Fang Wenfei could feel that the plaintiff's attorney, family members, and others, although seemingly calm, were actually looking at her secretly.
Fang Wenfei did not find it strange at all.
After all, she is a popular actress, and the other person is just an ordinary person. When she sees a real person, she will naturally look twice.
She has long been accustomed to such looks.
On the other hand, the old accuser didn't look at her very much. He lowered his head slightly and seemed to be deep in thought, looking very worried.
After a while, footsteps sounded.
Immediately, the door of the court was pushed open, and uniformed lawyers, assistants, clerks, and police officers walked in.
Upon seeing this, everyone stood up and waited for the lawyer and others to take their seats on the trial bench before sitting down again.
The clerk took out the file and said loudly: "Civil Case No. 1024, now we are going to count the people present in court and confirm their identities. You only need to answer yes or no."
He first looked at the plaintiff's seat: "Plaintiff Gao Pingfeng, male, 68 years old, formerly a music teacher at the No. 15 Middle School in Zhanan District, Zhongping City, has now retired."
The old man said: "Yes."
The clerk looked at the plaintiff's attorney again: "Plaintiff's attorney, Meng Liqun, a third-level lawyer at Jinhua Law Firm."
"yes."
The clerk turned to look at the defendant's seat: "The defendant Fang Wenfei, female, 23 years old, is currently a contracted artist of Mingyu Entertainment Co., Ltd."
Fang Wenfei said: "Yes."
"Defendant's attorney, Qin Hanlin, second-level lawyer at Qinghua Law Firm."
"yes."
After the clerk finished checking, he announced the court discipline and precautions, and then said to the lawyer: "Report to the presiding judge, Civil Case No. 1024, the plaintiff, defendant, and attorneys of both parties are all in court, pre-trial preparations.
The work is ready and the report is completed."
The lawyer nodded: "I declare that civil case No. 1024 is now officially open for trial."
After saying that, he picked up the gavel and knocked it hard.
The court fell silent for a moment.
The lawyer said: "Now the legal court investigation phase begins. Plaintiff's attorney, please state the content of the lawsuit in detail."
Meng Liqun stood up: "Yes, distinguished presiding judge, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. Gao Pingfeng, I am accusing Ms. Fang Wenfei, a contracted artist of Mingyu Entertainment Co., Ltd., of stealing Mr. Gao Pingfeng's musical work "Immortality"."
"Mr. Gao Pingfeng has been engaged in music education for many years. He has extremely high professional music ability and literacy, and is proficient in traditional culture. He especially likes music in the field of Chinese style and has composed many songs of his own."
""Eternal Life" is a song that Mr. Gao Pingfeng spent his whole life and painstakingly created after years of polishing. Unexpectedly, before it was published, it was stolen and used as his own."
"Mr. Gao Pingfeng expressed great indignation at this despicable theft method and specifically entrusted our firm to prosecute Ms. Fang Wenfei."
"On behalf of Mr. Gao Pingfeng, I make four solemn demands to the defendant. First: immediately stop singing "Eternal Life" and all related commercial activities; second: immediately return Mr. Gao Pingfeng's "Eternal Life" copyright and related copyrights, and publicly disclose it to the defendant.
Mr. Gao Pingfeng apologizes; third: compensate Mr. Gao Pingfeng for all direct and indirect income brought by "Eternal Life"; fourth: bear criminal responsibility for the theft of "Eternal Life"."
"Presiding judge, my statement is finished."
After Meng Liqun finished speaking, he sat down.
The lawyer looked at Qin Hanlin: "Defendant's agent, please defend the content of the plaintiff's agent's lawsuit."
On behalf of Ms. Fang Wenfei, I express my opinion on the plaintiff’s lawsuit that this is a completely groundless and false accusation.”
"Ms. Fang Wenfei has registered the copyright of "Eternal Life" more than three months ago. She is the only author recognized by law and legally owns all the copyrights of "Eternal Life"."
"Ms. Fang Wenfei and the plaintiff Mr. Gao Pingfeng are strangers to each other and have never interacted with each other. Today is the first time they have met. How can we talk about stealing?"
"Furthermore, "Eternal Life" became famous when Ms. Fang Wenfei sang it for the first time. Today, "Eternal Life" has become a very popular song. Why did the plaintiff sue Ms. Fang Wenfei only after a few months?"
"To sum up, we have enough reasons to suspect that the plaintiff maliciously touched Ms. Fang Wenfei in order to become famous or obtain improper benefits.
Not only will we not agree to the plaintiff’s four demands, but we will also counterclaim that the plaintiff will be framed and compensated for Ms. Fang Wenfei’s reputation and other losses!”
"Presiding judge, I have finished my statement."
Qin Hanlin sat down.
Fang Wenfei nodded with satisfaction.
Qin Hanlin not only expressed all her inner thoughts, but also used concise words, clear organization and clear logic.
He is worthy of being a second-class lawyer.
The lawyer nodded and said to Meng Liqun: "Plaintiff's attorney, do you have anything else to add?"
Meng Liqun stood up and said: "Yes, presiding judge, I would like to add something to the defense of the defendant's attorney."
"Although my client, Mr. Gao Pingfeng, and the defendant, Ms. Fang Wenfei, are strangers to each other, Mr. Gao Pingfeng lives near Nanjiang University, so after his retirement, he walks on the campus of Nanjiang University every evening."
"On the day of the Nanjiang University celebration party, Mr. Gao Pingfeng completed the creation of "Eternal Life" and was so happy that he took a complete manuscript while singing and walking.
Later, Mr. Gao Pingfeng rested on a bench on campus and put his creative manuscript on the bench. After leaving, he forgot to take the manuscript away. Later, he found that it was missing and quickly looked for it, but he could no longer find it."
"Although Mr. Gao Pingfeng was very regretful, he didn't take it too seriously because the manuscript was just a copy, and the manuscript of "Immortality" was very professional. Even if it was discovered, most people wouldn't be able to understand it. The cleaner probably thought it was
It's garbage, just throw it away."
"Unexpectedly, the next day, Mr. Gao Pingfeng discovered that his song "Eternal Life" became a hit, and the singer was none other than Ms. Fang Wenfei. And some people said that on the day of the school anniversary party, they saw Ms. Fang Wenfei disguised and haunting the campus.
So I guessed that Ms. Fang Wenfei might have accidentally picked up the manuscript of "Eternal Life", and she was so happy that she took it for herself."
"Due to the huge difference in identity and popularity between Mr. Gao Pingfeng and Ms. Fang Wenfei, Mr. Gao Pingfeng did not rush to find Ms. Fang Wenfei. Instead, after listening to "Eternal Life" repeatedly for several days, he confirmed that it was a song composed by himself, and then found Ming Ming.
Jade Company, I want to ask for an explanation."
"But Mingyu Company ignored the evidence of original manuscripts produced by Mr. Gao Pingfeng, shut him out of the company many times, and even threatened Mr. Gao Pingfeng's personal safety."
"In desperation, Mr. Gao Pingfeng had no choice but to call the police. After being instructed by law enforcement officials, he learned that art works were stolen and that he needed to be prosecuted in court."
"This is why Mr. Gao Pingfeng only sued Ms. Fang Wenfei a few months after "Eternal Life" became a hit."
"Presiding judge, I have completed the supplement."