The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 84 Patent?

"I'm afraid it's not that simple?" He Baiyi said with a smile.

The China Europe International Business School just did it, and the Beijing Institute of Technology is doing it now. This is a bit offensive.

He Baiyi knew that Qian Shuyan would not look for him unless there was a desperate reason.

"Leader, you are indeed very insightful. Actually, Professor Huang in our institute encountered some difficulties in his experiment, so we plan to invite everyone to come and exchange ideas."

"It's just that this matter has something to do with Li Mu, so I wanted to ask if you can support it."

"Is it related to Li Mu?" He Baiyi frowned slightly, and then thought that since Qian Shuyan had brought those experts and professors over, he probably wanted to keep them.

Then Li Mu is the best golden signboard.

"Do you want to make Li Mu's achievements public in a small circle?" He Baiyi asked.

Qian Shuyan smiled and said, "Yes, leader. I think as long as we keep it confidential, there will be no problem with a small-scale disclosure."

"Now that OM countries have developed integrated circuits, we must catch up with them in great strides."

He Baiyi fell into deep thought after hearing this.

He also heard about what happened to Li Mu at the semiconductor seminar.

Since Qian Shuyan has said this, it means that there has been at least some progress in the research of integrated circuits, and it may even have reached a critical step.

"You, you really gave me a difficult problem." He Baiyi sighed helplessly, but soon made up his mind: "I will communicate with the First Ministry of Machine Building, you wait for my call."

He Baiyi hung up the phone, thought for a while, walked out of the office, and decided to go to the Ministry of First Machine Building in person.

……

One machine department.

When Leader Qiu heard that He Baiyi from the Ministry of Culture and Education was coming, he quickly stood up to greet him.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, He Baiyi stated his purpose.

After listening, Leader Qiu frowned, seeming to be still a little confused.

"Old He, are you sure that the Beijing Institute of Technology has made real progress? When the wafer cutting equipment was reported to you last time, I specifically asked about it, and the Semiconductor Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences has not yet made any breakthroughs!" said Leader Qiu.

Industrialization is an industrial chain. We have single crystal furnaces and ultra-thin diamond wheel cutting machines. It is natural to pay attention to their subsequent progress.

He Baiyi smiled and said:

"Old He, don't forget that Beijing Institute of Technology has a great genius!"

……

Beijing Institute of Technology.

Li Mu walked out of the laboratory building. The cold night wind blew over him, instantly clearing his sleepy consciousness.

"This progress is really unacceptable." Looking at the experimental data collected in his hands for the entire afternoon, Li Mu sighed inwardly.

If we can only try and error over and over again, the progress of the experiment will undoubtedly be greatly shortened.

Although Liu Ze and Wang Yang have tried their best to select light-sensitive solvents and sensitizers, they still cannot meet the requirements of resist-etched thin film materials.

Even if Li Mu wanted to help, the research group had no professors in related fields, so if he offered his advice, it would be tantamount to self-destruction.

At least he can use it after he has mastered the basic knowledge of chemistry and has some understanding of the concept.

But doing so would waste a lot of time.

"Let's wait for news from Professor Huang." Unable to think of a solution, Li Mu could only hope that Huang Xinhua could bring someone over.

……

The next day.

After Li Mu finished washing up, he was about to go downstairs to the playground to run, when he saw Qian Shuyan and three men in Zhongshan suits coming towards him. This posture shocked many students who got up early.

Li Mu was also a little surprised when he saw it, but he quickly realized that after more than ten days, there should be news about the air fryer.

"Director Xu, this is Li Mu." Qian Shuyan introduced him to the three of them first.

The leader, a middle-aged man in his 40s or 50s wearing a Mao suit, immediately stood up and said, "Hello, Li Mu, I am the director of the Foreign Trade Committee, Xu Mingxin."

"Foreign Trade Commission?" Li Mu was surprised and said quickly, "Hello, Director Xu."

Xu Mingxin smiled and said, "I won't say any more polite words. This time I came to you about the air fryer. Let's talk about it somewhere else."

As he said this, he glanced at Qian Shuyan.

Qian Shuyan understood what he meant and led everyone to a small pavilion.

Although there are still students passing by occasionally, at least there is no need to worry about being eavesdropped.

Xu Mingxin then continued, "Student Li Mu, the air fryer you invented has been sent to Hong Kong by us. Through some patriotic businessmen, it was shipped to O State. We conducted a small-scale sales survey in the market and received a surprising response."

"We initially estimated that once air fryers officially enter the markets of countries such as OM, the foreign exchange generated each year could exceed one million dollars."

"Student Li Mu, you have made an invaluable contribution to this achievement!"

He looked at Li Mu with emotion.

Who would have thought that a sophomore student could earn foreign exchange for the country through inventions?

And it's not just a little bit of foreign exchange earnings. The foreign exchange income project is expected to be in the millions, which will already be a huge income for their Foreign Trade Committee.

"It's what I should do." Li Mu smiled slightly.

He didn't know much about the current international market, but a sum of over one million dollars would be a shocking number even in later times.

Xu Mingxin laughed and said, "Student Li Mu is very modest!"

“But since we have made a contribution, we should still reward ourselves after successfully exporting the air fryer!”

"But there is a problem now. Our Foreign Trade Committee has different opinions on the sales method of exporting air fryers. I wonder if you have any good suggestions, Li Mu?"

In fact, this matter is an internal affair of the Foreign Trade Committee and should not be brought up.

But Xu Mingxin thought that since Li Mu could make an air fryer, he might have some understanding of the OM market, so he asked casually.

Li Mu pondered for a moment. This question is simple. Many business models in later generations are now considered dimensionality reduction attacks.

Of course, the time gap cannot be too big, otherwise you may suffer from acclimatization problems.

As if he saw Li Mu's hesitation, Xu Mingxin said, "Just speak boldly. If you are right, you will be rewarded. If you are wrong, it doesn't matter."

"In fact, we can directly sell the sales rights to merchants in the local market, and then let them sell the goods for us. If we hold the patent, they can only sell according to our method." Li Mu thought for a while and spoke.

Xu Mingxin was stunned when he heard this: "Patent?"

"Don't we have a registered patent for the air fryer?" Li Mu was shocked.

Patents are the guarantee of intellectual property rights. Without them, the entry of air fryers into the Japanese market is like a child carrying gold through a busy market.

"Patents are laws used by capitalist countries to exploit others. If we do the same, isn't it..." Xu Mingxin frowned slightly.

Li Mu groaned, "Leader, only by using the laws of capitalist countries can we fight back against capitalist countries!"

"The patent is in our hands, and we can decide whether to use it or not. But if it falls into the hands of the enemy, then we will not have the final say!"

"If we don't register and the capitalists preemptively register, they will use the patent rights to threaten us and force us to pay the patent fee, otherwise they will not allow us to produce. So should we pay or not?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Mingxin's face suddenly changed. If someone really registered the patent, he was almost certain that given the greed of foreign capitalists, they would definitely do so. Then the original production plan would be like throwing a piece of fat meat into a pack of jackals.

(End of this chapter)