Chapter 514 Some Dangerous Suggestions

After hearing what the responsible comrade said, several comrades also laughed and said, "This is hard work, we have to save up little by little, haha."

The responsible comrade smiled and said, "Don't worry. When your experiment was becoming clearer, we had already reported the relevant request. Now the whole country is working together, and all ministries and commissions are working hard for us and trying their best to meet our needs."

It's coming soon.

If Gao Zhendong knew about their conversation, he would probably jump three feet high. The effect is very obvious. My trip was not in vain!
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As the Chinese New Year was approaching, there was no movement in the 17th and 12th Ministries of Machine Building, but Gao Zhendong received a commendation that had nothing to do with any of them.

This commendation came from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, a ministry that, at first glance, seems to have nothing to do with Gao Zhendong.

As for the content of the commendation, it was very simple, "Advanced Individual in Foreign Investment Work". This really put into practice the title of "Advanced Individual in Export and Foreign Exchange Earning" that they once half-jokingly gave to Gao Zhendong. However, it seemed a bit embarrassing to directly say "export and foreign exchange earning". Nowadays, the ministries and commissions are still relatively implicit and just used the general term "foreign investment work".

If this matter were to get out, other comrades would certainly be confused. You may say that Comrade Gao Zhendong's technical skills are impeccable, but it is too much to force him to give him a commendation for his work with foreign investors.

Therefore, this event was not publicized in a big way, but in order to show seriousness, the Ministry of Foreign Trade still formally invited Gao Zhendong. There was no general meeting, but the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade personally presented the certificate to him in his office.

Oh, yes, there is also a faux leather bag as a prize, a Songjiang brand one, with a glowing Huabiao in the middle and a line of gold-plated words below it: "Advanced Individual in Foreign-Invested Work in 1960".

Gao Zhendong couldn't let go of this leather bag. It was so representative of the times and it must be a family heirloom.

Gao Zhendong took the certificate and prize and thanked the leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Trade: "Thank you, leaders, and thank you for the recognition of my work."

The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade had a smile on his face, and he couldn't help but smile. The young man in front of him basically single-handedly supported the foreign trade of high-tech products. Although the quantity was not large, the amount was astonishing.

"This is what we should do. Your work is very supportive of our work. Even so, we still feel a little embarrassed. We are taking advantage of you, haha."

Why do I say that? Because for the Ministry of Foreign Trade, many things are low-cost or even no-cost businesses, such as software. They never expected that a tape could be sold at a price similar to that of a DJS-59.

You can even exchange some things from the Russians that you couldn't get before. At this time, this may be more important than money. Money is important, but in many cases it is not the most important thing.

The two chatted for a few minutes, and the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade was very interested in Gao Zhendong's ideas.

"It just so happens that you're here today. It's better to come today than to wait for a better day. We're both very busy at work, and it's rare for us to get together. I've always wanted to meet you, a great scientist, and hear your views on foreign business, but I've never had the conditions to do so. Today is the chance."

It is hard to say whether Gao Zhendong is a great scientist in the eyes of others, but in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, he is a great scientist.

However, this was a bit too much. Gao Zhendong felt that he could not bear it. "I am too proud of your compliment. I don't deserve it. I have no experience in foreign business and have never participated in it. I may not be able to come up with any systematic ideas."

This is not out of modesty. Gao Zhendong has never been involved in related matters in his two lifetimes. Even when he was confronting people online in his previous life, he basically did not touch on such things.

This thing is extremely complicated, and unlike science and engineering which have relatively strong causality, this thing often has no causality, or it can be said that causality is impossible to grasp, and it is not something Gao Zhendong can touch at all.

Not to mention a layman like Gao Zhendong, even for economists, it is very common to sit back on the shit they have pooped out.

The three magic weapons of economists: survivor bias, playing dead, and eating books.

"It doesn't matter, just say whatever you want to say. It doesn't have to be theoretical, practical operations are fine too." The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade is very open-minded.

No need to deal with theory? That would be much better.

Gao Zhendong felt relieved. It was very easy to get into big trouble when dealing with economic theories these days, and he didn't want to get into this bad luck. Not to mention that he didn't understand it, even if he did understand it, he would definitely keep his mouth shut and not say a word.

Gao Zhendong hesitated for a while and said, "Leader, I am a technician, and I only have some vague opinions on technology. They are not very mature. I just said it casually, and you can just listen to it casually."

"Well, that's it, just say whatever you want."

"My idea is that the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation should take the lead and work with other departments to protect our national intellectual property rights. It may not be useful now, but in the long run, there are many countries that are eyeing our national intellectual property rights and salivating over them."

In fact, there is culture, but this thing, well, those who understand it all know it, and they dare not touch it. In Gao Zhendong’s previous life, there was a very famous video on the Internet - "They are not a country, but a civilization disguised as a country."

It has been going on for thousands of years, watching with a smile that “the dead are like corpses, which never stop day or night”, and an important part of it is these things, not only economic benefits, but also social benefits.

"National intellectual property rights?" The leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Trade were a little surprised. They generally don't think about this aspect nowadays.

"Yes, like our century-old brands, traditional prescriptions, traditional crafts, specialties and famous products. I can't say for sure, but I think these things should be protected. If they are taken to the international market, they are also special products for export and foreign exchange earning. They can't be stolen by others. I heard that the Japanese stole a lot of our things back then."

Gao Zhendong couldn't say too much, nor could he go into too much detail. He could only talk about foreign business and export earnings.

At this time, it is right to pull out the Japanese devils. Even those who are not very tempered will get angry when they hear this. In fact, if it is the 21st century, there is a country that is more suitable to be used as a target than the Japanese devils, but it is not suitable at this time.

"Yes, yes, yes. The Japanese stole and robbed us so much back then. I saw quite a few of them when I was working for foreign investors. It made me so angry." Speaking of this, the leader of the Foreign Investment Department immediately became angry.

After scolding, the leader turned back and asked, "What do you think should be done?"

Gao Zhendong said: "I don't understand this aspect, but I think, should we discuss and stipulate that this kind of intellectual property rights cannot be transferred without authorization, and some kind of permission must be obtained?"

It is impossible to get stuck, the only thing we can do is set transaction thresholds and obstacles.

"Yeah, that makes sense. You said brands and trademarks are also considered intellectual property?"

In the future, this will be one of the hardest hit areas. There are too many examples of foreigners acquiring national brands and then putting them on the shelf, completely obliterating our national brands in the long river of history. The most typical example is a daily chemical brand from the United States, which did such a terrible thing that it is hard to describe in words.

As for the nonsense that if you don't provide national brands, they won't form a joint venture, just listen to it. How can they turn a blind eye to such a large market and so many high-quality laborers? What nonsense is this? How can it be so new that jackals stop eating meat and eat vegetables?
"Yes, of course. Just imagine, if the Japanese opened roast duck restaurants all over the world and named them 'Quan Xde' or opened mutton hotpot restaurants all over the world and named them 'Xlaishun', how would we feel?"

When Chinese people talk, it is best to start with food. Although not everyone in the world likes to eat these things, just thinking about them can make Chinese people angry and angry, especially when Gao Zhendong assumes that the person who did this was a Japanese devil.

"That's definitely not possible! I understand. We have to do it. But some things are left over from the old society..."

"Limit the spread and prevent the harmful effects." Gao Zhendong said eight words and stopped talking.

Damn it, it’s you intellectuals who always think you’re right. The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade almost cursed out loud.

"Okay, I understand." The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade did not say much.

Gao Zhendong's eyes were not only on the traditional aspect: "In addition, I think we should also not ignore the intellectual property rights of our high-tech products."

"Well, this problem does exist. You are right to remind us. We need to seize this area. Now there are not many products, so we can still control it through agreements and national credit. But we will eventually develop. When there are more in the future, these old methods will not be reliable. We don't worry about thieves stealing, but we worry about thieves thinking about it."

The leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Trade deeply agree with Gao Zhendong's proposal, and they also think that the most suitable department to handle this matter at this stage is the Ministry of Foreign Trade, as they deal most with foreign parties regarding intellectual property rights. In this regard, not to mention the Bureau of Standards and Regulations, even the foreign affairs department has to take a back seat.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Trade still needs to carefully consider how to handle this matter. At this time, it involves not only the intellectual property rights themselves, but also many off-site factors.

After communicating for a while, Gao Zhendong left the Ministry of Foreign Trade with the prize.

He did not regret the somewhat dangerous words he said today. A real man has things he should do and things he should not do. He worked so hard with all his might just to be able to say a few words when the time came.

Thinking about the things that the leaders of the 12th Ministry of Machine Building sent over not long ago, there shouldn't be any problem and these things won't cause any big trouble for me.

As for the impact of Gao Zhendong's words, forty years later, a famous economic newspaper said the following in the chapter "Gains and Losses of National Intellectual Property Rights" when analyzing the twists and turns, gains and losses of opening the country's doors.

"This law was created in 1961 and was originally intended to restrict, but to years later it became the most powerful weapon in the hands of intellectual property protection workers. It successfully saved a large number of national intellectual property rights and traditional industries, which formed a sharp contrast with the small number of those that were committed to foreign investment."

Later, the newspaper added: "Considering that the initiator of this regulation is the famous scientist Mr. Gao Zhendong, this makes us reasonably suspect that its starting point was originally for this purpose, but it had to be dressed up in another way due to historical reasons."

(End of this chapter)