From Becoming Penguin's Major Shareholder to Building an Entertainment Empire

Note that this book is a slow-burn novel, and it will become increasingly exciting as the story progresses.

It starts from 2002, beginning at the Beijing Film Academy, and starting with the H...

Chapter 717 Lenovo Plagiarism

"Mr. Shen, Lenovo is trying to go head-to-head with us. Their price is only 200 yuan higher than ours, they're throwing in an MP3 player and a voucher, and not only that, they've copied our idea, making a matching couple's version, even the colors are exactly the same. That's bad enough, but their functions are exactly the same as ours—that's stealing our patent!!!"

Looking at the indignant Song Xiuli, Shen Fang remained calm: "Sister Rong, don't be so impatient. The deed is done. Now we need to come up with our strategic plan."

"Mr. Shen, we must sue them!!!"

Shen Fang nodded: "We definitely have to sue, but there aren't any perfect laws protecting intellectual property rights in China. Even if we win, it will take at least half a year."

"In the past six months, Lenovo has already made enough money. Even if you win, it doesn't matter to them if they lose some money."

Song Xiuli was taken aback by what she heard; she hadn't expected that.

"So, we're just going to stand by and watch?"

Shen Fang sneered: "What they took from me, I'll make them spit it out! You help me gather all the manufacturers in the country that have obtained mobile phone licenses, and we'll share all our existing technology for free! Isn't that stealing? Then I'll throw away my livelihood!!!"

Song Xiuli was stunned: "Free?"

Shen Fang smiled and said, "Although it's free, we will sign a cooperation agreement to share patent usage rights. Other mobile phone manufacturers also have their own unique patents. In the future, the speed of mobile phone technology development and upgrading will be very fast. You can't prevent this from happening even if you want to."

"Shenzhou wants to stay at the forefront of this path, which requires not only its own technology, software, and supply chain, but also manufacturers. So far, we haven't perfected this aspect, but these established mobile phone manufacturers have these things. We can benefit from each other. In the future, mobile phone quality is one aspect, appearance is another aspect, and performance is yet another aspect. We need to develop in multiple aspects."

"Moreover, now that everyone has seen the blue ocean market of mobile phones and has seen how much money we've made, there will definitely be many more people entering the fray. Rather than doing that, why not make friends and, incidentally, annoy Lenovo a bit?"

"He stole it, we'll return it!"

Song Xiuli nodded: "Understood, leave it to me!!!"

......

The following day, news of Lenovo being sued for copying Hasee mobile phones and stealing Hasee's patents was immediately reported by major media outlets.

There are many different opinions online.

Tianya Community.

ID I'll trap you, monkey: "What's going on? Plagiarism? Or did Lenovo plagiarize Hasee? That can't be right."

ID Qingfengmingyue: "Absolutely plagiarism. I've compared the two phones. They have the same performance and the same color. They're even matching couple models. Lenovo is shameless."

ID Watermelon Ice: "No way, Lenovo is the pride of the nation!"

ID Seeking Buddha: "Nationalism my ass! They're all foreign brands now. Besides, plagiarism is plagiarism, blatant plagiarism. You all know how much hype there was when Shenzhou phones came out. Now the two phones are exactly the same. What is this if not plagiarism?"

ID Pineapple Pineapple Honey: "That's not quite right. Before things are settled, let's not jump to conclusions."

ID Tang Seng loves Pantene: "They've already been sued, and people are still helping them wash their hair. I'm speechless."

...........

"Father, the Shenzhou team has already started hiring lawyers," Yang Yuanqing said, looking at Liu Xiang, who appeared to be drinking tea and reading a newspaper.

Liu Xiang didn't even look up: "Let them go, if they go, we'll go too."

“Father, we are in the wrong. There are smears against Lenovo everywhere online and in the media, which is causing great damage to our reputation.”

Liu Xiang smiled and said, "Reputation? Lenovo is afraid of losing this little bit of reputation? Just look at how much profit our Lenovo SG phones have brought in during this period of time."

"Close to 200 million."

"200 million? Nearly 200 million in profit in just one month! So what if they sue us? Legal awareness regarding patent infringement in China isn't complete, and patent protection is practically nonexistent. Let them sue us, drag it out until they're worn out. Real money in our hands is what truly matters. You brat, you made me look bad in front of everyone, I'll show you what real pain is!!!"