Chapter 97 The shopping mall is like a battlefield
Four or five days passed in a blink of an eye, and this morning, Johnson Lin sent Emma on the plane. She flew back to the US preparation studio and began to design a miniskirt for Johnson Lin's Xpress company.
The delegation visited Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and now in Finland. They are visiting several large paper companies.
Johnson Lin walked out of Charles de Gaulle Airport and got into a taxi. Sometimes he closed his eyes and rested, and sometimes he saw a good street view and took a look.
After driving the taxi for more than 10 minutes, Lin Johnson said to the driver: "Sir, you drove the wrong direction!"
The white driver glanced at the rearview mirror, reached out and touched the edge of his hat, and said, "Mr. Lin, someone wants to see you!"
Lin Johnson's eyes shrank and smiled, "Is it Peugeot? They finally look for me!"
The white driver tilted his head without comment and drove his car towards the Seine.
On a secluded riverside, the taxi stopped. Lin Qiang got out of the car and looked around and found that the place was really quiet. This is an open forest garden with few pedestrians and tall green trees blocked it in the distance.
The taxi accelerated and quickly started running.
Lin Johnson turned around and looked at the taxi and muttered, "What are you anxious about? I haven't paid the car yet!"
At this time, a clapping sound came from the river. Lin Johnson saw a man wearing a dark coat standing on the bench by the river. It was Peugeot's Lyon.
Lin Johnson took the initiative to walk over, greeted Lyon, and smiled and said, "Are you looking for me?"
Lyon was still like that, but the stubble on his face became more conspicuous and his golden brown hair looked a little messy.
Lyon nodded with a smile, pointed to the bench, and the two sat down, and then there was a long silence.
Lin Johnson sat for a while, first broke the dull atmosphere and said to Lyon: "How about our five cars?"
These five cars arrived in France yesterday. After receiving the notice, the domestic flight was quickly arranged, but due to the limited transportation capacity of the province to Beijing, they could only transport five cars and five cars in batches. They delivered the first batch of Peugeot at noon yesterday.
Lyon rubbed his hair, took out a box of cigarettes from his arms, and popped out one and started smoking.
"How to say it, it's not like your own technology! It's hard to believe that it's the vehicle you designed, you're still so young!" Under the cover of the smoke, Lyon carefully observed Lin Johnson's expression and spoke slowly.
Lin Qiang-Cheng-Cheng shrugged without comment and said, "Before we sent you the car yesterday, we registered the relevant patents of the car!"
Lyon nodded with a smile and said, "It must have cost you a lot of money, right?"
Lin Johnson nodded and said seriously: "Yes!"
After a few quizzes, Lyon felt that he couldn't find out too much and said, "I really didn't expect that this car would appear at this time! You may not know that Germany's Vaux will launch a sedan this summer. Do you know what their car is called?"
Lin Johnson looked at Lyon.
Lyon suddenly said in surprise: "Shocked! The car they are about to launch is called Jetta! It is actually so similar to your car name!"
Lin Johnson shrugged and said, "Maybe it's just a coincidence!"
Lyon laughed twice, looked at Lin Johnson meaningfully, took out two photos from his arms, handed them to him, and said, "Look at what's the difference?"
Lin Johnson picked up two photos, one of which he took in the factory himself.
Another photo, Johnson Lin looked carefully, and the photo was taken at a test site. Johnson Lin could tell at a glance that this was a Jetta-generation car, a real German-made sedan.
The car in the photo has a bright white metal paint, which is very textured. The body is exquisitely manufactured, and the bumper, fender and other accessories are of great grade. The cars made by domestic car manufacturers are incomparable to cars produced by Germans!
Lin Johnson opened his mouth and quickly pretended to be surprised, staring at Lyon and shouted: "Where did this come from? This is not the car we made! Why is this car exactly the same as our products? Why?"
Lyon looked at Lin Johnson's expression carefully. After a long time, he took back the photo and said to Lin Johnson: "I also want to know why! But I know, one of you must have copied the other! There will always be one!"
Lyon and Johnson Lin looked at each other, and he suddenly laughed and said, "But it doesn't matter! The most important thing is that you Chinese have mass-produced this kind of car first, right? As far as I know, you in the simple factory in H Province of China produced this kind of car in the second half of 1977! At that time, the German Jetta plan had just been established!"
Lin Johnson nodded and continued to stare at Lyon and said, "Is it made by Germany? Which company is it?"
Lyon frowned, and he turned his head and said, "After receiving the car you transported, we conducted a small inspection. We found that your technology is really a bit German. The body you designed and the engine you Chinese made, the engine is really magical! The simple and smooth design, but your manufacturing technology is really too low-end! It should be a fine product, but you have made it into garbage!"
Lin Johnson smiled. The engine was the EA113 engine developed by Volkswagen in the 1980s. Its earliest model is the 8-valve inline four-cylinder 2.0 displacement. The Germans used the EA113 engine as a platform to develop a series of products. This series of engine products is an excellent product that has been listed on the Ward Top Ten Engine Rankings several times!
Lin Qiang-Chengsheng's memory is not wrong, but the production process of the automobile factory is really not satisfactory. The engines produced are just for use.
Lyon looked at Lin Johnson and said, "Young man, I have an offer, do you want to listen?"
Lin Johnson turned to look at Lyon, frowned and asked, "Tell me! Why are you calling me here alone?"
Lyon looked at Lin Johnson and said slowly: "The German artificial sedan is the same as what you produce! Don't you find it strange? They actually imitated the car you designed!"
Following Lyon's words, Lin nodded and said, "I'm very angry! But what can I do!"
Lyon smiled and said, "This is exactly what I want to suggest to you!"
Lyon continued: "I suggest you hire a lawyer to sue the Germans in the name of infringement, suing the company for reversing the car you designed!"
When Lin Johnson heard what Lyon said, he widened his eyes and shouted: "Are you crazy? Let me sue the German company?!"
Lyon continued: "The Germans did copy your design, so you should sue them! You have also registered a patent in France, right? You should understand that the law has the right to let the Germans stop infringing you in our Western countries!"
Lin Johnson widened his eyes and said to Lyon: "You are so crazy! As long as I sue together, the news will become the headlines of the news the next day! What is that good for me? Can I hire a lawyer? Even if I hire a job, can I win a German company that is not short of money!"
Lyon waved his hand and said, "Hey! Calm down! You just need to sue, it will definitely lead to the Germans' defeat, you will win the lawsuit! They will also compensate you a lot of money!"
Lin Johnson looked at Lyon carefully, and saw that he still cared about him seriously, shook his head and said to him: "Even if I win, so what? Can I still return to China in the short term?! I offended a large foreign company, and I am still a Chinese citizen now! Lyon, you are such a lunatic! Are you holding shit in your head?! Do you think I am a three-year-old child, and you will sue the Germans after hearing you coax it a few times? And you think you will win in the end? Stupid!”
Lin Qiangsheng finally cursed in Chinese, stood up and raised his legs and left.
Lyon stood up suddenly, raised his hand and pressed Lin Johnson. Lin Johnson dodged to the right and quickly turned around.
Lyon then stretched his right hand towards Lin Johnson's neck. Lin Johnson raised his legs and kicked towards Lyon's lower body. Lyon had to reclaim the foot that blocked Lin Johnson's kick.
Lin Johnson quickly closed his legs, jumped backward, and left Lyon's attack range.
Lyon looked at Lin Johnson in surprise and said, "I didn't expect that you can still fight!"
Lin Johnson looked at Lyon and smiled, "Everyone!"
Lyon shook his head, put down his hand, and said, "Okay! I admit that what I said just now is too simple! I lied to you!"
Lin Johnson asked: "What exactly do you Peugeot want to do?"
Lyon looked at Lin Johnson and said, "Are you sure you want to hear it?" He turned his head slightly and looked at the woods.
Lin Johnson turned his head and saw three white men wearing dark coats, who were half surrounded and guarded several directions.
Lin Johnson turned around and looked at Lyon who had taken out a black pistol and pointed the muzzle at him. Lin Johnson smiled and said, "You really have a deep purpose!"
Lyon shook his gun, Lin Johnson shook his head, sighed, and sat on the bench.
"Tell me! What do you want me to do?" Lin Johnson asked Lyon standing in front of him.
Lyon held the gun and said, "You are such an amazing young man! You are so calm when facing several pistols! I thought you would be scared to pee!"
Lin Johnson waved his hand and said, "Speak quickly! I don't like being forced by someone with a gun!"
Lyon smiled and said, "If I were you, I would never want me to say anything! Because, after you listen, you must cooperate with us no matter what! Otherwise, you will only be a dead body at the bottom of the Seine!"
Lin Johnson looked straight at the Seine River and said slowly: "Tell me, what are you Peugeot asking me to do?"
Lyon said expressionlessly: "We need you to sue German Vaux, suing that this company has infringed on your patent rights. At the same time, you must cooperate with the media's interview activities!"
Lin Johnson looked at Lyon and laughed: "German cars will be launched in Europe and North America this summer! No matter how much they designed the new car in the early stage, they will take the publicity effects created before the launch, the advertising investment made in order to release new cars, as well as the sales and display channels of new cars, etc. The Germans spent at least hundreds of millions of dollars on this car! They used countless manpower and material resources! Do you want me to sue them for infringement at this time? Create a scandal of a German company! Don't I want to return to China alive?! They will kill me!"
Lyon raised his gun and said in a frightening manner: "I have to remind you that you have no way out! After listening to our plan, you know the consequences of quitting! You don't want to be a missing tourist on the Seine, right? Maybe there will be news about you in a tabloid in Paris tomorrow, which may be said: An unidentified person jumped into the Seine. That's all!"
Lin Johnson looked at Lyon, looked at the gun in his hand, and shook his head and said, "The Germans may have used a lot of manpower and material resources and hundreds of millions of dollars to release this car! If I sued them, it might disrupt their original operational deployment and production plan, and the company's operations would be fatal to affect! Not to mention, this would waste their work and have to redesign the model, which would slow down their development time. The losses caused to them are difficult to estimate, and they may be more than one billion US dollars! Such losses are difficult to estimate! Just listening to your simple words, I want me to do such a big thing! Sorry, I can't promise you!"
Lyon stared at his eyes and shouted, "Bad bastard! Don't you know that we are asking you to do this now! You have to do it! Look at the gun in my hand!"
"!...My gun!"
Lin Johnson took advantage of the moment when Lyon roared and shook his mind. When he was relaxing, he snatched the pistol he reached out, jumped up and turned behind Lyon, pointing the gun at his head!
"Don't move!"
Chapter completed!