Chapter 102 - 102 Parting on Bad Terms
102 Parting on Bad Terms
He Hongyan left the place in a daze. Subsequently, on Li Chengqian’s instructions, Zhao Na arranged for a party of nine people, amongst them Li Jinteng who was the CEO of Tencent Corporation, Zhang Yunjian who was the lead legal counsel, and Dr. Li Lin, to go into the meeting room.
Everyone sat down with a serious expression, filling the seats opposite Li Chengqian.
Li Jinteng was wearing casual clothes and had an expressionless face. His body was relaxed as he leaned against the chair. He exuded an air of superiority that comes from being a victor in life.
At his position, unless he was meeting a political leader, he wouldn’t wear formal clothes.
Because there was no need to!
His status allowed him to dress however he fancied.
He naturally wouldn’t put on formal clothes just to meet Li Chengqian.
After sitting down, he sized up Li Chengqian expressionlessly.
In the past 10 years, he had been short changed twice.
The first time was five years ago. He had suffered a huge loss at the hands of a multinational corporation.
The second time was in Li Chengqian’s hands.
Li Jinteng was especially unhappy that he had suffered a huge loss at the hands of such a young man.
This time, he was forced to come over by Li Chengqian. He was infuriated at this.
Lead legal counsel Zhang Yunjian held a stack of documents in her hands. She was dressed in a white suit and looked professional and competent. Her chin was slightly raised as she scanned the meeting room before staring at Li Chengqian’s face.
After the others sat down, they didn’t say a word. Everyone’s gaze fell on Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian looked at everyone calmly. “President Li, welcome to the Divine Dragon Software Company.”
“And welcome everyone from Tencent Corporation.”
“I already know why you’re here. It’s because your company violently hacked the Divine Dragon Optimization App in a bid to obtain the software source code…”
Before Li Chengqian could finish speaking, Zhang Yunjian interrupted him. Her tone was extremely domineering, and her attitude was high and mighty.
“President Li, watch what you say. Don’t make false allegations.”
“Whatever you say has to be backed with evidence! You can’t make baseless allegations against our company!” Zhang Yunjian interrupted in an extremely domineering manner and accused Li Chengqian of framing them.
Right on the heels of that, without giving Li Chengqian a chance to speak, Zhang Yunjian continued aggressively, “President Li, we’re here because the virus you created controlled our company’s servers and software.”
“This is Tencent Corporation’s official notice to your company. We demand that you cease the infringement..”
“Here is some evidence that the Divine Dragon Software Company has gained control of Tencent Corporation’s servers and software.”
“This evidence fully proves one thing. Divine Dragon Software Company is illegally controlling the computers and related equipment of Tencent Corporation.”
“You are Illegally controlling Tencent Corporation’s software and using it to promote the Divine Dragon Optimization App!”
“Tencent Corporation has suffered huge losses as a result.”
“Your company’s actions are already illegal!”
“Please stop the infringement immediately!” Zhang Yunjian was extremely intimidating. She didn’t talk about anything else at all. She didn’t mention how Tencent Corporation tried to hack into the Divine Dragon Optimization App but instead only focused on the current situation.
Zhang Yunjian’s assistant stood up and walked behind Li Chengqian, handing a stack of documents to him.
There were at least 300 pages in that thick stack of documents.
Li Chengqian’s eyes narrowed, and his gaze was cold. He didn’t look at the documents in front of him, but looked at Li Jinteng. “President Li, is this your idea?”
“It’s my idea.”
“Li Chengqian, please stop your infringement of Tencent Corporation immediately. Stop going further and further down this criminal path.” Li Jinteng nodded. His words were reprimands, and his posture was high and mighty.
Li Chengqian’s eyes immediately turned cold. Be it Zhang Yunjian or Li Jinteng, they still didn’t have a clear understanding of the current situation.
Li Chengqian was not intimidated by their sense of superiority at all.
“President Li, since that’s what you think… There’s no need to continue this meeting. Let’s end the meeting now!”
“Let’s not waste each other’s time.”
“If you want to talk, come with sincerity.”
“If you’re not sincere, you should call the police and prosecute us.”
“That’s all. I’m very busy, so I’m afraid I have to make a move.”
“Take care, I won’t see you off!” Li Chengqian sneered. He stood up from his seat and strode towards the door.
Li Chengqian really didn’t understand why Li Jinteng and Zhang Yunjian dared to be so cocky in front of him.
How dare they threaten him?
Tencent Corporation should be on their knees begging him, not the other way round.
He simply didn’t know what to say.
Zhang Yunjian sneered and didn’t take Li Chengqian’s attitude seriously at all. She felt that this was part of Li Chengqian’s negotiation tactic. Li Chengqian was only putting up a front to scare them.
After having been in a large company like Tencent Corporation for such a long time, she had gotten used to telling people what to do. She was used to being assertive and domineering.
Li Chengqian’s childish ‘negotiation tactics’ wouldn’t possibly intimidate her at all.
“Li Chengqian, I think it’s best if you sit down and have a good talk with us.”
“Once we prosecute, you’ll be in deep shit.”
“Let’s talk this through and negotiate a settlement. It’s beneficial for everyone.”
Zhang Yunjian’s tone was still high and mighty, and her words were still filled with threats. However, compared to her previous aggressiveness, her tone had actually softened a little.
Li Chengqian acted as if he didn’t hear anything. His expression was calm as he walked out of the meeting room.
Seeing this scene, the confidence on Zhang Yunjian’s face instantly disappeared, and she was stunned.
“How could this be? Why isn’t Li Chengqian playing by the rules!”
A negotiation is actually a process whereby one party starts with a sky-high price so as to finally negotiate down to a set of terms that both parties can live with.
She started with an accusation against Li Chengqian and produced evidence that Li Chengqian had broken the law. These were all bargaining chips.
It was a means to lower the final compensation sum.
A strongman attitude was the attitude a big company should have. When negotiating with any company that was weaker than Tencent Corporation, no matter if it was reasonable or unreasonable, they had to have this attitude.
But she never imagined that Li Chengqian would actually walk out of the negotiation.
She and Li Jinteng looked at each other and frowned.
Zhang Yunjian had conducted business negotiations many times. This was the first time such a situation had happened.
“President Li, what should we do?” Zhang Yunjian approached Li Jinteng and asked softly.
“Let’s go back first. Since Li Chengqian doesn’t want to talk, so be it!” Li Jinteng narrowed his eyes. His voice was cold and stern, and he was fuming.
“Let’s talk when we get back!” Li Jinteng’s tone was filled with rage.
There were no more than three people in the domestic business world who dared to be as defiant as Li Chengqian in front of him.
Li Chengqian had no respect for him at all. He had no room for negotiation and walked out just like that.
This was the first time Li Jinteng met with such a situation since he founded Tencent Corporation.
“But our servers and software are still controlled by the virus. The situation is very urgent,” Dr. Li Lin said softly, his eyes filled with worry. Tencent Corporation had too many users. The servers needed data maintenance, bug patching and other related work to be done to them every day.
There were about 2,000 people in Tencent Corporation who were in server maintenance alone.
The highest level control of the server was currently controlled by the ‘virus’. The servers couldn’t be maintained, and bug repair couldn’t be carried out.
What’s more, the current review of the Divine Dragon Optimization App was terrible.
On the other hand, all of Tencent Corporation’s products were still strongly recommending the Divine Dragon Optimization App. A large number of complaints and feedback have come from users because of this.
The situation was very urgent. If these problems were not resolved quickly, a large number of users would definitely be lost.
In this era where users were everything, the loss of a large number of users was the biggest blow to companies.
“Zhang Yunjian, call the police and file a suit at the court immediately! Report the matter to the Cyberspace Administration Office immediately. We won’t negotiate anymore!” After leaving the Divine Dragon Software Company, Li Jinteng’s eyes were extremely cold. His blood was boiling and he slammed the car in a fit of anger.
“Respond to Wu Botao online and let the Divine Dragon Software Company fall completely into the abyss in terms of online public opinion.” Zhang Yunjian had already analyzed the pros and cons of the various options open to them.
Although calling the police and reporting this matter could resolve this issue, Tencent Corporation might lose the lawsuit and end up having to compensate the Divine Dragon Software Company.
If this happened, there would be a huge impact on the reputation of Tencent Corporation and Li Jinteng.
Therefore, in the beginning, their plan was to negotiate, pay some compensation, and resolve the matter by paying the smallest price.
“Alright, President Li,” Zhang Yunjian replied in a low voice. She was also furious.