Yang Rui has always been very careful and serious in the selection of lawyers.

He is not worried about the research itself, he has the information in his mind, and no matter how difficult academic research is, there are traces to follow. Moreover, Yang Rui is more interested in academics and responsible, and for Yang Rui, it is more about interest and responsibility than difficulty.

But the law is a very dangerous and uncontrollable weapon, and those who do biological research, even if they sit firmly in the ivory tower, are in danger of being prosecuted, ranging from financial losses and sulking for a few years to bankrupt and prison for several years.

Big conglomerates will file lawsuits, small scientific apes will file lawsuits, environmental groups, animal rights organizations like to sue biotech companies and biologists.

PCR has a history of being prosecuted.

At that time, the West Company was also an American pure-blood company with assets of hundreds of millions, and it was still caught in a lawsuit, and Yang Rui had always been cautious, which was by no means unfounded.

However, initiating a lawsuit on his own initiative was not a project planned by Yang Rui, but was persuaded by Benjamin, a U.S. patent lawyer, and Yue Ting, a Hong Kong lawyer.

"You can't win by defense alone, and since you're so optimistic about the project, it's most advantageous to take the initiative. Benjamin, a lawyer who charges $2,200 an hour, said.

Of course, before taking Yang Rui's $50,000 deposit, Benjamin also assured Yang Rui that he would win several times the settlement money.

Litigation does not necessarily have to go to court, and for American lawyers, defending in court is a laborious and risky job.

Even the best litigators avoid court hearings as much as possible, and many times, patent attorneys like Benjamin outsource their trials to more specialized defense lawyers.

Most of the time, lawyers are pursuing settlements.

Trials are often fought for better settlement terms, otherwise, in the United States, where a case can easily take months or even years, lawyers are too busy to complete several cases.

A patent attorney like Benjamin regards fighting for settlement money as a daily routine, and after obtaining Yang Rui's authorization, he issued a series of orders.

Including press conferences, contact with Ganica's directors, and strongly worded lawyer's letters, all of which were Benjamin's plans.

And obtaining Zhang Hongjun's documents was Yang Rui's idea.

He guessed that Zhang Hongjun would not carry documents with him, so he went to the hotel where the Chinese delegation was staying, searched it, and got the Chinese and English versions of the contract of intent without much effort.

The last official seal was even more angry and frightened.

Don't look at it as an intentional contract, if there is a leader in China who has a sick brain and suddenly slaps his head and says "We can't let international friends down", the trouble caused by this contract will be unpredictable.

Although it is said that as long as Yang Rui himself does not let go, no one can forcibly sell PCR technology, but in China, who knows how things will turn in the end?

Moreover, Yang Rui didn't have to go through this experience.

Thinking about the $50,000 he had just spent, Yang Rui was even more depressed, and only hoped that Benjamin would be as strong as he and Hong Kong lawyer Yue Ting boasted about, and he could earn his legal fees from the settlement money, and he didn't have to go to court.

Thinking about it like this, Yang Rui was even more bored.

The trial is often extremely lengthy, there are almost no trials in the movie, lasting five hours, ten hours or even fifteen hours of court trials are not uncommon, and the trial lawyer's fees are often tens of thousands of dollars per game, Yang Rui has not yet received the payment from the PCR, in fact, he has not even found the foundry of the PCR, and the bill is far away, at this time, if he is caught in the trial, he will not only have problems staying in the United States, but also the financial burden will become a serious problem.

However, without Benjamin's approach, the risks are no less. The lawyer's letter is not a golden order, if the other party does not listen, it will also enter the litigation stage......

At this time, Yang Rui deeply felt the dilemma encountered by high-tech startups in the United States, if they could not raise funds at the right time, or sell themselves, then all kinds of lawsuits alone could drag the startups down. If you are forced to go to court for a patent lawsuit, one or two million dollars is just the starting price, but a few startups can come up with one or two million dollars.

Think about Apple and Samsung fighting lawsuits in many countries around the world at the same time, and after a year, I don't know how many law firms have been fed...

"I'm going to call China. Yang Rui picked up the phone, explained to the front desk, and then found Wang Jianguo's phone number from the notebook he carried with him and dialed it.

Wang Jianguo also came out of Deling Farm, but unlike Jing Cuncheng and others, Wang Jianguo was older, and he took a back seat directly after being rehabilitated. However, what is more powerful than Jing Cuncheng and others is that Wang Jianguo has many sons and blessings, seven children, and seven grandchildren, of which the third is working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Yang Rui didn't need any strong officials to help, he just needed to find an insider to advise. The current domestic environment is like this, if you don't have a relationship, you can't do anything, in case you let the team leader Zhang Hongjun find a relationship, but make things worse, Yang Rui has to be angry.

Of course, he was already furious by now.

Following.

Yang Rui and Ganica meet again.

There was a long negotiating table, one on one side, half of whom were lawyers.

Yang Rui looked at the watch and listened to them argue with each other.

Benjamin's legal fees are $2,200 per hour, and his team of three lawyers is included. Hong Kong lawyer Yue Ting is much cheaper, but if you count all kinds of additional fees, it will be close to $800 per hour, and in addition, Sinovel corporate lawyers also have to pay hundreds of dollars per hour.

In this way, 3,600 seconds in an hour is almost the same if it doesn't cost $1 per second.

Although Yang Rui wants to save a little, no one of the three waves of lawyers is indispensable, the company lawyer is Huarui's insurance, and he knows the situation of Huarui best, Hong Kong lawyer Yue Ting is responsible for all patent affairs and knows the patent situation best, Benjamin is an American lawyer, and he is most familiar with American law and American patent terms.

The negotiations lasted for 4 hours, excluding the two breaks in between, for a total of 1 hour, and the charge lasted more than 3 hours.

In addition, the follow-up costs after the contract is drawn up are still expensive, and the transaction fees and charging time between Yue Ting and the company's lawyer will be doubled.

Fortunately, Ganica finally relented and offered a settlement of $300,000 – about the same as the initial sales revenue of the PCR machine.

When φ, it is also not a net income.

The contract was signed, and Benjamin, the old white man, stood up happily, shook hands with Yang Rui and said with a smile: "I hope we still have a chance to cooperate." ”

"I don't want to go through that again. Yang Rui shook his head helplessly, and then said: "Of course, if you have to come again, I also hope that your law firm can continue to represent you." ”

Despite the high fees, Benjamin didn't let him lose money after all. In fact, $300,000 is just a small case for Benjamin, and he should also see the follow-up prospects of PCR - at least tens of millions of technology, and future disputes are indispensable.

Ganica threw away the pen he had signed, and said, "If I had to decide on my own, I wouldn't have reconciled, we didn't do anything wrong." ”

"Kut, please be careful with your client. Benjamin reminded the opposing lawyer.

"The settlement agreement is signed, and Mr. Ganica is no longer my client. "Kut is also an old Caucasian man, shrugging his shoulders and showing no expression.

Yang Rui was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?"

"The directors of the Ganica company kicked him out. Benjamin's expression was a little unnatural, but in a matter of seconds, he adjusted.

Yang Rui didn't think much about it, the founder of the company was kicked out of his company by investors, such a story, not to mention that it happens every day on the land of the United States, and China will also be seen every day in the future, which is indeed nothing rare.

Yang Rui glanced at Ganica sympathetically and said, "I hope I'm just a fuse, not an explosive." ”

"A bunch of blind guys who don't see the importance of the biotech that I've acquired, and they only think about making anti-cancer drugs...... Are anti-cancer drugs so easy to make? Don't look at how many companies are making anti-cancer drugs now, the FDA is so easy to deal with?" Ganica sneered several times, full of anger.

Kurt wanted to speak for the company, so he interjected: "There are many companies that make anti-cancer drugs, which shows that the prospects of anti-cancer drugs are promising, and Ganica Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is an excellent bio-high-tech company and should not be afraid of challenges." ”

"They just want to go public. Ganica looked disgusted.

"It's not a bad thing to go public, companies will have more money below risk and merge with other companies. ”

"You just didn't say that you would spend more money in the lab. ”

"Aren't you also buying technology?"

"I'm thinking about the future of the company and buying the technology that will lay the foundation for the company. ”

"I'm sure so are the directors. ”

"Directors, haha, after the listing, the directors will be replaced. ”

"The company will continue to grow. Coote paused for a moment and added, "The company will keep your office as a memento, but I hope you will not go to the company again and interfere with the company's normal business." In addition, the company may change its name in the near future. ”

Ganika's nose twitched twice, and she turned around in frustration, but she faced Yang Rui and said with a smile: "You can see it, this is the true face of capital." When they want to invest in you, it's the same way, and when they take control of the company, it's the same way. ”

"Mr. Yang Rui, let's go. Yue Ting whispered to Yang Rui.

Yang Rui nodded, turned around and went out.

A group of lawyers, dressed in dark suits, turned around in unison and followed behind Yang Rui, very magnificent.

Zhang Hongjun, who had always shrunk in the corner, couldn't hold back any longer, rushed out, stopped Yang Rui, and begged for mercy: "Yang Rui, Boss Yang, I was wrong, you let me go." ”

"Spare you what?"

"That...... Contract, contract of intent. ”

"Your contract of intent with Ganica?"

"Yes. Zhang Hongjun looked at Yang Rui's eyes, slapped himself twice, and started the classic begging for mercy drama: "Boss Yang, I'm sorry for you, I'm not a human, I'm a beast, please let me go......"

Yang Rui glanced back, only to see a group of lawyers looking at this scene curiously, and sighed helplessly: "Pay attention to the international influence." ”

"I ......" Zhang Hongjun was speechless, bent over and said: "Boss Yang, please, I really beg you, I am old and ......young."

Yang Rui waved his hand and said, "The contract you want, I have already sent it to China, and it is useless for you to beg me." Besides, it's not to shoot you, it won't affect your family. ”

Zhang Hongjun didn't believe it: "You haven't gone back, how can you send a contract back." ”

"Faxed back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

"Really. ”

Yang Rui ignored him and walked away.

Zhang Hongjun stupidly got out of the way and muttered, "You are really willing." ”

Now faxing materials back to China is indeed not cheap, at least not something that ordinary Chinese can afford.

Yang Rui glanced back at the lawyer behind him, and said in his heart: What is the fax fee, if it weren't for you, would I spend more than 100,000 dollars in lawyer fees?

Even if the lawyer's fees are earned back through the settlement money, who wants to take such a big risk.

A group of people broke up in the parking lot, and lawyer Yue Ting followed Yang Rui back, and asked curiously on the way: "What kind of punishment will that Mr. Zhang receive after returning to China?

"How could it be. Unless there is a more serious problem, the most you can do is expulsion. However, most of the time it is to send the frontier and sit on a cold bench in a corner where no one wants to go. "Yang Rui really doesn't want Zhang Hongjun to be expelled, and it is not a good thing to completely leave the system in the current world.

Of course, there are many benefits to staying in the system with a future, but an unlucky person like Zhang Hongjun can only endure hardship.

As for when it will come out, it depends on when the person concerned forgets about it.

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