"Your Honor, I just contacted Huo Zhaotang's secretary. Something happened in his company, and Huo Zhaotang rushed back to deal with it!" After confirming that Huo Zhaotang had left, the prosecution lawyer contacted Huo Zhaotang's secretary and got the result that he had returned to the company.
"Defense lawyer, does the question you asked Huo Zhaotang have anything to do with the case? Do you want to adjourn the court first and retry it another day?" Judge Gui Lao asked.
"It's relevant. It's about Huo Zhaotang's bribery of Situ Jie, but let's just wait for another day. My client doesn't want to go back to prison." Lin Qiaochu glanced at Qiu Gangao and others and said.
"Bribery, defense lawyer, don't say this nonsense. Do you have any evidence?" Everyone present was stunned when they heard that Huo Zhaotang bribed Situ Jie.
"Your Honor, there is no direct evidence, but there is indirect evidence." Lin Qiaochu took out a document from his bag and handed it to the court, saying: "This is Situjie's stock account opening information. Last year, Situjie purchased He bought a lot of stocks of banks under Huo Zhaotang's name.
At the time of the kidnapping, the value was close to 10 million.
This is why Situ Jie asked my client to rescue Huo Zhaotang before the stock market opened. Not only because of pressure from his superiors, but also because he held a large number of Huo's Bank stocks.
Once the news of Huo Zhaotang's kidnapping is leaked, the stock price of Huo's Bank will plummet. For his own little money, he can only squeeze my clients desperately and ask them to rescue Huo Zhaotang by any means.
My client also lynched He Weile due to pressure from his superiors, resulting in his death. "
"Prosecution lawyer, do you have anything else to say?" Judge Gui Lao asked when Lin Qiaochu sat down.
"Your honor, what I want to say is that even if there is pressure from superiors, lynching suspects always violates the regulations and requires legal responsibility."
The prosecution lawyer stood up and said, "I hope your honor, you can consider the deceased as the greatest and seek justice for him."
Knowing that Situ Jieding was in front of him again, the crimes committed by Qiu Gangao and others were much smaller. At most, they would be dismissed from public office instead of going to jail. However, as the prosecution lawyer, he still had to complete his task and do his best to bring the case to justice. Qiu Gangao and others were sent to prison.
This is not about right or wrong, but his responsibility as a lawyer.
"Your Honor, I object!" Lin Qiaochu stood up and retorted: "The prosecution lawyer's words are wrong. The law depends on evidence. How to punish depends on the evidence. The punishment cannot be increased just because a person dies."
"The objection is valid!" Judge Gui Lao nodded, "Does the prosecution lawyer have anything else to say?"
"No!" said the prosecution lawyer.
"Where is the defense lawyer?" Judge Guilao continued to ask.
"Your Honor, I just want to say that although it is illegal for Qiu Gangao and others to accidentally kill the prisoner, the entire action is strictly illegal, as far as I know.
Mr. Lei Weidong, the Director of Operations of the Police Department, did not know about this matter. The entire operation was carried out by the Political Department, the Director, and the Western District Police Station, bypassing the Operations Department. No case was even filed. It can be said that it is neither legal nor legal. illegal.
If Qiu Gangao and others were punished because they beat the prisoner to death, then the Political Department, the Division Chief and Situ Jie would all be punished. "
Lin Qiaochu's words are not shocking, but she will die. Anyway, to her, she belongs to Lei Weidong's faction.
The reason why Lei Weidong uncovered the case of Qiu Gangao and others was to target the Political Department and the Section Chief, Mrs. M, in order to overthrow them. As for Situ Jie, he was just trying to kill rabbits, and it didn't matter if there was one more or one less.
"I'm going to pronounce the sentence!" Lin Qiaochu's threatening words made Judge Gui Lao break into cold sweat. He knew what Lin Qiaochu meant. If Qiu Gangao and others were sentenced severely, he would still let them go to jail as before. , or dismissed from the police force.
Then Lei Weidong will use this case to attack Mrs. M and the Political Department and bring them down.
So Judge Guilao adjourned the court. He needed to discuss with the superior officer how to deal with Qiu Gangao and others. As a result, the case that should have been decided in the morning was delayed until four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Qiu Gangao and others accidentally killed He Weile. The evidence is conclusive and undoubted. They need to be sentenced to four years in prison. However, considering that Qiu Gangao and others were trying to save people and that their superiors put pressure on them, this situation resulted.
Therefore, I ruled that Qiu Gangao and others were dismissed from their original posts and transferred to the New Territories as police officers to guard the reservoirs. "
"yeah!"
I heard that I didn’t have to go to jail and I still kept my public office. Although I was demoted from sergeant and inspector to police officer and returned to the starting point after more than ten years of hard work, compared with the original, there are too many good things. At least I can keep my status as a police officer. .
——
"Robinson, after investigation, it has been determined that your daughter was killed by Liu Yaozu. The reason why you killed Liu Yaozu with a kitchen knife was because of your passion after seeing your daughter's body.
Although it's illegal, it makes sense.
In addition, you did not hurt anyone. You were restrained by Liu Yaozu as soon as you picked up the kitchen knife to look at him, and there were no serious consequences.
So I rule!
Robinson was sentenced to one year in prison and suspended for two years. Considering that you have been in prison for five years, I announce that Robinson will be released from court immediately. "
As a result of the so-called judge's decision, not only Wendi Qian but also Robinson was freed, which made the killer in the audience very happy.
Now that Robinson and Wendi Qian have come out, the next step is to divide the money, so they appear in front of them, "Wendi, Robinson, now that you are all fine, when will we divide it!!"
"It has been prepared for you a long time ago." Seeing the anxious look on the killer male monkey's face, Wendi Qian took out a check from his pocket and handed it to the killer male monkey, "Here, fifteen million, not a penny less."
"Fifteen million, that's really good." Looking at the amount on the check, Killer Hero was so happy that he couldn't help but kiss the check with his mouth.
"Wait, you two, wait!"
Looking at the date on the check, Killer Hero was a little confused and quickly stopped Wendi Qian and Robinson, "Why can't you give it to me now when the date on this check is five years later?"
"I didn't explain this clearly to you." Patting the killer on the shoulder, Qian Wendi smiled and said,
"It is very troublesome to exchange the bonds for money, so I deposited them in a Swiss bank. The five-year interest rate is almost 5 points. That is to say, after four years we will have 60 million in interest. I will suffer some losses and share it with If you have 20 million, you can still earn 5 million more.”
"It's good to earn an extra five million, but after five years, you guys will be too uninterested. We agreed at the beginning that we will get the money after the completion of the project."
Hearing that it would take five years to get it, Killer Hero was not happy.
"Five years is a short period of time. It went by in a blink of an eye. You should pray that Robinson and I are safe now, otherwise you won't be able to get a penny by then."
Seeing Killer Xiong's angry look, Qian Wendi patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.
"You, these, big, big bastards, I, I can't spare you." Seeing Qian Wendi hugging Lily and walking away with Robinson, the killer wanted to scold but didn't know how, and his face was filled with sullen expression. The monkey's butt is still red.
"Zhong Tianzheng, you..."
Under the attack of Lin Qiaochu and other barristers, one case after another was turned over, either acquitted or commuted. At the same time, some prison guards and judges were sent to the dock.
At the same time, a large number of businessmen who used money to disrupt the law were punished, and Huo Zhaotang was one of the representatives.
The reason why he left was because he received a call from the bank manager. Huo's Bank was being run. Countless citizens suddenly went to various branches of Huo's Bank to withdraw money. As a result, the branch's liquidity decreased rapidly, and the head office needed to be opened for support. .
This is no longer something that the manager can decide. Huo Zhaotang needs to go back and take charge of the overall situation.
"How much money was taken."
Returning to the headquarters of Huo's Bank, looking at the crowded crowd downstairs from the office, Huo Zhaotang asked with a serious look on his face.
"The head office plus several branches have taken away 280 million Hong Kong dollars so far. The head office is fine and supported by the treasury, but the branches are not.
The cash delivered in the morning is already running low and will soon be out of money. Once there is no money, I will leave a message to let more people come to the bank to withdraw money.
"Transfer the funds immediately, quickly, and bring the citizens who are withdrawing money outside to the conference room and let them wait in the conference room. Don't let them queue outside. The longer the queue, the more dangerous it is and it can easily cause panic. Let more people come and withdraw money.”
"Boss, I'm already doing this. The key is that there is not much cash in the vault. If we keep running at the current speed, our funds will be broken in three days at most."
The manager lowered his head and said: "Also, all the people coming now are retail investors. If those VIP customers also come to withdraw money, it will be troublesome."
"VIP customers, go and discuss with those people right away. You must do everything possible to ask them to come back to collect it in a few days. Give the money to the retail investors first and send them home as soon as possible."
Huo Zhaotang thought for a moment and said, "Let's check, what caused the run?"
Large withdrawals require an appointment. This process is normal. I believe those VIP customers will understand that for Huo Zhaotang, what he has to do now is to raise money.
Banks' reserve funds alone cannot cope with a run, because banks cannot hold on to deposits and need to invest them to earn the interest rate difference.
Now that real estate and the stock market are so hot, in order to make a lot of money, Huo Zhaotang naturally invests a lot of money in them and earns a lot of money every day.
As for banks, they only need to keep liquidity within the safety line to deal with it.
If there is a run, it will take a few days to turn around so that Huo Zhaotang can take out the money in the stock market and property market. Otherwise, if the run cannot be avoided, it will be extremely dangerous for Huo's Bank and it is likely to go bankrupt. .
"It has been found!" the bank manager whispered: "Last night a message appeared on the market, saying that boss you were kidnapped some time ago, in order to allow you to return safely.
The wife paid a ransom of one billion, causing the bank's liquidity to dry up.
This news was originally only circulated in the market and had little impact, but it was published in newspapers early this morning. Especially the Oriental Daily News, which has the largest sales volume, also published this news, so it caused a run.
What's even more troublesome is that when the stock market opened today, our bank's stocks experienced a wave of selling. The rapid decline also led to a wave of runs. "
"What, our bank's stock was suppressed and fell rapidly."
Upon hearing this, Huo Zhaotang immediately contacted his stockbroker to confirm. Sure enough, as soon as the market opened today, there was a large number of selling orders for Huo's Bank's stock. In just two hours, the stock fell by 35%, and the stock price at the door of the bank was the same. The run has had cascading effects.
"Boss, boss, something bad has happened. We have lost a lot of funds in the treasury. They have been replaced with blank paper, which cannot be used." Just when Huo Zhaotang was discussing with the manager what to do to tide over the crisis.
Suddenly the person in charge of the bank's vault ran over, looked at Huo Zhaotang and the manager and said.
"What, the money in the vault was replaced with blank paper." Huo Zhaotang almost fainted when he heard this. Regardless of his fat body, he rushed to the bank vault at a speed of 120 miles.
Looking at the bottom of the vault, where stacks of thousand-yuan bills should have been stacked, turned into stacks of white paper, Huo Zhaotang felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.
"Who, who did this?" Huo Zhaotang looked at the person in charge of the treasury with bloodshot eyes and said.
"Old, boss, I, I don't know." Huo Zhaotang stared at him with a cannibalistic look. The person in charge of the treasury stammered: "Because there was a run, the manager asked us to take out the money from the treasury, but it turned out that the money was It was replaced with a blank sheet of paper!”
"It's nothing I didn't find before. Did you just keep it in check?" Huo Zhaotang grabbed the person in charge of the treasury by the collar and shouted loudly.
"No, it's not!" The person in charge of the vault shook his head desperately. "Only a few people can enter the vault. Every time they enter, there are surveillance cameras. I didn't find it before because this is the deepest part of the vault. I usually only look at the top to make sure. Correct.
Today I was about to take out the money, and I discovered that except for the top few layers, the bottom layers had been replaced with white paper. "
"How many have been replaced?" Huo Zhaotang asked.
"Almost five hundred million."
"Five hundred million, why don't you die?" Huo Zhaotang kicked the person in charge of the treasury into the ground.
There are about 1 billion funds reserved in the treasury to cope with normal runs. Now it is 500 million less, which means it is less than half. With the current fund inventory, it may not be able to cope with a one-day run.
If you can't cope with it, it will cause chain reactions, including bankruptcy, which is the least severe case. "
"Boss, do you want to call the police? If you can get the money back, it's okay, otherwise!" Seeing Huo Zhaotang standing there in a daze, the bank manager, who knew that time was running out, reminded him in a low voice.
"Call the police, you are crazy. There is a run on the bank right now. If the bank is stolen again, the sun will come out from the west if the bank does not close." After hearing the manager's suggestion, Huo Zhaotang was so angry that he almost kicked the bank manager away.
But the bank manager was right, he had to get the money back, otherwise, he just couldn't look for it with great fanfare, he had to do it secretly without being discovered by the outside world.
Thinking of this, Huo Zhaotang dialed Situ Jie's phone number.
(End of chapter)
