Chapter 653: Easing the Relationship《Please Give Me a Monthly Pass》

"Forbes" is translated as "Fubishi" in Taiwan, which has the meaning of being as wealthy as the country. It is consistent with the purpose of rbes and is the best translation solution that combines sound and meaning. It is translated as "Forbes" in mainland China. "Forbes" magazine has always been known for its bold predictions. In its recently released assessment report on cities in the 21st century, it predicted the world's top ten super cities in 2015, including Shanghai in China, Tokyo in Japan, and Mumbai in India. The report also predicts that in 2 years, unbalanced population growth, natural disasters, climate warming and urbanization will cause famous cities such as San Francisco in the United States and Venice in Italy to become dead cities.

"Forbes" magazine's forward-looking reports guide investment directions and provide business opportunities for senior corporate decision-makers, and are known as a barometer of the U.S. economy. The commentary articles on companies and company operators published in each issue are written in concise language. The content is all original. It focuses on describing the way of thinking of corporate elites, and does not stop at reporting news facts. It focuses on gaining insight into the news background, grasping dynamic information and industry trends, and in-depth discussion and research on the economic environment in which companies operate.

In the more than 80 years since its establishment, Forbes has gradually established its own unique style in the continuous search for business fields, and gradually developed and expanded into a prestigious international mainstream financial media group. The rich list it created It attracts global attention every year, and the group's total assets exceed one billion U.S. dollars. Three generations of the Forbes family have created the miracle of dominating the world with one magazine, and celebrities from all walks of life are proud to be on the Forbes list.

Fan Wubing asked Fan Ting casually, "How much money does it cost to enter the top 50 in Forbes?"

"Isn't it a bit stingy to be in the top fifty? Why should I be in the top ten?" Fan Ting replied with a smile.

"Ha--" Fan Wubing patted his head and said, "It seems that if I don't give my future nephew $18 billion as a greeting gift, I won't be able to take him as my second uncle."

After checking that the time was almost up, Fan Wubing drove straight to the agreed place. Then, accompanied by the staff of the chief's office, he transferred to the car of the general office, passed through the security area, and came to the place where the chief received guests. office.

Generally, if it is a more formal interview, someone will accompany him and the interview will be held in a small conference room. However, obviously in order to show his friendliness to Fan Wubing, the chief arranged for him to be interviewed in his own office, which made him look more cordial. , no one will feel constrained.

Fan Wubing had been sitting in the office for five minutes, and then the chief came over accompanied by the director of the general office. There were three of them in total, and they didn't even have any guards accompanying them.

But think about it, if Fan Wubing wants to do anything, having twenty or thirty more guards will be of no use. But on the other hand, if something unexpected happens here, as long as Fan Wubing is there, Being present can also minimize the crisis. After all, the name of a person, the shadow of a tree, and the name of a great master are not called in vain, nor is the ability to kill two little devils with one punch.

Because time was precious, the chief decided to go straight to the point, and Fan Wubing did not think about going around in circles. After a few polite words, the chief raised his own question, "I heard you say on the phone that you probably discovered the US conspiracy? "

"It's very convenient to talk on the phone." Fan Wubing told what he knew, and then analyzed, "According to the current information, it can be inferred that the BSA is actually an organization created by Microsoft itself. They come to mainland China to defraud under the banner of the International Business Software Alliance, so the deception is still very strong. As far as I know, when domestic scholars talk about piracy issues, many places in the materials quote BSA The data is a big problem.”

After listening to Fan Wubing’s words for a long time,

He understood immediately. He was experienced in economics at first and knew how serious the impact of incorrect statistical data would have on the entire analysis and policy judgment, so he asked, "Are there big discrepancies in the data? "

"That's quite, quite big -" Fan Wubing took out the actual data from the investigation by foreign authoritative institutions that Jiang Tong had brought with him, and then took out the data provided by the BSA for the chief's reference.

After getting it, he compared the two and found that the gap between the data was as high as dozens of times. It was obvious that there was a big problem with BSA's data, and he also looked at the composition and structure of BSA. There are quite a few.

"It seems that this BSA is really a thug of Microsoft." The chief nodded, then turned to the chief of staff and said, "I'm going to talk to Wu Bian, you go and verify whether these data were quoted from the BSA during the negotiations. argument?"

The chief of staff agreed, immediately took these two documents and left.

Then the chief said to another accompanying person, "Go and get some food. I didn't eat enough at the banquet just now. Now that I'm thinking about the problem, I'm actually hungry."

"Okay, let's get some snacks or rice?" the accompanying staff member asked.

"Let's have rice. The dish is the same as before, but we can make it a little lighter. Well, we can also make some fish-flavored shredded pork. Let Mr. Fan eat some by the way." The chief thought for a moment and said.

"Yes." The staff member wrote it down and then left.

The chief and Fan Wubing were the only two people left in the room. At this time, the chief smiled and said to Fan Wubing, "This news is more important. The current intellectual property negotiations are very tight. If the other party is in the data If there are any manipulations, that would be too much.”

Since the mid-1980s, Sino-US economic and trade relations have developed rapidly, but at the same time, the dispute over intellectual property rights between China and the United States has also intensified. Before the establishment of the WTO, the legal basis for intellectual property disputes between China and the United States was Section 301 of the U.S. Trade Law, commonly known as "Section 301." There were three disputes involving "Section 301."

The most recent dispute was three years ago. The U.S. Trade Representative once again identified China as the only key country that year. The reason was that China did not conscientiously implement the 1995 Sino-U.S. Intellectual Property Agreement. There are issues with access.

However, just before the U.S. trade sanctions took effect, China and the United States reached a third intellectual property agreement. At the same time, the U.S. Trade Representative announced that based on the measures China has taken and will implement in implementing the 1995 Sino-U.S. Intellectual Property Agreement, Measures taken to remove China from the list of key countries and terminate trade sanctions against China.

“Since the 1970s, the new technological revolution guided by information, biotechnology, etc. has enabled production links to be no longer limited to one country or region, but distributed on a global scale, which has provided opportunities for the economic development of many developing countries. This has created good opportunities and gradually weakened the United States' dominant position in the global economy and trade. As a result, American domestic industries have felt tremendous competitive pressure, and the U.S. government has gradually realized that technology and technology are the greatest competitive advantages of American enterprises. , and began to set up and implement new trade barriers, such as anti-dumping, technical trade barriers, intellectual property rights, etc., and regard intellectual property strategy as part of its national strategy,” the chief said to Fan Wubing, “The United States has internal and external knowledge. The protection of property rights is not fair. Domestically, we implement intellectual property policies that prioritize innovation before protection and competition over monopoly. However, internationally, we unilaterally emphasize intellectual property protection and ignore international public interests. We unilaterally emphasize the identity of the intellectual property protection system and ignore countries’ own interests.”

Fan Wubing nodded in agreement. In this intellectual property dispute between China and the United States, the United States ignored China's great progress in intellectual property protection and accused China of serious piracy and counterfeiting. This reminds people that the United States was also the world's leading pirate. one of the most serious countries.

Ten years ago, the United States refused to sign the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. This was not because the United States had a weak awareness of protecting intellectual property rights, but because the development of its publishing industry at that time was far less advanced than that of European countries such as the United Kingdom and France. "It is not conducive to protecting one's own economic interests.

At that time, in order to compete with the "Berne Convention" and protect the interests of domestic publishers, the United States even concluded the "Inter-American Copyright Convention" with some American countries. The Convention has a low level of protection, and in particular stipulates that works must meet certain conditions in order to be protected. The above-mentioned practices of the United States have made domestic piracy increasingly rampant. At that time, Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" sold for $2.50 in the UK, but in the United States, due to massive piracy, it sold for only six cents.

Chang continued, “The purpose of protecting intellectual property rights is to promote and protect scientific and technological progress and socio-economic and cultural development. This means that when a country or region establishes its intellectual property system, it needs to consider how to protect the exclusive rights of the right holder and benefit knowledge. To achieve an optimal balance between the dissemination and application of intellectual property rights, over-protection of intellectual property rights will not only be detrimental to economic development, but will also worsen innovation conditions and force innovators to focus on avoiding infringement. At present, some American entrepreneurs also point out that the policy of the US Patent Office in issuing patent licenses is too loose, and even "idiots" can obtain patents for things that cannot be called patents at all. This has caused many domestic companies in the United States to flee due to ongoing patent disputes.”

Fan Wubing nodded and replied, "That's true."

However, Fan Wubing was a little surprised to hear that the chief was so clear about intellectual property issues. He usually thought that being a leader was easy, but now it seemed that it was not an easy task either.

The two chatted for a while and both felt that they were very interested. Naturally, no one would be stupid enough to mention things in Shanghai. There are some things that everyone knows well. There is no need to say them out, which would be very embarrassing.

After a while, the food was served. The chief warmly invited Fan Wubing to have lunch, and Fan Wubing also expressed his gratitude very happily. Everyone enjoyed the meal. This move to ease the relationship was considered to have achieved its purpose.

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