how to say? Xu Huaisong really didn't know where to start, so he spit out four words for a long time: "It's a bit complicated."
"Is there any more complicated interpersonal relationship in this world than your predecessor?"
"Aren't debtors and creditors complicated?"
Liu Mao's eyes widened, thinking about it, it really seemed like that.
As a lawyer, I have been dealing with all kinds of people for a long time, and my observation skills have become increasingly keen. Judging from today's situation, he can be sure that Ruan Yu and Xu Huaisong know each other.
He originally thought that it could only be the "most familiar stranger" who could make a "reunion" so stiff, but after being reminded by these words, he realized that his thinking was too narrow.
Liu Mao suddenly realized, stammered and said, "She...she owes you money?"
No wonder Ruan Yu was trembling and pretended not to know Xu Huaisong. As for Xu Huaisong, he also insisted on showing a poker face.
Seeing that he was serious, Xu Huaisong laughed: "No."
"..." Liu Mao wanted to break the law.
"Let's find a place to eat." Seeing that he still wanted to ask, Xu Huaisong cut off the conversation in time.
He had to step on the gas pedal and think about yesterday while turning the steering wheel.
Yesterday Xu Huaisong called and asked him to make a call and check a person's basic information and contact information in Suzhou and Hangzhou. He asked if he was in a hurry, because he had just received a copyright and reputation dispute case and was in a hurry to do online evidence preservation.
Xu Huaisong said "urgent", but there was no more to say after he finished speaking. As if thinking of something, he asked who the client of this case was.
He is Zhikun's partner and has the right to know about the cases the firm has taken over. Liu Mao made it clear, but was hung up in a hurry.
I got the news from Xu Huaisong again in the early morning, and he kept saying that he was at Pudong International Airport.
After contacting each other like this, Liu Mao completely understood: the person Xu Huaisong wanted to investigate was Ruan Yu.
How could there be any unexpected reunion? He returned to the country for her.
It's just that I came all the way here in exchange for someone saying "I don't know".
Which man doesn't want to save face, so Liu Mao didn't break the casserole and asked, "What do you eat, Western food?"
"Too slow. Keep it simple and catch the plane."
"Flying to San Francisco?" He was surprised.
Xu Huaisong nodded.
Dare to even find a hotel is a lie.
"Didn't you just come here, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"
"There are less than twenty-four hours left before my client's trial, do you think I'm in a hurry?"
Liu Mao stared: "Are you crazy?"
Spend more than ten hours rushing back to the country, meet in a hurry, and spend another ten hours going back to defend
Xu Huaisong lowered the seat and lay down, closing his eyes tiredly: "Maybe." After speaking, he smiled and sighed, "Whoever is not crazy."
In Shen Mingying's apartment, Ruan Yu curled up on the sofa, buried his head in the pillow: "I'm really going crazy..."
Listening to her talk from the beginning to the end, Shen Mingying laughed and burst into tears: "Who made the swearing at the beginning that they would not be recognized?"
"How did I know I could really make trouble with this deity?" She scratched her hair and got up, "It's too unreal, I dare not write like this in novels, am I dreaming?"
"Do you know what you look like now?"
She murmured weakly: "When..."
"The first day I turned eighteen, the night I was held by Xu Huaisong."
That day, she stayed up all night as if she had been beaten with chicken blood, and asked herself over and over again if she was dreaming.
But how excited I was at the beginning, now I want to run away.
Shen Mingying turned her head and went to the kitchen to make lunch, and when she came back, she was clutching her phone, her face ashen ashes: "What to do, I said that this novel is the Weibo that I personally experienced, and it is also a video that clarifies the creation time of the outline." Posted..."
That is to say, she cannot delete the blog, nor can she re-edit the content, because such a move will definitely be given a dirty meaning by someone with a heart.
"Stop being narcissistic, American elite lawyers don't have time to read your Weibo. Besides, people don't remember you at all. Even if they read your novels, they may not find that you are writing about him." Shen Mingying counted for her. This account, "Besides, it's all in the past tense. Just be a passerby. The worst thing is to lose face. Who doesn't have a puberty fantasy, right?"
Ruan Yu knew that this was reasonable, but: "When I think that he might see the 'spring dream' in the novel, I can't get over this hurdle in my heart..."
Shen Mingying laughed loudly: "I told you to add oil and vinegar for the artistic effect!" After laughing, she bumped her elbow into the man who was paralyzed into mud, "Seriously, just because of this little shit, don't you sue?"
She pulled herself together and shook her head.
It is of course false to say that he will not sue, but he just plans to give up Zhikun and find another lawyer.
After confirming that it would not be difficult for Shen Mingying's friend, she contacted another law firm in Hangzhou that day.
The other party also invited her for an interview.
The name of this law firm is "Ding Zheng", and the lawyer surnamed Fan who took over Ruan Yu's case was vigorous and resolute, and worked out a countermeasure that night.
So the next day, when she came to the office, she directly got a proposal.
While flipping through the materials, she listened to the middle-aged man opposite: "Miss Ruan mentioned that your case involves copyright and reputation disputes, but in fact it has little to do with the latter. Whether your work is original or not is irrelevant." It needs to be recognized in court."
She was a little surprised: "Then how to change public opinion?"
Fan Yizhong twitched his lips: "On the premise that the network evidence is well preserved, as long as the outline is proved to be stolen, the defendant's infringement is established."
"It may be so at the legal level, but you have also seen that the author involved has cooperated with me to clarify, but at the level of public opinion, it has little effect."
"Because that statement is not yet legally binding."
She frowned: "But wouldn't it be more convincing to discuss the originality of the work on the basis of proving the theft of the outline?"
"After the theft is established, it is meaningless to discuss the two works. Could it be that Ms. Ruan is looking forward to the result of 'the two works are highly similar'?"
She shook her head: "The similarity is just appearance, as long as you compare the two articles carefully, you will find..."
"If Ms. Ruan insists on her own opinion," Fan Yizhong interrupted her, "my plan does not meet your expectations, I suggest you hire Gao Ming. But to be honest, I don't think any lawyer will adopt your opinion."
She was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I see, thank you for your suggestion."
It's summer in Hangzhou these days, and when Ruan Yu left Dingzheng, the sun was already quite vicious.
She took a taxi under the scorching sun. She was going back to the apartment, but when she came to a fork in the road, she remembered Fan Yizhong's last words.
After going in and out of the two houses one after another, she received a call from Liu Mao on the main road.
Liu Mao heard the whistle from her side, and said "ah" in a low voice: "Are you outside? Let's talk when it is convenient."
She said "wait a moment" and turned to an unmanned newsstand on the side of the road.
A row of transparent grid boxes are lined up on one side of the newsstand, which are stuffed with newspapers and magazines for self-service purchase. It's just that no one has time to buy newspapers in hot weather.
Ruan Yu stood under the cool and clean eaves of the pavilion: "Speak, Lawyer Liu."
Liu Mao cut to the chase: "The notarization process is almost in place, what do you think?"
Ruan Yu was silent for a while.
She certainly never gave up on the lawsuit from beginning to end. Although it was impossible not to be discouraged after hitting a wall in three law firms in just half a day, thinking about it rationally, the lawyers were not wrong.
You can hit the red heart with a single shot, so why bother with detours? Who is willing to do something that is strenuous and not necessarily pleasing
After all, he is a person who has been polished by society, and he knows that learning to be flexible is sometimes the rule of survival, so when he just crossed the road, Ruan Yu wondered if he should stop digging into a corner.
However, this call from Liu Mao made her want to try again one last time.
Instead of answering, she asked, "Lawyer Liu, in your vision, how should this case be handled?"
Liu Mao seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and said, "Proving that the outline was stolen is the most direct way."
Ruan Yu gave a resigned "hmm".
He was keenly aware of her depression and asked, "What's the matter? If you run into trouble, just open your mouth. Even if I'm not your client, I can still be your friend. "
She hesitated and said: "I was thinking, assuming I have a request to explore the originality of the work, can it be realized in this case?"
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, she probably understood, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I know..."
"Yes." Liu Mao interrupted her.
"Can?"
Liu Mao pondered for a while, and said, "Yes, it can be realized..."
Hearing that his tone was not right, she froze for a moment: "If it's because of a friend's help, you don't have to force it."
"It's not forced!"
This high-pitched voice drew an echo, and she asked, "Lawyer Liu, is your landline hands-free?"
"Yes. Excuse me, please wait a moment, I have a few documents to sign temporarily."
"Then you are busy first."
Ruan Yu didn't hang up the phone. Hearing that there was no sound on the other end, he held his phone and looked down at the newspaper in the transparent box.
The folded evening papers revealed a small half of a news report, which talked about a resigned executive of the US SG company who switched to a competitor, violated the competition restriction, and was sued.
The top computer software development company in the United States will inevitably be involved in such disputes.
Ruan Yu tilted his head for a few glances, and caught sight of the words "San Francisco", "Journal tomorrow", and "Chinese lawyer". After a closer look, Liu Mao's voice came from the other end of the phone, saying that he was done with work, and asked if she was listening. .
She raised her head: "You say."
Liu Mao's speech was much smoother than before: "Although the discussion you said is not necessary evidence, it may also have a favorable impact on the outcome of the lawsuit as supplementary evidence, so this appeal can be realized."
Ruan Yu was a little surprised: "Aren't you worried that the comparison result is not ideal?"
Liu Mao fell silent again and said, "I'm sorry, I'll sign a few more documents."
"..."
A minute later, he spoke again: "Worried or not, to put it bluntly, is the winning rate. As a lawyer, due to professional taboos, I can't give you an answer, but I think that the real originality is worth such an attempt."
Ruan Yu took a breath. After hitting a wall one after another, such a sentence is undoubtedly like sending charcoal in the snow.
The image of Liu Mao in her heart suddenly rose to a towering 2.8 meters.
The literati's passionate complex suddenly filled her heart, and almost instantly, she made up her mind: Zhikun and Liu Mao were the right choices for her.
But in the next second, the person on the other end of the phone hesitated and said, "Well... I learned these words from Lawyer Xu."
"..."
The hot-headed Ruan Yu quickly calmed down: "Lawyer Liu, if you choose to sue, will you be my attorney?"
"certainly."
"Then Lawyer Xu?"
"He did not attend the trial, but only participated in the preparation of the prosecution."
Ruan Yu raised his forehead and lied: "Well, I may not be able to afford the commission fees of two lawyers..."
"Don't worry about this. Lawyer Xu is participating out of personal study and research needs, and you don't need to pay for his part of the fee."
She still wants to struggle: "Actually, I have a few friends in the industry who have also encountered copyright disputes. I can introduce them to study."
"Well... this," Liu Mao's tone sounded a bit embarrassed, "but I have been in the industry for many years, and I have never seen a more typical case than yours."
Ruan Yu didn't know how he hung up the phone. When she came back to her senses, there was already a business card in the WeChat dialog box—"Zhikun Liumao" recommended "Xu Huaisong" to you.
She stood there holding the heavy mobile phone, her eyes darkened for a while.
Liu Mao, who had put down the handset of the landline, was equally nervous and dizzy. He glanced at the computer screen, picked up the hands-free mobile phone on the table, and said angrily, "Xu Huaisong, can you type faster? So many documents to sign?"
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