Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 534: The women’s business conference (3)

Chapter 534: The women’s business conference (3)

Faced with this question, many women paid attention to what Qin Meng’s answer would be. One could not indiscriminately record another individual as they wished. If they did as she said, wouldn’t they be opening themselves up to being sued?

Qin Meng looked thoughtful for a while, stumped even because the law was rather strict when it came to privacy and its invasion. "Mmm, think about it this way, I am not recording them rather I am recording myself. There is no law forbidding an individual from recording themselves in any capacity." She responded without referring to any specific laws.

Someone else raised their hand with another question. Rize looked at Qin Meng for direction and when she nodded that woman was given a microphone.

"Hello, I am Su Ri and I am very happy to be here. My issue is that recently a wife sued her husband for checking her phone without her permission. The wife won this case and her husband had to pay compensation in monetary terms despite the fact that he discovered that his wife was having an affair through this act. If I am recording myself and capture someone else does this mean they can sue me for infringing on their privacy even if they were in wrong?"

A few people mumbled and the chatter in the room increased a little bit. Everyone had heard about the case because it was the first of it’s kind in the empire and the ruling was outrageous as well. It had been a hot issue last month and attorneys, law makers and politicians were debating about it. There was a rumor that the judge was about to lose his seat for passing such a ridiculous judgement which had opened a can of worms for the lawyers, police and other judges.

"Ha-ha," Qin Meng laughed lightly. "This is not a law debate and I cannot give you a clear answer on an issue that our empire’s law makers are still debating. What I can say is that if you are uncomfortable with using such means then warn that person you are meeting in advance. I think everyone here knows what a Miranda warning is, even if it has not been personally read to you its common in detective dramas and movies. You are under arrest for the crime of so and so and you have the right to remain silent until your attorney arrives. When you are meeting an individual you don’t trust warn them, I have a recording device on me so you have the right to remain silent. If they are genuine and mean you no harm then there is no reason to turn off the recorder. If you are finally comfortable turn it off and if the other person makes a request and it’s fine by you turn it off. Circumstances are not always the same but ultimately the decision is in your hands. Your protection is not the responsibility of someone else, its yours. I will not be taking any legal questions because we have police officers in the room so approach them with those questions." Qin Meng had to stop them because she saw three more hands up. The hands went down and she continued talking, "Self defense classes are very important ladies, always remember that we are the weaker sex and no recording device will save you from being assaulted by a brute that outweighs you by fifty or more pounds. My favorite women in the entertainment world are the stuntwomen. They are usually the best trained fighters and most professional people you can ever meet in our line of work. Sadly they are also the least recognized in our work because their roles are not assigned value. I know more than six female actresses that have been harassed and zero stuntwomen because if you try anything, they defend themselves, ruthlessly sometimes. I have seen this with my own eyes, this stuntwoman broke a man’s hand on set for grabbing her buttocks."

A random applause followed that description, "Good for her." Someone shouted.

Qin Meng talked about other ways women could protect themselves from sexual harassment at the work place for thirty minutes. Finally she concluded by telling them to be safe out there and wishing them luck.

To her greatest surprise, even the police officers clapped for her because some of the advise she gave the women were things they echoed regularly when they went around in community centers teaching about sexual harassment as part of their duties. Women should know how to defend themselves against predators, president Qin was right about their security being in their own hands before anything else.

"Another round of applause for president Qin Meng." Rize returned to the stage to do her duties.

After that applause, she continued on to say, "Our next speaker is also a business woman. Her business not extremely big as compared to some of our speakers and her name is not known to many here, but nevertheless her boundless knowledge and experience of twenty years will be useful to many of us here. Please join me in welcoming Miss Wei Yuesong."

For politeness sake, the women clapped even though they asked themselves who Wei Yuesong was. She stood up from the audience and walked to the stage. And a few people wondered why she did not sit on stage with the others. They also noticed how ordinarily she was dressed in a simple brown dress with white poker dots. On her feet were a pair of clean white sneakers, there was nothing special about them either, they were the kind you would find in any shoe store where the ordinary people shopped for nice things which were almost as nice as those the rich people wore. She was not as dolled up or glamorous as the others, and her hair was held up in a pony tail by a simple black hair band. The most luxurious item on this woman was her handbag, it was a Queen’s company bag, but the design was that of the bags which were sold two years ago.

For her, a podium was brought and she stood in the middle of the stage.

"Hello ladies, I am happy to see you all here today. I would like to apologize in advance for speaking in CEO Chi Lian’s time, this was supposed to be her session but she gave it up to me yesterday."

A few young girls that wanted to hear from Chi Lian specifically were very disappointed. Most of these girls were from Crown University, and they wanted to hear from professor Jun Muyang’s successful wife. Some of them visibly frowned while others held stiff looks on their faces.

"Unbelievable." One dissatisfied young girl could not control her mouth and she blurted her disappointment out loud.

Those near her turned their heads around to see her face while others pretended as if her disbelief had not been heard.

But up on the stage, Chi Lian heard her vividly.

"Say something." T4 told her. "You are half of the reason why these girls are here and it will be disappointing to them if you backtrack at the last moment. Keep in mind that they paid for their tickets, it’s not as if they came for a free conference."

"Right," Chi Lian said to herself. It had escaped her mind briefly that this was a conference the attendees paid for with their hard earned money. She stood up and approached miss Yuesong and touched her shoulder. "Allow me say something briefly, I don’t want to disappoint them too much."

Miss Yuesong sat down and Chi Lian took up her previous position at the podium.

"Mmm, did you want to hear from me so much?" She asked the attendees.

"Yes." The younger women shouted loudly and they clapped.

"Why?" Chi Lian asked them with a teasing smile. "Is it because I am a CEO or Jun Muyang’s wife?"