As soon as Tao Zhiyun finished speaking, the audience was in an uproar.
No one expected that a small defamation case would turn into a criminal case.
The assistant of Ximan Clothing's face changed drastically, and he shouted at Tao Zhiyun in the courtroom with a stern expression: "I didn't! You are such a slanderer!"
Tao Zhiyun said seriously: "You are the one who spits blood, I am not!"
The judge asked Tao Zhiyun: "Do you have evidence to prove what you just said?"
"Yes!" Tao Zhiyun took out a few tapes from his bag, "I secretly recorded these tapes when that guy bribed and threatened me."
Not only the assistant of Ximan Clothing, but also Guan Yonghua looked ashen.
At this time, Guan Yonghua's intestines were filled with regret.
If he had known that Tao Zhiyun would rebel in court, he would have refused to let her go to court, and the situation would not have gotten out of control.
It's a pity that Lin Mai, that damn bitch, played the panic and anger so realistically that he deceived him. Only then did he feel free and bold to let Tao Zhiyun go to court.
The judge played those tapes in court.
The content of the tape was exactly as Tao Zhiyun said, and she was bribed and intimidated.
After the tape was played, Lin Mai asked to speak, and the judge agreed.
Lin Mai revealed a breaking news.
Just a few days ago, Manager Tu received a one-bedroom house and a huge sum of one thousand yuan as an award from the company.
She suspected that the one-bedroom apartment and one thousand yuan were used by Ximan Garment Factory to bribe Manager Tu to give false testimony in court.
Designer Tu was covered in cold sweat and defended feebly: "No, that house and the one thousand yuan were not used by the company to bribe me."
Lin Mai looked at him mockingly: "It's not to bribe you, it must be to reward you.
I don't understand. Your manager keeps saying that you betrayed the company and sold the design drawings to us for profit.
But not only did he not fire you, he also gave you generous rewards. Could it be that he was encouraging you to betray the company?"
Designer Tu stared speechlessly.
Under the judge's harsh interrogation, his psychological defense quickly collapsed.
With a sad face, he told the whole story of how he was bribed.
Guan Yonghua, who was in the auditorium, wanted to leave early on the spot, but was called out by the judge and asked him whether what designer Tu said was true.
In order to preserve the reputation of himself and Ximan Clothing, Guan Yonghua claimed that he had no knowledge and that many matters were handled by former sales manager Bi Xing.
Anyway, Bi Xing has already taken the blame for him, so there is no harm in taking one more.
The judge said seriously: "But the person the witness said bribed him was you, not the former sales manager Bi Xing!"
When Designer Tu heard this, his brain that was dazed with panic finally came to his senses.
He hurriedly said to the judge: "I... I made a mistake. It was... Manager Bi bribed me."
Lin Mai questioned in court: "A sales manager has so much power that he can not only bribe you, but also privately use public funds to give you huge sums of money to buy you a house?"
Not only designer Tu, but also Guan Yonghua was speechless.
The judge looked at Designer Tu and asked, "Do you know the consequences of giving a false confession in court?"
Designer Tu shook his head in fear and confusion.
The judge gave him a lesson in court: "Today we are hearing a civil lawsuit.
In civil litigation cases, those who make false statements in court and prevent the judge from determining the facts of the case may be fined, detained and other penalties may be imposed.
If a crime is constituted, criminal liability will be pursued in accordance with the law.
So think it over before speaking, and don’t speak blindly, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences.”
Designer Tu turned pale with fright, glanced at Guan Yonghua timidly, and stammered: "The person who bribed me is Mr. Guan..."
Guan Yonghua still wanted to resist, but he was so stubborn that he refused to admit that he bribed Designer Tu to make a false confession.
Based on the list of insiders provided by Designer Tu, the court decided to bring all relevant persons related to the matter to the court and confront Guan Yonghua in court.
Anyway, those witnesses are at the Ximan Garment Factory.
Ximan Garment Factory is not far from the court, so they brought people here quickly.
Guan Yonghua was dumbfounded. He did not expect that the Jiangcheng Court trial was completely different from that in Hong Kong.
In this case, the Hong Kong court did not bring the relevant witnesses and witnesses to the court on the spot, but instead announced an adjournment and set a date for the hearing, so that he would have time to do anything.
On the way to the court with witnesses, the court comrades explained to all relevant witnesses the consequences of making false statements in court.
Therefore, even though Guan Yonghua is the boss of these relevant witnesses, no one is willing to take the blame for him.
If your job is gone, you can find it again, but being involved in criminal liability is a big deal in this era.
So everyone chose to tell the truth.
At this point, Guan Yonghua could not deny it, so he had to admit it.
Coupled with the tapes provided by Tao Zhiyun, the truth of the case has been revealed. It was Guan Yonghua who slandered Lin Mai and his clothing factory.
The court ruled that Guan Yonghua should publish an apology to Linmai and Unique Clothing Factory in major media within three days.
In addition, the company must compensate Unico Clothing for 10,000 yuan in economic losses caused by defamation.
Lin Mai applied for financial compensation of 30,000 yuan.
Although the court's decision was far lower than she expected, she did not want to appeal.
Appealing is a waste of energy and time, and may not result in 30,000 yuan in financial compensation.
Her main purpose in filing this lawsuit was to expose the scandalous things Guan Yonghua had done, and now her purpose has been achieved.
As soon as the trial ended, Guan Yonghua wanted to escape, but he was surrounded by reporters, who all asked him tricky and embarrassing questions.
Guan Yonghua's face was ashen and he said nothing.
The legal staff, assistants and several other attendants around him pushed the reporters away, surrounded him and Wang Rong, got into the car and left.
Tao Zhiyun and Lin Mai stood in an inconspicuous corner together, watching Guan Yonghua's group of people leave in embarrassment.
Niu Lili came over and gave Tao Zhiyun a thumbs up: "You are so smart, you actually thought of secretly recording."
Tao Zhiyun shook his head and pointed to Lin Mai beside him: "I didn't think of it, it was Maizi who thought of it.
I just did what she told me."
As she spoke, she took out the small and exquisite German tape recorder from her bag and gave it back to Lin Mai.
Niu Lili patted Lin Mai's arm: "How did you think that Guan Yonghua would target Sister Tao, and asked Sister Tao to prepare in advance?"
Lin Mai smiled: "I'm not a god, and I don't know how to make clever calculations. I'm just guessing.
I felt that Guan Yonghua would start with Sister Tao and Ren Baozhu.
Because these are all my capable men, it is most convincing to bribe them to accuse me unjustly.
That’s why I made arrangements early, otherwise we may not be able to win this lawsuit today.”
Having said this, she patted Niu Lili's arm: "Thank you just now."
Niu Lili blinked her big eyes and asked in confusion: "What have I done that you want to thank me for?"
"Before the trial, you deliberately interviewed Guan Yonghua to embarrass him in public."
"You don't have to thank me for that matter, that's my job."
Lin Mai smiled and said: "Even your work is actually helping me speak."
The two chatted for a few words, and then Lin Mai rode his bicycle and took Tao Zhiyun back to the garment factory.
Ren Baozhu and Hou Xinyi were both waiting anxiously for the news.