Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Trial
The group of four left G State and went to watch the high school football league in H South Province by the way. At this time, it was the end of the spring league, and the teams participating in this stage were relatively strong, so the game was more intense, attracting a large number of spectators, making the scene very prosperous. Now there is a semi-final, four participating teams compete for the final right, several people watched one of them, and they were moved by the skills and fighting spirit of these teenagers; As a result, it was the runners-up of the previous league who won the game, knocking out a dark horse in this tournament with a score of 4-2. Because they deliberately revealed their identities, the result caused a big sensation, especially the teenagers of the two teams unanimously asked to take a photo with them. Li Mengze usually wouldn't agree to such a thing, but this time he readily agreed, but he didn't express any opinion on the league and strictly abided by the articles of association of the fairy company. Chen Haili attaches more importance to such things than him, because this is the first official photo with her husband in public, and it is the first time to take a photo with her husband as a wife in public, which is of extraordinary significance, so she will keep this photo containing her own figure for a long time. Several women in the Li family have some souvenirs with special significance, such as a photo of Sima Xiaoyu and Liu Yun with their little nephew, and a photo taken by Jing Wen when she was in her hometown.
Li Mengze, who returned to B-capital, hurriedly appeased his wife and children, and was ready to start his first court appearance. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first time he has appeared in court, because he has never been to the courtroom before, and he is both curious and afraid of this place. Sima Xiaoyu is about to embark on her first trip as a chief defense lawyer, and she has appeared in court as a deputy many times since she was admitted to the lawyer's examination, and this is the first time she has defended as the chief defense lawyer. This is also a big event at home, not only does she attach importance to this court appearance, but the whole family also gives encouragement, some people suggest forming a group of relatives and friends to cheer her on, Liu Yun also suggested that the children should be brought with her, but no one supported her suggestion, and finally decided that Li Mengze would go to court alone to support her initial exam on behalf of the whole family, and it was for this matter that Li Mengze hurried back from Gzhou!
Li Mengze is not familiar with the case, but knows that this case is related to both criminal and economic matters, Sima Xiaoyu is the defense lawyer of the defendant's side, her opponent is relatively strong, a man in his 30s who has been in court many times, it is said that the success rate of his defense is quite high, and he is a relatively famous lawyer. Sima Xiaoyu is not without fame, just her status as one of someone's wives has earned her a lot of fame, and the several negotiations she participated in have also made her very famous in some circles, but these fame either don't work, or few people know about it. In law*, no matter who you are, what you pay attention to is the pros and cons of the case itself, as well as the strength of the defense lawyer himself. To a large extent, lawyers are seeking justice for the law, but what they do is more about finding loopholes in the law, so that some vague interpretations are biased towards their own favorable results, and the key to achieving this effect is the lawyer's own cultivation and experience. A knowledgeable, well-informed and quick-thinking lawyer is the darling of the court.
Li Mengze thinks that his woman is the best lawyer, but he is more rational, and he also knows that women are not famous in the legal profession, and now let her face a very famous lawyer, then it shows that Sunshine Law Firm itself is not optimistic about this case. A law firm will not accept a case that has absolutely no possibility of success, and it will treat a case with a low probability of success coldly, and now Sima Xiaoyu is making sacrifices for their affairs, of course, the whole family knows that this is the woman's own initiative. Although he has confidence in women, he has no confidence in the firm, if there is no scene in the law * that falls to the sunshine at the beginning, it means that the sunshine has no intention of currying favor with the fairy company at all, and does not deliberately support Sima Xiaoyu, one of the owners of the fairy company. Although he does not demand compliment or obedience from everyone, like all powerful and powerful families, he inevitably desires a social position commensurate with their power, and he is not exempt from the world. However, he believed in the abilities of women, believed that this lovely woman could become a famous lawyer, and sometimes he knew far more about his own women than about himself.
There were quite a few people in the audience in the courtroom, including the plaintiff, the defendant, and some intermediaries, such as him, and even some reporters. It is said that the current court hearings are becoming more and more public, and many court hearings have allowed reporters to enter the courtroom. Li Mengze arrived relatively early, he came with Li Fujun, and did not walk with Sima Xiaoyu, the words of encouragement have already been said, there is no need to send her to the court again, not to mention that he doesn't like this form. The people who arrived later didn't seem to know much about him as a celebrity, and it was no wonder who cared about anyone else at this time, except that a few people who looked like reporters looked at him again and again, but after all, they were limited to the discipline of the court and did not act excessively.
The court first made statements on the case by both the plaintiff and the defendant, put forward their respective views on the case, and put forward their own views and requirements. This lasted for nearly an hour, and at this point, Li Mengze has some understanding of this case, and with his half-understanding of legal knowledge, it seems that this case has more unfavorable factors for the defendant, but it is not without the slightest possibility of winning. From the plaintiff's statement, it can be found that the defendant is the party that should lose the lawsuit, and from the defendant's statement, it can be seen that the defendant is not completely passive, not to be served by others.
Li Mengze didn't understand why the lawyers were dressed like that, he knew that the lawyers in the public security department were dressed in suits and ties, and he was more accustomed to this kind of dress, but he was not used to the outfits of private lawyers, especially when he saw Sima Xiaoyu's outfit, which didn't match her coquettishness at all, at least he couldn't get used to it now, "a little funny." In fact, Sima Xiaoyu is still relatively spiritual, even under the "suppression" of her outfit, she still exudes the taste of a mature woman. But someone who is familiar with the woman's situation thinks she is a little unconfident, because when she goes to court, she first looks in the audience, "I must be looking for support", he thought to himself. But all he can give her now is a smile and a straight body, and everything else depends on the efforts of the Yiren! He secretly observed the reactions of everyone in the audience on both sides, and he couldn't see anything from the back, but from the number of people, he could see that the plaintiff was bound to win! This made him a little discouraged, and he didn't even cooperate with his own people, which is really damned!
The plaintiff's lawyer really didn't grow up being a vegetarian, and as soon as he came up, he bombarded the defendant violently, with sharp words and tricky questions, as if he was the law and was trying the criminal. This surprised Li Mengze, thinking to himself how could this guy be so powerful, how could such a guy be a "more famous" lawyer, this kind of bearing should be a big-name lawyer, such a sharp lawyer, it shouldn't be as simple as "relatively famous"! Could it be that the lawyer industry is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, so that such a figure can also be condescended to the accompanying seat, and he can't help but worry about his own women. However, Sima Xiaoyu obviously had already prepared for this, and it seemed that the quality of the food in the Li family's compound was also good, so he immediately refuted it-for-tat, and asked some of the other party's statements against him. Li Mengze thinks that the lawyers on both sides have passed the gas in advance, bowed to each other, and know each other's details, otherwise how can there be such a good cooperation, it is simply like acting, you shoot, I block and fight, and the result seems that everyone is safe and sound; When we arrived, everyone was tired, and even the presiding judge was annoyed, so the first trial ended here.
After returning home, Li Mengze's mood was obviously relaxed, and he complimented Sima Xiaoyu, saying that this case is so simple, nothing complicated, and in the end, it must be everyone punching and kicking each other, and the draw will definitely not be able to "lose". But Sima Xiaoyu didn't say a word about his words, and his face was not very good, obviously he couldn't let go of it. Li Mengze has a way to do this, what kind of work is work, at home is at home, unless there is a family meeting, no deliberations are allowed, and women are forced to relax. Although it was still a little reluctant, Sima Xiaoyu gradually became cheerful, no matter how dangerous it was outside, the home was still a warm harbor, a shelter from the wind and rain, and gradually relaxed, and tossed blindly with the man who accompanied the good deeds. The laughter of the women made Li Mengze's mood seem to have completely improved for the past three months.
The second trial was noticeably more tense than the first, with both sides throwing out some material in an attempt to defend their clients. Judging from the strength of the data, the defendant is obviously not as strong as the other party, and Sima Xiaoyu is also much more passive, some seem to defend more than attack, but he has not lost too many positions. Li Xingyu also gradually discovered the difference between the two sides. The plaintiff had more information on the facts and witnesses than the defence and the testimony of the witnesses seemed to be much more favorable. It is difficult for Sima Xiaoyu to find out the shortcomings of these witnesses, and the testimony of these people makes the case very favorable to the plaintiff, as if it was "made" specifically for the plaintiff. Logically speaking, he does not think that a witness can know much about the case, they should only be witnesses to one aspect of the case, and only occasionally see one side of the case, only in this way, is it in line with common sense. Once the witness becomes mysterious, there will be a cat, this is his understanding. He didn't know much about the law, but he did learn more about psychology and philosophy, and he had discussed some aspects of psychology for a long time, so he thought that the case was likely to be complicated. The trial became more and more unfavorable to the defense, and Sima Xiaoyu became more and more passive, and at this time, Sima Xiaoyu asked for a temporary adjournment of the court, and then asked for a postponement of the trial. After a dispute between the two sides, the presiding judge decided to postpone the trial for two days. This concludes the second session.
Sima Xiaoyu's request for an extension of the trial was made out of necessity because the materials and testimony presented by the plaintiff were clearly unfavorable to the defendant, and they could not find strong rebuttal evidence. And the reason why she decided to postpone the trial was because she got someone's information. If Ms. Sima's third assistant told her that someone was shaking her head, she would tell her that things were more difficult, and if she was told someone to hold her chin in his hand, it would mean that she had something to say and asked her to ask for a temporary adjournment. Of course, this is what Sima Xiaoyu told her assistant, and out of respect for someone's opinion, she accepted the man's request. It was after a certain pause that Sima Xiaoyu listened to the man's opinion and asked the presiding judge to postpone the trial in order to "verify certain information", and of course, the struggle between the two sides was extremely fierce during this period.
It turned out that in the lounge, Li Mengze expressed his doubts to the woman, and concluded that "intuitively, there is a problem here", and said that he could mobilize people to assist in the investigation. Although Sima Xiaoyu was disappointed in some of her husband's abilities, like other women in the family, she still agreed with his intuition and ability to make suggestions. Li Mengze expressed doubts about Sunshine Law Firm's ability to gather intelligence, believing that their judgment was inaccurate or that they did not do their best, so he made a request to Li Yudong and asked the consulting department to dispatch personnel to collect the case itself, the parties' *, the parties' families, and social data, as well as the identities, *, and history of the witnesses. Although Li Yudong was puzzled by this sudden request, he still asked all the staff of the consulting department to temporarily put down their work and do their best to collect the information requested by someone. After three years of development, the fairy company's data collection ability has reached an extraordinary point, in addition to some of the information due to the constraints of conditions, a lot of various data have been collected, and the planning department is working overtime for it, the collected information has been analyzed and summarized, and finally on the morning of the third day, these huge analysis data have been passed to someone.
Seeing such rich and detailed information, Sima Xiaoyu immediately thought of what the fairy company did; Although there is a lot of information that is unfavorable to the defendant, there is also a large amount of favorable evidence, and the richness and detail of the information are obviously not what Sunshine Law Firm can do. From a professional point of view, it is clear that this information does not fully support her work, but if they analyze it again, it is a different matter, in addition to the analysis of the planning department, there is also a large amount of original information collected by the consulting department, and this information is more useful to them. Sima Xiaoyu has seen a lot of all kinds of trial information, but she has never seen such rich information, which has increased her confidence in this case. Coupled with the information she collected with the assistance of Li Mengze and others in the past two days, she was confident that she could easily refute the plaintiff and make the situation unfavorable to the plaintiff.
The plaintiff's defense lawyer obviously didn't know about the tremendous changes in the past two days, and he didn't expect the fairy company to interfere in this trial, and he racked his brains and couldn't imagine how Sunshine Law Firm could get so much evidence against his side, and he was a little busy for a while. If the second trial was a big attack by the plaintiff and the defendant was defeated, then the third trial was a Jedi counterattack by the defendant and pressed forward step by step. At this time, Sima Xiaoyu showed the ability to make someone well-known. As the saying goes, "it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice", and Sima Xiaoyu's previous passivity was due to the lack of information on the one hand, and the objective situation was unfavorable to the defendant on the other hand. According to someone, although the defendant is not the party being falsely accused, it is clear that there are many things that are inherently wrong. Now after receiving the information from the fairy company, Sima Xiaoyu is confident that she will protect the important rights and interests of the defendant from loss, and even win the lawsuit.
However, the trial was again postponed.
After returning home, Sima Xiaoyu was gentle with someone, and let someone elaborate on the warmth of a woman. Sima Xiaoyu was greatly moved by his fake public and private affairs, although she also thought that the impact of this was not good, but the strong consciousness in her bones made her unwilling to fail, even if she used super means, not to mention that the fairy company was no better than others. The whole family also quickly learned about this matter, but no one objected to using the power of the fairy company, perhaps in their eyes, the fairy company was originally their family's database, a tool that could be used at any time. However, Li Yudong's enthusiasm made someone feel a little embarrassed, and after that large-scale data collection, the consulting department of the fairy company also took out some manpower to conduct data mining and look for evidence in a large area, which made the case even more confusing.
Li Mengze was prepared for the long trial of the case, but he didn't expect that the case would drag on until three months later, and he attended a total of thirteen court sessions, which made him more and more bored with the court, and according to Sima Xiaoyu, the trial took relatively little time, and the larger case may last for several years, which made him sick again, but anyway, Sima Xiaoyu's first appearance in court to defend won her enough fame to make her, an unknown novice in the legal world, Because of the defeat of the already quite famous Barrister Wang in one fell swoop, he became famous, and various praises came one after another.
"Hello, lawyer Sima, I am deeply impressed by your outstanding performance, and I am convinced of defeat, congratulations!" The plaintiff's lawyer took the initiative to congratulate the opponent after the trial, and indeed the opponent's superb discernment skills made him very passive in the subsequent trial, and he was always led away, so that he finally failed!
"You're polite, Lawyer Wang, thank you for your mercy." Sima Xiaoyu was very satisfied with getting a trial in favor of the defendant, but she still had a lot of respect for the plaintiff's lawyer, and in any case, the opponent paid more than herself, and as a kind person, she also felt a little sorry.
"I really want to defeat Lawyer Sima, but it's a pity! Can you let me meet Mr. Li, I am very interested in his performance, thank you for teaching me this lesson! The other party revealed his intentions, and after knowing the opponent of the law, he was always worried about the destructive effect of the mysterious man, and was always a little worried that the man would have an impact on the progress of the case. Sure enough, after the second trial, the case suddenly became unfavorable to his side, and the assistant found all kinds of strange behaviors of the mysterious man, because these behaviors did not violate the rules of the court, so that he had to suffer a lot of dumb losses again and again, and the detailed and effective defense materials of the opponent, especially the high-level defense angle, made him believe that the other party must have been helped by the man. He believed that Sunshine Law Firm could not get such detailed and highly defensible information, so the only person who could provide this information was the man behind the woman and his fairy company.
"I'm sorry, he's already gone back, but you're always welcome to come to the Li family compound!" Sima Xiaoyu knew that he couldn't hide it from the other party, and now he was in a good mood, so he took the initiative to invite this former opponent to their house as a guest, one more friend is better than one more enemy, this is the consensus of their family!
The legal profession does not welcome Sima Xiaoyu because she is someone's woman, nor does it despise her because of her strange identity, this is a rational and modern group, in their opinion, the law is supreme, as long as there is no violation of the law, anyone has the freedom to do anything, they tout the strong, the strong who defeated the strong. Sima Xiaoyu was touted by his peers, and everyone gave a high evaluation to this winning lawyer who defeated a strong opponent, especially when the case was obviously unfavorable.
The failure of a strong man means the birth of a new strong man, and this is the reality of society!