"Sophia, you're his secretary, you have to pay attention to anything he does during this time, I don't care if he pays you or not, but if you just doze off with him on his trip, I would suggest Tommy replace you, the young people at Stanford Law School's White Shoes Club will be more than happy to take over your work......"

The silver-haired Delia sat in the conference room of the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco, but instead of looking at Tommy, she looked at Sophia, and the words she said made Sophia a little overwhelmed.

Tommy was about to sign some of the documents that Delia had brought, when he heard Delia's words, he interrupted, "No, let her be my secretary." ”

"Maybe Susan did it all better than she did." Delia looked at Tommy, who was signing.

Tommy closed a signed paperwork, opened the next one and looked at it carefully: "After the Actor loses the case in Boston, I will arrange for Susan to take a long, long vacation to go to community college and then come to Stanford for further study, Susan deserves a better life, not just a regular secretary by my side." ”

"You have to listen to other people's advice, Tommy." Delia accentuated.

Tommy signed his name and slid the file against the table to Delia:

"I'll listen to advice that I think will help me, Delia, thank you for your advice, but I repeat, Sophia won't go anywhere, just sit next to me."

Seeing that the temperature of the conference room dropped a lot in the blink of an eye, the party in the storm had not yet reacted, why was Delia so harsh against herself.

She looked at Delia puzzled, "Lady Case, am I doing something wrong?" I mean, you can just tell me, and I'll be sure to take care and not let myself make the same mistake again. ”

"Who prepared the interview texts and topics in Chicago?" Delia took out a videotape from her bag, turned on the TV and VCR in the conference room, put the tape in, pressed the remote control, and after a burst of noise on the TV, she began to play Tommy's interview in "Good Morning, Chicago".

Sophia glanced at Tommy, who seemed to have nothing to do with herself, and said to Delia: "No one helped him prepare, he completed the whole interview unscripted, and I think his performance on the scene is very good, even better than having a line book, the audience is very impressed with him, and even TV viewers called to ask Tommy what kind of business he is, the host praised him many times after the interview, and he was almost moved by him to sign Actor to help him sell software." ”

"You empathize with black people on the show, right? Tommy" Delia didn't go to see Sophia, but said to Tommy, "You think you've done a successful job of stirring up the enthusiasm of black people with your emotions." ”

Tommy didn't deny it, and nodded slightly affirmatively: "Of course, I originally wanted to fool the black host to help me make money, but that guy refused to be fooled, and directly rejected me on the grounds that I had no industry experience and influence, but I performed well on the show, at least the black people on the scene had a good impression of me." ”

"The better you behave, the more trouble you have, you're a member of the SSD, don't tell me you don't know that the SSD is an elite white student organization in college, and the other party can use this trick to teach you a lesson, and when they reveal that you wore the white robes of the Ku Klux Klan that burned black people in history, what do you think of those black people who have a good impression of you? Do you think the other party will not release this news? At that time, you will be a hypocrite in the eyes of the black people, a hypocrite, and your mask will be exposed, and even enough to shake the basic plate that you have worked so hard to build, maybe the Actor company will win, but for the Lotus company, simply ruining you is also a victory, they are hyping up your hypocrisy, and after your racism, the Actor company, under public pressure, will definitely cut off you, and eventually you will be out, without you, the Actor can even reconcile with Lotus, right? In the end, even because of you, SSDs suffer from stigma. Delia took out a cigarette and put it in her mouth with some irritability:

"We discussed at the beginning, don't talk about the detailed case, don't show favor to everyone, just talk about your dreams, what you are doing, why can't you prepare a speech as discussed before."

After saying to Tommy, Delia looked at Sophia again:

"That's why I'm not happy with you, Sophia, when he's too excited, you stand next to him not just to show off to the other party that he has a tall secretary, but to think about every possible problem in your head, and tell him immediately when you realize it, for example, when he's about to get off the script, you should stop him from doing so in time."

"I'm sorry, Delia, I ......" Sophia lowered her head and whispered after listening.

Tommy took a sip of his coffee: "Needless to say, I'm sorry, what I'm going to do, do you think Sophia can stop it?" Delia, first of all, I didn't stigmatize the SSD, I didn't wear a white robe, I don't deny that the SSD was founded in the last century with racist tendencies, but since 1930, in the records of the SSD, there is no more information on burning black people, all these years, the SSD has lived peacefully with the blacks, does not absorb them, but does not hate them, otherwise how can it exist to this day? If it was really hateful to colored people, it would have been forcibly disbanded by the Stanford school a long time ago, please, this is California, there are colored people everywhere, and it is not much less difficult to think of a pure-blooded white girl than to get 3S honors in college, SSD has always been very friendly to people of color, especially women of color with honey complexion, so friendly that I don't know how many women of color sleep in the same bed with SSD boys, complete in-depth exchanges. ”

"Whether you stigmatize the SSD or not, it's not important here, it's your image, the image you show can't be inconsistent, and the other party will definitely use this to make trouble." Delia stared at Tommy with a serious gaze: "You can't have this kind of problem, that's the most important thing." ”

"And guess when I said those things to a black audience, did you ever think of the question you asked?" Tommy asked indifferently.

Delia sighed: "Then tell me how to turn your image around the black community if it is revealed that you are a member of the SSD who has been suspected of racist tendencies." ”

"Do your job, Delia." Tommy took out a cigarette and lit it in his mouth, and then smiled at Delia: "It's not hypocritical that I joined the SSD, but it's very real, because my paternal ancestors in Rhode Island really burned black people in white robes, and they didn't do anything wrong, how do you know to start now and do the right thing." ”

Delia saw Tommy's evil smile on his face, and her expression gradually relaxed: "You're sure you've thought about this problem and have a solution. ”

"If the other party is too high and wants to try to destroy me with this trick, then try to see who is the clown, I have said many times, don't treat me as a normal gentleman, I'm just a bastard from the country who acts roughly." Tommy put away his smile, looked directly at Delia, and said word by word, "Whoever helps Lotus, I'll kill whoever I want." ”

Tommy suddenly shook his face with a serious expression, then slapped the table, and said excitedly to Delia: "Do you think the title of the character manuscript "I Should Die Immediately: The Story of Tommy Hawke" is better, or is the title of "In the Body of a Mortal, * Turning the Gods: The Story of Tommy Hawke" better?" With the body of a mortal, * turning over the gods, it is exciting to think about it. ”

"Sophia, remember to give him medicine, this bastard narcissism has flare up again." Delia packed up the papers, videotapes and other items, and said in her mouth:

"Goodbye, I'm going to go to Stanford Law School to accept their offer of appointment, and then I'm going back to Boston to wait for the court to declare us in defeat, and then preside over the ensuing series of work, and I inform you, Tommy, that after losing the case, the court will issue an injunction against the development and sale of OSS software for Actor, and the only way to fight the ban is to burn money, and the lobbying company will lobby for you, cooperate with the lawyers' team, and try to turn this matter into a moratorium on the enforcement of the injunction while Actor appeals, That's not a low-intensity expense like an hourly fee, but you can also choose to comply with the ban so you don't have to pay this extra fee. ”

Tommy just asked, "Have you calculated the approximate cost of this expense?" ”

"700,000 is only the cost of the stay of execution at the level of the circuit court, and the cost of the stay of execution during the appeal to the Supreme Court is additional, but according to the calculation of previous cases, it is about three times." Delia looked at Tommy and quoted the price.

"What a beautiful country, tell the people directly, poor ghosts, don't come to a lawsuit if you don't have money!" Tommy teased, then looked at Delia and nodded:

"Of course, of course I have to burn money, I have to sell 100,000 units as soon as possible and then declare it free, right? If the ban is complied with, how can I sell 100,000 sets as soon as possible, and I have to be honest, I would rather burn money to suspend the implementation of the ban than earn an extra penny from everyone. ”

The other party is an employer, since he is not afraid of burning money, Delia naturally will not object, neatly picked up the briefcase and got up, and beckoned the assistant Kane who was waiting outside the door to leave together.

Tommy and Sophia were the only people left in the small conference room at the Four Seasons Hotel, and Sophia had fallen silent since Delia's words, and the industry icon's harsh criticism of her seemed to make her feel very guilty.

"Hey~" Tommy yelled at Sophia.

Sophia raised her head and looked at Tommy a little uncomfortably, "What's wrong?" ”

"Delia shattered your confidence in yourself?" Tommy asked Sophia knowingly.

Sophia nodded, not denying: "Yes, I feel like a sound worm, it seems that I always need me to prepare something for you, I will do something, I really didn't expect ......"

"Girl, what do you want me to do in Chicago if you can think of it? If you had my mind, I would have gone back to study and left the Actor to you to take care of, Delia was just dissatisfied with me, thinking that if I did something wrong, it would make her work harder, but she didn't dare to complain about me directly, after all, I paid her, so I can only blame you for this unhappiness. Tommy looked Sophia in the eye and said in an enlightening tone:

"Do you know how to make it so easy for others to break your heart?"

"Make your heart stronger."

"No, it's to make your chest grow more flesh to improve your defense." Tommy smiled evilly and said:

"You've done a good job, eighty dollars a week, and you are required to have Einstein's mind, that's unrealistic, I don't need your brain."

Sophia didn't give Tommy a roll of the eyes when she was teased as usual, but said in a depressed mood: "Then what do you need me to do?" Just being ridiculed by you when you're bored with disrespectful words about women? ”

"Just follow me to do secretarial work, and when I see you, I can remind myself that I can't do anything wrong." Tommy exhaled smoke and looked indifferently at the empty space in the conference room:

"You are Jason, Susan, Mark, Holly, they are the image projected by my side, you are by my side, you are the embodiment of the Actor company, representing them who completely trust me, they are just like you, stupid, they don't know what I'm doing, but they are still doing everything according to my instructions, I am responsible for them, and the concrete manifestation of being responsible for them is to remind myself at all times, don't do anything wrong, those stupid* can wait for me to take them to become rich together."

Sophia tried to make herself look calmer, looked directly at Tommy, and plucked up the courage to say: "You now have a professional lawyer to help you solve your legal problems, I don't think you need my legal assistance anymore, Tommy, I ......"

"Look at this girl's touching words, she wants to leave me, and pretends that I don't need legal aid, do you think people like me will need free legal aid?" However, Tommy didn't give the other party a chance to finish speaking, and directly interrupted Sophia's words:

"Remember, Sophia, free is always more important than what is charged, imagine the first time we met, I appeared in front of you, it was like a chance encounter, but you know how many ugly women I ruled out before I sat in front of you with only one shortcoming, which is that your breasts resemble a man's breasts, you are my handpick, Sophia, believe me. If Tommy Hawke needs to rely on Delia or someone else to teach me how to deal with all kinds of trouble in this country, it means it's time for me to retire. ”

"I insist......," Sophia said, quieter than before.

Tommy Hawke extinguished the cigarette butt: "Your insistence is useless in front of me, if you dare to go back to law school, I will immediately ask Delia to send you a lawyer's letter, saying that during your work for me, because of your negligence, you have caused major damage to your personal image, and the responsibility will be put on your head, so that even if you graduate and pass the bar exam, those law firms will not give you a job if they see your information, and in the end, I will force you to come back obediently and earn the eighty yuan weekly salary that I will never pay you, you know I can do this kind of thing." ”

"Thank you for the not-so-touching, but threatening retention." Sophia sighed and tried to smile, "I'm better now, Tommy." ”

"I'm just a threat, okay? Delia says a word to you, and you can reminisce about all the mistakes of your previous life, and I have told you a hundred and dozens of times that Sophia you have no breasts, Miss O'Connor, you need to develop again, and so on, but you have never gone for breast augmentation. Tommy said angrily:

"Do you have some cash on you now?"

Sophia nodded and said reluctantly, "Yes, there are some, but I guess they are not enough to pay for breast augmentation surgery." ”

"Of course I don't know enough, don't worry, this kind of thing can be paid by the company, and when we are busy during this time, let the company find a reason to update the company's equipment, take out a sum of money, and let you go for breast augmentation." Tommy drained the last drop of coffee from his glass, then stood up and walked out of the room:

"But now, you go to the hotel front desk to pay for the use of the conference room, I guess Delia must not have paid the bill, why does this silver-haired girl have a soft spot for the Four Seasons Hotel, but she has to choose such a high-end venue when she meets, and she doesn't consider me at all that my employer is just a poor ghost with a conscience, morality, and demeanor, but he has no money."

"I'm just not cut out for secretarial work, right, but I'm still going to be a good lawyer." Sophia asked Tommy as she tried to reconcile her feelings.

Tommy shook his head with a smile as he walked: "Sophia, when you get the bar exam, the first thing I will do is to send you to a rival company, so that you can earn two salaries at the same time." ”

"You think I'd be a good business spy?"

"No, you don't need to be a spy, I believe you don't need my guidance, just rely on your own normal performance, you can make that company doomed."

……

Stanford University's School of Engineering, Computer Science Department Campus Science and Technology Show.

For the real computer enthusiasts of Stanford University, this is a grand party twice a year, the exhibition will not only appear the school's real computer research achievements display, but also a variety of wonderful software and hardware invented by students, of course, this is not only a group of computer geeks and nerds carnival, many potential investors themselves or assistants will also appear, from the exhibition to see if you can find a project that can interest you.

For example, at this moment, Tommy Hawk is in the second longest queue of people in the entire exhibition experience, waiting to experience a self-service voice touch screen launched by the Center for Computer Research at Stanford University.

This touch screen is far from being as exaggerated as Tommy saw in the previous life, there are no brightly colored images, the touch is very bad, the sound recognition is even more miserable, more often you need to touch to complete the command, of course, even if the sound recognition is correct, you can only give the most basic answers in short sentences, such as telling the other party where the bathroom is, where the library is, etc.

But it's such a touchscreen and built-in system that Stanford's Computer Research Center has spent an unknown amount of time and money on it.

Although there is no way to provide commercial use now, there will be people who will see another future that it leads, that is, if it continues to be developed and finally put into commercial use, it will probably mean that many companies no longer need a front desk, a parking lot does not need a caretaker, and a library does not need a redundant administrator......

"Where to buy Torjan?" When it was Tommy's turn to experience it, he looked at the product in front of him that seemed to have a pillar installed on the TV, and asked seriously.

The teaching assistant teacher who was in charge of guiding the use next to him was originally full of pride on his face, because each user made a sound of "wow" to represent the shock that was intuitively presented in front of him by technology.

But that proud expression was instantly shattered by Tommy Hawk's question, and he looked at Tommy with embarrassment: "Classmate, you ...... It can't answer your question, we didn't enter it, you ...... Maybe ask some questions about campus. ”

"Isn't Torjan the thing that students consume the most on campus?" Tommy smiled at the bespectacled teaching assistant: "Just kidding, let me change the question, which is the most beautiful student apartment at Stanford University?" ”

This time, the teacher didn't pay attention to him at all, but just smiled apologetically at the queue behind: "Wait a little longer, and soon this student's experience time will be over." ”

"It's a great invention, but it's not fun enough, Mr. Cohen-Victor." Tommy tapped on the screen a few times with his hand, looked at the reaction of the screen, and said to the teaching assistant next to him: "I mean this screen is very, very high-tech, but only smart people and investors understand the greatness of you developers, if I were you, when entering the question bank, I would first do a round of survey on students on campus, select the most popular questions, give the answers and enter them, I promise, you will be easier for students from other majors, help you ferment a round of word-of-mouth, and even beat the booth with the longest queue at the moment." Many users don't care how advanced the technology is, you have to use fun or easy to use to attract them first. ”

"Who are you?" Seeing that the student was speaking in a self-teaching tone while experiencing the touch screen, the teaching assistant asked with some unhappiness.

Tommy Hawk pointed to the booth with the EFF logo hanging in the distance: "The booth with the most experiencers, I am the founder of that industry organization, Tommy Hawke, Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. ”

"If your booth wasn't labeled with a computer...... the teacher named Victor only said half a sentence, and then said to Tommy, "Thank you for the suggestion, classmate, the two-minute experience time should be up......"

Tommy reluctantly touched the touch screen, then turned around and walked towards his station, and when Tommy walked away, Victor shook his head slightly: "I thought Playboy was here to participate in the exhibition." ”

At the same time, Sophia also trotted all the way to Tommy, and when she saw Tommy calmly visiting the exhibition, she greeted her and said, "Tommy, at the EFF booth, someone called and wanted to talk to you." ”

"It's okay to let Susan deal with it, not to mention that the heads of those small companies are not all on the scene? If anyone is interested in those software, they will contact Mr. Benjamin Rosen, who is the executive director of EFF, and don't you see that I am now languishing over the loss of the Actor's lawsuit? Tommy talks about his company's first defeat as if he were talking about something that has nothing to do with him.

Not long ago, in the trial of the Massachusetts court, Actor lost the case without suspense, and the judge and the jury ruled that Actor's OSS software constituted plagiarism infringement on Lotus1-2-3 based on the Lanam Act, the Copyright Act of 1976, the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 and previous related infringement cases, and required Actor to stop developing and selling OSS software from the date of the judgment. It also recalled the software that had been sold, handed over all sales data and software code of OSS, and compensated Lotus for the economic losses caused by this infringement of 35 million yuan.

Actor chose to appeal to the First Circuit Court, and because of the lobbying firms and lawyers' groups, the Circuit Court received the appeal brief and granted a stay of the injunction until the Circuit Court ruled and Actor lost the case.

Counsel representing 176 amicus curiae also submitted amicus curiae submissions to the Circuit Court for intervention on the grounds that the unclear outcome of the judgment of the magistrate and jury had a serious impact on the Organization.

The suspension of the ban means that Actor can still sell software during this period, but if it loses the lawsuit again, the software sold during this period will also be counted in the injunction, and the amount of Lotus' claim will continue to soar as the sales volume increases.

However, Tommy did not attend from start to finish, only Holly and Jason stayed in Boston to work with Delia to complete the related work, and it is said that the training in Massachusetts is going well.

"Malaise? But you just borrowed money from me to buy an "Attic" magazine. Sophia paused for a moment and asked puzzled.

Tommy sighed: "It's just that after reading it, it's all about languishing, well, who is the other party?" ”

"He said his name was Roland Hansen and he got the ...... through Mr. Rosen."

"Sugar daddy, I'm here!" Tommy just heard the name and pulled Sophia up and ran towards his EFF booth.

Sophia didn't understand what Sugar Daddy meant, and when she saw Tommy's eyes glowing, she finished what she had to say: "It's the vice president of product promotion and sales at Microsoft America, but the founders of several member companies at the EFF booth said that Microsoft's software is rubbish." ”

"It's really rubbish, especially Microsoft's document processing software Multi File, which ranks 17th in sales in the United States and 31st in the world, which is worse than our OSS." Tommy said the data he had already collected meticulously:

"But they have the money, and they know that after the actor loses the first game, they need to be pampered by their kind peers, after all, we are just fireflies."

Seven thousand words, two chapters in one, I wish you a happy Lantern Festival~ Today's state is not very good~ More forgive~ I was broken by the child's homework, mom, I finally understand how my parents felt when I was a child when I had the last two days left on the winter vacation, but I didn't write my homework yet.

(End of chapter)