Chapter 623

Yang Rui has always been very careful in his choice of law firms.

He doesn't worry about the research itself. He has information in his mind. No matter how difficult it is, there are traces to follow. Moreover, Yang Rui's academic interests and responsibilities are more than difficulties.

But the law is a very dangerous and uncontrollable weapon. Even those who do biological research, even if they sit in the ivory tower, are in danger of being sued. They may suffer financial losses, sulk for a few years, or lose their property for a few years.

Big consortia will sue, small scientific apes will sue, and environmental protection organizations and animal rights organizations all like to sue biological companies and biologists.

PCR It has a history of being sued.

At that time, the west company was also an American pure blood company with assets of hundreds of millions, and it was still involved in litigation. Yang Rui had been cautious all the time, which was not groundless.

However, the initiative to initiate a lawsuit is not a project in Yang Rui's plan. It is the American patent lawyer Benjamin and Hong Kong lawyer Yue Ting who persuade Yang Rui to do so.

"Pure defense can't win. Since you are so optimistic about this project, it's the best to take the initiative." Benjamin, a lawyer who charges $2200 an hour, said.

Of course, before taking Yang Rui's $50000 deposit, Benjamin also promised Yang Rui that he would win several times the settlement.

Litigation does not necessarily have to go to court. For American lawyers, court defense is a laborious and risky job.

Even the best litigation lawyers will try their best to avoid court trials. In many cases, patent lawyers like Benjamin will outsource court trials to more professional defense lawyers.

Most of the time, lawyers are pursuing reconciliation.

The court trial is often for better reconciliation conditions, otherwise, in the United States, where a case easily takes months or even years, lawyers are too busy to finish several cases.

Benjamin, a patent lawyer, regarded the settlement as daily. After getting Yang Rui's authorization, he issued a series of orders.

Benjamin's plans include a press conference, a contact with the directors of the ganica company, and a strong lawyer's letter.

It is 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 stayed and searched it. Without much effort, he got the contract of intent in both Chinese and English.

The last official seal, but also to see the anger of Yang Rui, scared.

Don't think it's an intentional contract. If there is a mentally ill leader in China who suddenly breaks down on the forehead and says, "we can't let our international friends down," it will be difficult to predict the trouble this contract will cause.

Although it is said that as long as Yang Rui does not let go, no one will be able to forcibly sell PCR 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 $50000 he just spent, Yang Rui was even more depressed. He only hoped that Benjamin would be as strong as he and Yue Ting, a Hong Kong lawyer, boasted that he could earn his lawyer's fees from the settlement money without going to court.

This makes Yang Rui even more bored.

Court trials are often extremely lengthy. In movies, there are almost no trials that decide the outcome of a game. It's common to see trials lasting for five hours, ten hours or even fifteen hours. The fees charged by court lawyers are often tens of thousands of dollars per session. Yang Rui hasn't received the payment from PCR. In fact, he hasn't even found a PCR foundry, and the bill is far away, At this time, if he is in court, he will not only have problems staying in the United States, but also his economic burden will become a serious problem.

However, without Benjamin's method, the risk is no less. A lawyer's letter is not a golden rule. If the other party doesn't listen to it, it will also enter the litigation stage

At this time, Yang Rui deeply felt the dilemma faced by high-tech start-ups in the United States. If they can't raise funds at the right time, or sell themselves, all kinds of lawsuits alone will bring down the start-ups. If you are forced to start a patent lawsuit, one or two million dollars is just the starting price, but several start-ups can offer one or two million dollars.

Think of apple and Samsung suing in many countries all over the world at the same time. I don't know how many law firms they support in one year

"I want to call China." Yang Rui mentions the phone and explains it to the front desk. Then he finds Wang Jianguo's phone in his notebook and dials it.

Wang Jianguo also came out of Deling farm, but unlike Jing Cuncheng and others, Wang Jianguo was older and retired to the second tier after the rehabilitation. However, Wang Jianguo is more powerful than Jing Cuncheng and others. He has many sons, seven children and seven grandchildren. The third of them works in the Ministry of foreign affairs.Yang Rui doesn't need many strong officials to help him. He just needs an insider to advise him. This is the current domestic environment. If there is no relationship, nothing can be done. In case Zhang Hongjun, the leader of the team, finds a relationship and makes a mess of it, Yang Rui must be very angry.

Of course, he is furious now.

The next day.

Yang Rui and ganika meet again.

Long negotiation table, one side, half lawyers.

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

Benjamin's lawyer's fee is $2200 an hour, and his team of three lawyers is included. Yueting, a lawyer in Hong Kong, is much cheaper, but with all kinds of extra costs, it's close to $800 per hour. In addition, the company lawyers of Huarui company also have to pay hundreds of dollars for their time.

That's 3600 seconds an hour, even if there's not a dollar per second.

Although Yang Rui wants to save a little, he can't do without three lawyers. The company lawyer is Huarui's Insurance Company and knows the situation of Huarui best. Yue Ting, a Hong Kong lawyer, is in charge of all patent affairs and knows the situation of patents best. Benjamin is an American lawyer who is most familiar with American laws and the patent terms of the United States, It's possible that Yang Rui was wronged by accident.

The negotiation lasted for four hours, excluding the two breaks in the middle for a total of one hour, and the charge lasted more than three hours.

In addition, the follow-up costs after the contract is drawn up are still considerable, and the transaction costs and charging time between Yueting and the company's lawyers will be doubled.

Fortunately, ganika finally let go and offered a settlement of $300000, which was almost the same as the initial sales revenue of PCR equipment.

Of course, neither is net income.

When the contract was signed, 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 and said in a flash, "of course, if you have to come again, I hope your law firm can continue to act as an agent."

Despite the high fees, Benjamin didn't let him lose. In fact, for Benjamin, 300000 US dollars is just a small case. He should also see the future of PCR - at least tens of millions of technology, and future disputes are inevitable.

Garnica threw away the signed pen and said, "if I were allowed to decide on my own, I would not reconcile. We have not done anything wrong."

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

"With the settlement signed, Mr. ganika will no longer be my client." Kurt is also an old white man, shrugging his shoulders and showing no expression.

Yang Rui was stunned and asked, "why?"

"The directors of the ganica company kicked him out." Benjamin's expression was a little unnatural, but in a few seconds, he adjusted.

However, Yang Rui didn't think much about it. The founder of the company was driven out of his company by investors. Such a story, not to mention that it happens every day in the United States, can be seen every day in China in the future. It's really nothing rare.

Yang Rui looked at kanica sympathetically and said, "I hope I'm just a fuse, not dynamite."

"A group of shortsighted guys, they don't see the importance of the biotechnology I acquired, just want to make anti-cancer drugs... Are anti-cancer drugs so easy to do? How many companies are making anticancer drugs, and FDA is so easy to deal with? " Garnica 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 of anti-cancer drugs are promising. Ganika biological Co., Ltd. is an excellent biological high-tech company and should not be afraid of challenges."

"They just want to go public." There was disgust on her face.

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

"You just didn't say that you would spend more money in the laboratory."

"Aren't you buying technology too much?"

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

"I believe that's the case with the directors."

"Directors? Ha ha, after the listing, the directors will be replaced. "

"The company will continue to grow." Kurt stopped for a moment, then said: "the company will keep your office as a memorial, but I hope you don't go to the company again and interfere with the normal business of the company. In addition, the company may change its name in the near future. "Ganika's nose twitched twice and turned around dejectedly, but he 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 look the same. When they take control of the company, they look the same. "

"Mr. Yang Rui, let's go." Yueting whispered to Yang ruidao.

Yang Rui nodded and turned to go out.

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

Zhang Hongjun, who has always been shrinking in the corner, can't help it any more. He rushed out and stopped Yang Rui. He begged for mercy and said, "Yang Rui, boss Yang, I'm wrong. Please let me go."

"What can I spare you?"

"That... Contract, intentional contract."

"The intentional contract you signed with ganika?"

"Yes." Zhang Hongjun looked at Yang Rui's eyes, slapped himself two times, and started the classic begging for mercy Drama: "boss Yang, I'm sorry for you, I'm not a human, I'm a beast, please let me go..."

Yang Rui looked back and saw a group of lawyers looking at the scene curiously, but sighed: "pay attention to international influence."

"I..." Zhang Hongjun was speechless. He bent over and said: "boss Yang, please, I really beg you. I'm old and small..."

Yang Rui waved his hand and said: "the contract you want has been sent to China. It's useless for you to ask me again. Besides, it's not to shoot you. It won't affect your family. "

Zhang Hongjun does not believe: "you did not go back, how to send the contract back."

"Faxed back to the Ministry of foreign affairs."

"Really."

Yang Rui ignored him and left.

Zhang Hongjun silly to get out of the way, murmured: "you really willing."

Now it's not cheap to fax information back home, at least it's not affordable for ordinary Chinese.

Yang Rui looked back at the lawyers behind him and said, "what is the fax fee? If it wasn't for you, would I spend more than 100000 dollars on the lawyer's fee?"?

Who is willing to take such a big risk even if the lawyer's fees are earned back through the settlement.

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 Mr. Zhang be punished after he returns home? Can't you really be shot? "

"No way. Unless there is a more serious problem, at most it is dismissal. However, most of them are distributed to the border areas. Let's sit on the bench in a corner where no one wants to go. " Yang Rui really doesn't want Zhang Hongjun to be expelled. It's a good thing for him to leave the system completely in the current world.

Of course, there are many advantages for those who have a bright future to stay in the system, but such unfortunate people as Zhang Hongjun have to suffer.

As for when to make a start, it depends on when the parties forget about it.

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