Gui Linghua is obviously an extremely smart woman.
Ten minutes later, Park Soo-na came back and relayed Gui Linghua's words. She said that she had completely calmed down and had thought it over. She was willing to ask Lawyer Lu to be her attorney and help her handle her late husband's estate matters.
Naturally, she quickly weighed the pros and cons, fearing that if she missed this opportunity, she would never get it again.
She was almost penniless and could not afford the lawyer's fees. Even if she lost the lawsuit, her situation would not be worse off. But if she won and got 20% of the inheritance, she could still return to her life as a single wealthy woman.
Moreover, at least before the outcome of this lawsuit, she no longer has to worry and has a place to stay.
"Let's sign with her tomorrow!" Lu Ming smiled.
"Ah, sir, she also said that she could live in Room 408, so you don't have to spend extra money to book her a separate room."
Lu Ming waved his hand: "Not everyone can live here!"
After hearing this, Park Soo-na felt a little warm in her heart. After all, she also had a small bedroom in the servant's room to stay in.
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Tell the waiters to keep an eye on her room."
Then he thought of the Japanese methods, "Make a phone call and ask Er Niang to bring Dahei and Erhei to live with her."
This is Wen Liangyu's territory, and where I am is the premium member area. Non-members cannot go up to this floor, so I don't have to worry too much about safety issues, but it would be more reassuring to take more precautions.
…
As night fell, in the study, Lu Ming looked at a piece of paper in his hand.
Katsura Ayaka really regarded herself as a lifeline. This is the list of inheritance she made from her late husband Kato Sanryū.
This woman probably spent her time at home counting her inherited property. Even though she escaped alone, she still remembered clearly what she had owned.
The deposit in the Imperial Bank is over 110,000.
The stocks and bonds of more than a dozen companies, including Derrida Petroleum, are worth more than 600,000.
There are three pieces of real estate, all located in the Japanese-populated area in the eastern part of Donghai.
Baile Hot Spring Hotel is located in a mountain hot spring area in a satellite town in Donghai.
These are the main ones, and there are also miscellaneous ones, such as cars, external debts, and so on.
In addition, there is a string of small islands called Pearl Island. Her late husband inherited the deed for owning the islands. However, what her late husband inherited was just a contract artifact. The legal effect of the contract is not recognized by people because the ownership deed of this string of small islands is a joke in history and several families have it.
After pondering for a while, Lu Ming picked up the case file of Baoyin Bank again and started to look at it.
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NINTH CIRCUIT, SECOND DEPARTMENT.
Lu Ming and Wei Baozeng sat in the defendant's seat. In the plaintiff's seat were lawyer Smith, who had met Lu Ming once, and a fat old man, who seemed to be the plaintiff, Bi Hanting, former friend of Chairman Wei and chairman of Western Coal United Company.
When he first entered the courtroom, Wei Baozeng greeted him as "Second Uncle", but he just snorted coldly and ignored him.
Judge Christine entered the courtroom and everyone stood up.
The gallery was packed with people, including many depositors and reporters, all with cameras.
The case, which had dragged on for too long and the media was too lazy to pay attention to it, suddenly became hot again.
Firstly, the representative lawyer of Baoyin Bank was suddenly replaced by a second-tier lawyer from Reed & Co., who was still a hot topic. A dozen days ago, he was a young lawyer who made a big splash in the Japanese devil case. This was explosive enough in itself. Could it be that this second-tier lawyer was more trustworthy than the big lawyers of Reed & Co.? Especially, this was an economic lawsuit.
Secondly, the evening paper the day before yesterday reported that this female apprentice of a second-level lawyer had hit the plaintiff's law firm's clerk with a wine bottle in front of the chief judge's office. If this case goes on, it's not certain what big news will emerge. Will it be a gang fight? After all, successful people nowadays are more or less related to gangs.
Therefore, reporters from major newspapers and tabloids who wanted to catch the hot spots flocked to the scene.
Sitting in the judge's seat, Christine looked at the chaotic scene, picked up the gavel and knocked it, "Quiet, from now on, anyone who disrupts the order of the court will be expelled!"
The courtroom immediately fell silent.
Christine looked at Lu Ming, "Defendant's lawyer, in your motion..."
The door of the court was suddenly pushed open, and the reporters at the outermost edge started to stir first. Some depositors sitting in the gallery stood up, cursing, and were about to rush towards the people coming in.
"Pa pa" the spotlight came on.
Soon, the bailiffs gathered around and ordered silence in the gallery, and two journalists who were taking pictures were expelled.
This trial was specially opened to the media, and reporters were allowed to bring cameras into the courtroom, but they were only allowed to take photos before the court session and after the recess. During the trial, all video and photo taking was strictly prohibited.
An old man in a black windbreaker and a top hat came in from the gate. When Bi Hanting, who was sitting in the plaintiff's seat, looked over, his eyes immediately fixed and his expression became a little complicated.
The old man who came was none other than Wei Baozeng’s father, Chairman Wei.
He is already very old, and the windbreaker and top hat only conceal his old age. When he took off the hat to reveal his old face, his hands were covered with age spots. Looking at this scene, Bi Hanting's eyes became even more complicated.
Lu Ming stood up and said, "Your Highness, my client came to the court today with the special permission of his doctor. I hope that the judge will allow him to testify in court!"
Judge Christine stared at Lu Ming with her green eyes. She probably didn't know what he was up to. She nodded and said, "Allow the defendant to testify in court."
Chairman Wei, supported by Lu Ming, walked tremblingly to the witness stand.
Just after sitting down, Chairman Wei stood up again, bowed deeply to Bi Hanting, and then bowed deeply to the depositors in the audience, and said in a heavy voice: "Hanting, and all the friends who trusted me and deposited their money in Baoyin, I solemnly apologize to you."
Bi Hanting frowned, but looked away as he saw his old friend's trembling body.
Lawyer Smith was slightly startled. Apologize in court? Is he admitting defeat? This would end this long-running lawsuit. At least now that he was found guilty, perhaps Baoyin Bank still had a chance of survival.
"Han Ting, I apologize to you because I never expected something like this to happen. I was just fulfilling my responsibility as a friend and hoping to help you."
"But you caused me to lose millions!" Bi Hanting snorted coldly.
"That's why I said sorry to you."
"But I feel even more sorry for my depositors!" Chairman Wei looked at the audience, "Because I betrayed your trust and disclosed the information of one of them to my good friend, which led to the current predicament! These few days, I have been lying on the hospital bed, and my mind is full of this matter, self-blame, and guilt! I am really worried about losing your trust! Although Baoyin Bank has sufficient funds, it cannot get everyone's trust. This is something I never thought of. I was wrong! I was really wrong! These few days, after painful thinking, I made the following decision, hoping to regain everyone's trust! After this lawsuit is over, Baoyin Bank will implement strict principles of confidentiality for customers and fulfill the principle of keeping silent on all matters concerning customers. These principles will be written into any account opening contract and will be the basic terms of the Baoyin Bank account opening contract. In this way, if this term is violated, the customer can file a high claim against Baoyin Bank."
"Maintaining customer confidentiality will become the first rule of Baoyin Bank!"
"Regarding this matter, I will also make a formal statement after this class is over."