Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Familiar Recipe, A Familiar Taste
"Damn! Their trick is really vicious, obviously they planted the blame for this kind of thing, but it seems to be true by relying on public opinion, and there are many of them, they are still making trouble and protesting, and even put pressure on the company's employees to force them to resign from the company, they are hooligans at all!"
When Zhou Ming hung up Julie's phone, Lin Muqing's dissatisfaction and anger erupted from his mouth.
However, scolding and scolding, this can't solve any practical problems at all, Lin Muqing also understands this, so she asked Zhou Ming again: "What should we do now? We can't let them spread rumors like this, or we should call the police?"
Lin Muqing was also very unconfident in the proposal to call the police, because the current situation was caused by the previous police, and if she called the police now, she couldn't judge whether it would make the situation more chaotic and unbearable.
Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "It's useless, of course, the current situation can't be bad there, but Sister Mu Qing, don't forget the freedom advertised by the United States, what is being broadcast on the TV station now, and what the troublemakers at the door are saying, it is their freedom, whether it is us or the police, we have no power to care, if we insist on intervening, it will only give the TV station more excuses to play better." ”
In the end, Zhou Ming smiled bitterly: "In fact, we don't have the ability to do this at all now, and even if we are a little more scheming, just wait for us to go to the police, and then they will push and forcibly intervene, then our trouble will be even greater." ”
Zhou Ming's words made Lin Muqing's heart tremble, obviously she also thought of this vicious possibility, especially with Christo, who is now manipulating behind his back, he is very likely to do this.
It was precisely because she thought of this that she became even more irritable: "Zhou Ming, if we can't even call the police, are we really helpless?"
Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders and said, "My Sister Muqing, I haven't said this, because I don't think this is to the point where we have nothing to do, it's just that I don't think the other party's move has finished yet, and I still want to see what follow-up actions he has." ”
Lin Muqing stared at Zhou Ming, feeling a little surprised by Zhou Ming's words, she believed that Zhou Ming would have a way, as for what follow-up actions there were, it made her feel terrible, could it be that it was already over here, would there be more oppressive actions over there? But now that they are like this, what else can they do? Or did Zhou Ming deliberately say it to scare himself?
Zhou Ming knew that Lin Muqing was starting to think about it, so Zhou Ming said to her: "Okay, Sister Muqing, let's stop thinking about these things, let's do what we should have done first." ”
Faced with Zhou Ming's words, Lin Muqing was stunned at first, and then reacted: "Zhou Ming, are you saying that we should go to a lawyer first?"
Zhou Ming smiled and said Of course, it can be seen from Lin Muqing's question that she is still very smart, but she was blindsided just now, and she was a little uncalm.
When it was noon, Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing came to the garden restaurant in the city center together, which they had already made an appointment with Allen, after all, the TV station had created such a big rumor, and he couldn't be indifferent. Maybe the strength of the TV station is strong, or maybe Christo's side has thought of this for a long time, so he is prepared behind the scenes, but he has to struggle no matter what, and he can't let others slaughter him.
It's just that Christo stabbed the law firm very insidiously at this time, and even this action interfered with Allen's lawyer's license, so Zhou Ming had to ask Allen to help find another lawyer.
At the door of the garden restaurant, Zhou Minglin Muqing and Allen met, and Allen really brought a middle-aged lawyer.
"This is Mr. Holder, he is my college classmate, now runs his own law firm, he is very good at defamation lawsuits in the commercial field, and even has a record of winning a lawsuit against Northeast TV, so I believe he can be of great help to Mr. Zhou Ming. Allen introduced Zhou Ming.
"That's really good news!" said Lin Muqing, "but please forgive me for asking, Attorney Holder doesn't have anything to do with the Addams family, does he?"
After saying that, Lin Muqing also thought of something wrong, and she immediately added: "Lawyer Holder, I don't say this because I don't believe in your professionalism, it's just that we need to determine something......"
Before Lin Muqing's words were finished, Holder said to her: "This lady, please rest assured, Alan has already told me before, to be honest, I am very proud that you can challenge such a powerful family as Adams, and I am also worried about your current situation, so I will definitely do my best to help you win this lawsuit!"
Lin Muqing relieved her heart at this time, Zhou Ming also raised her eyebrows and glanced at Holder, and then they walked into the garden restaurant together, and Zhou Ming asked for a very good vineyard restaurant.
Under the special grape trellis, Zhou Ming, Lin Muqing and Alan Holder raised a glass together, and then Zhou Ming said to Holder: "Lawyer Holder, in fact, the essence of this case is very simple, that is, the reporter of Northeast TV took a shot of the troublesome crowd at the door of my company, but they not only did not report it truthfully, but even deliberately spread rumors that Wharton Company was suspected of fraud, and said that the graffiti of the troublemakers was a tragic situation at the scene. ”
Holder nodded while listening: "Mr. Zhou Ming, don't worry about it first, I understand what you said, but this case is a little troublesome." ”
Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing looked at him suspiciously, and Holder then explained: "It's very simple, Mr. Zhou Ming, you said that Northeast TV is spreading rumors, but we can't come up with strong evidence to prove it. ”
"Why can't you prove it? Is there a video of the scene and a TV report, isn't that enough?" Lin Muqing said in surprise.
"Of course not. "Because television stations can circumvent it with one-sided reporting, any experienced lawyer can easily defend it unless there is more robust evidence or a better situation for us." ”
Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing looked at each other: "What is the more powerful evidence and situation?"
Holder thought for a moment and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Zhou Ming, you just said that the TV station also reported on your collusion with the police, right?"
Zhou Ming nodded yes, and Holder said: "That's right, generally for this kind of thing, the TV station has the responsibility to verify, we can use this report to pull the police station into the lawsuit, and then force the police station to stand on the same side as us, so that whether it is looking for evidence or the strength of our litigation team, it will make this lawsuit easier." ”
"That's true. ”
Zhou Ming said that not long after saying this to Holder, Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing left the garden restaurant, because they received another phone call, so Zhou Ming had no choice but to hurriedly end the dinner with Alan Holder.
On the way, Lin Muqing asked, "Zhou Ming, do you say that Holder is really worth trusting?" I always feel that he is a person sent by the Addams family to deliberately make trouble for us. ”
Zhou Ming smiled: "I said Sister Mu Qing, you have been bitten by a snake for ten years and are afraid of the well rope, although I admit that it is not without the possibility you said, but now we don't have so much energy to guard against this and that, and this Holder was invited by Allen, I believe that Allen is definitely not the kind of person who has no brains, he must have considered it carefully." ”
Lin Muqing nodded silently, she turned her head to look out the window, and saw that there were many people at the intersection handing out leaflets, and some people holding banners and slogans, all of which were denouncing Wharton's words.
"These villains are really everywhere!" Lin Muqing said resentfully.
"Do they want to encourage those policyholders to make trouble like a run on the bank? But this is the United States, everything has to be in accordance with the law, we have signed a formal contract with all the policyholders, how can we say that we can return it?" Zhou Ming said and sighed, "But it seems that the energy of the Addams family is really extraordinary, and it can create such a big momentum, but they also change the soup and not the medicine, and they are still familiar with the formula." ”
Shaking their heads, Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing didn't think about this, they just took the car all the way to the Harvard dormitory, Chen Shuye Ning and Li Yang, the three financial class leaders, were waiting at the door, and when they saw Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing getting out of the car, they immediately stepped forward.
"The teacher is not good, our dormitory convenience store can't be opened!" Ye Ning said.
"Don't be in a hurry, you can tell me what happened. Zhou Ming said.
Zhou Ming's calmness made Chen Shuye Ning and Li Yang also calm down, and then as the person in charge of the dormitory convenience store, Li Yang stood up and said to Zhou Ming.
In fact, the matter of convenience stores is not complicated, even Zhou Ming is very familiar, just in the afternoon, many people came to their dormitory convenience store to protest, saying that they sold fake goods in the convenience store, and as a result, some people were hospitalized with diarrhea, and they demanded that the convenience store without any qualifications be closed immediately and the victims should be compensated.
"This must be another conspiracy on the Addams family's side!" Lin Muqing said, "Li Yang, let me ask you, is there anyone who is still following the reporter when he is protesting?"
Li Yang nodded yes, and Lin Muqing said again: "Sure enough, he just waited for there to be a move here, and then went to the news to frame him, they were like this when they were to Wharton Insurance Company, what a bunch of shameless things!"
Zhou Ming also frowned: "Li Yang, what did you do, didn't you have any conflict with them, right?"
Li Yang replied: "Of course not, we all remember that you said that this is an extraordinary time, and you also talked about the Wharton company, I took precautions, and did not have any conflict with them, nor did I call the police, but just asked the school to come forward." But they didn't give up, and finally surrounded the entire principal's building, just to force the school to close our convenience store. ”
"What about the final result?" Lin Muqing asked anxiously.
Under Lin Muqing's questioning, Li Yang lowered his head: "The school has no choice but to suspend the convenience store." ”
For this result, both Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing were very reluctant to accept it, but they didn't say anything, because now for Li Yang, there is no other choice, although this choice is very depressing and aggrieved, but it seems to be the only way.
But this grievance is not the end, and then Chen Shu came up and said: "Teacher, in fact, although the matter of the convenience store is our first pot of gold, it is not important for now, the reason why we are so anxious to call you is because another more important thing is that our stock account has been frozen by the brokerage company, and we cannot carry out any financial operations now." ”
"The reason, based on the results of our inquiry with the brokerage company, is that there is a problem with the linked bank account. Chen Shu said.
"How can this be? Could it be that this is also a masterpiece of the Addams family?" Lin Muqing said in surprise.
Zhou Ming sneered and said: "It seems that they have really spared no effort over there, and they actually carried out such an all-round blow to me, although these methods are familiar recipes and familiar tastes, but the purpose is to knock me down, and I don't want to have any chance to turn over." ”