"Ka~Titicaca~Titicaca~"

Tommy snapped the knuckles of his fingers down with a crisp sound.

Sophia, a graduate student at Stanford Law School, who was talking on the other side, stopped talking, frowned slightly, and looked at Tommy's clasped hands: "I thought college students should have learned the basic etiquette of being quiet when others are speaking, Tommy Hawke." ”

"Dear Miss Sophia O'Connor, you spent a week telling me that my software would still be identified as plagiarism, and you have prepared a lot of materials very thoughtfully, and I appreciate everything you have done to help me, so I invite you to lunch." Tommy Hawke looked up at Sophia:

"But none of those materials are related to the computer industry, let alone the software industry, they are not very referential, and I feel drowsy when I hear it, and at this time, I have to do something to avoid actually falling 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 begun to develop, and there are no representative cases that can provide ideas......

"As far as I know, there was a case in the software industry that ended up without a problem, and I thought you would be able to collect relevant information in law school." Tommy took a sip of the soup with a spoon, then sighed to Sophia: "But I obviously guessed wrong, and I think about it, there is no value worth recording in the case of nothing." ”

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

Tommy sent a piece of fish meat to his mouth: "IBM, which has a market value of billions, sued a software company called Oracle that had just been established and had a start-up capital of only two thousand dollars in 79 years, and the bizarre thing is that before the trial, IBM chose to withdraw the lawsuit, so this case seems to most people in the world as if it never happened, but I guess something must have happened in the middle, because Oracle almost completely copied IBM's database software, so to speak, the first version of the two software, There is no difference except for the different names, and Oracle even copied the bugs of IBM's software, so I'm curious why IBM didn't step on it? ”

"So you're actually in trouble, and you want your company to be protected from being sued by the other party like the Oracle company you mentioned?" Sophia asked, staring into Tommy's eyes and slowing down.

"No, we just ate and discussed the case that happened in '79, I only know so much, I thought Stanford Law School would have the relevant information to give me the answer, but apparently it didn't, so we went back to the original question, how to define plagiarism, that case could have been a precedent and set the rules for this emerging industry, but it chose to retreat a moment before it was born." Tommy scratched his head with his hand:

"Regarding IBM's choice to withdraw the lawsuit, I thought about it for a long time, as long as about a month, every day in addition to studying, I was trying to find relevant materials in the library, and thinking about this question, why did the elephant not trample the ants to death, but there was too little information about this case, and the parties on both sides did not make any speeches to the outside world, aren't you curious why I am boring and twisting my fingers? Because of the information that you have provided now that might be helpful, I have already learned all about it during that month's reflection 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 lawyer who persists in collecting information or evidence." ”

"Because I couldn't afford to hire a lawyer, I had to do these things myself, and I had to keep thinking about it myself, until I thought of a possible possibility, so I set up a company to verify whether my assumptions were correct and make some money by the way." Tommy's eyes didn't dodge, he looked straight at Sophia, and said in his mouth.

Sophia couldn't stand Tommy's sharp gaze, and used the action of lowering her head to eat, avoiding continuing to look at him, and asked, "What speculation?" ”

"The big companies in the computer industry are starting to think about building an industry ecosystem." Tommy said affirmatively.

"I think you might need to read more economics books, and remember, this is the United States, and the bigger the corporations, the more greedy the idea of grabbing wealth." Sophia originally thought that Tommy had been thinking for so long and could say something amazing, and was lowering her head and preparing to listen, but this guy naively withdrew IBM's lawsuit because IBM cares about the development of the industry? So she couldn't help but smile and raise her head again, and sneered at Tommy.

Tommy shook his head: "Miss O'Connor, this is not to say that they are not greedy, you are wrong, I mean the opposite of what you understand, I mean that they are too greedy, by the way, in fact, there is another reason for inviting you to dinner, do you have any cheap but good enough lawyers to recommend to my poor little company, the lawyer is at least slightly better than your language comprehension skills." ”

Sophia took off the black-rimmed glasses on her face, rolled up her cuffs in some embarrassment, and looked at Tommy in a threatening tone: "This sentence sounds like it makes me feel the urge to spill coffee on the face of someone who owes a beating." ”

"Remember not to add three sugar cubes before splashing, one is fine, as far as I know, that person is used to drinking low-sugar or sugar-free flavors." Tommy smiled at Sophia.

Sophia saw Tommy's expression of opening his hand and welcoming him to do it, and finally could only smile helplessly, and said to him: "You are the thickest skinned computer science student I have ever met, shouldn't that major be all boys who wear glasses, forget to comb their hair, and never have any characteristics in their clothes, and are silent?" ”

"What makes you judge the thickness of my skin just because I like coffee?"

Sophia shook her head slightly, and said the reason why she judged this guy to be thick-skinned: "No, because your gaze at me is always direct and greedy, an aggressive boy like you shouldn't lack a girlfriend, right?" ”

"I didn't think about dating you, Miss O'Connor, my greedy question is whether you would be interested in changing your legal aid work from 1VN to 1v1 at the assistance center. I don't have a professional around me who can deal with lawyers, courts, or various groups, but I don't have enough money to hire a legal advisor who is ready to give me all kinds of legal advice or opinions, I asked for the price, and the one with the lowest charge told me that if the salary is less than 500 yuan a week, it will not be negotiated. Tommy sighed, smiled wryly at Sophia and said, "So, are you interested?" The weekly salary is about 80 yuan, which is the highest price I gave? ”

Sophia was stunned by the number quoted by Tommy, the bastard, and it took a few seconds to come back to her senses, and said with a smile: "You quoted a Stanford Law School graduate student a price of eighty dollars a week?" Believe me, you shouldn't just be spilled a cup of coffee right now, because you're insulting not only me, but Stanford and the vast laws of the United States. ”

"What do you get paid for sitting in the aid center and giving all sorts of weird legal advice to those students? Can you earn one or two hundred dollars a week on a part-time job? Tommy smiled self-deprecatingly, looked down at his hands, and then raised them again and asked Sophia.

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

"Okay, as long as you don't need money, everything can be negotiated, so I can guarantee that if you are willing to give me 1v1 assistance, if nothing else, whether my company wins or loses, you will be recorded in the history of American legal judgment precedent, and I guarantee that you will get the skills you want sooner." When Tommy heard that Sophia didn't collect money at the legal aid center, he immediately came to his senses and looked at Sophia with bright eyes again.

Sophia took Tommy's words as a joke to amuse her: "My father said something similar, he would coax me to say that Santa Claus would come and put gifts in my stockings for Christmas, Tommy, make girls happy and you have to make some more surprising jokes, although I was surprised that you could actually say the word precedent of judgment, which most ordinary people don't know at all." ”

"If you're willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement, I can show you how Santa Claus named Tommy Hawke prepares presents, and by the way, tell you, Miss O'Connor, what a surprise is." Tommy put down the spoon, put his hands into fists on the table, leaned forward slightly, looked at Sophia's brown eyes, and said slowly but forcefully:

"Judging by the language comprehension skills of your Stanford Law School graduate students, I am not joking with this sentence now."

……

Dix Law Firm located in the heart of Palo Alto.

"Mr. Tommy Hawke, I'm glad you're finally willing to hire a legal professional with your own company's money." Walter Dellinger, a partner at Dix Law Firm, couldn't help but smile when he heard Tommy introduce Sophia to him.

Dix Law Firm is the legal counsel for SSD's Stanford University chapter, and if it weren't for the fear of losing the SSD business, he wouldn't have done some legal work for Tommy's Actor, not to mention that now it's clear that Actor is in trouble and has more and more work for lawyers.

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

After all, I was just doing the most basic work for the Actor on the SSD, such as reviewing the terms of the contract, and I didn't want to be squeezed by Tommy Hawk 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, and it was good to leave her the work that Tommy Hawke had entrusted to him before, as for whether it was completed or not, it had nothing to do with him.

"Now there are 176 copies in total, but fortunately, there is plenty of time for them to conceive the topic of the abstract, the contact information is also in it, the phone number and the paging sign are all sorted out, for the sake of confidentiality, these tedious tasks are all done by me alone, and even the assistant is not involved." Walter opened his locked file box, took a file out of it, and handed it to Tommy, grumbling with a smile on his lips.

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

"One hundred and seventy-six? One hundred and seventy-six copies! Sophia's hands trembled as she took the folder, and she lowered her voice and repeated the question beside Tommy.

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

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

"Almost, at first, I was a little surprised, but I was just surprised that Mr. Tommy Hawke was so young, but he was just a middle-aged man, and I wouldn't be surprised by the number of abstracts, and for people like us, it's a good thing that the employer isn't an idiot, at least now Tommy Hawke's means prove that he's not an idiot." Walter smiled at Sophia, then stretched out his hand to Tommy, shook it, and said:

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

"I will, lawyer Dehringer, don't waste your precious time, see you next time." Tommy shook Walter's hand goodbye, and greeted Sophia, who was still holding back her curiosity and looking through the folder for the first time: "We should go, Miss O'Connor." ”

It wasn't until she left the law office and got into the co-pilot of Tommy's classic car that Sophia hugged the folder tightly to her chest, looked at Tommy, and asked in surprise: "One hundred and seventy-six?" Oh, my God! And it's just the first round? ”

"These are talismans to make sure that Actors don't get knocked out in one turn, and in the second round, it's up to big companies like IBM to see if they're as greedy as I guess." Tommy twisted the key and started the car: "Keep this stuff safe, contact them, and make sure that each summary is not repetitive or perfunctory." ”

Sophia held the file, closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, then said, "After listening to your plan, I now believe that whether or not the Actor survives, 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 face, and her voice was excited and apprehensive: "Tommy Hawke, you're a madman. ”

"I know, you like crazy people, right, because I've noticed that the way you look at me now is as greedy as when I looked at you in the cafeteria." Tommy held the steering wheel, stared ahead, and said confidently:

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

The first more ~~ 4,000 words ~ ~ the second more will be a little later, but it will definitely be written, rest assured ~

(End of chapter)