Chapter 99 A Society Ruled by Law
Chapter 99 A Society Ruled by Law
"An, you don't need to worry. Just let me handle all the problems," Thomson said with a smile, pressing An Rusong's shoulder in the office. "This morning, Mike called me and asked me to pay attention to your matter. Haha, even if I don't consider Mike and our relationship, but just consider the problem from the perspective of professional ethics, I will do my best to fulfill your commission."
At this point, he winked and smiled, "After all, I got paid, a lot of money, haha."
You are such a down-to-earth person, An Rushong thought to himself.
"So, Thomson, what do I need to do now?" Although he was complaining in his heart, An Rushong still asked with a smile.
"You still need to cooperate with the relevant investigation, but it's limited cooperation," Thomson thought for a moment and said, "I've learned the details of the whole incident. You can rest assured that those guys don't have any evidence against you. No, no, no, to be precise, this matter has nothing to do with you and your company. It can't even be considered a case."
"Freedom of speech is a major feature of democracy," Thomson said, spreading his hands. "Even if the content of the video contains defamation and slander, the prosecutor can only pursue the responsibility of the person who posted the video, rather than the relevant media. Just because someone posted an illegal post on the Yahoo forum, are the prosecutors going to hold Yahoo responsible and ask Terry Semel to cooperate with their investigation? That's ridiculous."
Terry Semel is the president of Yahoo, but he left the company in June. Thompson is just a lawyer, so he probably has some lag in information in this regard.
"Limited cooperation?" An Rushong heard a term said by the other party.
"Don't they want to get the NGN data? Let them take it," Thomson shrugged and said, "But they can only copy the relevant data, but they can't take anything away."
As he spoke, he turned his head and looked outside, then pointed at the people with "KISA" on their vests and said, "Those guys are from the Information Security Department. Only they have the right to copy information. Apart from opening the data on the server to them, you don't need to do anything. I will handle it for you."
After he said that, An Rushong understood that it turned out that Prosecutor Bai Gaoming was just a paper tiger. According to legal procedures, this guy could not take away him, the president of the company, nor did he have the power to take away any computer here.
"As for the damaged equipment outside," Thomson said, looking outside, "you can make a list. We can ask the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to compensate us at the price. At the same time, we can also ask them to make a public apology."
As he was speaking, Prosecutor Bai Gaoming walked to the door of the office. He looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. The arrogant attitude he had before was no longer there.
"The Republic of Korea is a country ruled by law. No one, no official, has power beyond the law, let alone persecution of a law-abiding citizen," Thomson said, raising his voice and looking away. "Mr. An, please rest assured. As your attorney, I will use my professional ethics and expertise to protect your rights to the greatest extent possible."
"Thank you, Thomson. Then I'll leave everything to you," An Rushong stretched out his hand, shook hands with the other party and said with a smile.
"This is what I should do," Thomson said. "Next, you can handle your work. I will handle the legal matters for you."
After saying that, he nodded to An Rusong again, then walked to the door of the office and said to Prosecutor Bai Gaoming who was standing there: "Prosecutor Bai Gaoming, I think we should have a good talk next."
Watching Thompson stop Bai Gaoming outside the door, An Rushong breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he was extremely glad that he had met Mike and lawyer Thompson, and actually spent a large sum of money to hire Thompson to represent his personal legal affairs.
As for what happened today, if Attorney Thomson had not arrived in time, even if Bai Gaoming did not have the legal documents in his hands, he, an ordinary small company owner, would have suffered a great loss.
Thomson said that the Republic of Korea is a country ruled by law, and no one has power beyond the law. Haha, just listen to this kind of words, don't take it seriously.
Just like prosecutors like Bai Gaoming, they do not have powers beyond the law, but the problem is that they have the power to use the law as a weapon to deal with An Rushong. In the process of dealing with him, even if there are some illegal and non-compliant aspects, they have plenty of time to make up for it.
Indeed, everyone has the right to use the law to protect their rights and interests, but the premise is that you also have the opportunity to defend yourself, right? Under the oppression of the powerful, how can a common person have the opportunity to defend himself?
In addition, having a truly good lawyer not only means you don’t have to worry about being cheated, but you can also save yourself a lot of trouble. Just like now, An Rusong doesn’t have to worry about anything, Thomson will naturally handle everything, and he doesn’t even have to leave the office.
With Thomson, the people brought by Bai Gaoming seemed to become gentlemen in an instant, including Bai Gaoming himself. All those who were not wearing vests hid at the door of the office area. Only those who were wearing vests were busy among the machines.
That's not all. Whenever the vest-wearing people moved a machine, the foreigners with cameras and video cameras would rush over to take pictures. Moreover, if something occasionally fell to the ground, Thomson would immediately rush over and make a fuss and accuse these people, as if they were sabotaging something. This made these people nervous, fearing that something might go wrong.
Especially when copying the server data information, Thomson was watching there specifically. He also asked the people brought by Bai Gaoming to make a list of the copied information and asked Bai Gaoming himself to sign a confidentiality agreement.
An Rushong observed the entire process and gained a more direct understanding of the judicial system of the Republic of Korea.
Bai Gaoming and his team stayed at NGN for nearly two hours. During this time, despite the pressure from Thomson, Prosecutor Bai Gaoming never bowed to An Rusong. Although An Rusong was looking forward to the other party bowing to him, he also knew that the possibility of such a scene was not great. The prosecutor still had to save face, especially when facing a small businessman like himself. The final solution to this farce today was nothing more than the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office paying NGN for the broken computer monitors. The amount of compensation might be slightly higher. As for the apology, Thomson probably wouldn't insist on it.
After Bai Gaoming and his team left NGN, Thomson also left with his people. Before leaving, the lawyer told An Rusong that as long as there were legal issues, no matter which prosecutor came to him, and no matter whether the prosecutor came with a search warrant or arrest warrant, he should contact a lawyer as soon as possible, and exercise his right to remain silent before the lawyer arrived. If he was taken away by the prosecutor before Thomson arrived, he must request to turn on the camera in the interrogation room and continue to exercise his right to remain silent.
Lawyer Thomson gave many detailed instructions, and An Rushong kept them all in mind. After all, these matters concerned his personal interests and he could not be careless.
After seeing off Lawyer Thomson, An Rushong held a small meeting with his employees, mainly to calm everyone's emotions and tell them not to worry about what happened today. The company had not violated any law and would not be involved in any case involving any violation of the law.
After calming down the employees and asking the cleaners to clean up the messy office area, An Rushong was about to return to his office when he heard a cell phone ringing from the office.
He subconsciously touched his pocket and realized that his cell phone was not with him.
Walking quickly back to his office, An Rushong found his ringing cell phone on his desk. Looking at the screen, he saw that the person calling was Shen Taian.
With an idea in mind, An Rushong pressed the answer button, then sat back in his chair and put the phone to his ear.
"Rushong, this is Shen Taian," Shen Taian's voice soon came from the phone.
"Uncle Tai'an," despite his extreme disgust towards this old guy, An Rushong still spoke in a respectful tone.
"Where are you?" Shen Taian asked.
"At the company," An Rusong also said briefly, but he quickly added, "What's the matter, Uncle Taian?"
"Do you have time now?" Shen Taian asked after two seconds of silence on the phone.
Do you have time?
This was the first time that An Rushong heard such a polite greeting from Shen Taian. He was moved and realized that his adventure must have been successful.
"Of course I have time, Uncle Taian," An Rusong suppressed his excitement and said in a calm tone, "Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Come to Yiyuandong, my law firm, on the 8th floor, you've been here before," Shen Taian said on the phone.
"Now, Uncle Taian?" An Rushong asked.
"Well, now is the best time," Shen Taian said.
"Then I'll be there right away," An Rusong's tone was still respectful, "It will probably take twenty minutes."
"I'll wait for you," Shen Taian said, seemingly smiling on the phone.
After hanging up the phone, An Rushong looked at the phone screen and touched his chin speechlessly.
He knew that Shen Taian's contact with him at this time must be related to the video he sent to the NGN chat group, but he didn't know whether this adventure had been noticed by Councillor Kong.
Just sitting in his office, he certainly couldn't think of anything. An Rushong stood up, took the car keys and left the office.
(End of this chapter)