Chapter 153
The night passed quickly.
At eight o'clock the next morning, Meng Zhikang was ready to go, putting on his wife's newly bought suit, new leather shoes, and new tie. He was ready to face the most important battle in his life. Whether he can become famous again and reach a new height in his career depends on today's lawsuit.
At half past eight, Meng Zhikang met up with his client and went to the court.
When the two cars arrived at the door of the court, as expected, there were already many reporters waiting here. When seeing Meng Zhikang and the client Zhou Sirou coming over, the reporters immediately surrounded them.
The reporters mainly interviewed Meng Zhikang as a lawyer.
Because the current focus is on the contest between Meng Zhikang and Jiang Haochen.
As the client, Zhou Sirou did not get much attention.
Zhou Sirou saw that all these reporters were looking for Meng Zhikang, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Under the cover of the secretary, she walked into the court first.
After the reporters surrounded Meng Zhikang, they began to interview him one after another.
"Lawyer Meng, last time Lawyer Gao from the same law firm as you also helped the non-fault party to fight a lawsuit, but in the end he still ended up with nothing."
"Moreover, the client was eventually arrested and detained. Do you think today’s lawsuit will repeat the same mistake?"
"Lawyer Meng, so far, I have observed the lawyers in your various red circle and large law firms, and it seems that none of them who filed divorce lawsuits with Lawyer Jiang had a good ending."
"Do you think you can change the current situation of being beaten by Lawyer Jiang?"
"Lawyer Meng, Lawyer Jiang said during the live broadcast last night that he was only 50% sure, but most netizens think that Lawyer Jiang's chance of winning should still be higher."
"Under such circumstances, do you feel pressure today? Are you worried about losing to Lawyer Jiang?"
Meng Zhikang didn't mind reporters interviewing him.
But at this moment, listening to the interviews of these reporters, why did Meng Zhikang feel that he minded so much?
What kind of questions are they asking? What does it mean that he will make the same mistake as Gao Haijie?
What does it mean that he is currently in a divorce lawsuit with Jiang Haochen, and none of the lawyers from large-scale and red-circle law firms have a good ending? Is this a curse on himself?
Meng Zhikang knew that the reason these reporters asked such questions was to attract attention.
But Meng Zhikang really didn't want to answer this kind of friendless interview method.
"Sorry, fellow journalists, if you want to interview me, please wait until the lawsuit is over."
""You are interviewing me now, it will affect my state."
After saying this, Meng Zhikang wanted to squeeze out of the crowd surrounded by these reporters.
The two assistants beside Meng Zhikang helped Meng Zhikang push the reporters away to prevent them from surrounding him.
The questions these reporters asked were so unpleasant. After the lawsuit was over, Meng Zhikang wanted to see if these reporters could still ask questions that were so biased towards Jiang Haochen. The reporters would naturally not give up.
The reporter asked again
"Lawyer Meng, please express your opinion."
""Meng, please say a few words."
Meng Zhikang was too lazy to deal with these reporters. With the help of his assistant, he walked towards the court.
Just when Meng Zhikang was surrounded by these reporters and couldn't walk, he was upset and wanted to scold them, when he heard a reporter's assistant exclaim:
"Lawyer Jiang is here."
When the reporter said Jiang Haochen was here, all the lawyers stopped interviewing Meng Zhikang and turned to Jiang Haochen.
If he was still annoyed by these reporters surrounding him, now that these reporters have left, Meng Zhikang is a little unhappy again.
"Jiang Haochen is the center of attention wherever he goes. Meng
Zhikang was a little jealous.
Meng Zhikang stopped at the door of the court and looked back at Jiang Haochen.
The reporter also asked Jiang Haochen a lot of questions.
"Lawyer Jiang, when you were live streaming yesterday evening, you said that in today’s lawsuit against Lawyer Meng, you only had a 50% chance of winning. Is this what you really mean?"
"Lawyer Jiang, netizens believe that you have at least a 70% chance of winning. Do you agree with this view?"
"Now that the time has come for litigation, can you share with us your assessment of the difficulty of this litigation?"
"Do you think Attorney Meng will be in more trouble than Attorney Gao? Or will he win more easily than Attorney Gao?"
In response to the reporter's question, Jiang Haochen replied:"I have already disclosed the situation of today's lawsuit during the live broadcast last night. There is no extra content to share with you."
"If you want to ask specifically, then you should wait until the lawsuit is over."
"The lawsuit will start soon. The weather is quite cold. Please wait outside for a while."
While speaking, Jiang Haochen looked at Zhou Ruoyao.
"Ruoyao, please buy these journalist friends a cup of milk tea for me"
"Lawyer Jiang, this is not necessary."
"It doesn't matter. We are all working hard. A cup of milk tea is welcome. It can also warm us up."
After that, Jiang Haochen took Lin Manxi into the court first, while Zhou Ruoyao was outside helping the reporters order milk tea.
Although Meng Zhikang saw Jiang Haochen generously ordering milk tea for the reporters, he was more concerned about the fact that Jiang Haochen couldn't even smile when he was interviewed by the reporters.
That meant that Jiang Haochen was not sure of winning this lawsuit.
"Even if this kid has a trump card, I will definitely not be as miserable as Gao Haijie, so the final limit of this lawsuit today depends on my performance."
Meng Zhikang felt more confident.
Jiang Haochen was not confident, so the lower limit today was that at most he did not get too much advantage. At most, he would get half of the common property of the couple, and he would not be ruined.
As long as it was not too miserable, Meng Zhikang would not be too nervous about this lawsuit.
Meng Zhikang did not rush to go in, but waited for Jiang Haochen to come at the door.
After seeing Jiang Haochen coming, Meng Zhikang greeted him:"Lawyer Jiang, this should be our first meeting. Let me introduce myself, my name is Meng Zhikang."
Jiang Haochen saw Meng Zhikang greeted him with a smile on his face, and he seemed to be in a very good mood. This was really magical.
Jiang Haochen smiled and responded:"Hello, Lawyer Meng, I have heard of you for a long time."
The two simply shook hands, and both sides were very friendly. It was impossible to tell that they would fight to the death in court today to see who would be ruined.
"Lawyer Jiang, please give me your guidance on today's lawsuit. Of course, I hope you can show mercy and don't let me lose too badly."
"Lawyer Meng, this is what I want to say. I hope that you will show mercy to me, a junior, during today's lawsuit."
"Let's be merciful to each other."
Meng Zhikang smiled even more brilliantly, but snorted in his heart.
"When has this brat ever been so humble and low-key, and even showed mercy? I'm going to kill you today."
Meng Zhikang's main point today was to take advantage of Jiang Haochen's illness to kill him.
It was a rare case that Jiang Haochen was not sure of, and for the sake of his own wealth, he had to kill Jiang Haochen and ruin his reputation.
The two of them walked towards the mediation room while chatting with their own ulterior motives.
When Jiang Haochen and Meng Zhikang came to the mediation room, Zhou Sirou and Rong Quntian, the parties involved, stared at each other with anger.
The extent of the breakdown in the couple's relationship was evident.
After entering the mediation room, Meng Zhikang and Jiang Haochen sat down with their respective defense lawyers.
The two sides did not have the pleasantries they had just exchanged.
Soon, the mediator was coming over.
The mediator said:"Ms. Zhou, Mr. Rong, both of you……"
Before the mediator finished speaking, Zhou Sirou interrupted
"Mediator, you don't need to mediate. My relationship with him has broken down, and we must get a divorce."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Haochen reminded:"Ms. Zhou, I personally think that if it can be mediated, then mediate it."
"Because your two children are about to take the college entrance examination, we hope that your children can have a smooth college entrance examination this year and happily welcome college life."
"So Mr. Rong hopes to end this marriage with you in a decent manner, so that the children can know that their parents are not in a very embarrassing situation."
"I also hope that when the child goes to college, he will understand the painstaking efforts of his parents to end the matter in a decent manner."
Although Jiang Haochen was sure of winning, Rong Quntian was inclined to mediate.
Jiang Haochen could understand.
Sometimes parents are willing to suffer a huge loss for their children.
Rong Quntian didn't want his child to resent him in the future, so he wanted to end the matter in a decent manner. (To read the novel"Bao Shuang", go to Feilu Novel Network!)
When his child is older, he can understand the complexity of emotions, so a decent ending will not make the child so uncomfortable.
Moreover, the child hates Rong Quntian now, so a decent ending can reconcile the relationship between father and son.
Anyway, the money given to Zhou Sirou will belong to his son in the future.
So Rong Quntian regarded it as a blessing to suffer a loss.
"It's unprecedented that this guy actually chose mediation."
Meng Zhikang was secretly shocked, and his self-confidence swelled even more.
After Jiang Haochen became popular, all those who had a serious lawsuit with Jiang Haochen in court were beaten out of the house.
And in terms of negotiation, their clients basically ended up leaving the house with nothing.
A few who were better off were able to keep some property.
Anyway, at present, Jiang Haochen is very strong in both litigation and negotiation.
Today, he actually took the initiative to ask the mediator to help mediate, which is simply exposing his weakness.
If Meng Zhikang still had a little worry just now, thinking that Jiang Haochen might be pretending to make him think that he had no confidence so that he could relax his vigilance during the court lawsuit, then now Jiang Haochen began to take the initiative to ask the mediator to mediate. Meng Zhikang can be sure that Jiang Haochen really has no confidence.
Hearing Jiang Haochen say this, Zhou Sirou didn't give him face at all
".Lawyer Jiang, we can mediate, as long as Rong Quntian leaves the house with nothing."[]
"Ms. Zhou, you should know that this is an impossible condition."
"It is very insincere to say such unrealistic mediation conditions."
As soon as the voice fell, Meng Zhikang, who was very friendly just now, could no longer remain silent.
"Lawyer Jiang, that's not what I meant."
"If it wasn't possible, we wouldn't speak."
"Since you are Mr. Rong's attorney, you should know Mr. Rong's faults in the marriage."
"So I don't think it's impossible for him to leave the house with nothing."
Jiang Haochen was not surprised at all that Meng Zhikang's attitude was completely different from when he greeted him in the corridor just now.
Jiang Haochen opened his mouth to refute Meng Zhikang's words:"Meng, although our client has some faults, it is absolutely unrealistic for him to leave the house with nothing."
"And lawyer Meng, Ms. Zhou is not without fault either."
"So Ms. Zhou, I personally advise you to just negotiate like this."
"Mr. Rong admits that he was in the wrong and does not want to blame you for your mistakes in the marriage. He is willing to share the common property with you in half."
"This is impossible."
Zhou Sirou immediately denied Jiang Haochen's suggestion.
Meng Zhikang immediately laughed:"Lawyer Jiang, if you say that, it means you don't have any sincerity in negotiation."
"Your client is the one at fault, and it is obviously not normal for each of you to split the marital property in half.
Jiang Haochen emphasized again:"Meng, your client is also at fault, and I think it is reasonable for each of you to split the marital property in half.""
"Ms. Zhou, what did you do in your marriage?���You should know it yourself. I think half and half is a good way for you to end it."
"This is a concession made by Mr. Rong for the sake of his child."
"Rong Quntian has done so many wrong things, but he still said that he made concessions to me for the sake of the children. It's ridiculous."
Zhou Sirou couldn't help but sneer.
Meng Zhikang was also amused by Jiang Haochen:"Lawyer Jiang, if you insist on this, then we can't negotiate and can only go to court.
""Eh."
Jiang Haochen sighed.
"Ms. Zhou, Lawyer Meng, we are really sincere in negotiating, and we hope you will cherish our sincerity."
"If the case goes to court, there will be no chance for negotiation."
"Ms. Zhou, I advise you to think it through."
Jiang Haochen's words suddenly made Zhou Sirou a little shaken.
Zhou Sirou said:"Lawyer Jiang, let's put it this way. For the sake of the children, I will also make a concession. The couple's property will be 80% for me and 20% for Rong Quntian. This is the range I can accept."
"This is impossible.
Rong Quntian immediately objected.
"Sirou, don't ask for too much. It's pointless if you keep pushing your luck."
"If it weren't for the children, I wouldn't be sitting here negotiating with you."
"Do you think that I am not giving in to you for the sake of our children?"
"This division ratio is acceptable to me. After all, I have not yet recovered the property you transferred away."
"If you add the property you transferred, basically you get 70% and I get 30%."
"You are the party at fault, so I am asking for this split ratio, isn't it too much?"
Zhou Sirou argued.
Rong Quntian said again:"Half for each is my bottom line. I made the money, and you are lucky to get half of it.""
"What have you done in these years besides living a life of luxury at home? So don't be ungrateful."
Zhou Sirou was too lazy to pay attention to Rong Quntian:"Then there is nothing to say, just wait for the loss."
"See you in court."
Rong Quntian wasted his energy on mediation. Seeing that both parties were firm in their attitudes, the mediator said nothing, and then several people prepared to go to court.