Zhisu Technology

"It takes that long to get the patent certificate?!"

Hearing that it would take so long to obtain the patent certificate, Mom, He Xueqing, sat back down on her stool helplessly.

"Mom, don't worry. Although it takes that long to obtain the patent certificate, a month has passed, and all of our patent applications have completed their preliminary examinations.

Once the preliminary examination is approved, it will also be made public. Our patent application status can be found on the patent website. In some ways, that's no different from having the patent certificate.

It's just that since the patent hasn't been formally approved, the overall effect won't be as strong. Once we receive the preliminary examination announcement, we can still file a lawsuit."

"Is that so?"

Mom, He Xueqing, nodded as if she understood. She was a teacher and did not really understand these matters.

Even her financial auditing and management, as well as learning to use financial software, had only been picked up while working after she arranged unpaid leave with Xiaohe Town High School. Naturally, she knew nothing about patents.

At that moment, Lin Feng's father, Lin Guohua, turned to look at Lin Feng and stated his decision:

"Then let's find a way to strike back. We don't understand the specifics, so Lin Feng, you'll take charge. We only have one demand: make them pay for what they did.

Relying on ruthless, shameless, and despicable methods to rise quickly is society's tragedy. Back when we were ordinary people, there was nothing we could do. But now that we have the ability, we have to do something."

"Mm, I understand."

Lin Feng nodded. While feeling the weight of his responsibility, he was also considering how to make good use of this matter.

A crisis could sometimes be an opportunity. As for how to turn that crisis into an opportunity, that depended on his methods.

Then Mom seemed to think of something and said:

"A lot of people online have been asking about our Handwriting Robot. Even with your father and me handling it together, we can barely keep up. I think we should hire a few customer service representatives.

There should be quite a few people in Xiaohe Town who know how to type. We can hire them as customer service staff."

"Mom and Dad, you can decide such small matters yourselves. But I have one requirement: everything must be handled according to ability and company rules!

We've become successful, and the salaries and benefits we offer are generous within a hundred-mile radius. There will definitely be relatives and friends who want to squeeze people in.

When it comes to relatives and friends recommending people, first see whether there is a hiring need, then decide their duties based on their abilities.

Most importantly, working hours and job duties must be treated equally. Equal pay for equal work; the capable rise, the incapable fall. They aren't here to act like masters. They are here as employees, working to earn money. We need to make that clear in advance.

If they can't accept it and leave directly, that would be for the best. If they can accept it, then under equal conditions, they can be given priority. That would count as taking care of relatives and friends."

"Of course. It wasn't easy for you to start a business, Lin Feng. We can't let them ruin it for you."

Mom and Dad both nodded, saying there was no problem and that they supported Lin Feng's decision.

Thus, Lin Feng took out paper and pen and began writing out his upcoming schedule, considering how to strike back hard at the shameless Zhisu Technology and make them pay for their shameless plagiarism.

Early the next morning, at Zhisu Technology headquarters in Shencheng Startup Park.

"Ha ha, congratulations, Boss! The latest figures are out.

In just twenty-four hours, we sold forty-six units and seized half of Xingtu Technology's sales. We've become an instant hit!"

Sales Director Chen Ke placed the latest statistical report in front of Zhisu Technology's boss, Su Da, as he delivered the good news.

Hearing this, Su Da did not even look at the report. Instead, he stood up, patted Chen Ke on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"No matter how good my plan is, it still needs all of you to carry it out properly. How about this? At the end of the month, I'll hand out a big bonus. Everyone will get a share."

"Ha ha, thank you, Boss."

Naturally, Chen Ke was overjoyed. The dozen or so employees on the same floor also thanked their boss excitedly.

Zhisu Technology did not actually have its own production workshop. Instead, it used outsourced contract manufacturing.

After all, Shencheng might not have much else, but it had plenty of electronics factories. Zhisu Technology could easily find a small factory to manufacture its Handwriting Robots.

As for whether they would be willing to accept, of course they would. They would even be ecstatic to accept such contract orders, because as times changed, the concept of "asset-light" operations had become increasingly popular.

As a result, many companies now advocated asset-light operations and handed production tasks over to others. This had given factories in places like Shencheng, Dongguan, and Foshan extensive contract manufacturing experience.

Many factories even focused solely on contract manufacturing and no longer developed, produced, or sold their own products.

Meanwhile, after the excited employees had finished celebrating, Zhisu Technology's boss, Su Da, returned to his seat and quietly asked Chen Ke:

"What about the Handwriting Robot patent? Can we get it?"

"It's a little uncertain. According to what I learned from the lawyer I hired, we began the Handwriting Robot project and development as early as the beginning of March.

The original design drafts even included diagrams for the Linear Writing and Drawing Robot Architecture used by the Pen Master Handwriting Robot.

But none of that is direct evidence. It can't help us directly secure the technology patent for the Linear Writing and Drawing Robot Architecture."

Upon hearing that, Zhisu Technology's president, Su Da, immediately darkened.

"Damn Xingtu Technology! Those bastards registered our patent before us! If I'd known, I wouldn't have tried to save that little bit of money. I should have registered the patent early. Damn it!"

The more Su Da spoke, the angrier he became, while Chen Ke beside him could only sigh helplessly.

At the beginning of March, they had hired an engineer named Xie Yun, intending for him to develop a high-performance Handwriting Robot.

Unfortunately, perhaps because their demands had been too high, Xie Yun's development direction for the Handwriting Robot was completely opposite to that of the current Pen Master Handwriting Robot.

First, it used a framework-like structure. Not only was it complex and expensive to manufacture, it was also much larger than the current Pen Master Handwriting Robot.

They even wanted it to support two different colored pens for writing in two colors, have an automatic paper-changing function, and use laser positioning to improve accuracy...

The demands were too high, yet only one person was responsible for research and development. Naturally, progress was slow and results never came, laying the groundwork for the later abandonment of the project.

Of course, Zhisu Technology's boss, Su Da, actually bore the main responsibility.

As time passed, he increasingly felt that the Handwriting Robot was merely a toy with extremely limited market potential. Investing money into developing it was simply a waste.

So, at the end of the second month after the project was launched, he directly cut off funding for the Handwriting Robot's development. By the time Lin Feng was developing his Handwriting Robot, they had already stopped development for a month.

This was also why, when Pen Master launched in early September in his previous life, Zhisu Technology had not entered the Handwriting Robot market alongside it.

At the time, Zhisu Technology simply did not think highly of Handwriting Robots. They believed the product was a waste of time and effort, with no sales potential whatsoever.

Completely unaware that he had ruined a winning hand, Zhisu Technology's boss, Su Da, only came across an advertisement for a Handwriting Robot by chance a year later.

Only then did he discover in shock that Handwriting Robots could actually be sold and had not faded into obscurity as he had expected. By then, the regretful Zhisu Technology hurriedly entered the field.