New Era Department Store is located on the busiest commercial street in Beiguan, not far from Jindiao Building.
This is a five-story gray strip building. At night, the neon signs flash, and there is a dazzling array of products inside. There are many customers and the business is very good.
On the top floor, there is an extremely luxurious and large office, covering an area of more than 100 square meters, with leather chairs and a huge mahogany desk, which is modern and elegant.
In the sitting area, which is slightly lower than the wooden floor desk, next to the marble coffee table, Liu Laocai carefully described his possible arrangements after being imprisoned. Lu Ming recorded it as a lawyer, and there were two other people as witnesses.
One is Zhou Qian, the operating president of New Era Department Store.
The second is the company's second largest shareholder. Liu Laocai's family friend is called Wang Xingwu. He is an extremely elegant old man, a well-known calligrapher from a scholarly family, and is not interested in business. The shares were passed down from his ancestors.
After Liu Laocai was about to go to jail, he entrusted his voting rights in the company to Wang Xingwu. At the same time, his second son Liu Kexing joined the board of directors and was appointed vice president of operations.
"Zhou Qian! From now on, you have to teach my useless son more..." Liu Laocai sighed.
Zhou Qian nodded lightly.
Zhou Qian is in his forties, and like Liu Laocai, he wears traditional robes, but in fact, he graduated from the Royal College of Finance and Economics in Donghai, and he is definitely the kind of business talent with very modern thinking and ability.
"Director Liu, you will be fine!" Lu Ming rubbed his nose.
"Lawyer Lu, I don't blame you. Who would have thought? My unfilial son would work with the lawyer I paid a high price to plot against me! Of course, I still blame myself for not being able to control my belt, which is why I got such a bastard. Things..." Liu Laocai smiled bitterly, with a hint of despair on his face.
It was already obvious that Liu Keyue and Gao Gao Tian were secretly colluding, and Gao Gao Tian gave Liu Keyue the idea.
I contacted the victim Deng Hongmei, but in reality, I had no real intention to send money. As expected, Deng Hongmei refused to accept the money and reported Liu Keyue.
In this way, in front of his father, Liu Keyue was a good son who did his best for his father. However, in court, the prosecutor was not a vegetarian and quickly turned Liu Keyue's behavior into a situation that was extremely unfavorable to Liu Laocai.
"You can make me understand, I am already very grateful to you!" Liu Laocai patted Lu Ming's hand, took out his checkbook, and wanted to pay Lu Ming.
Pan Mila, who was sitting next to Lu Ming, seemed to be holding back something. At this time, she finally couldn't help but said, "Mr. Liu, I think it is wrong for you to train Liu Kexing as your successor."
Liu Laocai looked at her in astonishment: "Mrs. Pan Mila, what do you mean by this?"
Before coming here, because it was non-working hours, Pan Mila had already changed out of her work clothes. At this time, she was wearing a black gauze dress and a flower-embellished hat. She looked very graceful and noble. On her snow-white neck, she wore an extremely bright gemstone necklace. , restored the true nature of a beautiful and sexy Western lady.
She glanced at Lu Ming and saw that Lu Ming didn't express anything, neither objecting nor approving, so she continued: "Your son, Mr. Liu Kexing, I think he has been stalking his eldest brother and reacting to his eldest brother's behavior He knew everything, but instead of exposing his elder brother, he cleverly used Lawyer Lu to achieve his goals."
"The first time we went to Deng Hongmei's home, he didn't even use the guide to guide us and found the place where Deng Hongmei and Mr. Liu Keyue were drinking tea. At that time, I was very confused."
"Moreover, he was also very aware of the changes in Deng Hongmei's family. He accidentally let it slip. Lawyer Lu must have discovered it at the time."
"Also, Lawyer Lu received an anonymous letter exposing the fees paid by Mr. Liu Keyue to Gao Gaotian's lawyer. I think it was Mr. Liu Kexing who did it. Although, he did it in vain, and my boss didn't need his reminder at all."
"All this proves that he is a very scheming son who is also disloyal to you. He has been secretly investigating his brother, but has not told you any information. Instead, he has adopted the method of benefiting from behind the scenes."
Liu Laocai looked at Pan Mira in astonishment, then turned to look at Lu Ming, "Lawyer Lu, is this true?"
Lu Ming rubbed his nose. In fact, he had suspected it for a long time, but unlike Pan Mira, he wanted to point it out when he encountered something he couldn't see.
As a defense lawyer, I just have to fulfill my responsibilities. The disputes between the client's family are not within the scope of my responsibilities.
After looking at Pan Mila, I saw that this guy was actually a very smart woman. It was just that her living environment was different when she was a child. Now that she came to the slums, she seemed out of place and even made a lot of jokes.
Lu Ming nodded to Liu Laocai.
The expression on Liu Laocai's face condensed, and he slowly leaned back on the sofa. At that moment, he seemed to have aged ten years.
At this time, there was a gentle knock on the office door, and Yang Yanran opened the door gently, "Chairman, Deng Hongmei is here, requesting to see Lawyer Lu alone."
After leading Lu Ming, Pan Mila, Liu Kexing and others to the community where Deng Hongmei lives as a guide, Yang Yanran was promoted to one of the secretaries in the chairman's secretary office.
"Please arrange a separate room for me." Lu Ming stood up.
Liu Laocai looked dejected and nodded to Yang Yanran.
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In the tea room, Yang Yanran gently closed the door from the outside. Although she was curious about what Deng Hongmei was doing here, she did not dare to eavesdrop.
"Lawyer Lu, you said that tolbutamide cannot cure diabetes. Is that true?" Deng Hongmei asked anxiously.
Seeing Lu Ming nod, Deng Hongmei immediately showed a look of despair on her face.
Lu Ming sighed inwardly. In fact, in his previous life, when tolbutamide, the first synthetic sulfonylurea hypoglycemic drug, first appeared, the world was also in joy, thinking that diabetes was about to become a thing of the past. But it turns out that this disease will cause many troubles.
Humanity for quite some time.
"Oh, I have a recipe, you can use it..." Lu Ming suddenly remembered that in his previous life, his aunt had diabetes, and he often helped her get medicine.
It has conditioning effects, and in this world, those medicinal materials are definitely much cheaper than tolbutamide.
The new drugs that have just come out are simply not affordable for people like Deng Hongmei.
This is also the reason why Deng Hongmei took the wrong approach and took the initiative to seduce Liu Laocai, and then wanted to obtain huge civil compensation.
The reason why I didn't have a real relationship with Liu Laocai was because I couldn't overcome the psychological hurdle.
But despite this, one can imagine the humiliation Deng Hongmei felt at that time when she wore a uniform to seduce a fat old man.
Poor people, sometimes, are so humble in order to survive.
"Ah, thank you, Lawyer Lu!" Seeing Lu Ming take out a pen and paper and scribbling down the prescription, Deng Hongmei was stunned, tears gradually filling her eyes.
"Lawyer Lu, you are a good person. I know that you didn't want me to make a fool of myself in court, so you didn't cross-examine me with sharp questions..." Deng Hongmei wiped away her tears and sobbed softly.
Lu Ming placed the prescription in front of her, nodded and said: "It's not just what you think. Too much trouble for a weak woman will make the jury disgusted with me, and it will also affect the persuasiveness of my closing argument.
"
"On the contrary, I pursued and beat Liu Keyue fiercely, which opened the jurors' eyes to a new possibility. But I completely let go of you, a weak woman. I think, in the jury's mind, I have established a more positive image of myself.
image of."
"Litigation, sometimes, is just a game of getting the majority of jurors to side with you."
"However, when it comes to closing arguments, I will tell the jury everything. Although I don't want your reputation to be damaged in any way, the law is the law. In this matter, Liu Gaoyu did not break the law and should not be unfair.
's trial."
Deng Hongmei looked up in shock.
Obviously, he originally thought that Lu Ming was a kind-hearted person who felt pity for her and was unwilling to tell the truth.
But she still felt a little unsure, and she was more concerned about the new diabetes drug. Lawyer Lu was well-informed, but she couldn't ask in detail in court.
She just came to see Lu Ming, but she didn't expect that Lu Ming had no intention of protecting her to the end.
Lu Ming looked at Deng Hongmei, "I know that your family is in a difficult situation. Your husband is in poor health due to diabetes and can no longer pull a rickshaw. He can only work as a low-level clerk. Your income is even less.
I simply can’t afford to buy that new drug.”
"But this is not the reason why you have the right to blackmail my client." After a pause, "I hope that we can resolve this case privately. If it goes to court tomorrow, the final result will definitely not be what you want."
"In court, sometimes I am afraid of myself..."
Lu Ming said and sighed softly.
Under Lu Ming's clear eyes, Deng Hongmei lowered her head in shame, "I know, I heard that the famous good young master lost all his lawsuits with you..."
After a moment of silence, she hesitated and said, "Can I withdraw the lawsuit now?"
Lu Ming shook his head, thought for a while and said: "Let's sign a settlement agreement. You can take it to the prosecutor now or tomorrow morning. Of course, he will definitely disagree and even think that you have been bewitched by me. Just insist."
, saying that you took the initiative to meet me and signed the settlement agreement."
It is completely different for the prosecution witness to take the initiative to make an appointment with him, and for him to make an appointment with the prosecution witness. Many people here see Deng Hongmei coming and are not afraid of the prosecutor's investigation.
"Then, you said that if the fight must continue, you would withdraw your confession. If he threatens to charge you with perjury, you don't have to worry. I will help you get rid of the crime. Normally, the prosecutor will not do this.
situation."
Then he said: "Wait a minute, I'll call Liu Gaoyu!"
He stood up, thought about it, and sat down again. Lu Ming took out his checkbook, wrote a check for 2,000, handed it to Deng Hongmei, and said: "In order to prevent my client's interests from being harmed, the settlement document will not be unfair to Deng Hongmei."
If you make any compensation, this money is from me privately as my condolences to you."
Deng Hongmei was stunned when she looked at the check. This was a huge sum of money for her four years' salary. She could even buy a small house in Beiguan.
