"Mr. Sun, they called the police." Lin Du told him: "Now that the police and the procuratorate have intervened in the investigation, we not only need to win this lawsuit with those old people, pyramid schemes already belong to the scope of the Criminal Law, this is not a simple civil dispute, we need to submit evidence to the public procuratorate and law enforcement that we are not pyramid schemes." ”

Jiang Shibin nodded: "According to Article 78 of the "Provisions of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security on the Standards for Filing and Prosecution of Criminal Cases under the Jurisdiction of Public Security Organs (II)", if there are more than 30 people suspected of organizing or leading pyramid marketing activities and the level is above the third level, the organizers and leaders should be filed and prosecuted. ”

"So Mr. Sun, I need you to fully trust us now, we are a community of interests, please support us, we will do our best to win this lawsuit for you." Lin Dui's eyes are firm, now that this case is getting more and more complicated, she needs Mr. Sun's trust.

"Okay, Lawyer Xia, you can say it." Mr. Sun also knows the seriousness of the matter.

"Now one of the evidence presented by the other party is that the price of your company's health care products is inflated, so the other party can accuse us of fraudulently obtaining money in a pyramid scheme." Lin Du asked Mr. Sun: "I have also read your company's quotation table and raw material procurement reports, and the raw material purchase price you give is indeed higher than the market price, and I need a raw material purchase price list without inflated prices." Also, we have to make it clear that our price includes something more valuable, such as R&D investment. Therefore, I need your early scientific research investment and R&D investment to tell me. ”

"That's fine." Mr. Sun agreed, "I didn't spend less money on early technology research and development." ”

"Does your health supplement company have a direct selling license?" Jiang Shibin asked a very important question.

Mr. Sun nodded: "Of course, since the establishment of the health care product company, I have obtained a direct sales license." ”

"In addition to obtaining a direct selling license, the model of direct selling permitted by China's law must also comply with the regulations, and the pyramid marketing model shall not be adopted. That is to say, the legal direct selling model can only be through the direct salesman to sell physical goods, and the direct salesman can only get paid according to his own sales performance, and cannot use the performance of the downline as a way to calculate the upline remuneration through the development of the downline. Any team remuneration method that makes a profit by pulling heads to calculate remuneration, charging high entry fees, and calculating the remuneration of the upline by the performance of the downline is a pyramid scheme rather than legal direct selling. Lin Du said that this was a bit of a headache: "Now that we prove that you are a direct seller, we must explain that your remuneration calculation method is reasonable." ”

"Maybe we can suggest that this is a compensation incentive system." She came up with a solution: "Compensation can be divided into two forms: direct compensation and indirect compensation, direct compensation includes: salary, bonus, annual salary. Indirect compensation can include: benefits, bonuses, equity. We can call this kind of salary relationship between superiors and subordinates a kind of welfare, everyone is a sales team, so the products sold can be shared. ”120

Jiang Shibin put forward his own opinion: "I think the other party raised the issue of pyramid schemes, not only to simply explain that you are a pyramid scheme, but also to hope that the court can intervene in the investigation, arouse the attention of public opinion, and also to force you to increase the terms of settlement." ”

"I don't reconcile, my company has no problems, why should I reconcile?" Mr. Sun's temper came up again, obviously he said just now that it was a big deal to reconcile, but now he is not reconciled, "The more they are like this, the more I will not reconcile, and I will fight a lawsuit with them to the end." ”

"Mr. Sun, once they put forward enough evidence and the police file a case for investigation, your company will be greatly impacted. Even if they don't have enough evidence, public opinion will still have a big impact on your company. Now public opinion only says that you are falsely propagating, but once it comes to pyramid schemes, it will be difficult for your company's products to sell again. Jiang Shibin thought about it and said cautiously: "And they are not groundless, now there are indeed certain problems in your company's salary system, I personally suggest that it is better for us to reconcile." ”

"I agree with Mr. Jiang." Lin Du also agreed: "When some cases are more risky to fight. Reconciliation is the best way to go. Sometimes, however, it is not possible to compromise for the sake of reconciliation. If the settlement agreement in this case is not negotiated well, it is easy for the society to think that we have done something wrong. So, if we want to reconcile, we have to make those old people and us concerted actors, they can't appeal again on the same grounds, and we apologize to Shengchao Group and delete the comments on the Internet. We can pay them a certain fee, but it can't be a refund or compensation, this name has to be thought of. ”

She has already suggested that the parties settle in two cases in a row, and she has not yet experienced the feeling of going to court. This is mainly because both parties are at the helm of the company, and there are some risks that cannot be taken.

"I think Mr. Xia is right, although there are indeed certain problems with my health care products, which may be overpriced and may have certain defects in sales, there is absolutely no problem with the products. You have full authority to represent my opinion and help me negotiate a settlement agreement. Mr. Sun was very unhappy, "I don't know who came up with such a bad trick and actually said that I was a pyramid scheme." ”

Jiang Shibin comforted Mr. Sun: "Because now it is too easy for health care products for the elderly to be linked to pyramid schemes, as if those who sell this kind of thing are deceiving the elderly." ”

"Mr. Sun, I actually have a suggestion." Lin Duan said tentatively: "This incident has seriously damaged your company's reputation, I suggest that you make a price adjustment, and we can disclose our investment in R&D and raw materials." Let everyone know that we are not carrying out false propaganda, all our advertisements are normal, and the ingredients added to the propaganda have been added. However, the effect of health care products is relatively slow, and the effect varies from person to person, so you will reduce the price appropriately to ensure that more people can buy more health care products, so that the effect will be better if you continue to eat. ”

Lin Du had already investigated the market price of the real raw materials and the market price of the process, but in fact, the price of health care products of Mr. Sun's company was really inflated.

"Of course, if you can, it's best to make your direct selling license public to prove to the public that we are not a pyramid scheme, so that everyone can know that the plaintiff also has a certain problem, and it is not the elderly or the vulnerable group." Jiang Shibin also put forward his own plan.