Accel has deep connections in the California Supreme Court, and as soon as the antitrust complaint was submitted, Accel got the news. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Naturally, the five major shareholders of Kamodo Technology Company also quickly learned about it.

In the conference room on the sixth floor, several LCD screens in the center of the table are playing the scene of remote video conference, and the other end of the video conference is connected to Accel, Greylock, Facebook, and Tencent investment bosses.

At the meeting, in addition to Chen Wenhao, Jin Wei, Zhang Mingshan and others, Kevin and David were also listed.

These two foreigners, since they saw the first generation of the drone at the press conference, and then contacted the newly purchased equipment in the small factory, they couldn't have guessed that this was a new business, and they were clamoring to cooperate. However, Chen Wenhao has no plans for the time being, and he hasn't even taken out the prototype.

To be honest, the main reason for making UAV products is to cover the moon vehicle that will be manufactured, after all, so many accessories and materials either have to be produced by themselves or specially procured, and there is no end product to cover, it is difficult to explain clearly, and it is easy to arouse suspicion. Of course, Chen Wenhao is still a little cautious, when he was a child, he liked model airplanes, and when he was older, he liked photography, and ********** just two hobbies in one, but the products on the market are not satisfactory, and now it is better to come by yourself if you have the conditions. Well, in every man's heart, there is a boy who doesn't grow up, and his thirst for fresh toys is no less than that of girls' needs for bags and clothing.

To get back to the point, in the remote video, the head of Accel's U.S. headquarters introduced a more specific situation: the 13 companies filed a lawsuit in the California Supreme Court, arguing that Infinite Future Technology and its subsidiaries used their technological advantages to suppress competitors and form a de facto market monopoly. At the same time, it is believed that Facebook, as the only commercial website authorized by the translation module, hinders the normal development of other social networking sites and video sites, and is also in an illegal monopoly position.

Chen Wenhao listened before speaking, "So did the other party propose a solution?" ”

According to internal information, the plaintiff demanded that Infinite Future Technology open the technical authorization of the translation module and intelligent control module, ruled that the sole authorization of Facebook, and demanded that Infinite Future and its subsidiaries compensate the plaintiff $14 billion, and Facebook compensated the plaintiff $3 billion. Before the conclusion of the lawsuit, it is forbidden to sell any electronic devices equipped with Xiaoka translation software and Xiaoka intelligent assistants in the United States, and it is prohibited for any commercial website to use Xiaoka translation modules. ”

As soon as the words on the other end of the video fell, Jin Wei, who was full of indignation, had already taken the case, "These companies are crazy, this is blackmail at all!" ”

Chen Wenhao let out a sneer, "Wishful thinking is good, if you want to bite big, you have to see if you have such a hard tooth." ”

He had previously felt that Apple's failure to pass the software review was completely detrimental to others, and it was not in line with the style of commercial companies.

If the average technology company is expected to be surprised by the lineup of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, the 13 companies are all well-known companies in the United States, and the combined market value can reach trillions of dollars, and the annual GDP of many medium-sized countries is not as high as this figure.

What's more, the timing of this prosecution is very accurate, and the card is just emerging when the small card intelligent assistant has just emerged, which has attracted many mobile phone, home appliances, and automobile brand manufacturers to express their intention to cooperate.

According to the requirements of the lawsuit, it may not have much impact on manufacturers in other regions, but at least the market in the United States and even the Americas will be closed to Kamodo and its partners. It is impossible for a brand that is truly interested in the global market to ignore such an important American market, so the intention of cooperation with Kamodo may not be nip in the bud, but it will be greatly delayed.

Regardless of the final outcome of the lawsuit, according to the usual situation of anti-monopoly lawsuits, there is no problem in delaying it for five or six years, seven or eight years. At least in the meantime, the company will not want to expand into the American market. If you change a small and medium-sized company, you may be going bankrupt if you drag it out, and even if you win the lawsuit in the end, it will be useless.

But Chen Wenhao is not afraid of this, since the other party has torn his face and set up a position to fight, then come, don't be cowardly, fight painfully. Not to mention anything else, there is an alien artificial intelligence standing behind Lao Tzu, and from time to time he takes out two pieces of black technology to paste your face. You want to use the market as a threat, wield a legal stick, pounce on you and bite a piece of meat, but you don't want to let you get your way.

At present, about 35% of the paid users of Xiaoka translation software are from outside China, and more than half of them are from the United States. However, this lawsuit has little impact on existing users and businesses, and with the market system in the United States, it is impossible to require the original users to give up using it, and there is no physical and offline channel for translation software, and all the downloads and payments are completed through the Internet, so it is difficult to achieve even if you want to manage it. The main purpose of the lawsuit filed by the other party is to contain the next development of Kamodo in advance.

As it stands, it is Facebook that has been the most affected by the lawsuit.

Even across the screen and the Internet, everyone's attention is focused on Xiaozha's face. On the screen, Xiao Zha kept turning his head, seemingly listening to his subordinates' reports. After a while, Xiao Zha turned his face to the camera, "Just now, the company's legal department has set up an emergency response team, and the legal counsel suggests that a counter-lawsuit be filed against the other party in the name of 'obstructing scientific and technological progress'." ”

Xiao Za paused, "Facebook will never accept such an unreasonable request, and I have already approved the counter-lawsuit." ”

The other parties were not surprised by Facebook's decision, and the antitrust lawsuit was originally a scuffle, but the weapon they wielded was called "law". And the premise for wielding such a weapon is that it needs to be supported by huge sums of money. Not to mention the rest, let's just say that the team of professional lawyers who charge by the hour can be called a gold-swallowing monster. Many small and medium-sized companies have fallen at this hurdle.

But is Facebook short of money? Are there any money in Kamodo, Accel, Greylock, Tencent Investment?

A scuffle is about to begin!

Accel's boss immediately expressed his support, "This is not a Facebook company's business. I recommend that the five shareholders form a joint legal team to deal with this litigation. ”

"Seconded!"

"No problem on our side!"

"Agreed!"

The five shareholders quickly reached an agreement. For the representatives of several parties other than Chen Wenhao, it was not easy to break out of the encirclement and become a gold-absorbing weapon -- the shareholders of the Kamodo Company, and the new company was established just over a month ago, and its revenue and profits soared, which is undoubtedly the most successful business in the past few years. With the release of the mobile phone and the opening of new functions, the company's development prospects can be described as brilliant.

In the eyes of venture capital companies such as Accel and Greylock, this represents a huge profit of dozens or hundreds of times, while in the eyes of Facebook and Tencent, this has gone beyond the boundaries of money, but the strategic layout of their respective group businesses in the future market sector. Anyone who tries to snatch food from their mouths will usher in the biggest counterattack.

In the end, it was agreed that after the video conference ended, competent personnel would be deployed to form a joint anti-litigation team.

Accel's U.S. boss said that according to the latest inside information, the California Supreme Court has decided to accept the antitrust lawsuit. "In two days at most, this news will appear in various media outlets."

He hoped that Chen Wenhao would come to the United States in person to participate in the preparations for the lawsuit. As the largest shareholder of Kamodo and the most voting member of the company's board of directors, Chen's opinion is significant. Moreover, in the future, the formation of a lawyer group and the start of the counter-litigation work by the lawyer team will inevitably have a large number of documents that need to be signed and authorized.

Chen Wenhao heard that it made sense, so he agreed to come down, and a trip to the United States was imperative.