Chapter 153 How Much Settlement Fee? Last Battle

Lin Yumeng's opening statement was finally over.

Although the explanation was only ten minutes long, it left everyone in the court feeling unsatisfied.

Under Zhang Wei's instruction, Lin Yumeng said a lot, and also exposed Mo Mingchuan's next court trial routine.

You're going to attack the plaintiff's wife?

No problem, I've informed the jury.

Do you want to invite dozens of expert witnesses?

No problem, I've given the jury the exact number.

Are you going to fight a protracted war?

No problem, we have even expressed the attitude of both parties towards the trial.

You can fight for months, but we just want the case to be closed quickly, by next week if you don't interfere.

What will the jury think when they know?

Do they want to accompany you in a war of attrition?

Obviously impossible, they just want to go home quickly, end this court trial quickly, and go home to be with their families quickly.

At this moment, the jury and Zhang Wei's side were already on the same front.

Once one side can unite with the jury during the trial, then this side will have a huge advantage!

All the moves that Mo Mingchuan could think of were all predicted by Zhang Wei.

And relying on Lin Yumeng's opening statement, he deciphered all these moves one by one.

It can be said that Mo Mingchuan's next move is already useless.

This is the result of Zhang Wei staying up all night to study Mo Mingchuan's previous records of litigation.

Faced with such a situation, the only thing Mo Mingchuan could do was one choice.

And this point, Zhang Wei has already guessed.

in the dock.

"Your Honor, the defense requests that this trial be postponed so that we can...have some friendly legal negotiations with the prosecution!"

Mo Mingchuan got up immediately and made a request to the judge.

His tone was a little hasty and a little flustered.

"Delay, friendly negotiation, why don't you just say that you want to reach a court deal with the prosecution?"

Seeing Mo Mingchuan trying to calm himself down, but unable to hide his inner panic, Zhang Wei almost couldn't help laughing.

Well, he's already laughing.

"Mr. He, now I can finally tell you that the advantage is already on our side, and the next thing is the real good show!"

Zhang Wei suppressed his smile, and whispered something in He Qingnian's ear.

He Qingnian naturally didn't understand, but he also knew that the current situation seemed to be beneficial to him.

"It's up to you, Lawyer Zhang, and I will fully cooperate!"

"That's not the case, but you can rest assured that the rest of the discussion just needs to be handed over to us!"

Zhang Wei comforted him and looked towards the trial seat.

The judge also expected that Mo Mingchuan would make a request to suspend or postpone the trial.

"Plaintiff, what's your opinion?"

"We have no objection!" Lin Yumeng had Zhang Wei's instruction, so naturally she would not object.

"Well, today is Friday, and the court announced that the next court session will be on Monday. I will give you both a weekend, okay?"

The judge struck the hammer and announced that the court was once again dissolved.

At the gate of the court, the two sides walked out one after another.

However, unlike when they entered the courtroom before, the faces of the two parties seemed to have exchanged when they came out this time.

Before entering, Zhang Wei's side looked solemn, while Mo Mingchuan's side was menacing.

Now, Zhang Wei's side is relaxed and comfortable, while Mo Mingchuan's side is sad.

The performance of the two sides also made the media smell something unusual.

But just before being chased and intercepted by the media, the two sides dispersed without giving them a chance to ask questions.

Zhang Wei asked Tie Ruyun to stay behind to deal with the media, while his group left the court with Mr. He.

After returning to the law firm in the afternoon, it was almost time to get off work.

"You boy, why do you ask me to deal with the media again? I'm the leader!"

Tie Ruyun finally came back, sweaty and out of breath.

God knows how he handles the media.

Anyway, at the interview site, apart from the voices of the media, there was only his screams.

Mo Mingchuan was escorted by more than a dozen people, and the media couldn't interview him, so they had to surround him in the end.

It was really not easy for Tie Ruyun to fight his way out surrounded by countless media.

Jingle Bell!

But as soon as Tie Ruyun arrived, the landline next to Tie Cuilan rang.

"Yeah, ok, I see, I will tell the Criminal Division Office!"

After Tie Cuilan finished speaking, she quickly shouted to Zhang Wei: "Just now, Harper Cigar called and asked us to make an appointment to sit down and negotiate, and it's today!"

"Oh my god, I was really hit by what you said, master, are they going to compromise!"

Lin Yumeng was extremely excited when she heard the news.

This means that Harper Cigars has to make concessions.

As for how much to make concessions, it depends on the next negotiation.

"Then should I reply to the other party immediately?" Tie Cuilan also asked.

Still waiting for news.

"No, just hang them up for a while and call back in 30 minutes!"

Zhang Wei signaled Tie Cuilan not to worry, it was the other party who should be worried now.

With that said, he sat down, and then raised his hand to beckon the little partner in the criminal team to come over.

"We should discuss it. If we leave for the other party's company in 30 minutes, what will we talk about when we arrive?"

"Your boy told the truth, it's really time to discuss it!"

Tie Ruyun quickly took a sip of water, and finally regained his composure.

"I think they want to reconcile. As for the amount of reconciliation, it's hard to say."

Tie Ruyun looked at Zhang Wei, "Didn't you read all the lawsuits before, did you get any compensation?"

Zhang Wei shook his head, "In the previous cases, Mo Mingchuan won, so there is no settlement amount!"

"this……"

Nothing means "0", and Tie Ruyun lost his mind.

After all, he is the team leader of the criminal team, not the business team and the civil team. It is difficult to make a judgment on the settlement amount.

"Xiaomeng, what do you think?" Zhang Wei looked at his little apprentice, today's great hero.

"Master, I don't know, but if you want me to quote a price, then let me think about it..."

Lin Yumeng made a look of thinking, but shouted after a few seconds: "How about a hundred million?"

puff--

Tie Ruyun, who was just about to take his second sip of water, sprayed it without accident.

One hundred million, thanks to this girl who really dares to say it!

I know that your family is rich, and that you are a young lady, but you don't have to open your mouth to call out 100 million!

"I'm just talking casually. Anyway, the houses on the Dongjiang River are about the same size as my house. Almost every house is priced at this price, not more than 100 million!"

Well, after hearing what Lin Yumeng said, Zhang Wei and the others felt that it was not so outrageous.

Zhang Wei looked at the last little friend again.

"Xiao Li, what do you think?"

"I?"

Li Yueqin pointed at herself, with a confused look on her face, "I didn't participate in the case, so you let me speak, okay?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. We're all in the same group. Whatever you say, you can quote a price anyway!"

"Then I think... how about 1 million?"

After Li Yueqin finished speaking, she looked at Tie Ruyun and Zhang Wei, feeling a little embarrassed.

But she still lowered her head and explained in a slightly lower voice: "If it's too high, people won't reconcile, and if it's too low, it's not suitable for your customers. Before they gave 100,000, I think 10 times it should be about the same." Already!"

Zhang Wei said that Xiao Li is indeed an honest boy.

With such a big advantage today, you only increased by 10 times.

"What about you kid, don't ask us, make up your mind!" Tie Ruyun looked at Zhang Wei again.

Now the criminal team has the final say, of course you Zhang Wei.

But Zhang Wei did not answer, but instead asked: "Old Tie, let me ask you, what was the revenue of Jincheng Law Firm last year?"

Tie Ruyun thought for a while, and recalled: "About 2 billion, this is the total income of legal fees and consulting fees alone, without deducting the salary paid and the labor cost of litigation."

"The lawyer's fee is 2 billion. Jincheng Law has five major departments. Calculated, the lawyer's fee of a single litigation department last year was about 400 million?"

The 400 million was allocated to 6 groups, and each group charged an average of 66 million in legal fees last year, which is 5.5 million per month.

In other words, it only needs to exceed 5.5 million, then the performance of the criminal group, especially the legal fees, will definitely beat the business group 2, and even other groups.

Because this data is relatively high, in addition to the five major departments of the law firm, the performance of small departments such as the family department must also be included.

Calculated, the performance of each group's monthly legal fees is actually less than 5 million.

Zhang Wei won the lawsuit for Sincerity Insurance before, but this lawsuit has 1 million lawyer fees, which means that only 4 million can be achieved.

"We signed a risk agency contract with Mr. He, and the lawyer's fee is half of the settlement amount, which means that 8 million is enough to accomplish our goal!"

Hearing this number, Li Yueqin was slightly taken aback, but Lin Yumeng didn't express anything.

Maybe for her, 8 million is really not a lot of money.

"Then raise 10 million as a settlement fee. This amount is just a compromise between Xiaomeng and Xiao Li. 1 million is too little, and 100 million is too big for a small goal."

"Really 10 million?"

Tie Ruyun was also a little shocked by this number.

That's 10 million, he may not be able to earn so much money in his life.

"More than 10 million?" Zhang Wei spread his hands, speechless.

In his previous life, the fee for a case was several million to tens of millions, ten million is really not much.

Fortunately, you are still the leader of the criminal team. You are such a big person, and you are so restless with a mere 10 million.

"Stop chatting, 30 minutes is up!" Tie Cuilan over there suddenly reminded.

"Okay, Sister Cuilan, call them back and tell them, we'll be there in an hour!"

Now that he forgives the other party for 30 minutes, Zhang Wei naturally urges his friends to get ready to go on the road.

Zhang Wei told Li Yueqin and Tie Ruyun not to leave work, but to go there with him to build up his courage.

But now it was the evening rush hour, and they didn't let Tie Ruyun drive, but the four of them went to the Dongjiang business district by subway.

When they arrived at the office building where Harper's company was located, the three of Tie Ruyun became nervous.

"What are you afraid of, don't you just go up to negotiate, anyway, let me tell you, you guys are so cowardly?"

Zhang Wei led the way into the elevator. The four of them had different thoughts, but none of them spoke.

As the elevator doors opened, the reception assistant was already waiting for them at the door.

Not long after, they came to the reception meeting room, and met Mo Mingchuan, representatives of Harper Cigars and others.

Both parties are seated.

The atmosphere in the conference room also became tense, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as being tense.

Li Yueqin and Tie Ruyun sat on both sides, while Lin Yumeng and Zhang Wei faced Mo Mingchuan directly.

Mo Mingchuan was negotiating with the agent next to him, when he saw Zhang Wei and Lin Yumeng were seated, he immediately closed the notebook in front of him.

"Under the premise of unconditional confidentiality, signing a confidentiality agreement, and not admitting responsibility, Harper Cigars agrees to compensate your party, Mr. He Qingnian, in the amount of 5 million yuan, which will be paid in installments within two years."

"This is the condition we gave!"

Hearing the amount, Li Yueqin's hands trembled, and Tie Ruyun also raised her head.

Only Zhang Wei and Lin Yumeng, their expressions did not change at all.

Without hesitation, Zhang Wei rejected it directly: "I'm sorry, Professor Mo, we reject this bid!"

Mo Mingchuan was very displeased with this answer, and narrowed his eyes, "Lawyer Zhang, you are not the lead lawyer in this case, are you? You should ask Xiao Lin to file a rejection, and my quotation is for your client. Why don't you ask him?" opinion?"

"Master's opinion is my opinion, I have nothing to say!" Lin Yumeng hurried out to stand for Zhang Wei.

"Professor Mo, you heard me. Xiaomeng's meaning has been expressed clearly. As for your second question, I can also tell you clearly that we signed a full agency contract, and the client trusts us unconditionally, so this quotation , we can directly reject you!"

Seeing Zhang Wei's indifferent answer, Mo Mingchuan gathered his five fingers together and clenched into a fist.

"Lawyer Zhang, it seems that you didn't understand what I meant. The reason why we paid this price is because sometimes driving away a mosquito is less labor-intensive than killing it!"

"Professor Mo, although I am not a professional lawyer who is proficient in civil compensation law, when I have to remind you that this is not a situation where you can push your nose against us, I suggest you face the reality, if you are not in a hurry , will not propose a settlement!"

Zhang Wei naturally rejected Mo Mingchuan's proposal, and the rejection was straightforward, and even the threat was directly resolved by him.

The company representative on the side couldn't sit still, and immediately said: "We propose a settlement to avoid a lengthy lawsuit, that's all!"

But upon hearing this ambiguous explanation, Zhang Wei didn't make any response, but looked at Mo Mingchuan.

He knows that the representative is not the final decision-maker, and the opinion of Inexplicable is higher than that of the representative.

"Professor Mo, I think my apprentice's opening statement has made you irrefutable. Your strategy of trying to blame the victim is also ineffective, because we have pointed out her responsibility. You are going to use it to overturn the addictive nature of nicotine. Scientific evidence doesn't work either, and we don't even bother to mention it. If you're going to raise a medical-technical defense to prove that your tobacco products aren't harmful, that's what we're asking for, and I'm expecting you to open your eyes and say A scene of nonsense, I think this will be a very interesting scene!"

"you……"

Faced with Zhang Wei's aggressiveness, Mo Mingchuan finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Every point this kid said was almost a thorn in his heart, which completely resolved his resistance methods.

"Professor Mo, don't be impatient, I'm just here to reason with you."

"Look outside, the general environment is different now. Modern people pay more attention to health issues, because everyone has money and wants to live longer, and your products are expensive and cannot be returned after purchase. Consumers bring health, but shorten their lifespan."

"In my opinion, the public just lacks an opportunity. All potential consumers of your company are also waiting for this opportunity, an opportunity that can completely rid themselves of your company's products for the rest of their lives, and I think this case is that opportunity! "

"In fact, we hope that this case will last as long as possible, so that we will get more and more attention. When we provide proofs time and time again to prove that your company's products are harmful to health, do you think the public will What do you think?"

"Professor Mo, although there are only four of us, we are willing to bet on the attitude of the public and the jury. They have already regarded you as villains. You have already lost once during the day, and I think the jury will want to use this opportunity to tell People in the world, cigars are not a necessary consumer product, and at that time, one can imagine the fate of your company."

The faces of Mo Mingchuan and the representative also became more and more ugly under Zhang Wei's words.

They also thought about this point, but they didn't expect it to be brought up by Zhang Wei.

"Professor Mo, I still remember the data I asked my apprentice to say in court. Your daily revenue is 54 million. In my opinion, 1 million is not a punishment, and 5 million is not a punishment."

"Once the jury decides, and wants to teach you a lesson, what number do you think they'll come up with?"

"Is it 10 million, or 20 million, or your daily revenue? Remember, your daily revenue is 54 million. If the jury finds that the pain you have brought to Mr. He Qing will require a day's revenue." Accepting it as compensation doesn't seem like an excessive request to me, does it?"

Hearing Zhang Wei's words, Mo Mingchuan's eyes were completely blurred. He stared at Zhang Wei, trying to see something on that calm face.

But Zhang Wei ignored him again, and said with a sneer, "Professor Mo, you should have thought it through, then let me remind you again, if you really want to fight us to the end, you have considered the outcome of failure."

"I believe that Harper Cigars has consumers all over the world, which means there are people all over the world who have died because of your products, and once they all know about the case, see that we only need 4 people, plus A family member of the victim can make you pay the price, even if the price is not painful, it is enough to reap the benefits, what do you think they will do?"

"Do you dare to bet on humanity with me? When the time comes, do you think that nothing will happen, or will there be a large number of victims who will initiate lawsuits all over the world and come to you like a tide?"

"It seems that you have the chance to win?" Mo Mingchuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted Zhang Wei's words.

"No, no, Professor Mo, you have misunderstood. We are actually not sure. I admit that these are all my guesses, but what if we are right, can you really bear any of the risks I mentioned above?"

"Lawyer Zhang, since you have said so, can you afford to fail?"

"Of course, there are only four of us, so what if we lose the lawsuit, we'll start all over again~"

At this moment, Zhang Wei looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.

But this trick is really effective, Mo Mingchuan was stunned by this answer and said nothing.

"Professor Mo, that's all I have to say. Think about it for yourself. All in all, we will never accept a settlement fee of 5 million yuan!"

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he raised his hand to signal to everyone around him.

"let's go!"

He took the lead and left the conference room, followed by Lin Yumeng.

Li Yueqin and Tie Ruyun were stunned in their seats for a moment, and then hurriedly chased them out.

Mo Mingchuan watched Zhang Wei and others leave, and fell into silence with the representatives around him.