Chapter 81 Telegram from the United States
Chapter 81 A call from America (asking for monthly pass)
Sean noticed that Robert's expression was a little abnormal, so he asked, "Robert? What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Ah, no." Robert came back to his senses from the sticky note in front of him, and then asked: "Do you still have these sticky notes? Can you give me a few?"
"A few, forget it." Sean quickly smiled and shook his head, saying, "The Hong Kong company only sent over a dozen, not enough for my office. Someone asked me for some yesterday, but I really don't have any more."
"Hmm..., so that's it!" Robert looked up and glanced around. He didn't care about it just now.
Now if you look carefully, you can see that many people have yellow paper stickers on the corners of their desks. There are probably even more in some invisible places, such as some documents.
Sean said, "Well, I'll tear off a few for you, you can use them first."
"Okay, thank you." Robert took the torn notes and then asked, "Do you have the contact information of this company?"
Sean nodded and said, "Yes, there is a business card in the envelope they sent. They should also want to do business with us. Are you going to call them?"
"I have this idea!" Robert looked at the sticky note in his hand again and said, "But let me study this thing for a while."
"Okay, if you call us and ask about the price, we are also planning to buy some more." Sean said with a smile, "It's just that the cross-border procurement process is a bit troublesome. You can also ask him if we can buy it in the United States."
Robert nodded and said, "Okay."
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After returning to his desk, Robert looked at the sticky note in his hand carefully.
After tearing off one piece, he stuck it on the table and tore it off again; then he changed another piece and stuck it to a piece of paper next to it, and tore it off again.
"Hi, Robert, what are you doing?" A beautiful blonde woman at the desk next to him asked when she saw that Robert was behaving strangely.
Robert smiled and said, "Hi, Lily, this is something I got from the purchasing department. It's called a sticky note. It's very interesting..."
Afterwards, he told his beautiful colleague what Sean had just said as well as his own observations and partial understandings.
After listening to her, Lily said, "Wow, I have to say, this little gadget called sticky notes is very useful. Now that you mention it, I want to buy some.
When I was working before, I would often forget some things. Although I remembered them in the end and it didn’t cause much impact, it still affected my work efficiency. Sometimes I even had to work overtime to track the progress. ”
"Yeah, I think so too." Robert nodded and said, "I think I have a very good memory, but sometimes I forget some small things.
But as long as you have this sticky note, no matter who you are, as long as you use it properly, you will basically not forget it. "
Lily nodded and said, "Indeed, so you value its commercial prospects?"
"Yes." Robert said, "Everyone in the purchasing department likes it very much. We both want it when we see it. Just think about it, how many people in offices across the United States would need this thing.
This is simply a revolutionary product. With it, many people and even many companies may be able to improve their work efficiency a lot.”
"Yeah." Lily agreed, and then asked, "Do you think this Hong Kong company has registered a US patent? The economy there is very bad, so the locals probably wouldn't think too much about it, right?"
Robert shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. Anyone who can come up with such a magical thing must be very smart. I guess he must know the patent."
"Are you so sure?" Lily asked, "We still have to check it out, right?"
"Haha, I'm just kidding." Robert suddenly laughed and said, "Look at this. This is the business card that came with the sticky note. It has contact information and a U.S. patent application number."
"He put the patent application number on his business card?" Lily was puzzled, then thought: "Is this to inform us that this thing has a patent?"
"That should be what he meant." Robert nodded and said, "So I say he is very smart. For those who don't want to register a patent, this information is useless. But if you meet someone who wants to do so, you can directly investigate based on the patent number and find it quickly. This may prevent many people from registering patents first."
Lily nodded and said, "Yes, although it would be too late to register the patent, it would also cause a lot of trouble for him as a Hong Kong company."
Robert nodded and said, "This is a very smart person. It's a pity that we at 3M didn't come up with such a good thing."
Lily smiled and said, "Robert, although our company is one of the most innovative in the United States, you can't expect us to be able to compete with so many smart people around the world, right? The order of magnitude is completely different."
Robert sighed and said, "I know this truth, but our 3M company is the world's number one in the field of glue and tape. Now someone has invented an alternative way to use glue. It's a pity."
"They've already registered a patent, there's nothing you can do about it." Lily shook her head and said, "Forget it, let's buy some and use them ourselves. This case may even be used as our internal training material."
"Well, these are not problems." Robert suddenly laughed and said, "But I have another idea. Why do you think this Hong Kong company sent it to us?"
Lily understood immediately and said, "He actually wants to find a partner in the United States? Instead of just selling it to us to make a little money?"
Robert nodded and said, "Yes, that should be the case. I guess they must have mailed to more than just us. These big companies are full of talented people, so it's normal for someone to see the commercial potential of this thing.
Even worse, even if no one notices, you can still get a lot of customers."
Lily asked, "So you want to contact them?"
"Wait a minute." Robert said, "Lily, can you help me check if this patent number really exists? Although I think there shouldn't be any problem, I need to confirm it.
I will go to Smith now and convince him to give me the right to go to Hong Kong and communicate with the company."
Lily agreed: "Okay, leave the patent matter to me."
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Hong Kong:
On December 12, Yang Wendong was looking at the company's financial records for last month.
Su Yiyi said, "Brother Dong, without considering the equipment investment and patent registration fees for sticky notes, we sold more than 6 sticky notes last month, and the net profit was about 3000 yuan.
Now we can still sell 500 to 600 units a day, and the profit is good, but it is still lower than the equipment capacity.”
"Well, this result is profitable." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "There are also companies in Taiwan that have consulted us. The market there should be pretty good."
"That's good." Su Yiyi smiled.
"Ding ding ding~" the phone sounded.
Yang Wendong picked up the phone, but an English voice came from the other end: "Excuse me, is this Eric from Hong Kong? This is Robert from 3M Company in Minnesota, USA."
United States?
Yang Wendong glanced at the sun outside. It should be night in the United States at this time.
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