1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 134 Registered Trademark

Liang Yao knew that it was easy to cut off the braids on these people's heads, but it was difficult to cut off the braids in their hearts.

The servility of several generations over the past two hundred years cannot be changed immediately.

But if you can't even remove the braid on their heads, how can you cut off the braid in their hearts?

After the Manchus entered the customs, the significance of braids has gone far beyond the braids themselves.

The braid is the Manchu Tatar's certificate of good citizenship. The good citizen certificate still needs to be taken out and checked, but the braid only needs one look to tell whether you are obedient to the people or anti-people.

In this respect, the Manchu Tatars can be said to have reached the pinnacle, putting some of their neighbors to shame.

As for the so-called national customs, that is even more of a joke. Even the two slave chiefs Kangxi and Qianlong thought their pigtails were ugly. The portraits of these two people by Western missionaries who were good at realism always had thick hair.

If we follow the law of keeping your hair but not your head, and keeping your head but not your hair, the two of them should be killed first.

Liang Yao returned to his seat, lit a cigar, and looked at these Chinese businessmen with some interest.

It was up to them to choose whether they wanted to stay in California and live uprightly and become rich, or continue to return to the Qing Dynasty and become the so-called emperor Nanku, and be the fat pigs of the Aisin Gioro family waiting to be slaughtered.

The Chinese businessmen discussed for a while, and then Zeng Jinsong stood up and said: "Mr. Liang, we have no objection to the naturalization matter. It's just the parents who bear the burden of the body, hair and skin. How dare you harm it? As the saying goes, filial piety comes first."

Before Zeng Jinsong could finish speaking, Liang Yao raised his hand and interrupted Zeng Jinsong rudely.

"You don't need to say anything, and I won't force you. You said that the hair and skin of your body cannot be damaged by your parents, so the shaved head on your forehead is not hair?"

Liang Yao said firmly.

"There is no room for negotiation when it comes to cutting your braids! If you want to make a fortune in California, you must cut your braids first!"

Pan Zhengwei held an amethyst multi-treasure Buddha bead in his hand. He looked thoughtfully at the resolute Liang Yao. He knew that the braid was the certificate of surrender that Liang Yao wanted from them.

"Hahaha!"

Pan Zhengwei slammed the expensive amethyst multi-treasure beads in his hand to the floor, looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Brother Yuting, why are you laughing?" Zeng Jinsong asked in confusion.

Pan Zhengwei shook his head, grabbed the gray braid and said, "Master Liang is a man who wants to do great things. This braid should be regarded as my name, Pan!"

Pan Zhengwei did not stop, picked up the scissors on the plate, cut off his own braid, and then threw the braid on the hand.

"Baohuang, Paulin, both of you, come here."

After cutting off his braids, Pan Zhengwei called his two grandsons to him.

Pan Baohuang and Pan Baolin subconsciously protected their braids and said to Pan Zhengwei in a begging tone: "Grandpa, no"

"You will no longer be citizens of the Qing Dynasty. What's the use of these braids?" Pan Zhengwei scolded sternly.

After speaking, Pan Zhengwei ignored the objections of his two grandsons and decisively cut off their braids, and then walked up to Liang Yao with his two grandsons.

"Mr. Liang, these are my grandsons Baohuang and Paulin. They are old and frail, and I don't know how many more days they have to live. I hope these two unfulfilled grandsons will be able to live in California in the future. I hope Mr. Liang can...

Take care of one or two."

Pan Zhengwei took the lead in cutting braids. Liang Yao did not expect that he would be the first person to cut braids. It seemed that he still overestimated Wu Yuanhua's determination.

Liang Yao looked at Pan Zhengwei and his two grandsons with their hair disheveled, nodded and said: "Very good, Mr. Pan's determination is very admirable to the younger generation. It seems that the position of vice president of the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce belongs to Mr. Pan." !”

"Since you are no longer a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, why are you still wearing this braid?"

Wu Yuanhua gritted his teeth, picked up the scissors on the plate, and cut off his braid.

As for what to do when I return to the Qing Dynasty in the future, the worst I can do is buy a fake braid and wear it to hide it from others.

With Pan Zhengwei and Wu Yuanhua taking the lead, the Chinese businessmen who were originally hesitant also decided to cut off their braids.

For those who really didn't want to be cut off, Liang Yao didn't force them and invited them out of Tingtao Garden.

“I don’t know who to contact for naturalization?”

Wu Yuanhua fell behind Pan Zhengwei when it came to cutting his braids. When it came to naturalization, Wu Yuanhua didn't want to lag behind anymore, so he stepped forward and asked Liang Yaodao.

"I will ask the California Immigration Bureau to handle the naturalization for you."

Liang Yao stood up and said that the procedures for immigrating to the United States in this era are not cumbersome, as long as you pass the review by the immigration bureau at the state level.

When Liang Yao first naturalized, he didn't even go to the immigration office. He just said hello to Sartre, and Sartre went through the immigration procedures for him and the Deng family.

In January this year, one of the first bills passed by the California State Assembly was an immigration bill. Now the director of California’s immigration department has been replaced by a Chinese. No one in California dares to block Chinese immigrants.

"From now on, you are not only Americans, but also Californians. The states in the United States are very divided. If you want to gain a foothold in the United States, you must remember your identity as Californians." Liang Yao said.

"That's natural." Zeng Jinsong said, "I wonder if Mr. Liang can introduce important foreign officials in California to us?"

"I will find a time for you to gather with the dignitaries of California later." Liang Yao walked towards the restaurant, "Let's go, I have prepared a banquet to welcome you all."

After entertaining and settling the Chinese businessmen, Liang Yao came to the study room with the business name of Yihe Bank and the trademark authorization letter Wu Yuanhua wrote for him during the dinner. He called Kony over who was working at his desk.

"Boss, what are your orders?"

Kony is a completely different person now than he was before. After several months of hard work, Kony has lost his original playfulness.

The genes of the Vanderbilt family are not bad, but Vanderbilt himself failed too much in family education.

Liang Yao picked up a pen and wrote the word "America" ​​in the blank space in the middle of Yihexing's business name.

"You must make two copies of this trademark, send one copy to the California Patent and Trademark Office, and send the other copy to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Be sure to register the trademark. Also make two copies of this authorization letter. "

Liang Yao handed over the trademark of Jardine America and the trademark authorization letter to Coni.

Of course Liang Yao knew what the Wu family had in mind, and he was not the kind of person to make wedding clothes for others.

The modern patent system in the United States started earlier than that in the United Kingdom. As early as 1787, the United States wrote patent protection, trademark, property rights protection and other contents into the constitution. In the third year after the promulgation of the constitution, a special "Patent Law" was introduced.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office was established in 1802, while the British Patent Office was officially established in 1852, which is next year.

If the Wu family, who knew nothing about the American system and laws, had the idea of ​​using Liang Yao to help Jardine House open up the United States, they would have made a wrong calculation.

“Is this the trademark of China Yihe Bank?”

Kony recognized the trademark given to him by Liang Yao.

"Do you recognize Yihexing's trademark?" Liang Yao asked.

"Yihe House is also very famous in New York. It is a brand recognized by the nobles. Old Mr. Asta has been an agent of Jardine House for a period of time, but he made a lot of money from it. You are the new owner of Jardine House."

Agent?"

Kony returned to his seat with the trademark and trademark authorization letter given to him by Liang Yao, and carefully copied the Yihexing trademark.

"I have obtained the trademark authorization from Mr. Wu. As long as the trademark is registered, we will be the owners of this brand." Liang Yao picked up the water glass on his desk and asked after taking a sip of water.

"How is the merger of major companies into a group company going?"

(End of chapter)