Chapter 521: The Best Law Firm
After the news of Ogilvy Soft's lawsuit against the winger game platform for infringement came out, it caused a sensation in the entire Internet circle.
In recent years, there have been too many things such as infringement and piracy on the Internet, and if you really want to investigate it, no one is clean, so of course you should pay attention to the verdict of this kind of case.
Because this is likely to represent the direction of the wind in the future.
Once Ogilvy Software wins the lawsuit, then everyone will be more restrained and save from being chased and sued.
If the winger wins the lawsuit, it means that the country still doesn't want to care much about the Internet, so everyone should do whatever they want, and just do it boldly and with confidence.
When Effie heard the news, she was also taken aback, she didn't expect that the foreigner boss of Ogilvy Software would be so rigid that he would really sue him.
"Mr. Ai, do we still want to continue to develop the battle function?" asked the manager of the technical department nervously, he has been working with the team day and night to develop new functions in the past two days, which is the same as the winger's side, which is an infringement.
"Go on! of course, continue to develop. What are we afraid of, don't you know that the company has just received 100 million US dollars? Ogilvy will definitely lose this lawsuit, and it is estimated that they themselves know that when he loses the lawsuit, we will buy it!" Effie smiled coldly.
"Ah, why did you lose? Ogilvy does own the agency rights for those games. The manager of the technical department asked puzzled.
"It's not easy, Winger Games has been in operation in Hangzhou for so many years, Ogilvy has gone to other people's turf to fight lawsuits, and it is also in the Internet field where the regulations are not clear, it is strange that he can win!" said Effie disdainfully.
The British-born Xiangjiang boss of Ogilvy Software has been operating in China for so many years, and he can't even figure out the basic situation.
Of course, it is also possible that people know that they can't win, but they just can't be angry, and they want to sue you whether they win or lose!
Facebook Games, for its part, was indifferent and continued to develop the online battle function, because it developed a lot more functions than the winger platform, so the speed was not so fast.
Tencent's game platform is a bit of a pain, they originally developed the platform, but because of the problem of the data center, the platform was not in a hurry to go online.
As a result, the data center has just been built, and the winger side suddenly has a battle area, which is out of the limelight.
So the development team followed the winger's battle area, which was a plagiarism, and just got it done, the platform was about to be launched, and it encountered Ogilvy suing the winger game.
Brother Xiao Ma discussed it with a few of them, and if it came to pass, it would be better to wait a few more days, otherwise he was afraid that Ogilvy would directly add Tencent to the defendant.
In that case, it would be too unlucky, the game platform was just launched, and it was sued, and the reputation was not good.
Tencent is ready to wait and see, and after the lawsuit is decided, it will decide what to do next, and it will not be bad for a few days.
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After getting the internal financing of Facebook Games, Yu Wenfei was not idle, he thought about Effie's plan repeatedly and had a new idea.
On April 20, Yu Wenfei took Hu Jingjing and flew quietly to the capital.
This time, he has to do a big thing!
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Capital Global Law Firm, which is one of the best law firms in China, has lawyers with domestic lawyers' license numbers 001 and 002.
In addition, this law firm, formerly a state-owned enterprise called the "Legal Counsel Office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade", has been employed by the National Development and Reform Commission as a legal adviser for a long time.
This is also the first law firm established in China after the reform and opening up.
The founder of the law firm is the domestic No. 001 lawyer, the chairman of the lawyers' committee, and after being transferred from here, he later became the president of the Supreme Court......
I don't need to introduce much about this background.
The headquarters of Global Law Office is an inconspicuous building, which looks like it has been around for some years, and the floors are not high, only a dozen floors, but the area is not small.
Although it may not look great on the outside, its geographical location is not to be overlooked, sitting on Chang'an Avenue, close to the very heart of the capital.
After Yu Wenfei and Hu Jingjing arrived in the capital, they checked into the hotel directly, washed up and rested for a while, and asked the hotel to send a car to the global law firm.
Lawyer Fang Zhiyan is in his early forties this year, which is the age of high spirits and the golden age of lawyers, with rich experience and quick thinking.
He is a senior partner of Global Law Firm, graduated from Peking University Law School with a bachelor's degree, and then went to Harvard Law School in the United States to further his studies.
Through years of hard work, Mr. Fang has also achieved the position of senior partner.
"What time does the client arrive this afternoon?"
After the lunch break, Lawyer Fang returned to his office, and the assistant walked in, so he asked.
The assistant flipped through the notepad in his hand, "At two o'clock, I just confirmed with the customer that they are on their way and will be there soon." ”
Looking at his watch, the assistant added, "Oh, there's still ten minutes to go." ”
Lawyer Fang nodded with satisfaction, "I don't have any other arrangements for the afternoon, do I?"
"At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Capital Lawyers Association has a report meeting, and you have a speech. ”
Lawyer Fang frowned, thought slightly, and said decisively: "Call the association, say that I can't leave today, and the speech will be cancelled!"
"Okay. If there's nothing going on, I'll check out the parlor. The assistant said briefly.
Lawyer Fang nodded, and the assistant pushed the door and walked out.
Reaching out to pick up the large folder prepared from the desk, Lawyer Fang came to the sofa and sat down, flipping through the documents in his hand.
In the afternoon, this client was not small, and for this interview, lawyer Fang also prepared for several days, collecting several large folders of various materials.
Of course, Mr. Fang's work attitude has always been very rigorous, and he will take even small clients very seriously.
However, with his qualifications, he has basically not had the opportunity to contact any small customers over the years.
"Facebook Technology, Facebook Network, Facebook Games...... Valued at $4 billion, the first round of financing was $400 million...... Major shareholders Yu Wenfei, SoftBank Capital, Jiaotong University Venture Capital ......"
The client's profile is like a movie screen, which is replayed in the lawyer's mind.
He specializes in intellectual property and commercial disputes, and he really didn't know much about Facebook before.
He doesn't play with blogs, the time of big law firms is too precious, maybe every minute is worth hundreds of dollars, how can he waste his precious time on blogging.
This time, after the client's consultation, the meeting time was scheduled, and lawyer Fang asked the assistant to collect relevant information about Facebook.
I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it!
Is the Internet industry so profitable?
Facebook Technology has only been established for more than half a year, and its scale has become so huge, with more than 100 million registered users and a company valuation of $4 billion!
In contrast, the global law firm is a bit pitiful, with such a great background, and the people working in it are definitely the elite of the elite, and the annual turnover is only more than 2 billion yuan.
If you really want to go public, it is estimated that the market value will not exceed 5 billion, which is still RMB!
Of course, it is impossible for law firms to be listed, and they are all partnership systems.
Law firms are strange businesses, where everything is people-oriented!
There is no R&D and marketing investment, and the company's only operating cost is labor cost!
Of course, some may also have office rent, and those like Universal who have their own buildings can even save on rent.
Whether a law firm can be famous, profitable, and win the trust of clients depends on how many well-known lawyers you have.
Therefore, the boss cannot take all the profits alone, not even most of the profits, because the barristers have to participate in the distribution of profits.
If the law firm gets 1 million after calculating the various lawyers' fees for a case, then at least 500,000 or 600,000 of the million will be given to the lawyer who presides over the case, and the rest can be counted as the gross profit of the law firm.
A barrister, he himself can basically be regarded as a company with excellent profits, and it is a company that has no operational risks and will never lose money.
Therefore, in order to attract more good lawyers, the law firms are very generous and give very good treatment.
Mr. Fang is the kind of top lawyer, and talents like him, whether in the United States or China, are of course high-income classes.
Over the years, Mr. Fang has taken on one or two big cases a year, and served as the legal counsel of several large companies at the same time, easily earning millions of dollars a year.
But when he saw the information of the founder of Facebook Technology, he couldn't help but feel jealous.
Nineteen years old, worth more than three billion dollars!
I've read all the books for so many years, and I've been the most prominent among my peers for more than ten years, but now I look at it, I can't compare to other nineteen-year-old young people!
However, Lawyer Fang only thinks about it for a moment, he is a person who has seen the big world, and he also understands that life experiences are different.
The world is so big, there are always very few people, just do it, play the same can achieve achievements that are difficult for most people to achieve in a lifetime of hard work.
Maybe this Yu Wenfei is the kind of "very rare" person, this is not something that he can envy.
While he was thinking about the client's information with his eyes closed, there was a knock on the door and the assistant walked in.
"Lawyer Fang, the client is here, I took them to the living room, you should go. ”
Lawyer Fang opened his eyes when he heard this, stood up, moved his body, rubbed his cheeks, and the whole person became energetic.
"The tie is a little crooked, I'll help you tie it. ”
The assistant stepped forward and carefully helped Lawyer Fang sort out his tie.
"Thanks, let's go over. Lawyer Fang smiled.
"Come on!" the young female assistant raised her fist slightly.
Both of them understand that what they have to face today is undoubtedly a big customer, a very big one!
Such clients, even at global law firms, are rare.
If you can win this case, it will be enough to eat for a few years, of course, you must be cautious.