"Nie Qinglin, do you have any objections to the other party's request?"

"Nope!"

"In that case, please check the contents of the mediation agreement and sign it if there are no problems."

"Okay."

After taking over the mediation agreement, Nie Qinglin read it carefully, and then signed his name on it.

Seeing his name fall on it, Nie Qinglin's mood was a little complicated.

There is bitterness, regret, and relief.

It's just that his hands are too cheap, and without knowing the truth of the matter, he followed the trend and spread rumors on the Internet.

Is it bad to eat melons quietly?

Now that I have a lawsuit, I have to ask the company for leave, and I have traveled thousands of miles to Jiangcheng to apologize and lose money.

In fact, he didn't intend to ignore it.

It's completely rotten.

Anyway, it's all losing, so why make a special trip?

It's a big deal to wait for the court to make a judgment and then obey it.

There are not a few people who have this mentality.

But on the contrary.

There is news that due to the large number of people involved in this class action lawsuit, coupled with the huge impact and wide attention, in the next public trial, the Jiangcheng Court will no longer set up offline observer seats, but will be conducted in the form of online live broadcast.

This Nima ......

A lot of people are stupid.

Why are you still doing live broadcasts?

At this moment, those people who were originally rotten could no longer sit still.

According to the attention of this incident, the number of people watching the live broadcast can be imagined, and they didn't want to lose face on the live broadcast, so they hurriedly came to Jiangcheng and took the initiative to seek reconciliation.

Putting away his mediation agreement signed by both parties, Nie Qinglin transferred the compensation to a bank account provided by the other party on the spot.

In the case of mediation, the compensation can be directly transferred to the account provided by the party or the opposing lawyer without going through the court process.

"Okay, I've already transferred the compensation."

Since he came with the idea of solving the matter, there was no need to delay the compensation and not give it, Nie Qinglin gave a positive and cooperative attitude in person.

"No problem."

"I'll send the apology statement later, and I'll send you the screenshot when the time comes?"

"Good!"

After going through the process, Nie Qinglin directly followed the guidance of the court staff and got the mediation letter made on the spot and stamped with the court's seal.

According to the normal process, it generally takes about one to two weeks to receive this after the court mediation is completed, but this time the number of people involved is too many, and this is also to improve efficiency and reduce the follow-up workload.

Coming out of the inside, seeing the long queue in the corridor and a large number of "fellow believers" crowded outside, Nie Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally......

Obviously, he took leave and lost the company's full attendance award, and he had to take the travel expenses and accommodation expenses, and even more thousands of compensations, but he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

went outside to find a place, Nie Qinglin took a photo of the mediation agreement and the mediation letter issued by the court, processed the personal information, and then uploaded it together with a screenshot of the record of the transfer he had just made, and finally edited:

"Counting the distance when I came up, it took two days, and this matter finally came to an end.

Here, I solemnly apologize to Mr. Ye Xiangyang, and I apologize for my misconduct, spreading relevant false remarks and belittling Mr. Ye Xiangyang's morality without knowing the truth, and causing him serious distress and negative impact.

Over here.

As a negative example, I would like to use the mistakes I have made to advise you to be cautious in what you say and do, even on the Internet.

Calculate an account for everyone, not counting the loss of leave this month's full attendance award, in the middle of the road expenses, accommodation expenses and food expenses, as well as the return trip expenses and compensation of 3,000, the economic cost paid is not less than 5,000, please everyone, and please myself, deeply remember this lesson.

Brothers, it's a thousand gold!

In the end, labor and management are a bad pen!

！ ”

Nie Qinglin's situation is obviously not an isolated case.

Over the next few days, there was a flurry of apologies and confessional statements and posts on the web.

Whether they really realized their mistake or chose under pressure, they all paid the price for their original actions.

……

Because the defendants in civil infringement cases continue to come to seek settlement, the lawyers of the three major law firms, who had just finished sorting out the prosecution materials, have started to be busy again.

Over time, slowly.

The class action lawsuit on cyber defamation has also ushered in the day of trial.

The court session will be at 10 a.m.

However.

Early this morning, a large crowd had gathered outside the courthouse.

Among these people, there are defendants and their families, as well as a large group of people who eat melons, and even Internet celebrities who specially came to broadcast live.

"Family, I'm Lily, and I'm glad to meet again."

"According to relevant sources, a total of 13,794 defendants were involved in this defamation class action lawsuit, and as an unprecedented 10,000-person trial, this ......"

"I'm outside the Jiangcheng courthouse right now, it's seven o'clock in the morning, and there are still three hours before the trial starts."

"But as you can see, there are a lot of people gathered outside the courthouse now, and most of them are the defendants who are going to be tried today and the families of the defendants accompanying them, so let's interview them next."

"Hello Miss, may I ask ...... you?"

"Who are you scolding? You're a young lady, your whole family is a young lady......"

"Mmmm, you can see that you're going to court soon, this little... The lady's temper is a bit short-tempered, which is actually understandable haha. ”

"Let's interview another one, sir......"

"Get out!"

“……”

The situation here is chaotic.

There was even a traffic jam, which caused the traffic management department to send people to work overtime early in the morning, and in order to avoid the stampede, the police also sent people to maintain order.

The trial has not yet begun.

It already has an extraordinary momentum.

Nine forty-five minutes.

And when Ye Xiangyang and Shen Qing arrived here, they were almost taken aback by the battle of this sea of people.

That's too many, isn't it?

Although there are more than 13,000 defendants, and the public version says that 10,000 people are trying to hear a trial, it is impossible to try more than 10,000 defendants at the same time in one day.

Not to mention the country, even the whole world, I'm afraid there is no court that can accommodate tens of thousands of defendants at the same time, right?

Under normal circumstances, hundreds are enough to choke.

In response to this exceptional circumstance, the court temporarily renovated the trial chamber and tried the more than 13,000 accused in batches.

The list of accused scheduled for trial today has already been sent out, but so many people have still gathered.

Many of the defendants who are not on today's trial list have also arrived.

plus those accompanying family members and the people who watched the lively melon-eating crowd, as well as the Internet celebrities who came to the hot live broadcast, and the mobile vendors who were attracted by the huge "customer base".

Fortunately.

The court and the police have sent people to maintain order at the scene, and a special passage has been opened for only those who are attending the trial today to enter.

Otherwise, Ye Xiangyang and Shen Qing would probably be squeezed outside and unable to enter.

If that's the case, it's going to be big news.

On the first day of the trial, the plaintiff and the plaintiff's lawyer were absent for the following reasons......

When they came inside, Ye Xiangyang and Shen Qing saw Liu Qian and the other party's parents who had arrived here in advance.

Liu Qian's family is also the plaintiff this time.

In judicial practice, it is relatively common for a single victim to sue a single defendant in a criminal private prosecution, but there are also cases where multiple co-infringers or multiple co-victims exist.

There is also a private prosecution in which the aggressor or victim is more than one person, but does not belong to the joint aggressor or joint victim.

In private prosecution cases where the infringer or victim is multiple but the facts of the conduct lack commonality, in principle, it should be handled with reference to the preceding two sober provisions, that is, where the private prosecutor only initiates a private prosecution against some of the infringers, the court shall accept it and treat it as a waiver of the right to sue the other infringers; Where only some of the victims make a complaint, the court shall notify the other victims to participate in the litigation, and where, after receiving the notice from the court, the notified person indicates that they will not participate in the litigation or will not appear in court, it will be viewed as a waiver of the right to sue.

This time, Liu Qian's family also joined in.

In this incident of being slandered by the Internet, Ye Xiangyang and Liu Qian's family are obviously like this.

Those defendants who have successively slandered Ye Xiangyang and Liu Qian have been dealt with separately, and of course only their respective cases are involved.

When the group entered the courthouse and waited for the court to begin, the dock was already crowded with the first batch of defendants and their defenders.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

The judge in charge of the trial walked in with a group of members of the collegial panel.

Sitting at the top of the courtroom, the senior judge named Yan Wei'an looked very solemn, and his eyes stayed on the plaintiff's bench and the defendant's bench for a few seconds.

This time, the number of defendants exceeded 13,000, which is unprecedented.

Not only the whole network, but their peers and all walks of life have paid extensive and high attention, and even the Supreme People's Court has sent people down.

After decades of working as a judge, he has experienced large and small eucalyptus, but in the face of the current situation, he still feels a little pressure.

Winter!

Gathering his mind, Yan Wei'an rang the gavel.

"Today, I, Yan Wei'an, serve as the presiding judge of this trial, and set up a collegial panel in accordance with the law to openly try the ...... of online defamation in the Second Criminal Trial Division of the Jiangcheng Court."

"Due to the special circumstances, this trial will be open to the public, limited by the venue and the number of defendants, no observer seats will be set up for the time being, and the trial live broadcast network will be broadcast live to the outside world simultaneously."

"Now read out the court discipline."

As clerks began to read out court discipline, the number of people watching the live broadcast on the official website also soared.

【Coming, coming】

[I've waited for so long, and finally waited for this day]

[I heard that the outside of the courthouse was crowded, and I watched the live broadcast in the morning]

[The trial of 10,000 people is unprecedented! 】

[I saw Brother Ye haha]

[That ruthless reporter? 】

[Why did those defendants look like they wilted one by one? 】

[Nonsense! Are you refreshed? 】

……

There is no barrage in the official live broadcast room, but everywhere on the Internet is lively.

Winter!

With the end of the court discipline reading at the trial scene, Yan Wei'an raised the magic hammer again and fell.

"Now the plaintiff is invited to read out the complaint and state the facts."

When the words fell, Shen Qing on the plaintiff's bench stood up and told Liu Qian's family, Ye Xiangyang and others about being subjected to online verbal violence, rumors and slander, and provided a series of relevant evidence.

The claim is also simple.

It is to require the defendant to bear criminal responsibility, make a public apology, and make civil compensation.

Subsequently.

It is the statement of multiple defendants opposite.

"Remember what I said, admit your mistakes and be sincere, don't talk nonsense......"

Just when the first defendant was about to stand up, seeing the other party's nervousness, the lawyer next to him was a little uneasy and reminded him in a whisper.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong."

"I'm sorry for Reporter Ye and Ms. Liu's family, when I saw those rumors at night, I shouldn't have forwarded and commented on them without being sure of the authenticity......"

"I had no idea that my irrational remarks would have such a terrible effect on them, and I regret it very much and feel guilty for my actions."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know what medicine I took wrong at the time, so I scolded people on the Internet......"

"I really didn't mean to, and I have already realized my mistake, and I hope that Reporter Ye and Ms. Liu's family can give me another chance......"

……

As the first defendant sat down, the second, third, and the defendants who stood up behind them, as if they had been discussed in advance, either wept bitterly or their voices trembled, and almost knelt down for them on the spot.

For a time, the entire courtroom became a large confessional scene.

On the official website of the live broadcast, netizens who saw this scene were also stunned.

What's going on with this special meow?

Are they all cowardly so quickly?

They weren't like that when they were online before, but now no one stands up and is tough.

Netizens who were originally going to watch a good show suddenly felt a little boring.

Winter!

As the first batch of defendants finished their statements in turn, Yan Wei'an turned his eyes to the plaintiff's seat, looked at Ye Xiangyang and Liu Qian's family, and asked solemnly: "Due to the special circumstances of this case, coupled with the wide range of involvement, I would like to consult the plaintiff's opinion here, if the defendant sincerely admits his mistakes and repents, actively cooperates and compensates, can the plaintiff accept the other party's apology and reconcile?" ”

Before the trial, Ye Xiangyang and the others had rejected all the defendants' requests for mediation and refused to settle, Yan Wei'an knew this, but the scope of this case was too wide, and in the case of the defendant admitting his mistakes and repenting, he and the members of the collegial panel still preferred that the two sides could reach a consensus.

"Presiding Judge, I refuse!"

"I refuse too!"

"No reconciliation!"

"We will never forgive!"

Ye Xiangyang shook his head, and Liu Qian's family hurriedly expressed their stance when they saw this.

Joke!

It took so much time and energy, and threw so much money into it, and reconciled at this time?

Of course.

Ye Xiangyang also knew that the presiding judge Yan Wei'an just asked like this, and the specific decision was still in accordance with their wishes.

Winter!

In the face of their statement, Yan Wei'an didn't say anything, sighed slightly, and sounded the gavel again.

"Next, the two sides entered the cross-examination and defense link."

As the presiding judge said this, the defendants, who were still full of hope, suddenly felt a basin of ice water splashed on their bodies, and their bodies were cold.

Ye Xiangyang and Liu Qian refused to reconcile, and even the judge didn't say anything anymore, obviously cutting off their best hope.

If they don't settle, they may go to jail according to what the lawyer told them.

The lightest of them are probation.

If you want to defend your innocence, these people, it's too difficult.

Only by admitting mistakes and giving in softly, and actively cooperating, can we strive for leniency in sentencing.

didn't give them time to be annoyed, and then Shen Qing directly began to present evidence, and every time he took out a piece of evidence, the other defendant's face turned dark.

These evidences are all justifiable, true and effective, and they have also applied to the court for police intervention in the investigation and dispatched Internet police, which could not be more reliable.

For these, the lawyer on the opposite side has little to refute.

The crime of defamation can be said to be a certainty.

Until the final statement of the defendant, the other party failed to come up with any new tricks, and reproduced the confession scenes one by one, obviously the lawyer had already talked to them in advance, wanting to reduce the punishment as much as possible by actively admitting guilt and compensating the victim.

At the end of the first batch of trials, the presiding judge did not announce the verdict in court, but announced a 15-minute adjournment.

Obviously, the verdict will be announced at a later date after the trial of all the defendants is over, and after the collegial panel deliberates, the verdict will be announced at a later date.

Fifteen minutes later.

A second group of defendants was brought in......

However.

Looking at the next famous scene of collective repentance, Ye Xiangyang was a little speechless.

Isn't there a saucy operation?

He is ready for a wonderful showdown with these defendants.

That's not right!

Recover quickly, what about your unruly appearance?