Niu Xiaoqiang personally sent everyone to the factory guest house and personally arranged rooms for everyone. After placing everyone, he and Fang Dongping came to Zhang Guangmao's guest room.

Zhang Guangmao was sitting on the sofa smoking, and when he saw the two of them coming in, he immediately smiled and beckoned the two to sit down.

Niu Xiaoqiang was not polite, and asked directly after sitting down: "Uncle Zhang, you were embarrassed to explain the situation to me on the phone before, but now that we are facing each other, you should be able to reveal the truth to us, right?"

Zhang Guangmao sighed deeply: "What I want to say is related to the shaft sleeve connection repair technology you provide, this technology is developed by you, last autumn Canton Fair, I also asked Xiaoqiang you to help me sell, as a result, you lived up to the trust, successfully promoted this technology to foreign businessmen, at that time many news media reported on this, it was very for me to earn some face, but no one thought that now, ...... Now it'......"

Niu Xiaoqiang and Fang Dongping all looked curious, and said in unison: "What's wrong now?"

Zhang Guangmao's face became very embarrassed, and there was a trace of anger in the embarrassment: "Now people actually come to us with our technology and tell us that we can no longer use this technology in the future, otherwise it will infringe on their rights, and they will file a lawsuit with the domestic court to demand Jiangbei Oilfield to compensate them for their losses. ”

As soon as Niu Xiaoqiang heard this, he instantly thought of a possibility, but Fang Dongping was confused, and before Niu Xiaoqiang could speak, he took the first step and asked: "Obviously it's our technology, why should they sue us for infringement?"

Niu Xiaoqiang's face sank like water, and he replied: "Maybe it's because they have already patented our technology." ”

Fang Dongping suddenly realized: "I see, this is ...... It's really not easy to do!"

When this technology was developed, Niu Xiaoqiang had plans to apply for a patent, but was later denied by Fang Dongping.

First, there was no patent application department in China, so the two could only apply abroad, but they didn't even have money for the journey, so they had to give up in the end.

Second, the Asian machinery factory at that time was in urgent need of orders to open up the situation, if the technology was taken as its own and not given to Zhang Guangmao, it would be impossible to get the order.

Considering these factors, Fang Dongping finally decided to give this technology to Zhang Guangmao for free, in exchange for a very lucrative order contract, and Zhang Guangmao also achieved the goal of promotion.

As early as last autumn at the Canton Fair, Niu Xiaoqiang reminded Zhang Guangmao and asked him to pay attention to the patent application. Even if you can't apply for it in China, you have to go abroad to register the patented technology.

Such a little money is nothing to Jiangbei Oilfield, as long as Zhang Guangmao explains, the people below will handle this matter properly.

But at that time, Zhang Guangmao was blinded by fame and fortune, his mind was full of beautiful fantasies about honor, selectively ignored the hidden risks, and ignored Niu Xiaoqiang's reminder.

Niu Xiaoqiang saw that he couldn't listen to his advice, so he didn't say much, so as not to arouse Zhang Guangmao's disgust. Through his efforts, the technology was marketed by him. In order to help Zhang Guangmao make up for the defects as much as possible, Niu Xiaoqiang carefully reviewed the documents when signing the contract, and revised some of the contract contents.

Unfortunately, he is not a law major, and he is blind to foreign patent laws, but he still fails to completely eliminate risks.

At the beginning, the company did not know that the repair technology of this set of bushing connections did not apply for a patent, and by chance, when they used this technology, they were discovered by other oil companies, and the other party immediately proposed to obtain the right to use this technology in order to save costs.

The company immediately said that the technology was not developed by them, and that the patent ownership belongs to China's Jiangbei Oilfield, and that they can help match the two companies because of the good relationship between the two companies. The other party immediately readily agreed.

As a result, when the company followed the standard process of preparing the contract, the staff in charge of printing the contract could not find the patent number for the technology. In order to find out the situation, the staff member went to the patent office to check and finally found that the technology had not been patented at all.

When he reported the news to his superiors, the superiors immediately moved their minds. After some manipulation, he eventually patented the technology, which he then transferred to his company for a million dollars.

After getting the patented technology, the company immediately peddled it to its peers, and in just two months, it made millions of dollars in net profits.

In order to promote this technology, they organized a delegation to participate in this year's spring Canton Fair. Zhang Guangmao also happened to lead the team to participate, and the two sides met unexpectedly at the Canton Fair, and then Zhang Guangmao learned everything.

He was so angry at that time that he didn't care about the identity of the number one to reason with the other party. Not only did the other party not flinch at all, but also arrogantly stated that Jiangbei Oilfield would not use this technology in the future, otherwise they would file an infringement lawsuit in a Chinese court.

"It's shameless to blackmail us with the technology we have developed! If I had known that they were such despicable villains, I wouldn't have sold the technology to death!"

Zhang Guangmao told the story of the incident, and when he said the end, he was so angry that his face turned blue and he slapped the tea machine hard. The cups on the tea machine were shaken and clanged.

After losing his temper, Zhang Guangmao showed an extremely embarrassed smile: "Elder Fang, Xiaoqiang, now I can only come to you for help, I hope you can help me find a way to solve this matter satisfactorily, otherwise if this matter spreads, I really have no face to mix up in the Jiangbei Oilfield." ”

Fang Dongping shook his head vigorously and sighed: "Secretary Zhang, how can you ...... Alas, I don't even know what to say. ”

If it weren't for Zhang Guangmao's high position, he would have scolded a few words.

Zhang Guangmao is good at everything, but he is a bit of an official fan, and he really did everything he could in order to improve, but in the end, he planted a big heel, which can be said to have lost his face.

Zhang Guangmao was still very honest in front of Niu Xiaoqiang and Fang Dongping, and he admitted his mistake very sincerely: "I didn't do it right, Xiaoqiang also reminded me at the time, but it's a pity that I was confused and didn't listen to it, as long as this matter can be settled, I promise not to make the same mistake again in the future, and please help me." ”

Fang Dongping said bitterly: "Tell me, how can we help you?"