Chapter 37 Bad News and New Beginnings

Chapter 37 Bad News and New Beginnings

Chapter 37 Bad News and New Beginnings

Zhang Weida said with a smile: "The foundation of Western civilization is the mutual recognition of patent laws. Therefore, in developed countries, unless the interests are really huge, there won't be any big problems."

"Well, that's good. The patent I want to register doesn't have high profits." Yang Wendong nodded and said.

Although Western countries were founded on a foundation of gangsters and robbers, they still pretend to be civilized after their economy develops.

After World War II, Western countries, especially the United States, have been promoting patent mutual recognition, trade liberalization, and environmental protection.

In essence, it is because they have the upper hand that they set rules that suit them, and then reap the benefits from other developing countries, or restrict the development of other latecomer countries from the perspective of justice.

Zhang Weida nodded and said, "Okay, what kind of patent?"

Yang Wendong said: "Let's talk about this after the company is successfully registered."

“That’s fine.” Zhang Weida said, “However, not all technologies can be patented. Some technologies do not meet the requirements of the Patent Law, and some technologies may have been registered by other people in other countries. If they are discovered later, the patents cannot be registered.”

Yang Wendong thought for a moment and asked, "How long is the validity period of an invention patent?"

Zhang Weida said: "It depends on the country. Some countries have a 10-year term, some have a 15-year term, and some have a 20-year term. Countries that have signed the Paris Convention only abide by the mutual recognition of patents.

But each country still has its own patent law, and the details need to be analyzed by each country. If you want to know, I can help you ask, but this will also be charged. "

"No need for that. Ten years will be enough for now." Yang Wendong doesn't have this need at the moment. He still has to save money and not spend on unnecessary expenses.

In fact, many invention patents, even in the later Internet era, are generally only valid for a few years, because others will always find ways to circumvent them.

And now, he just needs to make some money in the early stage.

Zhang Weida nodded and said, "Okay, it saves me from having to look up information."

"Well, that's it for today. I won't bother Lawyer Zhang anymore." Yang Wendong saw that things were almost done, so he stood up and said, "I'll come back here to see you in two days."

"Okay, then we'll go register the company together." Zhang Weida said.

After leaving the law firm, Yang Wendong returned to his residence and workplace.

At this moment, Su Yiyi was calculating accounts at a desk. Yang Wendong walked over and saw some densely packed forms.

"Brother Dong." Su Yiyi smiled and said after seeing Yang Wendong, "Have you had lunch? There is still some food at home. I will heat it up for you."

"I'll eat it myself later." Yang Wendong looked at the form and asked, "The accounts are a bit messy recently, right?"

Su Yiyi nodded and said, “Yes, the wages of 16 employees, their daily consumption, the purchase of mousetraps, and the recent weekly entry, although they could be calculated clearly before, there may still be some minor problems.

It’s just that since we are about to set up a company, these accounts cannot be as messy as before.”

"Well, don't worry too much about it. Most startups in Hong Kong have messy accounts." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "If the scale is small, no one will care. If the scale is large, we can naturally find professionals to do it."

Su Yiyi asked: "Should we look for a professional financial consultant?"

Yang Wendong said: "Not for the time being, at most you can find someone who can work part-time, spend a few hours on weekends or evenings to watch, by the way, you can also let her teach you.

I don’t understand financial accounting, so I can’t teach you.”

In his previous life, Yang Wendong had never been involved in financial work. Besides, in later lives, everything was done online with computers, which was completely different from now.

In the early days, he could only teach Su Yiyi some quick calculation methods of Arabic numerals, and he was powerless to teach her other things. At most, he would look at it together sometimes. Now that the business has increased and it has to be formalized, it is a bit difficult for Su Yiyi.

"Well, that's fine." Su Yiyi nodded and asked, "Is the company registered?"

"Not yet. Once the information is ready the day after tomorrow, it should be successful." Yang Wendong said, "You go ahead and do your work. I'm going to have dinner. We'll look at the account book together later."

"Okay." Su Yiyi agreed.

Afterwards, Yang Wendong also helped Yiyi check the funds. Although it didn't matter if there was a mistake now, one had to develop a habit of doing things.

Only by always treating it with caution can we increase the probability that no problems will occur when caution is needed in the future.

In the afternoon, Zhao Liming returned.

As his colleagues gradually became more proficient in the business, coupled with the efforts made in the past period of time, the number of rats in each warehouse has been greatly reduced. This not only allowed Yang Wendong to gradually get rid of his work, but also reduced the workload of Zhao Liming and Lin Haoyu.

"Come and eat something. Aunt Guo has cooked a lot of dishes." Yang Wendong greeted.

Although their lives are not good now, they have a place to live that can shelter them from the wind and rain, and they don't have to worry about the most basic necessities of life.

At the very least, you can eat rice and steamed buns as much as you want.

"Brother Dong, I have bad news." Zhao Liming seemed to be in a bad mood.

"What's wrong?" Yang Wendong asked.

Zhao Liming said: "I visited about 10 warehouses today and talked to their Chinese middle managers. I found that many of them thought that there were fewer rats in warehouses now, so they didn't want to spend money anymore."

"Well, they think there are no more rats, and they should have learned some methods from us, so they think they can do it themselves." Yang Wendong nodded and said.

Zhao Liming asked: "Brother Dong, aren't you worried?"

"There's no point in worrying. This is something I expected." Yang Wendong said calmly.

Human beings are like this. As long as they can't see the problem, they won't care. As long as it doesn't affect the present, they won't care about the future. Anyway, they will deal with it when there are problems in the future.

In his previous life, Yang Wendong once talked to a nurse, from whom he learned that some diabetic patients, because they had no symptoms, did not care at all and just ate and drank as they pleased. In the end, they developed the disease prematurely and lost their legs. It was too late to regret then.

Many people have this attitude even when it comes to matters concerning life, let alone this kind of business.

Even in later generations, rat extermination companies in many parts of the mainland rarely have stable long-term customers, and basically they move to another place after making a success.

Zhao Liming asked: "Then we might be able to..."

“So we must seize the opportunity to eliminate rats at the Wharf.” Yang Wendong said: “Make some money first, then become famous and find new customers.

Or if you have some money, you can slowly transform yourself, there are many opportunities.”

"Well, OK." Zhao Liming nodded and asked, "What can I do now?"

Yang Wendong said: "Eat first, and then go out with me to buy some necessary things."

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