Chapter 347: Criminal?
Yang Ming and Su Su got into Mo Yan's car, and then Mo Yan made a call on his mobile phone and began to drive towards the door of the court.
As soon as Mo Yan's car approached the door of the court, it attracted countless eyes, and Yang Ming and Su Su, who were sitting in the back, were discovered by some sharp-eyed people.
Suddenly, the crowd surged towards Mo Yan's car.
"Mr. Yang Ming, do you have confidence in this trial?"
"Mr. Yang Ming, I heard that you offended someone this time, so someone deliberately smeared you, what do you think of this statement?"
"Yang Ming, we support you!"
"Yang Ming, we will always believe in you. ”……
There were questions from media reporters and loud support from fans, the crowd was crowded at the door, and the car couldn't drive in at all, and Yang Ming took Su Su's hand, sat in the car, and didn't get out of the car for the time being according to Mo Yan's prompts.
Just when the scene was a little out of control, a group of uniformed bailiffs walked out of the gate of the courthouse and began to separate the crowd and clear a passageway.
Mo Yan then slowly drove the car into the gate of the court, and the iron gate behind it isolated the crowd from the gate of the court.
When they arrived at a safe place, Mo Yan signaled to Yang Ming and Su Su to get out of the car.
When Yang Ming got out of the car, the fans outside the gate of the court were even more excited, and they held signs in support of Yang Ming and shouted slogans hard.
Seeing that the fans were so supportive of him, Yang Ming hurriedly waved to the fans, and bent down to bow to express his gratitude.
"Let's go!" Mo Yan shouted.
Yang Ming took Su Su and bowed to the fans again, and then turned around and left Mo Yan for a while, and walked into a room in the court, it was not yet time for the trial.
In the lounge, Yang Ming and Mo Yan chatted, but none of the topics were related to today's case, and the two of them were so calm and comfortable, which also affected Su Su, so that she was not as nervous as before when she entered the court for the first time in her life.
Half an hour later, after being notified by the court staff that it was time for the court to begin, the three of them got up to leave.
Yang Ming walked into the courtroom and saw that the courtroom was not large, but it was full, and there were many reporters in the auditorium who did not carry cameras, as well as fans who came to cheer for Yang Ming.
These individuals are allowed to sit in the gallery only if they have submitted an application to the court in advance and are able to comply with the court's strict rules.
There were several middle-aged people with big bellies in the defendant's seat, and at a glance, they knew that they were the media bosses who were sued and accused by Yang Ming this time.
Yang Ming and Su Su walked to the plaintiff's seat, he calmly looked at several media bosses in the defendant's seat, and suddenly felt that someone in the auditorium was paying attention to him, he immediately turned his head and saw a row of people, and there were actually 3 acquaintances.
One is Ma Jing, who was beaten by himself some time ago, and there is another person who makes Yang Ming feel meaningful, he is Huang Mingri's nephew, Huang Taiji, who used to be rejected by himself because of the quota for the freshman party, and spoke ill of Yang Ming.
Sitting next to these two acquaintances, it was Li Shao and Li Xiaojun, and the middle-aged man with a majestic look sitting next to Li Xiaojun had never been seen by Yang Ming.
However, seeing that this middle-aged man's appearance was the slightest bit the same as Li Xiaojun, a name immediately popped up in Yang Ming's heart: Li Hongyi!
Well, the former general manager of Polaroid Corporation, but not anymore.
Seeing these people, all of them here now, Yang Ming naturally knew why, but his face didn't show any expression, as if he hadn't seen these people.
However, when Yang Ming saw Huang Taiji among these people, he immediately knew who was secretly taking photos of himself and Su Su.
It seems that this person is Huang Taiji.
Thinking of this, Yang Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and he glanced at Huang Taiji, who was sitting in the auditorium.
But Ma Jing looked at Yang Ming with a provocative face, as if he was stimulating Yang Ming to make inappropriate moves, but unfortunately, he was disappointed, no matter what provocative look he made, Yang Ming seemed to sit there motionless and indifferent as if he didn't exist.
Whether it was in his previous life or in this life, Yang Ming entered the court for the first time, and he felt a little novel, and looked at everyone in the court quietly.
What surprised him a little was that Huaxia in this world also had jurors!
Yang Ming had heard Mo Yan's introduction before, but he didn't say much, after all, according to Huaxia law, there are 12 jurors who appear in court, and these jury members are selected immediately every time they appear in court, and they don't know that they were selected into the case when they arrive in court.
Therefore, in this case, there is no need for the members of the jury to contact either the plaintiff or the defendant.
As for the selection of jury members, as long as they are Chinese citizens and do not have any bad records, they are obliged to serve as jurors for free, and it can be said that a large part of the jury members are ordinary people, which is also a political right granted by Huaxia to citizens.
Ten years ago, it caused a sensation in the whole of China, and Mo Yan also made Mo Yan famous in the lawyer's circle, the 'Cheng Xue rule' was that the jury's vote was passed in one fell swoop, so that the judge could pronounce the verdict according to the jury's opinion.
To tell the truth, in today's China, sometimes the wealthy and powerful and civilians go to court, as long as the evidence is sufficient, it is generally the wealthy and powerful who lose, not civilians without any background, in which the jury has played a lot of roles.
Just as Yang Ming was thinking about it, the judge came.
- Knock
Judge Zhao Kaiyuan struck the gavel, and the trial officially began.
Then, according to the process, the identities of both parties were checked first, and then Judge Zhao Kaiyuan read out the court notes, and then the plaintiff read out the indictment.
At this time, Mo Yan stood up, bowed to the judge and the jury, and then took out the indictment and read it out:
"Defendant Li Xuecai, male, legal representative of Tianhu.com, and defendant Wu Chonghua, male, legal representative of Entertainment News......"
Mo Yan read out the names of the four media legal representatives who were the defendants one by one, but these four bosses sat in the dock and heard their names, although they didn't show any expression, they couldn't help but pout, and they knew that they didn't care at a glance.
If it weren't for the scruples of the judge and the jury, the four of them would even want to walk away and leave the lawyer here to ink with the other party, anyway, in the end, the big deal would be to lose money.
Because someone clearly told them that the other party wanted to use the 'Cheng Xue Rule', there would never be any chance.
The four bosses thought of this person's identity and background, and naturally believed in what this person said, and they had long since lost the panic when they first heard Mo Yan and 'Cheng Xue's Rule'.
Ten years ago, Mo Yan succeeded because the media was unprepared at that time.
And now, 10 years later, there are full preparations here, and it is obvious that Mo Yan wants to replicate the miracle of 10 years, which is not a possible thing at all.
Therefore, when they heard Mo Yan read their names, the four bosses naturally disagreed in their hearts and didn't take it to heart at all.
It's just that as the defense lawyer on the side of the four bosses and defendants, the more he listens, the more frowning he becomes.
According to the rules, now Mo Yan should file a lawsuit and then lay out the facts and reasons, but now Mo Yan seems to have regarded his four defendants as criminals from the beginning.
The defense lawyer immediately stood up and shouted, "Protest!"
Mo Yan immediately stopped when he heard this, as if he had expected it a long time ago, looked at the defense lawyer, did not speak, and the judge also felt that something was wrong, but as soon as he heard the defense lawyer stand up to protest, he immediately understood what was wrong, but he still said to the defense lawyer: "Defense lawyer, please speak." ”
I saw that the defense lawyer looked at Mo Yan with a sneer on his face and said, "It seems that the prosecution lawyer read the wrong complaint!"
- Wow
Whether it was the jury or the crowd in the auditorium, when they heard the words of the defense lawyer, they couldn't help but be stunned, and they all looked at Mo Yan, a very famous lawyer, okay, this is just the beginning, and I was mistaken.
Among them, the members of the jury were also talking to each other, and the twelve of them were all members who were selected immediately, and some of them could not be very familiar with the law, and they were all asking what was going on.
As if everyone was popularizing science, the defense lawyer said: "Prosecution lawyer, your complaint is wrong in terms of format and specifications!"
After finishing speaking, the defense lawyer looked proud, looking at Mo Yan who was sinking like water without any expression, this prosecution lawyer's Mo Yan can be said to be a famous name in the legal world, if he can overwhelm him, then for him, it is simply a good thing to make a name for him.
However, what made the defense lawyer's heart sink was that Mo Yan never showed a panicked look, as if he was doing the right thing.
Yang Ming sat in the plaintiff's seat, and he also looked calm and comfortable, and he was not surprised by this sudden change.
Su Su didn't understand anything at all, anyway, she saw that Yang Ming was full of confidence, there was nothing unusual, and she didn't show a panicked look.
At this time, Mo Yan finally spoke: "I read the lawsuit correctly, but it is not a civil lawsuit, but a criminal lawsuit!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Whether it's the judge and the jury, or the four bosses of the defendant and all the people in the auditorium.
Even if you are a legal idiot, you are very clear about the difference between civil and criminal.
It can be said that civil cases can generally be settled by compensation in the end, while criminal cases are guilty of criminal acts.
The four media released untrue and unfavorable news about Yang Ming, at most, they compensated for the matter, and it is not impossible to rise to a criminal case, but it requires Yang Ming to report the case and the police file a case to determine the facts of the defendant's crime, and then there will be a criminal prosecution.
However, for the four bosses, someone has long assured them that this case will definitely not rise to a criminal case so easily.
Even if it rises to a criminal case, there will be people who will reduce the culpability to a minimum, which will greatly facilitate the trial.
It's just that I didn't expect Mo Yan's words to disrupt everyone's minds and arrangements, and the four bosses felt that something was wrong in their hearts!
At this time, everyone looked at Mo Yan, waiting for him to tell the truth of this fact.
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I haven't been in the court again, and I won't enter in the future, ^_^ all the information is checked on the Internet, and it is inevitable that there will be negligence or wrongness, everyone will think that the Chinese rules of this world are different, if there is a hard injury, please correct.
In fact, I read the materials for an afternoon and made a combination of domestic and American laws, which is just a cool picture. Don't take it seriously!