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"What?!"
"What?!"
Gu Yanran and Jin Wanyi exclaimed at the same time.
Compared to Gu Yanran and Jin Wanyi's shock, Gu Nianzhi's calmness was especially striking.
She flipped through the list and pointed to another number. "… This is the COB's valuation on the day of the crash."
Gu Yanran exclaimed in surprise. "What do you mean?" She nudged Jin Wanyi. "Lawyer Jin, tell her that this doesn't make sense!"
Jin Wanyi also felt that Gu Nianzhi's argument didn't make sense, so she spoke up for Gu Yanran.
"Lawyer Gu, the reason we can stand here and fight this case is because Mr. Gu Xiangwen has been in a vegetative state for seven years. According to the law, when he has been in a vegetative state for more than seven years, he can be stripped of his civil rights and certain property rights. Therefore, you could only file a case in court seven years after the crash and claim your property rights. Seven years ago, the property belonged to Mr. Gu Xiangwen. It had nothing to do with you, so you have no right to claim it. "
Jin Wanyi's argument had legal basis and was immediately approved by the judge.
Gu Nianzhi wasn't angry at all when the defendant's lawyer and the judge refuted her. She nodded calmly and said, "Then what Lawyer Jin means is that the Gu property from seven years ago still belonged to my father, Gu Xiangwen. No one has any right to dispose of his property, right?"
Jin Wanyi froze.
Gu Nianzhi's words sounded reasonable and were a natural deduction from Jin Wanyi's statement.
But thinking deeper, it seemed like she was setting up a trap for Gu Yanran …
Jin Wanyi hesitated. She looked at Gu Yanran, then at Gu Nianzhi, and said hesitantly, "This question is a bit complicated …"
"How is it complicated?" Gu Nianzhi continued to ask. "I asked for the starting point of the estate dispute to be based on the valuation on the day of the crash seven years ago. You said no, because during those seven years, my father, Gu Xiangwen, was still the complete owner of the property. No one could dispose of his property against his will. That means, during those seven years, no one could dispose of, divide, consume, or squander the Gu property, right? "
Jin Wanyi shut her mouth.
Gu Nianzhi's move was too vicious.
If they didn't agree to Gu Nianzhi's valuation starting point, then Gu Yanran shouldn't have used a single cent of the Gu family's money in the past seven years, other than what was allowed by law?!
However, Jin Wanyi knew very well that ever since Gu Xiangwen became a vegetable in the plane crash seven years ago, Gu Yanran had become the de facto controller of the Gu fortune.
In the past seven years, she had used the Gu family's wealth for countless things.
Whether it was investments, donations, consumption, extravagance, or even gifts, the amount of money spent was endless.
In the past seven years, all the major banks and investment institutions had treated Gu Yanran as the only heir to the Gu family's assets. Therefore, even though Gu Xiangwen was still alive, they all approved of Gu Yanran's signature on the documents and helped her with many things.
Now the second heir to the fortune, Gu Nianzhi, had appeared.
Regardless of whether she was adopted or biological, she was still Gu Xiangwen's daughter. This was confirmed by the Barbados government's legal documents.
Gu Xiangwen's will was nowhere to be found, so the division of their assets could only be carried out according to the law.
In order to divide the assets, the first thing to do was to determine the value of the assets, which was how much assets the sisters had to divide.
However, there was a huge disagreement between the two parties on how to value the assets.
Everyone knew that there was a world of difference between the value seven years ago and seven years later.
Jin Wanyi looked down and carefully looked at the inventory of the Gu family's assets that Ye Xuan had provided. She discovered that there were indeed many pitfalls.
The biggest pitfall was the value of the assets.
There were two valuations in the inventory. One was the value of the day Gu Xiangwen had gotten into the plane crash seven years ago, and the other was the value after Gu Xiangwen had been in a vegetable for seven years.
The two values were as far apart as the Milky Way …
Of course, this was an exaggeration.
Let's put it this way. Seven years ago, when Gu Xiangwen had gotten into the plane crash, the Gu family's assets were valued at more than 30 billion US dollars. Seven years later, the value was only 10 billion US dollars, a decrease of nearly 70%.
However, if they agreed, Gu Nianzhi would definitely pursue the missing 70% of the assets?!
Therefore, no matter how they answered, Gu Nianzhi had a pitfall waiting for them to jump into!
Jin Wanyi's mind raced as she carefully thought of excuses and arguments to delay.
Gu Yanran was extremely anxious. She couldn't just watch Gu Nianzhi pursue the missing 20 billion US dollars …
"Lawyer Jin, say something? I paid such a high hourly salary to hire you, but it's not for you to be a coward at a critical moment. "Gu Yanran grumbled quietly. She wanted nothing more than to push Jin Wanyi out so she could rebut Gu Nianzhi.
Jin Wanyi pursed her lips and suppressed her anger. "I'm thinking of a solution right now, aren't I?!"
Gu Nianzhi admired Jin Wanyi and Gu Yanran's little actions for a while, then walked over and tilted her head to look at them. "Have you two finished discussing? How about we pursue the fraud on the Gu family's assets? How about we follow the valuation from seven years ago and ask Gu Yanran to cough up the assets she squandered and hid all these years? "
Gu Yanran saw that Jin Wanyi hadn't spoken, so she couldn't help but jump out to refute Gu Nianzhi. "Don't try to scare people with a big hat. I'm the rightful heir to the Gu family's assets. My father has no civil capacity, so what's wrong with me executing the contract on his behalf? Are you questioning the legality of the contract? Those contracts were signed before my father got into the plane crash! "
Gu Nianzhi folded her hands behind her back and looked down at Gu Yanran from above. She smiled and said, "Of course the contracts signed before my father got into the plane crash are valid. Gu Yanran, don't try to confuse us. I'm talking about the new contracts signed after my father got into the plane crash. Do you want me to count how many there are? Also, where did the missing 70% of the assets go? I made a spreadsheet. Do you want to take a look? "
Gu Nianzhi had organized these spreadsheets from the list of assets that Ye Xuan had provided.
Soon, Gu Nianzhi opened another excel spreadsheet on her laptop.
She picked up the laser pointer and pointed out the items one by one for everyone to see.
"In the past seven years, the defendant, Gu Yanran, used her own name to sign 167 contracts. Among them, 60% were contracts that lost money, causing the Gu family to lose 3 billion US dollars in assets.
"Also, the defendant, Gu Yanran, forged Gu Xiangwen's handwriting to sign 83 contracts. Among them, only 10% were contracts that lost money. The Gu family's assets made a net profit of 3 billion US dollars from these contracts. It can be considered to have offset the losses from the contracts that Gu Yanran signed in her own name."
Gu Nianzhi paused here and explained, "It's very obvious that the businessmen who signed the contracts were more respectful of Father Gu Xiangwen's name, so they didn't dare to tamper with it. Although Gu Yanran is guilty of forging handwriting, that's a different case. Now, based on the income of the assets, we did not lose money from this portion of the contracts. "
Gu Yanran's expression was extremely conflicted when she heard this.
Gu Nianzhi looked down and picked up the mouse to scroll down the spreadsheet.
"Gu Yanran started selling the patents four years ago. In the past four years, Gu Yanran sold 77 patents at a low price. When I said low price, I meant that these patents were valued at at least 5 billion US dollars according to the market price. However, Gu Yanran only sold them for 100 million US dollars in total. That's a difference of 50 times. Also, in terms of the patents, Gu Yanran had no right to sell Father Gu Xiangwen's patents. "
Gu Nianzhi paused. "I asked the administrator of the trust fund who held the patents for the legal documents when the trust fund was established. It clearly stated that these patents could never be sold. If they were to be sold, the trust fund's legal documents must be amended first. It was obvious that this request had not been fulfilled. Therefore, the 177 patents that Gu Yanran sold at a low price must be taken back. "
Gu Yanran looked up suddenly and sneered. "That's really unfortunate. When I sold the patents, these people didn't say that I couldn't sell them."
Gu Nianzhi looked at her expressionlessly and said, "The trust fund confirmed that they sold the right to use in the contract, not the ownership. They added a time limit on your sales contract. All the patents you sold will expire on the seventh anniversary of my father's accident this year. "
Gu Yanran's eyes narrowed. "Are you serious?!"
"You don't know how to read those legal documents?" Gu Nianzhi glanced at her. "That's true. Such thick legal provisions don't match your major in housekeeping. You can't understand them, right?"
Gu Yanran blushed. "I have my own team of lawyers, I …"
She suddenly remembered that all the legal provisions for her to sell the patents were prepared by Wen Shouyi for her.
At that time, Wen Shouyi was her representative lawyer.
But Wen Shouyi didn't mention a word about the right to use and ownership to her?!
She only cared about collecting the money …
Now that Wen Shouyi had left, who was she going to reason with?!
Gu Yanran began to panic.
Gu Nianzhi chuckled and turned to pull down another part of the excel sheet.
"Everyone, please look. The biggest head is here. In seven years, Gu Yanran donated nearly 15 billion US dollars in cash to a charity organization called 'Angels in the World.' "
The courtroom was silent for a moment. Everyone stared at the huge number in a daze.
"There's nothing wrong with donating to charity. I won't say that she donated too much either. If you really want to donate it to charity, then so be it. I can understand and support it. But I was curious, so I looked up what this' Angels in the World 'charity organization did to make Gu Yanran donate so much. "
Gu Nianzhi clicked the mouse again.
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