"In the new country, sue us?" Jiang Chen thought he heard wrongly, so he asked again.
If it were to be sued in New Zealand, he would have a hundred ways to make the Blue Seagull International Marine Conservation Society lose the case. Isn't it uncomfortable to sue him on his own territory
"They filed a lawsuit directly with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Of course, we can also refuse to respond, but it will have an impact on our international reputation. And they wrote in the lawyer's letter that they reserve the right to organize protests. In short, Being entangled with such a charity organization is a headache..." Xia Shiyu's voice was very helpless.
"I'll go back to the group right away. We'll talk about this later." Jiang Chen hung up the phone and walked quickly outside the factory.
Unlike the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea can not only accept cases between states, but also cases between states and political entities and even individuals. However, such borderless courts are often not very binding and are often deployed by various countries>
Futureman Group has fought lawsuits with many companies, but this is the first time it has been sued by a non-profit organization.
Jiang Chen used his mobile phone to log in to the official website of the International Ocean Conservation Association and saw the large promotional poster hanging on the homepage. Under the deep sea, there is a blade-shaped fan blade and a bloody dolphin, with a line of words at the bottom: Please stop hurting our friends!
However, what makes Jiang Chen dumbfounded is that any project involving the development of marine resources, from the offshore mining unit to the construction of Penglai City, will be equipped with sonar to drive away fish schools. This condemnation without a single word of factual evidence in the entire article is a complete slander!
As soon as he returned to the company, Jiang Chen immediately went to Xia Shiyu's office.
"Actively respond to the lawsuit, and send our lawyers to sue them for false accusations in the U.S. District Court of California. Ask them to compensate us for our economic losses!"
"In addition, find out who is behind them. I want to see who instructs them!"
Even if he beat Jiang Chen to death, he wouldn't believe that this "Blue Seagull" behavior was spontaneous. Why inexplicably protect the ecological environment
Futureman Technology’s branch is in Los Angeles, and its relationship with the California District Court is relatively “harmonious.” As long as you do good public relations, winning the lawsuit shouldn't be difficult. As for the investigation, Jiang Chen left it to ghost agents overseas.
But surprisingly, before this person was sent out, the mastermind behind the scenes consciously stood in front of the stage.
The call was from Boston, USA.
"This is just a warning to withdraw from Saudi projects." A male voice came from the other end of the phone.
"It's a painless warning." Jiang Chen chuckled, but his tone gradually became colder, and he asked playfully. "Are you from the American Matrix Company?"
The person on the other end of the phone didn't deny it, but he didn't acknowledge it either. He just said it in a calm tone.
"If it's other business, and you defeat us through normal business competition and take the business away from us, we have nothing to say. But this project was launched under the instruction of Washington, and we will definitely not stop here. ."
From his tone and words, Jiang Chen could hear the arrogance, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Expect the Future Group to compromise? dream!
"Really? Then I'm looking forward to the next hand you stretch out, which one you stretch out. I'll chop that one." Unmoved at all, Jiang Chen said without giving in.
"Arrogance."
Throwing away the word, the person on the other end simply hung up the phone.
The two sides have broken off. No need to negotiate anymore!
Jiang Chen immediately ordered the ghost agents in the United States to trace where the call came from, but in the end it was only located at a public phone booth in Boston.
After getting this news, Jiang Chen had no choice but to start with the American Matrix Company to investigate the identity of its shareholders. However, because American Matrix is not listed on the market, the equity information is not disclosed to the public, and it took some effort to obtain this confidential information. Finally, Xie Lei intercepted some information from an equity change agreement by hacking into the matrix company's server.
In the end, all the clues locked into one name.
The Boston Consortium, the fifth largest consortium in the United States!
Speaking of the Boston Consortium, its background is not small at all. As one of the top ten financial groups in the United States, although he cannot compare with Morgan and Rockefeller. But he is definitely the oldest one. Its founding can be traced back to the 19th century, when the Lowell, Lawrence, Adams and Lodge families in the Boston area were involved. Together with the emerging Kennedy family, they formed the Boston Consortium, which controlled almost the entire North American light textile industry. Their shadow was behind the Civil War.
Although its influence is not as strong as before, its power in the United States still cannot be underestimated. The world-famous Raytheon Company is one of its industries. These large conglomerates that control the United States are more or less inextricably linked to the cake of the Department of Defense.
Since the Boston consortium controls the American Matrix, everything makes sense. The White House hopes to strengthen its control over Saudi Arabia through a cooperative project on fresh water supply. After all, the U.S. dollar is linked to oil. Even now, when oil prices are low, the White House still pays enough attention to expanding its influence in the Middle East.
Now that the Future Man Group plans to intervene in the seawater desalination project, the Boston consortium, whose business has been disrupted, of course cannot sit still.
As they said, the lawsuit from the "Blue Dolphin" International Marine Conservation Association is just a warning. The Boston consortium will suppress the Future Man Group's business in multiple areas until the Future Man Group cannot bear the loss. Concession on the "very profitable" fresh water project.
However, how could Jiang Chen let them get their wish!
Sooner or later, the Future People Group will touch the interests of these "old era" consortiums. If they shrink their eggs as soon as friction occurs, how can they do business in the future? It is absolutely impossible for Jiang Chen to compromise and will respond to the provocation of the Boston Consortium with a strong stance!
Fortunately, none of the companies in the Future Man Group are listed companies. The financial means that the Boston Consortium is good at are of little use against the Future Man Group. However, they still found two entry points. One was to attack the Internet, which is the most profitable part of the Future Group, and the other was ocean interests.
On October 11, the U.S. Department of Justice suddenly launched an antitrust investigation into Futureren Technology’s U.S. branch.
At the same time, two American "environmentalists" took a speedboat and forcibly boarded Futureman Mining's offshore platform in the Pacific, but were quickly detained by Starring Trading security. The U.S. Embassy in New Zealand immediately responded to the incident and asked Xinghuan Trading to release him.
The Boston Consortium fired a side hook and a straight punch from the very beginning, taking the lead in this shopping mall battle and attacking the Future Man Group's weakness.
If the antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice ultimately determines that Futureman Technology is suspected of monopolizing the virtual reality project, it will undoubtedly deal a heavy blow to Futureman Technology's development of the virtual reality market. Because this will provide other countries with a "reference case" for winning cases!
But will Jiang Chen let them succeed
The answer is obviously no! (.)