When will I have a long tassel?

"The annual rent for such a large store is only a few thousand euros?"

Xiao Wenjun paid attention to another question and couldn't help asking in surprise.

This technical services company in Ferguson is quite large. In addition to the store, there are several offices in the back. I didn’t expect the annual rent to be only a few thousand euros, or tens of thousands of RMB.

Linhe is a third-tier city, and Gaotan, where the machine tool park is located, is not a prosperous area. However, it is really cheap to rent a commercial building of no less than three to four hundred square meters for a few thousand yuan a month.

Ferguson was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a sneer: "Professor Xiao, I have to thank Mr. Tang for this. It was him who formulated the policy that stipulates that the rent in the park is preferential. Indeed, if a store like this is in In Germany, you may not be able to rent a house for several thousand euros a month.”

Tang Zifeng waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me for this. The preferential policy is given by Linhe City Government, and it is only for three years. After three years, the rent will be determined according to the tax amount of each enterprise. Enterprises that pay more tax You can enjoy relatively high discounts, but companies with low taxes have to pay high rents. If they can't pay, they have to get out. Linhe City also spent a lot of money to build this park, and they are not philanthropic."

"This is completely appropriate." Ferguson looked very reasonable and said: "What I particularly admire about the Chinese government is that Chinese officials are very enthusiastic about things that can develop the economy. My technical service center is applying for a business license. It only took a week, and the service from all departments was very good.

"Our Western officials also promised to vigorously develop the economy during the election campaign, but in fact they have done very little. Industrial clusters like Gaotan Park are absolutely invisible in our West."

Xiao Wenjun said: "Mr. Ferguson, I have read the opinions of some Chinese scholars, and they admire Germany's industrial layout. According to them, many companies in Germany are scattered in small towns and have only focused on the industrial layout for hundreds of years. When it comes to making a product, there are few large-scale industrial parks like China.”

"No, this is definitely not something to be envied!" Ferguson said, "There are indeed many companies in Germany located in small towns, and the products they produce are also very good. However, this is not a good industrial layout. model, this is just for historical reasons.

“As a machine tool professional, I prefer places like Gaotan. In less than 10 square kilometers, there are dozens of complete machine tool companies, hundreds of parts factories and technology like mine. service company.

"Here, any genius idea can be verified immediately. No matter what kind of product we design, we can immediately find a company to produce it. This Gaotan Park is a giant laboratory, it is everything A paradise for scholars and engineers who study machine tools.”

"Are you sure?" Xiao Wenjun asked seriously, "Mr. Ferguson, are you sure you don't think this is a paradise just because you can make money here?"

"Of course not!" Ferguson replied righteously, as if he had been greatly insulted: "I admit that when I first opened this machine tool service center, it was to make money. But when I found that my customers could provide My mind changed as I was offered a variety of new ideas.

"Professor Xiao, you may not know that in the past three months, I have published four first-class papers, and several papers are under review. I have no doubt that they will be accepted and can attract attention. sensation.

"The ideas for all these papers came from my clients. Their requests contained many genius ideas. I just followed their ideas and helped them solve the technical implementation problems, and they put these ideas into practice. It was given to me generously.”

"I hope you didn't infringe on their original rights." Tang Zifeng said half-jokingly.

Ferguson looked bitter and said: "Mr. Tang, to tell you the truth, I did have the idea of ​​infringing on their original rights, but I found that all the Chinese customers I dealt with knew the value of intellectual property very well, and they allowed I wrote these ideas into papers and had the right to authorize them, but they were determined not to let me possess the resulting patents.

"They have a first-class team of lawyers. When they signed the contract with our center, they stipulated all the interests clearly, leaving us no chance. Later I learned that it was you who provided legal services for them. A law firm affiliated with the group, I think this should be at your instruction, right?"

"No." Tang Zifeng categorically denied, "We just set up a special law firm to deal with similar problems because we have suffered some losses on this issue. You should know that the lawyers in the law firm also have Performance requirements, so they will provide some legal assistance to the companies in the park in addition to completing the tasks delivered by the group. This is the same as Professor Ferguson when you opened a machine tool technical service center."

Tang Zifeng's words are somewhat untrue. As a time traveler, he pays far more attention to intellectual property issues than entrepreneurs of his generation, and has mentioned this matter many times at group office meetings. Zhang Jianyang, the group's executive vice president, is a loyal fan of his and will pay 120% attention to any of his words. Therefore, it is not wrong for Ferguson to say that this incident was caused by Tang Zifeng's instruction.

The law firm Ferguson was talking about was established under Zhang Jianyang's instruction and is under the banner of Linhui Company. It is now a well-known law firm focusing on intellectual property rights in the entire Dongye Province.

Gaotan Park is home to dozens of complete machine tool factories, as well as a large number of machine tool accessories manufacturers. If intellectual property rights issues are not emphasized, copycats will inevitably flourish, thereby dampening the innovative behavior of enterprises in the park. Driven by Zhang Jianyang, Linhui Law Firm conducted multiple rounds of legal education in Gaotan Park, and also took the initiative to seek justice for some companies that had been infringed. This created an atmosphere of attaching importance to intellectual property rights in the park.

"Mr. Tang, don't worry, I have professional ethics, and so do my colleagues." Ferguson quickly confessed, "I will seriously discuss our respective rights with my clients, and I will write the ideas they provide into a paper. , I will also obtain their consent in advance. Sometimes, I will take the initiative to lower some prices in return for using their ideas."

"I think this should be a win-win transaction." Tang Zifeng said with a smile, "To you, these papers are worth much higher than the price you gave up, but to the companies in the park, they are worth nothing. Money. They don’t want to be academics, so they don’t need to think about publishing papers.”

Xiao Wenjun interjected: "It is reasonable for Mr. Ferguson to have the right to authorize the paper. Those companies only provided a demand. The specific methods to solve the problem and the corresponding theories were all completed by Mr. Ferguson, and these are the core content of the paper. This is generally how we work with businesses in schools.”

"Yes, yes, Professor Xiao is so right!" Ferguson quickly agreed. These words were said by Tang Zifeng's wife, which seemed more convincing. Ferguson was really afraid that Tang Zifeng would do something weird again, such as teaching companies to bargain with him and forcing him to give up more profits, and he would lose money.

Publishing papers is a necessity for Ferguson. The employment contract between Dongye University and Ferguson stipulates that he must publish a number of papers every year, and it also stipulates that he will be given high rewards for the excess. The profits that Ferguson transferred to the company were actually just the bonuses given to him by Dongye University, and they were only part of the bonuses. Ferguson made a net profit from this transaction.

Even if immediate income is not considered, the papers Ferguson published will be valuable in the long run. The more papers he published, the more famous he became. The greater his reputation, the higher the price he will offer when others want to hire him.

Professors work hard to write and publish papers, not all for the purpose of exploring human truths. Improving one's own worth in order to obtain long-term benefits is probably the strongest driving force.

Tang Zifeng and Ferguson were chatting casually, while Xiao Wenjun was playing with the children on the side, but her ears were perked. In her heart, an idea grew uncontrollably.

"Zifeng, I've thought about it, and I'm also going to open a technical service center in the park."

After walking out of Laosen Machine Tool Technical Service Center, Xiao Wenjun said to Tang Zifeng.

Tang Zifeng laughed loudly: "I guessed that you would be tempted. Ferguson boasted too much just now, and he may regret it now."

"What does he regret?"

"I regret recruiting a competitor like you. If Professor Xiao takes action, will he still have Lao Sen's business in the park in the future?"

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe you country bumpkins believe in foreign experts more?"

"This may be true in other places, but in Gaotan Park, foreigners are really not that rare." Tang Zifeng said confidently, "There is absolutely no atmosphere of worshiping foreigners in Gaotan Park. On the contrary, everyone thinks that the price of domestic products It’s cheap and the service is good, you’d be a fool not to choose domestic products.”

Xiao Wenjun burst out laughing: "Zifeng, I'm afraid this is the result of your brainwashing everyone, right? In order to squeeze out Korean machine tool companies, you made up a lot of jokes about Koreans. And Wang Zijie did it That identification network also spreads the idea that domestic products are better than foreign products all day long. Not to mention your Gaotan Park, even we at Tsinghua University have many students who believe your propaganda."

"What we said was not wrong." Tang Zifeng said, "You are engaged in technology. How dare you say that China's technology is completely inferior to foreign countries?"

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