Perfection of Rebirth

Chapter 164

In U.S. civil litigation, parties can reach a settlement out of court or in front of a judge at any point during the proceedings.The United States Federal Civil Procedure Law mainly promotes the settlement of lawsuits through two provisions.The first is Article 1983 of the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure revised in 16.According to this provision, the judge may, at his discretion, order the parties' lawyers or the unrepresented parties themselves to attend the pre-trial conference one or more times in order to facilitate the settlement of the case. More than 90% of civil cases are settled by settlement at this stage, and less than 10% actually enter the trial of fact.

After Linda communicated with Attorney Anderson, she went back to explain the case to Zach.

"Zach, I consulted with Uncle Anderson, and he suggested that we settle this lawsuit out of court," Linda said.

"A settlement out of court? Is Xiaonei willing to accept it?" Zach said.

"Xiaonei.com must have their purpose when they sued us. This purpose is not necessarily to shut down Facebook. We can talk to them again," Linda said.

"But you also saw the attitude of Tang Wenwen from Xiaonei.com yesterday. He insisted that we copied Xiaonei.com and insisted on killing us," Zach said.

"Zack, it doesn't have to be like this. Uncle Anderson also gave us an analysis yesterday. As a Chinese company, Xiaonei.com, if they want to achieve greater development in the United States, their style should not be so domineering. They must consider local What investors and competitors think,” Linda said.

"What do you mean, I didn't understand? Why should they consider the ideas of investors and opponents?" Zach said a little confused.

"Zach, think about it, if one day, all the American people are using Facebook, then Facebook must have a large amount of communication information and other content of the American people in its hands. If Facebook falls, then it must be replaced by the school. Net, do you think those guys from the FBI would be willing to let a Chinese website have this information?" Linda said.

"So what if you want to, so what if you don't want to, what does it have to do with us?" Zac still didn't understand what Linda said, and asked suspiciously.

"If the founder of Xiaonei was a smart person, he would not have killed Facebook. He would have thought about how to acquire and merge Facebook, and hide himself behind, so that everyone would not feel that he was using a Chinese website." Linda Said.

"You mean that Xiaonei sued us to annex us? No, I won't sell Facebook. What's the difference between that and letting it shut down?" Zach said.

"It doesn't have to be an annexation, maybe it's just a certain percentage of shares? We can talk to them about the specifics," Linda said.

"If it's just a shareholding, it's not completely out of consideration, but I can't tolerate losing control of Facebook. It must develop according to my ideas," Zach said.

"I understand. Let's ask them to talk again. I'll ask Uncle Anderson to accompany us to negotiate," Linda said.

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When Tang Wenwen met Zach again in the conference room of Scott Law Firm, Zach's momentum was obviously a lot weaker, and he had already admitted defeat in his heart.

"I don't know what Mr. Zucker wants to talk about today. If he wants to continue to discuss whether Facebook has plagiarized Xiaonei.com, I don't think we should waste everyone's time," Tang Wenwen said.

Zach's face immediately changed when he heard Tang Wenwen's words. Linda felt that he reached out and held Zac's hand, signaling him to calm down.

"Mr. Tang, I don't think the general manager of your company arranged for you to come to the United States just to mock us?" Linda said.

"Hehe, I don't intend to ridicule anyone, I'm just talking about the facts, and I don't want to waste everyone's time," Tang Wenwen said.

"Does Mr. Tang think that without Facebook, Xiaonei can monopolize the US market?" Linda said.

"Is there any other competitors?" Tang Wenwen said with a smile.

"On the contrary, because there are no other competitors, it is more difficult for Xiaonei to occupy the US market," Linda said.

"Well, this is the first time I've heard of a company that can't occupy the market because it has no rivals. According to what you said, is Boeing going to make great efforts to support Airbus? Or else there is no rival It will not be able to occupy the market," Tang Wenwen said with a sarcasm.

"Mr. Tang, you have to realize that Internet companies are different from physical industries. I don't know if you have thought about it. Even without Facebook, can you occupy the US market? The US government will let Xiaonei, a red sky Do companies in Chaolai have all kinds of information on users across the country?" Linda said.

"Why, your company can't play Xiaonei, so you started to play dirty tricks?" Tang Wenwen said expressionlessly.

In fact, what Linda said was similar to what Tang Wenwen and Jiang Hui talked on the phone last night. The US government will not let Xiaonei, a Chinese-owned company like Xiaonei, have the data of so many users, even if Xiaonei agrees. The user's server is located in the United States.Think about what happened to communication companies such as Huawei and Zhongxin in the future. It is too simple to charge you with unwarranted charges, and just play with you casually.

"Our company hopes to reach an out-of-court settlement with Xiaonei. Only win-win cooperation is the way to survive. Fearless struggle is of no benefit to anyone," Linda said.

"How does Facebook want to cooperate with Xiaonei?" Tang Wenwen said.

"We are willing to cooperate with Xiaonei North America Branch through cross-shareholding," Linda said.

The North American branch of Xiaonei.com doesn't even have a shadow yet, but Linda mentioned this, at least it shows that they have seen the facts clearly.Xiaonei now has more than 600 million users worldwide, and its scale is more than 20 times that of Facebook. If Linda proposes to cross shareholding with Xiaonei, it can only be said that she has no sincerity for reconciliation.

"I think that both Zac and our Xiaonei network have a deep understanding of the survival of campus SNS websites. Although this market is very large, it is also very small, so small that it cannot even accommodate two companies," Tang Wenwen said. .

"So what do you guys think? Facebook is not going to accept an acquisition," Zach chimed in.

"We have no intention of buying Facebook [-]%. Mr. Jiang also values ​​Mr. Zack's vision and ability. If we buy Facebook, the website will still be managed by Mr. Zack," Tang Wenwen said.

"We will not accept the acquisition. Xiaonei, at most, will hold a part of the shares," Zach said.

"What if we want 80.00% of the shares?" Tang Wenwen said.

"Impossible, what's the difference between that and a complete acquisition, I can't accept Xiaonei's shareholding ratio exceeding 40.00%[-]," Zach said.

(End of this chapter)