Lawyer Zhang has not been idle during this period, and has focused all his energy on the Dongfang Xiangqi car accident.
After leaving the railway-related department at the train station that day, Lawyer Zhang worked intensively on a series of tasks.
First, we contacted the families of the two deceased persons, and reached a settlement with them in private before the liability determination for the accident was issued.
According to Dongfang Shenglong's wishes, he tried his best to meet the other party's requirements, and finally compensated the families of the two deceased people with 1.2 million each, and both parties signed a letter of understanding.
Of course, the object of this understanding refers to the driver of the Mercedes-Benz, which according to the situation at that time was Fat San.
With these two letters of understanding, there is no doubt that if Fat San still needs to bear criminal liability, it can be reduced.
The opinions of the railway department are very important, especially for railway losses. If the compensation is not adequate, Fat San will still be held criminally responsible.
With these two letters of understanding, Lawyer Zhang paid a large deposit, and Fat San was temporarily released. This happened yesterday.
Attorney Zhang conducted an in-depth investigation into the specific losses on the railway. This matter involved many aspects, so Qiao Xiaofei offered to provide assistance, including her and her entire law firm, who all intervened in the matter.
Fortunately, the law firm I had cooperated with before was more proficient in railway cases, and the two parties jointly conducted an investigation.
The results of the investigation were very surprising.
The damage to the train itself was not as serious as the railway department said. It was not worth more than one billion yuan. The entire train was sent to a professional maintenance factory. From inspection to repair, it only cost 2 million yuan in total.
The railway department was also greatly amazed, and the so-called experts were even more unbelievable.
But that's what it is.
The biggest dispute between the two parties is the operating losses of the railway. The algorithms are different and the results are different. The difference is huge.
According to the railway calculation method, there are indeed several billions, specifically around 3.2 billion.
According to the calculations of the legal team, it is only about 500 million.
The specific amount of compensation is being negotiated by both parties.
As for the compensation for the injured, Lawyer Zhang also took the lead in the work. Fortunately, Qiao Xiaofei's law firm helped, otherwise he would not be able to handle it alone.
Get the list of train passengers from the railway department, including the crew, and contact them individually one by one.
When talking about this matter, Lawyer Zhang smiled bitterly.
"We still contacted him late. Even if it was a day early, we would have saved a lot of work and a lot of legwork. Because we acted late, we spent a lot of travel expenses."
It turned out that on the day of the car accident, the injured passengers and crew were sent to major hospitals in Dongrun, including five hospitals.
The vast majority of people had minor injuries, and many went home without being hospitalized after their wounds were treated.
Even those with more serious injuries, including those who were still in the hospital, were discharged from the hospital three days later.
This is originally a good thing. The shorter the hospital stay of the injured, the less it will cost, and the smaller the loss of Dongrun Shipping Group will be.
However, these passengers are not all from Dongrun City. Most of them are outsiders, including those from Haibei. That train is a passing train, and Dongyun City is not the terminal station. The passengers are from all over the country, resulting in this kind of situation.
In order to do things rigorously, without any mistakes, and to ensure that the compensation is in place, even if the other party gives up compensation, there must be a written commitment.
This greatly increases the workload of lawyers.
Passengers who are easy to talk to are willing to actively cooperate and send relevant bills and information to the law firm.
But after all, there are still some people who are not actively cooperating, so the lawyer has to go on a business trip. For a bill or a letter of commitment, he may have to travel thousands of kilometers.
More than 1,000 injured passengers and a dozen lawyers have been running for a month and have not yet finished. Fortunately, it is almost over.
Hearing this, Ye Lingshuang felt a little embarrassed, and she couldn't tell Lawyer Zhang that at that time, she was thinking about the patients, and in a fit of rage, she cured almost all the patients in the five major hospitals in Dongrun City in three days. They were discharged from the hospital and left, causing Lawyer Zhang and others to do more work and spend a lot of unnecessary expenses.
Ye Lingshuang felt a little ashamed. Her kindness was unhelpful, but she couldn't say it.
Attorney Zhang also mentioned vehicle compensation.
At the scene of the car accident, the insurance company had taken photos and collected evidence. The total insurance amount is 5.2 million, and the insurance company is unwilling to discuss the amount of compensation with Lawyer Zhang.
Until the liability determination letter came down, the insurance company had to formally face the matter.
Mercedes-Benz is fully responsible, and RMB 5.2 million is simply not enough compensation. After several rounds of negotiations, the insurance company finally agreed to pay the full compensation, including the vehicle itself. The credit for this was all due to Qiao Xiaofei's legal team, which came up with many useful ideas. The insurance company agreed after they couldn't bear it. Fortunately, the matter did not enter the litigation stage.
The entire investigation of the case is basically like this at present. Now we are waiting for the outcome of negotiations with the railway, and with the specific amount of compensation for operating losses, we can arrange compensation.
Finally, Lawyer Zhang emphasized.
If the real driver is not traced, this car accident can be closed in a muddle. But the chairman was not satisfied with this result. The real driver who caused the accident must be found out and who he is.
Dongfang Shenglong was more concerned about who caused it. His eldest son Dongfang Xiangqi had been in a coma for such a long time. Even when he woke up, he had amnesia.
Think about it, the car accident not only injured Dongfang Xiangqi and damaged the shipping group, but more importantly, it affected the future development of the Dongfang family. As the helmsman of Dongrun Shipbuilding Group, Dongfang Shenglong will definitely not let the perpetrator go easily.
This is the most important thing.
Lawyer Zhang mentioned by the way that in order to be able to pay the compensation, the chairman had arranged backup.
He first went to the bank to get a loan in person.
The bank's information was very well-informed. Even if Dongfang Shenglong stated that the reason for the loan was to reinvest for the development of the company, the bank also thought of compensation and actually rejected him.
Dongfang Shenglong visited eight banks. These bankers seemed to be relieved. None of them wanted to lend to him, at least not in the near future. The euphemistic saying was to wait for a while.
If the money matter cannot be implemented, how can Dongfang Shenglong feel at ease?
He couldn't wait.
As a result, a series of measures were taken within the company.
As he said, cooperation with peers for large orders is to reduce large investments. Small orders can be sold as much as they can be sold, transferred as much as they can be transferred, and given away as much as possible. If it doesn't work, just return them.
The problem is that after all this effort and the company's liquidity, it is not enough to collect billions. To misappropriate the money, the board of directors must approve it.
For this, Dongfang Shenglong prepared all his personal savings.
He planned to use the working capital of the three subsidiaries. Dongfang Xiangrui basically agreed and even said that he would also contribute his personal money.
Dongfang Xianglin also stated in a high-profile manner that Fahai Company's money can be used freely, but he personally does not have much money and can only spend 10 million.
Finally, there is Xinghai Company. Lin Weiya became the temporary acting manager, cooperated very well with the chairman, and expressed her full support. All the money from Xinghai Company was handed over to the head office for compensation.
As for Dongfang Cheung Kei's personal money, he has no right to control it. Dongfang Xiangqi was in a coma and unable to authorize. Now that he is awake, but has lost his memory, it would be better for him not to hold on to his money for the time being.
Lin Weiya's attitude was really high, saying that she could personally contribute 3 million, because she had so much money on hand, so she took it all out and handed it over to the head office for free.
Dongfang Shenglong was still very moved, especially the attitudes of his two sons and Lin Weiya, and he greatly appreciated them.
There are many things to consider, and there are various reasons, so that the board of directors has not been convened for a long time, and the matter of misappropriation of company funds has not been discussed.
Fortunately, it was not mentioned. After the legal team investigated the approximate compensation from the railway, Dongfang Shenglong was not in a hurry to hold a board meeting and would wait and see.
If it is less than 1 billion, it will not require much money from the group company, and it will be easy for the board of directors to pass it. If the money is more, you will have to think of other methods.
Lawyer Zhang is usually very strict, otherwise he would not have been able to stay with the old chairman for so many years. If not for Wang Yina's appearance at Dongfang Shenglong's home, he would still be guarding the chairman now.
The case involved many things, and Lawyer Zhang basically explained them clearly to Ye Lingshuang in a concise and concise manner.
His last words made Ye Lingshuang very amused.
"From what Dongfang Shenglong said, Dongfang Xiangqi especially hopes that Miss Ye will accompany him. As long as you are there, his mind will be very clear. With your prompts, it is easy to recover some memories. If you are not here, he will feel confused. , his mind is unclear. I hope Miss Ye can help him more."
Seeing an imperceptible smile appear on the corner of Lawyer Zhang's mouth, I felt that there was something in his words, but he just smiled.
Qiao Xiaofei is very direct.
"Miss Ye must seize the opportunity!"
It goes without saying that she asked her to seize any opportunity. Ye Lingshuang was not familiar with her and did not want to say more in this regard, so she quickly changed the subject.
She thought of Liu Sha and found the videos she had provided on her mobile phone and forwarded them to Lawyer Zhang.
"This is a video clip taken from the gate of Xinghai Company on the afternoon of the day of the accident. I wonder if these videos can provide help or enlightenment to Lawyer Zhang."
She did not mention Lin Weiya's name, and she only had suspicions about Lin Weiya. Without any direct evidence, it was too hasty to say it.
Lawyer Zhang and Qiao Xiaofei watched the video content on the spot.
Lawyer Zhang said with a serious expression:
"These videos are very important. Although they cannot be used as direct evidence, they give us important revelations."
Lawyer Zhang doesn't want to reveal too much about the investigation into the driver who caused the accident. He hasn't investigated it yet.
He hesitated to speak.
The conversation fell into a brief silence.
Ye Lingshuang looked at Qiao Xiaofei and smiled:
"You probably didn't come to visit Manager Dongfang alone, right? Is there anything else?"
Lawyer Zhang and Qiao Xiaofei were surprised and asked almost at the same time:
"how do you know?"
