American Entertainment 1982 Chapter 108

  Chapter 108 What is Surprise

   "Ka~Kaka~Kaka~"

  Tommy moved the knuckles of the phalanges of his fingers up and down, making a crisp sound.

Sophia, a graduate student at Stanford University Law School who was talking across the street, shut up, frowned slightly, and looked at Tommy's clasped hands: "I thought college students should have learned the basic etiquette of keeping quiet when other people are talking, classmate Tommy Hawke .”

"Dear Miss Sophia O'Connor, it took you a week to tell me that my software would still be identified as plagiarism, and you prepared a lot of materials very thoughtfully, I am very grateful for everything you have done to help me, So I invite you to have lunch together." Tommy Hawk raised his head and looked at Sophia:

"But none of those materials are related to the computer industry, let alone the software industry. They are not very referenceable, and they make me drowsy. At this time, I always do something to avoid real fell asleep."

  Sophia put down the fork in her hand, wiped her lower lip, and then said: "I explained to you that the software industry has just started to develop, and there are no representative cases to provide ideas..."

"As far as I know, there was a software industry case that ended without a problem. I thought you should be able to collect relevant information in law school." Tommy took a sip of the soup with a spoon, and then sighed to Sophia: "But I obviously Guess is wrong, think about it too, cases that end without a disease have no value worthy of being recorded."

   "What case?" Sophia asked curiously when she heard Tommy's words.

Tommy put a piece of fish into his mouth: "IBM, with a market value of billions, sued a software company called Oracle in 1979, which was just established and had only two thousand dollars in venture capital. Strangely, before the trial, IBM I chose to withdraw the lawsuit, so this case seems to have never happened to most people in the world, but I guess, something must have happened in the middle, because Oracle almost completely copied IBM's database software, so to speak, two software The first version of the software has no difference except the name, and Oracle even copied the bugs of IBM's software, so I wonder why IBM didn't trample it to death?"

   "So you're actually in trouble, and you want your company to be protected from being sued like the Oracle company you mentioned?" Sophia stared into Tommy's eyes and asked slowly.

"No, we were just eating and discussing the case that happened in 1979. I only know so much. I thought that Stanford Law School would have relevant information and give me the answer, but obviously it didn't, so we went back to The original question, how to define plagiarism, that case could have become a precedent, laying down the rules for this emerging industry, but it chose to back away at the moment before it was born." Tommy scratched his head with his hands:

"About IBM's choice to withdraw the lawsuit, I have thought about it for a long time. It lasted for about a month. Every day, apart from studying, I was trying to find relevant information in the library, and thinking about this question, why the elephant didn't step on it to death. Ant, it's just that there is too little information about this case, and both parties have not made any speeches to the outside world. Aren't you wondering why I flick my fingers in boredom? Because the information you provide that may be helpful is already in the I understood everything during the one-month thinking period.”

  Sophia looked at Tommy in surprise: "You have always said that you are a computer engineering major, but your previous thinking sounds more like a persistent lawyer in order to collect information or evidence."

"Because I can't afford a lawyer, I can only do these things by myself. I can only continue to deliberate until I think of a possibility. So I set up a company to verify my Whether the deduction is correct or not, you can make some money by the way." Tommy said without any dodging eyes, staring directly at Sophia.

  Sophia couldn't bear Tommy's sharp gaze, so she used the action of lowering her head to eat to avoid continuing to look at him, and asked at the same time, "What do you think?"

   "Large companies in the computer industry have begun to consider the construction of an industry ecosystem." Tommy said affirmatively.

"I think you may need to read more books on economics. Remember, this is the United States. The larger the company, the greedier the idea of ​​wealth will be." Sophia originally thought that Tommy could say something after thinking for so long Astonishing words, he was lowering his head and preparing to listen, but this guy naively dismissed IBM's lawsuit and attributed it to IBM's concern about industry development? So she couldn't help laughing and raised her head again, mocking Tommy.

Tommy shook his head: "Miss O'Connor, this sentence does not mean that they are not greedy. You are mocking me wrong. The meaning of my sentence is exactly the opposite of what you understand. I mean that they are too greedy. By the way, actually There is another reason to invite you to dinner, do you have any cheap but adequate lawyers to recommend to my poor little company, the lawyers are at least slightly better than your language understanding ability."

Sophia took off the black-rimmed glasses on her face, rolled up her cuffs with some embarrassment, and looked at Tommy with a threatening tone: "This sentence sounds like I want to spill coffee on someone The impulsiveness on the face of a man who deserves a beating."

   "Remember not to add three cubes of sugar before pouring, just one. As far as I know, that person is used to low-sugar or sugar-free taste." Tommy said with a smile to Sophia.

Sophia saw Tommy's expression of opening his hands, welcoming her to do it, and finally she could only smile helplessly, and said to him: "You are the thickest computer science student I have ever seen, that major should not Are they all boys with glasses, forgetting to comb their hair, clothes that never have any characteristics, taciturn boys?"

   "Why do you judge the thickness of my skin, just because I like drinking coffee?"

Sophia shook her head slightly, and said why she judged this guy to be thick-skinned: "No, because you always look directly at me with greed, and an aggressive boy like you should have no shortage of girls." friend, right?"

"I didn't think about dating you, Miss O'Connor. My greedy question is, would you be interested in changing your legal aid work from a 1VN in an aid center to a 1V1. I'm missing a partner right now with lawyers, courts or Professionals who deal with various groups, but I don't have enough money to hire a legal consultant who can give me various legal advice or opinions at any time. I asked the price, and the one with the lowest fee told me that the weekly salary is less If it's less than 500 yuan, it's out of the question.” Tommy sighed and said to Sophia with a wry smile: “So, are you interested? The weekly salary is about 80 yuan, which is the highest price I can offer?”

Sophia was stunned by the number reported by the **** Tommy, and it took a few seconds to come back to her senses, and said with a smile: "You quoted a weekly salary of 80 yuan to a graduate student from Stanford Law School? Believe me, you shouldn't just be thrown a cup of coffee now, because you not only insulted me, but also insulted Stanford and all kinds of laws in the United States."

"How do you get paid for sitting in the aid center and providing all kinds of weird legal advice to those students? One or two hundred dollars a week for part-time jobs?" Tommy smiled self-deprecatingly, looked down at his hands, and then raised his head to Sophia asked.

  Sophia said naturally: "No, I don't have that money, but it gave me a sense of social responsibility, as well as the ability to communicate and respond to different people."

"OK, as long as you don't need money, everything can be negotiated. That's it, I can guarantee that if you are willing to give me 1V1 assistance, if there is no accident, no matter whether my company wins or loses, you will be recorded and entered the United States Study the history of legal judgment precedents, and at the same time, I guarantee that you can get the abilities you want faster." Tommy immediately recovered when he heard that Sophia did not collect money from the legal aid center, and looked at Sophia with bright eyes again Said.

Sophia took Tommy's words as a joke to make her happy: "My father said similar things. He would coax me that Santa Claus would come to put presents in the stockings that I prepared for me at Christmas, Tommy, coax the girls Glad you have some more surprising jokes, although I'm surprised you can say a word that most ordinary people don't understand at all."

"If you are willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement, I can show you how Santa Claus named Tommy Hawk prepares gifts. By the way, Miss O'Connor, what is a surprise?" Tommy put down the spoon and clenched his fists Putting it on the table, leaning forward slightly, looking at Sophia's brown eyes, said slowly but forcefully:

   "You can use the language comprehension ability of your graduate student at Stanford Law School to judge whether I am joking or not."

  Dicks Law Firm located in the heart of Palo Alto.

"Mr. Tommy Hawk, I'm very happy that you are finally willing to use your company's money to hire legal professionals." Walter Deringer, a partner at Dix Law Firm, heard Tommy introducing Sophia to him. , a face that can't wait to smile.

Dix Law Firm is the legal counsel of the SSD Stanford University branch. If he was not afraid of losing SSD business, he would not do some legal work for Tommy's Actor Company. Besides, it is obvious that Actor Company is in trouble and needs a lawyer. Do more and more work.

  So Walter has repeatedly suggested to Tommy to find a professional who understands the law to join the company as soon as possible, to help him clear his mind in the Actor's legal crisis, and at least reduce the workload of his free lawyer.

   After all, I just help Actor do some basic work such as reviewing contract terms for the sake of SSD, but I don't want to be squeezed by Tommy Hawke as free labor.

Seeing this Miss Sophia O'Connor, Walter was not interested in knowing whether the other party was a student or a major. He could just leave the work that Tommy Hawke had entrusted to him to her. As for whether it was completed, it was up to him. irrelevant.

"Now there are a total of 176 copies. Fortunately, there is plenty of time, so that they have enough time to conceive the theme of the summary. The contact information is also included. The phone number and paging number are all sorted out. For the sake of confidentiality, these tedious I did all the work on my own, without even my assistant getting involved." Walter opened his locked file box, took out a file from it, handed it to Tommy, and complained with a smile.

  Tommy didn't even look at it, so he handed the folder to Sophia next to him: "In the short term, she will give me advice on Actor's legal affairs, or attend some necessary meetings for me."

   "One hundred and seventy-six copies? One hundred and seventy-six copies!" Sophia's hands were trembling when she took the folder, and she asked repeatedly beside Tommy in a low voice.

  Seeing Sophia's hellish expression, Walter laughed: "That's right, one hundred and seventy-six copies, you're just a student, right?"

   "Yeah, I haven't got my graduate diploma yet." Sophia said to Walter, "You mean, only students are shocked?"

"Almost, at the beginning, I was also a little surprised, but I was just surprised that Mr. Tommy Hawke is so young, but his methods are like a middle-aged man. I will not be surprised by the number of abstracts. For people like us, the employer is not It's a good thing to be an idiot, at least now Tommy Hawke's method proves that he's not an idiot.” Walter said with a smile to Sophia, then reached out to Tommy, shook his hand and said:

"Tommy, my job is done, don't bother me next time if you don't spend money, I know that if you win, you should make a lot of money, so if you need a lawyer to provide legal advice or any business after earning money, please Remember to consider our Dix Law Firm as soon as possible, but this firm refuses to consult for free."

"I will, Lawyer Delinger, don't waste your precious time, see you next time." Tommy shook hands with Walter to bid farewell. Sophia: "We should go, Miss O'Connor."

After leaving the law firm and sitting in the co-pilot of Tommy's classic car, Sophia hugged the folder tightly to her chest, looked at Tommy, and asked in surprise, "One hundred and seventy-six copies? My God! And it's only the first round?"

"These are amulets to ensure that the actor will not be knocked down in one round. In the second round, we need to see if a big company like IBM is as greedy as I guessed." Tommy turned the key and started the car: "Keep these materials safe, contact them, and make sure each summary is not repetitive and perfunctory."

  Sophia held the document, closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, then said: "After hearing your plan, I now believe that no matter whether Actor survives or not, I will indeed be recorded as a participant in the judgment precedent."

  She turned her head to look at Tommy who was driving with a blank expression, her voice was full of excitement and apprehension: "Tommy Hawk, you are a lunatic."

   "I know, you like lunatics, right, because I noticed that the way you look at me now is as greedy as when I saw you in the restaurant." Tommy held the steering wheel, stared ahead, and said confidently:

   "So, do you know what a surprise is?"

   The first update~~4,000 words~~The second update will be later, but I will definitely write it, don't worry~

  (end of this chapter)

Chapter end