Boston, MA, Hale & Dole White Shoes Law Firm, Partner Robert Morley Office.

Robert, a lawyer hired by Lotus with a high salary, straightened his suit, turned his chair, turned his body facing the floor-to-ceiling window to enjoy the scenery, turned back to his desk, picked up the folder that had been prepared on the table, and threw it directly to the middle-aged man sitting opposite who was not good-looking and had a calm face: "Renard, this is the permission issued by the court to collect evidence in this case." ”

The middle-aged man rubbed the stubble on his chin, took the document and didn't look at it, and directly put it into the briefcase he carried with him.

He didn't need to look carefully at what was written on the papers, he just had to listen to what Robert told him to do.

As for the documents he just threw away, they were only thrown in the other party's face when he was questioned or interrogated by the police or the other party during his investigation and evidence collection.

"Stanford University computer science major, Tommy Hawke, I received the simple information before, that guy is from Warwick, Rhode Island, very close to here, find out who his family is, he can start a company in college, it means that his father should also be a businessman, check whether his father's business is tax evasion, whether there is a commercial criminal record before, etc., visit the neighborhood, find out if his ancestors are *black, in short, I need everything I need to make the judge and jury disgusted enough with Actor Inc. Robert picked up his coffee slowly and looked at Renard opposite:

"And as far as I know, there are three students at Actor, and Tommy Hawke is the most important one, but the other two can't be ignored and the news that the three of them a few times a night has to be made clear."

Renard, a veteran of the military, runs a private detective agency in Boston with his companions, specializing in helping lawyers with investigation and evidence collection, and has been working with him for three years.

In the United States, the truth of the case is not the focus of the court.

The court is most concerned about the evidence collected by both the plaintiff and the defendant, to put it simply, which side collects enough evidence, which side has more chances of winning, and what is worse is that the American court will not take the initiative to investigate and collect evidence.

If you don't have the money to hire someone to help you investigate and collect evidence, it's best not to initiate any lawsuit other than a public prosecution in the United States.

The work of helping both sides investigate and collect evidence naturally falls on the lawyer with the same background as the judge, and the United States stipulates that lawyers are not officials and advisers to the US government or US citizens, but officials of the courts.

In other words, after obtaining the permission issued by the court, the lawyer can carry out an extremely large range of evidence collection work in the name of the court to individuals, institutions and even opponents, and the most important thing is that unless there are special circumstances and the problem is irrelevant to the case from beginning to end, the other party cannot refuse, otherwise the court will find trouble for the refuser, and the lawyer can hire a professional investigation agency to help take the permission issued by the court and do this kind of work for him.

The work that was originally issued to him alone, and the work that he was only allowed to carry out alone, was directly subdivided, and turned into a bunch of people with copies of the permission to go out, like a group of vultures attacking with the smell of carrion.

"Understand, my best detective has flown to San Jose, California ahead of schedule, so I'm going to fax the permission to them, and I'm going to go to Warwick City first to dig out that guy's family background." Renard stood up, bowed slightly to Robert, and then turned and walked out of the office.

Robert dialed Jim Manz: "Jim? The court allowed the parties to begin evidence collection and disclosure, is there anything else you need me to know? ”

"Fifteen amicus curiae, all of whom have parliamentarian or public office status, and fifteen paperwork for the court are being written." Jim said on the other side of the phone: "The president of Xerox Corporation, in view of his personal friendship with me, is considering also submitting an amicus curiae document to the court, as a well-known company in the industry, to give his views on the chaos in the same industry. ”

Robert nodded, "Very well, my investigator has rushed to San Jose, California, and I hope not to frighten those poor children and the nameless lawyer they hired." ”

"You're just too soft-hearted, Robert, and that's all at this time...... F*ck?” Jim, who was talking to Robert on the phone with a vulgar smile, suddenly smacked on the other side of the phone and cursed softly.

Robert asked curiously, "What happened?" Jim? ”

"When did Davis Polk become the fucking nameless lawyer, Robert!" Jim whispered, "You'd better get here in ten minutes!" Stand by my side! I don't want to be overturned by the other party because I said something wrong! Damn it! ”

Robert asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Why don't you let me explain it to him?" A female voice rang faintly on the other side of the phone, and Jim then said, "Robert, I'm turning on the speakerphone." ”

Soon, the female voice on the other end of the phone smiled and said to Robert, who was completely dazed: "Hello, lawyer Robert Morley, I am the head of the legal work of Actor Company in this lawsuit, Delia Case, a partner of Davis Polk Law Firm, and the speed of sending letters is too slow, I chose to come to Boston in person to obtain permission to investigate and collect evidence from the court, and by the way, I will make some normal inquiries related to the case to some people involved in the case of Lotus Company." ”

"I'm ......," Robert wanted to yell, reminding Jim not to talk nonsense when he wasn't there, and that he had the right to wait for his lawyer to arrive.

Just before he could finish speaking, Delia Keys hung up the phone.

“F*ck！” Robert didn't care to think about why the old White Shoes Law Firm in New York would accept an order from a small company in California, he scolded and quickly called back, and soon the phone was connected again, Jim answered, his voice was calm, but Robert heard the anger hidden under the voice: "I am listening to you under the gentle gaze of Lawyer Case." ”

Robert turned on the speakerphone, sorted out his briefcase, and said loudly: "You have the right to wait for the lawyer to arrive before being questioned, and I will rush over immediately." ”

"If you can't make it in ten minutes, I guarantee it's going to be the worst ten minutes you'll lose in your life." Jim hung up the phone after speaking, looked at the white-haired female lawyer who was sitting opposite for a long time, and said with a smile: "Ms. Keyes, how can I actually enjoy your personal inquiry?" ”

"I noticed you......" Delia said with a smile, ready to ask.

"Give me a minute." Jim got up suddenly, interrupted Delia's question, and walked briskly out of the office, first glancing down the hall, and then rushing into Mickey's office for the first time, and sure enough, there were two lawyers in suits sitting inside, talking to Mitch Kapoor, Jim shouted, "Mickey! Don't say anything! Waiting for the lawyer to arrive! ”

Then like a madman, he ran around the company, shouting, "Shut the!" Wait for me to be there for the lawyer who belongs to the company! You have the right to delay the inquiry! If only let me know that someone is talking nonsense! I swear to let him know how the word life is hard can become concrete! ”

"You're quick to react." Delia sighed with some pity, looked at Jim, who was running around outside and walked in again, and said, "But I will record everything you just said, you tried to incite the person being taken to refuse to cooperate with the court investigation." ”

"It doesn't matter, you can report to the court that I treat evidence negatively, it's nothing more than a fine." Jim sat back at his desk and smiled with relief, "This is the lawyer at Actor, huh?" Do you like to give a small scare as a greeting gift? By the way, beauty, the hairstyle is so beautiful, what do you want to drink? ”

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and when the secretary told himself that the lawyer named Delia was visiting him alone, Jim really thought that there was only one person on the other side, but when she revealed her identity, Jim immediately noticed that something was wrong, that is, this white-haired girl was the attorney-plenipotentiary in charge of the Actor company's case, and actually did not visit Mitch Kapoor first, but came directly to see him?

He is only a vice president in the company, and Lotus has four vice presidents, which means that he cannot enjoy unique treatment, unless this woman deliberately set a trap.

So Jim chose to run out, and sure enough, the woman had enough people with her, she just wanted to pester herself and then use the other lawyers to easily pull out those nerdy words.

Those nerds don't have much emotional intelligence, they don't know how to weigh words, you know, when you think you say something that feels perfectly fine, in the eyes of lawyers who are ready to help you pick and choose, you can find countless reasons to question it.

"I guess until the lawyer arrives, I'm afraid I'll only be able to talk to you about things like the Zodiac or the places to visit Boston?" Delia looked at Jim, her face not looking full of loss because Jim reacted quickly.

"I couldn't even talk to you about the weather until the lawyer arrived, and I happened to have a couple of very, very important documents in my hand that needed to be reviewed urgently, so ...... Ms. Delia Case, wait a moment. Jim smiled brightly at Delia, then opened the papers on the table and looked through them carefully.

Delia Case's eyes were full of smiles: "The National Review article is very well written, and there should be a lot of politicians who have been interested in the word patent lately. ”

"Thank you." Jim replied succinctly.

There was an awkward silence in the office, which was shattered two or three minutes later when Mitch Kapoor, founder and CEO of Lotus, walked briskly into Jim's office.

Jim looked at his boss, "Is the lawyer here, Mickey?" ”

"My friend at the soft art company called to inquire, and the lawyer team of Davis Polk Law Firm, with the permission issued by the court, went to the soft art company to ask some employees to cooperate with the inquiry." Mitch Kapoor looked at Jim a little nervously, "What the hell is going on?" Jim, aren't we the ones who bring the charges? ”

Jim Manz looked at Delia, who sat down and smiled at him elegantly: "I heard that Mr. Mitch Kapoor has a good relationship with some engineers at the soft art company that developed the world's first spreadsheet software, VisiCalc, and there are some rumors from the outside world, so I went to find out if it would help this case, don't worry, it's just a routine inquiry." ”

Soft art company, developed the world's first spreadsheet software for Apple system VisiCalc, headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, when the Lotus1-2-3 software was launched, there was a news in the industry, Mitch Kapoor got an inside message from the soft art company, the soft art company is ready to try to develop the MS-DOS version of VisiCalc, but the top management is divided into two factions trying to convince each other, and Mickey is taking advantage of the gap in the internal friction of the soft art company, Quickly complete the first edition of Lotus 1-2-3 with Jonathan in the garage.

"I've never let a friend leak anything, it's just that my classmates work in the soft arts, and we are good friends and often exchange computer skills." Hearing that Delia actually asked Softart to find out if she had plagiarized the ideas of the Softart company back then, Mickey looked at Delia angrily and explained: "I don't disdain to steal other people's ideas!" ”

“No~！ Mitch, calm down, she's you off, don't open your mouth, wait for the lawyer to come. Jim stood up and persuaded Mickey, whose face was flushed, and said with his mouth open.

After sending Mickey out of his office, Jim looked at Delia: "It's so fast, and it's divided into two ways, and the topic chosen is very clever, and it has successfully angered my boss." ”

"Just a little scare as a greeting gift can make the Actor company look too stingy." Delia said to Jim with a smile.

"F*ck......" Jim threw the papers back on the table, looked down at his supported hands, and scolded softly, "It depends on the situation, and another tugging will start for at least three years." ”

"I think it's the opposite of Jim Manz, and I think it won't be too long before this ends." Delia said affirmatively to Jim.

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