He Zhichu's name is an unsurpassable existence in the minds of the American lawyers hired by Kevin.
In fact, he has never actually gone to court to fight a criminal trial, but he has consulted on criminal cases for other lawyers, and his ideas are always sharp and can win the case.
He personally handles cases related to business mergers.
The case that made him famous was his battle with the powerful in Congress to help clear the way for the merger of two large mobile companies.
When U.S. companies reach a certain scale, they cannot decide whether to merge or split, and they need the approval of Congress.
Otherwise, the "anti-monopoly" label will be slapped on you, those who want to merge will be spoiled by you, and those who don't want to merge will be split up, and I will teach you in minutes what the iron fist of capitalism is.
Therefore, the lawyers who handle commercial cases in the United States are all the best among the best.
Because in this kind of large-scale business merger case, what needs to be persuaded are hundreds of high-ranking members of Congress who represent the interests of all parties. It is not the same as in criminal cases, where it is enough to go to court to convince the judge and jury. The difficulty and work involved The intensity is also beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
In an instant, these people all showed yearning expressions on their faces.
Gu Nianzhi was very happy when he saw it. He glanced at it and said, "So the information I got is reasonable and legal. The defendant's lawyer's request is unreasonable. I hope the court can reverse it."
The judge at the trial bench discussed with the clerk, agreed to Gu Nianzhi's request, and said, "Agree to call it back. Defendant's lawyer, please be careful in presenting evidence and don't waste everyone's time."
Arif, the Indian-born barrister, blushed at the words, sat down awkwardly, and glared at Lu Anpeng next to him.
He was obviously the one who retorted first, but he was the one who was scolded later.
Arif, an Indian-born barrister, expressed dissatisfaction.
Gu Nianzhi nodded to the judge and said thank you, "Thank you, your honor."
She turned to look at the dock and continued: "Because we discovered inconsistencies in defendant Kevin's racial identity, our team conducted further investigation."
"It turned out that Kevin's identity was filled in as Japanese from birth to graduation from college. But when he applied for a passport to come to China a year ago, he chose the ethnic identity of 'Chinese'."
"When he came to our country, he always acted as a Chinese. He quickly got along with everyone. No one ever doubted that he was not a Chinese."
Gu Nianzhi walked to Kevin's dock, knocked on the table in the dock, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Kevin, can you explain to everyone why you suddenly changed your ethnic identity before coming to China?" ?Are you trying to cover up something?"
Kevin raised his head, stared at Gu Nianzhi for a while, and said calmly: "No, my father is Japanese and my mother is Chinese, so it doesn't matter which way I choose."
"Is your father Japanese?" Gu Nianzhi raised his eyebrows, "But your last name, Laris, doesn't look Japanese."
Larisse is an authentic American surname.
Kevin sneered and said sarcastically: "Lawyer Gu looks like that. Didn't you say you've investigated me? How could you not know that my father is actually a Japanese orphan adopted by American Larris?"
Gu Nianzhi thought, of course I know this, but will I tell you
She looked surprised and said, "Then this American Larris should be your grandfather... How could you talk about him in such a casual tone? Tsk, tsk, it's so unfilial."
Gu Nianzhi has no objection to calling the elders by their names, but the tone must be respectful when speaking, otherwise it will be very rude.
Kevin twitched his lips, "I'm answering your question, what do you mean by the tone? Is Guizhou Donkey exhausted?"
Gu Nianzhi laughed and said, "Everyone knows that Guizhou donkeys are very skilled. Mr. Kevin, your Chinese is really good."
"As a Japanese-American who was born and raised in the United States and can still speak Mandarin with a broadcasting accent, the Chinese teacher you grew up with must have some background."
Gu Nianzhi rested one elbow on the defendant's dock, as if he was tired from standing and looking for support, and then asked: "Mr. Kevin, who was your Chinese teacher growing up? Do you remember it?"
Kevin folded his arms and leaned back on the chair, and said nonchalantly: "Is this question related to this case? Can I refuse to answer?"
"No. This issue is closely related to this case." Gu Nianzhi looked at him calmly, "If you don't tell me, I will have another reason to suspect that you have falsified your identity."
Despite this, Kevin did not directly answer Gu Nianzhi's question.
He glanced at Lu Anpeng, who understood what he meant and immediately applied to the judge for a ten-minute adjournment.
The judge agreed to his proposal and asked them to go down to discuss countermeasures.
In the small conference room next to the court, Kevin asked Lu Anpeng: "Can I answer this question?"
Lu Anpeng frowned tightly and said, "I don't see how important this question is, why can't I answer it?"
"I'm just consulting you." Kevin was also unhappy. "You can't give professional guidance and you still ask me questions? Is this your attitude towards doing things?"
Lu Anpeng's face turned red and white at Kevin's words, and finally said: "So who are your Chinese teachers? Are they very good?"
Kevin: "..."
He said displeasedly: "Are you also led astray by Gu Nianzhi? I really can't figure out how this question has anything to do with this case. Isn't she really wasting time, or delaying it?"
"Once the court starts, time will be out of her control." Arif, an Indian-born barrister on the side, tried to explain to Kevin, "As long as your Chinese teacher has no problems, just tell her and see what tricks she can come up with. "
Lu Anpeng was more cautious and careful. He thought for a moment and then asked: "Who are your Chinese teachers? Tell us and we will do a quick background check first."
Kevin could only say: "I have only had one Chinese private tutor since childhood, and that was Du Yueming. She taught me Chinese for ten years, from when I was five to fifteen."
"Du Yueming?" Lu Anpeng frowned even more tightly, "It sounds familiar."
"She is very powerful. She now owns a large Chinese training center in the United States and no longer works as a personal trainer for people." Kevin introduced Du Yueming's background information to him. "Before she went to the United States, she was on China's national TV station As a host of an evening news program, my Chinese is very standard."
Lu Anpeng understood, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "No wonder Gu Nianzhi said that your Chinese is a broadcasting accent. It is indeed extraordinary. It turns out that your Chinese was taught one-on-one by such a powerful person."
Kevin smiled, looked at his watch, and said, "It's time, let's go back."
Back in court, Gu Nianzhi was still reluctant and asked who Kevin's Chinese teacher was.
Kevin said confidently: "It's Ms. Du Yueming. She taught me from the age of five to fifteen. I learned Chinese from her."
Gu Nianzhi tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Du Yueming? Is this the Du Yueming I thought of? He was once the well-known evening news host of China National Television? That Du Yueming?"
Kevin still crossed his arms, nodded casually, and said meaningfully: "That's her. But she left China National Television many years ago and went abroad. I didn't expect that Attorney Gu would know this person at such a young age. It's really unbelievable. It’s so simple…”
Gu Nianzhi smiled and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome, because this person is so famous, and there are many posts about her on the Internet today."
How could Gu Nianzhi, who grew up as an Internet child, not know this person
Even though she had already left this country and settled down in another country.
"Really? That just shows that she is very good at business, so I can speak Chinese with a broadcast accent." Kevin said sarcastically.
Gu Nianzhi returned to his plaintiff's seat, pulled up Du Yueming's information, put it on the big screen, pointed to Du Yueming's dignified and comely profile photo and said: "This is the most famous evening news host of China National Television back then. She went abroad. By then he was already successful."
As he spoke, Gu Nianzhi changed the topic, looked at Kevin and said, "Du Yueming teaches Chinese abroad and is very valuable. With her status, teaching a large class to hundreds of people would have cost $5,000 a class twenty years ago. class."
"If you want to ask her to be a personal trainer, as far as I know, the price is just over US$5,000 for a lesson."
"But Mr. Kevin, your family's annual income was less than 50,000 US dollars when you were a child. How could your parents pay at least 5,000 US dollars for a lesson and hire the famous Du Yueming to be your personal trainer?" "
Kevin was stunned for a moment. He opened his mouth, but found that his reasons were weak.
Gu Nianzhi didn't allow him to speak, and then said: "Don't tell me that Du Yueming taught you Chinese for free. Why do people do this kind of thing for free? Your father had not yet become rich at that time, and his family was not rich, let alone powerful. , why do people want to teach you Chinese for free?”
Lu Anpeng rubbed his forehead, knowing that every question Gu Nianzhi asked was a trap, but what was irritating was that the angle she asked the questions was not unusual, making it difficult for people to guard against.
It's really tiring to litigate with her.
Kevin was still looking for a reasonable reason, but Gu Nianzhi had already thrown out Du Yueming's bills and said, "Everyone, please take a look, this is Du Yueming's bank statement from that year. It shows very clearly that Du Yueming pays himself every week There were four checks deposited in his bank account, each check was worth $5,000, and the signatures on the checks were all John Larris."
"If I'm not mistaken, this John Larris is Kevin's father John Larris."
"Mr. Kevin, tell me, your father's annual salary more than 20 years ago was less than 50,000 US dollars. How did he pay 20,000 US dollars a week to hire such an expensive Chinese private tutor for you when you were a child? All this Where does the money come from?”
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