Volume 3: My days in a college fraternity Chapter 129 Before Contact
In the Four Seasons Hotel business conference room, sitting in a leisure booth outside for waiting, Mark nervously adjusted his tie and looked at Holly, Jason, and Susan beside him, hoping to find his companions' eyes and get an encouraging look. However, only Jason and Holly looked at Mark. Susan was concentrating and calmly flipping through a high school textbook in her hand, reading and writing.
"Have you been enjoying reminiscing about high school lately?" Jason asked, glancing at Susan's file. "Where's Tommy? Doesn't he need to come join us?"
Susan looked at Jason calmly and shook her head: "I don't like to recall life, but I like to recall knowledge. As for Tommy, maybe he is in there now."
"He's already in there?" Jason stood up and looked at the closed door with dissatisfaction. "Hey, locking a charming silver-haired lawyer and a jerk in there alone? Do you know what will happen?"
Mark whispered, "What do you wish you could have happened for Tommy?"
"I'm just worried that Tommy, that bastard, and that lawyer lady, might help create a whole new species in the United States. That species will be called the Unscrupulous by biologists." Jason looked at the three of them.
"Also, I hope that the news that I can replace Tommy won't get to the ears of my three girlfriends..."
"It sounds like you're not as dedicated as finding a girlfriend for yourself while helping Actor company sell software. Jason, you've only sold over 10,000 sets of the software, but you've found three girlfriends." The elevator door in the distance opened, and Tommy came out accompanied by Sophia and two White Shoes Society assistants, just in time to hear Jason's last words.
Jason looked at Susan, and then at Tommy Hawke, who was wearing a formal suit like the other four. "Actually, if you count the temporary ones, there are about seven or eight girls from my hometown. Since they found out that I have become the founder of a company, they have shown great enthusiasm for me."
"As a brother, I just hope you can calmly use Torjan to stop their enthusiasm. Otherwise, you'll just have to wait for those women's enthusiasm to turn into bills, which will come like a snowstorm every month." Tommy looked at Jason and said with a smile:
"That's why I never touch country girls. Those girls understand the importance of having a child so that they can have an extra wallet and improve their quality of life for the next 18 years."
Jason thought for a few seconds, then looked up at Tommy. "Maybe I should have listened to you at the time. So, as a jerk, what is your usual remedy for this kind of thing?"
"That's not the point of today's discussion." Tommy looked at the others and said, "I'll go in first. You can let Sophia and the others do some basic knowledge popularization."
After that, Tommy walked into the meeting room. Jason stared at Tommy with suspicion, then followed Tommy and pushed open the door of the meeting room, ready to tease Tommy about being alone with Delia: "I know what you're going to do first, man, you want to be alone with that silver-haired lawyer... Shit~"
The moment the door of the conference room was pushed open, Jason was speechless: "...I wronged you, man, I will go to popularize knowledge first, if you get into trouble, just shout for help."
After saying that, Jason turned around and simply fled back to his seat.
Delia, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, looked at Jason's figure running away with his head in his hands, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Jason, we don't bite people."
Around the long table in the conference room sat more than a dozen men and women in suits. They stared at Tommy Hawke as he walked in, like prey. Tommy looked at everyone calmly, "I have a compulsory class this afternoon. I'm sorry that I can't meet you until the evening."
The people outside the door watched as Tommy sat down and the door of the conference room was closed from the inside.
"Shit! When I opened the door just now, I thought these people would come forward to eat Tommy and me." Jason said in shock: "Didn't you notice the look in their eyes..."
"Let me explain the current situation. Lotus has sent us a written application for evidence. This application is requesting us to cooperate with the court and submit to Lotus an investigation report, witness testimony and evidence related to the case. It is permitted by the court to ask for evidence and testimony from the other party. Of course, at the same time, we can also ask for evidence related to the case in their hands. Both parties complete the exchange of evidence and testimony to determine the direction of the other party's investigation against us, analyze the current situation, and give the employer a judgment on whether to continue the lawsuit, apply for mediation, or simply reach a settlement." Sophia explained to the few people who were a little shocked by the scene just now:
"Of course, as several people involved in the daily operations of Actor, if there is no real reason, you will inevitably attend the first formal contact between the two parties. That kind of contact is not as simple as you imagine, with lawyers accompanying you and giving your questions to the lawyers to answer. There will indeed be lawyers present, but at the same time, the court will also have relevant personnel to listen and record. At this kind of contact, the other party's lawyer will ask a lot of questions that you don't care about, but in fact they are traps, to exert pressure. So we have to hold an internal discussion meeting first to let you get used to this atmosphere. Anything you say at the meeting today will not appear in court, so you don't have to worry about being caught in a loophole and sued. But when you say something wrong and the lawyer stops to tell you not to say that next time, you'd better listen to the lawyer."
Another White Shoes assistant looked at Jason and said, "The internal discussion is just an appetizer. The formal contact between the two sides is the main course. At that time, you will not only see what a murderous look is, but also understand what a language trap is in the conversation between the other party's lawyers. Today's discussion is to let you experience it first. The lawyers have prepared many tricky questions that you can't imagine, simulating the other party's challenge. You must know that not all questions can be pushed to the lawyers. The lawyers can indeed help you, but many questions must be answered by you personally."
"Tommy... Tommy, don't you need to educate yourself on this? Be mentally prepared in advance?" Mark looked at Sophia and asked, "I mean, there are so many lawyers in there, why would he go in directly?"
"No need to worry about that guy having mental problems no matter what he does, because he is no longer a human being at heart," Jason said to Mark.
"I'm ready." Susan took a deep breath, stood up and looked at Sophia: "Can I go in now?"
Sophia nodded in surprise: "Of course."
"Don't let Tommy laugh at us for not being as good as girls, Mark, let's go in too." Jason took a few deep breaths, "As long as those bastards don't ask me the same question Tommy asked me just now, I won't worry... No wonder that guy would rather borrow money and have Torjan ready for a date every time! Seven women gave birth to my children... Fuck!"
Holly also stood up and said, "Let's go. It seems that there has never been a rule in Actor Company that women can enjoy special privileges."
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"Mr. Tommy Hawke, I would like to ask, what made you decide to develop OSS, a software when there are already many similar products on the market?" A middle-aged male lawyer asked, staring at Tommy Hawke who was sitting at a long table.
Tommy looked back at the other person calmly, smiled and asked, "What do you mean by multiple similar products?"
Susan, Holly, Jason, Mark and even Sophia who were listening in frowned slightly. In their opinion, Tommy should briefly explain the original intention of developing the software and stop talking quickly, instead of deriving other questions, which would give the other lawyers more opportunities to make trouble.
"WordStar, Lotus 1-2-3, Visicarl, these software have the same functions as OSS. If the data I have is correct, they were all launched earlier than OSS." The lawyer spoke immediately and kicked the question back to Tommy.
Tommy crossed his fingers on the table and said calmly, "What is the definition of similar products? The US Commodity Law stipulates that similar products are more than 75% similar. Tell me, besides OSS, are there other similar software on the market that have both electronic document and spreadsheet functions? According to the definition of similar products, even if OSS and Lotus 1-2-3's spreadsheets are exactly the same, from the perspective of the entire product, they are only 50% similar in function, which is completely not enough to meet the definition of similar products. You asked the wrong question, sir."
"Mr. Tommy Hawke, you just said that even if OSS is exactly the same as Lotus 1-2-3, does this mean that you got development ideas from Lotus software before developing OSS? And we understand that you purchased most of the commercial office software on the market before developing OSS." Another lawyer immediately asked Tommy a question.
"I didn't admit that they are exactly the same, but I don't deny that I got development ideas from Lotus and other software. In fact, it was only after I saw and carefully studied the spreadsheet function of Lotus that I decided to develop an office software." Tommy thought for a moment, and said confidently after seeming to think he had figured out the other party's question.
Jason and the others sighed and lowered their heads. The lawyer who asked the question also looked at Delia. According to their agreement, Delia should stop and tell Tommy the standard answer to this question.
But Delia didn't stop, so the lawyer could only speak directly to Delia: "Delia, if Mr. Tommy Hawke gives this answer when contacted, I think you should realize that this is definitely good news for the other party, because we will need to spend a lot of time and energy to provide evidence to inform the court that OSS has not been affected by Lotus."
Delia nodded: "According to the normal process, after this question is asked, what will it be?"
"If our lawyers who attended the meeting that day were not fools, they should have invoked the clause to prevent Tommy from answering any subsequent questions from the other party," the lawyer said to Delia.
Delia nodded. "Very good, Tommy, you are in big trouble now. In order to protect Actor and prevent you from getting into trouble again, the lawyer will suspend your speech and let you rest on the grounds of Title 18 of the United States Code. The court hearing officer will agree, but please note that he will record your reaction truthfully, which is enough to make the court, the jury and the other party think that you are guilty, and the other party may ask the court to help you arrange a hearing to dig deeper into this issue and widen the rift, so don't think you can get away with it for a while and be safe and sound."
"Thank you, lawyers. I'll leave first. Susan, it's up to you." Tommy stood up, straightened his suit, patted Susan's shoulder, and then looked at the other three people: "Same to you."
"I thought you were going to kill it, man, but you're out after five questions?" Jason asked Tommy. "But don't worry, I'll definitely make it to the end."
Delia also stood up and said to the other members of the legal team, "Continue to question the others. Sophia, take over from me and sit in on the trial."
Then, she and Tommy walked out of the conference room together. Tommy took out a cigarette, lit it, and asked Delia, "Do you think this answer will be considered good news by the other party?"
"No, you have no secrets from Lotus now. Your methods are clear to the other party, so I don't think they will be fooled by what you said." Delia said to Tommy with a serious expression:
"You have to come with me to the guest room. I will teach you how to act in front of the audience."
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In the city view suite on the fifth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, a hotel waiter was tidying up the bed sheets and quilts while looking towards the living room from time to time.
There is a big age gap between the man and woman, but of course, this is not a problem. After all, this is California, a magical place where even a 40-year-old female high school teacher can elope with a 16-year-old high school student to Mexico to get married and have children.
What surprised the waitress was that the two people were dressed elegantly and looked like rich people, but when she was called to clean the room, she felt like she was cleaning a battlefield. A sunny young man who looked gentle and amiable and a middle-aged lady who looked elegant and generous, it was obvious that they were fighting an absolutely fierce battle here like the estrus rabbits in Australia.
"Sir, the room has been cleaned." The waiter in a vest changed the bedding, cleaned up the garbage, came out and said to Tommy with a smile.
Tommy felt in his pocket, then picked up Delia's purse, took out a few bills from it and handed them to the waiter: "Thank you, this is your tip."
"Thank you." The waiter took the generous tip, thought Tommy was a gigolo, said thank you, turned around and pushed the cart out of the suite.
Tommy walked to the bar in the living room, looked at the various drinks in the wine cabinet, and said, "Ma'am, I just used the change from your wallet to pay the other party a tip. You can include this money in the investigation fee and send the bill to Actor Company."
"Young people usually like more tenderness, but you are the opposite." Delia stood in the bathroom, applying lipstick, and said to Tommy Hawke, "You can't wait to put on your clothes and let the other party treat you as a bastard. I just want to stay away from you."
Tommy poured two glasses of whiskey and said, "When I accompany my girlfriend, I am usually more gentle, because men and women in love need gentleness and companionship, but other women don't need it. For me, the best bed partner is a high-class lady. She doesn't know who I am and doesn't care who I am. I don't know who she is either. Every time I open the hotel room, I only know that there will be a woman with a delicate face and a great figure waiting for me. She will help me relieve my energy. After I relieve myself, she will leave considerately. I don't need to say anything to coax her. I just need to pay her four hundred dollars."
"So you often have those high-class ladies accompany you?" Delia put down her lipstick, looked at herself in the mirror, and adjusted her clothes while asking.
"On the contrary, that's just my beautiful fantasy. Apart from my girlfriend Renee who is temporarily separated from me, I only have Holly as my partner in bed. Uh... now I have you, Ms. Delia Case, to teach me acting skills. Of course, it's only for this time. I guess I will never be fooled by you again in the future." Tommy opened the refrigerator, took out a piece of ice from it, picked up the bartender's tools, slowly polished the ice, and said.
Delia came out after finishing her makeup, and stood across the bar from Tommy. She picked up a cigarette and lit it. "Only middle-aged people like the kind of life you just described, venting their stress to others and leaving their affection for their loved ones. The young people who had just graduated that I knew would subconsciously be affectionate with me, but in fact, that kind of affection would only move themselves and annoy me."
"Sophia said you've been divorced for a long time." Tommy asked with a smile as he carved the gradually formed ice ball, "You were discovered by your husband because you taught acting to the kids?"
Delia exhaled a puff of smoke and said in a habitual tone, "Not very long, two years, and it's not because of this kind of thing. I received many invitations from headhunting companies, and many firms hope that I will join them and become their senior partner or even executive partner. He thinks I should go because the salary offered is more than my current income, and the workload will be greatly reduced, so I can plan my retirement life in advance. But when I joined Davis Polk, it was to become the second Elizabeth Meagher. If it was just to make more money, why would I make myself work so hard for so long? So there was a disagreement, and then there was an argument. In the end, I taught him a profound lesson, that is, if you have a lawyer wife, it is best not to argue with her forever."
"You are a general partner now. You still have a long way to go before you become a senior partner or executive partner." Tommy shook off the ice chips on his hands, put the ice ball into the wine glass, and handed it to Delia: "I guess you may not plan to remarry within ten years."
Delia took it and took a sip. "To be honest, it's quite pleasant to chat with young people who are as mature as me. Unfortunately, when most children reach mental maturity, their physical strength has already become a problem. OK, let's talk about your performance skills?"
"I guess the technique you taught me is definitely not the same method I taught Susan in the conference room just now." Tommy simply added a few cubes of ice to his glass, picked it up, and looked at Delia.
Delia put the glass to her lips and looked at Tommy with a smile. After keeping this smile for a few seconds, she said in an appreciative tone: "You hope that Susan Curtis will mislead the other party?"
"Like you said, I have no privacy with Lotus. If I am asked to make the other party disagree, the success rate will not be too high. No one is stupid. Mark's psychological quality is not very good. Holly's previous performance was that she was well-spoken and thoughtful. The other party will pay attention to this. Jason is actually a happy young man. It is most appropriate for him to make the mistake of speaking without restraint. However, due to his status as my roommate, if we don't even remind him of such an important issue, the other party will not believe that our lawyer is negligent and will only increase suspicion. Therefore, Susan is the best choice under the current circumstances." Tommy clinked his glass with Delia's:
"A woman who has not received higher education, has engaged in cheap sex trade, and has never seen a big scene, even if she has been instructed by a lawyer, she will not change her speaking habits in a short period of time. The other party's lawyer may bet on her. If I say something that is not worthy of trust, she will say it out loud, and the other party may think it is an opportunity to get closer to victory. Most importantly, I bet those lawyers have never dealt with cheap prostitutes like Susan. They will only have stereotypes, but they don't know that they can withstand stronger pressure. For example, under their serial questioning, they can deliberately mislead them."
"But there is a problem now. Our investigators have not yet pried open the mouths of Lotus employees, and they know nothing about the update plan of Lotus 1-2-3. What you are doing is likely to backfire. If the other party..." Delia heard Tommy talking about work and habitually put away her smile, but when she saw Tommy's face once again put on that leisurely expression, waiting for her to finish her words before teaching her a lesson, she immediately realized:
"You want Susan to pretend to make a slip of the tongue and not only say that OSS was affected by Lotus 1-2-3 during its development, but also let the other party speculate based on her words and infer that we already know Lotus's subsequent software update schedule. Prepare to submit to the court to prove that the update of Lotus 1-2-3 was affected by OSS. You want to throw the problem that the other party threw to us back to them completely, and based on their reaction, judge whether they are determined to settle or continue the trial."
Tommy nodded. "That's it."
"I guess you rely on alcohol to fall asleep every night." Delia lowered her head to look at the wine in the glass, as if asking a completely unrelated question: "I know college students like to drink some wine, but they drink for happiness, not to relieve fatigue."
Tommy shook his head. "No, I don't drink alcohol. I rely on sleeping pills. I only sleep five hours a day, and I have to make sure that I get five hours of deep sleep so that I can have the energy to deal with things the next day. Compared to alcohol, sleeping pills that are less harmful to the body are a good choice."
"Every time I'm in front of you, I always seem to have a sense of frustration that I'm trying hard to help my employer, but I'm not really providing effective help." Delia sighed, looked at Tommy with regret and said, "It seems that I can only guide Susan."
Tommy turned his head away, avoiding Delia's gaze, seemingly too lazy to respond to her words, but turned back a few seconds later: "You said guidance Susan, are you sure you mean serious guidance, right? Not the kind that tricked me into coming to the guest room just now?"
"So what do you think of this kind of guidance? To express my regret for not being able to help you, I can guide you again, and you can continue to use my money to pay the waiter tips." Delia winked at Tommy and said:
"I sometimes feel guilty when I sleep with those kids, but not with you."
"Of course not. They both want to get away with it. How can there be any pleasure in letting the other man and woman work hard to do this, ma'am?" Tommy laughed and talked about what happened between the two of them:
"I wanted you to move, and you wanted me to move. In the end, we had to flip a coin to decide who would move. Even in such a matter, you wanted to take advantage of the other party, and I was the one who lost the coin toss. Guess what fond memories I have about this."
Delia smacked her lips in an exaggerated manner: "How heartless! I remember you didn't say that when you grabbed my hair before, Tommy the bastard."
"I was disheveled then, but I'm wearing my trousers now, ma'am, please be careful when you speak." Tommy said seriously:
"Please call me Sage Tommy."
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Jim Manz sat at the conference table with one arm on the table, his body tilted towards Mickey, Jonathan and several other heads of Lotus departments who were looking at him.
"I know you all seem a little uncomfortable recently, and you all seem to have a question. We are the plaintiffs, but why do we feel as if we have done something wrong and become the murderer? There are always people outside accusing us of being cruel and inhumane. The worst thing I have ever done may be just skipping classes to play games. Why?... Forgive me for not being able to tell you in detail what a lawsuit is. You just need to understand that the cases with clear distinctions between good and evil that you see on TV are criminal cases. Apart from that, there is no good or bad in any lawsuit. It is just a competition. We say that Actor Company plagiarized us, so we need to tell the judge how they plagiarized us. They also need to prove that they did not plagiarize. Then there is a halftime break. Everyone can sit down and chat together in a friendly manner to see what evidence each other has received." Jim stroked his hair with one hand and said irritably:
"What I want to talk about is the precautions that you all need to know during the halftime break of this competition. What I am going to say next is not directed at you, but at the employees under you."
"What do you want to say, Jim?" Jonathan couldn't stand Jim's style of talking too much nonsense in meetings, so he asked directly, "You've said so much, but we still don't know what you want to say. In previous meetings, no one would say too much irrelevant things."
"Lotus is a zoo. You and I are the administrators, and the employees under you are all animals. Do you understand?" Jim just smiled at Jonathan's interruption and ignored him. Instead, he continued to speak to everyone:
"Sometimes, the animals you manage are very affectionate to you and play with you, but sometimes, they lose control and bite the testicles off of the managers."
"Jim, don't keep making jokes that you think are funny. People here don't care about the problem with the balls, and they can't catch your funny point." Mickey also spoke with a bit of a smile, trying to correct Jim's words: "Besides, these words are not respectful to the employees."
Jim stood up and looked around at everyone. "Don't believe that employees will keep their mouths shut just because they signed a confidentiality agreement. I hope you can observe the recent performance of your subordinates. If you find any behavior unusual, you can contact me and I will arrange for a lawyer to contact him. Then, for another question, we are going to have an out-of-court contact with Actor. Although many people here will not attend, I still need you to pay attention and spend at least half an hour every day in the company's conference room to receive guidance from the lawyer. In summary, don't talk nonsense, understand? Don't talk nonsense, this is very important."
"OK, everyone, go back to work. If there is an important meeting, we will arrange for you to come." Jonathan saw Jim's action and quickly signaled other colleagues to leave. Then he looked at Jim with an embarrassed expression: "Jim, you called these people in just to say this? This is disrespectful to them. You are directly telling them that the company does not trust them."
Jim spread his hands and said, "Jonathan, what makes you feel that this world is full of trust? They are employees. You have to tell them what they can and cannot do like training circus animals. If you only provide them with a comfortable working environment and generous salaries, they will eventually become spoiled pets. They will think they are the owners of the company. I asked a lawyer to suggest what issues each department should pay attention to in the near future, but the lawyer gave me feedback that no one wants to listen to him."
"They are just technicians, not spy agents." Jonathan put his hands on his waist and said to Jim unhappily, "Why would they betray Lotus for a small company they have never heard of? Don't you think this idea is ridiculous, Jim?"
Jim sighed, "Jonathan, the other party is indeed a small company, but the person in charge is not a nerd, but a jerk like me, a villain under the name of a software company. He is not you and Mickey, who simply write code in the garage. If you must find a word to describe this small company, you can call it the Gray Knight. The White Knight and the Black Knight are easy to understand. In business activities, good-intentioned investors are called White Knights or White Samurai, and malicious investors are called Black Knights or Black Samurai."
"So, what are the Grey Knights?" Jonathan asked.
Jim lit a cigarette. "A troublemaker, a madman who can even sacrifice his own interests to achieve his goal, sometimes looks like a savior, sometimes looks like a devil. The scariest thing is that both appear at the same time. Generally, such unscrupulous companies whose behavior style is between black and white are called gray knights."
"What is the purpose of the Grey Knights?" Mickey asked curiously when he heard these business names.
"This is the difficulty. If we don't contact him once, we won't know what the purpose of this gray madman is." Jim looked at Jonathan:
"It will try to collect all kinds of information that it thinks can cause trouble to us. Imagine that it can even arrange prostitutes to harass you, so why won't it arrange people to find ways to get close to engineers in key positions? Don't think that illegally obtained information will not appear in court. Believe me, lawyers know better than you how to make what they get appear in front of the judge. You think that with a confidentiality agreement, employees will not betray the company when faced with a huge liquidated damages, but what about anonymity? An anonymous employee votes for a newspaper, and the newspaper publishes Lotus' code or recent business plans... Of course, those are issues that other employees need to consider. The question for you two is, if after the first contact, if you consider a settlement between the two parties, what do you think?"
Jonathan's eyes widened. "Reconciliation? You mean reconciliation? We were harassed by prostitutes and had nervous breakdowns..."
"What will the other party pay?" Mickey interrupted Jonathan.
"Acquire it or invest in it, this is my opinion. First of all, the other company's software has sold more than 40,000 sets, which shows that they are doing well. Anyway, expanding our business territory will also involve acquisitions, so we might as well acquire it. After acquiring it, according to my thinking, whether it is a trap, bait, or just my guess, at least we don't have to worry about it anymore. Instead, we can cooperate with the other party and see if we can use the same trick to set a trap and pull MicroPort in. Robert said that the other party is trying to make a precedent. If they really have such an intention, cooperation is the best choice. It just happens that we can use the other party to bite MicroPort's eggs. By then..." Jim couldn't help but beaming with joy when he talked about his guess about Tommy Hawke, but he didn't notice that Mickey and Jonathan looked a little ugly.
Jonathan said angrily, "That guy insulted us. Even if we settle, he should pay the price! But now you are saying that we should pay him a sum of money to buy his company that copied us? Jim, how much alcohol did you drink to say such a thing."
"When he insulted you, it was because he regarded us as his rivals. As long as we reconcile and cooperate, he will soon help us insult our competitors. I don't think there is anything to be angry about." Jim put away his expression and looked at Jonathan:
"We need to avoid crises instead of getting angry over trivial matters. I often get angry, but that's towards opponents who have no power to fight back. If the opponent is strong enough, I won't cause trouble. If the opponent has a chance to become my companion, I will even smile. This is the behavior of an adult, Jonathan."
"I don't agree to the settlement. Lotus will not settle with such people!" Jonathan said angrily.
Mickey, who had remained silent the whole time, now comforted his companion and said, "Jonathan, Jim didn't say that we must reconcile, he just said to try to contact the other party."
"Yes, this is just my opinion. I didn't expect you to be so excited, Jonathan." Jim also explained: "If you have a different opinion, you can speak up."
"Jim, let him think about it. He's been in a bad mood lately, and so am I. You know the reason." Mickey sighed, looked at Jim and said, "The other party's disgusting tactics have exhausted us."
Jim nodded in understanding, turned and walked out of the meeting room.
After he left, Jonathan looked at Mickey and said, "He wants us to buy that small company with a sum of money... and he even swore to us that the small company can help us defeat MicroPort? Oh my God, this is the most exaggerated joke I have heard in all these years. He should know that Lotus has the ability to defeat MicroPort and does not need such a lame excuse to attract us."
"Trust Jim, Jonathan. At least until we find a professional manager who truly understands the computer industry and doesn't use foul language, trust him." Mickey patted Jonathan's shoulder and comforted him softly.
Nine thousand words, three chapters are combined into one chapter. I am too lazy to divide it into chapters, so please forgive me. Fortunately, although it is not divided into chapters, I am not lazy. I will never stop updating unless necessary to develop good habits.
