Chapter 25: The Jedi Strikes Back

Zhan Wenlan stared at Stephen and the royal counsel, his gaze like a tangible light shining straight into the hearts of the two of them. The two men seemed to have expected him to react like this, but they just smiled, turned their faces away, and looked no longer at him, but at the prosecution lawyer, with calm and casual expressions. It seems that the other party just called out the sentence "slow" and has nothing to do with them.

"Your Excellency Judge", the empty lawyer scanned the entire court with a frank gaze, gently tapped his notebook with the pen in his hand, and said slowly: "I have a copy of the latest evidence here, and I hope it can be submitted as evidence in the second instance." ”

"Counsel for the prosecution, I believe I don't need to be reminded that the new evidence must meet the basic requirements." The judge frowned, a little unfazed. If there is evidence, why not submit it early, and wait until he is about to announce the results, and then suddenly interrupt?

The prosecution lawyer nodded slightly, "Please rest assured that this evidence is newly discovered after the conclusion of the first-instance trial and is in full compliance with legal procedures." ”

The judge, who had basically stood up, sat back in his chair slowly and nodded slightly: "Yes, now submit new evidence." ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency." The prosecution lawyer turned around and suddenly nodded to the five men who had been sitting in the distance. In an instant, the focus of the entire courthouse shifted to the back row.

It was five middle-aged people who were very well-dressed, but very ordinary-looking, wearing suits, meticulous, with a little restraint in their expressions, and slowly walked to the lawyer's side under the silent reminder of the prosecution lawyer.

"Your Excellency, I believe you must understand that the lawsuit was filed by 10 companies, and although the 'Alliance' has always attracted much attention, in fact, it is only five of the pharmaceutical companies on the prosecution side, and these five ......" he pointed to the five business people, "and the other five representatives." ”

There was a sudden commotion throughout the courthouse.

Although everyone knows that this prosecution was jointly initiated by ten companies, from beginning to end, almost all of them were led by the "alliance", and the other five companies have long since faded out of people's eyes and blurred into the back. Who would have thought that the prosecution lawyer would suddenly invite these five representatives to come up at this time?

"At the first trial, the defense lawyer presented a piece of evidence about Mr. Zhan Wenlan's private cooperation with some members of our alliance, and there is no doubt about the authenticity of the case after investigation. However, in order to investigate things more realistically, I took a closer look. This is a financial arrangement made by Mr. Zhan Wenlan as X to a company controlled by him when the UK Government and relevant authorities did not know that he was a foreigner. He suddenly took out a thick stack of materials and handed them to the court staff: "These are all evidence collected by our five representatives, and confirmed by the British Public Prosecutor's Office (SFO) for serious fraud cases, which are absolutely true and credible." ”

There was a sudden thunderstorm in the audience, and everyone almost half stood up and looked at the stack of documents in the judge's hand.

The judge with a white wig flipped through the information with heavy eyes, his face repeated, sometimes white and sometimes red, as if someone had put a palette on the table.

Even a few staff members who were close to the judge couldn't help but be a little curious.

The prosecution's lawyer was apparently prepared to deliver the photocopied materials to everyone in the jury room, and this time, a shocking gasp was heard from the front of the entire courtroom.

Zhan Wenlan looked at Stephen's indifferent expression, and the indifferent appearance of the royal legal counsel, suddenly lowered his eyes, and slowly straightened his waist.

At this moment, his three elite friends looked at Stephen coldly, but they were directly ignored by the other party.

"Your Excellency," the prosecution's lawyer waited for everyone to read almost half of the evidence, and then continued: "I believe everyone has seen very clearly, this is a true financial report about X Holding Company. Not only has X worked privately with some members of our alliance who don't pay attention to moral character, but he has also been suspected of financial fraud. The financial accounts for the period 2009 to 2012 contained misleading, falsified and deceptive material, and misrepresented £1.5 billion in financial income by taking advantage of exorbitant advisory fees and the acquisition of unrelated companies, in contravention of the relevant regulations of the UK Companies Act 2006. The Bureau of Investigation has completed its investigation into the suspicions and decided to prosecute them. In view of the current civil litigation between the Union and X, which involves financial fraud, it will be referred to the UK Criminal Court to complete the additional steps of the proceedings. ”

From a well-known British tax payer, it was suddenly revealed to be a financial fraud scandal, and the entire court scene seemed to explode, and the discussion suddenly became loud as if it was at a train station, so noisy that people couldn't even hear what the people around them were saying.

The judge slapped the table vigorously: "Silence, silence!" ”

The voices of the people are still a little uncontrollable.

What kind of peak loop is this?

Seeing that Zhan Wenlan is about to win the case, and seeing that all the charges of X are about to be cleared, now, the financial scandal has been revealed, and it has been moved from the civil case to the criminal court at once. Not to mention, the Prosecution Service (SFO) for serious fraud cases is directly prosecuted. The corporate image that had just been saved suddenly plummeted, and the representatives of the judges, who may have felt that they had wrongly blamed Zhan Wenlan because of their preconceived notions, looked at Zhan Wenlan in the dock coldly. In any case, this lawsuit, even if the royal counsel lawyer is clever, will never change anything!

"Defense lawyer, what else do you have to say?" It was the first time that the judge had seen such a situation after many years of complicated cases. It's like a comedy, wave after wave of shock.

If at first he was extremely surprised to see the sudden arrival of the five accusers from outside the alliance, now the expressions of Stephen and the Royal Counsel Advisor, who had been standing by Zhan Wenlan's side and escorting him, were even more suspicious.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, but the defense has nothing to say." didn't even turn his head back, directly ignoring Zhan Wenlan's reaction, the royal counsel lawyer, smiling, warm, and natural, ended the whole crucial defense with this sentence.

"You!" Zhan Wenlan's three friends suddenly stood up and wanted to pounce and grab the lawyer.

"Please pay attention to the order of the court!" The judge slapped the gavel and looked straight at the three people: "If you ignore the order of the court again, I have the right to dare you out of the court!" ”

The three of them were directly separated from behind by the court staff, their faces blue and white, "Stephen, you dare to play yin!" ”

Until now, if you don't know who did it, you almost don't have a brain!

The old housekeeper of the Zhan family, the old lady Zhan, and the three elites looked at Stephen who was standing straight with fierce eyes, eager to kill him directly with their eyes!

As if he hadn't seen anything, Stephen suddenly looked back at the cold Zhan Wenlan in the dock, and smiled strangely.

"Someone asked me to bring you a word."

This sound was like a boulder suddenly thrown into the ancient well, and Zhan Wenlan, who had been calm and waveless, suddenly raised his head and looked at him. There was a temperature in his eyes that could almost burn.

Almost the entire venue looked over, but Zhan Wenlan didn't pay any attention, her lips almost trembled, and she looked at Stephen.

Stephen smiled lightly, but there was a strange feeling in his heart.

"Since it was a scam from the beginning, then stay in the scam for the rest of your life and never have to come out again." He repeated the explanation of the woman who had been in his video last night, smiling at Zhan Wenlan's face with a smile out of his eyes.

"Ahh Old Madam Zhan suddenly screamed and fainted completely.

The whole scene was suddenly thrown into chaos.

Stephen looked at the man with some sympathy and shook his head.

In terms of appearance and charm, this person's demeanor is absolutely unforgettable, standing with the Chinese woman, the Jedi is like a peerless couple in the painting. However, now, it will end up like this, which is really shocking and speechless.

He packed up his things and pulled the lawyer to leave early.

The ending can be guessed almost with your eyes closed.

The result of the second instance is definitely ......

After the judge announced a 20-minute adjournment before the session resumed, order in the entire courtroom gradually recovered from disorder and disorder. During the 20-minute adjournment, reporters who had been blocked outside were eager to flock to the courtroom. Seeing Zhan Wenlan sitting on the side, all the flashing lights shone directly on Zhan Wenlan's expressionless face, and asked one question after another: "May I ask X, are all the properties under your name involved in financial fraud, and for your current assets, have you hired an economist to manage them, or have you always taken care of them personally?" ”

"What do you think about your case coming to the criminal court soon after this civil lawsuit?"

"Excuse me, do you know why the financial information of the company you received is reported and exposed? Can you guess who the other party is? ”

Zhan Wenlan's eyes suddenly looked at the camera, and the reporters held their breath and waited for his answer.

But I saw that handsome face, with no figure in his eyes, and it was empty and scary. For a while, all the doubts disappeared.

Zhan Wenlan was pulled back by the three friends in a trance, and under the flashing lights one after another, the final evaluation results were solemnly announced in the court: "guilty! (Guilty)! ”

The air was suddenly frozen, and the next moment, the people of the alliance raised their hands and applauded in celebration, smiling. On Zhan Wenlan's side, Stephen and the lawyer had already heard the result and left directly, without any intention of staying for half a second.

Zhan Wenlan smiled mockingly, his expression was blank, and he sat there without moving.

The three friends suddenly didn't know what to say.

Who the hell is it? How could such a scam be set up?

From the very beginning, no matter how many precautions and plans they made, it seemed that from the first day they set foot on British soil, they were manipulated and played with in the palm of the opponent's hand, and never escaped the eyes of the other party!

"Who the hell is it!" One of the three friends angrily slammed his fist into the chair, and blood splattered.

But the people around them looked at them coldly, like watching a criminal put on a ridiculous farce there.

Old Butler Zhan shook his head bitterly, without the young master saying anything, he had already vaguely guessed who pointed out this one.

The granddaughter of the Leng family?

This is truly a decisive character.

It's a pity that the young master .......

The housekeeper picked up the old lady and sighed softly. It's all sin, and every qiē is evil.

Young master, perhaps, from the very beginning, you shouldn't have provoked such a woman.

Some people are never delicate and weak, and they need the pity and care of others to grow up.

Now, how to be a good .......

Britain's most famous businessman not only lost the case in a day, but was also brought to the criminal court by the British Serious Fraud Prosecution Service (SFO) in the headlines of the Internet almost within half an hour.

Sitting at the desk in the room, holding a coffee cup, the woman who was quietly savoring turned on the computer, and the man in the video over there nodded at her with a smile: "Miss Leng, a qiē as you wish." ”

Stephen greeted several other people who were on video online.

There are a total of seven people online this time, except for Leng Yunxi and Stephen, the remaining five are the representatives of the five companies who suddenly appeared in the second trial.

From the very beginning, the "Alliance" was just a bait in Yunxi's hands, used to attract the public's attention and distract Zhan Wenlan's focus, but in fact, the real fatal blow came from these six people.

"I didn't expect Stephen to have the potential to be 007, it's really an eye-opener." The other five laughed and joked that after winning the lawsuit today, their corporate popularity will immediately skyrocket, and the profits brought to them by both stocks and brand effects are immeasurable, and they are in a good mood right now, and they can't help but start to joke about Stephen who "stands" on Zhan Wenlan's side at the beginning.

Stephen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I didn't expect things to go so smoothly." At first, I was suspicious that Zhan Wenlan would not find me, and what method should I use to get in touch with him. Who knows, really like Miss Leng said, they will come to the door automatically. ”

He also broke out in a cold sweat when he "cooperated" with Zhan Wenlan, and he had tried to ask "the attitude of the British government", fearing that Zhan Wenlan, who had cooperated with the British government, would eventually be protected by the government. As a result, the other party's answer was so clear and straightforward, but it made him greatly relieved. Then he dared to directly stage a horror according to Leng Yunxi's arrangement.

"In other words, if Zhan Wenlan wins the lawsuit, he may directly hand over all the cooperation of the UK to you, why won't you be impressed?" Someone smiled maliciously at Stephen, a flash of suspicion in their eyes.

Stephen looked at Leng Yunxi, whose face had not changed, and smiled casually, but in fact he was a little bitter: "Since Miss Leng has strong evidence to make Zhan Wenlan lose the lawsuit, Zhan Wenlan is destined to not win this lawsuit." Those who look at the wonderful future are tantamount to painting cakes to satisfy hunger, how can I be shaken? ”

Although he was completely sober in his heart, Zhan Wenlan's chances of winning were zero from the beginning. But thinking about the great benefits, I feel a little heartache.

But.......

Touching the major shareholder agreement of Ross Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in his hand, Stephen sighed subtly. Some things are good to think about, the real profit is real, and the rest, no matter how beautiful it is, has that "prospect" but does not necessarily have that life to take......