Chapter 381: Sentencing
Fifteen minutes passed, and the jury members and judges walked out, and the judge returned to his place, at this time, the entire courtroom nervously straightened up, waiting for the final verdict.
The judge calmly looked at everyone in the courtroom in front of him, knocked on the gavel, and said slowly: "It has been verified that the case of the plaintiff being defamed is indeed correct and the evidence is conclusive, and the defendant takes advantage of the characteristics and convenience of the resources in his hands to wantonly spread news reports unfavorable to the plaintiff, which not only violates the purpose of the media to seek truth from facts, but also violates the law of China!"
Speaking of this, everyone's hearts were tight, it was difficult for the judge to give a heavy sentence, if this is the case, the future of the four companies and Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi will all be ruined.
Everyone watched the judge with bated breath, waiting for his answer.
However, the defendants Zhang Ziqing and Li Hongyi took the initiative to repent of their mistakes, and this attitude is worth encouraging. At this point, the judge's tone paused and continued: "The jury has decided that the defense is guilty of defamation!"
Hearing this, although Yang Ming had already expected it in his heart, he still raised his eyebrows, looked at the judge with a blank gaze, and waited for the next words.
"This seat announced that four media companies need to compensate the winning plaintiff Yang Ming for a total of 40 million yuan for defamation!" Hearing this decision, everyone couldn't help but exclaim, this number is so high, only to hear the judge continue: "In addition, these four media companies are disqualified from reporting by the news public!"
"Shhh
When the bosses of the four media companies heard the verdict at this time, their faces were pale, and they all sat down in their chairs, looking demented.
The rest of the courtroom looked at them with surprise and surprise, while the reporters in the gallery responded with sympathy, pity, and even a hint of pride, and they were no longer the same people, because the four media companies had been denied the right to report on the news.
The judge's verdict is not over: "Zhang Ziqing and Li Hongyi, as the masterminds of this incident, know the law and break the law, but in view of the good attitude of the two in admitting guilt, this seat sentenced the two to one year in prison, no probation, no bail, the two prisoners can go to Yanjing Suburban Prison to serve their sentences if they need to, and they will be executed immediately!"
One year in prison, no bail, and immediate execution! When Zhang Shao heard this result, his mind was dizzy for a while, and if he grabbed the back of the chair in front of him with both hands, he would almost be unable to stand!
He actually needs to go to prison, he Zhang Shao will go to prison one day! Zhang Shao's mind was in chaos, and his whole mind was buzzing, he really didn't expect that as a child of a famous family in Yanjing, he would go to prison one day.
This makes Zhang Shao behave in front of his friends in the future, how can he raise his head in front of others?
And Li Hongyi seemed to accept this result, standing there motionless, numbly accepting this result.
"Your Excellency!" At this time, the defense lawyer stood up anxiously, stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhang Shao and said: "I raise an objection, this punishment is too heavy, my client has a clean criminal record, why did he lose the right to bail?"
The judge took a deep look at the defense lawyer and Zhang Shao, and said lightly: "The objection is invalid, you can appeal, but the verdict of this seat has been decided and cannot be changed!"
To be honest, making this kind of sentence has wasted a lot of brain cells of the judge, and if it were any other ordinary case, he would not have made such a sentence that cannot be bailed!
It's really because the influence of this case is too great at this time, so big that everyone in China knows about it, and they are paying attention to this case.
According to the law, once convicted of defamation, the sentencing standard is fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights.
And now the judge's sentence for Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi has been regarded as a lenient sentence, if Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi can be suspended or released on bail, then this kind of punishment is simply the same as no sentence for them.
At this moment, which has attracted countless media attention at home and abroad, how can a judge make such a sentence and a sentence without a sentence, if he can really be released on bail, it is not the same as suing others, as long as he is powerful and powerful, even if he violates the law, he will not get the punishment he deserves.
In order to make a suitable sentence and sentencing, in a short period of time, the judge racked his brains to come up with such a sentence that he thought was more appropriate, which was not too heavy, and also allowed Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi to get the punishment they deserved.
He believed that even if the Zhang family faced his own punishment, they would have nothing to say.
After all, if the crime of defamation is convicted, it can be sentenced to 1-3 years, and the judge chose the least amount of time, which can be regarded as taking care of the face of the Zhang family.
The denial of bail and probation allowed Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi to indeed be punished, which can prove that judicial independence is not controlled by any family, and there is also an explanation to the outside public.
The judge decided that this was the most appropriate sentence!
Yang Ming was a little surprised when he heard the judge's final sentence for Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi, and then he and Mo Yan exchanged glances and nodded silently, meaning to accept the result.
Although the judge's sentence was a bit unexpected, Yang Ming was still very satisfied with the result, at least for this lawsuit, his demands have been fully realized!
Fines!
Close the door!
These two elements have been realized, Yang Ming is already very satisfied, and as for Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi being sent to prison, it is really an unexpected gain.
He didn't expect that Huang Taiji would take out a recording in order to avoid imprisonment and save his acting career, so as to sweep Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi off the horse!
Yang Ming had no way to be dissatisfied with this result, but he felt a little worried about Huang Taiji, and in order to exonerate himself, he pulled Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi off the horse, and Huang Taiji offended the two Yanjing magnates at once.
It is estimated that Huang Mingri, an old fox, is about to be killed by his nephew!
Isn't this Uncle Pit!
At this time, four burly bailiffs walked up to Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi in handcuffs, and one of them said to the two of them: "Two gentlemen, you can remove the valuables on your bodies now, or you can directly hand them over to the Yanjing Suburban Prison for safekeeping!"
Moments later, Li Hongyi and Zhang Shao were handcuffed and taken away by four bailiffs.
When Zhang Shao passed by Yang Ming, he suddenly stretched out his handcuffed hands, showed them in front of him, his expression was indescribable, and then said softly to Yang Ming: "One day, I will also let you bring this, you wait!"
Yang Ming was a little surprised to look at Zhang Shao, who didn't have much contact with him, but seemed to have a deep hatred, and couldn't help laughing, he stared at Zhang Shao's eyes, looked at Zhang Shao with a hint of mockery and said, "You can enjoy this year's vacation first!"
As soon as Yang Ming's words fell, a bailiff behind him pushed Zhang Shao and said, "Hurry up, don't grind!"
Zhang Shao was pushed, his expression was very unhappy, and he took a deep look at the bailiff who pushed him behind, but he didn't say anything more and left with handcuffs.
When Zhang Shao's figure disappeared at the entrance of the passage, Yang Ming shook hands with Mo Yan and said, "Thank you, Lawyer Mo!"
"It's okay, this is what I should do!" Mo Yan said.
As the trial ended, the reporters in the auditorium quickly threw out the courtroom, took out their mobile phones, called their counterparts outside and said: "Hurry up, the results of the trial are out, the four media companies have been fined heavily, and at the same time have been disqualified from the news media, and the children of the Zhang family and Li Hongyi were sentenced to one year in prison, without bail or probation, hurry up and write it and send it back to the company." ”
"Oh, by the way, and wait a minute, you guys hurry up and take a photo of Li Hongyi and that Zhang Shao in handcuffs, it will be more attractive to put it in the news at that time, pay attention, they are probably going out soon!"
If Zhang Shao heard the words of these reporters, he would probably be mad, and he was a son of a wealthy family, and the reporters would have been waiting at the gate of the court in order to take photos of him in shackles.
After the trial, Yang Ming and Su Su followed Mo Yan for a while, packed up all kinds of papers, and then left from the other gate of the court, instead of Zhang Shao and Li Hongyi in handcuffs, sitting in a police car, from the gate in a high-profile way, to open the court!
At the same time, the results of the trial, along with the phone calls and emails of reporters from all walks of life, quickly spread in all directions and were reported by major media.
This result surprised everyone, especially the impact on people in the entertainment industry is even stronger.
Those four media can be said to be well-known in the entertainment industry, but I didn't expect that the current fate would be so miserable, and the fine will be counted, after all, the money is inexhaustible, but now the business license of the news media has been cancelled, which is simply a bolt from the blue for the four media, this is to dig up the old roots of others!
Think about a few days ago, many stars in the entertainment industry still needed to be polite and cautious when treating these four media, and now the two sides are completely unqualified to sit on an equal footing, this result makes everyone feel embarrassed!
You can't live if you do your own evil!
People in the entertainment industry didn't expect that Yang Ming's initial appeal would be realized one day, this is not a joke, nor is it an incredible thing, because it did happen.
This result made many people in the entertainment industry look at Yang Ming differently, this teenager is really too good at tossing.
And the penalties of Li Hongyi and Zhang Shao are even more shocking.
Who Li Hongyi is, people in the entertainment industry are very clear, the former general manager of the Baoli Entertainment giant company, and also has a good background and backstage, even so, he still did not escape the disaster of prison.
This can be regarded as a sensation in the entire entertainment industry.
As for Zhang Shao, if people who are not deeply rooted in the entertainment industry, it is estimated that they have never heard of the name Zhang Shao, only the bosses and bigwigs of some entertainment companies will know how powerful Zhang Shao's background is.
However, even if the children of the family with such a strong background have been put in prison and cannot be released on bail, Yang Ming's influence is too great.
However, some sober-minded people in the entertainment industry also realize the deep meaning contained in the judge's judgment, and if they do not make such a judgment, they will not have an explanation in the face of the surging public opinion outside; if the Yanjing High People's Court does not make a decent judgment, it will be a relatively acceptable result for all parties.
The penalty quickly minimized the impact of the incident.
When countless media and people outside were discussing the final verdict of Yang Ming's defamation case, Yang Ming was already sitting in Mo Yan's car on the way back.
At this time, Yang Ming received a call from Huang Taiji.
"Yang Ming, what should I do about that?" Huang Taiji's cautious voice came from the phone, there was no way, he could now say that he was out of the way for his own future, and even pulled his uncle off the horse and dragged him into the water to help him face a very high chance of revenge.
However, he was already cornered to make such a decision.
He will never give up his acting career, for this ideal, he has worked hard and spent countless efforts to get to this point, he doesn't want his ideal to die before it starts.
Therefore, even if Zhang Shao is the descendant of the Zhang family and has a strong background and strength, Huang Taiji can only choose to betray the other party, and go all the way to the black and take out the recording evidence.
Now Huang Taiji's biggest worry in his heart is that Yang Ming doesn't speak well, and he won't give Yang Ming the evidence that he secretly photographed Yang Ming and Su Su.
At this moment, he was waiting for Yang Ming's answer in fear, he had done everything, and he very much hoped that Yang Ming would respect his teacher's promise and return all the evidence to him.
"Don't worry, I'll give you something later. Yang Ming smiled indifferently.
The results of the trial came out, everything he wanted was realized, and it didn't make much sense to hold those things now, and maybe he might pull the other party at that time, because this time Huang Taiji offended the Zhang family and Li Hongyi miserably.
The enemy of the enemy, that is likely to be a friend!
Hearing Yang Ming's answer, Huang Taiji finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then he accompanied Yang Ming to laugh a few words, and hung up the phone.
When Yang Ming and Su Su took Mo Yan's car and returned to the building where the company was located, they got out of the car and went up, but Mo Yan didn't choose to sit with Yang Ming because he had other things, and asked him to express his gratitude.
"Oh, oh, oh, long live Mr. Yang!"
"We've won!"
"Mr. Yang is doing well!".
All the employees gathered at the gate of Oriental DreamWorks, and when Yang Ming and Su Su came, everyone shouted excitedly, they were really excited, and their own small boss had killed countless people in a small lawsuit.
Who will despise them in the future?
Who would dare to disobey them?
Yang Ming smiled all the way, held Su Su's hand, and said hello to every employee, expressing his gratitude to everyone for their support.
When he returned to his office, he couldn't help but sweat because of the large number of employees.
It's a little too crazy.
At this time, Liu Xinsheng, Sister Zhu, Zheng Wen, Mo Xiaohua, except for Lao Chai, who was filming outside, the senior executives of Oriental DreamWorks were all in Yang Ming's office, oh, by the way, there was also Wang Qidong.
"Yang Ming, congratulations! Your achievements this time can be said to be second only to the 'Cheng Xue Rule' 8 years ago!" Wang Qidong said to Yang Ming with admiration.
Wang Qidong really admires Yang Ming, he can make the uncrowned king go bankrupt and close the door, he feels extremely comfortable physically and mentally, those uncrowned kings are usually a little too arrogant.
The most important thing is that he is full of infinite confidence in the next cooperation between the two sides!
The cooperation model of the star studio can be said to have created a precedent in the entertainment industry, and it will surely shock the entire entertainment industry.
After everyone congratulated Yang Ming and Su Su, Liu Xinsheng said to Yang Ming: "Yang Ming, the more important thing for Lao Wang to come over is the signing of the contract, what time do you think is more appropriate?"
When Yang Ming heard this, he was silent for a while, and as his expression slowly changed, he seemed to have made a certain decision, and after looking around, he said calmly and confidently, "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just today, it is estimated that there will be many media reporters who will go crazy by then." ”
When everyone heard Yang Ming's words, they all nodded, agreed with Yang Ming's proposal, and then looked at Wang Qidong, who was thinking on the side.
Wang Qidong didn't think about it for long, and also agreed to Yang Ming's suggestion, today is indeed the best time, it is estimated that as long as Oriental DreamWorks says that it will hold a press conference, countless people will crowd in.
"Okay, just today!" Wang Qidong said.
It's just that Yang Ming continued: "Director Wang, it will be inconvenient for me to appear at that time, just let Brother Liu announce it with you!"
"What's wrong?" Brother Liu smiled and immediately asked anxiously.
"Nothing. Yang Ming shook his head and said, "You all know the result of this lawsuit, to be honest, this matter is a bit big, I have to disappear in front of the public for a while now to be able to divert everyone's attention, otherwise as soon as the lawsuit is over, I will appear, and it will definitely make the entertainment industry full of storms, and the impact will not be good!"
Hearing Yang Ming's words, everyone remembered the assurance he had said in court before.
Sure enough, Yang Ming said again: "Brother Liu, when the press conference comes, you will also announce the fines of the four entertainment companies this time, and they will all be donated to the Huaxia Charity Foundation at that time."
He once said in court that as long as the lawsuit is won, all fines will be donated to charitable foundations!
Words count, a mouthful of foam and a nail, Yang Ming naturally has to fulfill the oath he once said unconditionally.
I believe that after this incident, his image will reach a higher level and reach the popularity of top artists.
When it was reported that Oriental DreamWorks was going to hold a press conference, all the reporters outside were crazy and rushed to the scene where the Oriental DreamWorks press conference began at the same time.
In a short period of time, the scene was already full.
Seeing such a scene, Liu Xinsheng did not hesitate, and immediately walked out with Wang Qidong to the rostrum.
"Oh my God, how could Wang Qidong appear here!"
"Wang Qidong, that person turned out to be Wang Qidong!"
"What the hell is going on?" ......
Wang Qidong and Liu Xinsheng walked to the rostrum and took their respective seats, and today's press conference began.
"May I ask Mr. Wang Qidong, why did you end up here? Did you join Oriental DreamWorks?" When the question began, a reporter immediately came out and asked.
The originally slightly lively scene was stagnant, everyone looked at Wang Qidong and wanted to wait for his answer, at this moment, in the minds of many reporters, Yang Ming's case would be mentioned in the first time.
It can be seen that Wang Qidong, as a big man in the TV circle, does have illegal influence in the hearts of all entertainment media reporters.
Wang Qidong looked at the expectant eyes in the eyes of the reporters below, smiled, then nodded, and said briskly: "Yes, I am also a person from Oriental DreamWorks now!"
Hearing this answer, everyone looked at Wang Qidong in surprise.
Nima, the way of the world has changed, and the enemy has become a relative!