At that time, the entire Eastern camp, including the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China, ignored the concept of patents. Due to the Cold War between the East and the West, a large global unified market was not formed, and even if the Eastern camp infringes on the intellectual property rights of Western enterprises, the other party could not pursue it. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was very common for the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries to copy Western countries' technologies, and China also followed suit in this regard.

The earliest industrialization of New China was achieved through the construction of 156 key projects supported by the Soviet Union. Among these key projects, they included machine tool factories, automobile manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, tractor manufacturers, etc. The products produced were almost the same as the Soviet model, and there was no such thing as intellectual property rights.

As for the old Jiefang brand car that once spread throughout China, its prototype was the Soviet Union's Gis 150, which was developed by the Soviet Union imitated the United States' Wanguo brand car. When the Soviet Union built the Gis 150, it probably did not pay the patent fee for Uncle Sam. Not only that, it also directly gave this model to China, allowing the Chinese to produce 1.28 million vehicles as it was.

This is the case with civilian equipment, let alone military equipment. The corresponding Soviet models that military fans are familiar with J-5, J-6, J-7, Z-5, Y-8, etc. can be found. It seems that the Soviets are very calm about this.

In the minds of the Chinese people at that time, I understand how you made this thing and naturally I can make it accordingly. Why do you have to pay you money? In 1974, China introduced a 1700mm hot rolling mill and a cold rolling mill from Japan and Germany. Then, the First Machinery Department took the lead in establishing a "1700 Office" and organized several large domestic machinery manufacturing companies to design and manufacture these two sets of rolling mills. Unfortunately, when the introduction was short, they were not willing to spend money to buy drawings, and the equipment that had been installed was not convenient to disassemble and survey, so the reproduction work was not carried out.

Having had such a criminal record, we can understand why German manufacturers are unwilling to accept the conditions for transferring technology. If you buy my equipment and directly imitate it according to surveying and mapping, I can't control it, and there is no way to do it. But it is always difficult to do such a surveying and mapping and imitation as the original. Especially when it comes to material technology, processing technology, etc., it cannot be seen from the appearance, and you can't imitate it even if you want to. In the end, you have to rely on my technology.

Transferring technology is different. It is equivalent to teaching the other party step by step. After the other party obtains these technologies, they can immediately create products of the same level. Maybe they have to compete with themselves for customers in the international market. Who is willing to do this?

Xiao Joel hesitated and explained the causes and consequences to everyone, saying that this matter was not something she was unwilling to serve, but it was really difficult to convince those equipment manufacturers. Feng Shuyi didn't know what to say after hearing this. Emotionally, she was willing to help Feng Xiaochen, but what Xiao Joel said was also true. As a patent lawyer, she had an instinctive disgust for infringement, and it was even more inconvenient to accomplice the tiger.

"Mr. Joel, I admit that all the situations you said have happened before." Luo Xiangfei spoke slowly, "In the past, we lacked awareness of intellectual property protection, and we did do some things that infringe on the intellectual property rights of other countries. In this regard, I am willing to sincerely apologize."

Speaking of this, he stood up, bowed to Xiao Qiaoer, turned his face, and bowed to Feng Shuyi. In his opinion, Xiao Qiaoer and Feng Shuyi are both Germans. If China has done infringement, then I am sorry to these Germans.

Seeing Luo Xiangfei's drooping head with white hair flashing on his lowered head, Feng Xiaochen suddenly felt heartache.

"Mr. Director Luo, please don't mind. I think Mr. Joel's words are not directed at you. What he said is just a phenomenon."

Feng Shuyi quickly stood up and bowed Luo Xiangfei. Xiao Qiaoer also apologized repeatedly, saying that the situation he had just mentioned was not directed to specific people and matters, please don't mind.

Luo Xiangfei sat down and continued: "If you make a mistake, you must admit that the Chinese have the courage to recognize and correct mistakes. In the past, we did not understand the rules of the international market and had some mistakes of one kind or another. We are currently gradually correcting them. Last June, our country officially joined the World Intellectual Property Organization, namely WIPO. Since the previous year, we have sent representatives to participate in the drafting of the "Code of Action on International Technology Transfer". Our legislative body is planning to introduce China's own patent law. In addition, we are also organizing experts to study the Paris Convention on the Protection of Industrial Property, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, etc., and are preparing to join these conventions aimed at protecting and respecting intellectual property rights at the right time, so that we can truly become a law-abiding member in the international market."

"Mr. Luo means that the Chinese government intends to respect the intellectual property rights of European companies?" asked Jordan Joel.

"Yes." Luo Xiangfei replied affirmatively, "We came to Germany this time to seek technical cooperation. We are willing to introduce European technology in a legal way in accordance with international rules to achieve modernization in China. Please believe this by Mr. Joel and Mrs. Feng."

Xiao Qiaoer and Feng Shuyi exchanged a look, and Feng Shuyi nodded and said, "Indeed, I have read the information. China has joined the World Intellectual Property Organization and has made a promise. Joel, I think Director Luo's attitude is very sincere, and we should believe in his sincerity."

Xiao Qiaoer said: "Personally, I am willing to believe in Director Luo's sincerity. But I cannot be sure whether our equipment providers can accept it. However, I think we can give it a try, and there may be some opportunities."

Feng Shuyi smiled and said, "Joel, I can provide you with some help in this issue. My mother-in-law Professor Yan said that she could call some students and ask them to cooperate with this matter. In addition, my nephew also has some insights on technical cooperation. Are you willing to listen to his opinions?"

Speaking of this, she reached out to Feng Xiaochen and signaled.

Before Xiao Qiaoer could say anything, Feng Xiaochen was stunned and immediately planned to wave his hand to refuse. He knew that there was no room for him to speak at this negotiating table. In previous negotiations, he had always acted as a translator, including the director, director, director, and director. What qualifications is he, a small temporary worker, to speak?

Feng Shuyi asked Feng Xiaochen to speak, not the script they had agreed on in advance, but Feng Shuyi's own proposal. During the chat the night before, Feng Xiaochen said some insightful words, which were shared by Feng Hua and Feng Shuyi. Feng Shuyi believed that if Feng Xiaochen was asked to say those words here, it would definitely be impressive. She had already seen that Luo Xiangfei and his party had no intention of letting Feng Xiaochen speak, so she came to take action first and then report, and specifically pointed Feng Xiaochen's name in front of Xiao Qiaoer.

He Lili faithfully translated this sentence to Luo Xiangfei and others. After hearing this, Luo Xiangfei turned to Feng Xiaochen who was about to refuse and said, "Xiao Feng, since it was Mrs. Feng who asked you to say it, just talk. This is an internal negotiation, and it doesn't matter if you say it wrong."

Luo Xiangfei first gave Feng Xiaochen a bottom, that is, what he said may be wrong and does not represent the meaning of the Chinese official. In fact, Luo Xiangfei has always wanted to find an opportunity for Feng Xiaochen to express himself these days, but he was unable to do so directly. Now Feng Shuyi applied for a speech opportunity for Feng Xiaochen, and Luo Xiangfei was just right to go with the flow. If Hu Zhijie and others pursued it and asked Luo Xiangfei why he let Feng Xiaochen say something like a furious child, he could also use the excuse to take care of the emotions of foreign guests.

It is true that Feng Shuyi is Feng Xiaochen's aunt, but she is also a native German. She is like a fake German. When a German friend spoke, she asked Feng Xiaochen to speak, can we refuse? Diplomacy is nothing small, and rejecting Feng Shuyi's request is just a destruction of the friendly relationship between the Chinese and German people?

Qiao Ziyuan, Yang Yongnian, Ji Ming and others present also had the same idea, thinking that since Feng Shuyi made the request, even if Feng Xiaochen didn't want to speak, he had to say that he respected the foreign guests. As for whether Feng Xiaochen said appropriately, then let's make a long-term plan. I guess this young man wouldn't talk nonsense, right?

Seeing Luo Xiangfei nodding, Feng Xiaochen smiled and spoke to Xiao Qiaoer:

"Mr. Joel, before I make my point, I would like to introduce you to a set of data. China currently has a population of 1 billion. According to the current population growth trend, by 2000, China's population will reach between 1.2 billion and 1.3 billion."

"Indeed, China is a big country." Xiao Qiaoer didn't understand what Feng Xiaochen meant, but just responded to his words.

Feng Xiaochen continued: "According to statistics, China's current per capita housing construction area is about 8 square meters. By around 2000, China hopes to increase the per capita housing area in the country to more than 25 square meters."

"So what?" Xiao Joel was even more dizzy and thought to himself: Why are you talking to me about these statistics?

Feng Xiaochen picked up a pencil from the table and wrote a formula, saying: "This means that even if the residential renewal area is not calculated, China needs to build no less than 25 billion square meters of residential houses before 2000. Based on the use of 40 kilograms of steel bars per square meter of construction area, China's steel demand for residential construction in the next 20 years will be 1 billion tons."
Chapter completed!