At the beginning, I want to quit the arena

Chapter 136 Joining forces for a fight (addition to leader Garfield's smile)

"Business is business. Although I didn't take care of my family's business before, I have learned from it over the years. Howard Johnson Books has been doing Dongying comics for nearly 20 years. Whether it is sued in court or not, I have to admit it. From the beginning until now, it is true that the copyright owner or the cartoonist has not been paid a dollar for the manuscript. At first, I didn’t know how to pay, but later I learned about the copyright, but because Xiangjiang did not violate the law, I deliberately ignored it. Yang Siheng lit a cigarette and looked at Cen Yaotai and other seven company leaders in front of the conference table:
"It's like what my old man said, people just sue, and the final decision is for the judge to pronounce the sentence. After the judge pronounces the sentence, if you think it's unfair, you can continue to appeal."

"The other party's defense lawyer is the chairman of the Bar Association, and even the judge is his student. If you really wait for the judge to speak, I'm afraid everyone will be murdered." The boss of the pirate company glanced at Yang Siheng, and said in a tone that was neither yin nor yang. : "Of course Howard Johnson doesn't matter, everyone knows the current relationship between Howard Johnson and Dakong..."

"Hey!" Yang Siheng turned his head to look at the other party: "You better think clearly when you speak."

"What! Have you ever done it before, are you afraid that people will tell you?" The boss of Mingtang Company glared at Yang Siheng, and said at this time.

Originally, these two companies were not listed as defendants, and they were secretly rejoicing, but suddenly a thunderbolt came from the blue sky, and they got the news that the two companies were added as defendants by Dakong Company.

The two bosses searched for the situation, and finally learned that it was probably because Yang Qingyi, the general manager of Howard Johnson Bookstore, had a secret meeting with Sheng Jiale in the hotel, and used the bed with him and betrayed his colleagues as bargaining chips in exchange for Dakong Company's understanding of Howard Johnson Bookstore.

No matter whether Yang Qingyi was slept by Sheng Jiale or not, the two companies, Pirates and Mingtang, really appeared in the dock.

"Tell me again!" Yang Siheng pointed at the boss of Mingtang Company and shouted in a low voice.

"Bosses, calm down. It's useless for everyone to quarrel. It's better to find a way to reduce the losses of each family as much as possible." Cen Yaotai said, looking at the three people who were hostile to each other, he said with a smile:
"Howard Johnson is probably just being used by Dakong Company to deliberately stir up internal strife between us. If we really continue to quarrel, then the happiest person should be Sheng Jiale."

Yang Siheng got up from the conference table irritably, looked around, and looked at Cen Yaotai:
"It's very stuffy here. I'll go to get some air. Howard Johnson won't participate in the negotiation, but you can call to inform us after the negotiation. If you need help from Howard Johnson, as long as it's not illegal, we will definitely cooperate. After all, we all do the same kind of business."

After finishing speaking, Yang Siheng turned his gaze to the pirates, the bosses of the two famous companies:

"You two, listen clearly, Howard Johnson did this, you can't say it! Don't be convinced! Xiangjiang didn't infringe, but there was smuggling. Do you want me to arrest a few Jianghu people and go to the police station, so that they can explain you clearly? Two smuggled manga businesses that go to the mainland, let me know that you dare to gossip about my sister, and wait for the police to come and chat with you."

"Are the police prestige? You can scare people at will! Be careful that I will go to the ICAC..."

"Be brave enough to try it!" Yang Siheng glared at the other party, and urged: "Go and try it! Whoever dies first! If I don't work as a messenger, I won't starve to death, but if you don't do business, you may not be able to survive!"

The boss of Mingtang Company bowed his head after his words, and the boss of Pirate Company also turned his head away. Then Yang Siheng picked up the cigarette case on the table, turned and walked out of the meeting room.

He originally came here to participate in the discussion on behalf of his younger sister. In the previous discussions between several defendant companies, his younger sister was attacked by pirates and the bosses of the famous two companies. The mentality of being angry was out of balance, and he left the field early.

Yang Siheng attended this time on behalf of his sister, not because he really wanted to participate in the discussion, but because he wanted to intimidate those two guys. Be careful not to plot against the enemy, as your own bodyguard will let him evaporate first.

It wasn't until he reached the elevator that Yang Siheng breathed out, and scolded irritably: "Damn your mother, I can't handle Sheng Jiale's rush to the street, and I can't handle you two shits!"

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After Yang Siheng left, Cen Yaotai sighed and comforted the two bosses who had been scolded so badly by Yang Siheng, then took out several copies of "National Times" and handed them to the managers of the companies present:
"During the initial trial of Dakong Company, the biggest help was actually the Dongying people. The Dongying people used the gimmick of inviting international organizations to intervene to help Dakong Company exert influence, but now, this influence has disappeared. To tell you the truth, This is Tianlong Company solving the biggest pressure point, and Shengjiale also realizes that this is because we want to weaken his power as much as possible. Without the pressure from the Dongying people, first of all, the court does not need to consider international influence, and it is completely treated as a Hong Kong court. Ordinary commercial disputes."

Several newspapers were circulated among the crowd, Cen Yaotai opened three pages, and pointed to Sheng Jiale's photo:

"After he realized this problem, he tried to remedy it. In the entire Xiangjiang, the people who have the closest relationship with Dongying are the people from Nanwan."

"He won't let people from Nanwan help him to testify in court, right?" A boss spread out a newspaper and saw a photo of Sheng Jiale smiling brightly with Zhang Jingze, the vice president of Nanchong Association, and let out a hoot, Spit on it.

Cen Yaotai looked at everyone with gentle eyes: "Of course it's unrealistic for people from Nanwan to help him testify in court, but you can take his money and find other Dongying people for him. He will definitely not give up this kind of influence, but I'm afraid It is difficult to reproduce the scene of the first trial. In response to his reaction, we only need to do two things. First, let the ghost hate this person. If the British hate him, it will be difficult for him to survive. Second, Xiangjiang must Returning to China, although it is now a matter of ghosts, but ghosts must also consider the attitude of the mainland. We should change this matter from simple piracy and infringement to another contradiction, that is, when there is no law to follow, we should only listen to ghosts If so, there should be one more voice."

"Of course it's one more..." said a boss.

Cen Yaotai interrupted him: "We have to talk about the first thing first, how to make the ghost hate him, and the second thing, we have to talk about it after the first thing is done."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Cen Yaotai said slowly: "Are there any magazines in each store now?"

"How dare you distribute the goods? Regardless of whether you are listed as a defendant or not, all work is suspended. The local comic business has recently increased by at least [-]%." The boss of Mingtang Company said.

Cen Yaotai took a sip of water, and looked at several bosses from left to right: "Every company here has its own business manager who is responsible for the distribution of goods. After doing business over the years, there are dozens or even hundreds of them who are reliable and stable. Newspaper stalls that sell their respective comics and magazines, Tianlong, Howard Johnson, and Seals are more, about one or two hundred. I mean, the first thing is to let the newspaper guys go to petition outside the Hong Kong Governor’s Mansion. The reason is to eat. Now There are no manga magazines to sell, and business is poor."

"No one will be afraid of the newspaper man to petition. If the governor of Hong Kong makes a call, the police will take them all away." Hearing that the first thing Cen Yaotai said was to ask the newspaper man to petition, the boss of the pirate company suddenly questioned in frustration.

Cen Yaotai laughed: "Of course ordinary newspaper guys can't petition. Why didn't I mention the comic book store and go to petition together? It's because newspaper guys have a special status. Don't you forget that newspaper guys seem to be able to do everything now? But actually speaking, it is a business that the Governor of Hong Kong franchises to a certain group of people.”

"Leper, tuberculosis?" Several older bosses suddenly responded.

Newspaper stalls in Xiangjiang need to apply for a newspaper vendor license, but from the 60s to the early 80s, newspaper vendor licenses could not be applied for at will. At that time, in order to relieve the pressure on hospitals and allow some patients who had lost their infectiousness to re-enter the society, these newspaper vendor licenses It is given priority to those who have recovered from infectious diseases to encourage them to support themselves.

But in fact, even with a newspaper license, those patients have been trapped in tuberculosis or leprosy treatment homes, sanatoriums, etc. for many years, and they have long been out of touch with society. , was approached by various associations, and after throwing 30 to [-] yuan to the license applicant, he took over the other party's newspaper business.

After all, before the establishment of the ICAC, many newspaper stalls were concurrently engaged in the small-pack Miss Bai bulk business. Selling Miss Bai every day was much more profitable than selling newspapers. It was basically a well-known legal side business at that time.

Although the newspaper stalls are no longer considered partial, they are still operated by many middle-aged and elderly people who have social status. If you really want a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people with criminal records to go to Hong Kong Governor’s Mansion to petition, the police will never be lenient After all, if you check your ID card casually, you can find a criminal record, so you have a reason to take it away to assist in the investigation.

However, Cen Yaotai's words reminded everyone, find a group of lepers and tuberculosis ghosts who have registered newspaper licenses under their names to petition, and the ID card will be absolutely clean, the police will have no way to speak, and the assistance in the investigation must wait for the other party to agree to cooperate. Forcibly pulling people is waiting to be prosecuted. The most important thing is the leprosy man and the tuberculosis man. One is ugly and the other is weak.

"My suggestion is to contact some foreign journalists to take pictures and interview on the spot. If the governor does not speak up and handle it properly, the newspaper will report it, which will make the governor even more embarrassed." Cen Yaotai continued to speak.

The boss of the Seal Company lightly clasped his knuckles: "But there is a question, whether the newspaper guys make money or not is not deeply related to our comics. Isn't it a little... abrupt for them to stand up for us?"

"Each newspaper person sent 1000 yuan and told them that the petition was just two things. One was that they did not sell weekly comics and their income was reduced, and the other was to complain for us, because we have silently done charity to help them for many years, and we will send some every year. Donate money and food to help these poor people, and give them a lot of profits. Without us, they would have starved to death. They want to render us as a company that has been silently doing good deeds for many years, just because Xiangjiang has nothing to rely on , and ended up being swallowed maliciously by Dakong Company." Cen Yaotai said.

The boss of the seal company's eyes lit up: "If this is the case, it means that there will be two images. Sheng Jiale, who is obviously from Xiangjiang, has not done anything beneficial to the industry, but has helped Dongying people maliciously suppress local comic companies. The so-called copyright infringement pretexts robbed the legal income of legitimate companies in Xiangjiang, and we are also Xiangjiang people, but we have helped many poor people in Xiangjiang with the so-called infringement income that cannot be defined. "

"That's it." Cen Yaotai said confidently.

Several bosses looked at each other in blank dismay. Sheng Jiale asked them to call them before, saying that they would not claim punitive damages, but if the other party was just lying to themselves, when the court really started, the other party would open their mouths, and they could only resist.

However, if we fight together with Cen Yaotai and everyone like Cen Yaotai, we will be a little nervous. After all, Li Shaokun and Pan Zhanrong are missing, and the other is bloody on the spot. Although there is no evidence that Dakong Company ordered it, everyone knows that Dakong Company cannot end up with them both. It doesn't matter, if the behavior of my group offends Sheng Jiale, that guy is a mad dog, Li Shaokun is much stronger than my group, and his life and death are still unknown...

"As long as public opinion is raised, it can attract more attention, and we have the opportunity to hire the former chairman of the Bar Association, Li Shuming, to help represent this case. He is the only barrister who may suppress Lin Cardi in court. I have consulted, The assistant of Barrister Li Shuming said that if public opinion and public opinion favor us, then we have great hope that we will not have to pay the so-called punitive damages." Cen Yaotai lit a cigarette and looked at the crowd:

"Would you like to hang your hands and wait to be killed by the Dakong Company colluding with the Dongying people, or muster up the courage to give it a go, what do you guys think?"

　This chapter adds the smile of the No.13 lord Garfield~~
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