Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

Yang Rui has always been very careful in choosing a law firm.

He doesn't worry about the research itself, he has the information in his mind, no matter how difficult the academic research is, there are traces to follow. Furthermore, Yang Rui is more interested in and responsible for academics. For Yang Rui, it is more of interest and responsibility than difficulties.

But the law is a very dangerous and uncontrollable weapon. Those who do biological research, even if they sit firmly in the ivory tower, are in danger of being sued, ranging from financial loss to sulk for a few years, to bankruptcy and a few years in prison.

Big consortiums will sue, small scientific apes will sue, environmental groups, animal rights organizations like to sue bio companies and biologists.

It also has a history of being sued.

At that time, Sister Company was also an American pure-blood company with assets of hundreds of millions, and it was still involved in lawsuits. Yang Rui has always been cautious, and it is by no means unfounded worry.

However, the initiative to initiate a lawsuit was not Yang Rui's planned project. It was the US patent lawyer Benjamin and Hong Kong lawyer Yue Ting who persuaded Yang Rui to proceed.

"Pure defense cannot win. Since you are so optimistic about this project, it is most beneficial to take the initiative." Benjamin, a lawyer who charges $2,200 an hour, said so.

Of course, before taking away Yang Rui's deposit of 50,000 US dollars, Benjamin also assured Yang Rui that he would get several times the settlement money.

Litigation does not necessarily have to go to court. For American lawyers, court defense is a labor-intensive job with uncertain risks.

Even the best litigators avoid court trials as much as possible, and in many cases, patent attorneys like Benjamin outsource court trials to more specialized defense attorneys.

Most of the time, lawyers are pursuing settlements.

Trials are often made for better reconciliation conditions. Otherwise, in the United States, where a case can easily take several months or even years, lawyers are too busy to complete a few cases.

A patent lawyer like Benjamin regards fighting for settlement money as a daily routine. After obtaining the authorization from Yang Rui, he issued a series of orders.

Including the press conference, contacting the directors of Garnica, and the strongly worded lawyer's letter are all Benjamin's plans.

It was Yang Rui's idea to obtain Zhang Hongjun's documents.

He guessed that Zhang Hongjun would not carry documents with him, so he went to the hotel where the Chinese delegation was staying, searched it, and got the contract of intent in both Chinese and English without much effort.

Looking at the final official seal, Yang Rui was furious and frightened.

Regardless of the intentional contract, if there is a leader with a sick mind in the country who suddenly slaps his head and says "we can't let our international friends down", the troubles caused by this contract will be unpredictable.

Although it is said that as long as Yang Rui does not let go, no one will be able to forcefully sell the technology, but in China, who knows what will happen in the end?

Moreover, Yang Rui didn't have to go through this.

Thinking about the 50,000 dollars he spent just now, Yang Rui was even more depressed. He only hoped that Benjamin would be as strong as he and Hong Kong lawyer Yue Ting boasted, and that he could earn his legal fees from the settlement money and not have to go to court.

Thinking of this, Yang Rui became even more depressed.

Court trials are often extremely lengthy, and there are almost no court trials in which the outcome of the game is determined in the movie.

Trials lasting five hours, ten hours or even fifteen hours are not uncommon, and trial lawyers often charge tens of thousands of dollars per session. Yang Rui has not yet received the money back. In fact, even his foundry He couldn't find it, and the bill was far away. At this time, if he was caught in court, not only would he have problems staying in the United States, but the financial burden would also become a serious problem.

However, the risks of not adopting Benjamin's method are not small. A lawyer's letter is not a legal order. If the other party refuses to listen, they will also enter the litigation stage.

At this time, Yang Rui deeply felt the dilemma encountered by high-tech start-up companies in the United States. If they could not raise funds at the right time or sell themselves, all kinds of lawsuits alone would drag down the start-up companies. If you are forced to fight a patent lawsuit, one or two million dollars is just the starting price, but there are several start-up companies that can offer one or two million dollars.

Think about how many law firms have been supported by Apple and Samsung who are simultaneously involved in lawsuits in many countries around the world.

"I want to make a call to China." Yang Rui picked up the phone and explained to the front desk, then found Wang Jianguo's number from his notebook and dialed it.

Wang Jianguo also came from Deling Farm, but unlike Jing Cuncheng and others, Wang Jianguo was too old, and immediately retreated to the second line after he was rehabilitated. However, what is more powerful than Jing Cuncheng and others is that Wang Jianguo has many sons and many blessings. He has seven children and seven grandchildren, the third of whom works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Yang Rui doesn't need strong officials to help, he just needs to find an insider to advise him. The current domestic environment is like this. If there is no relationship, nothing can be done. If the team leader Zhang Hongjun finds a relationship and messes things up instead, Yang Rui will be furious.

Of course, he was furious now.

the next day.

Yang Rui and Janika meet again.

There is a long negotiating table, with one person on each side, and half of them are lawyers.

Yang Rui looked at his watch and listened to them arguing with each other.

Benjamin's attorney fee was $2,200 an hour, including his three-person attorney team. Hong Kong lawyer Yue Ting is much cheaper, but including all kinds of additional fees, it is close to 800 US dollars per hour. In addition, the company lawyers of Sinovel also charge hundreds of dollars in hourly fees.

Calculated in this way, one hour and 3600 seconds, even if there is no $1 per second, it is almost the same.

Although Yang Rui wanted to save a little money, but Sanbo lawyers are indispensable. The company lawyer is Sinovel's insurance company and knows Sinovel's situation best. Hong Kong lawyer Yue Ting is in charge of all patent affairs and knows the patent situation best. Benjamin is an American lawyer and is most familiar with American law and American patent terms, any one of the three less, may have accidentally deceived Yang Rui.

Negotiations lasted for 4 hours, excluding two breaks totaling 1 hour in the middle, the charging time was more than 3 hours.

In addition, the follow-up costs after drawing up the contract are still expensive, and the communication costs and charging time between Yue Ting and the company's lawyers will double.

Fortunately, Janica finally relented and offered a settlement of US$300,000, which was about the same as Yi's initial sales income.

Of course, the same is not pure income.

After the contract was signed, the old white man Benjamin stood up happily, shook hands with Yang Rui and said with a smile, "I hope we still have a chance to cooperate."

"I don't want to go through this again." Yang Rui shook his head helplessly, then said in a flash: "Of course, if I have to go again, I also hope that your law firm can continue to represent you."

Although the fee was high, Benjamin did not let him lose money after all. In fact, 300,000 US dollars is just a small case for Benjamin, and he should have seen the follow-up prospect of at least tens of millions of technology, and future disputes will be inevitable.

Janika threw away the signed pen and said: "If I were to decide independently, I would not reconcile. We did not do anything wrong."

"Kote, please pay attention to your client's words and deeds." Benjamin reminded the other party's lawyer.

"With the signing of the settlement agreement, Mr. Janika will no longer be my client." Kurt was also an elderly white man, shrugging his shoulders with no expression on his face.

Yang Rui froze for a moment and asked, "Why?"

"The directors of Ganica Company kicked him out." Benjamin's expression was a little unnatural, but he adjusted within a few seconds.

However, Yang Rui didn't think much about it. The founder of the company was kicked out of his company by investors. This kind of story, not to mention that it happens every day in the United States, will be seen every day in China in the future. It is really nothing unusual.

Yang Rui gave Janica a sympathetic look, and said, "I hope I'm just a fuse, not an explosive."

"A group of short-sighted guys, they can't see the importance of the biotechnology I acquired, they only think about making anticancer drugs, is it so easy to make anticancer drugs, and don't look at how many companies are making anticancer drugs now, fda It's so easy to deal with." Janica sneered a few times, full of anger.

Kurt wanted to speak for the company, so he interjected: "There are many companies making anti-cancer drugs, which shows that the prospects for anti-cancer drugs are promising. Ganica Biological Co., Ltd. is an excellent bio-tech company and should not be afraid of challenges."

"They just want to go public." Janica said with disgust.

"Going public is not a bad thing. The company will have more capital and less risk to acquire other companies."

"The only thing you didn't say was to spend more money in the lab."

"Aren't you buying technology too?"

"I'm thinking about the future of the company and buying technology that will lay the foundation for the company."

"I'm sure the directors are as well."

"Directors, haha, after the listing, the directors will have to be replaced."

"The company will continue to grow." Kurt paused, and then said: "The company will keep your office as a souvenir, but I hope you don't go to the company again and interfere with the company's normal business. In addition, the company may close your office in the near future. Change the name."

Janika's nose twitched twice, turned around disheartened, but faced Yang Rui, and said with a smile: "You see, this is the true face of capital. When they want to invest in you, they are like After they took over the power of the company, they will look the same again."

"Mr. Yang Rui, let's go." Yue Ting whispered to Yang Rui.

Yang Rui nodded, turned and went out.

A group of lawyers, dressed in dark suits, turned around and followed Yang Rui with great style.

Zhang Hongjun, who had been huddled in the corner, couldn't bear it anymore, rushed out, stopped Yang Rui, and begged for mercy: "Yang Rui, Boss Yang, I was wrong, please let me go."

"Leave you alone"

"That contract, a contract of intent."

"The contract of intent you signed with Ganica"

"Yes." Zhang Hongjun looked at Yang Rui's eyes, slapped himself twice, and started the classic begging drama: "Boss Yang, I'm sorry for you, I'm not a human, I'm an animal, please let me go."

Yang Rui glanced back, and saw a group of lawyers watching this scene curiously, and sighed helplessly: "Pay attention to the international influence."

"I..." Zhang Hongjun couldn't speak, bent over and said: "Boss Yang, please, I really beg you, I have an old man, and a young man."

Yang Rui waved his hand and said, "I've already sent the contract you want to the country. It's useless if you ask me any more. Besides, I'm not going to shoot you, and it won't affect your support for your family."

Zhang Hongjun didn't believe it: "You didn't go back, how did you send the contract back?"

"Faxed back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China."

"real."

Yang Rui ignored him and left.

Zhang Hongjun moved out of the way stupidly, and murmured: "You are really willing."

It is indeed not cheap to fax documents back to China now, at least it is not affordable by ordinary Chinese.

Yang Rui looked back at the group of lawyers behind him, and thought, "What's the fax fee? If it wasn't for you, would I have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in lawyer fees?"

Even if the legal fee is earned back through the settlement, who is willing to take such a big risk.

A group of people broke up in the parking lot. Lawyer Yue Ting followed Yang Rui back. On the way, he asked curiously, "What kind of punishment will that Mr. Zhang receive when he returns to China? Will he really not be shot?"

"How is it possible. Unless there are more serious problems, the most is expulsion. However, most of them are distributed to the frontier, and sit on the bench in a corner where no one wants to go." Yang Rui really didn't want Zhang Hongjun to be expelled, right now In the current world, it is a good thing to leave the system completely.

Of course, there are many benefits for promising people to stay in the system, but unlucky people like Zhang Hongjun can only suffer.

As for when to make it through, it depends on when the person concerned forgot about it.

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