Shadow Empire

Chapter 480: Put the handle of the knife in your hand [666+19]
In court, the trial on the soaked wheat has ended, and several workers have admitted their crimes in court.

Just as the justices decided to end this section, the plaintiff's lawyer suddenly presented new evidence.

"I have new evidence to present to the court!"

The lawyer of Liji Group looked at the lawyers representing several workers with a strange expression. He didn't know what the other party was going to do.

In the trial just now, he had a discussion with this lawyer, who was very powerful and had disrupted his plans several times, making some of his previous preparations go to waste.

There should be no problem between the two parties now. What evidence does the other party want to submit?
Just when he didn't know what the other party was going to do, the workers' attorneys submitted new materials to the court and the judge.

"After the incident, the Jingang City police quickly identified the suspects and arrested them."

“After the interrogation, one of my clients came into contact with an unidentified person inside the police station.”

"He made a request to my client and gave some conditions."

"This includes, but is not limited to, giving my client a large sum of money to help him and his family move out of Jingang City and settle somewhere else."

"Promise to arrange a new job for him that can support his family."

"After this mysterious man has given so much, he has only one request..."

At this moment, the lawyer of Liji Group suddenly realized what the other party was going to say, and he immediately raised his hand, "Protest, Your Honor, I protest that the evidence submitted by the other party's lawyer has nothing to do with this case..."

The judges glanced at the lawyers of the Liji Group and shook their heads. "The protest is invalid. Keep talking."

"Thank you, judge!" The workers' attorney looked at his opponent sitting opposite him with a hint of mockery in his eyes, and continued, "This mysterious man has only one request, and that is to ask my client to change his testimony in court!"

The entire court was in an uproar!
Because the impact of this case on society is constantly changing, the media likes to report these scandals about big companies, and more and more people are starting to pay attention.

The Ministry of Justice believed that this case did not involve any state secrets, and given the public's desire for the truth, the case was tried in public.

Anyone who obeys the court order, respects the judicial system, and has available seats can enter the courtroom to listen to the trial in an orderly manner.

Including journalists, they can attend the trial in the courtroom, but they are not allowed to take photos or ask questions. They must maintain respect for the court and the judiciary.

So there were a lot of people at the scene, and these people knew very well how bad it was to ask a criminal suspect to change his confession in court!

The Chief Justice struck the base twice with his gavel, and then issued a command with a hint of majesty, "Silence!"

The bailiffs also turned around and looked at the noisy crowd. All of a sudden, the courtroom became quiet. No one wanted to be kicked out at such an exciting moment!
The justice looked at the evidence in his hands, which included the testimony of a police officer, some witness testimonies, and an anonymous bank account.

The Chief Justice put down the materials in his hand and asked, "Have you found the person who contacted your client?"

The lawyer nodded and said, "We have found it."

"Is he here?"

"He can't come!"

The Chief Justice frowned, "I've never heard of anyone that the Supreme Court couldn't invite. Even the President has to come here when he gets a subpoena!"

"The Supreme Court represents the federal judicial system and the dignity of justice. No one is allowed to blaspheme it, no matter who he is!"

He paused and said, "I can issue him an arrest warrant. Since he doesn't want to come here by himself, I will have someone escort him here."

The Chief Justice has the qualifications to do this. In a sense, at that moment in court, he is the embodiment of federal justice!
The lawyer then said, "I'm sorry, Your Honor, the reason he can't come is that he has been silenced. A dead person cannot attend the trial and can't bring anything to us."

There was an uproar in the court again, and the lawyer of Liji Group protested again, but it was still rejected.

The lawyer began to recount the entire incident, "…My client repeatedly pointed out from multiple photos that the person who asked him to change his testimony in court at the police station was the legal advisor from the legal department of the Liji Group."

"At the same time, I noticed that in the cases that Liji Group had participated in the past, a total of 29 witnesses changed their testimonies in court, which provided extremely important assistance to Liji Group's victory in the lawsuit!"

"Protest!" The lawyer of Liji Group once again raised his hands and stood up. "This is slander and defamation. I protest that such irresponsible remarks should not appear in a trial that has nothing to do with other cases!"

The Chief Justice looked at him for two or three seconds, then nodded and said, "The protest is effective." Although it was effective, people had been influenced by the lawyer's words, and they began to doubt whether the Liji Group had really done this, even without any evidence.

The workers' lawyer provided a large amount of evidence to prove this fact, and also mentioned that another police officer who was involved was also quietly silenced.

The lawyer repeatedly stressed that this case involved a penalty of four million yuan for breach of contract, implying that the Liji Group had gone so far as to kill off the insider in order to save the four million yuan!

But people are willing to believe this. They are willing to believe that this world is made up of conspiracies, and they are also willing to believe that those big shots who look glamorous and brilliant are as black as ink in their bones!
The lawyer of Liji Group did not want to admit the incident, but he could not produce any evidence. On the contrary, the lawyers representing the workers were well prepared and presented all kinds of evidence, which had successfully won the trust of the court and people from all walks of life who were listening to the trial.

Although this is only a part of the entire case and the judges did not announce the verdict in court, news came out from the Ministry of Justice after the trial.

Over the years, the Liji Group has used their strong power to hurt others, dragged many people into the vortex of litigation through malicious litigation, and forced people who have no litigation ability to respond to the lawsuit in order to achieve their evil goals!
This time they even used such despicable means and were suspected of silencing insiders, although the Supreme Court and the Procuratorate did not fully verify the authenticity of the evidence.

However, some powerful people have expressed their dissatisfaction with the actions of the Liji Group if the case goes in favor of the Garden Company.

Then the judicial department will impose a "punitive fine" on Liji Group, and the amount of the fine will be between 20 million and 50 million!
As soon as the news came out, the stock price that the president had just managed to maintain after several days of hard work plummeted again!

Trust crisis, moral risk, legal risk...

A large number of problems were thrown at the Liji Group at once, and coupled with the crazy hype of the financial hyenas during this period, within fifteen minutes after the news spread, the Liji Group's stock price plummeted again by nearly 6%, setting a record for the largest drop in one hour!
The shareholders, investors, banks and all creditors who had just been appeased were getting restless again.

This is not a small amount of fine, a fine of two to five-and-a-half percent of the market value, which is likely to further destroy the cash flow of the Liji Group!
Once cash runs out and no one comes to help, even if Liji Group still has a lot of assets, it will be at great risk of bankruptcy!

The president fainted in the office, which made people even more uneasy and worried.

A company with a monopoly in an industry has been pushed to the brink of collapse because of a mere four million!

“Who would have thought that the Liji Group, which made a fortune from grape futures half a year ago, would become like this now!”

Lance put the newspaper in his hand back on the table. In fact, at the beginning he just wanted to get his money back and give them a little punishment.

A giant suffered a great loss because of a hard stone. Perhaps this was the price he paid for his arrogance!
"I heard that many farms have recently started suing the Liji Group. It looks like they will collapse soon!"

Luca, who was sitting nearby, talked about this with some excitement. He had never thought that a shell company could achieve this.

Lance shook his head. “It’s impossible to go bankrupt, but it will be dismembered again.”

"Capital is so simple and pure. As long as there is a slight opportunity, they will pounce on it and devour it all."

Luca asked eagerly, "Then let's..."

"Can we also..."

He was a little embarrassed to speak, but Lance understood what he wanted to say and gave him a negative answer again, "At this banquet, if you squeeze in with your small body, not only will you not get any food, but they will throw you onto the table as well!"

"So just watch carefully!"

"Before you are no longer qualified to sit with them, the price you pay for sitting in the wrong seat is more severe than you think!"

Luca stopped talking and remained quiet.

He may not be worth much, but the Lawrence Farm behind him is still of great value.

They could easily wait until they had eaten up the Liji Group, then turn around and fabricate a case of fraudulent transaction and contract fraud and put Luca and Lawrence Farm on the table.

Capital is pure, and because it is pure, it is inhumane!
Capital will not give in to each other when there are disagreements and potential huge benefits just because we are friends.

They only use their understanding of the other party to trample them to death!
Luca asked after a while, "Is there anything else we need to do?"

Lance glanced at him sideways, "If you want to see it, I'll take you with me then."

"Then I'll trouble you, Lance," Luca said with some anticipation.

(End of this chapter)