"Let us discuss the future course of action to be taken.",Director w.a.n.g concluded.
Mi Rae looked at the man and questioned,"What future course of action do we need to discuss.I guess you have already received my decision in the form of court"s notice.Isn"t that the reason that all you esteemed personalities are here?"
Director w.a.n.g had lost interest in the cat and mouse game and finally said,"Attorney Zheng.Yes.We are here because of that.The court hearing is only going to bringboth of us harm and mud slinging.So we would like to do an out of court settlement.We would have invited you to come back with more benefits and partners.h.i.+p but with your conduct we cannot do that anymore.There is too much bad blood.So name your price.5 million?10million?"
"Director w.a.n.g.do you really think you can buy me?If you had come to me with this offer then maybe.But now it is useless.The people I have gained testimonies from,all your former employees,they are relying on me to get them justice as well.You must understand when there is bias in a policy it is bound to have other side effects.and the biggest and direct side effect of gender discrimination and bias is s.e.xual hara.s.sment.Do you have any idea how many female employees have repeatedly made requests and complaints to the HR department regarding this?Of course they received handsome payments to keep their mouths shut and resign.Have you noticed the number of female employee applications declining in the past year? Are you not tired of paying people out of your pockets to compensate them to satisfy some other people"s l.u.s.t?Or is it that you are also interested in such things.."
Director w.a.n.g hard no response for these accusations even though they were not true. He was actually indifferent to all these things and beleived in the "to each his own" philosophy.As long as nothing was directly harming him,he could not be bothered.Seeing that Director w.a.n.g-the mediator,had fallen silent,Attorney Xu decided to continue the conversation,"Attorney Zheng,I am sure you would have enough evidence and proofs to support you but is there really a need to do that?The both of us know how easy it is to manipulate and divert the court.But is also tiresome.And once the media is involved it is going to bring only bad publicity and name.Also agreeing to an out of court settlement benefite both parties.We can protect our goodwill and you will receive investment.To sweeten the deal we are willing to reference some of our clients to you as well.Attorney Zheng,even if you win in court,you will not be gaining benefits better than these and will have to handle negative publicity.Add in the fact even if you are dating Neil Long,he is only an attorney for Lance Inc.Do you think he will allow his brother"s reputation and by default the company"s to suffer by being involved with you?"
The others nodded in agreement.Even Mi Rae"s a.s.sistant could see that it would make sense for her to settle out of court.She wanted to sigh and try to tell the boss to not agree but she dare not.She was a mere a.s.sistant and the boss had to do what was best for herself.Director w.a.n.g and Director Lee looked at Mi Rae in expectation.
Mi Rae looked at each of their expectant faces and felt a smile tug at her lips.This is exactly what she had wanted.In actuality,that had been her aim when she had used Neil"s reputation to make them misunderstand.But after the covert attacks that they had made on her with the media and taking the clients away from her.If she accepted this money today she would acquire money but also a lifelong enemy.If the case went to court,the compensation would be comparatively less but they wouldn"t dare attack her directly or indirectly any time soon.
But since they had made such a *grand* gesture,she figured she should entertain their request for a bit.Leaning back in her chair,she said,"5 million?10million dollars?That is too less..That is how much I earned for the company with every single case!And I was paid pennies for it..So since I have worked there for so many years,I will not calculate the proper revenue I should have received when compared to our male counterparts and give you a small approximate figure I want in order to continue with the out of court settlement.A mere 100 million."
The a.s.sistant who had just started to grimace once she realized that Mi Rae was agreeing to the settlement but once she heard the amount,she wanted to sit on the floor and laugh.
Director w.a.n.g:".."
Director Lee:".."
Attorney Xu:".."
Director Lee was the first to break out of his stupor and immediately blasted out,"How insolent!Do you now see Director w.a.n.g,what your insistence on out of court settlement has done!She thinks she can blackmail and exhort us!The cheek of her!And you wanted to handle this!I am telling you my way is better!Do you think that because your boyfriend is powerful,you can stand against us?Do you think I have not handled little fly like you in the past?There were some pretentious bi***** like you in the past who wanted to stand against me!I gave them one chance and if they chose to go against me..then I made sure they were unable to go anywhere on their legs.!"
With that Director Lee made a call and barked,"Come up now!"
A moment later,the two women in the office were surrounded by a few goons.