Sir Alex Ferguson was stunned for a moment, and his expression was a little awkward.
The middle-aged magician was right. The so-called "magic patent" and the entire concept of patents were all proposed by Xu Yi, the president of New Flyer, a few years ago. After the Lampari Kingdom's Sorcerers Guild submitted an application to the Magician's Union Headquarters, it was finally approved by the Magician's Union Headquarters.
Since this concept was completely proposed by Xu Yi, then Xu Yi naturally had the most right to speak on this matter.
Now that the Union Headquarters claimed that Xu Yi and New Flyer didn't have the relevant rights, it was no wonder that they were dissatisfied.
After a moment of silence, Sir Alex Ferguson coughed lightly and said seriously, "This concept was indeed first proposed by Chairman Xu.
But since this concept involves magic and magicians, then it already belongs to the scope of our Sorcerers Guild's jurisdiction.
And when Chairman Xu proposed this concept, his original intention was to use the power of the Sorcerers Guild to protect and protect the patent concept he proposed.
Am I right, Chairman Xu? "
Xu Yi nodded lightly, "That's right.
The reason why I originally hoped that the Sorcerers Guild would agree to the concept of patents was that I hoped to use the power of the Sorcerers Guild to form the protection of patents. This way, the research of magic machines would have a better space to develop. "
"That's right." Seeing that Xu Yi frankly admitted this point, Sir Alex Ferguson let out a sigh of relief.
"Since Chairman Xu himself agreed that our Sorcerers Guild had this right, and took the initiative to exercise this right in the hands of our Union Headquarters, then now he wants to establish a Magic Machine Patent Protection Union. Why is that?"
"Sir Sir Alex Ferguson, you seem to have misunderstood something." Xu Yi smiled.
"Oh?
What's wrong? "
"I proposed the concept of patents to the Magician's Union Headquarters in the hope that the power of the Sorcerers Guild would protect the magic patents of us magicians.
But you neglected a problem. When we obtain the protection of patents from the Magician's Union Headquarters, we all have to pay a price.
I don't know about other things, but just our New Flyer's patent protection fee to the Sorcerers Guild last year exceeded a shocking 140,000 gold coins.
This is not a small sum of money … "
Sir Alex Ferguson snorted, "What?
Isn't it natural to spend some money to have the union to protect your patents? "
"Of course, that's how it should be. I've never denied that."
Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and asked back without any politeness, "But Great Magician Ferguson, you have to be clear on something.
We pay the protection fee to the Magician's Union because we believe that the Magician's Union has the ability to protect our patents.
Therefore, this is our choice, and we don't have to do it. "
"What do you mean by that?" Sir Alex Ferguson's face changed.
"Don't tell me that New Flyer wants to leave the Sorcerers Guild's patent protection?"
"What I mean is, since we can choose to pay's patent protection fee to the Sorcerers Guild in exchange for the Sorcerers Guild's patent protection, then of course we can choose not to pay …"
"Then you will lose the Sorcerers Guild's patent protection!" Sir Alex Ferguson rudely interrupted Xu Yi's words.
"Yes, that's right.
But this also means that we have the ability to choose, and we don't have to pay's patent protection fee to the Sorcerers Guild.
Sir Alex Ferguson, do you understand what I mean? "Xu Yi said.
"So you plan to set up your own Magic Machine Patent Protection Union, collect the patent protection fee, and protect these patents yourself?" Sir Alex Ferguson let out a cold laugh.
"Chairman Xu, do you think ….. that your Frestech Chamber of Commerce has the ability to do this?
I can tell you clearly that other than our Sorcerers Guild, no other organization in Sines can do this! "
"I admit that what you said is true, at least for now.
But … "Xu Yi stared at Sir Alex Ferguson, his eyes revealing an extremely sharp gaze.
"Since the Magician's Union Headquarters can't protect our patents, then of course we can only rely on ourselves to find a way.
Even if there are many difficulties, this is something that must be done. "
Being stared at by Xu Yi, Sir Alex Ferguson couldn't help but slightly tilt his head to avoid Xu Yi's gaze.
"Chairman Xu, I don't understand what you mean.
Why do you say that our Sorcerers Guild can't protect your patents? "
"You really don't understand?" Xu Yi gave a laugh and nodded at the researchers sitting beside him.
Those researchers stood up and walked out of the conference room together.
When Sir Alex Ferguson was confused, not long after, they came back in with two elves and three dwarves, while also carrying several household magic machines.
"Chairman Xu, what are you doing?" Sir Alex Ferguson couldn't help asking.
Xu Yi didn't reply, he just signaled to those people.
The middle aged male researcher who asked Sir Alex Ferguson this question placed the Magic Fan in his hand on the table and pointed at it as he said, "Your excellency Great Magician, do you recognize this Magic Fan?"
Sir Alex Ferguson looked at the Magic Fan in confusion before shaking his head.
"This Magic Fan is not the Frestech Brand Magic Fan made by our company, rather it was found in the Candra Empire." The middle aged male researcher continued.
The middle aged male researcher continued, "To put it simply, it is a Magic Fan produced by a company that we don't know the name of yet."
"What?
What is strange about this?
According to what I know, other than your New Flyer, there are several other companies that can produce Magic Fans, right? "Sir Alex Ferguson said.
"That's right.
But other than our New Flyer, if the other companies want to produce Magic Fans, they have to obtain the relevant patents from our New Flyer, otherwise they would be violating the patent protection rules of the Sorcerers Guild.
You should be very clear on this, right? "The middle aged male researcher asked.
"Un, it's like this … …" Sir Alex Ferguson looked at the Magic Fan again and a bad feeling filled his heart.
The middle aged male researcher pointed at the base of the Magic Fan and continued, "All the companies that have obtained our patents, our company has a note on it.
But this Magic Fan doesn't have the logo of any of the companies that have obtained the patents, so I am certain that this Magic Fan must have stolen our company's Magic Fan patent! "
Sir Alex Ferguson knit his brows, "How can you be certain of this?"
The middle aged male researcher looked at him with a trace of disdain in his eyes.
"Your excellency Sir Alex Ferguson, you should surpass me in terms of magic, but in terms of understanding of magic machines, there is no doubt that I am stronger than you."
Sir Alex Ferguson was filled with rage. These words were clearly saying that a layman like him wasn't qualified to question this!
"Then after all this time, what do you mean?" Sir Alex Ferguson angrily said.
"You still don't understand?" The middle aged male researcher had a surprised look on his face.
"Our New Flyer's patent has been clearly infringed and not only did your Sorcerers Guild not study how to punish this and protect our company's patent, even when our company tried to use our own power to protect our patent, you forcefully stopped it!
Your excellency Great Magician Ferguson, can you tell me where you've used the patent protection fees that our company gave headquarters? "
The other side kept saying "you" which made Sir Alex Ferguson feel very dissatisfied.
This fellow was clearly a Ninth Grade Magician, but he didn't feel any sense of belonging to the Sorcerers Guild. When he called New Flyer, he kept saying "we". To Sir Alex Ferguson, this really made him, a Great Magician of the Sorcerers Guild's elder council, very dissatisfied.
But the other side's question was real, so he had to answer it.
After pondering for a moment, Sir Alex Ferguson said seriously, "Regarding this matter, as long as you report it to the headquarters, the headquarters will of course conduct a thorough investigation and do their best to protect your patent.
But this kind of matter can't be solved in a day or two, it will take some time.
Also, this has nothing to do with New Flyer privately forming the Magic Machine Patent Protection Union. You can't deny the efforts the union has made to protect your patent just because your patent has been infringed once. "
"Efforts?" The middle aged male researcher let out a sneer.
"Your excellency Sir Alex, it has been more than half a year since our company first discovered this kind of situation and applied to the headquarters for patent protection.
And in the past six months, we've discovered far more cases of patent infringement than just this one. "
The other researchers, the two elves, and the three dwarves put the household magic machines in their hands on the table and began to introduce them.
Just like the situation described by the middle aged male researcher, these household magic machines didn't come from other unknown companies that didn't have the authorization of New Flyer's patent. Naturally, they had infringed on New Flyer's patent.
"We pay a large amount of patent protection fees to the Sorcerers Guild every year, but we can't get the corresponding protection from the union. So why should we trust the union?
Why can't we think of a way ourselves? "
Faced with the middle aged male researcher's question, Sir Alex Ferguson was silent for a moment and turned his head to look at Xu Yi.
"Chairman Xu, is this what you mean?"
Xu Yi shrugged, "From a business point of view, this is very simple.
If you pay but don't do the work, then why should I pay more? "
Sir Alex Ferguson looked at Xu Yi with a gloomy face, "So, you don't intend to accept the union's decision?
Have you thought about the consequences of doing this? "
Xu Yi looked straight at him, "The Sorcerers Guild's purpose is to help the mages of the Sines and protect their interests.
If we can't do this, and instead deprive the mages of their rights, then there is no need for the Sorcerers Guild to exist. "
Sir Alex Ferguson was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out of anger.
"Good!
Good!
Chairman Xu, don't regret doing this! "
After saying this, he left in a huff.