Chapter 48: The Factory Director (13)

  It's not a big deal, but if you say it is, it really isn't. Just communicate with Xia Shi & Chang and it will be fine. We have already discussed this matter in detail with Xia Shi & Chang before, and this time we just need to offer a little more benefits, no big problem.

  As expected, Dongfang Shu reported the situation to Xia Shi Zhong over the phone and after a brief introduction, Xia Shi Zhong also understood the significance of this matter to himself. Without hesitation, he communicated with Dongfang Shu over the phone and they reached a consensus on this matter.

  "Lao Wu, that's it. You and Comrade Lin Hongfei discuss it carefully." Dongfang Shuji said to Director Wu after communicating with Xia Shi & Chang.

  "Yes, I'll go right away." Director Wu hastily replied. This matter was being closely watched by both the city's first and second in command, so Director Wu didn't dare to be even slightly slow.

  Dongfang Shu nodded with a gentle smile and said, "Good."

  Director Wu has been working under Dongfang Bookkeeping for four or five years, and is a cadre promoted by Dongfang Bookkeeping himself. He is loyal to Dongfang Bookkeeping, handles matters steadily, takes care of all aspects, and has won the trust of Dongfang Bookkeeping. He is one of the most capable assistants under Dongfang Bookkeeping.

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  When Director Wu returned to the office, he saw Lin Hongfei looking at a book, seemingly absorbed in it, and didn't even notice his own arrival. He couldn't help but feel curious, cleared his throat softly, and waited for Lin Hongfei to come back to himself before curiously asking, "Hongfei, what are you reading?"

  Director Wu asked this out of curiosity, not to ask Lin Hongfei in a subtle way if he had rummaged through his own office materials. If it were someone else, Director Wu might have had such concerns, but Lin Hongfei's background determined that he had good family education, and it was impossible for him to do something like rummaging through other people's things when no one was around.

  Lin Hongfei stood up to show respect to Director Wu, and casually placed a bookmark on the page of the book he was reading, closed the book, and smiled, saying, "It's 'Utopia', I was just flipping through it idly."

  "Utopia?" Director Wu was greatly surprised and somewhat incredulous, "This is a representative work of classical philosophical thought, can you understand it?"

  "The Republic" is a representative work of the famous ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato, and also one of the most representative works of classical philosophy in the history of world philosophy. It is considered to be the most representative work of Western political thought tradition, and can be called a classic among classics in the history of world philosophy. As a party member, it is necessary to come into contact with philosophy, learn philosophical thoughts. Director Wu has read this book, although it was difficult to understand, but every time he flips through it, he gains new insights, which also have great guiding significance for his work. But Lin Hongfei is so young, just a science major undergraduate who hasn't even graduated yet, and he's already reading such profound philosophical books? Director Wu was shocked.

  "I don't quite understand," Lin Hongfei's expression was a bit shy, "but I think it's pretty good to take a look."

  Director Wu smiled and nodded, choosing not to continue the conversation on this topic. Based on his intuition earlier, Director Wu felt that although he didn't know how much Lin Hongfei had understood, he was definitely able to understand it. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so absorbed in the book at such a young age, reading such profound philosophical books... This kid Lin Hongfei, is indeed a young man valued by Shu Ji, but he's not simple at all!

  With the previous conversation as a foundation, Director Wu directly entered the topic, "Hongfei, it's like this, the municipal party committee and government have expressed their intention to ask you whether you plan to sell the patents for those two motorcycle models you invented?"

  Patent? The patent brothers haven't even applied yet, Lin Hongfei was suddenly a bit dizzy: Doesn't Director Wu know that this car has just been invented for a few days? In such a short time, how can there be time to apply for a patent? Not to mention the public notice period of the patent.

  "Patent," Lin Hongfei's mind suddenly turned, scratching the back of his head, and he was a bit embarrassed. "Actually, I hope it's authorized use or other forms of cooperation. Director, to be honest with you, I don't think selling patents is a very cost-effective business... But for these two cars, I haven't even applied for a patent yet."

  Lin Hongfei didn't believe that Director Wu was unaware of the fact that those two cars he had made hadn't even gone through the patent application process. Since he said so, there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

  "How come you haven't applied for a patent yet?" Director Wu was suddenly "shocked and dismayed", shaking his head in distress and regret, looking at Lin Hongfei with a look of disappointment, "Hongfei, what can I say about you? Haven't we suffered enough losses in this aspect of patents? This is such an important matter, why didn't you hurry up and apply for it?"

  Lin Hongfei became even more embarrassed, his voice dropping two tones, "This... I..."

  "Alright, alright," Before Lin Hongfei could finish speaking, Director Wu interrupted him. Lin Hongfei hadn't applied for a patent, and he naturally knew that. The previous words were just to lead into the main topic. Now, what comes next is what he really wants to say: "In this way, our city has a batch of special funds to support high-tech industries. If it's an invention patent, you can apply for this money. For the patent application, you prepare the materials and give them to me. Don't worry about anything else, Uncle Wu guarantees that the patent will be approved within a month at most."

  Normally, it takes about a year for a patent to be officially granted from the time of application. This is for utility model patents; if it's an invention patent, the examination period will be even longer. But this kind of thing has always been "researchable". In our country, there's never been anything that's impossible. Whether or not something can succeed mainly depends on your ability... If others can't do something but I can, doesn't that just show off my abilities?

  "That's really... thank you so much, Uncle Wu. To be honest, I've been worried about this for the past two days. You've helped me out a lot," Lin Hongfei said with a surprised look on his face, and he naturally started climbing up the ladder that Wu Dayong had put down, also changing his address from "Director Wu" to "Uncle Wu".

  But there's no such thing as a free lunch, and the city helped itself complete in just one month what would normally take over a year to accomplish through normal channels. It's not that they wanted to learn from Lei Feng and do good deeds, but rather they must have had ulterior motives. Lin Hongfei readily opened his mouth, "Uncle Wu, I roughly understand what you mean. You're planning for the city's motorcycle manufacturing plant..."

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  PS: Just got back, repeatedly declined, but still drank six bottles of beer, dizzy head, relying on the thousand-year-old feeling for oneself, knowing that this chapter is probably the limit of a thousand years, cough, brothers, hang account... Now I owe everyone six chapters, is it six chapters? The thousand-year-old math isn't very good...