Chapter 82 - Out-of-Court Mediation (1)
As everyone knows, there is no such cheap thing in the world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wu Qifan doesn't have such a profound strategy, he is purely because of huge guilt and self-blame, no matter how much it costs, he has to quit the entertainment industry, because in his eyes, it was he who entered the entertainment industry to make his sister like this.
Now, for Wu Qifan, except for being by his sister's side and waiting for her to wake up, everything else is not important. He didn't even really think about the consequences of doing so.
According to the current laws and regulations of the state, when Zhang Yimeng's company signed the contract with Wu Qifan, it did not use fraud, coercion or taking advantage of the danger of others to make Wu Qifan sign the contract against his true will, nor did it violate the mandatory provisions of laws, administrative regulations, etc.
Therefore, the contract between Zhang Yimeng's company and Wu Qifan is valid. After all, Wu Qifan is too young and naΓ―ve, even if public opinion is unfavorable to Zhang Yimeng now, but from a legal point of view, it is unfavorable to Wu Qifan.
However, now the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is in a hurry, Wu Qifan is like a nobody, but Wu Zhengcheng is already in a hurry, and on the day he saw the news, he immediately discussed countermeasures with Liu Rufei.
They invited lawyer Li, a well-known lawyer who handled the dispute in this area, to help Wu Qifan deal with Zhang Yimeng's lawsuit. After studying the contract signed by Wu Qifan and Zhang Yimeng, Mr. Li came to a conclusion:
If he really wants to go to court, Wu Qifan's chances of winning are very small, and he can only make a fuss about the amount of breach of contract at most, but with Wu Qifan's current commercial value, according to the terms of the contract, it is reasonable to compensate one billion yuan.
So the best way now is to reach an out-of-court settlement with the other party, and the court will also do an out-of-court mediation before making a judgment.
Mr. Li's judgment is good, because the case involves celebrities, and this case has attracted huge public attention in the society, especially the proportion of shares involved in the contract clauses, although it is legal but not kind.
Therefore, the court is more inclined to let the two parties reach an out-of-court settlement, and this contract dispute also involves several other endorsement contract disputes with huge amounts, so the court is very cautious and has been preparing for more than two months before starting the first out-of-court mediation.
At this time, it has been four months since Wu Ruotong underwent the brain factor repair surgery, and the latest evaluation shows that Wu Ruotong's brain has repaired nearly 40% of the damaged parts, which is really gratifying.
Because of the lawsuit, Wu Qifan's income was frozen by Yimeng Entertainment Company, and his only deposit was almost deducted by the mortgage, and if he couldn't repay the mortgage, his house would also be taken away. Therefore, Wu Qifan also began to plan to sell the house.
The result of the first out-of-court mediation was not optimistic, and Zhang Yimeng even asked for the compensation to be increased to 1.2 billion, because Wu Qifan's unreasonable breach of the contract caused his company to be claimed 200 million yuan by the relevant company.
Lawyer Li first proposed that the contract was invalid, but the other party refuted it, and the court also rejected it, so he had to make a fuss about the compensation, he proposed to pay only 300 million, but the other party of course vetoed it, because the difference between the amounts between the two parties was too large, and the court decided to conduct a second out-of-court mediation after a month.
With a compensation of 1.2 billion, even if Wu Zhengcheng and Liu Rufei want to help Wu Qifan through the company, it is difficult to help, because Feicheng Culture Group Company does not have so many available funds.
Lawyer Li analyzed the situation of the first out-of-court mediation with Wu Zhengcheng and Liu Rufei, and he said bluntly: "Mr. Wu Qifan's chances of winning are very low. The reason why Yimeng Entertainment Company claimed such a high liquidated damages was based on two reasons. β
"One is based on the terms of the contract, if Mr. Wu Qifan unilaterally breaches the contract, he must be compensated according to 1.5 times the commercial value of his remaining contract period, but here his 1.5 times is calculated according to the original sharing ratio, that is, the company accounts for 70% and Wu Qifan accounts for 30%."
According to what Zhang Yimeng said on Weibo, he is ready to turn this sharing ratio around, that is, the company accounts for three percent Mr. Wu Qifan accounts for seventy percent, if it is calculated according to this ratio, then the liquidated damages to be compensated should be about 450 million."
"The second reason is that Mr. Wu Qifan originally endorsed several big brands, and these endorsement contracts were breached by Wu Qifan, which led these companies to claim compensation from Yimeng Entertainment Company, and the claim amount here is about 200 million. Zhang Yimeng also counted the 200 million on Mr. Wu Qifan's head. β
After the analysis, Mr. Li gave his own suggestion, he said: "My suggestion is that we can compensate Yimeng Entertainment Company for liquidated damages of 400 million, the bottom line is 5 ones, plus one condition, we will accept all the endorsement contracts of Mr. Wu Qifan, including liability and rights." β
"I have carefully studied these contracts, if Mr. Wu Qifan can still fulfill the obligations of the contract, then we not only do not have to lose money, but we can even earn 150 million! The two are offset, then in fact, the company only needs to compensate about 300 million for this lawsuit. β
Lawyer Li paused and said in a strengthened tone: "The key to this plan is whether Mr. Wu Qifan can make a comeback, if he can make a comeback in the entertainment industry, then with his commercial value, the income will be far more than 300 million, which is even a very cost-effective deal." β
Wu Zhengcheng hurriedly said: "Then I'll go to the hospital to persuade him now." Liu Rufei stopped him and said: "You can't persuade him like this, we have to think of a way." With that, she invited Lawyer Li out of the office.
Liu Rufei thought for a while and discussed with Wu Zhengcheng: "Zhengcheng, in the past few months, I see that he is very depressed because of Tongtong's affairs, we should find a way to cheer him up, we can't go on like this." Tongtong's current situation is not going to get better in a while. β
Wu Zhengcheng sighed and said: "Alas, this kid is stubborn, I have talked to him several times, but now he doesn't like to listen to me, I don't know how to persuade him." β
Liu Rufei pondered for a while and said, "Zhengcheng, I have a way, I don't know if you agree?" Wu Zhengcheng hurriedly said: "As long as it is a way to cheer him up, I agree." β
Liu Rufei said: "I want to secretly transfer Tongtong to a foreign country for treatment, and make an agreement with Wu Qifan that only when he pays off the company's money can he meet Tongtong." Now, only Tongtong can be the driving force for Qifan to cheer up. β
Liu Rufei's method greatly surprised Wu Zhengcheng, he thought for a while and said: "This method is good, but Tongtong is in this situation, can he be transferred to the hospital?" β