My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 13: Grow and thrive

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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.

Across the way, a row of people sat.

Zheng Zhongshi is a short and stocky man with little 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. Jin'er treats horses like this, beats and scolds his apprentices in the same way, and the culture of stables is all the same. In the past, it was normal to even guard against rival stables coming to drug one's 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His lawyer has been replaced by a sixth-degree barrister named Manila.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. He is the same as Silva. , from the law firm of Johnson, Smith, Stewart, and brought with him a cadre 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, and Manila was outstanding. A 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 damage caused to 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 it to?" Zheng Zhongshi gritted his teeth and stared at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming didn't say anything. He looked through a pile of documents on the table, as if he was really not just showing off, but was racing against time to deal with some matters.

This negotiation seems to be unimportant to him, he just has to show his face.

"Mr. Zheng Zhongshi, you should 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 is also part of your apology to Miss Jennifer."

The speaker was Tong Xiao'e. She was thoughtful and could quickly guess what Zheng Zhongshi was thinking.

Speaking slowly and gently, but with his own firmness.

When Zheng Zhongshi did see this agreement, 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 really believe it.

Manilla 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, which saves everyone's time and does not have to go to court. Trouble, we can discuss the amount here, at least, there is room for discussion, but what happened to Miss Jennifer? Even if her horse racing has any liability, isn't it covered by Jin Taiping Insurance Company? The third matter is more important. It’s nonsense.”

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. First, it has a decisive influence in the parliament. 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 looked at it, shaking his head.

It is a proposal to elaborate on the crime of animal cruelty.

Today, legislation on animal cruelty has sprouted in some parts of the empire.

There is already a satellite town in the East China Sea legislating on this.

Seeing Manila shaking her head, Tie Xiaojia had already said, "Although the new bill is not retroactive, there are special cases of retroactive application, and there is this one that I think you need to take a look at."

Push a few pages of paper over.

When Manila saw it, his brows immediately furrowed 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 at Zheng Zhongshishi’s stable, that is, he will give instructions to horses that are difficult to escape. The horseman deliberately manipulated the animal's diet and other aspects to eliminate it as soon as possible, and even used a chronic poison to make it 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 escape at all, which not only affects the success of the stable rate, more seriously affecting 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 that 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 your client abuses animals You will not be convicted, but in 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. Taken together, it should be a very large amount. Huge value, I think, your client is not only guilty of damage to property, but also guilty of aggravated damage!"

"Originally, this testimony only related to 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 expression changed. Yes, it is not illegal if the other party handles it this way, but he and his client will fall into this huge trap and barely reduce the compensation in Bi Xiaoting's case to an acceptable level. Near the red line, and then the other party suddenly throws out the case again. By then, there is no way to resist.

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.

That is, Lu Qianxing's attitude is too arrogant. He doesn't even bother to talk to himself and his clients. Although, it can be felt that his disciples have received his guidance on what to say and what steps to take. Everything is arranged in an orderly manner.

"Manila Lawyer, I think you need time now to have a very careful communication with your client!" Tie Xiaojia stood up, "There is a very quiet room nearby. I will take you and your team there. ."

Lu Ming was writing his signature at this time, raised his head and smiled: "Manila lawyer, something happened to a company under my name, I'm sorry. Actually, I have some troubles that I have been wanting to ask you for advice on the techniques of proof. He is an expert in this field. 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 being polite, but you still feel that you are finally respected?

Of course, the premise is that this person has considerable weight.