Golden Years in the World of Film and Television

Under repeated questioning from the presiding judge, Li Yi said with difficulty, "I really don't know. I am the legal representative, but I rarely inquire about the company's financial affairs."

Seeing him fall into the trap again, Han Tao smiled and asked, "Things like large sums of money coming in don't even need to be known to you, the boss. In other words, you're just a figurehead, right?"

Huang Yaoqing saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stood up and said anxiously, "Objection, Your Honor, the opposing lawyer is asking leading questions."

Huang Yaoqing was really not prepared for the evidence provided by Han Taoxin and the questions. Lianchuang Group had not told him about these things. After all, it involved too many people and companies, including many people within the system, so this was a hidden part.

The presiding judge approved of Huang Yaoqing's objection, so he looked at Han Tao and reminded him, "Plaintiff's lawyer, please be careful with your wording!"

"Okay, Your Honor." Han Tao nodded, turned to Li Yi and continued:

"Then let me rephrase my question. Witness, do the inflows of funds into the accounts of these three companies, as well as the inflows of large sums of funds into the accounts of other companies, require your signature and consent?"

Li Yi thought for a long time, hesitated and replied: "Yes!"

"Then why did you just say you had no recollection? These were all large sums of money transactions related to Lian Chuang. Excuse me, witness, are you sure you don't remember anything?"

"I really forgot. I just said that I don't have a good memory."

After the second round of questions, Han Tao no longer paid attention to Li Yi. Instead, he turned to the presiding judge and said, "Your Honor, I have finished my questions."

Upon hearing this, the presiding judge looked at Huang Yaoqing and asked, "Defendant's attorney, do you have any further questions?"

"no!"

Huang Yaoqing shook his head. He and Li Yi were enemies now, so he didn't dare to offer any help. Otherwise, it would surely arouse suspicion from the presiding judge and the jury, which would be equivalent to overturning his previous statement that Li Yi and Lian Chuang had no relationship anymore.

Seeing that the defendant had no problems, the presiding judge looked at Han Tao again and said, "The plaintiff should make his final statement!"

Han Tao stood up and said, "Okay, Your Honor, based on the evidence we've provided, it's clear that Lianchuang Group is the mastermind behind this. They've used shell companies and offshore companies to illegally raise funds and launder money, deceived and defrauded investors, and used illegal and invalid contracts.

This also caused one of our parties to suffer mental damage, and after his appeal was unsuccessful, he fell to his death. Therefore, we, a total of 121 plaintiffs, are demanding that Lianchuang Group return the principal and compensate for the corresponding property damage, mental damage, corresponding interest and litigation costs.

The presiding judge exchanged opinions with the jury again, then looked at Han Tao meaningfully, raised the gavel and said:

"Because the evidence provided by the plaintiff involves other cases, the verdict will be announced at a later date. The court is closed."

"boom……"

As the gavel of judgment fell, Huang Yaoqing, Li Yi and others felt their hearts tremble, and their faces showed sorrow.

Generally speaking, choosing a date for the verdict means that the matter is very serious, so after the trial, the court members will discuss and determine the final verdict based on the applicable legal provisions, and then arrange another date to announce the verdict.

Regardless of what others thought, Han Tao walked out of the court with a smile. Chen Ran's face was also full of joy. Although the verdict was not announced on the spot, everyone with a discerning eye knew that Han Tao won.

Moreover, the evidence provided by Han Tao is not as simple as winning this case. The problem of Li Yi is not worth mentioning. The prosecution will have a headache next. This case involves many problems from one point to another.

Of course, Mingtang Law Firm will be busy in the next period of time. In addition to the illegal fundraising and money laundering case involving Lianchuang Group, there is also the Chen Wenguang innocence defense case, etc., and Han Tao's final evidence involves many big fish.

But there is one thing you don't have to worry about. In the next case, Han Tao and Mingtang are only auxiliary. The main force is the public security, procuratorate, courts, discipline inspection commission and other departments, so this case will not be concluded for three to five months.

After leaving the court, Han Tao got into his Pullman, took out a mobile phone, installed a new non-real-name calling card, and then made a call.

"It's me. Everything is ready here. You can start now."

Upon hearing this, a cheerful voice came from the phone: "Director Qin is right, you are not as honest as you look. This is a typical case of killing without burying!"

Han Tao laughed and said, "That's quite different. If I were to ask you, the director, your awareness needs to be improved!

I'm clearly doing this to eliminate harm for the people. As a young person with ideals, morals, culture, and discipline, this is my unshirkable duty."

The person on the other end of the phone smiled slightly and said unhappily, "Get lost! Don't take this too seriously. I don't even know you."

"Hahaha, actually, this matter is over, and the biggest beneficiary is the national treasury. Of course, you, the Chief of Investigation, are also one of the biggest beneficiaries. Don't forget to buy me a drink when you get promoted."

"Don't worry, you'll have plenty of wine, but don't blame me for not reminding you. Some things are best left to the best of your ability. They're in too deep, it won't be easy for them to get out.

No matter what time, everything must be done with the premise of protecting yourself. If you can't even protect yourself, how can you talk about protecting others! "

"I see. I know what's going on. Thank you, brother-in-law, for reminding me. I will be careful!"

"Stop talking nonsense. Every time you call me brother-in-law, it's not good. I have a case involving Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and other areas that I need to monitor personally. I'm hanging up now!"

"Okay, if you can help me, please don't hesitate. We'll finally have a firm foothold in the Magic City!"

"Got it. I won't be polite if you need me. By the way, hanging up!"

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Chapter 649 New layout

After returning to the law firm from the court, Han Tao first went to Wendy's place before returning to his office.

According to the chain of evidence provided by Han Tao, there are basically no surprises in the Lianchuang case, so he will set about taking over the two law firms, Chengtai and Hengxin.

In particular, Hengxin Law Firm is one of the largest and top law firms in China. In addition to the three founding partners, there are 18 senior partners, more than 30 mid-level partners, and over 100 junior partners and salaried lawyers.

Normally, this kind of law firm is difficult to take on. After all, it is a well-established law firm with a history of 20 to 30 years, and the power behind it is beyond imagination. However, among the people involved in the Lianchuang case this time, several are clients of Hengxin, and one of the partners of Chuangshi is also on the money laundering list, so the involvement is definitely not small.

Han Tao wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take over Hengxin. Even if he didn't get all of it in the end, he would still cut off a piece of meat. After all, the opportunity was rare, and it would also make the Anjia branch stronger.

"Dong dong dong..."

Just as Han Tao was lost in thought, Lina knocked on the door and came in, saying, "Everything is ready. All junior, mid-level, and senior partners, as well as salaried lawyers, are in the meeting room. Let's go!"

"it is good!"

Han Tao nodded, stood up with his notebook, and walked towards the law firm's large conference room with Lina. This was the first general staff meeting since Han Tao took over Mingtang Law Firm.

After a period of development and growth, Mingtang Law Firm has become a completely different company, and the internal competition is extremely fierce. Because Han Tao was previously the director of Group 2, the previous Groups 1 and 3 were left far behind by Group 2.

However, after the later institutional reforms, the law firm was divided into four major departments, among which the civil department mainly resolved issues such as contracts, torts, marriage and family disputes, and inheritance disputes.

The Criminal Department is mainly responsible for handling criminal cases, whether public or private, and provides legal advice to clients, including agency services for appeals, complaints, and applications for bail pending trial.

In addition, they accept the commission of criminal suspects, defendants, and their immediate family members or the designation of the People's Court to make defense of guilt, innocence, or lesser guilt for criminal suspects or defendants.

The Administrative Department is for lawyers, and its main business is to resolve administrative penalties, administrative measures, and administrative litigation against administrative agencies and staff who are dissatisfied with their powers.

Moreover, the work is co-chaired by three directors. All lawyers who join the administrative department must have a firm political stance, strong psychological quality, work ability, coordination ability and communication ability.

The last one is the Public Welfare Department, which is independent of the three major departments and is responsible for managing assistant lawyers. Partner lawyers and salaried lawyers serve as deputy directors and group leaders and deputy group leaders.

The specific responsibility is to arrange all lawyers to take turns to provide legal aid. This shows that Mingtang attaches great importance to public welfare work, which also means that it will receive support from above.

There are many subdivisions under these four departments, such as the financial group. All financial cases belong to the financial group, whether it is property liquidation or legal consultation cases, the financial group is responsible.

There is also the marriage group which has been quite popular in recent years. Whether it is pre-marital justice, post-marital lawsuits, division of marital property and other cases, the marriage group is responsible.

In addition to these, Mingtang has also just established a moot court, debate and legal training room. All law firms in the law firm can regularly participate in training by law professors.

In other words, in the future, Mingtang law firms will not only focus on external recruitment, but also attach great importance to internal training. After all, each law firm has its own expertise. For example, some are good at criminal defense, some are good at civil litigation, and some are good at administrative litigation. , and some are good at corporate law or marriage law, etc.

Ding~, congratulations to the host for completing the main task (nine): 1. Become the chief lawyer of Mingtang Law Firm within one year and build Mingtang Law Firm into a top law firm in Shanghai.

2. Successfully signed a contract with a top company within one month and received recognition from its leading business tycoon.

3. Lead the second team of Mingtang Law Firm to become the main team, and the income ratio of the team or individual work should reach more than 40% of Mingtang’s overall profit.

System Rewards: 1. 8.6% equity stake in the Magic City Jiang Group. 2. A premium gift pack. 3. 1 billion yuan in dedicated funds (charity fund).

A meeting lasted until after six in the afternoon. Seeing that everyone had left work an hour and a half late, and hearing the system prompt, Han Tao happily waved his hand and asked Wendy and Lina to take everyone to dinner, while he continued to stay in the law firm waiting for Director Li.

The Lianchuang case went to court today, and next up was Chen Wenguang's defense of innocence. Li Gongming, as a partner of Chuangshi and Chen Wenguang's best friend, made a special call to arrange a meeting with Han Tao as this case also concerned Mingtang's reputation.

There was no excessive small talk between the two of them. Li Gongming's health did not allow him to talk about work for too long, so he got straight to the point:

"Han Lu, I know that Lian Chuang's case was won. Congratulations!"

Han Tao smiled slightly and poured Li Gongming a cup of tea: "Director Li, we won, Mingtang won!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect you to actually do it. Having you as our new guide is a blessing for Mingtang, and for Director Chen and me as well."

Li Gongming sighed from the bottom of his heart. This was the result of thirty years of hard work by him and Chen Wenguang. Now, the result of the company being prosperous and having its stigma washed away was what he could see the furthest.

"I came here this time because I want your support on another matter. I've also visited Director Chen, and he hopes that his apprentice, Lawyer Tian, ​​will serve as the defense attorney. Please give me a copy of the relevant information!"

"Everyone is going out for a dinner today. Tomorrow I will ask Chen Ran and my assistant to send it to Lawyer Tian, ​​and talk to him on the way. Mingtang is in a period of rapid development, and we need lawyers like Lawyer Tian who are enthusiastic about legal aid."

Han Tao did not give the information directly to Li Gongming. With the evidence in his hands, it was not difficult to prove Chen Wenguang's innocence, and it would not be long before he was released. Although Han Tao was willing to do this favor, he could not hand it to Li Gongming now.

Seeing this, Li Gongming also understood Han Tao's meaning and could only nod and say, "Okay, then I won't care. My body won't allow it. Fortunately, the law firm is developing better and better now.

And as far as I know, Mingtang is stronger now than at any time in the past thirty years, so I won't worry about it anymore. We can talk about it later. It won't delay your get off work!"

"I've earned your approval, Director Li. I've lived up to everyone's trust. I'll have the driver take you home. If you need anything in the future, just call me. I'll come to the hospital to see you, so you don't have to make this trip."

While Han Tao politely escorted Li Gongming out, he instructed Qin Shi in the outer office to call the driver on duty and ask him to safely send the old director back to the hospital.

As for the purpose of his visit this time, Han Tao knew it very well. The Lianchuang case had some progress, and Li Gongming had to come for both official and private reasons. One reason was that he and Chen Wenguang had known each other for many years and had founded a law firm together. It would be inappropriate not to ask about it at this time.

The second reason is selfishness. He is definitely not an outsider in this matter. If he hadn't had health problems, he would never let go of Mingtang.

After thirty years of ups and downs, Mingtang has made great efforts to become one of the top law firms in Shanghai. However, when things were at their peak, Deputy Director Chen Wenguang was involved in the Lianchuang case, which plunged Mingtang into a quagmire.

But it would be different if Chen Wenguang came out. Although he could not come back, Mingsheng was saved and Li Gongming could put his mind at ease.

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Chapter 650 Ode to Joy: Everyone's Status

After returning to the office, Han Tao saw that there were many messages on his phone, all sent by Andy. He quickly replied to Andy, then sat on the sofa and couldn't help laughing.

Li Gongming had a very good plan. If Han Tao had not known that both of them were dying, he would not have taken over Mingtang in this way, but would have registered a new law firm to merge Mingtang.

In fact, many people think that Chen Wenguang is innocent, but Han Tao has never thought so. After all, Chen Wenguang knows everything about Lian Chuang.

This also includes the contract that forced Xu Jie's client Sun Jian to death. Wasn't it drafted by Chen Wenguang? He was also the one who explained it to Su Jian. He may not have really taken the money, but that doesn't mean he is not guilty.

Although there is a rule in the legal profession that the law is the bottom line of morality, just because someone does not break the bottom line of the law does not mean that he is a good person.

Han Tao saw clearly that many people who walked on the edge of the law were people who had studied law. Because these people knew clearly where the boundaries of the law were, they used the legal boundaries to gain benefits.

Chen Wenguang and Li Gongming jointly founded Mingtang Law Firm. Lianchuang Group is one of the law firm's largest clients, and Deputy Director Chen Wenguang personally presides over the work. As director and founding partner, Li Gongming could not have been unaware of this.

Then Li Gongming's purpose is very clear. Although he is dying, he still has family, so he still has to consider his family, so he wants to limit the case to a certain scope.

In Li Gongming's opinion, Han Tao is still too young and does not know when to stop. Even if he has strong connections and the capital cannot do anything to him, officials and businessmen are often closely connected.

This matter involves too many people. Based on his experience, he estimates that someone from the official will soon stop this matter. A stable situation is good for everyone. No one wants to see a major earthquake, so we should take the opportunity to leave a way out for the people behind the scenes.

But Li Gongming had no idea that Han Tao had a deeper plan. His purpose was to use the cases of more than one hundred victims to expose the fact that Lianchuang Group was illegally raising funds and laundering money, so as to bring the people and companies behind it to the surface.

And to be honest, he was just a vanguard in this matter. His role was to launch the charge, get the stage results, wait for things to ferment, and finally hand over the baton to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

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At the same time, Guan Juer was complaining in Andy's car. Recently, Guan Juer and her group of interns had been preparing for the year-end summary in advance, so they got off work late.

Originally, she knew that Han Tao had returned to Shanghai, so she planned to go back to Ode to Joy with his car, and ask Han Tao to help her analyze and answer some questions.

But after making a phone call, I found out that Han Tao had to work overtime today. I had no choice but to say that I could go back alone and there was no need to ask the driver to take me home, and then walked out of the company building.

Andy also spoke with Han Tao on the phone after get off work, so he arrived at the entrance of Huaxin Securities in advance. Seeing Guan Juer coming out, he quickly honked the horn and lowered the window, saying, "Xiao Guan, over here!"

"Sister Andy, why are you here?"

Guan Juer looked back at Andy and asked in surprise, then happily ran to the passenger seat of the red Panamera, opened the door and sat in.

Andy smiled and said, "I just got off work too. Han Tao told me you were working overtime today, so I came here early to wait for you so you don't have to squeeze into the subway after get off work."

"Thank you, Andy. Actually, there's no need to go through so much trouble. You've been busy all day at work and must be very tired. I'm used to taking the subway."

"It's okay, I just stopped by and didn't wait for you on purpose, don't feel embarrassed!"

"Then I have to thank Sister Andy. By the way, Sister Andy..."

After hearing Andy's answer, Guan Juer responded with a few words with a smile, and took the opportunity to chat with Andy, telling him about the difficulties she encountered and humbly asking for advice on how to deal with this assessment.

After listening patiently, Andy said with a smile while driving, "Xiao Guan, you don't have to worry about this at all. The internship summary is not as complicated as you think. It's nothing more than writing down the difficulties you encountered during your internship, how you solved them, the lessons you learned, and how you improved your work ability.

Then set a goal here, so that you can leave a good impression on the leader and let the leader know that you are a diligent and studious employee who has the ability to solve problems independently, can correct mistakes when he knows them, and has the courage to take responsibility.

Moreover, your report should focus on the key points of the company's leaders, extract the key elements, and make your annual summary from this perspective, so that people who read your report can follow your train of thought and accept your ideas.

Of course, your personality is the type that hides a sharp edge behind a soft tongue, so what I said is only for reference. You have to figure out how to write it down, and you can also enrich yourself during the next period of work."

Andy's words are easy to understand. In future work, we must do things in large quantities and seriously to gain experience, and highlight the key points and carefully analyze how these achievements were made.

"Thank you, Andy. I think I know what's going on now, but it still feels so difficult!"

"Don't worry. Come find me when you get back to Ode to Joy. If possible, I can help you figure out how to write it!"

"That's great, Sister Andy. After listening to you, I feel like I have a general direction.