American Entertainment 1982

Office of Partner Robert Morley, Hale \u0026 Dole White Shoes LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.

Robert, a lawyer hired by the Lotus company with a high salary, has a straight suit, turns the seat, turns his body facing the floor-to-ceiling window to enjoy the scenery, and turns back to the desk, picks up the folder that has been prepared on the desk, and throws it directly to the ugly man sitting opposite The calm middle-aged man: "Leynard, this is the permission letter issued by the court for the right to obtain evidence in this case."

The middle-aged man stroked the stubble on his chin, took the document without even looking at it, and put it directly into the briefcase he carried with him.

He didn't need to read carefully what was written on those documents, he just needed to hear clearly what his partner and funder Robert told him to do.

As for the documents he just threw, they were only used to throw them in the face of the police or the other party when questioned or interrogated during his own investigation and evidence collection.

"Stanford's computer science major, Tommy Hawk, the simple information I received before, the guy is from Warwick, Rhode Island, which is very close to here, figure out who his family is, can he be in college Opening a company means that his father should also be a businessman. Check whether his father’s business is tax evasion, whether there is any commercial crime record before, visit the neighborhood, and find out whether his ancestors have raped black people. , in short, I need all the information to make the judge and jury hate Actor enough." Robert picked up the coffee slowly and looked at Leonard opposite:

"And as far as I know, there are three students in Actor Company, Tommy Hawk is the most important one, but the other two cannot be ignored, and the news of how many times the three of them masturbate every night must be clear. .”

Leonard is a veteran. He and his companions run a private detective firm in Boston. They specialize in helping lawyers investigate and collect evidence. They have cooperated with him for three years, and the two sides have a perfect understanding.

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

What the court pays most attention to is the evidence collected by both the plaintiff and the defendant. To put it simply, whichever party collects enough evidence has a better chance of winning. What's more terrible is that the American court will not take the initiative to investigate and collect evidence. Or, the evidence must be presented to it by both parties before it will take a look. This is why many poor plaintiffs end up losing the lawsuit and the rich defendants get away with it.

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

The work of helping both parties investigate and collect evidence naturally falls to lawyers who have the same background as judges. The United States stipulates that lawyers are not officials and consultants of the US government or US citizens, but officials of the court.

That is to say, with the permission letter issued by the court, the lawyer can conduct an extremely large-scale evidence collection work from individuals, institutions and even opponents in the name of the court. 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 him with the permission letter issued by the court to do this kind of work for him.

The permission letter that was originally issued to him alone, and the work that he was only allowed to do alone, were directly subdivided into a group of people holding copies of the permission letter, like a group of vultures attacking with the smell of carrion.

"Understood, the best detective under me has already flown to San Jose, California ahead of time, I'll go and fax them the permission letter, and myself, I will go to Warwick first to dig out that guy's family background." Reina De stood up, bowed slightly to Robert, then turned and walked out of the office.

Robert dialed Jim Manz's phone: "Jim? The court allowed both parties to start evidence collection and disclosure. Is there anything else you need me to know?"

"Fifteen friends of the court, all of whom are members of parliament or public officials, and fifteen documents to the court are being written." Jim said on the phone: "The president of Xerox, in view of his personal friendship with me, is considering It also submitted a friend of the court document to the court, as a well-known company in the industry, giving its views on the chaos in the same industry."

Robert nodded: "Very well, my investigators have rushed to San Jose, California, and I hope they don't frighten those poor children and the unknown lawyers they hired."

"You're just too soft-hearted, Robert, you're doing your best at this time... F*ck?" Jim was talking to Robert with a vulgar smile, but suddenly he froze on the phone and cursed softly.

Robert asked curiously: "What happened? Jim?"

"When did Davis Polk become a fucking nameless lawyer, Robert!" Jim cursed in a low voice, "You better come over to me in ten minutes! Stand by my side! I don't want to A certain sentence was wrong, and the other party reversed the verdict! Fuck it!"

"What happened?" Robert asked.

"Why don't you let me explain to him?" A female voice sounded vaguely on the phone, and Jim then said, "Robert, I'm turning on the speakerphone."

Soon, the female voice on the phone smiled and said to Robert who was completely at a loss: "Hello, Robert Morley, I am the person in charge of the legal affairs of Actor's lawsuit, Davis Polk Law Firm Delia Keith, the partner of the firm, sent the letter too slowly, so I chose to come to Boston in person to obtain the permission to investigate and collect evidence from the court, and by the way, make some normal inquiries related to the case with some people involved in the Lotus company.”

"I..." Robert wanted to yell and remind Jim not to talk nonsense when he didn't arrive. He had the right to wait for his lawyer to arrive.

But before he finished speaking, Delia Keith hung up the phone directly.

"F*ck!" Robert didn't care to think about why the old white shoes law firm in New York accepted the order of a small company in California. He cursed and called back quickly, and the call was connected again soon. Jim answered with a calm voice. But Robert could hear the anger hidden in the voice: "I am listening to you under the gentle gaze of Lawyer Case."

Robert turned on the speakerphone, organized the briefcase by himself, and said loudly: "You have the right to wait for the lawyer to arrive before being questioned. I will rush there immediately."

"If you can't make it in ten minutes, I promise it will be the most serious loss of ten minutes in your life." Jim hung up the phone, looked at the white-haired female lawyer sitting across from him, and said with a smile: "Kay Ms. Si, how can I be able to enjoy your personal inquiry?"

"I noticed you..." Delia smiled and was about to ask a question.

"Give me a minute." Jim got up suddenly, interrupted Delia's question, and walked quickly out of the office. He first glanced at the hall, and then rushed into Mickey's office immediately. A lawyer in a suit and leather shoes was talking to Mitch Kapoor, and Jim shouted: "Mitch! Don't say anything! Wait for the lawyer to arrive!"

Then he ran around the company like a lunatic, shouting loudly: "Shut your fucking mouth! Wait for the lawyer belonging to the company to arrive! You have the right to delay the inquiry! If you let me know that someone is talking nonsense! I swear to let him know how the word life hard becomes concrete!"

"Your reaction is quick." Delia sighed regretfully, looked at Jim who ran outside and came in again, and said, "But I will record everything you just said. You tried to incite the witnesses to refuse to cooperate. Court investigation."

"It doesn't matter, you can report to the court that I treat evidence collection negatively, and it's nothing more than a fine." Jim sat back at his desk, showing a relieved smile: "This is Actor's lawyer, huh? Like to give people a little surprise as a meeting gift? By the way Tell me, beauty, your hairstyle is really beautiful, what do you want to drink?"

Fortunately, I reacted quickly. When the secretary told him that the lawyer named Delia was visiting him alone, Jim really thought that the other party was alone, but when she revealed her identity, Jim immediately realized that something was wrong. Fa Niu is the full-power lawyer in charge of Actor's case, so she didn't visit Mitch Kapoor first, but came to see herself directly?

I am only a vice president in the company, and there are four vice presidents in the Lotus company, which means that I cannot enjoy unique treatment, unless this woman deliberately set a trap.

So Jim chose to run out, sure enough, this woman brought enough people, she just wanted to entangle herself, and then use other lawyers to easily get those nerd words out.

Those nerds have no emotional intelligence and don't know how to weigh sentences. You know, when you think that you have nothing to say about a sentence, in the eyes of those lawyers who are ready to criticize you at any time, you may find countless reasons to question it.

"I guess before the lawyer arrives, I'm afraid I can only chat with you about the weather or recommended attractions in Boston?" Delia looked at Jim, her face didn't seem to be full of disappointment because of Jim's quick reaction.

"Before the lawyer arrives, I can't even talk to you about the weather. I just have a few very, very important documents that need to be reviewed urgently, so... Ms. Delia Keith, wait for me a moment " Jim showed a bright smile to Delia, then opened the file on the table, and looked through it carefully.

Delia Case's eyes were full of smiles: "The National Review article is very well written. There should be many politicians who are very interested in the word patent recently."

"Thank you." Jim responded succinctly.

There was an awkward silence in the office. Two or three minutes later, Mitch Kapoor, the founder and CEO of Lotus, walked into Jim's office and broke the silence.

Jim looked at his boss: "Is the lawyer here, Mitch?"

"My friend at Soft Art Company called to inquire. The lawyer team of Davis Polk Law Firm, with the permission letter issued by the court, went to Soft Art Company to ask some employees to cooperate with the inquiry." Mitch Kapoor said somewhat Looking at Jim nervously: "What happened? Jim, aren't we the one who filed the accusation?"

Jim Manz looked at Delia, and Delia smiled gracefully at him: "I heard that Mr. Mitch Kapoor has a good relationship with some engineers of Soft Arts, which developed the world's first spreadsheet software VisiCalc. , and there are some rumors from the outside world, so come to the door to find out, see if it can help the case, don't worry, it's just a routine inquiry."

Soft Arts, developed the world's first spreadsheet software VisiCalc for the Apple system. Its headquarter is located in Newton, Massachusetts. I got an inside message that Soft Arts is going to try to develop the MS-DOS version of VisiCalc, but the top management is divided into two factions trying to persuade each other, and Mickey took advantage of the internal friction of Soft Arts to quickly complete it with Jonathan in the garage. The first version of Lotus1-2-3.

"I never asked my friends to leak secrets. It's just that my classmates work in Soft Arts. We are good friends and often exchange computer technology." Hearing that Delia actually asked Soft Arts to find out whether she plagiarized Soft Arts. Mickey looked at Delia angrily, and explained, "I don't bother to steal other people's ideas!"

"No~! Mickey, calm down, she is irritating you, don't open your mouth, wait for the lawyer to come." Jim stood up, persuaded Mickey whose face was flushed because of this, and said in his mouth.

After comforting Mickey and sending him out of his office, Jim looked at Delia: "The speed is really fast, and the troops are divided into two groups, and the topic chosen is very clever, which successfully angered my boss."

"It's just a small surprise as a meeting gift, which will make Actor Corporation look too stingy." Delia said to Jim with a smile.

"F*ck..." Jim threw the document back on the table, looked down at the hands he was supporting, and cursed softly: "Depending on the situation, another struggle of at least three years will start."

"My opinion is just the opposite of Jim Manzi's. I think it may not take too long to end all of this." Delia said to Jim with affirmative tone.

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