Chapter 475
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"What did you say? There is a third VCD player brand in the market? " Feng Yu frowned. Could it be that someone had developed a better technology to replace the VCD player's technology?
It should not be possible. Just the video compression technology alone could not be bypassed. It must be imitating the VCD players. This new VCD player brand must be infringing on the copyright! The patented technologies were all with Feng Yu!
But if they were able to crack the VCD player's technology, it meant that the technicians were good. Feng Yu felt that he should poach this technician over.
Feng Yu drove to the shopping mall and walked to the VCD player counter. He saw the third brand other than Wind and Rain and Aiwa. Feng Hua!
This f * cking name doesn't even cross the line. It's clearly a knockoff!
"Hi, can I take a look at that Feng Hua VCD player?" Feng Yu pointed to a VCD player and asked.
The salesperson looked at Feng Yu. He was very young, but she could see the watch on Feng Yu's wrist. Feng Yu was also holding a bulging handbag. There might be a pager in the handbag. He should be a big boss.
"Ok. This is this year's latest VCD player. It is advertised by an overseas celebrity, and it is very cheap. It is only 2,900 RMB. It is cheaper than Wind and Rain and Aiwa brands by a few hundred RMB!"
Latest model? An advertisement by an overseas celebrity?
Feng Yu looked at the sticker on the VCD player. Damn. Madonna's face was printed on the sticker! Fine. Madonna was indeed a famous international celebrity. But this VCD player was a knockoff. Who could afford to hire Madonna? He was afraid that this so-called celebrity endorsement was also fake.
But Madonna had never visited Hua Xia before. She would not notice that she was being "endorsed" and would not ask for compensation! In Feng Yu's previous life, many counterfeit products had been used too many times.
"Can I try it?"
"Of course." The salesperson skillfully connected the VCD player, then took out a CD from this year's Spring Festival Gala and stuffed it into the player.
Feng Yu had gotten the VCD rights of the Spring Festival Gala from CCTV for 1 million RMB. But this was a free gift for Wind and rain VCD players and Aiwa VCD players. Now, this salesman was using this VCD player to test the machine!
The picture quality was very clear, there was no lag, no mosaics, and the sound was also very good. Feng Yu was taken aback. This knockoff product was amazing!
Feng Yu took out 100 RMB and gave it to the salesperson: "Actually, I am not buying the VCD player. Can you give me the contact information of this manufacturer?"
Feng Yu took a look. There was no contact information printed on the box at all. There probably wasn't even a production approval document!
The salesperson looked around, took out a business card from under the counter, and secretly gave it to Feng Yu. "Don't let the manager see it."
"Oh, how long have you been selling this Feng Hua VCD player?"
"We started selling it after Lunar New Year. The prices are lower than Wind and rain and Aiwa VCD players. Other malls do not have this VCD player!"
Feng Yu frowned. Wu Chih-gang had been selling this VCD player for a long time, and now, he knew that there was something wrong with the distributors. They were the distributors, and how could they not know about this?
… …
"Hello, is this Manager Ou?" Feng Yu called the number on the business card. Feng Hua VCD Company General Manager Ou Debao was listed on the business card.
"Yes, I am. Who is this?"
"I am from Da Hua Shopping Mall. I heard from my friend that you have cheap VCD players? I want to get a batch of them. Cash! It must be cash! Ok. I will look for you. "
After hanging up, Feng Yu called Master Lu. He wanted to borrow two people from him. He must not let this Ou Debao escape!
Feng Yu looked at the person sitting by the window from afar. He felt that this person was different from the cunning businessman in his mind. His hair was messy, and he was wearing glasses. He was also skinny. How come he looks like a technician?
"Are you Feng Hua Company's Ou Debao?"
"Yes. Are you General Manager Feng?" Ou Debao stood up and extended his hand to Feng Yu.
Feng Yu shook Ou Debao's hand and smiled: "I am from Aiwa Company. You dare to show your face?"
Seeing Feng Yu's signal, two men standing at the entrance rushed in and held Ou Debao down.
The restaurant owner ran over: "Stop fighting. I will call the police!"
One of the men took out his work pass from his pocket: "We are the police. We are arresting a suspect. Are you going to stop us?"
The restaurant owner took two steps back: "No, no. Do you need any help? I can go to the kitchen and call a few people out. "
"What are you doing? What law did I break?" Ou Debao was confused. After being pinned down, he began to struggle and shout.
"Shut up. Don't you know what you have done?"
Ou Debao was forced into Feng Yu's car by two men, and Feng Yu drove to a police station. These two officers had borrowed the interrogation room.
"What are you all doing?" Ou Debao was scared. He looked like he was about to cry.
"Answer my questions. Don't talk if I don't ask!"
Feng Yu walked over to Ou Debao and frowned: "Are you really Ou Debao? General Manager of Feng Hua VCD Company, Ou Debao? "
"Yes. What's wrong?"
"Are you the one who developed this Feng Hua VCD player? Or did you buy it from other places? "
"Someone sold it to me." Ou Debao tried to avoid looking at Feng Yu.
"Liar! Are you looking for a beating?" One of the officers tried to scare Feng Yu.
"I did not develop it myself. It is a few of us who developed it together!"
"Developed? You are the one who dismantled other people's VCD players and decrypted their technology? Don't you know that this is called counterfeiting? It's against the law! "
"Illegal? How is it illegal? We developed this technology ourselves, and we have our own brand. How can you say that our products are counterfeit? Have you used our VCD players before? Our VCD players are clearer than Wind and Rain and Aiwa brands, and our sound quality is better. How can you say that we are imitating them? "Ou Debao shouted.
Feng Yu suddenly asked: "Can your products remove the mosaics?"
Damn. Were they developing the Super VCD player? Wind & Rain Electronics had not even developed this technology, and these people had developed it?
"No."
Feng Yu was relieved. He thought that Wind & Rain Electronics's technology was not good and had wasted their money. But it was a false alarm.
"Even if you all had made some improvements, are you all the improvements on Wind and Rain or Aiwa brands? Do you know that VCD is also a brand, and it is my brand? You had used the name VCD, and that is an infringement! "
The people in this era had no awareness of copyright. In 1990, Hua Xia was still on the US watch list. This was because there was no patent protection.
Feng Yu was sued for monopolization of the humidifiers and bladeless fans. He found out that the US government had allowed this to happen. This was to suppress Hua Xia's companies and increase their bargaining chips with Hua Xia's government.
But in the past two years, Hua Xia's awareness of patent protection had increased. Last September, Hua Xia had even amended the loopholes in the "Patent Law". This news was even reported on the news. How could this person not know about this?
"I really don't know about this. We had developed this technology ourselves."
Feng Yu shook his head. There was no way to reason with this person.
"When the Industry and Commerce Bureau and the Police close down your company, you will know that you are breaking the law. If you are free, you should read up on the "Patent Law". I am not scaring you. If I sue you, you will go bankrupt! "
Hmmm … Feng Yu was scaring him. Hua Xia's current patent law did not have such high compensation standards.
"Ah? Why can't we make our own VCD players? "Ou Debao was still mumbling to himself.
"How many units of VCD players have you produced?"
"About 100 units. We had assembled all these units ourselves, and we are only selling them in a few shopping malls. I really don't know if this is illegal. Can you not arrest me? I will not sell anymore!"
Only 100 units? Feng Yu nodded. No wonder the distributors did not know about this. Seems like the shopping malls had purposely hidden this information. The profits from selling Feng Hua VCD players should be higher.
If these people were skilled, Feng Yu would recruit them to work at Wind and Rain Electronics. This was considered making the best use of these people.
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