America 1982

Tommy smoothed out his suit, sat down at the table, and looked across at Mitch Kapoor, Robert Morley, and Jim Manz, who was slightly aside, holding his chin in his hand as he looked at him.

Seeing that Tommy didn't speak, the court observer gently pressed the bell, indicating that both parties could start and say whatever they wanted. This was just a private formal contact, not a court session. The two parties could chat like strangers meeting each other. Any topic, but topics unrelated to the case will not be recorded and submitted after confirmation after the end.

Neither party spoke in a hurry. Mickey pushed up his glasses. When he saw Tommy Hawke's photo before, he hated him a little. Now when this guy sat across from him, he became more and more sure. They will never be friends.

Some people can tell the difference between them and you just by looking at them. It is obvious that the blond boy opposite is the kind of person who likes to be in the limelight in high school and college, attracts girls, and has many friends.

As we all know, those who are in opposition to this kind of people are the nerds like ourselves who are ridiculed, humiliated, and bullied by these campus figures.

The lawyers on both sides did not rush to ask questions. Delia flipped through her notebook slowly, while Robert observed the reactions of Delia and Tommy.

There was a small walnut photo frame on the table, but there was no inlaid photo inside. After Tommy looked at the photo frame for more than ten seconds, he broke the brief silence: "This photo frame looks a bit old. I'm curious about what's inside." What kind of picture is embedded in it.”

Others were a little confused as to why Tommy asked this question, but Jim removed his hand from his chin and spoke slowly: "Scenery, this is a business conference room, and there will be no private photos. If I guessed correctly, there should be It’s a replica of an award-winning Boston landscape photo, just like your company’s OSS.”

"Mr. Jim Manz, let me remind you, the words you just used are very harmful to me..." Delia didn't even raise her head. She flipped through her notebook and reminded Jim Manz that before the court gave its verdict, there were some Words cannot be used indiscriminately.

Before Delia could finish speaking, Robert also spoke: "You can mark Mr. Jim Manz's wording, Ms. Delia Case, but you have no right to stop him from saying anything here."

"Thank you, I guess so." Tommy didn't pay attention to the regular cockfight between the two lawyers. He looked at Jim Manz and thanked with a smile: "Actually, the owner of this business center should consider buying the commercial use of that photo. Copyright, the presence of imitations in this kind of place will make guests feel..."

Jim Manz still seemed to have his eye on Tommy: "It seems like an upper-class beauty is carrying a crude fake brand-name leather bag in her hand, like there is a company called Actor around Stanford University?"

"Mr. Jim Manz, let me remind you that your wording has..." Delia, like Robert, successfully pretended to be paid to do things, saying things that she knew were useless, but she still wanted to say them.

Tommy waved his hand, indicating that Delia did not need to remind the other party: "Yes, you are absolutely right, sir, that's how it feels, but I have a better metaphor, it's like developing the world's first spreadsheet Software Art Company and the Lotus Company next to it, Software Art Company is a steaming pile of shit, Lotus is the first fly that comes smelling the smell, and Actor is probably the seventy-eighth one that follows closely behind. Ninety-two, thirty-eight thousand and fifty-nine flies. By the way, did you know, I saw a joke about flies not long ago. Flies like chasing smelly flies, and they actually quarrel between them: Hey! This shit belongs to me, understand? You can’t come near me, or I’ll ask my lawyer to send you a lawyer’s letter.”

"Mr. Tommy Hawke, you are using flies to..."

"Mr. Tommy Hawke just said two things. One is to describe certain problems in the development of the software industry from a biological perspective, and the other is just a simple joke. There is no connection between the two. ." Delia raised her head and looked at Robert Morley:

"If it's not clear, I can provide a transcript with clear punctuation after the meeting. If anyone else makes malicious assumptions based on any assumptions other than what he said, we will hold him legally responsible."

Tommy looked at Mitch Capper, and made a bee wing-flailing motion with his hands: "I am a country boy, and the most common things I see are poop and flies. By the way, I thought of it. I can use an elegant metaphor, soft art. The company is the flower dripping with honey. Mr. Mickey Kapur is the first bee to collect honey. Tommy Hawke is just another little bee following Mr. Mickey Kapur to carry the honey back. Your own hive, work to get rich.”

When Mickey Kapur listened to the guy opposite him directly comparing Lotus to the first plagiarist, although he wanted to refute, in the end his inner sense told him that this bastard was deliberately irritating him and making him anxious to explain. Say something that can easily be caught by the other party.

"Mr. Tommy Hawke..." Robert also fulfilled his duty as a lawyer and immediately reminded Tommy Hawke that his words were an insult to the Lotus company.

Jim Manz also waved his hand: "Robert, this is not a court session, just a casual chat. Anyway, after the meeting, the two companies will exchange each other's testimony and evidence. Let me and this Mr. Tommy Hawke be like friends." Let’s chat together.”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Tommy, considered his words, slowed down his speech, and spoke sincerely: "Mr. Tommy Hawke, we are sitting here not to discuss biology with you. We see that your The company has done a lot of things that are beneficial to society, such as helping women find jobs, providing computer training services to people with low education, etc. We come here with sincerity. Mr. Mitch Kapoor, Jonathan, who was not present, and I are all very grateful to you. I’m very pleased with what the company has done, would you mind talking about it?”

Mitch Kapoor, Robert Morley and other Lotus lawyers present all looked surprised, obviously Jim's words were beyond their expectations.

Tommy's peripheral vision caught Delia pausing while flipping the notebook, and then he looked at Jim with a smile: "I mind, because you always express your happiness, but you never donate to us or support us. This is how we have come to this point. The main reason why we just met is that if you really want to know everything, it’s very simple. I will ask the secretaries of those organizations to provide donation accounts to you. Cash or check is acceptable, and there is no limit on the amount. At that time, I will be very willing to communicate with you. Let’s talk about charity, but we can’t do it now because you are not the sponsor.”

Jim rubbed his lips with his palms. This guy named Tommy Hawke was really just like him. He was an out-and-out bastard. He asked such sincere questions, but he got such disgusting answers.

"Mr. Mitch Kapoor, I saw the news recently. You were in the newspaper and said that many women reminded you outside Lotus. I guess they were reminding you to do the right thing and not to do the wrong thing." Tommy always stared at Mitch Kapur, even when answering Jim, he would pay attention to the other person's expression. When Jim was a little surprised, he immediately continued to stare at Mitch and made an attack.

Mitch Kapoor crossed his fingers and said calmly: "History tells us that those who really do wrong things will definitely be punished."

“It sounds like the history courses at MIT are different from those at Stanford, because the history books I read told me that the native Indians did not do anything wrong, and those who did did wrong were killing all the Indians. Afterwards, it became the most powerful country in the world." Tommy Hawke looked at Mickey Kapoor:

"Did I just persuade Mr. Mitch Kapoor to donate money to support charity? Now I think it's not necessary. You might as well donate money to MIT and ask them to update their history books so as not to waste children."

"So the Actor Company thinks it's time to do something like this?" Jim Manz tried to shift Tommy's focus to himself, because he didn't know how long Mickey could endure this kind of nerd humiliation.

Tommy looked at Jim with an innocent face: "Actor Company did not cut off the scalp of Soft Art Company. As for who the murderer is, I think everyone here knows it clearly."

"Tommy...can I call you Tommy? I think you have a strong resistance to us. Maybe you thought before the contact meeting, the lawyer would ask all kinds of tricky questions to the queue, but we were not prepared to do this. We I want to have a calm chat and understand each other, maybe the previous problems were just because of the lack of communication between us."

"Soviet Union." Tommy stared at Mickey and a word came out of his mouth.

Jim was stunned for a moment: "What?"

"Soviet Union, do you think the misunderstanding between the United States and the Soviet Union is due to lack of communication? Mr. Jim Manz? You have been to the Soviet Union and have a strong say in this." Tommy suddenly turned his eyes and stared at Jim Manz. , asked with a smile.

Jim was a little speechless. This question was difficult to answer. What he just said about talking to the other party calmly was bullshit. From the moment they sat down until now, both sides have tried their best to criticize each other on every question and left a written record until it is heard in court. When he spoke again, he used it as a weapon to attack the other party in front of the judge and jury.

He has a bunch of words that can explain the conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union, and he can also briefly describe them. But if his guess is correct, this will definitely become a weapon used by the other party to attack the judge and jury in court, and most likely it will use Actor Corporation Comparing it to opening up the United States and describing Lotus as the Soviet Union that was opposed to freedom to win sympathy, I cannot give the other party such an opportunity.

"I think the misunderstanding between the two American companies is due to a lack of communication. As for Tommy, if you want to know more about the question you just asked, National Review has a 150,000-word report that can tell you the answer." Jim thought about it. Think, speak.

"Mr. Mitch Kapur, Actor Company has taken the initiative to communicate with you. What I'm curious about is why you didn't respond. Do you remember? The first version of OSS during our testing was used by a Lotus1-2-3 at Stanford University. After the test was completed, Tommy excitedly sent it to you for us." Tommy asked, still staring at Mickey Kapur.

Mickey Kapur frowned slightly, but nodded honestly: "Lotus did receive that version of the software, but I thought it was just a user's personal behavior, so I don't think it was Actor's reaction."

"Of course, talking about communication, if you are really sincere, I think Actor Company should receive a phone call instead of a direct letter from a lawyer." Tommy looked at Mickey and suddenly spoke faster: "We sit here and communicate. , is what you want to see, Mr. Mitch Kapoor, right? Just like the way you solved problems with some classmates in high school, you like to communicate, but you have to do it in front of the provost or principal. I hope to see those guys who caught you wearing only underwear to class, and helped you write Hello Girl with a marker on a certain organ when you first dated a girl, grovel to you out of fear of the principal... "

Tommy had finished a long sentence before Robert could stop him.

"I remind you..."

"No need to remind me, Mr. Lawyer." Tommy looked at Robert Morley: "You can record it and make sure that if I lie or make something up, sue me for defamation."

Afterwards, Tommy stared at Mitch Kapoor tightly and continued to say with a smile: "This is the communication you want, right? Mr. Mitch Kapoor? If you exchange some testimonies after the meeting, you will find that My lawyer has thoughtfully sorted out the memories of those high school classmates who had completely different feelings from you about those events."

Mickey Kapoor's face showed strong anger, but he always controlled himself and did not lose his composure.

Jim relaxed slightly and looked at Tommy, trying to draw the fire to himself: "Tommy, the definition of communication and sincerity is..."

"What do I know? To tell you the truth, I think it is best defined as sincerity in communication." Tommy looked at Jim Manz with a twinkling gaze:

"By the way, Mr. Jim Manz, did you know? A woman that our Actor company helped actually said that you did not pay when you were having fun with her and her companions in California. Unfortunately, during the investigation, I Lawyer Fang discovered that you seemed to have sold some lunar land to farmers in Montana when you were in college. Don’t worry, I know those things have nothing to do with this case, not to mention that the SSD Brotherhood is contacting those poor people to help provide compensate."

Noticing the slight change in Jim Mantz's face, Tommy laughed, looked at Mickey Kapur again, and opened his arms slightly:

"This is what I said, the three points that Actor always adheres to are sincerity, communication, and doing the right thing."

The first update... I don’t even know which day to count... Forget it, let’s continue with the second update~