Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Although the charcoal car has limited performance, it is only the first version. Which technological product in this world does not have limited performance when it comes out? It needs to be developed.

Li Qinwu himself knew that China was still using gas vehicles until the 90s, such as buses with a large gas bag on top and taxis with a gas generator in the trunk. This thing has been used for a long time.

There are also some European tycoons who have reproduced some charcoal cars for fun, and their achievements are also amazing. The charcoal cars they have optimized can run 100km per hour!

This is just a product for the rich, but what if the charcoal car is operated as a practical product? The subsequent investment and research amount are incalculable. Will it be possible to develop a coal car with a speed of 110km or 120km per hour?

The coal truck made by Mr. Tang can only run 32km per hour now, and his optimized coal truck has a speed of 40km per hour. With Li Qinwu's capital investment, can he make a truck that can run at 50km, 60km or even faster per hour?

"Mr. Tang, how about this? You sign a three-year contract with Julong Steel Plant. Julong Steel Plant will hire you as an engineer with a monthly salary of 350 yuan. The first type of charcoal car will be named after you. After the vehicle is successfully developed, Julong Steel Plant will reward you with a bonus of 1 yuan. What do you think?"

Mr. Tang's eyes bulged out of his head in shock. How much? 350 dollars a month? His monthly salary might be a fortune that others could not earn in their entire lives. Isn't it too outrageous? And there's also a bonus of 15 dollars!

"This, this, this... isn't this too much? The highest-ranking official in the Nationalist government only makes 100 yuan a month!"

Li Qinwu said firmly: "There is nothing to say. Mr. Tang is a great talent, and talents should be treated as such. I also have other intentions. Julong Steel Plant will publish your salary in the newspaper. Mr. Tang, do you think that if talented people outside see that your salary is so high, will they come to invest? I am paying a huge sum of money to buy a horse bone!"

Mr. Tang agreed. Li Qinwu's sincerity and the money he spent moved him completely. However, he still had a request in his heart that was difficult to express. Only if Li Qinwu agreed to this request would he be able to help Li Qinwu wholeheartedly. However, this request was too much and he was a little embarrassed to speak up.

Li Qinwu was a little confused when he saw Mr. Tang suddenly sitting there without saying anything.

"Mr. Tang, do you have any concerns? Just tell us and the factory will help you solve them!"

Mr. Tang hesitated again and again, and finally said this difficult request after looking at Li Qinwu's sincere eyes: "Mr. Li, I have an unwelcome request. In fact, I have already understood the principle of the coal car. Now what I need to do is to optimize it and increase the efficiency. I came to your company in the hope of using your company's funds for subsequent improvement research."

He paused and looked at Li Qinwu, who nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"Mr. Li, coal-fired vehicles are of great significance. Our country's industrial foundation is weak, and the few machinery factories can't afford to conduct research. What I mean is, if the coal-fired vehicle is successfully developed, can the patent be made public so that our factories can copy it for free?"

After he finished speaking, Mr. Tang looked at Li Qinwu nervously. Li Qinwu frowned. No wonder Mr. Tang was so uneasy. This request was indeed a bit too much.

You came to Julong Steel Plant with your technology to seek funding, so Julong Steel Plant will also own a share of this technology. But now you want to make it public, which will damage the interests of Julong Steel Plant.

After all, he and Mr. Tang had only met once and their conversation did not exceed 100 sentences. Anyone would be uncomfortable with making such excessive demands during the meeting.

Fortunately, Li Qinwu only felt a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but soon agreed in his heart. This person from the original time and space also had a public patent and really cared about the world. However, if he had a few meals with Li Qinwu and became familiar with Li Qinwu before talking about this matter, Li Qinwu would not feel uncomfortable.

"Of course you can, Mr. Tang. You can make the patent public. We can write this in the contract. But this is limited to the first version of the charcoal car. If there is a major breakthrough in the subsequent charcoal car research, the technology should be kept confidential."

Mr. Tang frowned when he heard this. Li Qinwu explained, "Mr. Tang, please listen to me first. We are not the only country that lacks oil and needs transportation capacity, such as our enemy Japan.

Japan imports a lot of fuel from the United States, and is also a country short of oil. Now the efficiency of charcoal cars is not very good, and the Japanese do not like it. But what if we develop a charcoal car that can be used in the future? If we do not protect the patent, will the Japanese just copy it and use it?

By then, the Japanese will send their excellent oil trucks to the Chinese battlefield, leaving the inferior but usable charcoal trucks in China for production. Wouldn’t that be a big mistake for us?”

"This……"

Mr. Tang was a little surprised. He had never thought of this question. He knew best the performance of the charcoal car he made. In his opinion, only the backward Republic of China had room for charcoal cars, and the powerful industrial country Japan would never be interested in it. Therefore, he had never thought of patent protection. Li Qinwu's words reminded him.

Seeing that he had figured it out, Li Qinwu smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Tang has figured it out. How about this, Mr. Tang, if there is a breakthrough in the subsequent version of the charcoal car, we will keep it secret for three years. After three years, we will make the patent public so that Chinese people can imitate it."

Mr. Tang asked in confusion: "Why three years?"

Li Qinwu explained: "After our charcoal car is rolled out, it will take time for the Japanese to notice it, to imitate it, and to arrange supporting facilities for expansion. This takes about three years. After three years, the Japanese will have copied almost everything, and our patent will no longer be necessary, and can be opened to Chinese people for use."

Mr. Tang was greatly impressed. He didn't expect Li Qinwu to think so far.

You have to think so far ahead. In later generations, my country did not attach importance to patents, and many traditional crafts were snatched away and registered by foreigners. We suffered a lot.

Patents can only protect against good guys but not bad guys, so maybe it's good to create some obstacles for the Japanese.