Chapter 146 The Cigar Company Case, Cut Off a Piece of Meat?

On Friday night, Zhang Wei and Xia Qianyue went out to have a meal together, which deepened their relationship.

It's a pity that Hanhan was called away by a call from the serious crime team again, which made Zhang Wei a little helpless.

The Crime Squad is really busy!

Zhang Wei also agreed with the decision of his father-in-law and mother-in-law in his heart.

Xia Qianyue is a girl, so she shouldn't be involved in these tasks every day, and she doesn't even have free time.

Zhang Wei had no choice but to return to the Lin Mansion alone.

Saturday, all day.

Zhang Wei lived alone at home, and Zhao Xiaoxiao didn't know where to play again.

The eldest daughter was busy with work, and the second daughter also disappeared. Zhang Wei could only be busy with work at home.

But he has no case on hand now, and the latest case is the case of the cigar company in the hands of the young apprentice Lin Yumeng.

This case is easy to say.

They stand on the plaintiff's side, while the defendant's side is a large international company with assets exceeding 100 billion - Harper Cigars.

The opponent started out by manufacturing and selling cigars and other tobacco products, and now its main business scope includes shipping trade, cross-border transportation and other businesses, and it is a giant in international trade.

To say that their only advantage may be the local combat.

"Harper Cigar's main business is shipping and international tobacco trade. The head office is on the other side of Blue Star. There is a Dragon Country office in the east, but it's just as tricky!"

The advantage of big companies lies in their resources. They have a lot of money and can hire the most powerful lawyers.

For a company with assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars, the consulting fee for hiring lawyers can reach hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars every year. This expenditure can completely hire an army of lawyers.

On Zhang Wei's side, there are only 4 people at their best, and they are all from the criminal team.

What is this called, hitting a tank with a slingshot?

"In the final analysis, an old lady smoked cigars all the year round and died of a serious illness. It is really difficult to get compensation from the cigar company..."

The situation of the case was like this. Their client was the husband of the deceased old lady, and the other party wanted to sue the cigar company for killing his wife. Even Zhang Weilai felt that there was nothing he could do about this reason.

After all, he had also been exposed to cigars in his previous life.

Although he hadn't smoked much, he always got gifts from customers, and he didn't bother to refuse them, so he just piled up these cigars in the basement to eat ashes.

"Cigars are pure natural tobacco products made from raw tobacco leaves that have been air-dried, fermented, and aged. The harm is similar to that of tobacco, and cigars also contain nicotine. This means that the serious illness of the plaintiff's wife may also be caused by cigars..."

"But how to prove it, does the plaintiff have all the medical records of his wife?"

"Moreover, the habit of smoking and cigar smoking is not the same for most people. Some people smoke one or two packs of cigarettes a day, but most cigar smokers don't smoke every day. How can we prove that the deceased's illness is related to cigars? , and this is a difficult point.”

"And even if you can prove it, you have to be careful about the other party's counter-evidence. The cigar company has nothing else and a lot of money. It can invite several or even a dozen expert witnesses to testify that their cigars are extremely low in harm to the human body. Once the jury It would be extremely bad for us to believe what expert witnesses say."

After Zhang Wei pondered for a moment, he suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, is there a way for us to invite expert witnesses? This time we are the plaintiff, we need to pay the litigation costs, and we need to find experts to testify. Are these costs?"

So the question is, does the criminal team have money?

In other words, can the criminal team pay for this civil lawsuit, and can they hire expert witnesses to help us fight the lawsuit?

"These questions, you have to ask the old iron tomorrow!"

With such doubts, Zhang Wei fell asleep.

...

Sunday, overtime day.

Zhang Wei woke up early and got ready to go to work.

"Xiao Zhang, where are you going? On the big weekend, you are still dressed neatly and working overtime?"

In the courtyard of the Zhao Mansion next door, Zhao Qingyan started the daily task of watering the flowers again.

Now it is mid-March, the cold winter has passed, and the early spring is coming, which is the day when the flowers are just about to bloom. Zhao Qingyan took out the flowers again.

"Yeah, I'm working overtime today, Uncle Zhao, aren't you busy recently?"

"Hahaha, everything at the beginning of the year is settled, and there are no major projects at hand, so of course I can rest. The beginning of the year is the work of the company's strategy department and planning department. Go out, and then the business department will pick up the job, our R&D department can rest for a few more days!"

"By the way, what about you, what case have you been busy with recently? Didn't you just close the case a few days ago?"

"I'm busy with a big case recently. I want to help a client sue Harper Cigars on the grounds that her wife died of a serious illness caused by smoking cigars for decades."

"this……"

Although Zhang Wei spoke in a serious tone, Zhao Qingyan was still a little speechless when he heard about this case.

There are so many old people smoking in Longguo, do you want their family members to sue the tobacco company after they die?

Is this reasonable?

Obviously unreasonable!

"Xiao Zhang, so... you will take the case that deviates from the experimental cognition?"

Zhao Qingyan almost blurted out the word "outrageous", but he still used a term with high EQ.

"Uncle Zhao, don't worry about me. If you want to say that this case is outrageous, I can accept it. After all, I also thought it was outrageous at first!"

"Oh well……"

Zhao Qingyan thought for a while, but still told the truth: "Are you sure you want to fight such an outrageous case?"

"Harper Cigars is a multinational trading company. With such a large scale, you can definitely hire a powerful barrister. You are a criminal lawyer. If you want to file a civil lawsuit..."

"Uncle Zhao, you have to have confidence in me!"

Zhang Wei waved his hand and signaled Zhao Qingyan to let go, "Besides, whoever wins the case must settle it in court?"

"You mean... a settlement, and you want to help the client get the settlement fee?" Zhao Qingyan was not stupid, and immediately guessed someone's plan.

"This is no nonsense. The possibility of winning this case is not high. The only pulling point is the settlement fee. I can only strive to satisfy the client!"

Zhang Wei said goodbye to Zhao Qingyan, "Then Uncle Zhao, I'm going to work~"

"Go slowly, Xiao Zhang."

Zhao Qingyan naturally waved his hand and watched Zhang Wei leave with a strange look on his face.

...

Jincheng law firm.

Zhang Wei came early in the morning, but he found that he was the first to arrive again.

"Forget it. After all, today is considered overtime. It doesn't matter how early they come."

Zhang Wei muttered, thinking about his position.

"Master, I'm coming~" Soon, the well-behaved little apprentice appeared.

Zhang Wei signaled on Thursday that Lin Yumeng would be the lead lawyer for the case.

So for the sake of the case, the little apprentice didn't continue to sleep in even on weekends, but woke up early.

After a while, the yawning old iron also came.

"Oh, working overtime on weekends, it's really sleepy!"

Tie Ruyun muttered, and after confirming that both Zhang Wei and Lin Yumeng were there, he quickly asked, "When will the client meet?"

"Oh, let me ask again!"

Lin Yumeng rushed to her seat and started dialing the number.

After a while, the phone was connected.

"Yeah, yes, yes, I see, Grandpa He!"

"We'll come over later, the specific location over there, um, ok, let me take a note..."

After the phone call ended, Lin Yumeng quickly looked at the notebook in her hand and reported to Zhang Wei.

"Grandpa He is going to visit the grave at No. 49, Row 2, Cemetery Area C, Xijiao Cemetery later. Let's go there now, just in time to meet him!"

"Okay, let's go!"

"You are the chief lawyer, you make up your mind, let's meet the client."

Tie Ruyun had no objection, Zhang Wei was only supporting this time, so it didn't matter.

Li Yueqin was not involved in this case and did not work overtime on weekends, so naturally she did not need to wait for her.

The three of them set off immediately, got into Tie Ruyun's car, and rushed to the Western Suburb Cemetery.

The Western Suburb Cemetery is located in the western part of the city. It takes nearly an hour to drive there and count the traffic jam time in the city center.

The western suburbs, with the word "suburb" in their name, are naturally close to the suburbs, and it is also a cemetery, so there are not many people nearby.

There was no congestion on the road, and they arrived 7-8 minutes earlier than expected.

I asked the cemetery administrator, and they quickly found the C cemetery, and saw the customer at No. 49, row 2.

Grandpa He's full name is He Qingnian. He is in his sixties and seventies and has a thin body. He is sitting in front of the grave with his back bent and his head bowed.

"My wife, they are here!"

When Zhang Wei and others walked in, the other party seemed to feel something, and looked back.

Zhang Wei also saw the other person's expression at the same time, a little decadent, a little weak, and some inexplicable negativity...

"Grandpa He, I am Lin Yumeng who has been talking with you all the time. We are lawyers from Jincheng Law Firm!"

Lin Yumeng quickly handed over Tie Ruyun's business card, "This is our team leader's business card, with my name and contact information written on the back."

"Oh, that little girl who keeps calling me is you."

He Qingnian glanced at Lin Yumeng and nodded.

Zhang Wei also leaned forward at this time, "Is this your wife's tomb?"

"Yeah, my wife sleeps here. The one in front is my father, but I have had a bad relationship with him since we were young. Every time I come here, I only visit my wife. I haven't cleaned that old man once. Over the grave!"

"All right……"

Hearing these "filial son" remarks, Zhang Wei said that it was impossible to answer.

He looked at the tombstone, which said "Fan Xueqin", which was Mrs. He's name.

"Come on, since you guys are looking for me, an old man, you must have a plan for my case. How can you help me fight against others?"

"Grandpa He, our plan is to help you ask for a sum of compensation from Harper Cigar..."

Lin Yumeng was about to answer, but Zhang Wei grabbed her, and then said: "We are going to give them a head-on blow and overwhelm them in momentum!"

His answer also made He Qingnian's eyes light up slightly, "Oh, what kind of head-on attack?"

"It's very simple. In civil litigation, all cases have to be settled with money. Harper Cigars has a lot of money, but such a big company is also very stingy. We want to cut off a piece of their flesh!"

As Zhang Wei said, he also made a gesture of raising the knife and dropping it.

"Cut off a piece of meat, a very imposing answer!"

The light in He Qingnian's eyes became brighter after hearing Zhang Wei's answer.

"Do you know that I originally planned to reject you today, but after hearing this young man's answer, I changed my mind again. I decided to ask you to be my lawyer, but I really have no choice but to pay for the lawyer's fee. I hope you can understand my family's difficulties, in order to treat my wife, the family really has no money."

"Ah, Grandpa He, you..."

"It's okay, Grandpa He, don't worry, we can sign a risky agency contract without charging your lawyer's fee, but after winning the lawsuit, we will ask for 50% of the settlement fee!"

Lin Yumeng was about to speak, but was interrupted by Zhang Wei.

"Okay, I see..."

He Qingnian raised his head and looked at the sky, "The weather is fine today, I still want to talk to my wife, let's talk about the case tomorrow."

"No problem, then we won't bother!"

Zhang Wei smiled slightly and pulled Lin Yumeng to leave.

Tie Ruyun remained silent the whole time, seeing that Zhang Wei was about to leave, he naturally followed behind.

When the three of them walked out of Cemetery C, Tie Ruyun couldn't help it, "How do you know the client is about to give up?"

"Yes, master, why do you still want to rob me? Didn't you say that you want me to be the chief lawyer? Then it's my business to negotiate with clients?"

"You two are really good enough!"

Zhang Wei was a little helpless, rubbed his forehead and explained: "Look at a person, you can tell by his aura. This Grandpa He has a negative attitude all over his body, and he is obviously planning to give up."

"If you let you talk, he probably won't even want to listen. At this time, he doesn't need any persuasion and comfort, but needs someone, some words, to mobilize those emotions in his heart!"

Tie Ruyun and Lin Yumeng looked at each other, and quickly asked, "So, that's why you said that?"

"Yeah, anyway, all his pain comes from Harper cigars, so I just need to show the same anger as him, but our focus is not on this, but why he plans to withdraw the lawsuit?"

"Old Tie, when you go back later, you can investigate the family of Mr. He Qingnian to see if he has been wronged by the juniors. From my guess, the only person who can make such an old man so disheartened is The people in the family are gone!"

"Okay, let me help you ask..."

Zhang Wei ordered, suddenly thought of something.

"Old Tie, there is one more thing I have to ask!"

"What's the matter?" Seeing Zhang Wei's serious face, Tie Ruyun also became serious.

"That's the cost of litigation. How much can the law firm support?"

"this……"

I thought Zhang Wei was going to ask some serious questions, but I didn't expect this kid to ask about money.

"For the trial, the law firm will support it, so you can rest assured!"

"Old man, are you kidding? If a lawsuit is just a trial, what do you tell us to do, especially this kind of lawsuit against a big company, you have to produce convincing evidence, right?"

"You kid mean..."

"We have to invite expert witnesses, and do we have investigators in our company? Please ask the investigators to investigate the company Harper Cigars. Is there any illegal tax evasion or something? These are the main points to attack opponents!"

"This...it seems not..."

Tie Ruyun didn't know how to answer, because the law firm didn't seem to provide such support.

In the final analysis, this case was originally not from the criminal team, but from the civil affairs team, but the civil affairs team itself gave up the case, so it's no wonder that the law can support it.

Yes, Jincheng is rich and powerful, with the backing of Jincheng Group, the law firm is not short of money.

But a law firm is not a charity. Even if the big boss has always advertised himself as a philanthropist, he will not invest money in a lawsuit that he knows he will lose.

And a lawsuit is very expensive, especially to invite some expert witnesses, and their fees are higher than each other.

Tie Ruyun has filed a lawsuit and invited some expert witnesses.

Can you imagine that they can get tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of fees for just a few words in less than 10 minutes?

"Old man, can I apply for funding? I remember that there seems to be a rule in the law firm's system that we can apply for funding from the leader?"

"Yes, but Boss Shen may not agree."

"Why don't you try?"

Seeing Tie Ruyun's answer like this, Zhang Wei almost couldn't help it.

He admitted that if it wasn't for the fact that the other party was the leader, he would really have slapped the other party's face.

You said that I just want to fight a lawsuit, why do you keep throwing me off?

"Okay, then let's go home today and have a detailed discussion with the client tomorrow about the case!"

The three of Zhang Wei got into the car again, and then Tie Ruyun sent them to the designated place, and then left separately.

Zhang Wei returned to Lin's residence, Lin Yumeng returned to Dongjiang's home, and Tie Ruyun also returned to his residence.

Zhang Wei, who returned to the Lin Mansion, went directly to the second floor.

Tuk tuk tuk!

He lowered his strength and knocked lightly on the door of the room.

"Second girl, are you here?"

With a creak, the door of the room opened a crack.

"What's the matter, hurry up, people still need to catch up on sleep?"

Inside the door was Zhao Xiaoxiao with an unhappy expression.

"How do you know something is wrong with me?"

"You are talking nonsense. If there is nothing wrong, you would have knocked hard on the door a long time ago. The sound was 'dong dong dong' instead of 'duk tuk tuk'. You must have something to ask me!"

Seeing Zhao Xiaoxiao's expression of "You can't hide it from me", Zhang Wei left a drop of sweat on his forehead.

Good guy, as expected of Dad's caring little padded jacket, you've guessed it all.

Seeing that Zhao Xiaoxiao's face became more and more unhappy, and her mouth was about to pouted, Zhang Wei quickly stuffed a piece of paper in.

"He Qingnian, Fan Xueqin and his wife, as well as He Qingnian's family members, please investigate for me. It is best to check their recent financial records!"

"Oh, got it!"

After receiving the note, the door slammed shut with a bang.

But Zhang Wei also breathed a sigh of relief. Since Zhao Xiaoxiao is here and has accepted the note, it will definitely be done.

"Originally, I was counting on the old man to investigate, but judging by his appearance, it is obvious that he can't be trusted. It is better to ask yourself than to ask others. My second daughter is much more reliable than those investigators outside!"

Zhang Wei muttered and began to prepare lunch.

This time, it is estimated that it will be another tough battle. If you don't have enough food, you can't fight your opponent!