Chapter 331 Reversal
In the following days, the public opinion in Korea regarding the suspected plagiarism of Nexon's instant messaging software has undergone a significant reversal.
Many media reporters have heard some "inside information", such as the big boss behind Nexon is Comet Capital, and the popular communication software KakaoTalk has also encountered a similar situation in Longguo.
This means that if AOL's lawsuit in Korea is successful, it will most likely win the lawsuit in Dragon Country as well.
However, what surprised everyone was that in the first round of the lawsuit, Wu Mingxi, the defense lawyer for the defendant, not only produced a detailed comparison report of the instant messaging software of both parties, but also produced a series of smear operations revealed by AOL staff. Everyone was stunned! My goodness, how did the defendant get such a thing? This is too fantastic, isn't it? Could this be something that AOL people took the initiative to say?
Apparently aware of the special nature of the recording, Wu Mingxi not only issued a third-party appraisal certificate later, but also stated that according to the content of the recording, he contacted the relevant personnel of the news media who were involved in smearing Nexon.
Under the influence of their "persuasion with emotion and reason", these people will appear in this lawsuit as witnesses for the defendant to prove AOL's shameless behavior.
Upon hearing such explosive news, the audience and several media representatives who were invited were all shocked.
Before this, they always thought that "the moon is rounder in foreign countries" and that foreigners should have higher character and quality. They never expected that these guys were even worse than those blackmail criminals! This completely refreshed their three views.
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The AOL representatives, Keld Hayes and Tim Richard, who were sitting in the plaintiff's seat, felt extremely guilty when they saw the other party's lawyer calmly produce a series of evidence.
They could even clearly feel that the staff at the scene were almost all looking at them subconsciously, with contempt and disgust. If they hadn't said almost nothing after they arrived, the people present would have probably heard something fishy. After all, these people are now curious about where the defendant Nexon got this recording from? ...
Wu Mingxi felt a lot more relaxed when he saw that the situation was evolving as they had expected and gradually turning to their side.
Choi Si-woo, the defense lawyer for AOL, was on edge at this moment. He had originally thought that he could use this opportunity to boost the reputation of himself and his law firm, but he never expected that these foreigners would use such dirty tricks and that they would get such important evidence. How could he turn the tables?
To be frank, according to the current situation, if they cannot produce other key evidence, then they will definitely lose the lawsuit. Moreover, AOL's face and reputation will be completely lost in Korea.
What puzzled him was why the two AOL representatives remained silent. Even if he didn't understand Korean, he could sense the atmosphere at the scene. However, facing the current extremely unfavorable situation, Choi Si-woo had to bite the bullet and apply for a temporary adjournment to communicate with the two clients to clarify how to deal with it next. However, what he didn't expect was that these two arrogant foreigners didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with their actions. They thought that as long as they could win the case, it would be fine.
Choi Si-woo had no choice but to explain to them that their chances of winning in the current situation were less than 20%. If they could not produce other evidence, losing the case would be the final result and there would be no change.
Although Keld Hayes and Tim Richard were still very angry, they both breathed a sigh of relief after Choi Si-woo left.
Previously, Jin Youdao asked them to explain that they sold AOL completely in order to save their lives. The reason why they behaved like this now was just to cooperate with the other party to finish "this good show".
As for their return to America, how would they explain to Henry Scott, the general manager of AOL?
Sorry, they have already decided to turn over a new leaf and leave this "dirty place" of AOL to report to Comet Capital's headquarters in the United States!
In order to show their loyalty, the two of them also promised Jin Youdao that they would testify in the United States and expose a series of "evil deeds" of AOL! This is also the reason why Zhang Junfeng was willing to give these two "fence-sitters" a chance after Jin Youdao told him.
He wanted to take this opportunity to deal a heavy blow to AOL and make them pay a heavy price! He didn't have the time and energy to deal with such endless "dog-skin plasters" twice or three times!
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In the end, due to the evidence and witnesses presented by the defendant Nexon, and the plaintiff AOL's failure to produce strong evidence to refute the case in a short period of time, the lawsuit ended with AOL losing the case and Nexon being found not guilty.
Wu Mingxi, the defense lawyer, also said that they would file a lawsuit against AOL and demand huge compensation for the loss of reputation and a public apology. Many media reporters who were responsible for interviewing Wu Mingxi suddenly brightened up. This was going to be exciting!
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The news that AOL lost the lawsuit and that Nexon was about to sue AOL quickly spread as mainstream media in Korea reported on it.
Under the deliberate "exaggeration" of the media, the originally confused crowd learned that their own company was so awesome and that the instant messaging software it developed was so excellent that it outperformed the American companies in all aspects. That's why AOL slandered and spread rumors about it in an attempt to eliminate this competitor in advance.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The message board of Nexon's official website, which had previously been crashed and filled with a lot of malicious comments, now has a lot of netizens who came to cheer and support. Many netizens who were fooled before also left sincere apology messages, hoping that Nexon can keep up the good work and produce better games and practical software.
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Some officials at the Blue House who were originally opposed to Nexon fell silent after seeing the latest news reports. They originally thought that the American company had come across the ocean to file a transnational lawsuit, so they must have something to rely on and solid evidence.
If Nexon loses the lawsuit, their Goryeo international reputation will also be affected to a certain extent, so they once proposed to the Planning and Management Department and Mr. Da Zhong that Nexon should reach a private settlement with the other party to avoid making the matter worse and unable to be resolved.
(End of this chapter)