Chapter 247: Everyone is eyeing Fenghua
"Xiao Ye, you guessed it right again this time. Someone did go to the Trademark Office recently and tried to register the Fenghua brand. Fortunately, you were prepared."
Jin Peng hurriedly found Li Ye, and as soon as they met he expressed his admiration for him like a torrent of water.
Li Ye's eyes sharpened, and he asked in a cold voice: "Have you found out who that person is?"
Jin Peng shook his head and said, "They didn't say anything. It's good enough that they can talk to us to this extent."
"I didn't say that we are not close enough," Li Ye said calmly, "Go and walk around as soon as possible, don't be so stingy, and try to improve our relationship."
Jin Peng was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Li Ye, who was always easy-going, was really angry this time.
Jin Peng immediately said: "Okay, I will go back in a few days, but Xiaoye, is this matter so serious?
Now everyone in the country knows that Fenghua Clothing belongs to us. Even if it is seized by someone else, we can find them and they will have to hand it over obediently. We are in the right!"
Li Ye smiled and said, "We are indeed right, but they are thinking about the law. When they talk to you about the legal regulations, who do you think the Trademark Office will side with?"
The Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted at the 24th meeting of the Fifth National People's Congress Standing Committee on August 23, 1982.
The Trademark Office of the Industrial and Commercial Administration Department of the Fifth National Academy is responsible for the national trademark registration and management work, and local industrial and commercial administrative departments supervise and manage the use of trademarks.
Therefore, the country has long had clear regulations regarding the registration and use of trademarks.
However, few mainlanders born in 1983 were aware of the legal attributes of trademarks.
On the contrary, in the West, where business is well developed and perfect, this kind of counterattack story of "making big fortune with small ideas" is constantly stimulating the nerves of "smart people".
Of course, there are also many talented people among flower growers. Among later generations of flower growers, there are people who specialize in "registering trademarks" for a living, and many well-known companies have been successfully registered by them.
Li Ye had heard too many inspirational legends like this in his previous life. Now that his status had changed and he had become a fat sheep, he was naturally on high alert and would not give anyone an opportunity to take advantage of him. But now that he was being targeted by someone, he felt uncomfortable.
If he is not comfortable, others cannot expect peace of mind either.
"If you say so, Xiaoye, then I understand. If the Trademark Office is on our side, then what do we need them for?"
Jin Peng suddenly understood and hurried away to maintain the friendship, then he saw Li Dayong coming towards him on a bicycle.
Jin Peng laughed and said, "Dayong, did your wife run away or something? Why are you so anxious?"
After Li Dayong broke up with Lin Qiuyan, a few of his brothers teasingly asked him out, celebrated with him, and gave him their sincere blessings.
So Jin Peng has been making jokes about this these days. Even though Li Dayong has a bear-like build, he can only grin helplessly and look aggrieved in front of Jin Peng, who is of medium height.
But today, Li Dayong was in no mood to listen to Jin Peng's teasing. When he saw the two of them, he said anxiously, "Brother Peng, our home is about to be raided, and you are still joking with me?"
"What are you talking about?" Jin Peng chuckled and said, "Only bandits have lairs! Are you a bandit?"
"no."
Li Dayong swallowed his saliva anxiously, and then quickly said: "A few days ago, several students in our school said that they had a way to buy the scarce Fenghua brand.
I thought they had connections in the department store, but I knew our goods hadn’t arrived yet, so I didn’t really care.”
"But today, suddenly, many students in the school bought Fenghua brand. I went over and saw that they were fake. They also said that it was a preferential sale for students by Pengcheng Seventh Factory.
I went up to dissuade him, but was scolded by my classmates instead."
As Li Dayong continued to talk, Jin Peng stopped smiling.
Recently, Li Ye asked Jin Peng and Li Dayong to contact various universities, hoping to promote the Fenghua clothing brand in schools by offering preferential student prices.
But things did not go as smoothly as Li Ye had imagined.
Because the teachers in the school are mature and prudent, they do not advocate these vain "external beauties". Instead, they hope that these future pillars of society will carry forward the fine tradition of hard work and plain living.
However, the students were very interested in being able to buy popular items such as Fenghua clothing at a discount, so Li Ye finally made a compromise and asked Jin Peng and Li Dayong to stop taking the public route and instead go for private publicity.
The news that Fenghua Clothing is going to launch a special sale for students has spread quickly among all the major universities. By then, a few promotional events will be held regularly in the shopping malls where Pengcheng Seventh Factory is located, or simply in the open-air venues around the schools.
It is true that hard work and frugality are fine traditions, but the love of beauty has existed since ancient times. Pengcheng Factory No. 7 offered the most favorable price, so Li Ye did not think there was anything wrong with it.
But now some people are taking advantage of the publicity of Pengcheng Factory No. 7 and selling counterfeit products door-to-door. This is really "too smart".
Jin Peng asked Li Dayong with a dark face: "Did you ask those students, who did they buy the goods from?"
"Don't say that, Brother Peng," Li Dayong said angrily, "Before I even asked about this, they looked at me like an enemy, saying that those clothes were specially provided for students and were different from ordinary Fenghua brand clothes.
The classmates who bought the clothes looked at me strangely, and I couldn't say anything about my suffering.
Because I can't prove myself! You guys should go and clarify with the official seal, otherwise our reputation will be ruined by them."
"I understand, Dayong. Don't get into conflict with those classmates. I will go to your school tomorrow to find the teacher to clarify things. It will be resolved quickly."
Jin Peng was so angry that he asked Li Dayong to go back first while he was thinking about how to get back at the place.
After all, he was responsible for the market operation in Beijing. Now that counterfeit and shoddy products have appeared, it was Li Dayong who first discovered them. As the head of the supply and marketing section, he cannot but be said to have been somewhat derelict in his duty.
But Li Ye said: "No, let's not ask the school about this. Let's ask Hao Jian first, and then go to the school to take a look."
"Not going through the school? That's fine, let's go check out the situation first."
Jin Peng and Li Dayong were both a little puzzled, but they now had the same idea about any decision made by Li Ye - what Li Ye said was right, and if you think Li Ye was unreasonable, then you must be wrong.
The three of them got into Jin Peng's car, and first found a phone to call Pengcheng to find Hao Jian, asking whether there had been any recent outflow of defective products.
Pengcheng Seventh Factory sells "defective goods" because the yield rate in the production process cannot reach 100%.
However, those products with slight defects are basically circulated in low-end channels and are very popular among the general public.
Fenghua brand clothing has a much lower yield rate than ordinary clothing due to its high standards, high requirements and complex craftsmanship.
But Li Ye and Hao Jian made a strict rule that no defective clothing of the Fenghua brand would be allowed to leave the factory.
However, Fenghua brand has recently been in serious shortage in the market because it has to complete export orders first. We must first investigate whether someone is greedy for profit.
"Hey, Hao Jian, there have been some knockoffs of Fenghua products on the market in Beijing recently. Have any of your factory's products been shipped out through normal channels?"
"His godfather, this is absolutely not the case. If it were true, I, Hao Jian, would be struck by lightning."
After the call was connected, Li Ye asked just one question and Hao Jian started swearing.
"Okay, okay, I got it. Please transfer a batch of new Douku series clothing as soon as possible. The capital needs your support."
"Sure, sure. Two days. Give me two days and I'll personally escort the goods."
Ever since Hao Cuicui acknowledged Li Ye as her godfather, Hao Jian's attitude towards Li Ye has been so enthusiastic that Li Ye is not quite used to it. Even his own brother might not treat him this way.
After ruling out all possibilities on his side, Li Yecai, Jin Peng and Li Dayong went to Beijing Institute of Technology.
"No one in our class bought counterfeit clothes, but I have a classmate who is on the track and field team, and her teammates bought several pieces. We asked them for help first."
Li Dayong took Jin Peng and Li Ye to the bottom of the girls' dormitory building and asked someone to call Shao Huimin down.
After Shao Huimin came down, Li Dayong whispered to her, "This is a staff member from Pengcheng Seventh Factory. He is here to secretly investigate the Fenghua brand. Can you help call your teammates down?"
Shao Huimin was surprised to see Li Ye and the others, but after hearing what Li Dayong said, she immediately asked curiously, "Are you here to investigate the fake Fenghua products?"
Li Dayong said quickly: "Don't talk nonsense, it hasn't been investigated yet! Didn't you see how badly they scolded me this morning?"
"Huh, do we need to investigate this?" Shao Huimin said, "I compared my clothes with theirs, and the fabric texture and stitching workmanship are different.
A set of sportswear that costs 36 yuan is sold for 28 yuan, and there are no anti-counterfeit buttons or labels. If it is not fake, what is it? They are all stubborn and will not cry until they see the coffin. "
Li Ye said: "My classmate, we are investigating secretly. Please don't make it public. Just call them quietly. Also, don't mention Li Dayong. Please."
"It's okay, it's okay. I understand, I understand."
While muttering to herself, Shao Huimin hurried upstairs to help Li Dayong call for help.
She had also seen counterfeit Fenghua brand products in school, and she found they were different after a quick comparison.
But how could so many classmates who bought counterfeit products admit that they bought fakes? So although Shao Huimin was not scolded like Li Dayong, she must have felt unbalanced.
Now that someone has come out to fight against counterfeiting, she is happy from the bottom of her heart.
But after Shao Huimin went upstairs, Li Ye said softly: "Dayong, go first! Brother Peng, don't assume that it is a fake. We are here to investigate the source of the goods, not to take responsibility."
"What? What responsibility do you take? They bought fake goods themselves. What does it have to do with us?"
Jin Peng and Li Dayong were both puzzled.
Li Ye explained in a low voice: "According to what Li Dayong said, at least hundreds of students bought our Fenghua brand imitations.
If you tell the truth, where will these hundreds of students go to appeal for justice? Who will be held responsible then?"
Li Dayong left in a hurry, thinking about something as he walked, and he understood a little bit.
But after two years of experience, Jin Peng understands the routines of certain departments too well.
Hundreds of students have been deceived. The school must take action and give an explanation.
Who should I ask for an explanation?
There was a movie in the 1980s called "The Black Cannon Incident". The characters in the movie only did two things - to prove that this matter was not my responsibility and to prove that this matter was your responsibility.
These two laws are still regarded as iron laws in many environments decades later.
Let me tell you a legendary example!
A small restaurant somewhere used an unlicensed, unlicensed, and uncertified gas cylinder, and then an accident happened. The owner of the small restaurant couldn't find the person responsible and was so anxious that he jumped up and down. The sky-high compensation was no joke, and he couldn't pay it even if he was beaten to death!
But then he was instructed by an expert and insisted that he used a certain brand of gas.
Then the licensed gas dealer was called over, and was ordered to pay compensation first, and then give an explanation.
Although they finally invited experts to conduct repeated appraisals and got rid of the charge of false accusation, the trouble was still disgusting.
Therefore, if Pengcheng Factory No. 7 openly attached itself to it at this time, the responsibility might be put on its own head and it would not be able to get rid of it, and it would get into trouble for no reason.
Even if Pengcheng Factory No. 7 starts to crack down on counterfeiting later, it should be the other party that comes to them.
(End of this chapter)
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