Now that both the plaintiff and the defendant had made their statements, it was time for the prosecution and the defense to present their evidence. Since the Daqian was the plaintiff, the Daqian had to present evidence to prove his innocence.
Therefore, the Daqian's lawyer took the lead and expressed that he wanted to invite his own witness to testify in court.
Soon, a worker in uniform appeared in the court. Factory Manager Liu's eyes widened instantly, because this worker was wearing his factory's uniform. The words "Yuzhang City State Printing Factory" were especially eye-catching on the uniform.
"This guy really did bribe our worker to testify!" Factory Manager Liu's face was ashen, but he felt relieved. Lawyer Nian had already predicted this situation, so he should have made sufficient preparations to refute the other party. From the looks of it, this Lawyer Nian could still be trusted!
Next, it was time for the witness to speak.
It turned out that this witness was a production employee in the Yuzhang City State Printing Factory, and he was directly responsible for the printing of the original Water Margin Hero Cards. He said that about four months ago, the higher-ups suddenly asked him to work overtime, and the original workload doubled.
He was very puzzled because he was already working at full capacity every day, and the monthly printing volume had reached more than sixty million cards, which was enough to meet the Daqian's demand. Why did the workload suddenly double?
Later, he asked his higher-ups, and his higher-ups said that the extra cards were not for the Daqian to print, but for themselves. These cards were to be sold by the factory!
Only then did he realize that these extra printed Water Margin Hero Cards were for this purpose.
"Honorable presiding judge, I think the testimony of this worker from the Yuzhang City State Printing Factory is sufficient to prove that the Yuzhang City State Printing Factory is counterfeiting our Water Margin Hero Cards series!"
"Our Water Margin Hero Cards series had been confirmed and protected by Hua Xia's Copyright Bureau as early as February this year. We applied for the corresponding intellectual property protection for all the card faces, backs, text descriptions, card forms, and so on. The other party is obviously infringing on our copyright, and it is indisputable!" The Daqian's lawyer said with certainty, and the audience nodded their heads.
"I object!" At this time, it was Lawyer Nian's turn to appear. He walked to the witness and said, "You said that the workload suddenly doubled. Who can prove your words?"
"My co-workers can prove it!" The worker quickly said.
"Then ask them to come here!" Lawyer Nian said.
"This …" The worker was instantly dumbfounded and stopped talking. He came here to testify at the risk of being fired by the company. How could the other co-workers in the factory testify?
"I object! My witness is a witness, and we don't need other witnesses to prove my testimony!" The Daqian's lawyer protested.
"Presiding judge, testimony needs other people's testimony to support it. We can't rely on the testimony of one person to prove anything. This worker is well-known in our factory for his love of eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. He is greedy for money, and he forgets justice at the sight of profit. I think that as long as someone is willing to give him a little bit of cash, he can turn a deer into a horse and make a deer into a horse. He can even falsely accuse the factory of being a benefactor to him!" Lawyer Nian said generously.
"You … You're talking nonsense … You didn't say anything!" The worker immediately jumped up. He did take the money, but he really didn't lie!
"Look, Presiding judge, he is so irritable and violent. He can't be a good person!" Lawyer Nian moved a few steps to the side and continued, "I think his testimony is invalid. There is no circumstantial evidence, and the court doesn't need to accept it."
"Uh!" The presiding judge couldn't help but nod. Even Factory Manager Liu couldn't help but want to applaud this guy.
He thought that this kid was just a guy who got in through the back door. He didn't expect him to be so capable!
Had he already won half the battle?
Just as Factory Manager Liu was happily thinking about it, the Daqian's lawyer suddenly smiled and said, "Who said that we don't have circumstantial evidence? Presiding judge, I have other witnesses. I hope you can invite them in! "
"Okay!" The presiding judge nodded. Then, another worker walked in from outside the door. Factory Manager Liu's eyelids twitched when he saw this worker. He recognized him. He was also a front-line worker.
However, he wasn't the only one. Seven more workers walked out one after another and stood side by side with the previous witness. Factory Manager Liu almost fainted on the spot when he saw these workers. This was because all the workers in the entire production team had come to testify!
These seven workers began to introduce themselves one by one. It seemed that all eight of them were from the same production team. Then, they all testified that their first worker was telling the truth. All of them gave the same testimony.
"Honorable presiding judge, I can buy one person, but can I buy all eight of them? Can I buy all the front-line workers in the production team?"
"That's impossible. These eight workers are all willing to testify together out of a sense of justice. They despise such despicable acts like piracy. Each of their words is testimony!!!" The Daqian's lawyer said righteously. All the media reporters behind him suddenly burst into warm applause. Factory Manager Liu almost fainted.
In fact, this lawyer lied. In fact, he did buy all eight of the front-line workers in the production team. After all, in the face of a bonus of 5,000 yuan per person and a guarantee that they would be arranged to work in the Daqian after leaving the company. At the same time, their monthly salary would be no less than 250 yuan. No one could refuse such a temptation.
Of course, the most important point was that the Daqian only needed them to tell the truth.
If the Daqian wanted them to lie and give false testimony, not many of these eight people would dare to do such a thing. Their conscience wouldn't allow them to do so!
However, the problem was that all of this was the truth. The Daqian only needed them to tell the truth and provide evidence. This way, they wouldn't have any psychological burden. Even if they felt a little guilty, it wouldn't be a big deal for the sake of the money.
"Defense lawyer, do you have anything else to say?" The Daqian's lawyer looked at Lawyer Nian with a smile and asked.
"I … I …" Lawyer Nian was so stifled that she couldn't say a word. Factory Manager Liu, who was standing beside her, sighed. He didn't blame her. After all, if he were in the same situation, he wouldn't be able to say a word either. It would be so embarrassing.
"Alright, even if what these people said is true, it can't prove anything. At most, it can only mean that their workload has increased."
"However, it's very normal for their workload to increase. As we all know, the sales of the Little Elf Crispy Noodle Snacks were extremely good a few months ago. With the increase in card printing orders, it's very normal for them to have to work overtime. This can't prove anything!" Lawyer Nian said with a quick wit.
"But these workers all said that their leader said that these cards were produced for them!" The Daqian's lawyer said.
"That's only what the leader said. Perhaps he just said something indiscreet after drinking and didn't mean it at all!"
"All in all, these eight workers only heard the news from hearsay. As the saying goes, seeing is believing. They didn't actually see these cards being used as pirated copies. Their testimony isn't worthy of being accepted! "Lawyer Nian actually made a desperate counterattack. Factory Manager Liu was so emotional that he was about to cry.
"If you have the ability, invite their leader here. Invite the witnesses who saw these things with their own eyes!!" Lawyer Nian had regained her morale and said domineeringly.
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