Su Da Coughs Up Blood

As Lin Feng spoke, the video switched to comparison images showing technical patent infringement between the two robots.

Each image stayed on screen for several seconds, with patent codes written beside them. In just a few minutes, comparison images of more than eighty instances of patent infringement were displayed.

Every infringed patent feature was circled in red, making viewers shake their heads when they saw them.

How was this merely technical patent infringement? This was outright, complete copying!

It could be said that the software interface layouts, functions, and control methods of both sides were nearly identical, with only slight differences in color and appearance.

The hardware was slightly better, but the similarity between the two still reached as high as 90%. Their core hardware architecture layouts were exactly the same.

The only differences were some minor changes to the exterior, corners, and base plate, enough to keep people from immediately recognizing that the two things were actually the same thing.

Yet as the video circled their similarities in red and listed Xingtu Technology's patents along the side, everyone watching could not help shaking their heads.

They realized that Zhisu Technology's plagiarism and copying had gone far too far, making people want to ask whether Zhisu Technology had even a shred of technology of its own.

It could be said that after seeing the patent infringement comparison images at the end of the video, netizens already knew that Zhisu Technology was bound to lose the upcoming patent infringement lawsuit!

Along with that, their favorable impression of Zhisu Technology plummeted to rock bottom. They also realized that this whole matter was a case of a thief crying thief.

Never mind whether Xingtu Technology had stolen their patents. Just seeing Zhisu Technology so brazenly infringe upon Xingtu Technology's patents was enough to leave people with no favorable impression of Zhisu Technology.

Of course, many people who knew a little about patent infringement law had already begun discussing in the comments exactly what crimes Zhisu Technology had committed.

First of all, the crime of producing infringing copies was a certainty. After all, their copying had been far too blatant and brazen, with almost no attempt at concealment. This was practically becoming a criminal case.

However, whether anyone would go to jail depended on how much profit they had made from the patent infringement.

If their illegal earnings exceeded 100,000 yuan, they could be sentenced to up to three years in prison or criminal detention...

Elsewhere, Zhisu Technology's president, Su Da, had just reached the end of the video.

When he saw Lin Feng's "wise words," his face turned green, then red, until he saw the patent infringement comparison images at the end.

"Boom!"

Su Da kicked over the desk in front of him in fury. His expression was hideous, as though he had swallowed a lump of yellow unidentified matter.

Lin Feng's words were far too sharp, and the evidence of Zhisu Technology's infringement was displayed at the end of the video.

While it completely ruined Zhisu Technology's reputation, it also shattered Su Da's last hopes of luck, making him realize that Zhisu Technology was finished.

At that moment, he hated Xingtu Technology for registering the Handwriting Robot patent before them, and he hated Lin Feng even more for exposing the truth.

Lin Feng's exposure of the truth was especially unacceptable to Su Da, making him wear an expression of rage as though he had witnessed his own mother being murdered.

They said not to slap someone in the face when beating them. Lin Feng's act of directly exposing the truth behind the patent infringement had brought a devastating disaster upon Zhisu Technology!

Patent infringement was common, but unless both sides had completely torn off all pretenses, they would almost never publicly broadcast who had infringed whose patents.

That was because doing so was simply too offensive. It would deal a severe blow to another company's image and reputation, and it was far too likely to breed resentment.

Now that Lin Feng had exposed the truth of Zhisu Technology's patent infringement, complete with images and evidence, Su Da knew that Zhisu Technology was truly finished.

With such a stain on its record, people would spit whenever Zhisu Technology was mentioned. They would spit at Su Da as well, their faces full of contempt.

Cutting off someone's source of income was like killing their parents. Faced with the reality that Zhisu Technology was destined to collapse, and with his reputation utterly ruined—

How could Su Da not hate him? If Lin Feng were standing before him and handed him a knife, then in his rage, Su Da would stab Lin Feng to death in a single blow!

Of course, no matter how intense his anger was, it could not last forever. As time passed, Su Da's rationality gradually returned.

Once he calmed down, he began considering his losses and what he should do in the future.

As he thought, Su Da's heart ached in waves, because he realized that he had suffered an enormous loss over the Handwriting Robot.

When the Handwriting Robot had first launched, he had spent more than 200,000 yuan hiring content creators and streamers to promote it.

Then, during the fight to seize the Handwriting Robot patent and suppress public opinion, he had specially approved another 700,000 yuan in campaign funding.

Now that Xingtu Technology was planning to sue, and given that they had indeed infringed upon the other side's patents, they were certain to lose this lawsuit!

And losing the lawsuit meant they would definitely have to pay compensation. The exact amount was unknown, but it would certainly be no less than several hundred thousand yuan, and could reach several hundred thousand more.

Thinking about how he had lost more than a million yuan in such a short time, Su Da's heart bled. He hated Lin Feng even more.

"Fortunately, we've sold fewer than 200 units so far, so this amount of illegal profit doesn't constitute a criminal case.

If we stop selling them immediately, we'll probably only have to pay several hundred thousand yuan in compensation and fines at most."

Thinking of this, Su Da, Zhisu Technology's president, let out a breath of relief, only for his heart to ache again a moment later.

After all, this was more than a million yuan. For a small company like theirs, that was no small sum.

On top of the fact that Zhisu Technology's reputation had now been completely destroyed, it was almost impossible for them to earn that million-plus yuan back.

Realizing this, Su Da, Zhisu Technology's president, felt that his decision to start a company last year had truly been foolish.

Wouldn't it have been better to use that money to buy a few properties and wait for their values to rise?

At the current rate of housing price increases, if he bought a dozen or so homes, their value would probably multiply several times over in ten years. Wouldn't that be easier and more profitable than running a company?

The more Su Da thought about it, the more he felt that starting a company had been the stupidest decision in history.

He had already decided to shut down the company after losing the patent infringement lawsuit. A company whose reputation had been completely ruined was not worth saving.

Of course, he could not let that damned Xingtu Technology and Lin Feng off the hook. He would make Lin Feng regret this too!

The next morning, while the views on the video Lin Feng had posted yesterday were still skyrocketing, he had no idea that a mysterious visitor had quietly arrived on the streets of Xiaohe Town.

"Hello, I'm Chen Hang, a reporter from CCTV's I Love Invention. Do you know Lin Feng?"

A somewhat dark-skinned young man asked an older woman by the roadside, holding a microphone in one hand.

Seeing the huge camera behind the young man, the older woman froze in place, unsure of what to say.

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