America 1982

Jim held a cigar in his hand and pointed at the lawyer Robert Morley sitting opposite: "I don't care what method you use! In short, make those cheap prostitutes disappear for me immediately!"

"I'm still investigating the channels from which those prostitutes receive the remuneration paid to them by the Actor Company. Jim, you can't drive them away rudely at this time. It will only make Lotus's public image worse. You should understand that big companies You have to care about your own image, so..."

"You don't need to fucking teach me how to run a company! Robert! Don't change the fucking subject. I'm not interested in discussing business tips with you. Let those whores disappear! Some newspapers in Massachusetts have reported this matter as local news. Mickey and Jonathan was almost frightened by those vulgar and shameless prostitutes and needed psychological counseling. Did you know? Yesterday, a prostitute who claimed to have AIDS rushed to a position only three meters away from Mickey! Although it was later discovered that the woman did not have AIDS, Mickey He was so scared that he paid a high price to contact the best private hospital in Boston to arrange various physical examinations for him!" Jim stared at Robert with sharp eyes:

"Stop fucking investigating how those prostitutes get paid. If I hire those prostitutes, I can think of 10,000 fucking ways that won't be discovered by you! By the time your people find out, maybe the Soviet Union has already figured it out. The flag is planted on the dome of the White House. I don’t need a process, I need a result, and the result is that I need those whores to disappear right now! And what you say next, you’d better not refute me, otherwise I will say it to you again If I do, I’ll just fucking replace you. You’ve already made a mistake, you know? You fucking told me that Actor hired an unknown law firm to take charge of it, but the reality is that it’s the sixteenth-largest white man in the country. The partner of the shoe firm appeared in front of me, and I was so frightened that the moment I saw that white-haired girl, I almost retracted my balls!"

Seeing Jim's serious and ferocious look, Robert finally lowered his head and did not dare to talk back to him. He was silent for more than ten seconds and then dialed a phone number: "Leonard, there are more than a dozen prostitutes demonstrating outside the Lotus company. I want to You deal with them quickly and I don't want the public to associate their eviction with Lotus."

The person on the phone seemed to be thinking for dozens of seconds, and then said something. Finally, Robert nodded: "...You can't check the other party's... Of course we can't find prostitutes to do the same thing. Actor Company is opened in Stanford The university campus is private land, do you understand? There is no need to call the police. The Stanford campus police can easily drive the people we are looking for out of their territory. And if you find a group of prostitutes to demonstrate in San Francisco, it seems more like helping Actor Company to improve Well-known, are you still in Warwick City? Already have a clue? Okay, let me explain it to the other party."

After Robert hung up the phone, he looked at Jim Manz who was looking at him waiting for the result: "Jim, it's best not to drive away those prostitutes."

"I paid a damn high price to hire you just so you can tell me, better not? Better not!" Jim loosened his tie and frowned slightly, looking like he was ready to hurt someone.

"Leonard has experience in this kind of thing, and the other party also has investigators working on it. This kind of thing means the more you do, the more mistakes you make. There must be their investigators near the prostitutes, who happened to record the process of us driving away the prostitutes. Wait. When it comes to court, it will be troublesome. I mean this kind of thing is not something that can be explained clearly to the judge or jury in a few sentences. Instead, it requires countless witnesses and testimonies to prove that we did not participate in the deportation of prostitutes, or the expulsion of prostitutes. There are good reasons to stay away from prostitutes. In other words, this disgusting trick is to deliberately let you drive away those women. If you really do it, your impression score will drop significantly with the jury." Robert expressed to Jim He said sincerely:

"The best option is to give your two bosses a vacation and some time away from the company."

Jim turned around irritably and cursed. At this time, the phone on Robert's desk rang again. He glanced at the number and pressed the speakerphone button without picking up the phone: "Reynard?"

"Investigators sent to California sent word that there appeared to be a disagreement between Tommy Hawke and his attorney, Delia Keys, and they met at the Four Seasons Hotel Café, although our investigators could not hear them. But after observing some scenes from a distance, and then talking to the waiter and other guests in the cafe, she felt that there seemed to be differences between the two, and Delia returned a check to Tommy Hawke. But Tommy gave it back to her, and then Delia left with a sullen expression. Through contacts at the airport, we found out that Delia returned to Washington." Leonard, who was responsible for helping Robert conduct evidence collection and investigation, said in a calm voice said:

"Combined with the fragmentary information obtained, I suspect that Tommy Hawke or Actor Company is preparing to change the legal team."

Hearing the voice on the phone, Jim immediately stepped forward and asked into the phone: "What are the other characteristics that aggravate your suspicion?"

"Actor recently added two members of the Stanford Law School fraternity as legal assistants. Before them, Actor only had one law student named Sophia O'Connor working part-time. According to the fragmented information we collected on campus, , Tommy Hawke held a party a few days ago and invited members of the law school fraternity. I suspect it is possible..."

"It's possible that Delia's service charges are too expensive, and Actor's company's financial capacity is a bit too much, so I think the people at Stanford Law School can give him a free bill or a discount?" Robert Morley's eyes lit up and he added.

Leonard on the phone said: "It's probably like this. Delia returned the check to Tommy Hawke, and Tommy Hawke returned it to her. I guess it's probably because Tommy Hawke thought that although I can't continue to cooperate with the other party, but I hope Delia Keys keeps her mouth shut. Second news, we learned that Actor seems to be selling their software in Florida and Mississippi. I have arranged for people to go to these two places. Knowing the specific sales situation, it seems that they chose TV promotion instead of cooperating with chain stores.”

"I will call you again. This news is very timely. Once the sales data is obtained, let me know as soon as possible." Robert said to Leonard, then hung up the phone and looked at Jim: "We finally have it." New acquisition, I have a senior brother at Davis Polk’s headquarters in New York, maybe I can get him to come forward..."

Jim had a gloomy and cruel expression just now, but now he covered his mouth with his hands, frowned, and asked Robert his question: "Why didn't Actor choose an alumnus of Stanford Law School before? It shouldn't know that Dilly After Ya-Keith’s quotation, did you immediately go back to look for bargains with your hands in your pocket?”

"You mean, they put on a show for us? Maybe people from Stanford Law School noticed this lawsuit and took the initiative to help..." Robert gave his own opinion.

"Offering help? Have you ever offered to help others for free? Robert?" Jim's gray-blue eyes stared at Robert:

"There are no benefits. You will never fucking help anyone. So, I don't think the guys from Stanford Law School are nobler in character than you. Think about it carefully, what benefits can those people get from helping Actor Company? Apart from money Benefits other than that! What benefits would make Delia stay while she would rather return the money to the other party, only to leave with a sullen face after getting the money?"

"Industry reputation... precedent." Robert lowered his eyebrows and immediately looked up at Jim: "Actor Company believes that this lawsuit may create an industry precedent! Stanford's proactive help and Delia's change of attitude and departure are all because of this A possible precedent may be born!”

Jim bit his cigar and looked at Robert who seemed to suddenly realize: "This is what you are good at. Tell me, is it possible for a small company to obtain a precedent?"

"There is no distinction between the defendant and the plaintiff, but there is a difference between weakness and strength in the eyes of the public. For example, U.S. Steel looks strong alone, but when it becomes a plaintiff and sues the U.S. federal government, it is weak. The weak get the Jurisprudence..." Robert did not finish his sentence, as he seemed to have thought of something:

"Those two states are poor areas in the United States, and they are all country idiots. Every time there is some movement in the United States, the idiots in these two places will respond stupidly, even if the result will only make their situation worse, but they are always happy to do it. They just thundered Nader said that they use TV direct sales to sell the software. I suspect...Actor is tying up those ignorant people and has labeled himself as weak in advance. Most of the U.S. jurisprudence is to use the small to make the big and the weak to defeat the strong. It was born under the circumstances. In other words, the precedent is the result that most Americans want to see. It seems to be related to the law, but in fact it has little to do with it. It is more like a group carnival, and everyone takes advantage of it as much as possible. opportunity to gain maximum benefit."

"Selling software to poor people who have never seen a fucking computer?" Jim Manz rubbed his forehead with a headache, then picked up his suit jacket: "This guy named Tommy Hawke is really awesome. Mom is a talent. How good does he have to be to do such a thing? The last person I remember who did such a thing was myself. I want to go to Florida myself. I'm here I have some friends over there.”

"Have you ever sold software to poor people?" Robert asked curiously.

Jim walked out while wearing his suit jacket: "No, a few months after the successful Apollo 17 moon landing, I and a few classmates sold several pieces of land in Littlow State, USA, to a group of people. Montana hillbillies opened up wheat farms and told them they could go to work any time, and we used the money we made to go to nightclubs.”

"Littlow State? Where is it? Is there such a state in the United States?" Robert thought for a moment and had no impression of the name.

"On the Moon is the name of a valley on the Moon." Jim walked to the door of the office, turned around and looked at Robert, buttoning up his suit, and said:

"The name is not important. What is important is that the poor people still don't think that I lied to them. They think that the government is corrupt and deliberately delays the development of lunar agriculture. If Tommy Hawke also uses this trick on those rednecks in Florida It's like those poor people in the countryside are treated by him as a steady stream of cash machines... In short, I have to find a way to erase their advertisements from the TV to see if it's possible to expose that guy's conspiracy and cut off the Actor company. economic sources.”

First update~