Chapter 248

"Mr. Cha, may I ask if you think you will lose this lawsuit?"

"Mr. Cha..."

"Mr. Cha..."

Reporters pointed their long guns and short cannons at Mr. Cha one by one, their emotions extremely excited.

Mr. Yu, the 'lick-king' beside him, hurriedly pushed them away: "Go away, Mr. Cha is in poor health. Do you have any journalistic quality by surrounding him like this?"

Then Mr. Yu was attacked by the reporters.

"Mr. Yu, I heard you want to be Mr. Cha's son, is that true?"

"Mr. Yu, do you really respect Mr. Cha, or do you want his 'Ming Pao'?"

"Mr. Yu, I heard you are more filial than Mr. Cha's own sons and daughters..."

Mr. Yu: "……"

He almost exploded with rage.

You guys are scolding me!

With great difficulty, Mr. Yu and the driver escorted Mr. Cha into the court.

The reporters stopped one after another because Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu had not yet arrived.

About 10 minutes later,

another car arrived at the court!

The car stopped,

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu got out of the car; he was seen in a black suit, gold-rimmed glasses, hair meticulous, temperament sunny, full of vigorous power and confidence!

And behind him was his secretary, Fang Ting.

And another car followed, which was the lawyer Jian Aowei and his assistants, secretaries, etc.

"He's here! He's here!"

"Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu is here!"

"Mr. Guan is here!"

At this moment, the eyes of all the reporters on the scene became excited, and they rushed over!

Le Huizhen and Huang Jieyi failed to grab the front row.

That's right, this time TVB also came to interview; although Mr. Run Run Shaw requested that negative news about Mr. Li could not be reported, he didn't say that news about Mr. Cha couldn't be reported.

"Mr. Guan, may I ask if you are confident about this lawsuit?"

"Do you have anything to say about 'Ming Pao' splashing dirty water on you?"

"Mr. Guan, Mr. Cha can be considered a virtuous and prestigious elder; have you considered showing mercy?"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu looked at the reporter who asked this last question; it was a woman: "Are you from Ming Pao?"

Reporter: "That's right."

This female reporter was actually Mr. Cha's eldest daughter; because her father and mother were both engaged in the newspaper industry, she became a reporter.

Of course, her father-daughter relationship with Mr. Cha was not very good.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu ignored her and pointed at Le Huizhen: "This Miss Le from TVB, ask first..."

Le Huizhen was happy, thinking to herself, you scumbags, I am Brother Zu's...

You want to fight with me!

Huang Jieyi: "…………"

What the hell?

I feel like these two have a problem; Brother Zu, you are in a honeymoon period with our ATV.

Other reporters were also speechless.

Le Huizhen: "Mr. Guan, may I ask if you are confident about this lawsuit?"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "Very much so, after all, the evidence is conclusive and undeniable."

Le Huizhen: "Then will you demand an apology and compensation from Mr. Cha?"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "That's natural; I want him to compensate me for economic losses, mental distress, and offer an apology..."

……

Inside the courtroom,

before the court session, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu went to the restroom to relieve himself and happened to run into Mr. Cha.

The two stood together, separated by a partition, peeing.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu looked straight ahead at the wall: "Mr. Cha, I don't understand; clearly you were wrong, yet you refuse to apologize... Could it be that this is the literati character?"

Mr. Cha didn't speak, still feeling that you are all commoners, and I don't want to bother with you.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu chuckled: "This time in court, I hope Mr. Cha will cooperate... Currently, I, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, also have a newspaper. If Mr. Cha doesn't bow his head and admit his mistake, then don't blame my newspaper for reporting randomly."

"I heard that back in the day, Mr. Cha had a crush on a certain female star, and then ran off to... tsk tsk..."

Mr. Cha, who had always been calm, had his expression change at this moment.

"What do you want?" He glared angrily at Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "Look, you're anxious!"

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu suddenly said with a cold face: "When you slandered me, I didn't see you apologize for a week, you didn't even have an attitude, and you put on a high-and-mighty look. And now that it's my turn, you're anxious... Wow, your look, I'm so scared~~~"

Mr. Cha was indeed very angry, looking at Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu with fury.

His affairs, to put it nicely, are the romanticism of a literati; to put it not so nicely, it's... um...

And it also made him think of his eldest son, a burst of grief in his heart, and anger again.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu sneered: "When it doesn't hurt you, you are detached from the world; once it hurts you, you get anxious... tsk tsk..."

At this time, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu finished peeing.

"Mr. Cha, if you do something wrong, you have to admit it!"

"If you get beaten, you have to stand straight!"

"For those who refuse to admit their mistakes, I will teach them to admit them!"

After speaking, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu left directly.

And at this time, Mr. Yu rushed over; as a person who 'advances and retreats freely,' seeing Mr. Cha's expression was wrong, he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Cha, what's wrong?"

Mr. Cha shook his head: "Nothing."

……

Half an hour later,

inside the courtroom,

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's side, Mr. Cha's side, lawyers...

The foreign judge, the judge panel, the jury, the legal teams of both sides... all in place.

9:00

The court trial began.

"Bang bang bang~~~"

The gavel struck, and the court was officially in session!

"Quiet!"

"Next, we will begin the trial regarding Mr. Guan suing 'Ming Pao' for defamation of reputation..."

Next, it was the game between the plaintiff's lawyer, the defendant's lawyer, and the plaintiff and defendant.

"Plaintiff Mr. Guan, please describe the course of this case..."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu looked serious: "The matter is like this; on the morning of May 13th, I was subjected to malicious slander from many media newspapers in Hong Kong..."

He told the story,

"Currently, other media have made corresponding compensation and offered an apology..."

"Now the only one left is our Mr. Cha and his 'Ming Pao'..."

"According to our investigation, Mr. Cha currently still serves as the editor-in-chief of 'Ming Pao,' so he must certainly be clear about this report."

Next was the performance time for the lawyers of both sides,

Jian Aowei appeared.

He stood in the center of the court and looked at Mr. Cha: "Mr. Cha, I want to ask a question!"

Mr. Cha didn't know who Jian Aowei was, but in Hong Kong, those who can be litigation lawyers are all great lawyers; other ordinary lawyers can only do paperwork.

"Please speak."

"Before you published the report for review, did you have clear evidence to prove that Mr. Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu misappropriated 60 million in relocation funds?"

"No."

"So there is no evidence, right?"

"No."

Jian Aowei smiled: "That is to say, before publishing the report, you did review this article that slandered Mr. Guan."

The defendant's lawyer's expression changed; it was over. Originally, he had instructed Mr. Cha to firmly deny that he had reviewed the newspaper and just pretend he didn't know.

As a result, he was trapped by this Jian Aowei.

This Jian Aowei is really cunning.

At this time, Jian Aowei held up a copy of "Ming Pao,"

"This copy is the 'Ming Pao' newspaper from that day; let me read it for everyone..."

After reading a key section, he said,

"The original text of the newspaper I just read clearly writes 'misappropriated 60 million' as a keyword, and it doesn't carry a question mark, but uses an exclamation mark? And just now you already said that you have no evidence to prove this point at all. Does this count as defamation of my client's reputation? Framing and planting evidence?" Mr. Cha was old, and his mouth was not as sharp as Jian Aowei's.

Moreover, the hairy crabs he ate yesterday were a bit too much; crabs are cold in nature, and eating too much is easy to cause stomach pain and diarrhea. Now he was a bit uncomfortable.

Defendant's lawyer: "…………"

Looking at Mr. Cha, who had no reaction, he knew he was going to lose this time.

The evidence was too sufficient; losing was inevitable!

However, the defendant's lawyer still had to struggle a bit to show he was worth the money: "I object..."

Then he blah blah blah said a bunch of nonsense.

This is a lawyer's stubbornness!

10 minutes later, the case was settled, and Jian Aowei began to propose compensation opinions: pay 3 million + publish an apology in the newspaper!

Once this condition came out, the whole court was shocked.

3 million?

So much?

That's a lion's mouth wide open.

!.

The defendant's lawyer's expression changed on the spot: "Impossible! I think 100,000 is reasonable!"

In his heart, he supported 500,000.

Jian Aowei's reason was very sufficient: "Mr. Cha's status in Hong Kong is so high; the news he reviews naturally has a kind of authority. This causes greater harm to our client Mr. Guan than ordinary gossip newspapers. And our Mr. Guan is also a public figure, a great philanthropist, a great entrepreneur, a practitioner of education, and a Hong Kong councilor. Such slander has already caused great adverse effects on our Mr. Guan..."

This jury had a total of 9 people, full capacity.

Most of them were elderly, and there were also middle-aged people. I don't know the reason, but these elderly people were all over 60 years old, and the middle-aged people were also selected from Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon City, and Hong Kong Island districts.

They were all within the coverage of Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's support rate.

The citizens of the jury, after hearing Jian Aowei's reasons, coupled with their support for Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, couldn't help but start to agree in their hearts: "That's right, this Mr. Cha is one of the Four Great Talents and a leader in the literary world; his newspaper is indeed more authoritative than ordinary newspapers."

"3 million, not much!"

Then the defendant's lawyer and Jian Aowei began to PK.

The defendant's lawyer felt

Half an hour later,

the lawyers left the court.

The judge began to discuss with the jury in the conference room; most of the jury supported a higher compensation.

Under the British legal system, the jury's opinion is still very important; the judge was finally influenced and couldn't help but increase the compensation a little.

10 minutes later,

in court,

the foreign judge struck the gavel.

Bang bang bang~~~

Made the final judgment:

"According to the jury... the judgment is now as follows: 'Ming Pao' slandered Mr. Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, the evidence is conclusive, according to Hong Kong Ordinance xxx... Victoria Ordinance xxx... now sentenced Mr. Cha** to personally write an article in 'Ming Pao' to apologize, and at the same time compensate 2 million Hong Kong dollars..."

The verdict fell, and Mr. Cha was a bit incredulous.

Mr. Yu shouted in his heart: This is all my money, my money!

Jian Aowei: Winning doesn't give any sense of achievement, sigh~~

……

……

Outside the court,

when Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu and others walked out of the court,

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was surrounded by many excited reporters for interviews.

"Mr. Guan, did you win the lawsuit?"

"Won."

"Mr. Guan, may I ask what the specific compensation is?"

"Mr. Cha was sentenced to pay 2 million in compensation, and also to publish an apology in the newspaper."

"Hiss hiss hiss~~~~~"

Everyone gasped collectively.

"2 million? So much?"

"Mr. Guan, may I ask if you are satisfied with this result?"

"Very satisfied."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu smiled; the amount of money didn't matter, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu just liked to see Mr. Cha looking frustrated.

Aren't you very awesome?

When the time comes, I'll publish a newspaper myself: "Why did you apologize? I like your unyielding look even more!"

Tsk tsk, so refreshing, isn't it?

After answering a dozen questions from reporters, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, Fang Ting, Jian Aowei, and others drove away directly.

And at this time,

Mr. Cha had not yet walked out of the court.

Because he had diarrhea, still the fault of yesterday's hairy crabs.

Reporters waited and waited... waited for more than 20 minutes, and finally waited for Mr. Cha to walk out of the court with Mr. Yu's support.

Many reporters were a bit disgusted with this person surnamed Yu; he was definitely a big liar.

"Damn, how did this liar coax Mr. Cha into trusting him so much?"

"If I had 30% of his skill, would I still be afraid of not being able to lick a rich woman??"

"Hateful!"

Reporters were envious, jealous, and hateful one by one.

Mr. Cha walked down the stairs,

reporters swarmed over and surrounded Mr. Cha tightly.

"Mr. Cha, I heard you lost the lawsuit; are you going to apologize to Mr. Guan?"

"Mr. Cha, will you really apologize?"

"Mr. Cha..."

A bunch of people asked frantically,

and then in the middle, there was a fake fan who didn't think it was a big deal: "Mr. Cha, I am your martial arts fan; I support you, don't apologize!"

Other reporters heard: "???"

Their eyes lit up.

F*ck, even more flamboyant than me!

They hurriedly shouted:

"That's right, Mr. Cha, we support you!"

"What is Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu? Why should Mr. Cha apologize to you!"

"Mr. Cha, you are a martial arts master and a leader in the literary world; you must have your own pride..."

"We martial arts fans all support you!"

Mr. Yu heard this and was moved: "Mr. Cha, did you hear that? Everyone is your supporter; you don't need to apologize!"

Mr. Cha: "…………"

Detached as a chrysanthemum... my ass.

"Dear media friends!"

"I solemnly announce to everyone here: regarding the matter of 'Ming Pao' reporting without evidence that Mr. Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu misappropriated 60 million in relocation funds, I express my apology. Since I was wrong, I support the court's judgment..."

At this moment,

click click click~~~~~

The flashlights almost blinded Mr. Cha.

……

……

Evening, 19:00

ATV and TVB news broadcast on time.

After a series of news about Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu vs. Mr. Li, the ratings of ATV news had exceeded TVB news, reaching 60%.

"Dear citizens of Hong Kong..."

"This morning, the dispute case between the famous martial arts master Mr. Cha and the philanthropist and entrepreneur Mr. Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was officially opened..."

"According to interviews with the jury, the specific trial process was:..."

"Finally, the court made a judgment: Mr. Cha's 'Ming Pao' slandered Mr. Guan, causing great damage to his reputation, and finally sentenced: compensation of 2 million, and Mr. Cha must personally write an article in 'Ming Pao' to apologize!"

"And after the verdict, Mr. Cha, outside the court, had already publicly expressed his apology to Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu to the media on the spot."

In the footage,

after the news was broadcast, the citizens of Hong Kong reacted differently.

"It really was judged!"

"2 million, my god!"

"Reputation damage compensation is so high?"

"Brother Zu is great!"

"Mr. Cha, you are my idol; don't bow your head, the crown will fall."

(End of chapter)