October has arrived in a blink of an eye, and it’s the day of the Canton Fair.

Before the exhibition begins, exhibitors from all walks of life still have to come to the exhibition hall in advance to arrange their exhibits.

Jiang Aiguo put his hands behind his back, assumed the posture of a leader, and walked slowly to the home appliance exhibition area.

"Director Jiang, I'm here!" Beside the home appliance exhibition area, someone waved to Jiang Aiguo. Jiang Aiguo took a closer look and found that this person was an exhibitor named Xue in his provincial exhibition group.

"Manager Xue, shouldn't your booth be in the home appliance exhibition area? Why did you end up next to the home appliance exhibition area?" Jiang Aiguo asked.

"Director Kong Zhenkong, who is in charge of the exhibition hall, said that a new exhibition area was temporarily set up for the air fryer. It is close to the window and four exhaust fans are specially installed to facilitate ventilation." Manager Xue answered.

"Oh, that's it!" Jiang Aiguo nodded.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Director Jiang, why are you here?"

Jiang Aiguo looked towards the sound and saw an acquaintance. This person was the leader of the foreign trade department of another province, named Cai Qianjin.

"Director Cai, long time no see! Are you here to sell TV sets again?" Jiang Aiguo asked.

"Hey, our TVs are just so-so and can't be used on the table." Cai Qianjin paused and then said: "Director Jiang, it's your place. If I remember correctly, there shouldn't be any large home appliance companies in your province, right?

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"There are no big home appliance brands in our province, but there are still a few good machinery factories in our province." Jiang Aiguo said, pointing to Manager Xue next to him, and then said: "This is from the Shengli Factory in our province.

Manager Xue, they brought a new product this year called an air fryer, which can also be regarded as a household appliance!"

"Director Jiang, the air fryer is not a new product. At the last Canton Fair, this export earned more than 10 million U.S. dollars!" Cai Qianjin smiled and continued: "What a coincidence, our Water Lily Fan Factory there

, and also made an air fryer!”

"Have you made it too?" Jiang Aiguo frowned slightly.

Cai Jinjin nodded: "Isn't that right? Our Water Lily Fan Factory specially sent people to bring air fryer samples from the UK."

"The samples from our Victory Factory are brought from the United States, and they are definitely better than yours!" Jiang Aiguo said.

"Haha, Director Jiang, what's there to argue about? Whether it's British samples or American samples, aren't they all bought from the last Canton Fair?"

Cai Qianjin pointed to the air fryer exhibition area behind him, and then said: "Come and take a look, not just our two, there are more than a dozen companies that produce air fryers!"

"Why are they all using air fryers?" Jiang Aiguo looked unhappy. He originally wanted to earn a lot of foreign exchange with air fryers, but now there are so many competitors. It seems that the foreign exchange of this air fryer is not the same.

Not so easy to earn.

Jiang Aiguo couldn't help but ask: "Director Cai, how much is your price for the air fryer?"

"This is a business secret!" Cai Jinjin smiled slightly, then pointed not far away, and said: "Look, Ma Dexing is here too!"

I saw Ma Dexing walking over from a distance, and then he saw the temporarily built air fryer exhibition area, and then looked at the dozen or so air fryer exhibitors, and he suddenly became angry.

Cai Jinjin seemed to be deliberately irritating Ma Dexing. He pointed to an air fryer next to him and said, "Director Ma, take a look, how about the air fryers produced in our province?"

"How could you do this! The air fryer is a product of our province, how can you produce it!" Ma Dexing said angrily.

"Director Ma, I don't like hearing this anymore. Why do you save our province? Since they are all used for export to earn foreign exchange, they belong to the country. Why should we separate them so clearly?"

Cai Qianjin paused and then said: "Besides, who stipulates that this air fryer can only be produced in your province and not in other provinces? Director Jiang, do you think so?"

Jiang Aiguo next to him nodded immediately: "Director Cai is right. Which law stipulates that only you can produce air fryers? And we all earn foreign exchange through exports and contribute to the country. There is no reason why you can do it."

We can’t contribute to the country!”

"You, you... are simply shameless!" Ma Dexing was so angry that he couldn't speak, but he was helpless.

Cai Qianjin said to the reporter: "Director Ma, each of our provinces only has one air fryer manufacturer, but your province has two. So in total, you still made a profit! Don't you get the advantage and still behave well?"

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At the last Canton Fair, the air fryer made a splash, and naturally many people wanted to copy it, including a home appliance company in Handong Province. And Ma Dexing also felt that the good news would not go to outsiders, as they were all companies in the province.

It is naturally a good thing to export more and earn foreign exchange, so I agreed to that company to participate in the exhibition.

So even Ma Dexing himself gave the green light to plagiarists, and he really had no qualifications to accuse plagiarists.

The scene of linen car seat cushions last year came to Ma Dexing's mind again. At that time, there were also a large number of copycats, and linen car seat cushions were also priced at a bargain price.

"Hey, it seems that three monks have no water to drink this year!" Ma Dexing sighed.

…

At this time, Li Weidong was in the coffee shop of the White Swan Hotel. Sitting opposite him was the beautiful lawyer Zheng Jianan.

"Lawyer Zheng, are you satisfied with the environment here?" Li Weidong asked.

"It's not bad. It's much better than I thought. I thought the mainland would be very poor, just like in Hong Kong movies. They don't even have electricity and have to light oil lamps. But I didn't expect that this place is still very modern, as it should be."

Everything is available here." Zheng Jianan said.

"As long as you are satisfied, it's not in vain that I specially invite you here." Li Weidong said.

Zheng Jianan then said: "You said on the phone that you wanted me to handle the patent matter. What is it specifically?"

"There is nothing very specific. I invited you here mainly to scare people." Li Weidong replied.

"Scaring people? Who are you scaring?" Zheng Jianan continued: "Intimidation is an illegal act."

"Infringement of intellectual property rights is also illegal!" Li Weidong smiled slightly and continued: "If my guess is correct, there will be many manufacturers infringing the intellectual property rights of air fryers at the upcoming Canton Fair."

"If that's the case, I will send them a lawyer's letter." Zheng Jianan said without hesitation.

"Lawyer Zheng, things are not as easy as you think. In mainland China, it is not easy to protect intellectual property rights. Your lawyer's letter may not be of much use.

Li Weidong continued: "So the people you want to send the lawyer's letter to are not the infringing manufacturers in mainland China, but the foreign businessmen who buy air fryers. They sell unauthorized products, which is considered an infringement of intellectual property rights, right?"

"Producing and selling unauthorized products is an infringement." Zheng Jianan nodded.

Li Weidong continued: "If possible, I don't want to get to that point, but many people are toasting instead of eating and being fined, and I can't do anything about it. The best case scenario is that I can successfully license and sell the air fryer patent.

If you go out, you will get 20% of the share when the time comes!"

Zheng Jianan smiled slightly: "So, you called me to the mainland because you want to share the money with me!"

"Absolutely." Li Weidong nodded, and then said: "You lawyers are usually very tired and have a lot of work pressure. It's good to just come to Yangcheng for a trip to relax!"

"This is my first time in mainland China. I'm not familiar with the place. I don't dare to go out to relax. It's better to stay in the hotel." Zheng Jianan shook his head.

Li Weidong pondered for a moment and then said, "Then when I'm done, I'll take you around the area. Although I'm not a local, I've been to all the scenic spots in Yangcheng, so I can be your tour guide."

…

After settling Zheng Jianan, Li Weidong rushed to the Canton Fair venue.

As soon as I walked into the venue gate, I met Ma Dexing.

"Director Li, you are finally here. If you don't come again, I will send someone to find you!" Ma Dexing walked over quickly and said, "Something big has happened!"

"Let me guess, are there several more exhibitors who also brought out air fryers like mine?" Li Weidong asked and I got it.

"It's not several, it's more than a dozen." Ma Dexing then asked, "Have you already guessed them all?"

"I've guessed it a long time ago!" Li Weidong nodded: "Isn't the linen car seat like this last year? I've experienced it once, and I'm not surprised the second time."

Ma Dexing noticed that Li Weidong was not panicked at all. He immediately recalled that at the Canton Fair last October, when other exhibitors were copying linen car seat cushions, Li Weidong took out wool car seat cushions and made a fortune.

Now that Li Weidong is so calm, it must be the same as last year, and there are new products.

Thinking of this, Ma Dexing asked excitedly: "Director Li, since you have guessed that it will be like this, you must have already thought of countermeasures, right? Do you have any new products?"

Li Weidong shook his head: "Our new product is still under development, and it is estimated that it will not be available until next year, so this Canton Fair, our factory will only have air fryers!"

"Only air fryers? Are they the same as other exhibitors? What can we do! In April this year, your former clothing factory didn't sell a single car seat cushion just because the product was the same as others."

Ma Dexing suddenly became anxious.

"Director Ma, please be patient." Li Weidong still seemed very calm. He asked: "Director Ma, I have a question. If I want to defend my rights regarding the air fryer, can the provincial department help me?"

Are you firmly on my side?"

"Of course, how can our provincial department join the exhibition group from other provinces? We must be on your side. Is there any question?" Ma Dexing was stunned, and suddenly recalled what Li Weidong said just now, and immediately asked:

"You just said safeguarding your rights? What rights are you safeguarding?"
Chapter completed!