my wife is a consul

Chapter 68 Economic Disputes
It's really comfortable to sleep in the soft moon bed.

It's just that regardless of whether there is anything to do, he has to get up early in the morning and rush to Jinshun Hotel where the "prosecution team" is located to report.

It's good to listen to these prosecutors' discussions on the starting point of various tactics. In addition, there is good news that the lucky boy who was treated in the hospital is getting better and better, and it is possible to obtain a complete testimony. As for Whether he can testify in court is another matter. Of course, the prosecution hopes to obtain the court's approval of the statement as valid, and the boy does not need to testify in court.

At noon, after the follower Wang Xiaohu had a delicious meal, Lu Ming went back to Wendebao Club 408 for a lunch break. Unexpectedly, an unexpected visitor came, Wei Baozeng, the executive director of Baoyin Bank, accompanied by Mr. Meng Dezhu, but Meng Dezhu After introducing the two to each other, they excused themselves to leave.

Wei Baozeng, in his early fifties, looks extremely calm and stable. According to Meng Dezhu, Wei Baozeng is the whip of the Beiguan Branch of the Dagong Party and one of the 11 members of the Qing faction.

The Dagong Party is completely different from a small political party like Meng Dezhu. Even a small branch in Beiguan has all internal organs and is strictly hierarchical.

There is the party leader, Qing Dao, and the party minister, who is the second person, and the party whip Wei Baozeng, who is the third person. The Rural Policy Forum Committee and the Political Contribution Management Committee, of course, these three committees together have more than a dozen permanent staff.

Party ministers do not usually run for parliament, but are important figures in the day-to-day management of the entire party.

Party whip Wei Baozeng, as the name suggests, manages the discipline of the party, and in addition, executes the affairs assigned by the party leader, etc.

Now that the No. [-] person came to visit in person, Lu Ming was secretly surprised, but it didn't show on his face.

Although Wei Baozeng is over 50, his muscles seem to be more developed than his own. He obviously exercises regularly and has an extremely stable temperament. However, his description is haggard and his hair is gray, which does not match his temperament.

"Lawyer Lu, this is the promise of our Beiguan Party Headquarters if you are willing to join the Dagong Party!" Wei Baozeng took out a piece of paper and put it in front of Lu Ming. He valued this young man so much, and the conditions he put forward were simply fanciful, but Qing Dao was like a god in the Beiguan branch. Even if he and others disagreed, in the end, he still had to implement the decision made by the party leader. .

Lu Ming picked up the piece of paper and looked at it, also slightly startled.

The Beiguan Branch of the Grand Duke’s Party made a promise for itself to join as the vice chairman of the Rural Policy Committee, and the Grand Duke’s Party of Beiguan will do its best to help itself in the election of Beiguan No.40 Ninth Constituency at the end of this year. MP election.

"Lawyer Lu, are you ready?" Wei Baozeng stretched out his hand, Lu Ming understood and handed over the paper.

Wei Baozeng lit the paper with a match, threw it in the ashtray, waited for the whole paper to turn into ashes, and poured some water on it.

"Lawyer Lu, there is another condition for our Party Headquarters, which is the premise of these promises, that the prosecutor wins the Dongying people's lawsuit, or the lawsuit has not been completed before the end of the year."

Lu Ming smiled, this condition was not written on paper, it could only be stated verbally.

It is conceivable that this lawsuit's own actions will become the focus of the Dagong Party's propaganda.

And it is easy to say if the lawsuit is won, and it is fine if it is not over yet, you can find your own publicity points, but if you lose, the loser has nothing to publicize.

Therefore, if he loses the lawsuit before the end of the year, all the promises made by the Dagong Party will be treated as if they never happened.

In the political circle, I haven't entered yet, and I can already feel the hypocrisy and filthiness of it.

"Qing Lao, I very much hope that our Dagong Party will have the first local councilor under the age of 20. Of course, this also requires your efforts."

Lu Ming smiled and asked, "Where is the 49th constituency?"

Wei Baozeng took out a map from his briefcase and spread it on the coffee table.

It is the distribution map of the constituencies of Beiguan Councilors. It is divided into 57 constituencies in total. Each constituency will produce one councilor at the time of election.

Most of the constituencies in Beiguan City are rural constituencies since the forties.

The map is colorful, and it seems that the sites of the Grand Duke Party and the Alliance MPs are all painted in red, and there is a 11-yuan constituency, which is painted in red.

Constituency 49, very remote, near the bay, painted in green, with a name on it, Wang Zili, marked "Justice Party" in brackets, looking at the green area, there are six or seven villages, with the number "5672", It should be the population of this constituency, and the 81% marked on the back, presumably means the support of this MP Wang or the vote rate in the last election.

Then Lu Ming's eyes narrowed, and then he saw that these villages were the fishing villages and small towns in Wolong Bay, which were very close to the land he bought from Wen Liangyu.

His company entered Wolong Bay, and Qing Dao knew it clearly.

"If Lawyer Lu is willing to join our Grand Duke's Party, I have the detailed information of Mr. Wang Zili here." Wei Baozeng patted the briefcase beside his feet.

Lu Ming smiled, the Qing guy really had a good plan, and the MPs of the hostile political party with 81 points of support, then speaking of it, this constituency is the constituency of the political party. If you use green to describe the political party, this constituency is absolutely Dark green of dark green.

It also shows that Mr. Wang Zili is extremely popular in this constituency.

Trick yourself into the election campaign and beat other people's basic game, that is a solid surprise for victory, and calm for defeat.

As for not being from this constituency, it doesn't matter.

Members of the Federal Parliament must have lived in the state and provincial constituencies they represent for one year before they are eligible to stand for election.

The Donghai Metropolitan District Council, members of the constituencies divided, also have residence time requirements.

However, there is no such requirement for the division of small constituencies for town councilors. As long as the voters in the constituency approve, anyone from Beiguan can participate in the election in any constituency.

However, especially in rural constituencies, if you are not from that area, and you don't have the support of your clan, it is basically a fantasy to run for parliament.

Looking at the constituency map, the largest village in the 49th constituency, the central village, can also be said to be a small fishing village called Wangdian. It is conceivable that Councilor Wang Zili is naturally from the area.

Lu Ming pondered for a while, then stretched out his hand, "I want to see the profile of this Member Wang Zili."

Wei Baozeng stared at Lu Ming for a few moments, didn't say much, took out a folder from his briefcase, and handed it to Lu Ming.

He stretched out his hand again, "Lawyer Lu, you are welcome to join the Dagong Party family. You can take your time to read this information. It will not affect your lawsuit. It is still far away from the election. I will introduce my colleagues in the Party when you are free in a few days." Let me know, this form, please fill it out! I’m going to take it away now.” He took out a form from his briefcase, which was naturally an application for joining the party, and then took out a pen and a square of ink pad, red ink pad, naturally For fingerprints.

Lu Ming nodded, and glanced at Wei Baozeng, "Wei Dong, don't be in a hurry, I will ask you for advice on opening an account later."

Wei Baozeng was startled when he heard the words, and smiled wryly: "Mr. Qing said that you might come to my place to open an account, but wait a minute, the business has been a bit troublesome recently."

"Oh, why?" Lu Ming was slightly taken aback.

Wei Baozeng hesitated for a moment, then sighed, "Okay, Lawyer Lu, what happened..." After thinking for a while, he took out a stack of documents from his briefcase, "I'm going to the Rhett Law Firm in the Eastern District. It's a little troublesome, take a look?"

Ruide Law Firm is also well-known in the East China Sea region. It is one of the top law firms in the East China Sea region with a team of Western lawyers as the main body.

People from Beiguan, if they want to hire Ruide Law Firm to file a lawsuit with others, then this trouble will definitely not be small.

Lu Ming took the stack of documents and looked through them slowly, the more he looked, the more surprised he became.

Unexpectedly, Baoyin Bank was almost on the verge of bankruptcy, got involved in a very troublesome lawsuit, and even suffered a run on it. It can be said that the situation was precarious.

No wonder this Wei Baozeng was originally a handsome, middle-aged handsome man, but now he is extremely emaciated.

Baoyin Bank is a local private bank in Donghai. It has a history of hundreds of years and developed from the earliest Weijia Bank.

Although the Wei family's management style is extremely conservative, and they have never opened a branch outside the East China Sea, so that they have not kept up with the pace of capital development. Nowadays, it seems that they are not worth mentioning in front of those financial giants, but in the eyes of local people in Beiguan and even Donghai Here, the word of mouth has always been excellent, and it is the most trusted bank by the local elders. There used to be a local proverb that goes, "The greedy put money into the crocodile's mouth, and the kind-hearted hand over the wallet to the Wei family for safekeeping."

This may also be the propaganda strategy of Weiji Bank in the early years, describing those high interest rates to attract deposits as crocodiles, which will eventually devour the money of "greedy people". It is true that many bankruptcies have occurred. Although the interest rate of Weijiayin Bank or Baoyin Bank is not high, it has survived one crisis after another safely and has an excellent reputation.

But now, this publicity strategy is obviously outdated, and it has obviously entered a period of great capital development. Baoyin Bank is stagnant, and it is already struggling. However, it has caused a very troublesome official complaint.

It is Wei Baozeng's father, the old chairman Wei. One of his old friends wants to buy a film and television company. The company's current flow and account transactions, but the old chairman Wei was not sympathetic, so he asked the bank staff to check for this old friend.

Unexpectedly, the bank clerk took the initiative to find the person in charge of the film and television company, and the two parties colluded and fabricated a lot of money.

Old chairman Wei's old friend bought it at a high price and suffered heavy losses, while the person in charge of the film and television company absconded with the money.

In a fit of rage, old Chairman Wei's old friend sued Baoyin Bank, Chairman Wei, and the employee in court.

Then, perhaps a competitor of Baoyin Bank began to spread rumors, which caused a run on the bank for a while.

The cash reserves of Baoyin Bank cannot meet the demand of depositors who suddenly withdraw a large number of withdrawals. The loans released are more contractually bound and cannot be recovered temporarily. Even companies with loans that are about to expire use various names to delay return.

The court then temporarily froze all accounts and properties of Baoyin Bank.

The lawsuit has been going on for months.

Lu Ming watched and shook his head. It seems that the people around Qing Lao have basically reported good news to him but not bad news. He wants to check himself, and he can find out clearly, but no one will take the initiative to talk to him about these unforeseen changes. Speak, so that he will not increase his troubles in vain.

Therefore, he also suggested that he save money into Baoyin.

Ok?At the end of the page, two pages of paper fell on the table. Lu Ming looked at it and saw that one was a check for 10000 yuan, and the payee's account was Ruide Law Firm.

The bottom piece of paper was an agreement. Lu Ming picked it up and looked at it. Wei Baozeng stretched out his hand to come back, but after thinking about it, he sighed and didn't stop him.

This agreement is an agency agreement signed between Ruide Law Firm and Wei Baozeng's father, Chairman Wei Lao.

It is clearly stated in it that the lawyer's fees for these three months total 36700 yuan, and the unpaid balance of 1 yuan needs to be paid off by Baoyin Bank before the following agreement will take effect.

In view of the predicament of Baoyin Bank, Ruide Law Firm will not charge additional legal fees from now on in line with the principle of customer first, but at the end of the lawsuit, if the court rules that it wins the case, 20.00% of the shares of Baoyin Bank will be owned by Ruide It is owned by the law firm and is used to deduct the lawyer's fees. If the court rules that it loses the case, Baoyin Bank needs to pay the lawyer's fee of 16 yuan. If it cannot pay, it will be transferred to the debt of Ruide Law Firm.

That is to say, if the lawsuit is won, Ruide Law Firm becomes a shareholder of Baoyin Bank with 20.00% of the shares. If the lawsuit is lost, Judging from the current situation, Baoyin Bank must go bankrupt, and Ruide Law Firm becomes one of the creditors of Baoyin Bank .

The two copies of the agreement were signed and stamped by Mr. Wei, the old chairman. Ruide Law Firm was blank as Party A. It should be that Wei Baozeng was going to take it to Ruide Law Firm. After the other party signed it, it would officially take effect.

Lu Ming shook his head. It seemed that the Wei family had nowhere to go, and they could agree to such an agreement.

Rhett Law Firm is even more of a vampire. It is simply taking advantage of your illness to kill you, and the lawyer's fee is simply astronomical.

It is exaggerated to charge more than 3 in the front, but 16 in the back?Just kidding.

Of course, the 16 yuan in legal fees is because the Wei family is thinking about losing the lawsuit. Anyway, the bank is gone, and it doesn't matter how these creditors divide up the bank's assets by then.

And if the lawsuit is won, 20.00% of the bank's shares must be transferred to Ruide Law Firm. This is an extremely harsh condition. Winning is worth the painful price.

"Lawyer Lu, don't laugh at me..." Wei Baozeng sighed deeply, "This lawsuit, Ruide's lawyers said, the chance of winning is very small, but if it wins, Ruide Law Firm will be the major shareholder One, perhaps, is also a good thing for Baoyin, we need to change! Otherwise, we will be eliminated by the times sooner or later!"

"I once wanted to change, but there was a lot of resistance. I was still thinking yesterday that if this lawsuit can be lucky enough to win, even if it loses 20.00% of the shares, it will definitely be a good thing for Baoyin. My uncles, Uncles, grandpas, don’t they have the right to tell me what to do? As long as Red is willing to support me..."

As he said that, Wei Baozeng smiled miserably, and then shook his head again: "Lawyer Lu, do you think this lawsuit is doomed?"

"Oh, forget it, I should go too!" Seeing that Lu Ming didn't speak and Wei Baozeng got up, he also felt that the conversation was shallow, but seeing the young lawyer read the agreement, he felt a little uncomfortable with the depression in his chest. Controlled, maybe, talk to this young man who is still unfamiliar, without any worries, but the people around him, I can't say these words myself.

Lu Ming pondered, and suddenly said: "Brother Wei, let me fight this lawsuit for you. I think there is at least half the chance of winning."

Wei Baozeng was stunned and looked at Lu Ming in astonishment.

Lu Ming thought about it, and said, "In this case, the other party must have cited the case law of 'moths in a drink bottle', right? They think Baoyin Bank, or your father and the plaintiff, have already formed a legal agreement." The above relationship also caused losses to the plaintiff, right?"

Originally, Wei Baozeng was about to say no. Although I heard that this young lawyer is very powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, he is only 19 years old, right?How many twists and turns can there be in the mind?
The Qing Dynasty wants to praise him. From a political point of view, he does have a lot of things to publicize, especially the case of the Dongying people. He has made great efforts and can be very exaggerated. How many questions can the voters understand?As long as the angle of mission is right, it is a group of idiots who follow others’ words, but being young and using good strategies is actually an advantage, a halo that confuses voters.

In particular, throwing him to the Tiepan constituency that the Green Party has occupied for decades to toss and face the desperate situation that is surrounded by all sides, winning or losing, will not be harmful to the party.

But from the perspective of legal business, what is the location of Ruide Law Firm?Take out any lawyer at random, they should be much better than this young lawyer.

But now hearing Lu Ming's words, Wei Baozeng was taken aback, the words of refusal came to his lips, and he swallowed them again.

He didn't know much about the law, but after listening to various discussions in the past few months, he was familiar with some legal knowledge related to this case.

I even learned that the "moths in a drink bottle" case law is a very important legal principle in economic disputes, and it has been born for more than 50 years.

The first was a customer who drank moths from a tin can of drink invited by a friend in a coffee shop, so he sued the shop owner to court.

But the store owner felt very innocent, because the tin can was so tight that he couldn't see what was inside, and he didn't know there were moths inside, so he sued the manufacturer again.

At the same time, both the manufacturer and the merchant believe that the drink was not purchased by the customer, so there is no contractual legal relationship with him.

In the end, the court ruled that the manufacturer and the customer had formed a legal relationship, and the manufacturer was judged to directly compensate the customer for the loss.

This makes more and more beverages in transparent glass bottles today.

At the same time, this case also formed an important principle, that is, the principle of "neighborhood" in law. It is not necessary to have a contract guarantee to form a legal relationship.

In this case, his father was in such a situation. Although he was helping a friend, the plaintiff believed that the plaintiff and his father formed the same legal relationship in consulting business.

In this way, his father should bear the losses caused.

The court basically agrees with this point.

"Yes, that's what the plaintiff's lawyer said!" Wei Baozeng smiled wryly.

Lu Ming nodded: "The neighbor principle is correct in an internal sense, but in fact, it still needs to be improved. A few more test criteria need to be added to reflect the facts more objectively. I feel that I have a chance to convince the judge."

This case is a relatively complicated economic dispute. Neither lawyer applied for a jury trial. Both felt that, from a legal perspective, it was too difficult to persuade the jury with boring terms, and the jury's response was difficult to control.

So it's up to the judge to decide the case.

And even in economic cases, as long as one party asks for a jury trial, it is useless for the other party to object.

Listening to Lu Ming's words, Wei Baozeng faintly felt that this young lawyer seemed to have a different idea about this case.

However, to be on the safe side, naturally the case couldn't be handed over to him like this, it would be a nonsense.

Wanting to decline, he thought about his words, suddenly remembered something, and asked strangely: "Lawyer Lu, don't you have a case in hand now? Are you busy?"

Lu Ming nodded: "There are still two lawyers in my law firm. Most of the time, I can let them appear in court. I ask for half a day off. One session is enough time. If one session cannot convince the judge, I feel that more time is useless " Then asked: "Who is the presiding judge?"

Wei Baozeng was speechless for a moment, you can spare half a day out of your busy schedule for my matter of life and death?Shaking his head even more in his heart, he said casually, "It's the Chief of Beiguan Court, Judge Christine."

Lu Ming said "Oh", "So it's Li Guan's apprentice." Presumably this case is too sensitive, involving too many depositors' interests, and even more related to the financial stability of Beiguan, so the chief took the initiative.

Wei Baozeng's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered that the young lawyer in front of him had an unusual relationship with Li Guan.

After hesitating for a while, Wei Baozeng said, "Lawyer Lu, if, I mean if, I hand over this case to you, what kind of remuneration do you hope to get?"

Lu Ming thought for a while, "If we win, I only want [-]% of Baoyin Bank's shares, and it's a price to buy."

Wei Baozeng was stunned.

Lu Ming said again: "If I lose, the lawyer's fee will not be charged, and I will compensate you 5 yuan."

While talking, he smiled, "Recently, I want to enter the financial industry. If Brother Wei is willing to sell me a little bit of shares, only [-]% is needed. I will learn from Brother Wei, and I will be grateful. "

Wei Baozeng was speechless for a while, how could he bet against each other in a lawsuit? If he lost the lawsuit, the lawyer would lose money?Where is this?
But what Lu Ming said later was very sincere.

Wei Baozeng thought for a while, "Lawyer Lu, I need to discuss it with my father!" Let's find an excuse tomorrow and push it down.

But today, I can't go to Ruide Law Firm to sign a contract with them. The circle of lawyers is very small, and it's not good to be known by lawyer Lu.

Lu Ming nodded: "Sure, I'll fill in the party form right now. In addition, I'll write something for you, which is my opinion on the banking industry."

Wei Baozeng didn't know why, but nodded slightly. The young lawyer was a little nervous, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Brother Qing, have you really misjudged the person?
People, it turns out, will eventually grow old one day.

Wei Baozeng sighed softly in his heart.

　Well, let's update together, ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)