my wife is a consul

Chapter 81 Traditional Business Partners
In the private room of a small restaurant, there were four people sitting, Wei Baozeng, Lu Ming, Bi Hanting and Smith.

But in a row of cars outside the restaurant, there were naturally many followers, including Smith's affairs officer.

I heard Wei Baozeng say that if Bi Hanting is willing to reconcile, Baoyin Bank is willing to invest in Nadu Films, and he and his second uncle will set up Nadu Films.

Bi Hanting sneered: "I spent more than 180 million to buy Nadu, but who would have thought that the copyrights of all his previous movies would have been sold at a low price? There is no penny left in the bank account, and there is also a shooting location. The best two One, he sold all of them, and the most broken one is left, and the good machines are also sold in sevens and eighties. Stick everything in!"

"Lawyer Smith, what do you say?" Lu Ming looked at Smith and hesitated to speak.

Smith nodded: "As for the photographic equipment, we signed the contract first, and the equipment is also in our hands, so it will not be snatched by others."

Bi Hanting immediately frowned, and gave Smith a dissatisfied look. This Western devil is just a muscle, too honest, and he is extremely well-behaved in everything he does, even when exchanging information. The lawyers I met were different.

Smith continued: "So, Director Wei is right. This film company still has a chance to run well. In addition to having complete photographic equipment and a fairly good studio, the staff of Nadu Films They are still within the contract period, and there are more than 50 contracted artists, including several big stars with very good box office appeal, so there is still a lot to do if we continue to operate well."

After a pause, "However, my client, Mr. Bi Hanting, is physically and mentally exhausted because of this transaction, and has completely lost enthusiasm for this film company. Therefore, if Baoyin Bank is willing to pay 200 million yuan to buy Nadu Films , my client, is willing to reconcile!"

Lu Ming smiled, knowing that he was not simple and would not disclose Nadu's information aimlessly.

Looking at Smith, "Lawyer Smith, what do you think is your chance of winning this lawsuit?"

"Eighty percent!" Smith said without hesitation, "Lawyer Lu, the three-point criterion you proposed to interpret the neighbor principle is very interesting, but economic disputes are different from criminal cases, and local courts will not rashly accept new laws that are contrary to the precedents of the High Court." In addition, I don’t think Judge Christine has a very good impression of you. Of course, this will not affect Judge Christine’s fair judgment on this case, but Judge Christine will not Recently, I have punished the wicked and favored you."

In fact, what he meant was obvious. Judge Christine would be biased towards us, but of course this cannot be said directly, otherwise, the defendant may have reasons to apply for a mistrial.

Lu Ming shook his head: "Lawyer Smith, it seems that you don't have much confidence to win this lawsuit now. You are an honest person and should follow your good reputation. Bluffing is not suitable for you. I heard that you are very You have always said that you have a [-]% chance of winning the lawsuit, but now, you say such an exaggerated [-]% chance of winning without hesitation, do you think the chance of winning is very low?"

Smith frowned slightly, turned to Bi Hanting and said, "Mr. Bi, he is shaking your confidence. I think there is nothing to talk about. Let's go!"

Lu Ming looked at Bi Hanting, "Bi Dong, the foreign devils still don't understand our Zhongzhou people's thinking!"

"Protest!" Smith stared at Huang Chengcheng in astonishment.

"This is not a court, what are you protesting? Turn around, you can go to the Bar Association to complain about my racial discrimination!"

Lu Ming spread his hands.

Smith never dreamed that a lawyer who was qualified to sit on the table with him, and such a rogue, had never dealt with this kind of thing, and stood there for a while, not knowing how to react.

Seeing Smith deflated, Bi Hanting suddenly felt amused, this strict foreign devil, yes, the word foreign devil is very good.

This scrupulous foreign devil is no different from his Western partners in the business field. They all look very serious and professional, but in fact, in their bones, they reject you thousands of miles away. No matter how good you are, you can't get in at all. their circle.

For Western Coal, the contacts are all big companies, many of which are Western companies, but the more contacts you have, the more depressing you feel.

"Bi Dong, only we understand our business ideas. You and Chairman Wei have been friends for many years. He is already struggling to get up in the hospital bed because of this lawsuit. The day before yesterday, he took a booster to barely You can see that he came here to save his company, so he did not hesitate to aggravate his illness. You may still be very angry, why, he was able to put on a show the day before yesterday, but he didn't show up before, because he really I am ashamed of you when my health is failing. Yes, the day before yesterday was a show, but his apology to you was also serious. He dragged his sick body to do this show, and he also hoped that he could save his company. In this way, he also has ability to do something for you."

Bi Hanting drank tea with a teacup, his expression was uncertain.

Lu Ming continued: "Lawyer Smith should understand in his heart that we have a [-]% chance of winning this lawsuit. Yes, Judge Christine has a problem with me, thinking that I am pursuing her daughter..."

Wei Baozeng, Bi Hanting and Smith all looked over in surprise.

"Her daughter is pretty?" Bi Hanting suddenly became interested.

Lu Ming is helpless, my point is not here, okay? "Probably, Li Guan wants to match us up... Li Guan is Judge Christine's mentor." Bi Hanting's business focus is in the west, and people often live in the west, so he probably doesn't know much about the situation in Beiguan.

Bi Hanting nodded, and looked at Lu Ming: "Then the judge doesn't like you? I think you are pretty good! Not long ago, you forced a pervert from Japan to commit suicide in fear of crime, right? You are young!"

Lu Ming smiled: "Dong Bi has won the award, but this thing is not good for my eyes, and I don't want to meet her daughter either."

Bi Hanting nodded: "Yes, we still look down on her! What's the big deal?!" For some reason, he felt the same as Lu Ming, and became a common enemy with Lu Ming.

Lu Ming shook his head, "Bi Dong, what I want to say is not this, I mean, because Judge Christine is actually biased against me, although our new legal motion is well-founded, I can only say that there are six But if Judge Christine does convict us, I will appeal on the grounds that she is biased against me, which must stand."

Only then did Bi Hanting realize that he and the young lawyer opposite him were not on the same front. He coughed and picked up a teacup to drink water.

Lu Ming continued: "If it enters the appeal period, the lawsuit will be dragged on even longer. In the end, Baoyin will definitely be insolvent. Even if you win in the end, you won't get anything, Bi Dong. The chairman is a lose-lose. Why bother?"

"Besides, 200 million is not a small amount, but for you, Bi Dong, it is not an amount that can cause you too much pain. Of course, we all understand that this money is not invested by you alone. , and people who eat with you."

"Now, Bao Zeng came to reconcile with you very sincerely. He has a plan. Do you have a look?"

Wei Baozeng took out a document with several pages and handed it over, "Second Uncle, take a look."

Bi Hanting hesitated for a moment, and Smith beside him whispered, "Mr. Bi, you can take a look."

Bi Hanting took it over and looked through it, and was startled immediately.

Wei Baozeng’s settlement agreement is very sincere, the condition is that if Bi Hanting agrees to the settlement now, Baoyin Bank is willing to invest 200 million to buy Nadu Films, 50 will be paid immediately, and the other 150 million will be paid in ten years, with the same interest rate. Bank loan interest is one percentage point higher.

This is almost the compensation condition Bi Hanting originally proposed, but most of the money cannot be credited immediately, and the installment and interest are okay. Although cash flow is the most important thing for businessmen, this condition can also be seen. Show the sincerity of the other party.

"This..." Bi Hanting hesitated.

"Mr. Bi, it seems that they are destined to lose. There must be some weaknesses that we don't know for the time being. I will investigate carefully. We will win this lawsuit. Moreover, I believe that the court may sentence the other party to a large amount of punishment. Sex fine!"

Smith also saw the settlement agreement, and immediately whispered in Bi Hanting's ear.

"Mr. Smith, don't come up with random ideas, be careful that you will be misled by your cleverness!" Lu Ming reminded slowly, one can imagine what Smith was talking about.

In fact, I had a good impression of Smith. This guy is disciplined and smart. If lawyers were like this, the judiciary would be much cleaner.

However, he still doesn't understand the Central Continent people.

In fact, he didn't quite agree with the settlement agreement proposed by Wei Baozeng, but he insisted.

It seems that the thinking of the traditional Central Continent people is quite different from the modern one that I have been influenced by.

And Smith, seeing such a generous settlement agreement, immediately reflexively believed that his side must have a big disadvantage, must have concealed some key evidence, and may even be sentenced to an astronomical fine by the court.

For example, Chairman Wei probably deliberately set up a trick to deceive this old friend.

From a certain point of view, it is not to blame for Smith's reaction, he also abides by his duties.

"Second Uncle..." Wei Baozeng looked at Bi Hanting earnestly.

Hearing Smith's whisper, Bi Hanting hesitated, and finally stood up abruptly, "Baozeng, I can't sign this agreement, let's see you in court!"

Smith got up immediately and followed Bi Hanting out.

Bi Hanting didn't know if he was a little ashamed, but he never looked back at Wei Baozeng.

Lu Ming sighed softly in his heart. After all, the friendship for many years was still lost to the naked interests in reality.

Looking at the disappointed Wei Baozeng beside him, Lu Ming patted him on the shoulder.

Wei Baozeng turned his head and smiled wryly, "I should listen to you."

Lu Ming suggested that even if the bottom line of the final settlement agreement is such a favorable condition, don't offer it all at once, just increase the price slowly.

But Wei Baozeng did not agree, and wanted to impress his father's old friend with sincerity.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing!" Lu Ming smiled.

At this time, Pu Xiuna hurried in: "Sir, the court called the firm and asked you to see Judge Christine this afternoon!"

Outside, it was also heard that Smith's clerk ran in and told Smith to meet Judge Christine in the afternoon. It seemed that he also called the firm, and the firm hurriedly sent someone to notify him.

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