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 no education. He has a dark face and a fierceness 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 rival stables to drug their own horses.
His lawyer has been replaced by a sixth-degree barrister named Manila. He is an old man in his fifties, with short graying brown hair, a hooked nose, and hawk-like eyes. Like Silva, he is from Johnson. -The law firm of Smith-Stewart, with a platoon 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 met in 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 for various losses and financial compensation caused by the mental trauma of Ms. Bi Xiaoting. 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 to?" Zheng Zhongshi gritted his teeth and stared at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming didn't say anything, and 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 must 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 quickly guessed what Zheng Zhongshi was thinking.
He speaks slowly and gently, but has his own firmness.
Zheng Zhongshi did see this agreement, and 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 quite believe it.
Manila looked at the copy of the agreement and also frowned, "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, 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 and read it, shaking his head.
It is a proposal to elaborate on the crime of animal cruelty.
Today, there are sprouts of legislation on animal cruelty in some parts of the empire.
A satellite town in the East China Sea has already enacted legislation on this.
Seeing Manila shaking his head, Tie Xiaojia was the first to say: "Although the new bill is not retroactive, there are special cases of retroactive application, and there is another one I think you need to take a look at."
Push a few pages of paper over.
When Manila saw it, his brows immediately wrinkled and he looked at Zheng Zhongshi beside him.
But it is a copy of the testimony of a stablekeeper at Zheng Zhongshishi’s stable. In the testimony, the stablekeeper explained that there has always been an unspoken rule in Zheng Zhongshishi’s stable, that is, for horses that are difficult to escape, he will instruct the stablekeeper to deliberately Manipulate it through diet and other aspects to make it eliminated as soon as possible, and even use a chronic poison to make it become 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 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 damaging property, but also guilty of aggravated 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 and barely push the compensation in Bi Xiaoting's case to the red line that is barely acceptable. Then, the other party suddenly threw out the case again, and by then, they were completely helpless.
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 were to handle these two cases by herself, she would definitely handle them one by one, one after the other, leaving the other party 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, a company under my name has a problem, I'm sorry. In fact, I have some problems that I have been wanting to ask you about in terms of evidence-producing techniques. You are in this aspect Expert, 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 like 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 itself has considerable weight.
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he meets someone he knows, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
It is almost impossible to clean away the smell of blood that comes from everyone in the Zhenmo Division.
