut their mouths. Chen Jinghong's attitude at this moment was so clear that it was obvious that he wanted to adopt Zhao Wenshu's suggestion and counter-sue Corning.

If they came out to persuade him again, they wouldn't be able to find him here. At this moment, these people were very glad that Li Huanyi was the first one to stand up, otherwise Chen Jinghong would definitely be unhappy if they stood up to persuade him.

"Lawyer Zhu, counter-suing Corning Group, is there any problem with your legal department?"

Now that the plan had been finalized, Chen Jinghong did not hesitate any longer and turned to Zhu Qi and asked.

Seeing that his proposal was adopted by Chen Jinghong and was about to be implemented, Zhao Wenshu couldn't help but feel very excited. He felt that he had not followed the wrong person this time and that he would be able to show his talents.

Zhu Qi's mood at the moment was different from Zhao Wenshu's. She really didn't expect that the first company she would face after changing jobs would be a giant company like Corning.

Although she really wanted to say that there was a problem, after all, Chen Jinghong was the boss and the treatment at Tiansheng Optics was indeed good.

All he could do was nod and say, "No problem, our legal department can immediately sue the other party."

"Also, contact those self-media and short video platforms. These all require legal contact. Keep the evidence and retain the right to sue!"

"I understand!" Zhu Qi nodded.

Chen Jinghong, Zhao Wenshu and Zhu Qi confirmed some of the remaining issues, then looked at everyone and said:
"This matter will be handled according to this plan. Tiansheng Optics has no intention of provoking others, but it will not be offended for no reason! Meeting adjourned!"

Everyone looked at Chen Jinghong who stood up and left after speaking in a domineering manner, then they turned to look at me. I saw that everyone was discussing this matter. Of course, most people were not optimistic about the decision of Chen Jinghong and Zhao Wenshu.

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Zhu Qi's professional qualities are still very good. As soon as he returned to his department, he immediately arranged the tasks one by one in an orderly manner.

Soon, domestic self-media and short video platforms began to receive warnings for all articles and videos that explicitly or implicitly discredited Tiansheng Optics, and the platforms also received lawyers' letters directly.

After seeing this, these platforms quickly took down the article and video. If it were just these outsiders, they would only scold Tiansheng Optics for bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and if Corning didn't dare to do it, they would just take action against these self-media practitioners.

But then Tiansheng Optics released a heavyweight announcement that shocked everyone in the country. Those who had opinions about Tiansheng or had already prepared articles to continue to smear it stopped their actions.

"Tiansheng Optics will counter-sue Corning Group and hope Corning will produce the so-called evidence to slap us in the face!"

Less than an hour after this announcement was issued, the Longhua District Court of Pengcheng also received an application from Tiansheng Optics to sue Corning Group.

This matter spread quickly, and Nan Wenyu contacted Chen Jinghong again that day. The two chatted for about five minutes and then Nan Wenyu hung up the phone.

Half an hour later, Tiansheng Optics' application was directly approved. This efficiency can only be described as ridiculously fast.

When Zhu Qi informed Zhao Wenshu of the approval, Tiansheng Optics' public relations department immediately began to take action, and soon the news spread throughout the entire Internet.

When netizens saw that Tiansheng Optics actually filed a counterclaim, those who had been following the crowd were suddenly confused and began to slowly reflect on whether they had really trusted the bloggers wrongly and that Tiansheng Optics did not steal Corning's technology.

When the news came out, most people thought that Corning would respond quickly. After all, it was Corning that instigated this matter and now that Tiansheng Optics is fighting back, it should at least respond.

It’s a pity that Corning seemed to have not received the news. He remained silent and did not respond at all, as if this incident had never happened.

Seeing that Corning had no intention of responding to this, the public opinion online gradually turned towards Tiansheng Optics.

"It seems that there are smart people in Tiansheng Optics who didn't fall into the trap we set!" Pierre sighed as he stood opposite Lawrence in his office.

Originally, both Lawrence and Pierre and others thought that Tiansheng Optics would be completely lost and fall into the trap they had prepared when it was suddenly targeted by Corning Group.

However, they didn't expect Tiansheng Optics to use this trick, and they accidentally avoided their prepared plan.

"Haha! What's the point of being smart?" Lawrence said with a disdainful smile: "Even if we avoid the first trap, the things we prepare later will be enough for the other party to suffer!"

(End of this chapter)