The members of the jury and Old Joe in the auditorium applauded together. Lawyers Bella and Hogarth also clapped their hands in a humane and caring manner to express their joy.

Seeing that his two clerks were applauding, the bearded judge who secretly received a lot of money from Stark Industries also clapped his hands twice with a speechless face.

The defendant's client's face was full of tears. He grabbed the doctor's hand and tried to delay it for a while: "God! Doctor Brandon, thank you for saving me!"

"You're welcome, this is a doctor's duty."

"No! Please let me thank you!" The adrenaline had already begun to take effect, and the defendant's client was so excited that he wanted to do somersaults on the spot.

The doctor helped him up and looked at him twice. He seemed to be very satisfied with his first aid skills. Look at this patient, who was so serious before, but now he has rescued him!

He said with pride in his tone: "Let's continue the trial."

You want me to die! The defendant's client had to return to his seat and continue to face Jerry Hogarth's cross-examination.

Total defeat!

The client of the defendant was killed and left without armor, and his lawyer only asked a few irrelevant questions.

After a half-day adjournment, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the jury made an informal verdict that Stark Industries and Wexler Steel had breached the contract. The judge also respected the jury's opinion. On this basis, in accordance with Arizona's

The law makes the final judgment.

Stark Industries and Wexler Steel must truthfully pay all pensions to retired steel company workers within 90 days.

Bella, Lao Qiao and others discussed that the previous method of receiving pensions every month was unreliable, and now the acquirer and the steel factory are required to pay the pension in one lump sum.

Taking the old people's ability to live to be 100 years old as a criterion, subtract their current age from 100, and then multiply the actual amount they should receive each year to get the pension they should receive.

If you live over 100 years old, then the old people will lose money. If the currency depreciates, that is the risk they need to bear.

The fact is that after working in a steel factory for a lifetime, no one thinks that they can live to be a hundred years old. God has blessed them to live to be ninety, and everyone is happy if they can get some more money.

Even if the currency depreciates, they will admit it!

Stark Industries and Steel Factory are definitely not happy. Not everyone’s pension is $45,000 per year. Old Joe’s pension is the largest, but even so, according to their calculations, the pension of fifty-nine workers

The total pension amount also exceeds 50 million.

A broken steel factory has to pay US$50 million in addition to the normal acquisition costs? No one would be happy to replace it.

Bella knew that they were not happy, and it was foreseeable that they would continue to delay while appealing, so the demonstrations did not stop.

The previous bank robbery was a loss no matter what, but at her suggestion, the three old men donated most of the stolen money in addition to necessary living expenses.

Now that the court has won the case, it is justifiable. Whether it is demonstrating in front of the Stark branch or gaining sympathy from the media, the old people have stood on the highest moral ground.

The elderly themselves are a vulnerable group. This vulnerable group has nothing to do with the skin color of blacks and whites, or the gender of men and women. Everyone will go through this stage. Today it is them, and tomorrow it will be you!

It is worthy of sympathy in itself, and now it is supported by the court's judgment. Bella and Natasha gathered many students and spoke on various online media. Stark Industries' competitors are also secretly exerting their strength, and the elderly are demonstrating.

It has received a lot of social attention.

Congressmen, politicians from all parties, and media reporters have followed this topic closely, which is increasingly detrimental to Stark Industries, which is at the center of the whirlpool.

...

"Everyone will grow old. Today it is old Joe and old Willie, and tomorrow it will be us. Maybe Mr. Tony Stark has enough money and he does not need to think about retirement in his later years, but we do! I think Tony Stark

The CEO of the industry, Mr. Obadiah Stane, also needs it. After all, he is just a wage earner. Ninety-nine percent of the people in this country need to consider this issue!

I am just an ordinary person, and I can only use my meager power to appeal to everyone, everyone to stand up together, we must say 'no' to those capitalists, they cannot devour our pensions arbitrarily!"

Obaday looked at Bella talking in front of the camera and wanted to punch the computer.

I am still working at the age of seventy. I have worked hard for so many years, but I still haven’t saved my family? I don’t need a pension!

Things developed so quickly that he didn't expect that the problem now was no longer Bella and the dozens of old workers in a shabby steel factory.

The incident spread across the United States, and many employees and workers employed by Stark Industries expressed their concerns to varying degrees.

This group ranges from the assistants around Obadiah to the aunt responsible for cleaning the group's toilets. Everyone is concerned about this issue. Where is my pension? Will it also be suspended?

The relationship between the two parties is just that of employees, not slaves. If you don’t pay, who will work for you?

The whole group was in turmoil. Obaday held meetings every day to appease his subordinates. He was also a fierce and decisive person. When his subordinates were about to continue the lawsuit with Bella, he directly stopped it.

Spend money and get rid of the initiator first.

The 50 million pension is obviously blackmail. Stark Industries cannot open this hole. The amount is too big. Who can live to be a hundred years old? Come forward and let me see!

The age limit is set to ninety years old, and a portion of the pension will be paid based on this standard thereafter.

...

A week later, the old people received pension payments from Stark Industries, totaling fifteen million U.S. dollars! Specifically, among the fifty-nine old people, some could get more than three hundred thousand, and some could get more than a dozen.

Ten thousand.

The holes in bank financial products can basically be plugged, the house will not be confiscated, and a large amount of money will be left for future family expenses.

The children, neighbors, and friends of the old people were subjected to pressure from all aspects, including persuasion, threats, and inducements. After receiving the money, they politely expressed to Bella that they hoped it would end there.

"Okay, I respect your choice."

Bella and Natasha left Old Joe's home. The old man was very embarrassed and walked them to the door in person. He waited until they drove away and then staggered back to his home.

Natasha was somewhat depressed, thinking that things were not perfect.

Bella is quite satisfied, it's pretty good that things have developed to this extent.

It cannot be said that Tony Stark is a good person, and all the people in his Stark Industries are good people.

Now everyone is still abiding by the rules of the game, but if push comes to shove, hiring murders and kidnappings will definitely happen. Bella is not afraid, but that doesn't mean others are not afraid.
Chapter completed!