Chapter 481 The Last Trump Card and the Midnight Encounter
"Feiyan, go outside and buy some mutton skewers and snacks for me and Dong Xu and come back!"
After Li Xiaofan sent Yang Feiyan and the others around Lao Xu away, he said:
"Dr. Xu, have you ever considered abandoning the car to keep the boss and reaching some kind of compromise with Cadence Costello and the others? At the same time, the plank road is built secretly, and a new EDA R&D project is established in Singapore or a third place to integrate the R&D Put the third-generation Apollo program into a new project company, and work with our Panda Systems company to build a clean EDA company again? If you really lose the lawsuit in the future, be prepared to give up this Avant! Pioneer The company’s plans.”
Li Xiaofan continued to suggest. "If you are worried about the subsequent trouble caused by future lawsuits and disputes, I can arrange to hold shares for you and your team on your behalf..."
If Li Xiaofan's previous suggestion was just a heartbeat for Lao Xu, today after inspecting the Beijing Integrated Circuit Design Center BIDC and Panda System Co., Ltd. with a background in the Ministry of Electronics, and after communicating with academician Ni and other responsible persons, Lao Xu made the decision to work with Panda Systems Co., Ltd. and Li Xiaofan are determined to cooperate.
"Director Li, this matter is no child's play. If we really want to do it, we must plan carefully and not leave any loopholes or sequelae in the law!"
As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years. Now Lao Xu is very cautious.
"Director Xu, I have asked my lawyer to design various plans to ensure absolute safety..."
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During the secret conversation with Lao Xu, Li Xiaofan also received a very confidential and important piece of information.
Because of Lao Xu's betrayal, Costello, the boss of Cadence Company, was extremely angry. In extraordinary times, Costello, who was carried away by the anger, did whatever he wanted. The man who single-handedly created Cadence's glory and once played Batman's nemesis on Halloween, like Lao Xu, is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Before any trial or judgment was concluded in court, Cadence first threatened Avant! Pioneer users and forced them to abandon Avant! Pioneer EDA software and return to the embrace of Cadence.
At the same time, Costello also maliciously bought and sold Pioneer's shares in the stock market to launch an attack on Avant! Pioneer, causing Avant! Pioneer's stock to be in a state of turmoil for a long time. As a result, Avant! Pioneer needed new bank loans. When acquiring new companies, banks viewed the swings in Avant! Pioneer's stock as untrustworthy and speculative.
This behavior was entirely motivated by Costello's personal hatred for Xu Jianguo, but he went too far, causing everyone in Silicon Valley to backlash, and also left behind some disgraceful "evidence" of interfering with the securities market.
Recently, Lao Xu used private investigators and a team of top lawyers in the San Francisco Bay Area to launch a private investigation into Costello, and found that Costello and some of his team members, under the leadership of Deputy Prosecutor Julius Finkelstein, the FBI and others Prior to the raid on Avant! Pioneer's corporate headquarters, he and his employees profited from short selling Avant! stock.
Evidence collected by private investigators and lawyers showed that many Cadence employees bought and sold Avant! Pioneer stock at one time, and even opened stock accounts to short-sell Avant! Pioneer stock for the first time in their lives.
The practices of Costello and his team seriously violated the relevant provisions and legal provisions of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and securities laws, using insider information to make improper profits and disrupting the normal order of stock trading.
"Director Xu, I suggest you not to submit these evidences at the next court hearing." Li Xiaofan said.
"Why?" Lao Xu expressed confusion.
"I suggest you use this evidence to have a good talk with Costello and strive for a compromise!"
In the previous life, a fight between two aggressive men, Lao Xu and Costello, ended in both parties losing.
In Silicon Valley, where changing jobs is like changing shirts, and in those days when the intellectual property system was not so sound, Xu had a lot of sympathy and supporters. In the eyes of many "Silicon Stars", Cadence relies on litigation methods to be very low, and it is glorious to win the market through innovation in Silicon Valley!
Many local reporters and clients even accused Costello of using the court to beat up weak opponents. A customer of chip manufacturer S3 also sent Costello a fierce email: Your Cadence company is deliberately trying to show off in court. You are wasting everyone's time...
Even Mentor Graphics CEO Wally Lines commented: This is just a fight between two men!
Many people in Silicon Valley later believed that the inside stories revealed after Lao Xu and Costello went to court showed that both of them were dirty, and Costello created a maddening atmosphere.
Costello's position is: Avant! Pioneer Company should have closed down when they stole our company's database code!
However, the industry does not seem to agree with this. Even many of the company's board members, customers and friends have urged him to let go of his obsession.
In his previous life, when Lao Xu went to court and presented evidence that Costello and his employees maliciously traded Avant! Pioneer stock, it really caused an uproar.
The embarrassment in the court, the doubts of public opinion, the ridicule of opponents, and the confusion of people around him... costello was heartbroken.
In the end, he was desperate and joined the company in the second year.
But Costello's departure did not allow Avant! Pioneer to escape legal punishment. The angrily resignation of the boss Costello further aroused Cadence's anger. They launched an overwhelming offensive against Avant! Pioneer Company, which became the last straw to overwhelm Lao Xu and Avant! Pioneer Company...
"Old Xu, this is the last trump card in your hand. If you throw this card away rashly, you will have no room for maneuver! Why don't you calm down your anger and use this card to sit down with Costello? Let’s talk about maximizing benefits?”
Lao Xu said angrily: "I have nothing to talk about with this self-righteous guy. He maliciously attacked me in court and in the media. I finally caught him this time, and I will make him look embarrassed. Knowing that I Xu Jianguo is not someone to be bullied!”
Previously, Costello publicly called his former subordinate Lao Xu a liar and a backstabber in the media.
Li Xiaofan handed Lao Xu a bottle of Yanjing Ice Beer and said with a smile: "Old Xu, have a bottle of ice beer to suppress your anger. You can't solve the problem by acting on your will. The evidence you submitted is nothing more than asking the other party to pay a fine and let Kos Tello's reputation was ruined and he finally resigned. But I guess it won't affect the outcome of the lawsuit in the end, because the evidence against you can't be erased..."
In fact, after thinking about it carefully, Lao Xu felt that Li Xiaofan's words did make sense.
But when people are carried away by anger, they often act impulsively.
At this time, the female singer on the stage played the acoustic guitar and played the popular song "Grandma's Penghu Bay".
"The evening breeze blows gently at Penghu Bay, and white waves chase the beach...
That was grandma holding my hand with a stick..."
This famous Taiwanese folk song made Lao Xu miss his relatives and grandmother in his hometown...
It made his heart feel much more peaceful.
"Director Li, what you said makes some sense. Let me think about it carefully."
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In the evening, Li Xiaofan, Yang Feiyan and others stayed at Beijing Zhaolong Hotel.
This is a five-star luxury hotel donated by the Mingzhou shipping king Bao Jia.
Li Xiaofan and Yang Feiyan came back from the bar. It was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. They had just entered the elevator. A tall girl with fashionable wavy hair came in from the outside. She was pulling a Samsonite suitcase. She looked very fashionable. , as if he had just rushed from the airport, Li Xiaofan couldn't help but blurt out: "Mr. Dai!"