The conference room on the top floor of the Newcastle Hotel.
On Lu Ming's side, it was still him and three disciples, in addition to Bi Xiaoting.
Opposite, there was a row of people sitting.
Zheng Zhongshi is a short and stocky man with little education. He has a dark face and a fierce air about him. After all, the stable is just a small arena. Sometimes when training horses, you need to be ruthless.
This is true for the horses, the same beating and scolding for the apprentices, and the same is true for the stable culture. In the past, it was even normal to be prepared for the opponent's stable to drug one's own horses.
His lawyer has been replaced by a sixth-degree barrister named Manila. He is an old man in his fifties, with short gray brown hair, a hooked nose, and hawk-like eyes. Like Silva, he comes from Johnson.
- Smith & Stewart, a law firm, brought in a cadre of lower-level lawyers as assistants.
Lu Ming has dealt with several barristers from Reid and Johnson-Smith-Stewart. This is the first time he has seen this Manila. In the past, he had interacted with both law firms on economic cases, while Manila was excellent in criminal defense.
Lawyer, Lu Ming has also heard of his name.
At this time, Zheng Zhongshi looked at the settlement agreement handed over by the manly woman, his eyelids twitching.
The settlement agreement mainly consists of three items. The first item is to compensate the financial officer Bi Xiaoting for various losses and financial compensation caused by the mental trauma. The amount is 300,000 yuan; the second item is to compensate Ms. Jennifer for mistreating her racehorse.
The compensation for the injuries caused by Miss Jennifer is 100,000 yuan; the third item is to publish an apology in the newspaper, admit that he is not a competent horse trainer, and transfer the stable to the successor designated by Miss Jennifer.
"Stable, who do you want me to transfer it to?" Zheng Zhongshi gritted his teeth and stared at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming didn't say anything, but looked through a pile of documents on the table, as if he was really not just pretending, but was racing against time to deal with some matters.
This negotiation seemed to be of no importance to him, he just had to show his face.
"Mr. Zheng Zhongshi, you should have misunderstood us. We have not reached any agreement with any horse trainer and have never communicated privately. We will respect Miss Jennifer's opinion and let her choose your replacement. This
It is also part of your apology to Miss Jennifer."
It was Tong Xiao'e who spoke. She was thoughtful and could quickly guess what Zheng Zhongshi was thinking.
He speaks slowly and gently, but has his own firmness.
When Zheng Zhongshi did see this agreement, his first thought was that some evil enemy had colluded with the other party to kill him.
Hearing Tong Xiao'e's words, he snorted and didn't really believe it.
Manila looked at the copy of the agreement and frowned as well, "If he goes to court, my client may not be convicted of kidnapping. Therefore, the compensation to Ms. Bi will be around 10,000 yuan, saving everyone's time and not having to go to court. Here
We can discuss the number again, at least, there is room for discussion, but what happened to Miss Jennifer? Even if her horse racing has any liability that requires compensation, isn't it covered by Golden Taiping Insurance Company? The third matter is even more nonsense.
talk."
Tie Xiaojia immediately pushed a document over and said: "This is a copy of the proposal that my master will propose to the Beiguan Council. You should have investigated it clearly. My master is one of the five municipal committee members in Beiguan.
The parliament has a decisive influence, and it is very easy for this kind of proposal that does not involve political affiliation to be passed by the Beiguan Parliament."
Manila picked it up, read it, and shook his head.
It is a proposal to elaborate on the crime of animal cruelty.
Today, legislation on animal cruelty has sprouted in some parts of the empire.
There is already a satellite town in the East China Sea that has enacted legislation on this.
Seeing Manila shaking his head, Tie Xiaojia had already said, "Although the new bill is not retroactive, there are special cases of retroactive application, and there is this one that I think you need to take a look at."
Push a few pages of paper over.
When Manila saw it, his brows immediately furrowed and he looked at Zheng Zhongshishi beside him.
But it is a copy of the testimony of a groom at Zheng Zhongshi’s stable. In the testimony, the groom confessed that there has always been an unspoken rule in Zheng Zhongshi’s stable, that is, for horses that are difficult to escape, he will instruct the groom to deliberately avoid eating and drinking.
Manipulate it in other aspects to make it eliminated as soon as possible, and even use a chronic poison to make it weak quickly.
Because each stable has an upper limit of 80 places, there are horse owners who just pay according to the contract, and their horses are overlooked by Zheng Zhongshi and cannot run out at all. This not only affects the stable's success rate, but also affects the stable's success rate.
Seriously affect its income.
In this way, horses that are difficult to run and quickly promoted to the second class can be eliminated as soon as possible, so that the overall quality of horse racing at Zheng Zhongshi stable has always been very high.
Tie Xiaojia snorted: "I think that after Jin Taiping Insurance Company gets this testimony, it will no longer be obliged to bear any liability for compensation for him." He added: "Even if it's your client, animal cruelty is not a crime.
Success, but in terms of public opinion, you have already lost, and we will unite all the horse owners who have suffered losses in the past to file a class action lawsuit. These horse racing horses are the private property of the horse owners, and together they should be worth a huge amount.
, I think that your client is not only guilty of damage to property, but also aggravated crime of destruction!"
"Originally, this testimony only involves Miss Jennifer's case. We can reach a settlement agreement with you on Ms. Bi's case first, and then talk about this new case..."
Manila's face changed. Yes, if the other party handles it this way, it is not illegal, but he and his client will fall into this huge trap, barely pushing the compensation in Bi Xiaoting's case to the red line that is barely acceptable.
Then, the other party suddenly throws out the case again, and by then, it is completely powerless to resist.
Tie Xiaojia continued: "So, Manila lawyer, my master, has the greatest goodwill and sincerity towards you and your client, and hopes to solve your client's troubles as soon as possible."
Manila was silent. From a certain point of view, this little girl was right. If she had to deal with these two cases by herself, she would have dealt with them one by one, one after the other, and the other party would have been unable to fight back.
It's just that Lu Qianxing's attitude is too arrogant and he doesn't even bother to talk to himself and his client. Although, he can feel that his disciples have received his guidance on what to say and what to do step by step.
, all arranged in an orderly manner.
"Manila lawyer, I think you need time now to have very careful communication with your client!" Tie Xiaojia stood up, "There is a very quiet room next to it. I will take you and your team there."
Lu Ming was brushing his signature at this time, raised his head and smiled: "Manila lawyer, there is something wrong with a company under my name, I'm sorry. Actually, I have some problems that I have been wanting to ask you about in terms of evidence-producing techniques. You are in this aspect
Experts, when this case is over, can we sit down if you have time?"
"Okay, I hope I have a chance!" Manila nodded to him. Somehow, even though the other person didn't lift his butt, he felt more comfortable in his heart.
Maybe people's psychology is so weird. The other person used to treat you as nothing, but suddenly pays attention to you. You know clearly that the other person is talking politely, but you still feel that you are finally respected?
Of course, the premise is that this person himself has considerable weight.