36: Section 36

Just as the internal department of Weikan was frantically searching for the problem, Penguin Group received a court summons.

Penguin, known as nanshan's sure-win customer, was sued.

Chapter 38: Suing Penguin Group, so you’re nanshan's sure-win customer?

One month later.

Outside a high-level court in Modu City.

Because of the high public interest in today's case, a large number of media outlets had gathered early outside the courthouse.

Such a situation was very rare.

The reason this case garnered so much attention was that both the plaintiffs and defendants were two major players in Yan Country's internet companies.

One of them was Penguin Group, also known as nanshan's sure-win customer.

It's important to know that Penguin started by plagiarizing and had been sued by countless companies.

But no matter what type of company or how long the case took, Penguin had never lost a lawsuit.

It was precisely because of Penguin's almost 100% win record that it was called nanshan's sure-win customer.

The other company suing Penguin was Junzi Group, a rising star in Yan Country's internet industry and the developer of Douyin.

Due to the immense influence of this case, both the head of Junzi Group and the CEO of Penguin Group would be present on the day of the trial.

Just then, as a luxury car arrived, numerous media outlets instantly swarmed forward.

“Why are there so many people?”

“Didn’t I say this case couldn’t be made public?”

CEO Ma frowned.

Li Wenqiu, on the other hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a helpless expression.

“We internally definitely didn’t leak any information about this case.”

“So many media outlets are probably called by Douyin.”

Seeing this, CEO Ma also took a deep breath.

“Are you sure all clues have been cleared?”

Shortly after Penguin received the court summons, CEO Ma learned the entire course of events from Li Wenqiu.

After all, the court had already come knocking, and Li Wenqiu couldn't hide it anymore.

Li Wenqiu also nodded.

“All communication between me and Liao Yi has been deleted, it’s impossible to trace.”

“Not to mention, Douyin doesn’t have any evidence of Liao Yi stealing code.”

“CEO Ma, don’t worry.”

“This isn’t the first time I’ve done something like this; there’s never been a mistake before.”

“This time, Douyin bringing so many media outlets will only make them lose face.”

Seeing Li Wenqiu say this, CEO Ma didn’t say anything further.

Then, the two got out of the car and walked towards the courthouse.

Instantly, countless reporters swarmed around them.

“CEO Ma, we heard that your Weikan’s Big Data code was stolen from Douyin, is this true?”

“What do you have to say about Douyin’s claims?”

“Did Weikan really send out a commercial spy to commit theft?”

“CEO Ma, please give an explanation!”

Facing the questions from numerous media outlets, CEO Ma said nothing and walked directly towards the courthouse entrance.

As Li Wenqiu reached the courthouse entrance, he turned around and addressed all the media.

“Douyin is merely slandering Weikan; we at Weikan have not made any unreasonable actions towards Douyin.”

“Everyone can rest assured.”

“Douyin will definitely lose the lawsuit!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Wenqiu also entered the courthouse.

And just as he turned to leave, these media outlets had already posted his words on various social platforms.

Soon, the news that Douyin’s lawsuit against Penguin for stealing trade secrets had officially begun directly topped the weibo hot search.

Not long after, inside the courtroom, CEO Ma, sitting in the audience, looked towards Wang Mo in the plaintiff's seat for the first time.

This was their first meeting.

Seeing the legendary CEO Ma’s gaze fall upon him, Wang Mo merely chuckled and nodded without saying anything.

As Li Wenqiu and Liao Yi sat in the defendant’s seat, the case officially began.

After a few simple procedures, it was time for Douyin to submit evidence.

Normally, in such situations, the defendants would be restless and quite nervous, fearing that the plaintiff might actually produce some evidence.

But at this moment, the expressions of the people sitting in the defendant’s seat showed no fluctuation.

It was as if they had already determined that Douyin simply couldn’t produce any evidence.

“Your Honor, the first clue we are submitting is evidence of Liao Yi stealing important Big Data code from our company.”

“This evidence will be a surveillance video.”

As he spoke, Zhang Fan submitted the document in his hand.

The document contained a complete surveillance video recording and screenshots of various scenes from the surveillance content.

Listening to Zhang Fan’s words, Li Wenqiu frowned and whispered to Liao Yi beside him, “You didn’t avoid the surveillance?”

Liao Yi was also a bit surprised.

“I clearly turned off the surveillance; don’t worry, it shouldn’t be a crucial surveillance.”

Just as Liao Yi finished speaking, the videotape in the document began to play.

Looking at the content on the screen, Liao Yi and Li Wenqiu were instantly stunned.

Because the surveillance angle was not a normal angle, but clearly a sneak-peak angle.

This angle could capture the front of Wang Mo’s computer on his desk, so it naturally captured all of Liao Yi’s actions.

It showed Liao Yi stealthily entering Wang Mo’s office, then hacking into Wang Mo’s computer.

Afterward, he began to copy and steal the code.

Every action and movement was clearly captured, including the copied code content on Wang Mo’s computer screen.

Seeing this scene, Liao Yi’s face immediately changed.