"Zhang San? Goodbye!"
"Please find someone else!"
"Oh this... My wife is giving birth today. I almost forgot. I have to go back quickly."
"Zhang, Teacher Zhang?"
"… "
Griffin Jones' lawsuit today is definitely full of twists and turns.
Any lawyer with a very high reputation must have many years of experience in the industry. In addition, Xingcheng is not a very large circle, so naturally everyone has heard of Zhang San's "bad reputation" to some extent.
What a joke! This guy is nicknamed "outlaw" by the underworld people. He has no martial ethics or mercy at all. If you are targeted by him, no matter you are a lawyer or a spectator, you may be sent to jail.
No matter how short of money these well-known lawyers are, they are not so short of money that they would risk themselves for the sake of a case fee, not to mention that they are already well-known and usually earn a lot of money, so naturally no one is willing to take on this hot potato.
As for the middle and low-level lawyers who have to settle for second best, they are even worse off. Don't forget that Zhang San is a law professor and a specialist in the bar exam.
It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that he has many students and former officials all over the world, but there are definitely many lawyers in Star City who graduated from his original school.
If they were asked to go to court with the teachers who taught them in school, they would naturally be a little weaker in terms of momentum, and there would also be concerns about face and other aspects.
When we finally found someone willing to take the case, his level could not be compared with those well-known lawyers who had been in the profession for many years, let alone Zhang San.
What's more, Zhang San had already been preparing for this case because Xia Xu had known about it in advance. On the contrary, the new lawyer hired by Griffin Jones was still hasty in the handover. The difference in hard power was so huge that they were not on the same level at all. Facing Zhang San, he had no power to fight back.
Thus, this so-called lawsuit quickly came to an end under Griffin Jones' gloomy look.
"Is this what you mean by bankrupting Xinghai Pharmaceutical, Mr. Griffin? If that's all, I'm very disappointed."
Coming out of the court, Xia Xuyun smiled calmly and said, "It seems that I must consider retracting my previous evaluation of you. You know, even a little jerk might be able to hit me in the face with a brick and make it bleed."
"Mr. Zhang, you are really my good neighbor."
Griffin Jones glanced at Xia Xu coldly and ignored him. Instead, he looked at Zhang San who was following behind Xia Xu.
What happened today really made him deeply realize how terrifying Zhang San was, and he finally understood why Xinghai Venture Capital would rather spend millions to recruit Zhang San.
Although he thought Zhang San was an excellent talker before, it now seems that he obviously underestimated him.
If he had known that Zhang San had such strong professional ability and influence in the field of law, he might have been willing to pay millions.
Because of the preconceived friendly neighborly relationship, if he could have paid the same price at that time, Zhang San might be his boss now, and he should also be the winner of this lawsuit.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world. Even if he is regretting it to the point of bleeding, there is no way to change anything.
"I am just doing my job as a lawyer. Since the client has chosen me to protect his rights, I must do my job conscientiously. I will not show any mercy even to my relatives."
Facing Griffin Jones's seemingly complaining words, Zhang San remained very calm.
It is only natural for a lawyer to speak for his client. It is impossible for him to take into account the neighbor relationship. Moreover, he and Griffin Jones do not have many interactions. It is mainly because his wife and children are more familiar with each other.
Besides, since he joined Xinghai Venture Capital, most of his energy has been spent on preparing for this case, and he is well aware of the filth involved.
It bought the Changlong Research Institute, which had a patent dispute with Delong Pharmaceutical, in advance, and deliberately lured Xinghai Venture Capital to invest in Tonghe Pharmaceutical, which just needed this patent, and then jumped out to file a lawsuit at this critical moment.
It can be said that the whole thing from beginning to end was a conspiracy arranged by Griffin Jones to harm Xinghai Venture Capital. Now that they have acted in legitimate defense, they dare to accuse them first. This is more than just shameless.
"Director Zhang, I would also like to trouble you to help me sue Changlong Research Institute for delaying our company's normal business, and Delong Pharmaceutical for breach of contract, concealment and other compensation matters."
Xia Xu also smiled and ignored Griffin Jones and looked at Zhang San.
"No problem, the materials have been sorted out, and I will sue them one by one in the next few days."
Zhang San nodded in agreement.
"By the way, regarding this Mr. Griffin, can we sue him for business fraud or something?"
"I try to ..."
Both of them ignored Griffin Jones' grim expression, talked to each other, and left arrogantly with the steps of a winner who didn't care about his relatives.
"Little punk..."
"Oh, you little jerk..."
Griffin Jones stood at the door of the court for a long time, watching Xia Xu's back completely disappear. His lowered hands clenched little by little, and his joints made bursts of popping sounds.
Today may seem like just a lawsuit, but in reality it is also a battle in which he is betting his fortune and pride.
Although there was an element of revenge behind all these plans, they were mainly for profit.
Tonghe Pharmaceutical was a good project, but he could not afford it with the funds at the time. After all, due to Xia Xu's interference, his development was not as smooth as it should have been in the original plot. Even if he invested all his money, he could not buy many shares.
Xinghai Venture Capital just happened to come into his sight at this time, and naturally became the stepping stone he chose for his own rise. He invested in Changlong Research Institute himself, then induced Xinghai Venture Capital to invest in Tonghe Pharmaceutical, and finally used the patent dispute between Changlong Research Institute and Delong Pharmaceutical to swallow an elephant with a snake.
If the plan goes smoothly, he will definitely be able to squeeze the marrow out of Xinghai Biomedicine, which Xinghai Venture Capital spent a huge amount of money to acquire. His assets will also see a surge of dozens or hundreds of times, and he may even merge with Xinghai Venture Capital to become its major shareholder.
Everything went very smoothly. Before this, he had never thought that his secretive and ingenious plan might fail.
He never thought that in the end, all his efforts would be in vain, all because of a mere lawyer - this lawyer was poached from him by Xinghai Venture Capital.
The lawsuit was originally a formality with little suspense, but the outcome changed instantly just by Zhang San's words.
If you win, your assets will increase dramatically, but if you lose, you will lose everything.
Although the size of Changlong Research Institute cannot be compared with Tonghe Pharmaceutical, it cannot be acquired with just a few hundred thousand dollars. He invested most of his funds before the plan started, and all the money he earned during this period was also invested in increasing his shareholdings.
After all, as long as the plan succeeds, the value of each share may skyrocket thousands of times. As the developer of the entire plan, you would be a fool not to increase your holdings, and even increasing your holdings by one less share would feel like a huge loss.
But now that the plan has suffered a disastrous defeat, these shares will naturally become useless.
The most important thing is that his genius medicine is almost exhausted. Maybe he can make a little money before it is completely used up, but if he uses up this last bit, he will completely lose the possibility of researching the formula of the genius medicine.
This defeat almost left him penniless.
This defeat completely destroyed his ambitious spirit and aspirations.
Before this, even though the scale of Xinghai Venture Capital far exceeded that of his Tianshen Investment, he could confidently believe that he just lacked opportunities and development time, and never thought that he was worse than anyone else.
But now he couldn't deceive himself anymore.
In other people's eyes, I am just a penniless punk, and my painstaking and confident fatal blow was just a passing move for others to take lightly.
Breathing gradually became heavier.
He raised his trembling hand, took out a carefully wrapped genius medicine from his pocket and put it into his mouth again.
The wonderful feeling that I hadn't experienced for a long time once again spread throughout my body.
But the difference is that this time, there seem to be two more warm currents between the wings of the nose.
"This is… "
He stretched out his hand and touched it, and got a glaring red.
"It's finally here..."
Griffin Jones fell silent.
In fact, he was not completely ignorant of the side effects of the genius drug. His own body would always be sensitive to it, and he had long known that this drug actually overdraws his potential.
The reason why he went from crazy drug taking to extreme restraint now is not only the lack of drugs, but also this factor.
However, he was confident that he would be able to earn enough money soon, and would be able to bring Xinghai Biomedicine, which has strong R&D capabilities, under his control. He would be able to use the efficacy and samples of the genius drug to develop a formula and eliminate side effects, and then use it to build a huge business empire.
Always fantasizing that everything will be good for you is perhaps a common problem for most people.
Unfortunately, the dream is now shattered and he has to face reality and the current situation.