Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 32 Patent Agency (First update, please collect and read)
When Li Song returned home, he didn't have the heart to think about what had just happened. Today he accompanied Alin out for dinner and a movie, and he was thinking about a lot of novel plots in his mind.

"After Christmas, when the patent is completed, I will find time to return to the mainland and bring out the wear-resistant rubber, the antifreeze formula, and the production process to demonstrate my sincerity. I guess the mainland will be on holiday for New Year's Day." Li Song prepared the plan while writing a novel.

Because I write slowly, there are enough things in my mind, so I have time to think.

The day after Christmas, Li Song got up early and stayed at home writing. Alin didn't come today.

The last words of the author of Star Mercenary in the New Evening News today are: I never curse people, because I am not cursing people.

This sentence completely ignited the anger of a certain science fiction writer. The science fiction writer himself had a bad character. When he was ghostwriting a novel for someone, he also messed up the plot.

What makes great writers even more uncomfortable is that when they go out, it seems like everyone is pointing fingers at them behind their backs.

Because there are so many golden sentences that have come to me, such as picking out bones when eating fish, plastic bags that can hold things, and now there is one more.

What makes the great science fiction writer even more uncomfortable is that the serialization of Galaxy Ghost's novel increased the sales of the New Evening News by 43%. This is a slap in the face, a blatant slap in his own face.

It's easy to imagine that later on, with the publication of novels, movies, and TV series, this guy who I scolded as shit in the newspaper would make money, which would make me even more uncomfortable.

So the great science fiction writer wrote a manifesto to denounce Galaxy Ghost and, by the way, denounce the New Evening News for aiding and abetting the evil, and also publicly reported that the author of Galaxy Ghost had problems with his literary tendencies.

They said that the novel was about the Commonwealth, while Hong Kong was about the British Empire, and that they didn't take the Queen seriously.

However, after this manuscript was sent to an old friend's newspaper, the old friend felt that it was inappropriate.

When the great science fiction writer heard this, he argued with his old friend. The old friend advised the great science fiction writer to forget about it, after all, Galaxy Ghost was still very popular.

But the great science fiction writer insisted on publishing it.

At ten o'clock in the morning on December 27, 1979, Li Song and Tian Jiahui met with a patent lawyer in a cafe.

Let’s get in touch first.

"Mr. Li is young and promising." The lawyer brought by Tian Jiahui was a young man, thin and wearing glasses. His name was Zhang Dehua.

Tian Jiahui probably revealed that Li Song's identity was not simple and that he was the kind that could not be provoked, so Zhang Dehua had a very good attitude.

"You're welcome, Mr. Zhang." Li Song said.

"Mr. Li, I don't know what international patent you want to apply for. Please tell me first, because different patents have different fees." Zhang Dehua said after sitting down.

"These are patent applications for two motorcycles, the entire vehicle, including the exterior, structure, and engine."

"There are also two other modification patents." Li Song said.

"The whole car?" Zhang Dehua asked in surprise when he heard this.

"Ah."

"A motorcycle is a utility invention patent, which requires a new invention patent application, a specification, claims, drawings, and a summary. For a whole motorcycle, there may be many parts involved, and the number of patents is also relatively large."

"A design patent requires a patent application, a photo or picture of the design, and a brief description of the design. The photos need to be in both color and black and white. The design may involve many parts, so the number of patents is also quite large." Zhang Dehua knew that this was a big business, so he spoke up.

"Okay!" Li Song prepared to go back and ask the guy who made the blueprint last time to make a copy for him based on the 1980 patent application information.

"Is English enough for international patents?" Li Song asked.

"Chinese is also fine. We have professional staff. We have professional lawyers cooperating with us in Europe and in Aramco." Zhang Dehua said.

"Okay, I'll show it to you tomorrow." Li Song nodded. "Thank you, Mr. Li. How about we sign the contract first?" Zhang Dehua said quickly.

"Yes!" Li Song signed a contract with Zhang Dehua and paid a deposit of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was given by Tian Jiahui.

"Mr. Li, I'm planning to buy a house!" Zhang Dehua quickly said goodbye because he had to do the preparatory work, Tian Jiahui said.

"Don't buy now, wait a few years." Li Song knew that after the agreement to return to Hong Kong Island was signed a few years later, the housing prices in Hong Kong Island would fall.

"I don't understand stocks or investing..."

"Exchange for US dollars." Li Song knew that the current exchange rate was 5. It seemed that the fixed exchange rate was 7.8 in 84, but he couldn't remember the exact amount.

“…….” What Tian Jiahui meant was that he would have no money in the future because he had used all his money to buy a house.

"Rent a van and wait for me downstairs tomorrow." Li Song said before leaving.

“I didn’t even write an IOU…”

"Forget it. If someone doesn't acknowledge the IOU, I won't dare to ask for it back either." Tian Jiahui felt depressed.

Li Song returned home and issued a targeted reward to Luo Lai, asking him to compile the necessary application materials based on the 1979 International Patent Law.

The price was not expensive, just tens of thousands of US dollars, and Li Song directly raised it to one hundred thousand US dollars.

Of course, it’s still the same requirement, which is the printing requirement.

Li Song didn't know that in 2080, Luo Lai had rubbed an old-fashioned printing press and put it to use again.

Li Song didn't even have time to read the newspaper. It was only after Liu Jiale called him that Li Song went to buy a newspaper. At the newspaper vendor's place, he heard someone reading and cursing: "Who the hell is this old guy? He actually made a public report?"

"You must be furious. How good is the novel by Galaxy Ghost?"

"If Xinghe Youling stops writing novels, I'll go to this old guy's door and scold him."

The newsstand owner also said, "If that's the case, this old bastard should get out of Hong Kong Island."

Li Song was still wondering, so he bought a newspaper and read it. Wow, he was reporting me? Disrespecting the Queen?
So Li Song called Liu Jiale and asked him what to publish tomorrow.

Then Li Song went back to writing.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the bounty was paid off. Li Song had already found cardboard boxes and packed several of them.

Li Song looked at the more than 60 kilograms of Chinese and English patent application materials, including the frame, suspension components, running components, body covering system, transmission system, and power system.

Engine patents, gearbox patents, etc.

Of course, the English used is the English of 1979. I don’t know how many words were added to English in the following decades.

There are many professional terms in it, which Li Song cannot understand at all, because he has learned daily English. For example, professional terms such as industrial machinery cannot be understood without exposure to them.

Of course, the patent is only for the structure. As for the materials, no patents will be applied for at all, and the material process is confidential.

A total of more than 400 patents have been obtained, including the appearance and dimensions of headlights, rearview mirrors, trunk, etc.

(End of this chapter)