Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 225 Current Status of Semiconductor Development (Third Update)
“Okay!” Tian Jiahui naturally understood Li Song’s meaning. On the one hand, he wanted to spend money to hire a lawyer. Tian Jiahui himself was a lawyer, so he knew how things worked in the Western legal circle.

"Also, draft a contract that we authorize to strictly prohibit the use of construction machinery from the mainland..." Li Song then mentioned what he had discussed with Ma Shengli.

“Okay!” Tian Jiahui nodded. These patents were not held by Parkson Company, but were managed by Parkson Company on behalf of Li Song.

In other words, for these patent licensing fees, Baisheng Company only receives a service fee, and the rest is Li Song's personal income.

Without Li Song's authorization, Parkson could not authorize any other third-party company.

Tian Jiahui reacted quickly, first visiting his mentor and then contacting Slida, one of London's top law firms.

With a wide range of partners worldwide, this law firm wields considerable influence within the Hong Kong legal community.

Li Song also looked at Silida's information. This law firm doesn't like to establish law firms in other countries; they prefer to cooperate with local law firms.

So this law firm is the smallest of the top law firms, but it has the highest profits.

After being introduced by their mentor Tian Jiahui, Silida became very interested in the case, which involved a German military equipment manufacturing company suing a little-known company in the Far East for infringement.

While sending people to Hong Kong Island, Si Lida also conducted a background investigation on the case.

It turns out that KMW discovered that the international patent applied for by someone was a product of their own optimized engine technology. To be precise, the engine technology of the Leopard 2 tank had been integrated into a super-large bulldozer, and the chassis and transmission system of the Leopard 2 were also used.

However, KMW only applied for a patent for the civilian technology version of the 8V331, which is an eight-cylinder engine.

In other words, if the lawsuit is lost, 8V331 is likely to infringe on someone else's patent, because the patent technology applied for by this Hong Kong company—no, by an individual—is backward compatible with this civilian engine technology.

This was the first time that anyone from Silida had ever encountered a lawsuit like this. Of course, everyone knew what was going on, but what the law emphasizes is evidence.

Besides, the person who applied for this patent is from Hong Kong Island and is now a British citizen. What's wrong with you Germans?
Who told you not to apply for a patent?
In other words, the Germans' tank technology was copied... well, it's that simple.

Li Song from Hong Kong Island handed the matter over to Tian Jiahui and started working on semiconductors himself.

After reading the relevant information, Li Song realized that now was a good time.

What is Intel doing right now?
They're currently engaged in a price war with Japan Semiconductor Group!
And what is Intel's main business now?
It's a memory chip, not a microprocessor.

Li Song didn't know when Intel started to change direction, because memory chips and microprocessors were not in the same direction.

Moreover, Intel's current positioning is that of a component supplier!

However, Li Song knew that Intel's main business was microprocessors, that is, processor chips.

Li Song didn't know who exactly led Intel to change course and onto such a glorious path.

But Li Song knew he had to hurry, hurry!

First, develop the processor, then develop a free operating system.

The chip technology has already been completed on the second-hand platform; all that's left is to build a semiconductor lab and then copy it.

What Li Song didn't know was that notebook computers swept through Silicon Valley in the 80s, Intel laid off thousands of employees in 1985 and almost went bankrupt, and Micron did the same.

Later, it was another case of entrapment by the US, where agents were sent to pose as IBM employees to send information to Hayashi Kenji of Hitachi.

After the signing of the US-Japan semiconductor agreement, Japan's semiconductor industry, which had been developing for more than a decade, was severely damaged by the US.

Later, in order to counterbalance Japan, technology was transferred and funds were provided to support Samsung.

So behind the conglomerates in South Korea are American conglomerates. All the money they earn goes to America. That's why South Korea dares to challenge Japan. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare even if they had a thousand lives.

Li Song didn't know much about these things, but he knew about the future development direction. He also knew that ARM had been established last year and was now seeking 80286 chip technology. Originally, the company planned to use Motorola's 16-bit chip, but it was too slow.

These are all things that Li Song listed in the semiconductor development history he customized on the second-hand platform.

In other words, ARM has not yet begun designing its own advanced instruction set chips.

Of course, several large semiconductor companies in this era had RISC chips, such as Texas Instruments and Motorola, but no one paid much attention to them.

In other words, these semiconductor companies haven't foreseen the future direction of development. Therefore, Li Song felt he should speed things up.

On Tuesday, September 30, 1980, Li Song drove another van registered under someone else's name to meet with people in mainland China to send out information about the tunnel boring machine, since an international patent had already been applied for.

Then Li Song arrived at the magazine office with his bodyguard.

Li Song's car was blocked by several reporters as soon as it arrived at the office building.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li, have you seen the comments made about you by others?"

"Yes, yes, they said you, Mr. Li, are a petty person who has achieved success, and that this is not how you run a business. They also said that we'll have to see if you're a mule or a horse before we know what you're capable of."

"Yes, Mr. Li, they called you a mule."

"You also said that writing novels and making TV dramas are two different things, and that you should wait until your TV station's ratings surpass others before talking about this. Don't come here and start cursing like a shrew!"

"Yes, Mr. Li, they called you a shrew?" the reporters said one after another.

Upon hearing this, Li Song said, "I'm sorry, I haven't read the newspaper yet. I've been busy with a lawsuit lately. As for what kind of lawsuit it is, you'll all find out later."

"Take this money and find a place to sit while I go upstairs to see what's going on."

"Ah!" The reporters were dumbfounded. Holding the HK$50 that Li Song had given them, they watched as Li Song's car drove into the office building.

When Li Song arrived at the magazine office, the employees greeted him warmly, "Good morning, Mr. Li!"

"Good morning, Mr. Li!"

Li Song nodded: "Good morning, everyone. I'm telling you all, lunch is on me. Let's discuss what we want to eat and order together!"

"Thank you, Mr. Li!"

"Boss, this is the comic draft that Amin gave you." As soon as Li Song arrived at the office, Liu Jiale handed him a comic draft.

"This is the information regarding the purchase of the television station property."

"These are interior design documents."

"In addition, Golden Harvest wants to hold the premiere in mid-to-late October."

"Wang Jing will hold the premiere this Saturday."

"In addition, this is Wang Jing's new script."

"This is a list of artists and staff members signed by our TV station, and there are several artists waiting to be sued."

"In addition, these are scripts and shooting plans provided by people in Hong Kong who want to become directors." Liu Jiale took out a large stack of documents.

"Take this back. Zeng Aizi didn't sign a contract, did he?" Li Song returned the list of artists and staff to Liu Jiale.

"No." Liu Jiale was taken aback, then realized who it was.

Li Song didn't say anything more. He carefully looked at the purchase price of the TV station property, which was HK$2600 million, and the renovation cost HK$400 million. After a quick look, he signed the contract.

Wang Jing glanced at the script—a comedy—nodded, and signed it.

The scripts and shooting plans presented to a dozen or so aspiring directors were quickly read by Li Song, who then wrote a comment: "The plot is dragging, and the ideas aren't very imaginative. Keep up the good work!"
Then, upon seeing the second person, Li Song immediately became interested. The notebook that Uncle Nine handed him combined Maoshan Taoist magic with martial arts, and talked about corpse drivers. It was an investment of HK$180 million. Li Song signed it directly: I can invest!

That's all, which is normal.

"Alright!" Li Song pushed the documents back to Liu Jiale.

"All right!"

"Have someone bring me the newspapers that have been badmouthing me lately. I want to see how they've portrayed me," Li Song said.

(End of this chapter)