Just when Huaxia rubbed the popularity of a traffic star for Huaxin for free on the Internet, John, a lawyer on the other side of the ocean, finally got the test results of a professional organization.

It's done!

Sure enough, it's a CPU issue!

The test sheet in his hand made John too excited to help himself.

He almost stormed the office of the senior partner of his law firm and even forgot to knock on the door.

"John, are you crazy?!Have you forgotten the etiquette of knocking on the door before entering?"

Mike Love yelled at John in annoyance, and then glanced at the slightly disheveled female intern secretary, who quickly cleaned up the papers scattered on the table and walked out of the office.

John was a little embarrassed, then turned his head sideways, barely closing his eyes.

"Well, John, you only have three minutes, and if you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, you won't be there tomorrow. Mike Love said sternly.

"Yes, Mr. Love, but I am sure that you will accept my explanation, and I ask you to look at these documents. ”

Hearing this, John hurriedly handed over all the documents in his hand.

It includes the contract signed with Carl, the materials dictated by Carl, and the stamped professional agency identification materials just mailed today.

Mike glanced at John suspiciously, and then turned over the information in his hand, his expression became more and more solemn, more and more serious, especially the identification data, Mike seriously flipped through it and read it several times.

When I looked up again, my eyes were full of praise.

"Well done, John, do you know I've always been very optimistic about you?"

"Yes, Mr. Love, I am very grateful for your help to me since I started my career. So you look at this case?"

"Don't worry, leave it to me! John, you are my assistant in this case. And, of course, if we win the relationship, you're going to get a share of the agreement! And are you ready to become a partner in a law firm and have an office like mine?"

"Yes, Mr. Love, I'm ready!"

"Alright then, try to gather the case and evidence, let's take care of this case! We need more detailed information! It's time to make the arrogant guys in Silicon Valley pay the price they deserve!"

"Yes, Mr. Love!"

......

John was thrilled.

Jones Law Firm, where he works, is one of the top 20 law firms in the United States.

Becoming a partner in a law firm will mean that he will have higher salaries and privileges. Of course, according to the general lawyer agreement he signed with the law firm, after winning the lawsuit, he will get enough to pay off his student loan and allow him to live a truly wealthy life.

It's not that John doesn't want to take on the case himself, after all, he can make more money that way. The main reason is that he has no name in the industry, he is not backed by a law firm, and in the face of a behemoth like Intel, he cannot set off various public opinion offensives, and he is not sure.

Now that the law firm is involved, it will be stable!

Although the defendant in this case is special, John knows very well that if Intel's special status is excluded, this is an ordinary case of civil tort to put it bluntly.

John couldn't even think of a reason to lose the lawsuit.

A better life ahead is already beckoning to him.

......

When Stephen opened his mailbox and read the lawyer's letter forwarded by the legal department, his mood was a little unstable.

Historically, Intel has not been sued by consumers.

For example, a few years ago, it was revealed that the processor launched by Intel had two major vulnerabilities: "crash" and "ghost".

Because the patches were installed immediately and there were no more real damage and impacts, Intel's legal department eventually reached a private settlement with the consumer.

But this time things are clearly not right.

CPU bugs causing your computer to restart in a loop?

And it happened to be a financial company that was recruited, which directly led to the failure of the transaction to proceed normally and bankruptcy?

If all this is true, then the problem is big.

Stephen is well aware that in a product liability case like this in the United States, basically as long as the consumer can prove that the product is defective and caused personal and property damage, the court will basically rule in favor of the consumer.

But that's not a reason to upset Stephen.

A single case is not a problem.

The crux of the matter is whether Intel's CPUs really suffer from this birth defect, and whether this single lawsuit will turn into a class action.

The facts on the web proved his guess.

When he saw this lawyer's letter, he opened Google and began to search for negative public opinion about Intel on the Internet.

Then I saw a well-dressed lawyer being interviewed by a well-known media outlet.

"Yes, we have hard evidence. We've got five CPUs that prove the fatal vulnerabilities in Intel chips!"

"I'm not a technical expert, and I don't understand why this vulnerability was triggered. ”

"But what I do know is that because of Intel's products my agent, a poor friend who relied on buying low and selling high in the financial markets to earn commissions, went bankrupt. Do you dare to imagine that you are using a computer that suddenly becomes unusable during a trading day due to a processor problem?"

"Proof, of course! Look, here is the certificate issued by the independent chip laboratory in Fried, USA. None of the CPUs in our hands have serious technical defects. Here we also hope that the friends who read this interview, if your computer has a loop restart, everything is normal after replacing the CPU, and it has caused you any financial losses, then contact us, Jones Law Firm, we will get justice for you!"

......

"Mr. Maebori, could you please explain to me what the hell is going on?!"

In the conference room, Stephen asked the Intel CTO seriously.

The projection is stuck on a picture of a hateful-looking lawyer saying goodbye to the audience.

However, as the chief technology officer, Mabeli was also confused at this time.

"Sorry, we don't have the information right now to tell the exact picture. Of course, I can't tell if it's exactly the case of a hardware vulnerability. We need a CPU that is out of order to grasp the clues. ”

"So you think it's really our product that's defective?"

"There is a possibility, sir. However, theoretically, the probability of a CPU defect causing problems with six computers in a company at the same time is extremely small, almost zero!"

"But do you think the court will believe your explanation?"

"They don't need to believe my explanation, it's supposed to be something the legal department does. We need a CPU with a similar situation now, and then it's my job to find the problem, sir!"