OBS Chapter 2742 Star Core Rescue (28)
Chapter 2742 Star Core Rescue (28)
Chapter 2742 Star Core Rescue (Twenty-eight)
Natasha flipped through the notebook in her hand, glanced at Baker coldly, and then said, "Quentin Baker graduated from MIT with a degree in computer software and security, and later obtained a master's and doctoral degree in the same field. Six years ago, he joined the Stark Group headquarters as a researcher in the No. 2306 laboratory, and became the deputy leader of the project team. A year later, he became the leader."
"But about two years ago, you resigned from Stark Group and disappeared for a whole year. After returning, you became Justin Balk, who also graduated from MIT and is also a software security engineer. You have a perfect resume working for major companies around the world, and with this resume, you successfully entered the Star Core Space Station to work."
Natasha closed the book, stared at Baker and said, "Can you tell me what happened during that year?"
"This is my personal privacy." Baker said coldly.
"I hope you can be so tough in court." Natasha said, "I hope you know that before the space station was launched, 63 countries around the world jointly passed the Human Spaceflight Safety Act No. 1. Any individual or organization that endangers space safety will be charged with this. One of the provisions is that any individual or organization that impersonates another person or uses another person's name to participate in space work will be considered to be endangering human space safety and will be charged in the country of origin."
"Although you have changed your identity, you have not changed your nationality. You are still an American. According to the draft of the U.S. Space Safety Act enacted by Congress three years ago, individuals and organizations that endanger U.S. space safety will be sentenced to unlimited years of imprisonment depending on the severity of their actions."
"And according to Section 36 of the U.S. National Security Act, anyone who modifies or conceals personal identity records to engage in illegal activities will be charged with 72 counts, including disrupting national security and obstructing justice."
"I just did some calculations. Given the severity of your offenses, you will be charged with 16 counts, and your total prison term will be about 392 years."
"Do you have anything to say about this?"
"This is not my fault!" Baker struggled to sit up from the bed, he yelled: "I did not commit any crime! This is all Stark's fault!"
"If you can't produce evidence, it will be hard to convince the jury. You know how serious the space station crash is. Even if you have only a slight connection to it, the jury will not forgive you."
"Let's talk about Stark." Natasha sighed, took out another file and said, "Although Stark himself is no longer in Stark Group, Howard Stark, the former leader and current shareholder of Stark Group, used his authority to retrieve the records of your work in Stark Group at that time."
"The records show that you repeatedly refused to cooperate with job transfers, even had physical conflicts with other laboratory staff, and refused to accept the group's handling until they had to resort to legal means. You also incurred more than $200 million in debt for this."
Natasha crossed her legs, put her hands on her knees and said, "From my personal point of view, if you changed your identity to avoid debt, I can understand, but I really can't understand why you caused such a big disaster in the laboratory? As far as I know, Stark Group employees are treated very well. Even if you are only a second-level researcher, your salary is 5 to 6 times that of other research institutes on the market..."
"But that Borent is a fool!" Baker cursed, gritting his teeth. "He belittled my research topic to the point of being worthless. Even though I became the team leader of the research project team, he was transferred to the management department and he troubled me every day..."
"And that damn Peter Parker, he's in cahoots with them. On the surface, he said my research project was unimportant, but secretly he wanted to steal my research results..."
"Wait a minute." Natasha stopped him and said, "Borrent?"
The female agent looked down and flipped through the information in her hand. She showed an expression of sudden enlightenment and said, "He was the team leader when you were the deputy team leader, right? You don't have a good relationship with him?"
Baker's mouth was full of curses, and no logical words could be heard. Anyway, he just kept repeating the same few sentences over and over again. He said that Borent, Peter and Stark were in the same group. They were suppressing him on the surface, but in fact they wanted to drive him out so that they could take over his research results.
"Regarding your research results..." Natasha took a deep breath and said, "I have also retrieved the relevant information."
Baker made a short sound as if someone was strangling him, and then stopped talking. He was worried that Natasha would suspect the identity of the Mysterio.
Even though the equipment used by the previous monsters were original, unmodified equipment, and the special effects used by Mysterio were upgraded versions that he had carefully crafted without applying any templates, he still felt guilty and worried that he would be discovered.
"I have a question. Aren't you working on software security? Why did you suddenly start working on film and television special effects? Is the new special effects equipment that is popular in the film and television industry your masterpiece?"
"That was Stark stealing my research!" Baker said, "But it was indeed my technology, I was just interested in it."
"I have to remind you." Natasha couldn't help but speak up. "When you joined the company, the contract you signed clearly stated that Stark Group has the priority to purchase all research patents of its researchers. After the patents are purchased according to the formal process, only Stark Group has the right to use the patents, and the research team only has the right to sign the patents."
"According to Stark's internal files, Stark Group acquired the patent three months after your technology was completed, and completed all acquisition procedures half a month before you left. This means that this patented technology now legally, reasonably, and compliantly belongs to Stark Group, and he has all the rights to earn profits from it."
"If you didn't want to give any of your independent research projects to Stark Group, why did you sign the employment contract?"
Facing Natasha's probing gaze, Baker stuttered and couldn't answer. Then Natasha understood a little and said, "Because they pay too much, right? In the long time you have been working here, have you ever thought about why Stark Group is willing to pay you such a high salary?"
"They have a patent monopoly..." Baker finally managed to utter a word.
"Whether they are monopolizing the technology will be investigated by a professional antitrust department, but I must remind you that if you leak any information about this technology to others or produce it privately and are sued by the Stark Group, the patent infringement fee you need to pay will be astronomical."
Baker turned pale.
He kept repeating "I didn't" in a low voice, but he couldn't come up with any reasonable rebuttal. Seeing him like this, Natasha had no choice but to be sure that this guy was in the wrong.
The reason why Natasha asked this question right at the beginning was because she was also worried that some people in the Stark Group would use their power to seize the technology. However, from the current evidence, there is no problem with the patent acquisition process. This special effects technology is not the main business of the Stark Group, so there is no monopoly. Baker is not a victim.
Just like Natasha said, if you don't want to give the technology to others, don't sign the contract. When these big companies sign contracts, there are videos that clearly show professional legal practitioners explaining the terms of the contract to employees. There is no contract fraud or yin-yang contract, but Baker signed it anyway.
It is simply because the Stark Group pays really a lot. Not only is the salary five or six times higher than the market average, but an additional patent fee is also paid when acquiring patents. From the subsequent investigation of Baker's personal account, it can be seen that all this money has clearly gone into Baker's pocket.
From this perspective, Stark Group is the victim. It paid wages according to the contract and paid high patent acquisition fees, but now it faces the risk of patent leakage.
Although Natasha has never sympathized with capitalists, Baker is not a good person either. The most unlucky ones are the researchers in his research team. If the technology is really leaked, they will be the first to lose their jobs. What have these ordinary people done wrong?
"Well, Mr. Baker, it seems that the debt you are going to have to bear is far more than a few million dollars. I hope you can pay it off in your lifetime." Natasha chose to change the subject and started asking something really useful.
"This is my last question today. As long as you answer truthfully, the questioning will be over. Who helped you change your identity?"
This question was like a knife, stabbing straight into Baker's chest. He suddenly turned pale and his breathing became rapid. Schiller walked over and pushed the female agent aside, but continued to examine Baker.
"Tension apnea." Schiller turned and shouted, "Nurse! Prepare for intubation!"
Natasha stood up, stared at Baker, and then said, "It seems that he will not make it today. I hope you can do your best to treat him, doctor."
"I will. You can go out first. I believe that what you have learned today is enough for you to report back."
After Natasha left, Schiller went to debug the ventilator. Severe sleep apnea is a very troublesome disease. The patient will suddenly forget how to breathe and must be assisted by external means, otherwise he will suffocate to death like a fish on the shore.
Fortunately, Baker was in the hospital, where the treatment methods were very advanced, and he was saved in a short while. Schiller stood by the bed, looked at Baker helplessly and said, "I was right about you, you are a weakling."
Baker conveyed his anger with his eyes, but he couldn't fully adjust to the rhythm of the ventilator and could hardly say anything.
"Have you ever had symptoms of sleep apnea before?" Schiller asked casually while adjusting his breathing tube.
Baker shook his head and looked at the ceiling with lifeless eyes. He felt that his tense trachea finally relaxed a little and his breathing became smoother and more comfortable.
"As you can see, I'm a psychiatrist. I'm going to give you some psychological treatment." Schiller rubbed his forehead lightly, looking a little tired. He said, "Fill out the form first."
Over the next half hour or so, Baker filled out several forms. Schiller asked him some very basic questions and then told him it was over. Baker suspected Schiller was trying to put him off, but he had no evidence.
This made Baker even angrier. He felt that Schiller was a mean man who fawned on the powerful. Stark paid him a huge salary, so he would do everything he could to please this rich man. He was lying helplessly on the bed, and he was fooling himself.
Why is the whole world targeting him???
In addition, every time his breathing was about to stabilize, or he was about to fall asleep due to fatigue, Schiller would fiddle with the ventilator or adjust the breathing tube, making it impossible for him to sleep at all. This damn doctor must have been instructed by Stark to abuse him!
This anger and depression gradually brewed a storm in Baker's heart.