Crazy, You Call This a Trainee Lawyer

  Chapter 170 At the time of the trial, the question is the expert?

   (The last chapter finally came out, so depressed!)

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   was speechless all night.

   The next day, morning.

  Jessica's slender eyelashes quivered slightly, her pink and white arms lifted slightly, and her slender fingers scratched.

   "Well, Zhang Wei is up already?"

   She opened her eyes, felt the empty touch on her arm, and knew that the person beside her pillow was no longer there.

   In the kitchen downstairs, the sound of the stove sounded, and someone was making breakfast.

   When Jessica was dressed neatly and went downstairs, she saw Zhang Wei working in the kitchen.

   "Breakfast is ready, I made bacon omelette, and the milk has helped you warm it up!"

   Looking at the breakfast on the table, Jessica was touched.

   In her eyes, the man with the apron around his waist had a different kind of attractive charm.

   The next room also opened the door.

   "You got up so early~"

  Susan yawned and came out.

   She also heard the movement in the kitchen and sighed that Zhang Wei got up early, he really didn't look like a young man.

   Happy breakfast time.

  Su Mei and Susan could clearly perceive that Zhang Wei's attitude was completely different from yesterday.

   "Zhang, the omelette and bacon are delicious, may I have another serving?"

   "Of course, you have the final say."

   They even saw that Zhang Wei would happily accept Jessica's wayward request.

   Sure enough, the power of women is great.

   It only takes one night to make a man obedient.

   In the eyes of Susan and Su Mei, Zhang Wei's change is naturally Jessica's credit.

   Yufu is good!

   "Aunt May, Susan, why are you looking at me like this?"

   "Well, it's nothing, Susan and I are just a little envious of you for finding such an outstanding person as Lawyer Zhang!"

   "Aunt Mei, don't talk nonsense..."

   Looking at Jessica's slightly shy gesture, Su Mei and Susan looked at each other with a smile on their lips.

  The pleasant breakfast ended like this.

   The four of them set off for the Taoyuan Court.

   Today happens to be the day of the court session, and it is also the first day of the battle for this case.

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   Taoyuan District, District Court.

  In the courtroom on the first floor, Zhang Wei and his party were the first to arrive.

   "The strong son and the others will be there soon!"

  Susan and Su Mei ended the phone call. They just contacted Wang Qiang and other family members, who were already on their way.

  Because it was 9:30, there was plenty of time.

   Zhang Wei could wait, but his brows still couldn't open.

   After thinking about it all night, he felt that the person who had a problem might not be... Su Mei.

   "Although I have investigated Su Mei, she does have a problem, but this problem was investigated by me relying on the international relations of good faith insurance!"

   "Su Bancheng and Good House Group are not in the insurance industry. Their business is the production and processing of local household products, so there is absolutely no channel for sincere insurance. They shouldn't be able to investigate Su Mei's problem?"

   At this moment, Wang Qiang and others came.

   "Huh, it's finally time, and those people have to pay the price!"

   Wang Qiang's voice interrupted Zhang Wei's thinking, he looked towards the entrance of the court.

   It wasn't just Wang Qiang and other five family members who arrived, the crowd was surging outside the door, and many media reporters came.

   Zhang Wei keenly discovered that there are some familiar faces in the media.

   "It's Su Bancheng's subordinate, Su Bancheng's subordinate!"

   Zhang Wei recognized these people. They were the people who followed Su Bancheng during the pre-trial yesterday.

  Su Bancheng asked his subordinates to arrange media reporters. What does this mean?

   means that the other party is full of confidence and feels that he will win!

  Otherwise, who would be so interested in letting the media report their defeat?

   Just after the media, President Wu and Su Bancheng of Good House Group also arrived.

   Today's Su Bancheng, wearing a blue plaid suit, bright red tie, carrying a silver cane in his hand, with a strong aura on his body.

   "Lawyer Su is here for real this time!"

   "Nonsense, he even brought out that silver cane, obviously it's real!"

   "Who is the opponent who can let Lawyer Su carry this 'victory weapon'?"

   "I heard that her name is Susan. She is a foreign lawyer. I heard from colleagues that she works as a street lawyer in a small town."

   "Isn't that right, a lawyer in the street, can Lawyer Su bring a 'guy' to court?"

   The media who know Su Bancheng know that he doesn't appear in court very much anymore, and he can hardly be disturbed by any small cases.

   Even if he goes to court, Su Bancheng mostly acts as a consultant and a staff member, and rarely serves as the chief lawyer.

   Even if he became the chief lawyer, he usually went to court empty-handed, and that cane would not be easily used.

   But once he wields this cane, which symbolizes power, it means that he has decided to defeat his opponent with all his strength.

  It is rumored that more than ten years ago, he used the cane to hit the opponent's lawyer, and he saw blood on the spot in the courtroom.

  Although this is a rumor and there is no specific report, the local lawyers in Jinying City will panic when they see Su Bancheng holding a cane.

   Fortunately, Susan is not a local lawyer in Jinying City, and she hardly ever leaves Tonghu Town.

  Zhang Wei is an outsider and doesn't know these doorways.

   He didn't know if Su Bancheng would attack him with a cane, he only cared about one thing now.

  Who is the problem?

  Su Bancheng accompanied President Wu to sit in the dock and looked at Zhang Wei.

   "The little devil from the East, today I want to show you, our Golden Cherry City is not a place for you to run wild!"

   The corners of his mouth rose uncontrollably, with a sneer, a sneer, and an undisguised contempt.

   This time, he must rub Zhang Wei's spirits hard, and let this kid understand that provoking him Su Bancheng is extremely stupid.

   He has not used this cane for many years, and today he will let this thing "see blood"!

  Su Bancheng was triumphant, which naturally made Susan nervous.

   She looked towards the front row of the hearing room, and only knew what she knew after seeing Su Mei and Jessica nodding to her.

   She took a deep breath and sat beside Zhang Wei.

   The plaintiff's bench is already in place.

   Representatives of Su Bancheng and Good House Group also took their places in the dock.

   At 9:30, the court session will start on time.

   "Stand up!"

   With the announcement of the court guard, the judge entered.

The   6-member jury also began to take its place.

   Zhang Wei's eyes were locked on one of them, the woman who was a project manager in a real estate company.

   "Susan, your task is to observe her and designate this woman as juror number 1. Her attitude is the key to this trial!"

  Zhang Wei whispered in Susan's ear, and whispered.

  Although there are 6 jurors in a civil lawsuit, if the prosecution and the defense want to win the lawsuit stably, they need the support of more than 5 people.

   But an experienced lawyer can catch the person who decides the direction of the jury in the first place.

   For example, the woman this time, she has a strong personality. Because of the bonus of the nature of her work, she has a very strong voice in the jury. It can be said that one person can decide the jury's wind direction.

  Because of this, it is better to deal with the other 5 people than to deal with this one. This is the key to this trial.

  Susan couldn't see it, but Zhang Wei and Su Bancheng were able to capture it right away.

   However, after Zhang Wei finished his instructions, his brows remained golden, while Su Bancheng just sneered from his seat.

   on the judgment seat.

The judge    struck the hammer and declared:

   "The trial begins, now the plaintiff is invited to make a statement!"

   Seeing the judge naming the plaintiff, Susan tidied up her appearance, got up immediately, and walked to the center of the courtroom.

  The audience was watching, and everyone looked at her in confusion.

   Seeing this scene, Zhang Wei shook his head slightly.

   "Susan, call witnesses..."

   He had to remind in a low voice.

  You didn't even call witnesses, you just wanted to go to the court to make a statement?

   How did you state it, you didn’t prepare any materials?

  Susan came back to her senses and quickly said: "Fa, Your Majesty, we will call the first witness!"

   Just as she was summoned, a middle-aged woman on the hearing stand got up and walked to the witness stand.

   She is one of the six families in Tonghu Township and one of the victims of environmental pollution in this case.

   "Aunt Chu, hello!"

   "Susan, hello!"

   "Aunt Chu, could you please tell us what impact the environmental pollution caused by the household manufacturing factory under the defendant's name has had on you and your family?"

   "Of course, I'm sitting here today to expose their crimes to everyone!"

The woman glared at Su Bancheng and said angrily, "Because of the pollution of their factory, I got breast cancer. In order to treat the disease, my family has spent a lot of savings. This money was originally used for my son to buy a house and marry a wife, but now all of it is used. Gone!"

   After the woman finished speaking, she looked at Su Bancheng with more and more resentment.

"That's it?"

   But her testimony seemed like child's play to Su Bancheng.

  The woman looks at her age, and the probability of breast cancer at this age is actually not low. If you suspect the factory based on this reason alone, it is actually untenable.

   Not only Su Bancheng saw this, but the jury also thought of this, and the first juror didn't even have the slightest change in his expression.

  Maybe in the eyes of the jury, Aunt Chu's testimony was like a middle-aged woman who found a suitable occasion and wanted to complain.

   "As expected!"

   Zhang Wei also felt the same way, but he let Auntie Chu appear in court first, and he didn't expect her testimony to be of any help to the trial at all.

   The other party's speech is only to elicit their own environmental inspection report, that's all.

   "I know that there may be many people in the court who do not believe in the pollution of the Tonghu Town factory, so I have to ask Aunt Chu again!"

   After saying aloud, Susan asked again: "Aunt Chu, why did you decide that the person who caused your cancer was the factory under the name of the Good House Group?"

   "It's because of an environmental monitoring report. That expert is an expert invited from Jinnan City!"

   Following Aunt Chu's answer, Susan immediately took out the evidence, a copy of the environmental monitoring report, and handed it to the defense and the tribunal.

"The document in my hand is the environmental monitoring report provided by experts from Jinnan City. In the report, a carcinogen-trichloroethylene is clearly marked with the chemical formula C2HCl3. Trichloroethylene was once used as a town Painkillers and metal degreasers are also used as extractants, bactericides and refrigerants, and as a dry cleaner for clothes, and prolonged exposure can cause conditions such as trigeminal palsy."

"In the list of carcinogens published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, trichloroethylene has been listed as a class of carcinogens. Not only that, but trichloroethylene was included in the list of toxic and harmful water pollutants at last year's International Conference on Environmental Protection. List!"

   The jury was finally moved as Susan spoke these authoritative evidence.

   The first juror looked at the report in Susan's hand, and thoughtfully, the other jurors couldn't help but nodded.

   Although they are not experts in environmental science, they may not understand this report, but this does not prevent them from trusting international institutions.

   These institutions, whose names are very high, are obviously authoritative.

  Susan saw this and decided to pursue the victory.

   "Aunt Chu, what did the expert tell you at the time?"

  The woman pointed to where Su Bancheng was and said loudly, "The expert told us at the time that the component of trichloroethylene was detected in the furniture flame retardant in their factory!"

   "It's them who caused me to get cancer, and made our family so miserable!"

   Faced with the woman's accusation, the wind in the courtroom changed immediately.

   The jury looked at Su Bancheng with a hint of suspicion and a hint of hostility.

  The home factory of the big group uses pollutants with toxic properties as flame retardants for production efficiency, regardless of environmental protection, all these are the fault of the good house group.

   Even the media in the hearing booth was in a commotion.

   Although they were all called by Su Bancheng, it did not prevent them from reporting the matter.

   Just when the hearing table was a little windy, Su Bancheng was still the old god.

   His performance also surprised Zhang Wei in the plaintiff's seat.

   Is the other party pretending?

   Or is the victory really in your hands?

   Zhang Wei made a judgment in less than half a second, Su Bancheng was really fearless!

   "What's the matter, why do I feel something is wrong?"

   He looked at Susan, who was singing with Aunt Chu in the middle of the courtroom.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with this opening statement. The only drawback is that the expert witness could not appear in court in person, so we can only use other witnesses to elicit this report... Wait, That expert!"

   Zhang Wei suddenly thought that he had never seen that expert.

   He can be sure that there must be someone on his side who has a problem.

   Just like Su Mei, she kept saying that she was fine, but Zhang Wei found out her family's cancer history.

   Among the other five families, there may also be problems.

   So the same, this expert he has never met, there is no guarantee that there will be no problems.

   As an expert witness, do you really test the data and then leave it alone?

  You all know that the people in Tonghu Town will use your data as evidence to sue the Good House Group, but you, as an expert witness, left before the trial. Isn’t it too irresponsible?

   "Is there something wrong with the expert too, or perhaps Su Bancheng's ultimate move from the very beginning was on this faceless expert?"

   Zhang Wei frowned, looked at the dock, and then looked at the court.

   Susan and the woman have finished asking questions.

   "Lawyer Su, it's your turn to question!"

  Susan returned to Zhang Wei, but Su Bancheng stood up.

   "Ahem, everyone, to be honest, I'm very disappointed!"

   The first sentence of the latter caught the attention of the audience.

  Su Bancheng smiled slightly and said to everyone in the court: "Why does a report with absolutely no authority appear in the sacred court?"

   Zhang Wei quickly poked Susan next to him.

   "Objection!" Susan got up immediately, interrupting Su Bancheng.

   "Reason for objection?" The judge glanced at Su Bancheng and then at Susan.

   "Zhang Wei, what's the reason?" Susan also panicked and hurriedly called for help.

   "This is cross-examination time, the defense has to ask questions!"

   Zhang Wei is helpless, this objection does not need to be expressed, the judge can judge it by himself.

   But the other party didn't do this, and even asked Susan unnecessary, obviously showing goodwill to Su Bancheng.

   "Your Honor, it's time for cross-examination, the defense needs to ask specific questions!"

  The reason is given, and the judge can only nod, "The objection is valid!"

   "Humph!" Su Bancheng had expected it, and looked at the witness stand sarcastically.

   "What I said just now is well-founded, and one of them is this report!"

   He raised the report in Yang's hand, "Of course I can't see a problem with this report, but there is a big problem with the test person on the report!"

   "My client, the Good House Group, has always attached great importance to environmental protection. They are equipped with professional testing laboratories, and there are many experts in the laboratory, including many from Jinnan City."

   "But the inspector of this report is not any relevant expert in Jinnan City. Even the staff of my client's laboratory pointed out that the experts invited by the other party also have records of falsification in experimental papers!"

   Having said this, Su Bancheng even raised the document in his hand and sneered: "The plaintiff has invited such an expert to give such an experimental report, which is simply blasphemy against the Holy Court!"

   As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar.

  The expert witness on the Tonghu Town side is actually fake?

   "That expert really has a problem!"

   Zhang Wei thought of this, and hurriedly looked at the jury.

   But what surprised him was that the other jurors were in an uproar after uncovering the incident in Su Bancheng, but the expression of juror No. 1 did not change much.

   "By the way, she just got divorced, and she is skeptical of everyone, so it is inevitable that she will be suspicious of Su Bancheng's words!"

   The first juror did not immediately fall to the other side, which is naturally a good thing for Zhang Wei.

   "Zhang Wei, what should I do?"

   Susan also panicked, and hurriedly asked for help.

"Don't worry, we can turn passive into active. The trial trend of this case is all focused on the only juror. We only need her support, and we can win. Now she has not fallen to the opponent, we still have Opportunity for redemption!"

   Zhang Wei said, leaned close to Susan's ear, and asked in a low voice, "I ask you, how is your storytelling ability?"

   "Huh?" This question made Susan stunned.

   On what occasion do you ask me about my storytelling ability?

   "My mother used to tell me stories when I was a child, and Jessica told me later, I should be okay..."

   "That's good, since they are entangled with the identity of the expert witness, you can tell his motives through the story. Anyway, the others are not here, and the credibility of the story depends on you!"

   Zhang Wei secretly ordered a few words, Susan nodded again and again, and began to write drafts in the notebook.

   At this moment, whether they can resolve the crisis depends on their ability to respond on the spot.

   (end of this chapter)