Golden Years in the World of Film and Television

There is also a year-end bonus, which is 0-6 months' salary, but 90% of people can get 3 months, and some outstanding employees can get a six-month bonus.

Middle and senior management will be allocated company stocks, and some outstanding employees will also receive some. These are all used to reward employee loyalty and generally need to be exercised over an annual period.

Employees must have worked for three years, performed well, made outstanding contributions to the company, or received excellent evaluations for three consecutive years to receive 50% of the first bonus, and the full bonus will be received within five years.

After walking out of Xinghan Building, Lin Rui asked, "Boss, there has been new progress in Liu Guowei's case. Luo Yun and Lawyer Cheng want to report their work to you."

"Okay, then let's go back to the law firm. I should also go meet Liu Guowei himself."

Han Tao nodded and led the way towards the Victory Building across the overpass.

Not long after, the group returned to the law firm and, amid greetings, came to the small conference room in the director's office area.

At this time, Luo Yun and Cheng Wenjing had been waiting for a long time. When they saw him come in, they stood up and greeted him.

"Master!"

"director!"

"Well, everyone, sit down!" Han Tao nodded in response, motioning for the two to sit down and talk.

After Luo Yun sat down, he handed over a document and a USB drive and said, "Master, we have all the video evidence, and Chen Guowei's visit has been approved."

"Director, I'm still very curious, how did you guess that they would have the live video?"

Cheng Wenjing didn't expect that things would take such a big turn, so she followed suit without waiting for Han Tao to say anything.

She really didn't expect that group of people could be so cruel. Feng Shouyi even filmed videos every time he committed violence, and Chen Lele had never mentioned it before.

Han Tao heard this and shook his head and said, "What's so difficult about this? Think about it from another angle. Don't forget what they do.

They are a bunch of loan sharks, and they have been accepting naked loans from college students for a long time. If they can't pay it back, they will threaten or intimidate them to go to entertainment venues.

So if you think about it from a different perspective, you will understand. With their style, why wouldn’t they record videos or take photos?

After all, this is their regular routine, and it is very easy to control and threaten the parties involved. "

“I understand, Director. I indeed overlooked this point before and focused all my attention on this case.

Previously, I was wondering whether Chen Guowei was acting in self-defense or excessive defense. I didn’t expect them to be so shameless. They are simply shameless!”

"That's right, it's absolutely unscrupulous!"

Luo Yun was so angry that he cursed a few times, then he looked at Han Tao and continued: "But, Master, there is one thing I don't understand?"

"Well, do you have any questions?"

"Even if we have this video, it still cannot prove that Chen Guowei acted in self-defense, because the knife cannot be found at all, and there is no way to prove who brought it."

"It's been so many days, don't you understand yet?"

Han Tao looked at his disciple and smiled, "Why should we prove it? Why not them?"

"Let them prove it?" Luo Yun looked at Han Tao in confusion. Cheng Wenjing beside her also had a puzzled look on her face.

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Chapter 768 Meeting Chen Guowei

Seeing that the two were a little confused, Han Tao smiled and said, "Don't think about it if you can't figure it out. Since the visit has been approved, come with me to meet Chen Guowei. You will know the answer when you get there!"

"Okay!" Jun Yue and Cheng Wenjing responded in unison.

Although both of them had a lot of questions, Han Tao didn't say anything, so they could only keep them in their hearts and follow him out.

A group of two cars drove all the way to the detention center, showed all their documents, and then met Chen Guowei as a defense lawyer.

From the first impression, even though he is very thin, one can tell that he is a well-mannered and handsome boy.

If he was not someone familiar to them, no one would have thought that he was a murderer.

At the moment, he was in a very low mood. When he saw Cheng Wenjing behind Han Tao, he asked excitedly:

"Lawyer Cheng, are my sister and mother okay? Have those people come to my house again? Are they bullying them?"

Chen Wenjing nodded, "Chen Guowei, don't worry, they are all fine, they have been protected by us, and no one will bully them anymore, you can rest assured."

"Thank you, thank you... I feel relieved now... You are a good person, please take better care of them in the future, I can only repay you in my next life..."

Chen Guowei breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him over and over again. His expression changed from worry to relief, and then to despair.

"Chen Guowei, you can't give up, we have already appealed on your behalf!"

Cheng Wenjing consoled him and formally introduced him, "This is Director Han from Mingtang Law Firm. He's your new defense lawyer."

"Hello!" Chen Guowei said hello weakly, then shook his head and said, "You are the one hired by Lawyer Cheng Qiu to help, thank you for taking my case.

But I don't plan to appeal, so don't waste your energy. I've figured it out in the past few days. They are all their people, and the knife can't be found. It's useless for anyone to defend me.

And I don’t want to implicate Lawyer Cheng anymore. As long as I accept my fate, they won’t deal with you, and they won’t harass my sister and my mother anymore.”

Seeing him crying and his tone full of despair, Han Tao said seriously: "Man, why are you crying?

It's not your fault, why should you accept your fate? Show the courage you showed when you protected your family, and never give up until the last moment."

Hearing this, Chen Guowei cried even harder, looking at Han Tao with grievance while crying.

"I don't want to admit defeat either. I... I am not wrong, but the law only looks at evidence. I can't win... Woo..."

Before he could finish, Han Tao said, "Why can't you win? Not to mention that you can't prove that you killed someone, even if you did, it would be considered self-defense. How can you give up so easily!"

"Huh? You can't prove that I killed someone? No, no..." Chen Guowei raised his head, widened his eyes and said, "Hasn't the first instance already made a verdict, and..."

"No, we appealed because there were problems with the first-instance judgment and we did not agree with it."

Han Tao interrupted him, then remained silent for a moment, waiting for him to calm down before continuing:

“I came here this time because, firstly, we found some new evidence that is favorable to you, and secondly, I want to understand the situation again.

You need to recall carefully and tell me every detail of the events and processes that you can remember, without hiding anything.

This way I can make the right judgment and compare it with other witnesses and Chen Lele’s confession to find clues and contradictions that were previously ignored or missed.”

After saying that, Han Tao looked into Chen Guowei's eyes seriously, and his tone became heavier when he mentioned clues, contradictions, and words like ignored and omitted.

Han Tao was reminding him, and Cheng Wenjing and Luo Yun behind him also understood what he meant. A lawyer must understand the details of the case, including relevant facts, evidence and legal documents.

This helps lawyers to cite the correct legal provisions during the defense and determine the potential impact and outcome of the case.

Sometimes, in order to better defend, lawyers also need to sort through massive amounts of case files to find hidden clues and contradictions.

Because no one is perfect and everyone looks at things from a different perspective, many seemingly insignificant details may be the key to uncovering the truth.

Chen Guowei also understood this, so he recounted what happened that day. Although a month or two had passed, the experience was still vivid in his mind when he talked about it again.

After waiting until he finished speaking, and even after he said it twice, Han Taoxun asked:

"That is to say, after Feng Shouyi came out of the house, you had a conflict, and then many people helped him beat you.

During that time, Feng Shouyi took out a knife and tried to hurt someone. You were very scared at the time and wanted to dodge, but you were surrounded by many people, so you had no way to avoid him. That’s why you resisted, right?”

Hearing Han Tao's question, Chen Guowei nodded and said, "Yes, when I saw him take out the knife, I was so scared that my mind went blank. I waved my arms around like a madman, trying to break free from the others' suppression."

Han Tao nodded and continued to ask: "Do you remember what Feng Shouyi was doing while you were trying to break free from your restraints and resist?"

"I remember that there were other people who joined him in beating me, so he was afraid of hurting his own people. He tried to stab me several times but failed. In the end, for some reason, the knife fell to the ground.

Then he went to pick it up, and others also helped to pick it up. I was so scared that he would get the knife and stab me again, so I also followed suit to grab it.

In the end, the knife stabbed Feng Shouyi in the chest, but someone took the knife away, oooo…”

Han Tao looked at Chen Guowei and confirmed again: "It was very chaotic at the time. Can you confirm that several people were fighting for the knife? And the knife was brought by Feng Shouyi?"

"I can confirm that several people helped Feng Shouyi pick up the knife. I was afraid that he would stab me after he got it, so I followed him to grab it. The knife belonged to Feng Shouyi, and he took it out of the car!"

"Since the scene was in chaos and the knife was missing, how can you be sure that Feng Shouyi stabbed himself to death? With so many people involved, how did you get the knife?"

After hearing Han Tao's words, Chen Guowei was stunned for a moment, looked at Han Tao, and said in a trembling voice:

"This... my mind was really confused at the time... so... so...

So when I was fighting with them, suddenly someone shouted "murder", and then I saw Feng Shouyi fell down with a knife in his chest, and there was a lot of blood on my hands.

By the way, some of the people who beat me had blood on their bodies and hands, but they all said that I killed Feng Shouyi and stabbed them.

When the police arrived, they took us all to the police station. At the time, one of the police officers said that this was excessive self-defense, but I didn’t expect that the final verdict was indeed intentional homicide.”

Han Tao smiled and said, "So, you are not sure whether you were the one who stabbed the deceased with the knife, right?

It was the gang of accomplices who broke into the house with the deceased Feng Shouyi. They all said that you killed someone, so you admitted it. "

Chen Guowei raised his head, looked at him with red eyes, nodded and responded: "Yes, I did try to grab the knife. When the police were recording my statement..."

"Okay, I understand. Let's stop talking here."

After Chen Guowei told Han Tao about what happened at the police station, he nodded and ended the conversation.

"Is it over? Don't you have any instructions?"

Chen Guowei was a little confused. Don’t defense lawyers usually give some instructions? Just like Lawyer Cheng did at that time, he mentioned a lot of details and precautions.

Han Tao still smiled and said, "No more. After the court session, you will repeat what you told me, including the questions I asked. Leave the rest to me."

"I understand!" Chen Guowei nodded heavily and began to recall the details of his conversation with Han Tao.

Gradually, he began to understand that since he was able to get into a key university on his own, he might not be very smart, but he was definitely not a fool.

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Chapter 769 Training: Director Han’s Small Class

After leaving the detention center, Cheng Wenjing looked at Han Tao with admiration. She now roughly understood what Han Tao meant, and began to recall everything that happened during the first trial.

The turning point of this case was that there was insufficient evidence to prove that the knife was brought by Feng Shouyi.

But everyone else accused Chen Guowei of murder, so in the end she tried every possible way but still failed to defend herself successfully.

There was no way. The knife that disappeared after the incident became the key physical evidence in the case. The existence or non-existence of the knife was directly related to the characterization of Chen Guowei's behavior.

If the knife is found and proved to be brought by Feng Shouyi, Chen Guowei's behavior can be deemed as self-defense and he will not be held criminally responsible.

However, when the police arrived at the scene, they did not find the knife and were unable to extract Feng Shouyi's fingerprints, let alone prove that the knife belonged to Feng Shouyi.

However, it was confirmed that Chen Guowei stabbed Feng Shouyi to death, even though the murder weapon was not found. However, in the process of convicting a criminal case, the murder weapon is one of the important physical evidences, but it is not a necessary condition for conviction.

The key to conviction in a criminal case lies in the integrity of the chain of evidence and mutual corroboration to ensure that the facts of the case are clear and the evidence is sufficient.

Such evidence may include physical evidence, documentary evidence, witness testimony, victim statements, confessions and defenses of suspects, expert opinions, and records of investigations, examinations, identifications, and investigative experiments.

Therefore, even if the knife was not found, the other evidence had formed a complete chain of evidence, and in the end Chen Guowei was convicted of intentional injury resulting in death.

Seeing that Cheng Wenjing still didn't quite understand what he meant, Han Tao asked, "Lawyer Cheng, were all the evidence adopted by the prosecution provided by the prosecution?"

"Most of it was provided by the prosecutors, and some was provided by the Feng family's lawyers."

Cheng Wenjing nodded in response, then took out a pile of documents from a folder, which contained copies of evidence provided by the prosecution during the first trial.

Although there are prosecutors on the public prosecution side in criminal cases, Feng Shouyi's family still hired a lawyer to ensure that Chen Guowei's case is foolproof.

After all, the legal procedures of criminal cases include case filing, investigation, review and prosecution, trial and other links, and each link requires professional legal knowledge to deal with.

Their family is not short of money and has their own lawyers involved. They can communicate with the procuratorate, courts and other judicial organs on behalf of the plaintiff to ensure that the case is handled fairly.

The main purpose is to help the prosecution prepare sufficient evidence materials and conduct a strong defense in court, thereby increasing the Feng family's chances of winning and making it impossible for Chen Guowei to turn the tables or receive a light sentence.

The lawyer hired by the Feng family did his job conscientiously and provided witnesses during the first trial. They were Feng Shouyi's henchmen, who identified Chen Guowei as someone who brought a knife home with the intent to commit revenge and murder.

"Master, is there a problem with the evidence?" Luo Yun didn't quite understand, so he asked.

Looking at his still immature apprentice, Han Tao smiled and said, "This is a big problem. We now have the video of the other party breaking into the house, robbing and committing violence, which can prove that the other party is committing perjury.

Moreover, because the other party gave false testimony, Chen Guowei’s previous confession can be completely overturned…”

After he finished speaking, Luo Yun widened her eyes with surprise. She had discussed this with Cheng Wenjing many times, but had never thought of this.

Although Chen Wenjing guessed some of it, there were still some things she didn't understand, so she also asked:

"Director, even if we have video of Feng Shouyi committing crimes, we can prove that he illegally invaded and committed violence.

However, it still cannot be proved that the knife was brought by Feng Shouyi, so you mean to make a misdemeanor defense?

If excessive self-defense results in death, it constitutes the crime of negligent homicide, which is generally punishable by fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.

If we can convince the judge that the circumstances are minor, we can even change the sentence to a prison term of less than three years.”