Li Zhaoyang sniffed, and judging from the lawyer's attitude, it seemed that he knew the purpose of his visit today.
That makes things simple.
Li Zhaoyang took the USB drive out of his pocket.
He copied all the audio recordings, videos, and chat logs last night.
Just as Li Zhaoyang took out the USB drive, before he could even speak, a loud voice rang out.
"Manager, I haven't received a big order in six months."
As the loud voice faded, a young man in his early twenties stepped into the reception room, his face beaming with excitement.
"Donglai." The manager didn't know what to say when he saw Zhang Donglai.
Zhang Donglai is the youngest and most talented lawyer in their law firm.
I have been involved in 28 lawsuits since I started working, 14 of which were major cases.
Although he has filed few lawsuits, his win rate is an astonishing 90% or higher.
Zhang Donglai has been extremely frustrated because he hasn't received any difficult or large-scale projects in the past six months.
Hearing from the manager that a big commission had come in, he rushed back immediately.
To everyone's surprise, after hearing the manager's explanation, Zhang Donglai's expectant face instantly fell: "Manager, why did you send me rushing back in such a hurry when we hadn't even fully understood the client's request?"
"Donglai, I just found out too." The manager didn't care about anything else and pointed to the door, saying, "Sir, I'm sorry, we can't take your case. Please leave."
"Manager, what do you mean?" Zhang Donglai was inexplicably angry: "To draw conclusions and drive away a client without understanding the case is not the professional ethics of a qualified lawyer."
Upon hearing this, Attorney Guan was about to refute it when he realized that he had been too influenced by public opinion and had already prejudicially concluded that the case entrusted by the client was a matter of conduct.
She quickly lowered her head in shame.
"Please sit down." Zhang Donglai calmed down, first understanding the client's request before making a decision.
Li Zhaoyang thought to himself that at least there was a professional lawyer, but as for the others, their professional ethics were lacking.
"The information on the USB drive is my request for today. Review it before deciding whether to accept it or not."
He placed the USB drive on the table and then pushed it in front of the manager.
Instead of talking a lot, Li Zhaoyang would be more efficient by presenting the evidence.
The manager narrowed his eyes and remained silent.
"Guan Lu," Zhang Donglai called softly.
Attorney Guan had already picked up the USB drive: "Okay."
She took the USB drive to her office, plugged it into her computer, and immediately started entering information.
When Attorney Guan saw the large number of audio files, video files, and chat screenshots entered into the information, she randomly clicked on them and was completely shocked.
Next came the recording.
Then there's the chat screenshot.
It immediately became associated with the various heinous incidents that have occurred recently.
"What? Someone is using their innocence to frame others? This recording must be fake." Attorney Guan, being a professional lawyer and a woman, is extremely sensitive to this kind of topic.
"Xiao Guan, it seems to be true..." A colleague handed over his phone, which showed a trending topic from a while ago.
No girl would smear her own innocence to frame someone!
Following this incident, Li Zhaoyang was immediately labeled a disgraced artist, falling from grace from a popular singer to a pariah.
"This...how is this possible!" Attorney Guan was shocked: "How could there be such a woman in this world..."
Over the next ten minutes, Attorney Guan stared at all the files and information entered onto the USB drive, his worldview nearly shattered.
Not only her, but even the manager and Zhang Donglai were somewhat surprised, and even realized that this was likely the most shocking case their firm had ever received.
Because their expressions were so exaggerated, the other colleagues who were still working gathered around and said, "What's going on? I've never seen you guys act like this when Donglai gets big orders before."
After reviewing all the recordings, videos, and chat screenshots, Attorney Guan looked at Li Zhaoyang with a bewildered and complicated expression.
Suddenly I realized how pitiful he was.
I misunderstood him just now, thankfully Donglai stopped me in time... The more Attorney Guan thought about it, the more ashamed he felt.
"You... Mr. Li... are all these true?" Attorney Guan asked.
"If it's genuine, you can have it authenticated by professionals."
Attorney Guan stood up, bowed his head, and apologized: "Mr. Li, I'm sorry. As lawyers, we cannot dismiss your case based solely on superficial information. I apologize for what I said earlier."
After saying that, he bowed deeply again.
People who readily admit their mistakes are unlikely to have a bad future.
"It's okay, and I'm used to it by now."
Li Zhaoyang's casual remark resonated deeply with many lawyers.
They seemed to have gotten used to it, but behind the scenes they were desperately searching for evidence.
How numb must one be to say "I'm used to it" when encountering those kinds of things?
If they were to encounter something like Mr. Li, let alone the publicity stunt of assaulting a female celebrity, the act of falsely accusing someone of being innocent could be devastating.
Those kinds of things are sometimes really hard to explain.
"Mr. Li, come in, let's talk inside."
The manager's attitude instantly became humble, perhaps realizing that their previous attitude was indeed problematic, and he even offered some compensation: "Our lawyer Zhang Donglai has taken on this case, and we will give you a 30% discount on the commission fee."
Whether there are preferential treatments or not is not important. Li Zhaoyang only cares about one question: "I just want to know, if we go to court, how many years will that vicious woman and Xingtu's music director be sentenced to?"
Zhang Donglai adjusted his glasses, thought seriously for a dozen seconds, and replied: "Based on the existing evidence, we are sure to win the case. That woman surnamed Zhao will be sentenced to at least 7 to 10 years. Considering that this is not the first time she has framed Mr. Li, and that she is a habitual offender with exceptionally serious circumstances, if we cannot obtain your forgiveness, she will be sentenced to at least 10 to 20 years. If the lawyer performs well, we can try to get her to be sentenced to more than 20 years."
"That music director of Starway, although he has never shown up to do those things, he was the one who devised the plan. As for the sentence... 5 to 7 years."
After seeing Zhang Donglai stop, Li Zhaoyang asked, "Is that all?"
“These cases involve too many people. The circumstances of the others are not too serious, but if they are all investigated, they will also go to jail.”
Zhang Donglai listed them one by one: "Qin Fei, an indirect participant, was only responsible for providing intelligence and relaying messages throughout the process, and was sentenced to 6 months. Qin Yi, who incited the online army and gathered crowds to cause trouble, was sentenced to 1 year. Those few online army members who were invited participated in gathering crowds to cause trouble and set the tone, endangering public order, and were sentenced to 5 to 9 months."
"That's all?" Li Zhaoyang was disappointed.
"Um... Mr. Li, I didn't understand what you meant." Zhang Donglai felt that he had explained things very professionally, and that the culprits, Zhao Shanshan and Chen Tianyi, would definitely not escape blame.
Isn't that enough?
"Not a single one can be spared!" Li Zhaoyang's eyes turned cold.
“Indeed, none of them can be let off the hook. Prosecute them all, and they will all go to jail.” Zhang Donglai nodded.
However, Li Zhaoyang revealed a wicked smile and stated his thoughts:
"Zhang Feng disclosed company secrets to outsiders without the company's permission, which caused a public opinion storm to begin to ferment and had a great negative impact on the company."
"Qin Yi hired online trolls to incite a disturbance, and together with a masked woman, a man with headphones, a blond man, and a long-haired man, led a large number of fans to besiege a company with an excellent reputation offline, causing the company's reputation to collapse and its profits to plummet. This behavior, which is highly 'purposeful' and 'aggressive,' not only affected the huge profits of Wanxia Company, but also caused the person involved, Li Zhaoyang, to have a mental breakdown and be unable to create, and further disrupted social order. The circumstances are extremely serious!"
"Zhao Shanshan defied the world and risked her own reputation to frame a rising star singer, ruining the singer's career and destroying her voice by poisoning her water. The financial losses are immeasurable. Furthermore, this incident will affect the rights of 'all women in the country.' In the future, when women whose reputations have been tarnished come forward to accuse others, their credibility will be greatly reduced, and some people will question and vilify them!"
"Chen Tianyi, the mastermind behind everything, resorted to the darkest means to suppress his competitors, manipulating multiple malicious incidents behind the scenes, causing his competitors' reputations to collapse completely and their financial losses to reach an astronomical figure!"
As he finished speaking, a sinister glint flashed in Li Zhaoyang's eyes.
Since we're going to get back the principal and interest, we can't let a single one of them go!
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