America 1982-Chapter 200 - 73: Angels and Demons_6

Van Stan continued, "But that should not be the reason for you to draw on the achievements of others."

Tommy nodded, "No one wants to draw on others, Mr. Chairman, I am... I am a proud college student, it’s okay, I heard the suppressed laughter, go ahead and laugh, I did indeed think that way. Despite being from the countryside, I was proud at heart. The reason for my pride, of course, was because I was the first college student from the Hawk family. I was admitted to Stanford University, I worked so hard, I was so diligent, a proud person in their heart does not deign to draw on anyone or anything, unless... they find that is the only way. If Lotus Corporation or other companies were willing to help those women, I would not have founded Actor. It was the high prices of those companies that turned away many people who wanted to improve themselves, that blocked their path to changing themselves. It was not that I wanted to found Actor, but a sense of responsibility to this country that called upon me."

"I sit here at this moment, accepting your inquiry on behalf of the citizens of United States, and am very grateful for the opportunity you’ve given me. I know that Actor Corporation, in the process of helping others, had some communication mishaps with Lotus Corporation, but that was just because we were severely understaffed, not by our desire. You can tell me that Actor Corporation did something wrong and must be punished; I have no problem with that, I accept unconditionally. Do not overlook the evil done because of a good deed. Any decision is fine by me, I have only one question, a small question, and I hope the members here can give me a guarantee, a promise."

Van Stan frowned slightly, "What promise, Mr. Tommy Hawk, this is not a transaction, of course you may say all you wish, but you cannot ask everyone seated here to give you a response."

Tommy Hawk stood up in front of the camera, bowed to all the attending members:

"To have the opportunity to be here is an honor for me and it’s because I must have some inappropriate behaviors, but at this moment, I want to say that OSS has been distributed to six hundred thousand people. This means that six hundred thousand people have had the opportunity to learn this software, to master a computer skill, to find a job that might pay better. The extra money may not make them rich, but at the very least, it can allow a father to buy his child a big enough birthday cake, a husband to buy his wife a more beautiful bouquet of flowers, it can empower women to be independent, and it can allow the disadvantaged to gain dignity. I know that the verdict often requires the loser to recall the distributed products, but I want to make an appeal here: perhaps you would be willing to give six hundred thousand people a chance, not to let the computer skills they worked hard and carved out precious time to learn be wasted, to switch back to buying expensive software and spending a lot of energy to learn it all over again. Do not recall OSS, or even if you do, as long as Lotus Corporation is willing to give those users a free Lotus 1-2-3 software."

"I come from the countryside, I know the difficulty for the grassroots to change their fate. People often say the American Dream is inspiring. For example, being admitted to Stanford University represents a small American Dream. Through my own efforts, I traveled from a distant small town to beautiful California and stepped into the hallowed halls of knowledge, becoming mentally stronger. This inspired my hometown neighbors, and they began to demand more from their children, hoping they would strive as I did, to change their fate. Those six hundred thousand people are just like me. They now have a small American Dream, as they are learning OSS, they are dreaming about a better future. I request the members here to protect those six hundred thousand small American Dreams."

"Do not take away everything they now have, do not destroy their expectations for this country, for their own future. It’s regrettable that I maybe will not be able to continue protecting their dreams; for this, I deeply apologize to those kind and hardworking people. I always tell people to listen to their mother because my mother told me, to do the right thing. As the person practically responsible for Actor, I think the right thing to do right now, is to plead with you, please allow me to bear all the sins related to Actor alone, to accept all the punishments."

"The Bible - Second Epistle of Peter once said, ’Even angels, when they sinned, God did not spare them, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment.’