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Chapter 801 - 599 Charges (Request for Monthly Tickets!)_2

Chapter 801: 599 Charges (Request for Monthly Tickets!)_2

He was indeed the CEO of Tianci. Aside from Jiang Chen, no one held a higher position than him, but he had to consider Li Shuru’s face.

"Share your thoughts."

Jiang Chen did not immediately express his opinion.

Li Shuru was not just a mere figurehead. From the beginning, she had a strong opinion. Her opposition to the lawsuit was clearly not to showcase the authority of the "boss’s wife."

"Have you guys seen the movie ’Social Network’?"

Li Shuru asked inexplicably.

Jiang Chen shook his head.

Luo Peng also looked puzzled.

Only Zhang Guangyi said, "I have seen it."

"In ’Social Network,’ there’s a scene where the founder of a global social networking site is sued. The accusation is the same, claiming he stole their idea to become a global top tycoon. He wants to fight the lawsuit, but his lawyer advises him to settle outside of court, to pay off and keep the peace."

Zhang Guangyi looked thoughtful, seemingly recalling the movie’s plot.

"Is that lawyer just eating his pay? What’s the use of keeping him around?"

Luo Peng said disdainfully.

Li Shuru seemed not to have heard him and continued, "The website’s boss was also very angry, feeling that there was no evidence, so why settle? When faced with his boss’s questioning, the lawyer only said a few words, which eased the boss’s displeasure and made him willingly accept his suggestion."

"What did the lawyer say?"

Jiang Chen asked with interest.

Li Shuru did not answer immediately and turned to look at Zhang Guangyi, "Senior Zhang, do you remember?"

With a simple appellation, Zhang Guangyi seemed somewhat flustered, and he quickly nodded, "I remember."

"Then explain it to General Jiang and Director Luo."

Ruo Peng couldn’t help but smile slightly, glancing at the somewhat playful Li Shuru.

The more familiar he became, the more he discovered this side of the beauty from the art college at Dong University that others didn’t know.

Jiang Chen did have insight.

"I don’t remember it too clearly. The lawyer seemed to say that it didn’t matter whether there was evidence or not. What mattered was what the jury would believe."

Zhang Guangyi tried to recall, "In the movie, the website’s co-founder had just been arrested for illegal possession of drugs at a party, and then the boss kicked him out of the company. The lawyer said if he were the opposing lawyer, he would ask, ’Why weren’t you, as the boss, present at what was supposedly a company celebration? It was only your partner who was there.’"

Luo Peng’s eyes twinkled, as if he had heard some hidden meaning.

"After hearing this, the website boss, of course, was shocked and immediately said, ’Are you implying I framed him, completely fabricating it!’ The lawyer replied, ’I don’t need an answer. I just need to ask this question, and the jury will start suspecting you are a bad person. And a bad person could obviously steal someone else’s idea.’"

Having said that, Zhang Guangyi looked at Li Shuru, "CEO Li. Did I remember that wrong?"

Li Shuru smiled, "Senior Zhang, your memory is really good."

Zhang Guangyi smiled awkwardly.

After hearing this story, or rather the movie plot, Luo Peng, who was originally firm on resolving the issue through legal means, fell silent.

The partner’s illegal drug possession at a party, of course, didn’t exist with Zhang Guangyi, but what exactly was the situation between him and his classmate, outsiders couldn’t know.

And being capable of such deeds was enough to show the man was a real scoundrel.

A scoundrel is someone who can think of all kinds of tricky schemes.

Since he had proposed that the idea for the virtual love game was stolen, he must have already made the corresponding preparations.

"The person with the schemes indeed doesn’t care how you answer."

Jiang Chen, who indeed hadn’t seen that movie, commented emotionally, "Asking questions is always the greatest power in language."

"Inception, you all must have seen it,"

Li Shuru continued, "Once someone poses the right question, it doesn’t matter how the other party responds. Luo Senior’s classmate pointing out our game’s theft isn’t crucial to whether it’s factual, because once doubts arise, the accusation becomes valid. It’s more terrifying than the concept of planting in ’Inception’ because there’s no need for dreams. Everyone is awake, yet they will think according to the questioner’s setup, just like if we pursue this lawsuit, no matter the outcome, people will always look at virtual love games through a lens of suspicion."

Not just Luo Peng, even the typically impassioned Zhang Guangyi fell quiet after this dialogue.

He was a pure tech guy without much cunningness, but Li Shuru had made her point so explicitly, how could he not understand?

Setting aside the game, just starting the lawsuit would invariably burden him as a party to the case with public criticism and denunciation.

Even though he deeply understood his innocence.

Once doubt arises.

The accusation is established.

With a different boss, he would probably end up like the movie’s website founder, who, if not fired, would likely be abandoned thereafter.

"But if we just let them succeed so easily, clearly it’s baseless, and yet we have to pay, isn’t it..."

Luo Peng understood the reasoning, but no matter how he thought about it, he still felt it wasn’t quite right, and even felt suffocated.

"This issue, I need to think about it more, you and Guang Yi go ahead with your tasks,"

Jiang Chen said.

Luo Peng hummed in affirmation and couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh.

That’s what doing business was like.

Or rather, that’s what surviving in society was like.

It was no longer as simple as it was in school.

What was divided was no longer right or wrong.

"General Jiang, CEO Li, I’ll take my leave first."

Zhang Guangyi stood up following Luo Peng, having done nothing wrong yet wore an expression as if he was a criminal.

"Bam."

The office door shut.

"Sit."

Jiang Chen said with a smile.

Li Shuru didn’t go to sit in the two vacant chairs but walked straight to Jiang Chen’s side and then sat down on his lap.

Jiang Chen was torn between laughter and tears.

"Aren’t you afraid they’ll suddenly come back?"

Although he said this, his hand still naturally embraced the girl’s slender waist.

Perhaps it was because she danced, but Li Shuru’s figure was quite perfect, her waist was slender and flexible, and her flat abdomen even had the hint of abs.

Of course.

That was a beautiful sight only Jiang Chen could see.

Before, Jiang Chen didn’t quite understand, but since getting to know her, Li Shuru hadn’t worn revealing clothes. Just like now, she had just returned from Qin Island, wearing a long woolen coat and a dress underneath, high-necked and wrapped up tight but still exuding a strong feminine charm.

"Is Aunt Xue doing well?"

"Mhm, she even learned how to play Mahjong now."

Jiang Chen grinned.

Time really was the best medicine.

She must be gradually recovering from the sorrow of losing her husband.

"What kind of perfume is this? It smells so good?"

Jiang Chen leaned into her soft hair and took a deep breath.

"We are at the company!"

Li Shuru slapped his shoulder, seemingly forgetting she was the one who initiated sitting on his lap.

"The pot calling the kettle black, CEO Li."

Jiang Chen pinched her waist, perfectly embodying the rogue.

"Stop it!"

Li Shuru grabbed his hand, "You just got back and you’re already restless, I remember you weren’t like this before."

Recalling the times he had "fled the battlefield," Jiang Chen couldn’t help but laugh, then immediately moderated his expression, straightened his back, and adopted a solemn posture.

"You’re right, CEO Li. Especially after hearing your words just now, I truly learned a lot."

Li Shuru curled her arm around his neck, not reprimanding, even though she hadn’t officially graduated, she was smarter and more perceptive than most of her peers and knew how to be a sensible woman.

"I’ve spoken with the people from Hamolei."

"You’ve already talked to them?"

Jiang Chen was surprised.

Li Shuru nodded, "Luo Peng is hell-bent on driving them to bankruptcy, so I was the best choice to handle it."

Jiang Chen nodded, "How did the talks go? If it wasn’t for outrageous demands, spending a bit of money is fine, Zhang Guangyi is talented, and it’s not worth affecting his morale and future over this."

"I think, maybe you should personally talk to them."

Jiang Chen was slightly stunned then turned his head.

Li Shuru met his gaze.