Chapter 472: Lawsuit Settlement

Entering August, Justin, who wrote poetry, did not have enough appeal to fans and the black community because of Janet Jackson and 2pac. The box office dropped sharply in the next week, and the total box office is expected to fall to about 25 million dollars. The production cost of this film is 14 million, but the promotional cost is much higher than that of a film with the same investment, so it is almost a small loss.

"Thanks, Hayden, Hamlin."

Coming out of the federal government office building, Song Ya, Hayden, and Hamlin quickly got into the car. The case of Mira's father has attracted a lot of attention. If he appears here, he must not be discovered by reporters.

"Did she ask you for anything else?" Hayden asked.

"No, it's just about the gift."

Mira called and asked herself to help provide proof of the gifts she had given her before, and this time I came to the federal building together for this matter. If it wasn't for desperation, Song Ya knew that she, who was proud and arrogant, would definitely not take the initiative to speak up. With little effort, he asked Hayden to find the shopping tickets at that time, and with the help of Hamlin, he provided them to relevant agencies. On the documents Sign a few words and testify in person to close the matter. The total value of those jewelry, music boxes and other gifts is about 200,000 dollars. If they are returned, they should be able to help her.

"Don't get involved too much, it's not good for you."

Hayden warned, "Her father will be sentenced to at least 20 years in prison."

"It's what he deserves. He defrauded others hundreds of millions of dollars. This level of fraud is rare in the world." Song Ya didn't sympathize with Mr. Jovovich at all, it was too bad.

"In fact, the early investors of the Ponzi scheme can also get a huge return on investment."

Hamlin laughs: "If they can stop the scam before it blows."

"Don't underestimate the greed of people." Hayden replied. It's easy to say, with such a high return on investment, why don't you pick it up quickly if you have money? How can it be possible to stop? Many of the investors are elites in various industries, the kind who are very conceited about their own vision, and they are still deceived.

"Too."

Hamlin smiled and dismissed the matter, "Aplus, have you memorized everything you should say in court later?"

"Don't worry, when did I make a mistake." Song Ya replied confidently.

Next, he appeared in court again in the fluorescent agent case. After launching a rebellion with Mariah Carey, Motura immediately took this case as the first target. He secretly funded the plaintiff's lawyer with a sum of money and related The support made the other party reject the settlement amount of about 1.2 million dollars and continue the lawsuit.

So this time, in the list of witnesses provided by the plaintiff, an employee of Sony Columbia Records appeared. He will testify that during the filming of whereisthelovemv, Song Ya once said in person, "Everyone, please work hard, put an advertisement for my fluorescent agent" Class words.

Unfortunately, the situation is completely different now.

There is also a witness on Song Ya's side. He was a photography assistant who participated in the filming at the time and one of Larry's students.

"During the filming of the mv, did aplus say something like 'This is an embedded advertisement for my product' when shooting the fluorescent party clip?"

Sitting on the witness stand was old Larry's student, and the plaintiff's lawyer was questioning him.

"No." The other party answered concisely.

"No?" The plaintiff's lawyer looked at the auditorium and smiled, "Did you take an oath before testifying in court, do you know the seriousness of perjury?"

"I object! Your Honor, the plaintiff's lawyer is..."

"The objection is valid," the judge responded.

"Okay, let me ask you, did aplus mention that the fluorescent agent used in the filming of this clip was the product of Bahn Company owned by him, or something similar." The plaintiff's lawyer changed the question, "That clip was added temporarily by him Is it right?"

"It was added temporarily..." The other party glanced at Song Ya, "but he only said that the party clip in that mv was to show his indulgent life after becoming famous."

"So he's using that as an excuse to advertise his fluorescent product?"

"I object!"

"The objection is valid.

Judge warns: "Plaintiffs' attorneys not to blindly interpret witness testimony." "

"I'm sorry, Your Honor, I'll change the way." The plaintiff's lawyer asked again: "Aplus temporarily added that paragraph, and then he provided the fluorescent agent product, right?"

"Sorry, I don't understand."

"There is only one option for fluorescent agent products, you say you don't understand?"

"Since there's only one product to choose from, what's there to learn about?" Old Larry's student asked rhetorically.

Hamlin coughed at the right moment and let out that endured laugh.

"Silence." The judge warned immediately.

"You are Larry Jordan's student, aren't you?" the plaintiff's lawyer was furious.

"Yes."

"Larry Jordan is working on a movie project invested by aplus, right?"

"As far as I understand it is."

"Is your current testimony influenced by your teacher? After all, he has interests with aplus..."

"I object! The plaintiff's lawyer's question has nothing to do with this case. The witness has been approved by this court and has no interest in my client." Hamlin objected loudly again.

"The objection is valid."

"I will not give perjury because of the teacher-student relationship, and I personally have not participated in the project related to Mr. Aplus." Old Larry's student still answered, and Hamlin quietly gave him a thumbs up.

"Okay, my question is over. You will regret it later." The plaintiff's lawyer smiled and sat back.

After Hamlin and him finished the question and answer, the next witness in court was an employee of Sony Columbia Records, a white male in his thirties.

It was the plaintiff's turn to ask, "Did you know the last witness?"

"know."

"Where did you meet?"

"While shooting the MV for the song WhereistheLove for the defendant, Mr. Aplus." He replied.

"Did you hear the testimony he just gave?"

"Yes, I heard that."

"You were there, right? During the filming of the fluorescent party segment."

"Yes, I was there."

"Was there the whole time?"

"Yes, I was present throughout the whole process. I am the producer's assistant assigned by Sony Columbia Records to supervise the use of production fees."

"I'll repeat what he said just now..." The plaintiff's lawyer turned back to Song Ya, "Now tell me the true content of what aplus said at that time."

"Well……"

The man glanced at Song Ya, "Aplus' remarks at the time were basically the same as what the previous witness stated."

The plaintiffs in the audience immediately went into an uproar.

"Uh, wait..." The plaintiff's lawyer immediately panicked, looking at the document in his hand, "This is completely different from your previous written testimony! You said you clearly remembered that aplus said loudly when the crew was asked to work overtime, 'Everyone Work hard a little longer to advertise my fluorescent agent product'!"

"I actually didn't hear clearly at the time. I recounted that passage based on my vague memory. Now that I think about it, it may be different from Mr. Aplus' original intention."

"Let me remind you, this is perjury! It's deceiving the court!" The plaintiff's lawyer rushed up to look him in the eyes, "Do you know the consequences of doing this!?"

"I object! Plaintiff's attorney is threatening witnesses." Hamlin continued to object.

The old judge thought for two seconds, and asked the witness himself, "Are you sure you want to overturn your previous written testimony?"

"Yes, I was in poor health at the time, and I don't remember very well."

The other party avoided the judge's sharp gaze and whispered.

"He's lying! Your Honor! He must have been threatened or bribed by the executives of Sony Columbia Records! They just changed their president!" the plaintiff's lawyer protested angrily.

The judge knocked down the hammer, "Because the testimony of the witness in court is inconsistent with the previous testimony, I announce that the trial of this case will be postponed until the validity of the testimony of the witness in court is confirmed, lawyers for both parties." He greeted and left.

Immediately there was a commotion in the auditorium, "Do you want to continue to procrastinate?"

"I asked for leave!"

"How many months will it take for the next court hearing?"

Plaintiffs and their families complained.

The plaintiff's lawyer ignored them and chased the judge away.

Hamlin smiled and winked at Song Ya, and left the table to follow.

Half an hour later, Song Ya, Hamlin, and Hayden found a corner in the court to chat, and the plaintiff's lawyer had already packed up his mood, and walked over arrogantly, "You guys are amazing, okay, it's only 1.2 million. "

The three laughed at the same time, "It's two hundred thousand now." Hamlin replied.

"one million."

"Two hundred thousand."

"Don't be like this, Hamlin, you think we dare not continue to procrastinate." The other party looked at Song Ya with a sneer, "We will find new evidence aplus."

"I don't understand what you're talking about, I'm just here to have fun." Song Ya shrugged, and responded by dancing like the original male lead in my life.

"fxxk!" The other party cursed, "Eight hundred thousand."

"Two hundred thousand, come on, you guys are playing, and when the next court session is held, there won't even be such an offer." Hamlin replied.

"Forget it, half a million, this is my bottom line."

"250,000 is also my bottom line." Hamlin slightly raised the price.

"Three hundred and fifty thousand."

"Stop playing that childish bargaining game." Hamlin held out his hand.

The other party shook hands with him helplessly, and then walked away angrily.