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On Monday night, Shao Yifu, accompanied by Fang Yihua, personally came to the first plant of Wireless Television Limited.

A spacious scene had already been set up here. The 270-degree circular auditorium was surrounded by a podium in the middle. On the podium, there were two computer screens and two high rotating chairs.

Regardless of whether it was the audience or the main platform, they all exuded a modern style and a faint sense of knowledge. And this, was precisely the "Millionaire" program scene which had been set up by Wireless Television Limited within the span of ten days.

All the staff were busily preparing. Several cameras were aimed at the stage in the middle. Although there were no audience members, hosts or competitors, just looking at these staff members was enough to make one feel nervous.

Moreover, as the program producer, Xue Qiyi and Qian Guowei were both personally present at the scene.

Looking at all this, Shao Yifu secretly nodded his head. At this time, as the host of Millionaire, Zheng Yuling also came to the scene.

She was dressed in a black professional suit. At first glance, she looked exactly like those professionals, both steady and generous.

Seeing Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua over there, Zheng Yu Ling hurried over to greet them: "Sixth Uncle, Sixth Aunt."

"Is everything ready?" Shao Yifu asked her: "This program is very important to the company, I can only succeed and not fail, do you know?"

Although Zheng Yu Ling had many years of experience as a host, but she had never seen Shao Yifu being so serious, and she was not only a little nervous in her heart.

In particular, this《 Millionaire》 was not recorded beforehand and then broadcast at a specific time. In order to create a greater publicity stunt and attract more people, Shao Yifu directly made this series into a live broadcast.

Thus, when the broadcast began, the host was not allowed to make any mistakes.

At this time, Shao Yifu turned his head towards Qian Guowei and asked, "Guowei, what program is it that the Asia Television Limited is planning to broadcast tonight?"

"It's still the same dramas as before, without any changes." Qian Guowei smiled excitedly, "When that new boss with Asia Television Limited sees our set of 'Millionaire', I wonder what kind of expression he will have."

Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua looked at each other and laughed, obviously interested in the question as well.

The time was quickly nearing 9.30 in the evening, and from 9.30 to 10.30 in the evening, it was the prime time slot in the Wireless Television Limited.

Shao Yifu had intentionally placed "Millionaire" at this time, firstly, to attract more spectators, and secondly, to show off his strength to the Asia Television Limited.

Zheng Yuling had already taken her seat at the host's table. The audience and participants were all present.

After the director counted down with his finger, a burst of music started playing. The camera also zoomed in on the host, Zheng Yuling.

Zheng Yuling smiled at the camera and said, "Good evening, everyone. This is Millionaire. I am your host, Zheng Yuling."

Seeing Zheng Yuling's calm and collected hosting, Shao Yifu, Xue Qiyi and the rest who were below the stage heaved a sigh of relief.

And then, everything followed according to the execution written in the proposal. The contestants would go up on stage, answer questions, use the embroidered bags, and so on. Everything was done in an orderly manner.

Soon, half an hour had passed. Qian Guowei was exceptionally excited as he said to Shao Yifu, "Sixth Uncle, the viewership ratings are rising very quickly. It has almost reached 30!"

Shao Yifu was very happy, but he only smiled slightly, "How is your Asia Television Limited?"

Qian Guowei shook his head. "There's no reaction."

"They must be flustered." Fang Yihua laughed: "I never thought that we would be the first to produce and broadcast 'Millionaire'."

Shao Yifu smiled and nodded, but at that moment, a staff member ran over anxiously and said to Qian Guowei, "Supervisor, the SARFT has called and asked us to stop broadcasting 'Millionaire' immediately!"

The staff member's words caused everyone's face to change drastically. Qian Guowei had not even spoken when Shao Yifu walked over and grabbed the staff member's arm and asked: What did you say? The SARFT wants us to stop broadcasting Millionaire? "What's going on?"

This authority, known as the Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority, is responsible for the administration of television broadcasting in Hong Kong and is equivalent to that of the domestic Broadcasting Authority.

"I'm not sure about the details, but the SARFT said we infringed this set of Millionaires." Facing the highest decision maker of the Wireless Television Limited, this staff member was a little nervous, but he still spoke the truth.

"How is this possible!" Fang Yihua was the first to shout out, "How can we violate the rules!?" Earlier, he had asked the Customs Huang Chao Hong and the International Intellectual Property Protection Center's Robeson about it. Asia Television Limited had never applied for a copyright patent from them.

Furthermore, Fang Yihua had also submitted the copyright for "The Millionaire" to these two institutions on behalf of Wireless Television Limited. Huang Chao Hong and the others had already accepted the patent.

Although it would take a few more days for the patent to be officially approved, since they had accepted it, it meant that Wireless Television Limited would definitely own the copyright for The Millionaire.

So now that the SARFT said that Wireless Television Limited had been violated, Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua felt that it was unbelievable.

At this time, Qian Guowei had already received a call from the SARFT and passed it to Shao Yifu. Shao Yifu took the phone and spoke into it: "I am Shao Yifu."

The people from the SARFT only wanted to look for the producer of < Millionaire >, but did not think that they would call Shao Yifu over.

Although they had returned to Hong Kong now, "Sir Shao" was still very famous in Hong Kong, and Shao Yifu had a good relationship with the government.

However, he would find Shao Yifu for this matter sooner or later, so one of the SARFT's chairmen immediately said: "Hello Sir Shao, I am SARFT's Director Tian."

Although Hong Kong had already returned, there was no longer any meaning in giving out titles such as jazz or nobles with status, the director still called Shao Yifu with respect.

Shao Yifu said indifferently: "Dean Tian, what is going on? What happened to our Millionaire?

This is our original television program. Both the Customs and the International Intellectual Property Center have already accepted our patent application. Please give me a proper explanation. "

He was nearly a hundred years old and his social status in Hong Kong was very high.

"Lord Shao, this is something that we do not wish to do. We are only following the law."

This Director Tian said, "You said that Wireless had applied for a patent with the Customs and the International Intellectual Property Protection Center. However, they were the ones who called us just now to say that you had infringed upon our rights."

They said that Asia Television Limited had already applied for a patent for this set of《 Millionaire》.

"What!?" Shao Yifu was stunned when he heard this, "Are you sure? Does the customs and intellectual property protection center really say that?"

On the other side, Director Tian gave a wry smile. "Sir Shao, how could I dare lie to you?" I think you should stop broadcasting "Millionaire" first. This has a huge impact.

Ah, the Asia Television Limited have already officially sent over a document, they said that they want to sue you for infringement.

"Sir Shao, quickly stop the broadcast, otherwise, things will get serious. If this goes on, we can only cut off your channel's signal."

Seeing Shao Yifu's look of disbelief, Fang Yihua anxiously asked. "What, what did they say?"

He did not answer Fang Yihua's question immediately, but instead said to Qian Guowei and Xue Qiyi, "Stop this show immediately, now!"

Although Xue QIyi and Qian Guowei did not know what exactly happened, they immediately followed Shao Yifu's instructions to stop the broadcast.

At the same time, Shao Yifu also asked Fang Yihua: "Yi Hua, Huang Chao Hong and Robeson really told you at that time, did Asia Television Limited not apply for a patent for this set of《 Millionaire》?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Fang Yihua still did not understand.

"The Center for the Protection of Customs and Intellectual Property told the SARFT that Asia Television Limited had already patented the book."

Shao Yifu said with a dark face: "And now, the Asia Television Limited have officially started to sue us for infringement."

"How... "How could it be …" Fang Yihua was also in disbelief, "But Huang Chao Hong, Robeson and the others clearly told me that I did not apply for Asia Television Limited. Also, I personally gave them the documents for applying for a patent for 'Millionaire', and they also said that they accepted it. It's just that the official documents will only be sent to us after a few days, I'll call them and ask about it."

She immediately took out her cell phone and dialed Huang Chao Hong's number. The moment the other party picked up the phone, Fang Yihua shouted loudly, "Huang Chao Hong, what's going on? Are you toying with me!? "

Hearing Fang Yihua's words, Huang Chao Hong said slowly: "Sister Hua, what are you saying? What are you playing with?"

"And you said no. Didn't you say that Asia Television Limited didn't apply for a patent for 'Millionaire'? And that you had already accepted the patent application for us." Fang Yihua said angrily.

"Hmm? Was there such a thing? Why can't I remember? "

"You, what did you say?" Huang Chao Hong's words stunned Fang Yihua, "It was that day, didn't I ask you …"

However, Huang Chao Hong interrupted her, "Sister Hua, I can tell you that I have never received any patent application from you, nor have I told you that Asia Television Limited has not applied for a patent for Millionaire.

"'Millionaire' was originally a program created by Asia Television Limited. Our records clearly record it, so how could they not have applied?"