Chapter 26: The More Angry the Opposing Party Becomes, the Greater the Probability of Victory!
On the judicial bench, Presiding Judge Yang Yu examined the materials.
After hearing Su Bai's statement, Ye Fei at the defendant's counsel table was nearly driven mad.
What did it mean to say that Xie Jing, together with her entrusted lawyer Ye Fei, had committed fraud against the plaintiff?
Damn it.
She was sitting at the defendant's counsel table, and now she had truly become a defendant?
Moreover, an accomplice to fraud?
Ye Fei raised her hand forcefully. "Presiding Judge, counsel for the plaintiff is completely fabricating nonexistent facts. I request dismissal of the evidence submitted by the plaintiff."
'Bang bang bang.'
Yang Yu raised his head and looked toward Ye Fei at the defendant's counsel table.
"The application is invalid. This is the stage of evidentiary submission. Counsel for the defendant shall not interfere by raising objections."
"As this is the first objection raised by counsel for the defendant, only a reminder will be issued at this time."
"If there is another occurrence, a second warning will be issued, and in serious circumstances removal from the courtroom will be ordered. Counsel for the defendant is requested to observe courtroom discipline."
Ye Fei realized that her emotions had fluctuated abnormally.
She had originally been completely calm.
She had possessed absolute confidence in victory.
But now.
She had clearly been angered by Su Bai, counsel for the plaintiff.
Ye Fei stared directly at Su Bai, her eyes filled with flames of anger.
Li Xuezhen tugged at Su Bai's sleeve. "Lawyer Su, that female lawyer seems very dissatisfied with the evidence we submitted."
"She is glaring at us now."
"This is the third lesson I taught you."
Su Bai looked up at Ye Fei, then smiled and turned his gaze toward Li Xuezhen.
"The third lesson?"
"The third lesson is that during a hearing, by adopting proper but not excessive measures to provoke opposing counsel, the more angry and indignant opposing counsel becomes, the more they will fall into your logical framework, and the probability of winning the case will increase substantially."
"Oh. I understand, Lawyer Su."
Li Xuezhen nodded seriously.
Su Bai looked toward the judicial bench.
Presiding Judge Yang Yu was examining the relevant evidence. After the examination was completed, it would be the most critical moment of this hearing.
The key point of this hearing lay in whether the fraudulent conduct of Xie Jing and Ye Fei could be established.
As long as the opposing party could be drawn into this line of argument.
That would be equivalent to victory.
If it could not be established.
Then the opposing party would pay nothing and there would be no division of property.
If it could be established.
Then the opposing party would not only receive no property division but would also be imprisoned.
Everyone seated at the defendant's table would be imprisoned.
The key to whether it could be established lay in the presiding judge's determination regarding the offense of fraud and this case.
Regarding this matter, Su Bai already had a clear understanding.
On the judicial bench.
After slightly frowning, Yang Yu finished reviewing all the evidence submitted by the plaintiff, that is, Su Bai's side, and then transferred the evidence to the defendant's counsel table.
"The plaintiff alleges that the defendant and the defendant's entrusted lawyer committed fraud against the plaintiff and has submitted evidence. The evidence has now been provided to counsel for the defendant. Counsel for the defendant may examine it and raise any questions in court."
After receiving the evidence, Ye Fei was momentarily stunned.
This.
Was this evidence?
Were these not chat records from the fan group and the content she had posted in the fan group together with the content from the homepage of her short video account?
Could this also be regarded as evidence of fraud?
Moreover.
Where had the content of this fan group come from?
Entry into the fan group required conditions, and she would not casually allow others to enter it.
If this had been obtained through unlawful means by the opposing party, then not only would the evidence be invalid, but she could also counterattack.
After thinking this through, Ye Fei put the evidence aside on the table.
"Presiding Judge, I would like to ask on what basis counsel for the plaintiff relies upon these chat records to determine that I and my client committed fraud."
"Furthermore, where did the information contained in this evidence originate?"
"If it constitutes unlawful evidence, then counsel for the plaintiff, Lawyer Su, are you aware of the consequences of knowingly violating the law by using unlawfully obtained evidence to conduct courtroom accusations?"
The latter sentence.
Could be described as a direct threat, although a lawful one.
Su Bai paid no attention whatsoever to Ye Fei's question.
"Presiding Judge."
"I request that the source of the submitted evidence be disclosed publicly."
'Bang bang.'
The gavel struck.
"The application is approved."
The attention of everyone present in the courtroom was focused on Su Bai.
Su Bai turned his head toward Li Xuezhen.
"Hand me the phone."
"Oh. All right, Lawyer Su."
Su Bai took the phone from Li Xuezhen, unlocked it, opened the group chat, mentioned Ye Fei in the chat, and spoke while operating the phone.
"This is the phone of an intern lawyer from our Baijun Law Firm. She joined your fan group chat, Lawyer Ye. Lawyer Ye, you may examine your own fan group chat to confirm whether the source of our evidence is lawful."
'Bang.'
"Counsel for the defendant may check the phone to confirm whether the source of the evidence is lawful."
The gavel struck.
Ye Fei opened her phone with some hesitation and saw that her long awaited high quality client Xue had mentioned her in the fan group.
The message read: 'Lawyer Ye, are you surprised, are you astonished?'
Ye Fei almost exploded with anger on the spot.
What did this mean? If the source of the evidence was being disclosed publicly, then it should simply be disclosed, yet there was even mockery?
Damn it.
If she had not retained her rationality at that moment, Ye Fei would have wanted to confront Su Bai directly.
Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, Ye Fei finally suppressed the anger in her heart.
"Counsel for the plaintiff, Lawyer Su, mocked me in the group chat and used false information to enter my fan group. Does this not constitute illegality?"
Seeing that this woman was extremely angry and unreasonable, Su Bai replied.
"Lawyer Ye, although our side indeed used a teasing tone in the group chat, there was no insulting language, so this does not constitute illegality."
"False information? What constitutes false information? Our intern lawyer left a message in the comment section and did not cause any financial loss to any person or entity."
"It was Lawyer Ye who insisted on inviting our intern into the fan group and who required the provision of asset verification."
"The asset verification was factual."
"Throughout the entire process there was no unlawful conduct."
"Afterward, there was no fraud or inducement of any kind. It was entirely Lawyer Ye who actively sought to communicate with our intern."
"On what basis does Lawyer Ye determine that this evidence was obtained unlawfully?"
"Would Lawyer Ye like our side to provide the chat records from that time to demonstrate how enthusiastically you invited our intern into the fan group."
"And also to demonstrate your enthusiastic attitude at that time?"
Su Bai slightly raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Ye Fei.
At this moment, Ye Fei's composure had already collapsed.
What did this Su Bai intend to do?
Was he deliberately rubbing salt into her wounds?
Ye Fei took a deep breath and understood that if she continued arguing on this point, she would lose this case.
This case could not be lost.
Otherwise she would be finished.
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