The 12th of February was the date of the first court session. Everyone was guessing how Hongmeng Corporation would respond. Whether they would attend the court session as scheduled was still a question mark.
According to the United States' laws, even if Hongmeng does not attend the first court hearing, it's fine as long as the lawyers are there.
Hongmeng can use all sorts of methods to delay the hearing for at least half a year. That's why the media is curious about what Hongmeng will do this time!
On the other hand, Microsoft had come up with a comprehensive plan.
If Hongmeng attends the hearing, they will present all sorts of evidence to the court to let Hongmeng receive a fair trial!!!
If Hongmeng does not attend the hearing or only sends one or two lawyers to deal with the hearing, Microsoft can make up stories about Hongmeng's guilty conscience and not having the guts to deal with the hearing. This will ruin Hongmeng's reputation.
Other than that, Microsoft has other plans. For example, if Hongmeng is stalling for time, what should they do?
If Hongmeng tries to substitute one person for another, what should they do?
In any case, Microsoft had come up with a total of 24 different solutions, and every solution was guaranteed to make Hongmeng suffer. Hongmeng would also have to compensate Microsoft with a huge sum of money, ban Pangu Axe, and then ban the entire Hongmeng system.
All in all, Microsoft is prepared to beat Hongmeng when they are down.
Then, the 12th of December arrived as scheduled. What the reporters didn't expect was that Hongmeng Corporation, which hadn't responded to the news, actually arrived early on the day of the trial.
The court session was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., but Hong Meng's representative had already arrived at 8 a.m., much earlier than most of the reporters. This made many of the media, who had been adamant that Hong Meng would refuse to participate in the trial and would do everything they could to delay the trial, lose face.
Moreover, the people from Hongmeng came in full force. Not only did they not send only a few lawyers like the other media outlets had analyzed, but they also didn't do anything.
Hongmeng's Northern US Region President, Zhou Hongwei, is leading the team. More than half of the team's executives are present.
Microsoft was shocked when they heard this news. They had come up with 11 different plans to deal with Hongmeng's refusal to attend the hearing.
In the end, with the appearance of these people, these 11 plans were all scrapped.
But Microsoft's representatives did not mind. They still have 13 solutions to deal with this situation!
At ten o 'clock in the morning, the first trial started smoothly.
First, the prosecutor, Microsoft, will file a lawsuit against Hong Meng.
Microsoft's lawyer was well prepared. His speech alone was more than 10,000 words long. It was a comprehensive complaint against Hongmeng and Pangu Axe software. At the same time, he cited 20 to 30 legal clauses. All in all, everyone felt that Hongmeng was in danger just by listening to this complaint.
After that, they were even more curious about how Hongmeng would explain themselves.
"Well, now let's invite the defendant to respond to the plaintiff's complaint!" The judge announced from the high platform, "Defendant, do you admit to the plaintiff's complaint?"
"Is it a complete admission? Or was it a partial admission? Or do you deny all of them? "
"They're here! The highlight of the show was here! How will Hong Meng defend himself?! " The reporters were excited, and some of them even started to guess how Hong Meng would defend himself.
Then, they heard Zhou Hongwei, who was sitting in the defendant's seat, cleared his throat and said, "Honorable Mr. Judge and the plaintiff, I have listened carefully to the plaintiff's allegations. We feel that all the allegations made by the plaintiff are correct and in accordance with the law. At the same time, Hong Meng is guilty and has made an unforgivable mistake. So, on behalf of Hong Meng, I hereby announce that Hong Meng admits to all the allegations made by Microsoft. We plead guilty!"
"Crash!!!" Everyone at the scene was shocked. Even the plaintiff, Microsoft, was shocked. Among the remaining 13 proposals, none of them were for Hong Meng to plead guilty!
Even the judge didn't expect this result at all. He was fully prepared to deal with this trial because this is a game between two companies. The two companies will definitely invite a large number of lawyers to help them. When the time comes, there will be all kinds of legal provisions and all kinds of confrontations. It will take at least a year to conclude the case! "
"But I did not expect Hong Meng to plead guilty!!!"
In this moment of silence, Zhou Hongwei continued to say with tears and snot running down his face, "It's all our company's fault!"
"Microsoft is the industry's predecessor. Their Windows system has a huge market share and strong software defenses. If we can't get the support of various software, our Hongmeng system will never be able to compete with Windows. Our system will only be a dead end!"
"It's also because of this predicament that our company lost our heads and made such a stupid decision. We actually disguised a virtual machine as a converter."
"Although this is our company's last resort, I understand that this has hurt Microsoft deeply. We have violated Microsoft's copyright, and we are filled with hatred for this!"
"After receiving the subpoena, our company was in a mess for more than ten days. We don't know if we should defend ourselves or admit our mistakes!"
"So, please forgive us. We have lost ourselves, and we did not give you the reply you were expecting!"
"Finally, I am standing in front of the court today. I am enlightened by the law and the judge!"
"I understand that everyone is equal before the law, and no evil can be tolerated. A mistake is a mistake, and we should accept a fair trial! "
"So, I am representing Hong Meng to announce that we admit to all the accusations made by Microsoft. We plead guilty. What they said is the truth!"
"At the same time, our company will not defend ourselves. We will respect the court, the judge, and the jury's verdict. We will execute this verdict unconditionally!"
"That's all I have to say. Mr. Judge, you can announce your verdict now!!!" Zhou Hongwei wept bitterly as he finished his story. The senior executives around him also had heavy expressions on their faces. Their faces were filled with regret.
"What should we do now?" Microsoft's lawyer asked the top executives beside him.
"I don't know …" Microsoft's top executives are stunned. How are they going to handle this situation? It is not written in the proposal!
Also, the other party had pleaded guilty. What else can they do?
Make up one or two charges on the spot?
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