When will I have a long tassel?

As one of the parties involved, Puzhou Automobile also noticed the reversal of online public opinion. In fact, even if the leadership of Puzhou Automobile was too slow to notice this new round of public opinion, He Jian, the instigator behind it, would give them a kind reminder. After all, as Tang Zifeng said, businessmen can't afford to be early without profit. He Jian worked hard to set up such a situation in order to regain the orders for multi-station machine tools that were gradually disappearing.

"Someno accused Ji Ji of plagiarizing their technology. Is there any basis for this statement?"

At the group office meeting, General Manager Xia Chongjie asked Technology Minister Xu Mao. Before that, everyone had read Qi Muden's masterpiece and listened to the group office's report on relevant public opinion.

"The statement in this article is based on Someno's side. The person who wrote the article, Saimuto, is said to be an economics professor and knows nothing about machine tools. Many of the things he said in the article are very unprofessional. "Xu Mao commented unceremoniously.

Although Xu Mao's heart is inclined toward Ranye, he is still a technician and cannot support Qi Muden's nonsense without conscience.

"So, Linji's machine tools are not copied from Someno's, so there is no infringement issue?" Xia Chongjie asked.

Xu Mao said: "I have carefully compared Linji's machine tools and Someno's machine tools. There are indeed similarities in some design ideas, but this is not surprising. It is just like when we build a car and others want to streamline it, we also To achieve streamlinedness, this is determined by aerodynamics, and there is no question of who is copying whom.

"When we went to Linji for inspection, Linji's chief engineer Qin Zhongnian introduced to us that when they developed this series of special machine tools, they adopted a full forward development idea for the first time. The overall design of the machine tool is completely independent and innovative, and there is no reference to foreign existing machine tools. Design ideas for machine tools.”

"Full forward development? Are they really doing this?" Ma Hai, deputy general manager of the group, asked in surprise. Other leaders also looked at Xu Mao with surprised eyes, waiting to hear his answer.

They are all engaged in industry, and the leaders of Puqi know the difference between forward development and reverse development. China's industrialization lags behind Western countries by more than 100 years. In the 1950s, relying on 156 key projects aided by the former Soviet Union, China established a preliminary industrialization system. Almost all industrial technologies were copied from the Soviet model. All industrial products that ranked high were imitations of Soviet products. .

By the 1980s, China began to turn to the West to introduce technology. Initially, it purchased Western technology licenses to localize imported equipment. Later, it transformed and innovated existing foreign products based on imported technology. When it comes to innovation, in fact, most of the time, the design ideas are reversely speculated based on existing foreign products, and then some necessary modifications are made on this basis to avoid intellectual property obstacles.

Forward development in this way is extremely challenging for all domestic companies. The difficulty of forward development lies not only in the lack of reference goals, but also in the need to bypass the paths that have been taken abroad and explore a new path of one's own.

You must know that foreign industrial development is ahead, and all the easy roads have been taken by others. Those roads that have been abandoned by others have basically been verified as unworkable. As a rising country, it is extremely difficult not to follow the same path as others.

Puqi Automobile Co., Ltd. is one of the top automobile companies in China. It first started through joint ventures with foreign car companies and introduced foreign models for production. In recent years, in response to the country’s call for independent innovation, Puzhou Automobile has also been exploring the development of automobile products with independent intellectual property rights.

During development, Puzhou Automobile also faces the choice between forward development and reverse development. Reverse development is to imitate foreign models and avoid patent barriers. Although the car designed in this way can be said to have independent intellectual property rights, a discerning person will know that it is a plagiarism at a glance, and will be looked down upon.

Forward development is certainly more valuable, but it is more than ten times more difficult than reverse development. Puqi Automobile Group has several project teams that are currently developing new models. Their progress can only be described as slow, and there are often situations where everyone ends up colliding with existing foreign technology after discussions for a long time.

When Xu Mao said that his multi-station machine tool was the result of forward development, the leaders of Pudong Automobile Group were shocked.

"They did it," Xu Mao said with a hint of jealousy. "The person who presided over the development of new models was their group chief engineer Qin Zhongnian, but I heard that the one who made the greatest contribution to design thinking was a senior engineer from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University. Professor Xiao Wenjun. Dong Xiao and Xiao Wenjun from our technology department were roommates during their Ph.D. years. I learned about it from Dong Xiao and she said that Xiao Wenjun is a well-known talented woman at Tsinghua University. She has a very high theoretical level and was independent as an undergraduate. Completed machine tool design.

"You may not know that most of the wood carving crafts on the market today are carved using the wood carving machine tool she first designed. Xiao Wenjun was still an undergraduate when he designed the wood carving machine tool."

"This Xiao Wenjun is the wife of Tang Zifeng, general manager of Linji." Procurement Minister Liu Zhifeng added another piece of information to everyone.

"If there is such a thing, wouldn't it turn into a mom-and-pop shop of Tang Zifeng's family?" Xia Chongjie muttered. He and Tang Zifeng also knew each other, but this was the first time he heard about this gossip.

"In my opinion, even if Riki's multi-station machine tools are not 100% forward development, at least half of them are forward development, and the other half is based on existing foreign products. It is not surprising. Someno said that Riki's machine tools infringed on them The design idea is purely for the sake of success." Xu Mao said.

Xia Chongjie said: "Whether it's 100%, 50%, or even 0%, if Someno says that he plagiarized them at the last moment, he can go to court and file a lawsuit. What's the point of hiring trolls to promote it online?" Meaning? We are all engaged in industry. Not only domestically, but also internationally, is there anything strange about plagiarizing design ideas? As long as there is no evidence of infringement, others will just plagiarize it, and they will be shouted out in the media. No matter how fierce you are, it won’t have any effect.”

"Mr. Xia is right. What Ranye did was really a bit despicable." Xu Mao said.

Mo Jingrong interjected: "Some Ye is doing this to win orders for multi-station machine tools. In fact, we have always been inclined to purchase Some Ye equipment, but because of price issues, we have not made a decision yet, and as a result we risked The emergence of such a variable.

"In the past, no matter how hard they tried, as long as we were not interested in them, there was nothing they could do. But as a result, they misunderstood that the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission had introduced this policy to promote the first set of units, and they trapped us all at once. .

"If we don't have a suitable reason, if we want to push away the opportunity and choose Ranye, we will take a big risk. With Tang Zifeng's virtue, if we really do this, he will really dare to file a lawsuit.

"In fact, Someno wrote such an article to help us get rid of the problem. Regardless of whether Linji's products are copied from Someno's, with such criticism, we will not consider Linji's products. When the time comes, If the lawsuit goes to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, we won’t get any justice.”

"I think if Linji's equipment passes the test, it's okay for us to buy Linji's equipment. If according to what Minister Xu said, Linji is fully developing forward this time. This will increase the ambition of our Chinese enterprises. We It is necessary to support them," Ma Hai said.

Another executive named Jia Honglian also echoed: "I support Lao Ma's view. We are familiar with Someno's equipment, and its performance and quality are very reliable, but its price is too expensive. Moreover, judging from the feedback from Lao Mo and the others in the past few times, Someno really didn't take us seriously because of their skills.

"They say the customer is God, and we are some of Someno's old customers. If we ask them to lower the price of their equipment a little bit, they will not agree to it. To put it bluntly, isn't it just bullying us Chinese people who can't build these machine tools on our own?

"Now the same machine tool has been developed at the last opportunity, and the price is only half of Someno's. This makes us feel bad. Not to mention that the country has a policy to support the first set. Even if there is no such policy, I think we should Strongly support our own enterprises. It’s better to have our own business than our father’s. If we master the technology ourselves, we won’t be angry with those little devils and foreign devils.”

Noila Mo listened to the two words with a wry smile and turned her head to Xia Chongjie, waiting to hear the opinion of the leader.

Xia Chongjie frowned and said: "This matter was originally very simple. It was just a cost-effective issue of purchasing equipment. In fact, we never said in the past that we would never use temporary equipment. We were just working with them and Someno to make a decision. Comprehensive comparison. As a result, Lin Ji did not follow the rules and directly reported the matter to the media, and even went online to say that a certain automobile company favors foreigners. What a certain automobile company, isn't this just pointing at our Puzhou Automobile Co., Ltd. Swearing?"

"Indeed, this matter was handled improperly when the opportunity arises!" Executive Shao Ying said, "We are all companies under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. We can't sit down and talk about anything. Even the smallest thing is published in the newspaper. What a big deal. Son?"

"Your purchasing department is responsible for this matter." Xia Chongjie said to Liu Zhifeng, "How did you communicate with the manufacturer? You made such a big move at the last moment, but you didn't react at all in advance."

"We have failed in our duty in this matter."

Liu Zhifeng was about to cry but had no tears, so he could only bow his head and admit his mistake. Previously, the opinions of the group's leadership were in favor of Someno, and the instructions given to him were to compromise with the opportunity and use the opportunity to lower Someno's price. He is not a fool when the opportunity arises. How could he not see that Puqi is playing tricks on others, and a counterattack is inevitable.

Fortunately, now that the state has issued a document, Puqi admits its failure and blames Liu Zhifeng for poor communication. Where can he go to reason?