A week passed in the blink of an eye. The leaders left the matter in Lawyer Nian's hands without worrying about anything else. How could their own son lose to a wild child?
Therefore, the day of the court hearing arrived without a hitch. The Yuzhang State Printing Factory also sent three representatives to attend the hearing.
The three representatives were led by Factory Manager Liu himself.
Originally, according to the factory's intention, they could just send a few soldiers to deal with this kind of disgusting and humiliating matter. However, after thinking about it, Director Liu took the initiative to say that he wanted to lead the team himself to avoid any real problems.
Since Factory Manager Liu volunteered, the factory naturally wouldn't refuse. Therefore, Factory Manager Liu led the team over.
When Factory Manager Liu arrived at the court, he saw Jia Yapeng sitting in the plaintiff's seat in person. His heart couldn't help but sink. Jia Yapeng, a big boss with a net worth of tens of millions of yuan, actually came in person. That meant that the Daqian Group attached great importance to this hearing and had great confidence in winning. Otherwise, if his Boss Jia was present in person and lost, he would really lose face.
[PS: The author is not very familiar with the steps and procedures of the court hearing, as well as the corresponding rules. In addition, for the sake of drama, the novel inevitably contains some exaggerated descriptions. Therefore, there will be many situations that don't conform to reality in the following content. Readers who are serious, please understand!]
When the hearing was about to begin, a large number of people with cameras and even video cameras appeared in the gallery. Factory Manager Liu felt even more nervous.
"Go and ask them!" Factory Manager Liu ordered his secretary in a low voice. His secretary nodded and left. About ten minutes later, he came back with a gloomy look on his face.
"They are all reporters from major newspapers and TV stations in Xijiang Province. Two of them are reporters from CCTV!" His secretary said in a low voice.
"What? Reporters from CCTV are here too?! "Factory Manager Liu was really a little flustered.
"Yes, they said that their station leader asked them to come. This case of a private company suing a state-owned company is the first copyright lawsuit since the reform of Hua Xia. It has great social and educational significance. Therefore, their station leader asked them to record the whole process and send it to the capital. It might even be on the news!" The secretary said.
"Oh my God …" Factory Manager Liu couldn't stop sweating this time. He never thought that even CCTV would be alerted this time. However, the factory's attitude was somewhat perfunctory. If they lost this case, wouldn't the factory really be finished?
Moreover, why would these CCTV reporters care about a case of a small state-owned printing factory in Xijiang Province? These reporters must have been invited by Jia Yapeng...
Factory Manager Liu was indeed very smart. These reporters were invited by Jia Yapeng. Originally, the behavior of relying on transportation fees to increase media traffic in the future had not been invented in this era.
However, Jia Yapeng was a latecomer. He gave each of the major media reporters in the province a thousand yuan as transportation fees. This was equivalent to half a year's salary. These reporters immediately came over. As for where they would sit, it was really easy to guess with the transportation fees.
As for the Central TV reporters, it was still not easy to get them to come over with just the transportation fees. However, they had connections with Jia Yapeng. Right now, Jia Yapeng had a very good relationship with Central TV. After hearing about the unfair treatment that Jia Yapeng had received, with just a word from Director He, two reporters immediately rushed over to interview him. They did not even need to pay for the transportation fees.
Jia Yapeng still privately gave the two CCTV reporters two thousand yuan each as transportation fees. Looking at their smiling faces, one could tell how these articles would look like.
Of course, the premise was that they had to win this trial. After all, even if the reporters in this era received money, they would not dare to speak blindly like the reporters in the future.
Moreover, they were more concerned about the opinions of the higher-ups. If Jia Yapeng won, it would prove that the higher-ups supported Jia Yapeng. Then, they would be able to write about it.
However, if Jia Yapeng lost, they could only write less, or not write at all, so as not to cause trouble for themselves.
"Lawyer Nian, how confident are you this time?" Factory Manager Liu also understood this, so he asked Lawyer Nian again.
"Don't worry, Factory Manager Liu. We will definitely win this time!" Lawyer Nian patted her chest and said.
A few minutes later, the court clerk, the presiding judge, and other judges arrived one after another. The court clerk began to check if the parties and other participants of the lawsuit were present, and announced the court rules.
After the announcement of the court rules, the presiding judge announced that the court was in session. Then, the presiding judge began to check the parties, announce the cause of the case, announce the names of the judges and court clerks, inform the parties of their rights and obligations, and ask the parties if they would like to apply for withdrawal.
After these procedures were completed, the court investigation began, which was the real trial process.
The first to start was the statements of both parties. According to the usual practice, the plaintiff would be the first to make his statement. As the lawyer representing the Daqian Food Factory, a middle-aged man wearing a well-ironed suit with a serious expression and a calm demeanor began to make his statement. He was also the lawyer representing the Daqian Food Factory. He explained to the court about the piracy incident of the Daqian Food Factory.
This lawyer was not to be underestimated. Jia Yapeng had spent a lot of money to hire a top lawyer from Magic City. The fee for a day alone was as high as eight thousand yuan.
This lawyer indeed lived up to his eight thousand yuan price. His statement was very organized, and at the same time, his words were very provocative. The audience subconsciously thought that he was the plaintiff. When the lawyer finished his statement, the audience was enraged.
After the plaintiff finished his statement, it was the defendant's turn, which was Lawyer Nian, to make his statement.
In the end, Lawyer Nian could not even speak clearly. He was stuttering, and at times, he did not believe that he had said something wrong. Although he managed to state the facts in the end, stating that it was a false accusation, and that his agent did not do anything illegal, Factory Manager Liu still broke out in cold sweat.
"Factory Manager Liu, I'm sorry. Today is my first time attending a court hearing. I'm a little nervous. Please understand!" said Lawyer Nian.
"What? This is your first time …" Factory Manager Liu widened his eyes. What kind of god-like person was this lawyer that he had hired!? To be honest, if Lawyer Nian wasn't appointed by the secretary, Factory Manager Liu would have kicked him out of the courtroom.
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