Chapter 93 The Situation Reversed Before the War

Naturally, Hengdian's idea was very well calculated, but Fan Wubing didn't suffer at all.

Although it is impossible to obtain the independent legal personality of the film and television base, there is a saying that is the most successful only when the cooperation is tied together by interests.

If you build a film and television base with your own sole proprietorship, of course there is no problem, but you have to find a manager, right? You have to find a working employee, right? Don't expect to get all the profits by yourself, this is unrealistic, the most important thing is to learn how to use all kinds of means to maximize your own industrial profits, and tie a powerful person like Xu Wenrong who dominates one side to your chariot. Obviously the best choice.

At the very least, all the big and small forces in the vicinity of Hengdian will definitely go all out for the construction and operation of the film and television base. What else can make Fan Wubing more happy than this?

Fan Wubing, Davis and others stayed in Hengdian for about three days, mainly to inspect the terrain and work with Hengdian to determine the location of the film and television base. Xu Wenrong was very active in this matter. He personally brought Following Fan Wubing, they climbed the mountain together, explored the waterway, and finally determined the approximate scope of the entire film and television base.

It was only when he was about to leave that Fan Wubing revealed his identity as the big boss behind the scenes.

"Sure enough!" Xu Wenrong looked at Fan Wubing and nodded, "I told you that you look a bit unusual, as expected! It seems that my old eyes are not dimmed yet!"

Fan Wubing could not help but smile. At this time, Xu Wenrong was only fifty-six years old, and he was in his prime. How could he be old and dim? Just ten years later. This person can still propose a 20 billion investment plan for the construction of the New Yuanming Palace. How can it be compared with ordinary old people?

"As for the issue of funds, I will invest some of them. Don't be afraid to hoard too much basic building materials such as cement and steel bars. All in all, it is best to spend all the funds that have arrived before the end of the year and turn them into building materials." Fan Wubing confessed one more sentence.

"Don't worry, it's about spending money. I can still handle it well." From Fan Wubing's words, Xu Wenrong sensed that the general environment might change, so he nodded, expressing that he understood him. the meaning of.

After everyone returned to Shanghai, they got a very bad news. A member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Card Xiu, submitted a special proposal to Congress, strongly urging Congress to pass authorization to punish Chinese officials for condoning intellectual property piracy and other behaviors. sex blow. The proposal has already received the verbal support of more than two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives. It looks menacing, and it feels like a dark cloud is overwhelming the city. ****

Affected by this, the stock prices of many listed companies represented by American high-tech stocks plummeted, and there are many companies that have fallen by about 40% in one day. Most analysts believe that the trade war between China and the United States is inevitable.

In this regard, Wuzhi Xiaoji and his subordinates who performed stock and futures operations in the United States had the most emotional changes. They complained to Fan Wubing one after another, saying that the direction of speculation this time seemed to be wrong.

Although even if a trade war breaks out between China and the United States, the stock market will lose all its money, and it will not hurt Fan Wubing's tendons or shake Fan Wubing's bones, but seeing billions of dollars invested in an instant disappear, who It will not feel good in my heart.

No matter how big the family business is. I can't stand such nonsense! Many people have doubts about the boss's decision.

"Continue to increase positions in stocks with good profits that have plummeted. At the same time, it is time to throw away the empty orders." Fan Wubing's decision made everyone feel a little unacceptable.

The so-called gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, seeing that the trade war between China and the United States will break out at any time. Why does the boss continue to bet on American high-tech stocks like a tendon?

"Fan Sang, it seems a bit too risky for you to do this." Wu Zhi Xiaoji reminded.

"High risks lead to high returns, otherwise, how do you think I earn all my money?" Fan Wubing replied with a smile.

But this time the waiting time was quite long, it lasted for nearly two months, and even Fan Wubing himself felt a little doubtful about his decision, could it be that his judgment and memory were all wrong?

In fact, the trade dispute between China and the United States is mainly entangled in the issue of intellectual property protection.

In April 19*, the U.S. Trade Representative released the "Report on Foreign Trade Barriers", accusing China of failing to provide sufficient and effective protection for U.S. intellectual products, especially in the patent system and copyright system. Put China on the list of "key observation countries".

In May of the same year, the Chinese and American government delegations drafted a "Memorandum of Understanding" on intellectual property protection, but for unknown reasons, they were not actually signed in the end. The memorandum mainly shows that the Chinese government will formulate a copyright law as soon as possible to protect works including computer software, revise the patent law, and the government should strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights. ^^^^ The U.S. government stated that it would not list China as a key country at that time. The two sides made clear the importance of scientific and technological cooperation and promoted the further development of economic and trade relations.

In April of the following year, the U.S. Trade Representative again accused China of prohibiting and quantitatively restricting imports of certain products and aspects, restricting import license release regulations, processing standards for phytosanitary and livestock products, and undisclosed restrictions on imports. And issues such as laws and regulations for sales in China, market access, etc., and cited the provisions of the "Special Article 301" of the Trade Law to list China as a "key observation country".

At the same time, the United States also accused China of insufficient protection scope of patent law, copyright law not fully formulated, and computer software not being protected as literary works. The United States launched an investigation into China's laws and policies. During this period, China and the United States had consultations, but no consensus was reached.

This problem is probably due to the differences caused by different systems.

For Americans. I believe that private property is sacred and inviolable, and intellectual property is also private property that should be strictly protected, so the use must be authorized by the original owner. the profits generated. Naturally, corresponding remuneration should be paid to the original works.

But the Chinese don't think so. One reason is that for a long time, China didn't have a special patent law, nor did it have perfect protection for copyright owners.

In the eyes of most people, writers or inventions basically have government positions, so the inventions or works they produce should belong to official inventions or official creations, that is to say. The state has already paid for it, so how is it possible to pay for it a second time now?

In particular, the hostile attitude of most Chinese towards the United States has never been eliminated. Naturally, no one is interested in protecting the so-called intellectual property rights of Americans. Even the law enforcement officers are ashamed to use their power for this purpose. They are not traitors. Why?

The most critical thing is the discriminatory price strategy of the United States against Chinese users in the software industry, which allows the Chinese to use and even produce pirated versions with confidence.

A set of software that costs a few cents will cost thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan. Are you a fool when you think Chinese people? Even though the Americans created all kinds of anti-piracy obstacles on the software disk, in front of the smart Chinese, it is equivalent to a beautiful woman wearing an extra coat, which is still a sexy style. Things, many Chinese are quite keen.

During the long waiting process, Fan Wu was not idle when he fell ill.

In fact he is very busy. On the one hand, we have to come up with the scripts of "Mythology" and "My Fair Princess", on the other hand, we have to guide Chen Bisong to complete a few songs, and on the other hand, Liushi is almost finished, and it will open a few years ago. Shareholders, he is also going to wander around.

Here in Hengdian, construction has already begun. Although the weather is getting colder. However, after Fan Wubing injected 200 million in capital, Hengdian people started construction work in full swing. The entire hill was filled with densely packed workers, and construction materials such as cement and steel bars were continuously pulled in.

Under Fan Wubing's special reminder, Xu Wenrong began to purchase basic building materials from various places. At the same time, he was surprised to find that there were colleagues from Huaxi Village who had the same idea as him, people from Huaxi Village To be more ruthless, not only search for building materials, but also resource raw materials such as aluminum ingots and copper are also hoarded in large quantities.

Xu Wenrong believed that if they were given enough funds, they would have the confidence to bring all the aluminum ingots and copper produced in the country to Huaxi Village.

It seems that many people with keen eyes have judged that China is on the eve of an explosion.

But time finally slipped into 1992, the year that Fan Wubing placed high hopes on.

Although he has made arrangements for this day in various ways at home and abroad, but when things come to an end, he still has some worries in his heart. If the facts are different from what he imagined, what will happen? Woolen cloth?

On New Year's Day in 1992, when everyone was celebrating the arrival of the new year, the United States listed a list of retaliation for imposing high tariffs of US$1.5 billion on Chinese imports, and China immediately announced a tariff of US$1.2 billion the next day. anti-retaliation list.

All of a sudden, the economic and trade cooperation between China and the United States was immediately shrouded in a lingering cloud, and the reaction of the market was quite chaotic, and everyone lost their direction.

Americans are also very surprised by China's strong reaction. Generally speaking, within a week after receiving the retaliatory tariff list, it is very fast to be able to submit an anti-retaliation list. It's too fast, it's a bit abnormal!

At the same time as the trade retaliation war, the consultations between China and the United States are also continuing.

Fan Wubing watched with a cold eye, thought carefully, and felt that the abnormality of the incident just explained the delicate relationship between the two countries, making the current situation impossible to deduce with common sense.

The Republican Party has dominated the U.S. for twelve years, but the U.S. economy has not improved significantly, and the Bush administration’s Operation Desert Storm in Iraq has not achieved the goal of eradicating Saddam Hussein. There are too many countries that are holding back. The Democratic Party is brooding over its defeat in the three consecutive presidential elections. In October last year, the Democratic Party's Clinton made a high-profile announcement that he would run for the 1992 U.S. presidential election, vowing to seize Capitol Hill.

Under such circumstances, the normal relationship between China and the United States is very important to the Bush administration, and no one is willing to mess up their own affairs at such a critical juncture.

After many consultations, China rejected the unreasonable accusations and extravagant demands of the United States. Finally, on the 17th of January, the governments of China and the United States signed the first agreement on intellectual property protection, namely, "The Government of the People's Republic of China and the United States of America Government Memorandum of Understanding on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights.

In this negotiation, China and the United States made some commitments. The two governments will take effective measures and remedies within their respective territories and abroad to avoid or stop infringement of intellectual property rights and curb further infringement.

The Chinese government promised to improve the protection level of patents, agreed to provide administrative protection for American pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals from the next year, and promised to join the "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works" and "Protection of Record Production to Prevent Records from being Unauthorized" this year. Replication of the Geneva Conventions.

In response, the U.S. government recognized the progress made by the Chinese government in improving intellectual property protection. The U.S. government terminated the investigation under Special Section 301 from the date of signing the memorandum, and canceled the designation of China as a key investigation country.

This memorandum brings to an end the year-long negotiation between China and the United States on intellectual property issues.

As soon as the news was released, high-tech stocks in the United States exploded immediately, and Fan Wubing, who had already invested in the U.S. stock market, doubled the tens of billions of dollars he had invested in the stock market in one day.