Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Zheng Jianan stood up, pointed to the chair in front of him, and made a gesture to sit down.

Only then did Li Weidong realize that this Zheng Jianan should be about 1.72 meters tall. Although he was wearing black professional clothes, he could not hide his good figure.

"As expected of a mixed race, he has a good figure." Li Weidong thought to himself, and then sat down.

"Hello, I am the Zheng Jianan you are looking for. You can call me Libby." Zheng Jianan said, looked at Li Weidong, and asked: "Mr. Li, are you from the mainland?"

"How do you know? Can this be seen?" Li Weidong subconsciously looked at himself and found no problem.

Today, Li Weidong is dressed in a more business-like style, and it is not the earthy business style of the 1980s, but more of a European-style business dress.

Although business people in Hong Kong in the 1980s also wore suits and leather shoes, the suits at that time were a bit too big. To put it simply, they were not slim-fitting.

In this regard, if you watch Hong Kong movies at that time, you will know that the suits worn by Hong Kong stars always have a strange feeling of not fitting.

At the same time, in European and American countries, suits had developed towards slimming. Of course, the slimming at that time was not the tight slimming of today's Korean clothing. Watching Hollywood movies at that time can also confirm this.

Li Weidong thinks that his dress is quite European and American. Looking at his dress alone, Li Weidong should look more like a Chinese from Europe and the United States than from the mainland.

However, Zheng Jianan judged at a glance that Li Weidong was from the mainland, which made Li Weidong a little bit incredible.

I saw Zheng Jia'an's mouth raised slightly, revealing a charming smile, and she said: "Mr. Li, most of my customers will call me Libby, few people will call me by my Chinese name, and the front desk told me that you are here to see Zheng

Sir, it’s obvious that you don’t know my gender, so you should have known me through someone else’s introduction.”

"Miss Zheng's guess is correct. Mr. Chen Jiade told me that if I need legal assistance, I can come to you." Li Weidong nodded, and then said: "But this doesn't mean that I'm from the mainland, right?

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"Mr. Li, you have been speaking English instead of Cantonese, which shows that you are not good at speaking Cantonese. You did not call me by my English name, which shows that you are not from European and American countries. If you are a European and American customer, you should introduce my English

Name. Based on the analysis, you are most likely from the mainland." Zheng Jianan replied with a smile.

"It's possible that I'm an overseas Chinese. For example, I came from Malaysia, Thailand and other places." Li Weidong said.

"Mr. Li, the Chinese in Southeast Asia should be able to speak Cantonese." Zheng Jianan replied.

Li Weidong suddenly realized that in the 1980s and 1990s, Mandarin was not the mainstream language in overseas Chinese society. At that time, overseas Chinese basically used Cantonese. For example, in Chinese circles in North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and other countries, Cantonese was the common language.

The language, Mandarin, is incomprehensible to many people.

"As expected of a lawyer, he really has a delicate mind and logical thinking." Li Weidong thought to himself.

Li Weidong nodded: "Miss Zheng is right. I am indeed from the mainland. Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Weidong. The purpose of coming here is to hope that your law firm can provide me with some patent services."

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"Our firm has lawyers who are good at patent litigation. I can introduce them to you." Zheng Jianan said.

Li Weidong shook his head: "I don't want to litigate, I want to entrust you to help me apply for a patent."

"As far as I know, the mainland also has patent laws, right? Why did you come to Hong Kong Island to apply for a patent?" Zheng Jia'an asked.

"What I need is a patent under the PCT organization." Li Weidong paused and then said: "Mainland has not joined the PCT, so I can only apply for a PCT patent through Hong Kong Island."

"If you just apply for a patent and don't involve patent infringement, I can help you complete it." Zheng Jianan said.

"Applying for PCT is only the first step. I also need to register patents in several major countries, such as the United States, Japan, and Western European countries." Li Weidong continued.

"If the patent application is successful in the PCT, it is not difficult to obtain patent registration in the contracting country." Zheng Jianan continued: "But it will cost a lot of money."

"I can pay you a deposit first. Is two hundred thousand enough?" Li Weidong asked.

A strange look flashed across Zheng Jianan's beautiful eyes. Even for a lawyer, two hundred thousand is a big sum. If it's a property lawsuit, he has to help the client get at least four million in property before he can get it.

The agency fee is up to 200,000 yuan.

In 1988, a $4 million financial battle would attract the attention of countless gossip tabloids in Hong Kong, and it was enough to make a young lawyer famous!

In comparison, it is much simpler to apply for a patent under the PCT. It does not take much effort, as long as the procedures are complete and everything is followed.

You can earn 200,000 Hong Kong dollars by following this process, which is like pie in the sky.

At this time, Zheng Jianan felt that Li Weidong, a young man, seemed to have become a bit more handsome.

"I really didn't realize that this mainland guy is still a rich man!"

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PCT is the abbreviation of "Patent Cooperation Treaty". Patents under the framework of the PCT organization are what we usually call "international patents".

In the field of international patents, the PCT is a supplement to the Paris Convention and a special agreement open only to member states of the Paris Convention.

In the past, to obtain patent protection in several countries, you had to apply for patents in each country one by one, and the procedures and procedures were very cumbersome. But since the advent of the PCT, as long as the patent is applied for in the PCT, the signatory countries of the PCT will recognize it.

application for this patent.

Although this PCT only simplifies the patent application stage, it does not include patent review and authorization. However, once the patent application is successful under the PCT framework, the subsequent patent review and patent authorization in various countries will become much easier. Generally,

In this case, as long as it does not violate local laws, the patent can be successfully registered.

At that time, the major developed countries were signatories of the PCT, and the five major industrial countries, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan, were the initiators of the PCT. These developed countries were also the main markets for air fryers.

China only joined the PCT in 1994, so there is no way to apply for a PCT patent domestically.

Patent protection is very important. How could a veteran like Li Weidong fail to consider patents?

As early as when he was manufacturing linen car seat cushions, Li Weidong had already thought about applying for a patent.

It's just that there is no point in applying for a patent for something like linen car seat cushions.

Patents are not something you can just pick up and apply for.

There are three types of internationally recognized patents, the first is invention patent, the second is utility model patent, and the third is design patent.

First of all, linen car seat cushions definitely do not meet the standards for invention patents. The weaving process is not a new technology. Human beings have used seat cushions for thousands of years at least. No country will regard car seat cushions as inventions.

As for the second utility model patent, when the Paris Convention was formulated, the concept of utility model patents was not clearly defined. Since the concept is not clear, how can we talk about patent protection?

The third design patent has even greater limitations. Changing the shape is called changing the appearance, changing the pattern is called changing the appearance, changing the color is also called changing the appearance. From a legal perspective, as long as the slightest appearance modification is made, it does not count.

Patent infringement.

It is impossible for manufacturers to apply for patents on all colors, sizes, and patterns. Regarding this, just look at the appearance designs of mobile phones in later generations. Which mobile phone brand has not applied for appearance patents? And which brand's appearance patents are useful?

The same is true for car seat cushions. If you change the color, pattern, or size, your design patent will be easily broken.

What's more, applying for a patent costs money, and applying for a PCT patent costs foreign exchange.

In the 1980s, it was extremely difficult for the Chinese to get some foreign exchange. Of course, the little foreign exchange Li Weidong had in his hands had to be used wisely, and he used it to apply for patents for car seat cushions. That was enough to support him!

In the final analysis, the technical content of car seat cushions is low and the degree of innovation is not enough. At best, it can only be regarded as a good idea, not a new invention.

The air fryer is different. This is a real invention and creation, and it is worth Li Weidong spending a lot of money to register a patent with the PCT.

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If you went to Hong Kong Island in the 1980s, there was one place that was a must-visit attraction, and that was Ocean Park.

At that time, Disneyland had not yet been built on Hong Kong Island, and Ocean Park was probably the largest theme park in Southeast Asia.

Li Weidong, dressed casually, stood at the entrance of the crazy roller coaster, considering whether to go in and experience the largest roller coaster in Asia at the time.

"When I had the opportunity to go to a theme park in my last life, I already had high blood pressure and could not play such exciting activities. Now that I am young and healthy, I should try it when I eat delicious food." Li Weidong thought to himself.

Thinking of this, Li Weidong joined the queue.

More than half an hour later, Li Weidong walked out of the exit dizzy, then sat on a bench and rubbed his cervical spine.

"I will never sit on this thing again, it makes my neck hurt!"

Li Weidong rubbed his neck and looked around. Suddenly, a familiar figure came into Li Weidong's eyes.

It’s Yu Zhengcheng!

Li Weidong blinked and carefully confirmed that the other party was indeed Yu Zhengcheng.

"Am I right? That's Yu Zhengcheng! Why did he come to Hong Kong Island?"

The next second, Li Weidong suddenly realized that Yu Zhengcheng was coming to Hong Kong Island for "inspection".

As the full-time leader of a transportation company, Yu Zhengcheng was allowed to go abroad for "inspections" before his retirement. In terms of the environment at that time, the main destinations for such "overseas inspections" were Hong Kong Island and Singapore.

"It seems that after Yu Zhengcheng returns, he should retire, and Zhu Shicong will take over the position of top leader."

Thinking of this, Li Weidong sighed. It seemed that the "truce agreement" between him and Zhu Shicong was about to end.