Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 53: One Month Later
Murphy opened his eyes and looked quietly at the ceiling of the bedroom above his head. It had minimalist decorations and a beautiful crystal chandelier, which looked quite stylish.
It has been more than a month since the Dance with the Black Dragons, and he still hasn't fully adapted to life without Morpheus.
Sometimes he felt that humans were really strange animals. He used to work hard on live broadcasts every day, playing an inhuman role. In his dreams, he was always harassed and threatened by Morpheus and woken up by fire. He also had to face the fear of insanity and the threat of being occupied every day.
But now that he was really free from those jobs and the threat of Morpheus, he felt a sense of emptiness and loss...
However, Murphy did not let himself dwell in the sadness of passing away for too long. He soon cheered up, put on his clothes, walked out of the bedroom and came to the living room.
Looking at the warm layout and home-style decorations in the spacious living room, Murfei felt relieved. After so many years of struggle, he finally owned his own house. I have to say that it is really comfortable to live in his own house, and even he can sleep more peacefully at night.
The 128-square-meter high-rise apartment cost him 95 taels of silver in full, which was not a small amount of money, but it was not a big deal for him with a net worth of more than 20 million yuan.
After the Black Dragon Dance incident ended, he immediately sold most of the equipment he had. Six pieces of plot equipment plus a large number of top-quality equipment and top-level skill books looted from the Dalaran Treasury were sold for nearly 20 million. Even though he gave 20% to Black Shadow, Murphy still made a profit of more than 15 million.
If I could sell the remaining pieces of equipment, I'd probably be able to get a few million more.
This does not include the 10 million that Situ Cheng gave him.
Although Murphy sold almost all of his accumulated assets, he only left behind one item, which was the ancient dragon rock statue. Since this thing was so carefully locked in the secret room of the treasury by Dalaran, and the item attribute was an "ancient relic" that had never been seen before, the original plot that could be triggered must be extraordinary.
Anyway, he is not short of money now, so he might as well stay and study it by himself. Who knows, maybe he can unearth some great treasure.
The only pity is that I have been busy with the lawsuit with Xingyao Company for the past month and have not yet found the time to do it.
Murphy took out the frozen bacon and fresh free-range eggs from the refrigerator, poured some olive oil into the pan, and watched the eggs and bacon sizzling in the pan. The aroma soon filled the house.
Then he poured himself a glass of fresh juice, and a fairly delicious breakfast was ready.
Murphy was eating breakfast while thinking about the lawsuit.
The day after Murphy returned his account password to the company as agreed, he received a court summons. The company was indeed unable to accept the abnormal changes in the game account. After discovering that it was unable to unlock the character of Black Dragon Murphys, it immediately filed a financial lawsuit against him.
The lawsuit lasted for more than a month. Murphy used to be very resistant to lawsuits, always thinking that they were a very serious matter. But when the lawsuit actually started, he found that it was actually just a trivial matter.
It is a real trouble, but it is not really that serious.
Of course, the prerequisite is to have money. Murphy hired a top lawyer, whose consultation fee was several thousand dollars per hour. It was indeed much easier to have professionals involved. In addition, he handled the matter cleanly from beginning to end and did not leave too many handles for the company. As a result, there were no problems in several lawsuits.
The company first sued him for breach of contract, but Murphy had the resignation agreement signed in advance with Situ Cheng in his hand, so he was not afraid and just went through the procedures.
The company then accused him of stealing company property and taking away a gaming helmet worth more than 80,000 yuan.
His lawyer explained that Murphy had to work from home due to illness, so he took the office equipment back home. It was not considered theft. At most, it was a work mistake due to not informing the owner in advance. Moreover, Murphy did do a live broadcast that night and returned the gaming helmet afterwards.
After this issue was resolved, his lawyer sued Xingyao Company for withholding wages and deducting bonuses.
This counterclaim was certainly not groundless, but was based on facts. Murphy had not received monthly payments for hundreds of thousands of tips and live broadcast income. In fact, this kind of thing was a default unspoken rule within the industry, just like many factories would withhold one to three months' salary from workers. However, the reason why unspoken rules are unspoken rules is because they are illegal. As a result, Murphy actually won the lawsuit.
Not only did he receive hundreds of thousands of rewards and wages that were owed to him, but he also received a sum of compensation.
The company then filed a personal injury lawsuit, accusing Murphy of illegal personal injury and threats against Wang Ziheng.
Murphy was still a little nervous about this. He didn't expect that the accusation would be solved more easily this time. There was no surveillance in the office, so Wang Ziheng had no direct evidence. Murphy's lawyer directly asked the other party to describe what happened that night. When he heard that Murphy pinched Wang Ziheng's neck with one hand and lifted him up, and threatened him with a pen in the other hand, even Wang Ziheng's lawyer showed an expression of disapproval.
Judging from his appearance alone, Murphy is just an ordinary person, not even strong. It is a bit ridiculous to say that he can lift an adult with one hand...
The only evidence Wang Ziheng had was a blood spot on his neck that had long since healed, and the testimonies of his supervisor and lawyer were completely unconvincing.
Murphy immediately sued Wang Ziheng for personal injury and produced a pen stained with blood and fingerprints as evidence. Although the scratch on his chest was not deep, it was still quite shocking at least in terms of the area.
Although the case failed in the end due to insufficient evidence, it still made Wang Ziheng feel embarrassed for a while.
The matter did not end there. Xingyao Company was a large company with a huge business. If they really wanted to go all out, it would not be completed in a short time.
However, after several court confrontations, Murphy has calmed down. At most, he would just waste some time and spend some more lawyer fees, which is completely affordable for him with a net worth of more than 20 million.
In fact, he is no longer worried about being sentenced or paying a large amount of compensation. The only risk is the ownership of the 10 million yuan.
The company failed to get the game character it wanted, so naturally it wanted to get back the 10 million in compensation. However, Murphy had fought hard all night, and with the chat records as evidence, he didn't want to let it go.
Anyway, his account was given to the company, and the Black Dragon Morpheus was indeed not dead. From this point of view alone, he had completely met the requirements of the agreement. Naturally, he was unwilling to let it go. The 10 million was the money he earned from selling himself.
Ding ding ding! The phone rang.
Murphy picked up the phone and took a look, he couldn't help but frowned. It was his lawyer calling. This lawyer was quite good and had never lost in several court confrontations. Even a layman like him could see the professionalism. However, the fee was really expensive. Murphy had spent hundreds of thousands this month.
But he still answered the phone.
"Hello, Lawyer Zhang, what's going on? Has the other party filed a new lawsuit?"
"No, Mr. Mo, I have good news for you. Xingyao Company has completely ."
What! Murphy was a little surprised. He had thought it would be a long struggle. Last time in court, Situ Cheng was so angry that he wanted to fight the case to the end. He didn't think he was joking. He didn't expect him to back down so quickly.
"Hahaha, that's a nice sentiment, but why did the other party give in so easily?"
"I heard that Cangqiong Technology reached some kind of agreement with them. I'm not sure about the exact content of the agreement, but it should be related to the game account."
Could it be that the game company unlocked the character of Murphys for them? Murphy was a little worried.
Although Morpheus eventually chose to leave him, he was still a character he had cultivated. To him, Morpheus was like a rebellious and unfilial son who didn't listen to his parents and eventually chose to run away from home. He was indeed angry, but he also have some concern.
But Murphy quickly adjusted his mindset. He felt that it shouldn't be that serious. Murphys had made it very clear at the time that it was completely free.
It's good news anyway.
At least this way, you don't have to keep paying more lawyer fees.
After hanging up the phone with the lawyer, Murphy's mood instantly improved a lot.
Now all that trouble is finally over.
He hummed a little tune while eating breakfast, thinking that the game console he ordered would soon arrive. He always used a gaming helmet to play games before, but now that he had money, he naturally wanted to treat himself better, so he bought the latest model of game console for more than 300,000 yuan.
When the game warehouse arrives, I can start a new gaming journey. I’m a little excited just thinking about it. By the way, what role should I play this time?
I was fantasizing about it happily.
Ding Dong! The doorbell suddenly rang.
Murphy was delighted, thinking that the game warehouse must have arrived.
He walked to the door and pressed the answer button, "Hello, who is this?"
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Mo? I am a special investigator from Cangqiong Technology Game Company. Can I talk to you about the abnormality of the game characters?"
