This pirated CD is very well made. Not only is the packaging beautiful, but the back of the disc is also sprayed with a coating.
Both sides of a CD are very important, one side is called the playback side and the other side is called the storage side.
The playback side is the side where the laser head shines to read information. If this side is damaged, the information read will be incorrect, and the wrong picture will be displayed on the screen or it will not be displayed at all.
The back of the playback surface is the content storage surface, and the content of a CD is pressed on the back.
Many people don’t know and don’t take this aspect seriously, but in fact this aspect is even more important.
As long as the disc on the playback surface is not seriously damaged, it can still be placed in the storage surface. However, if the storage surface is worn out, there will be nothing left.
Therefore, the storage surface of genuine CDs will be sprayed with a thick protective layer.
In order to save costs, pirated discs do not have this coating.
But the two CDs that Wan Feng is watching now have coatings, and are actually no different from the original ones.
The outer packaging of the CD says it is published by China Sky Audio and Video Publishing House.
The guys from Bohai Audio and Video Society asked you to create the South Mountain and North Mountain, but you created the sky. This is quite ambitious.
Yes, these CDs are pirated CDs produced by Bohai Audio and Video Company under Wan Feng’s suggestion.
Just copy the contents of the rented videotapes and make a CD. It's very simple.
There are now more than two dozen feature films and karaoke discs of the same kind on the market.
However, the emergence of pirated discs did not boost the sales of VCD players much, after all, they were too expensive.
Most of the people who can afford it now are commercial units or public institutions.
Only wealthy people can buy it.
The current distribution volume has not yet reached 10,000 units.
Wanfeng is planning to make a slightly larger adjustment to the price of VCDs during the May Day holiday, and hold a promotion, aiming to lower the price to below 5,000.
Just as Wan Feng was watching the video and thinking about this matter, the guard reported: A few foreigners have arrived.
Wan Feng received these foreigners in his office.
There were three foreigners and two Chinese-looking people, all dressed in suits and looked respectable.
What surprised Wan Feng was that the other party did not seem to be here to negotiate peace, but rather to settle a score.
Many college students in Nanwan Group can speak English, so Wan Feng called one in. Although the other party also had a translator, Wan Feng still felt that he needed someone on his side who could understand him.
After both sides introduced themselves, the leading white man, who looked to be in his forties, started to talk.
"Are you Wan Feng, the chairman of Nanwan Group?"
I just introduced it, why is he asking again what it means?
Wan Feng nodded.
"The mobile phones produced by your group infringe our patents in analog communications."
Wan Feng frowned and said, "So you are here to talk to me about the patent."
"Then what?"
"You must immediately stop producing mobile phones and compensate us for our patent losses. Our Xianggang lawyers will send you a letter."
Sending a lawyer's letter to Xianggang? Are you crazy?
"Aren't you here to talk about pagers?"
"First the patents and then the pagers."
"As for whether our mobile phones infringe your patents, I'm not sure. If you think our company has infringed, you can sue us. Is this what you came here to tell me?"
Brett looked very angry: "You are infringing on Motorola's communication technology. Your attitude is very bad."
"Mr. Bright, there's no need to waste time on this nonsense. If you think I've infringed your rights, just sue me in court. There's no need to go into this with me."
This foreigner comes here to bluff people. Does he think that Chinese people know nothing?
In 1992, there was no World Trade Organization, only a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Since 1981, the United States has been running a high trade deficit for years, prompting the country to rely on its advantages in intellectual property rights to escape the predicament.
This initiative naturally received support from Western developed countries, but was unanimously opposed by developing countries.
No agreement was reached.
After 1985, the United States began to vigorously implement its intellectual property rights policy. The weak developing countries had no choice but to agree.
So, starting from 1986, with the unremitting efforts of Western countries, intellectual property rights began to be discussed worldwide.
We have been talking on and off for so many years, but we haven't talked much yet.
Wan Feng knew that it was not until 1994 that the parties reached an agreement and signed the TRIPS Agreement, and that it came into effect on January 1, 1995.
The protection measures only came into effect in 1995. What's the point of calling them patents now?
You can sue the court, and they will have to accept the case.
Brett obviously knew this, and he came here just to scare Lao Gan.
"Mr. Brett, let's just talk business. Let's not use those intimidating words. There's no international consensus on the TRIPS agreement, and even the signing hasn't been completed. Patents are only useful in the United States. In today's China, I think it's best not to mention them. Also, the Chinese character display pager you collaborated on with Inspur doesn't have our patent? We've applied for a patent, too. So, let's just talk about the main points and ignore the unnecessary stuff, OK?"
It was not until this time that Brett felt that the young Chinese man in front of him was not so easy to fool.
The two sides then began to discuss the pager and mobile phone markets.
Without any detours, the conversation progressed very quickly and an agreement was reached soon.
The two parties will no longer compete on price in the pager field, but will compete fairly based on product quality and service.
In the field of mobile phones, both sides competed fairly based on their own abilities, but Brett said that the price of Huaguang mobile phones had dropped too much and needed to be increased, which was rejected by Wan Feng.
If you think I'm selling too cheaply, you can lower the price. Huaguang's brand is not as appealing as Motorola's. Raising the price is courting disaster.
Don't think I won't settle the score.
Eventually, the price of digital pagers stabilized between 600 and 78 yuan, and the price of Chinese-character pagers stabilized between 4,000 and 4,500 yuan.
Mobile phones cannot reduce prices arbitrarily in accordance with market rules.
After the discussion, the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding.
Brett and others left in a hurry after finishing the negotiations, and stayed in Jiangwei for only one day.
After the negotiations, the price of pagers, which had fallen below 600 yuan, rose slightly and stabilized at around 600 to 700 yuan.
Hanxian's price is also stable at around 4,000 yuan.
The one that has changed is the price of Motorola's mobile phone, which has dropped by one thousand yuan.
This is one of the few price cuts for Motorola's mobile phones in recent years.
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