Hearing this, Fang Wenfei couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily: "You lied, I have never signed such a contract."
She signed two contracts with the company. The first contract was before singing "Eternal Life" and was a normal contract for artists signed by the company.
After "Eternal Life" became a hit, Fang Wenfei gained confidence and put forward requirements such as "arrange your own schedule and prioritize the selection of high-quality resources", and implemented them in the contract.
The company could not refuse at that time and had no choice but to agree, so Fang Wenfei signed a second contract that was more beneficial to herself, and at the same time the first contract was invalidated.
But even the first contract did not have the disgusting clause that all copyrights of the artists' self-composed songs belong to the company.
Otherwise, how could Fang Wenfei secretly create on her own?
Unexpectedly, the company actually used an unfounded contract clause to sue her for returning all copyrights and income from "Hao Fei Yu".
It's really shameless.
Officer He banged his gavel hard: "Defendant, please control your emotions."
Fang Wenfei forced herself to calm down: "I'm sorry, presiding judge, I'm a little excited."
He Luguan said: "The plaintiff has stated the reasons for the lawsuit. What do you have to say?"
Fang Wenfei said: “I don’t agree with the plaintiff’s reason for suing.
Although the first-instance judgment just now said that I was guilty of the crime of theft, I have already submitted an appeal within the appeal period. You have also said, presiding judge, that the first-instance judgment will not take effect during the appeal period. Therefore, the company requires me to compensate for the losses of the concert, which I cannot agree to.
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"Second, in the contract I signed with the company, there is absolutely no clause that during the signing period, all copyrights of the songs created belong to the company."
"Third, based on the first two points, I object to the company's request for the law court to freeze my account."
He Luguan looked at Lu Youwei and Qin Hanlin: "Plaintiff, while the first-instance judgment is temporarily not in effect, the Law Court cannot support your request for the defendant to compensate for the losses of the concert, but you can show other evidence."
"Yes, presiding judge."
Qin Hanlin took out a contract from his bag, stepped forward and handed it to He Luguan and said: "Presiding judge, this is the contract signed by the defendant Ms. Fang Wenfei and the company. It states that during the signing period, all copyrights of the songs created by the artist belong to the company.
Terms, and this term is on Ms. Fang Wenfei’s signature page, please take a look.”
He carefully pointed out the terms and signatures one by one to the lawyer for review.
After reading it, Lvguan He looked at Fang Wenfei: "Defendant, please confirm that the signature on this contract is yours?"
Fang Wenfei walked over, first saw the terms, and then saw her signature below, and her head suddenly buzzed.
The signature was very familiar to her, it was exactly her handwriting.
But Fang Wenfei clearly remembered that she had never signed this contract.
How is this going?
He Luguan emphasized his voice: "Defendant, please answer."
Fang Wenfei said: "Presiding judge, the handwriting of this signature is indeed very similar to mine, but I have not signed this contract."
He Luguan said: "In other words, this is not your signature?"
Fang Wenfei hesitated for a moment and nodded: "No."
Qin Hanlin said: "Presiding judge, since the defendant does not admit that the signature on the contract is his, I request the court to let a qualified handwriting appraisal expert conduct an appraisal."
He Luguan said: "Okay."
He waved to the audience: "Professor Lin Peng, could you please help me identify the handwriting."
"no problem."
Lin Peng walked over with a smile.
Fang Wenfei's face instantly turned extremely ugly.
Lin Peng was the expert invited by Gao Pingfeng and Meng Liqun, the plaintiffs in the previous case. Logically speaking, when the previous case was over and Gao Pingfeng and others left, Lin Peng should also leave together.
But Lin Peng stayed for some reason, and He Luguan and others did not interfere.
This was too obvious. Lin Peng clearly left it on purpose to identify her handwriting.
"Professor Lin, before the trial started, when the presiding judge asked irrelevant people to leave, why didn't you leave?
Do you have the ability to predict the future and know in advance that you need to identify the handwriting now?"
Fang Wenfei couldn't help but ask.
A trace of embarrassment flashed in Lin Peng's eyes, and then he said nonchalantly: "You misunderstood. There are other evidences in other cases that I need to identify in the Law Courts, so I didn't leave with others."
Fang Wenfei followed closely: "If you want to identify evidence in other cases, you should go to other courts. Why do you want to stay in this court?"
Lin Peng couldn't answer, and his expression turned ugly.
Officer He banged his gavel and said seriously: "Defendant, please do not disturb the order of the court."
Fang Wenfei said loudly: "Master Lawyer, can you explain why you let irrelevant personnel stay in the Law Court?"
He Luguan said calmly: "It was purely an accident and no discovery was made. Is this an acceptable explanation?"
Fang Wenfei smiled sarcastically: "Accident?
Haha, easy to explain, easy to explain!”
He Luguan ignored her and said, "Professor Lin, continue the appraisal."
Lin Peng looked at Fang Wenfei with a sullen face: "Miss Fang, please sign on the spot so that I can make a comparison."
The clerk had already prepared a signature pen and blank paper, and upon hearing this, he immediately handed them to Fang Wenfei.
Fang Wenfei had no expression on her face and scribbled her name on the white paper.
Lin Peng took the white paper and compared it with the contract, and said after a while: "President, after identification, although the strokes of these two signatures are slightly different, the handwriting characteristics, the proportions of the strokes, and the text layout are consistent. It can be determined that they are the same
A person’s signature.”
As soon as these words came out, Lu Youwei, Yang Lu and others all had smiles on their faces.
Fang Wenfei remained expressionless.
When she saw Lin Peng staying, she knew it would be this identification result.
He Luguan said: "Thank you Professor Lin for your appraisal."
Lin Peng said: "You're welcome, presiding judge, everyone, I have other case evidence that needs to be identified, so I'll take the first step."
With that said, he quickly left the law court.
Officer He looked at Fang Wenfei: "Defendant, do you have any evidence that you need to submit?"
Fang Wenfei shook his head.
He Luguan looked at Lu Youwei and Qin Hanlin again: "Plaintiff, please make your final statement."
Qin Hanlin said: "Presiding judge, we agree with your opinion on the first point. While the first-instance judgment has not yet taken effect, the defendant will not be required to compensate for the losses of the concert."
"As for the second point, the court can make a normal ruling."
“Third point, we strongly request the court to freeze the bank account under the defendant’s name.
This is done to prevent the defendant from deliberately transferring funds to other people’s names before the first-instance judgment takes effect, and then declaring personal bankruptcy to avoid compensation, causing huge losses to us and the plaintiff in the previous case.”
"Please refer to the presiding judge. My statement is complete."
Lvguan He nodded and looked at Fang Wenfei: "Defendant, please make your final argument."
Fang Wenfei gritted her teeth and said: "I have nothing to say, since I have been tricked, I admit defeat.
But I tell you, I will never give in! Whatever you have done to me, I will definitely get it back twice as much!"