As soon as the court personnel left, Li Yuanyuan immediately approached, her face filled with worry.
"What...what did he just say? A lawyer's letter?"
The middle-aged man's uniform clearly had a considerable intimidating effect on her.
Zhang Cheng didn't care at all; it wasn't a court summons.
He tore open the brown paper seal and pulled out the documents inside.
The more he looked, the more his brows furrowed.
That day, the pharmaceutical company's behavior was far too unseemly.
Initially, to save trouble, and out of respect for Director Zhao, he sold the "Yangcheng Health Herbs" trademark for a low price of 500 yuan.
Now, the other party is turning around and accusing them of buying the trademark rights to the entire "Yangcheng" series.
The lawyer's letter was strongly worded, demanding that he change the names of "Yangcheng Clothing Store," "Yangcheng Hardware Store," and "Yangcheng Video Hall" within three days, or face legal action.
Li Yuanyuan asked nervously, "What should we do? Maybe... we should change the name of the clothing store first?"
"change?"
Zhang Cheng let out a cold laugh and casually folded the paper.
"They think they can make me change my name with just a scrap of paper? They're not qualified."
He didn't want to explain too much to Li Yuanyuan, so he took the lawyer's letter and walked straight out of the clothing store.
State-owned enterprises are behemoths, but these days, even the biggest companies can be challenged.
He hailed a rickshaw and headed straight for the procuratorate.
Tong Kaiwen was somewhat surprised to see Zhang Cheng in the office.
He sized up the young man in front of him, who was dressed in a gray-brown Zhongshan suit, and felt that the clothes were out of place with him.
"Why are you calling me so urgently? Something happened?"
"Inspector Tong, take a look at this." Zhang Cheng handed over the lawyer's letter.
Tong Kaiwen put on his reading glasses and looked at the document for a good ten minutes before putting it down.
"Where is the original contract? Have you read the terms carefully? If it were just a transfer of the 'health-preserving herbs' trademark, they wouldn't dare to send a letter so confidently."
Zhang Cheng raised an eyebrow.
When signing the contract, he trusted Director Zhao and didn't really read the contents carefully.
He had long since tossed that copy of the contract into some corner of his mind. He didn't care about a mere five hundred yuan transaction at all.
Seeing that Zhang Cheng remained silent, Tong Kaiwen shook his head helplessly: "You people still have too little awareness of the law..."
“Inspector Tong,” Zhang Cheng suddenly spoke up, “I used the name ‘Zhang Cheng’ when I signed the contract.”
Tong Kaiwen was taken aback, not understanding what he meant.
Zhang Cheng met his questioning gaze and laughed: "When I signed the contract, my name on my household registration was Zhang Hei. I changed my name to Zhang Cheng at the police station after signing the contract."
Tong Kaiwen looked bewildered, then suddenly realized what he meant and pointed at him, laughing, "You little rascal, you dug this pit all along? However, strictly speaking, the validity of a contract signed under a name other than one's real name is questionable."
“I didn’t mean to cheat anyone,” Zhang Cheng shrugged and told the truth. “I’ve always been called Zhang Cheng since I was a child, I just couldn’t be bothered to change my household registration. Besides, the contract was brought by Director Zhao of the supply and marketing cooperative, and I’ve never even met anyone from Tianyao Company.”
After hearing the explanation, Tong Kaiwen couldn't help but laugh out loud.
“That makes things easier. This lawsuit will be tough.” He adjusted his glasses. “But don’t let your guard down. Since they dared to send the letter, they must have a backup plan. I’ll keep an eye on this for you. My old classmates who are planning to open law firms are looking for cases to practice on.”
The implication was clear to Zhang Cheng: this would cost money.
"Then I'll leave it to Inspector Tong."
"Buzzing!!!"
The pager on Zhang Cheng's waist started vibrating violently.
He glanced at it and immediately stood up: "Inspector Tong, may I borrow your phone?"
"Use it."
Zhang Cheng picked up the phone on his desk and dialed a number.
Zhao Daming's urgent voice immediately came from the other end of the phone.
"who?"
"Brother, it's me, Zhang Cheng."
"Come to the station right now! Immediately!"
"good."
Zhao Daming didn't mention the specifics over the phone, indicating that the matter was inconvenient to discuss over the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Cheng nodded to Tong Kaiwen: "Inspector Tong, I have urgent business to attend to. I'm entrusting the trademark matter entirely to you."
"Go ahead, I'll call you if there's any progress."
Zhang Cheng said goodbye to Tong Kaiwen, hailed a tricycle at the door, and headed straight for the police station.
Before he even arrived, Zhao Daming was seen pacing anxiously back and forth at the door, cigarette butts scattered all over the ground.
"elder brother!"
As soon as Zhao Daming saw him, he rushed over in three steps and dragged him into a deserted corner.
"What happened? In Jin Village?" Zhang Cheng asked in a low voice.
"No!" Zhao Daming shook his head, his face ashen. "It's your fellow villager, Zhang Zhongming!"
Zhang Cheng's heart sank. Wasn't Zhang Zhongming collecting tolls in Jiaxing with Brother Dao?
Zhao Daming stared intently at him: "Zhang Jingtao just called and said that Zhang Zhongming gathered a gang of thugs in Jiaxing and they fought with a local gang. Three people died early this morning."
Zhang Cheng's expression froze instantly.
The crackdown had just ended, and then this heinous incident occurred, resulting in three deaths. Those who are caught will be severely punished.
"Have they caught him?"
“If he had caught him, Zhang Jingtao wouldn’t have called me!” Zhao Daming’s voice lowered even further. “He hinted that the Jiaxing police have already contacted us and are preparing to set up a stakeout in Zhangjia Village to arrest him. Brother, Jiaxing is still seething with anger about what happened in Jincun last time. If Zhang Zhongming is caught by them in Funing County, he’s doomed!”
Zhao Daming patted Zhang Cheng on the shoulder heavily, having already said all that.
"Brother, I understand."
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