Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer? -
Chapter 678 - 669: Ransom (X) Extortion (√)
Chapter 678: Chapter 669: Ransom (X) Extortion (√)
minutes later.
"Then we’re leaving!"
"Old Xiao, take care, and remember to come to work in a couple of days!"
"Hmph, I got it!"
With a rather good mood, Xiao Baihe entered the elevator.
However, she noticed that Tan Yingying, who was with her, seemed to be in a bit of a bad mood.
"Yingying, don’t be nervous. Impeachment is a unique power of the city council. If there really is an issue with the person being impeached, using this power is not a fault at all!"
"But, Sister Baihe, that’s the chairman of the city council. Even if I really join the council, he would be my superior, I..."
"Yingying, you have to think about why Zhang Wei would sponsor your campaign, even helping you clear obstacles. Do you really think he is doing it out of goodwill? His real purpose must be to deal with Zhang Tianlong!"
Xiao Baihe placed her hands on Tan Yingying’s shoulders with a serious face: "You know what Zhang Tianlong and his crew have done. Now we need a just figure to stand up and punish them!"
It was quite clear who this figure of justice was.
Once Tan Yingying took office, she would be that figure of justice!
While Xiao Baihe and Ye Miaomiao were doing their ideological work on Tan Yingying, the elevator they were in went downwards, while in the adjacent one, a group of people with unfriendly faces were heading upwards.
Ding!
The elevator at the top floor opened again, then Lin Xiangtian, accompanied by Hua Chaofan, stepped out with large strides.
"Geez, who decorated the office like a Christmas tree?"
Looking at the surrounding decor, even faintly surpassing his own office, Lin Xiangtian’s face turned a bit sour.
Good kid, looking to outdo me in every way, even making the office this luxurious.
"President Lin, President Hua, you’ve finally arrived!"
Zhang Wei was already waiting at the luxurious office doorstep.
"Please, after you!"
"Hmph, let’s see what tricks you’re up to, kid!"
Lin Xiangtian, with Hua Chaofan following, entered the office behind Zhang Wei, while their subordinates waited at the door, staring down Zhang Wei’s subordinates.
Inside the office.
Zhang Wei now faced Lin Xiangtian and Hua Chaofan.
"Zhang Tianlong didn’t come?"
"Hmph, don’t tell me you don’t know how ruthless that guy can be?"
"Indeed, it seems like the people he sent are all expendables ready to die."
Since Lin Xiangtian put it that way, it corroborated Zhang Wei’s thoughts.
If Zhang Tianlong wasn’t coming, it seemed that negotiating the ransom would have to be done with Fatty Lin and Hua Chaofan.
"Well then, let’s get to the point. Regarding Uncle Fu and President Hua’s brother, how much are you prepared to pay for their ransom?"
"Zhang Wei, you’d better think this through. Unlawful detention is a crime!" Lin Xiangtian said with a threatening tone.
"Then why don’t you sue me?" But Zhang Wei just scoffed, looking at him dismissively.
That left Lin Xiangtian momentarily without a response.
If he could sue, he would’ve gone through legal means already. But the problem was that he couldn’t sue.
Not to mention Zhang Wei had immunity, criminal offenses couldn’t be prosecuted, and ultimately they were the ones in the wrong.
"Besides, Fatty Lin, you sent so many people to attack and assassinate me, aren’t you afraid?"
Zhang Wei chuckled, then calmly sat back down at his desk.
"So let’s not bother with all the bluff. What you need to do is offer a trade of interests. It’s also a good opportunity to see what Uncle Fu and Hua Chaoli mean to your families in terms of value!"
After speaking, Zhang Wei poured himself a cup of tea and leisurely started to drink it.
After a moment of silence, Hua Chaofan was the first to speak up.
"One billion, to get my brother back!"
"Do you think, President Hua, that one billion could get back the most valuable thing in the research of Chaofan Technology?"
Zhang Wei sneered, then scoffed: "I could kill your brother, sell his body abroad, and just the technology inside him would be worth three to five billion at the least!"
Hua Chaofan’s brows furrowed, obviously not expecting Zhang Wei to know that the value of his younger brother lay in the high-end biotechnology within his body.
"Then five hundred million, or even a billion, just say a number!"
He was not going to give up on his brother.
It wasn’t out of brotherly love, though; if they were really good brothers, he wouldn’t have experimented on his own brother.
What he cherished were those technologies, all the fruit of his studies abroad.
"Actually, my demands aren’t high. I’ve heard that you, Hua Chaofan, have been scheming for the past two years to get your hands on the Zhang Family siblings’ secret traditional medicine recipe, haven’t you?"
Hearing Zhang Wei mention this, Hua Chaofan’s expression changed: "That’s rightfully something belonging to the Hua Family!"
"You’re wrong, that was left to Sister Xiao Wu by Old Master Hua, and you have been expelled from the family long ago. Strictly speaking, you are not even a member of the Hua Family!"
"But that old man is already dead, and now I represent the Hua Family!"
"But gifted items from Old Master Hua during his lifetime are theoretically regarded as personal donations and do not fall under the Hua Family’s possessions. Yet you still attempt to monopolize that secret recipe, which is simply unjustifiable!"
"By bringing this up, are you trying to make me give up?"
Hua Chaofan looked at Zhang Wei, his expression gradually turning hostile.
"Yes, give up. It’s better for both of us, otherwise, if we take this to the end, we’ll end up in court."
Zhang Wei seemed to be threatening as much as he was advising: "If it comes to that, I will get involved!"
"So what if you do? My adversaries are those siblings; you don’t think that just because they’re from the Zhang Family, I wouldn’t dare to make a move, do you?"
Hua Chaofan still seemed somewhat defiant.
"It’s not about that. It doesn’t matter if Sister Xiao Wu and her family are Zhangs or not; given Zhang Tianlong’s character, he probably won’t intervene, but he won’t, and I will."
Zhang Wei continued, then turned to Lin Xiangtian: "Once I intervene, I will make Sister Xiao Wu hand over the recipe to me, then it will belong to Niuniu Archipelago’s property!"
"You are..."
Hua Chaofan’s gaze suddenly shifted, then he looked at Lin Xiangtian.
"Once the recipe becomes property of Niuniu Archipelago, it won’t be a case of you suing Sister Xiao Wu for seizing the Hua Family’s property, but me suing you for coveting the assets of Niuniu Archipelago!"
"You’re suing me!"
Hua Chaofan’s eyes widened, how dare Zhang Wei accuse the victim before being sued himself?
"You claim that, but you’d have to present evidence..."
"President Lin, you wouldn’t mind teaching President Hua a lesson, would you?" Zhang Wei said with a smile, looking at Lin Xiangtian.
Though unwilling, Lin Xiangtian exhaled deeply: "This kid obviously wants to take it to an international court, where it’s not about who initiates but also about the accused proving their innocence simultaneously!"
"President Hua, having lived abroad for so many years, how could you forget about the international court?"
Hua Chaofan’s gaze became unsettled; he had been back in Dongfang Capital for so many years, nearly forgetting about international court matters.
Mainly because during his years abroad, he had seldom been to court, as the methods his company used to solve problems did not rely on the legal route!
"President Hua, you won’t get that formula; you might as well give up. Consider it an exchange for your brother’s life. I have said my piece, this is my condition!"
You little bastard!
Hua Chaofan cursed inwardly, for this was the first time he had been threatened like this.
However, in the end, he made a choice.
"Where is my brother?"
"Looks like President Hua agrees!"
Zhang Wei laughed, then gestured to Hua Chaofan: "Take the elevator outside down to level B2. Your brother is in the parking garage on level B2, locked inside a metallic magnetic field box. The box has an eight-digit code lock, the password is your own birthday, President Hua."
"You even know that Ah Li is afraid of magnetic fields?"
"Nonsense, who hasn’t watched ’X-Men’? Wolverine is afraid of nothing, except Magneto!"
Zhang Wei chuckled, watching as Hua Chaofan hurried out of the office, eager to take the elevator.
"Now it’s your turn, President Lin!"
Zhang Wei then looked at Lin Xiangtian.
"These are my terms!"
He took a document from the desk and handed it to Lin Xiangtian.
"Damn, you little punk want to take our company’s clients!"
Seeing the big names of several companies on the list, Lin Xiangtian suddenly became anxious.
"President Lin, don’t you find it strange? Chengyi Insurance, Ren’s Film Industry, and the Superpower Beverage, these were my clients to begin with, weren’t they?"
"But I fired you..."
"President Lin, what’s wrong with your memory? Two years ago, it was I who fired you, in front of a crowd of media, how could you forget?"
Hearing what Zhang Wei said, Lin Xiangtian’s expression turned even uglier.
Two years ago, the embarrassing incident of being humiliated by Zhang Wei in front of countless media reporters, he remembered it clearly.
"President Lin, actually, you can’t really blame me, it’s because your son is incompetent. After becoming the head of the project department, he always had problems negotiating with clients and also lost some lawsuits, which made them remember my good services. Now that I’m back at Dongfang Capital, they naturally know who the better choice is."
As he spoke, Zhang Wei brought Lin Yufeng into the conversation again.
This kid hadn’t made much progress in the past two years and his temperament as a spendthrift had only grown. How could such a person possibly handle client relationships well?
You act like a lord, but when dealing with clients, it’s the clients who are paying. They are the real lords, aren’t they?
"In any case, poaching clients is absolutely not allowed!" Lin Xiangtian said, his face stormy and his eyes flickering.
"What about the second item?" Zhang Wei pointed at the next line in the document.
"My family’s ancestral home, what do you want that old house for?" Lin Xiangtian quickly looked over and his expression turned even worse.
"Why not, your family’s house is just sitting there unused, might as well give it to me."
Zhang Wei reminisced, "I have many beautiful memories in that house, so I plan to buy that old property from the Lin family!"
"But that old house has been designated as a heritage site; no external renovations are allowed. Even if you get it, what then?"
"I just like old items. I’ll renovate the interior and move in. As long as it keeps out the wind and rain on the outside, I’m very satisfied."
Seeing Lin Xiangtian hesitate, Zhang Wei tested the waters with a smile, "President Lin, it seems you don’t have much of an objection about your family’s ancestral home. Your concern is the clients?"
"Nonsense, you’re trying to take my clients, it’s like taking my life!"
"If that’s the case, let’s both take a step back. You give me your family’s ancestral home, and as for the clients, you go and negotiate with them yourself. I won’t poach them. But if the clients themselves request to come to my law firm, then it means your company has no ability to retain them. How about that?"
"Seriously?"
Hearing that Zhang Wei wasn’t planning on aggressively poaching, Lin Xiangtian was slightly surprised.
"Of course, clients choose based on business capability. If Jincheng is skilled enough to keep them and they are not willing to come to me, I won’t object."
Seeing Zhang Wei say so, Lin Xiangtian finally nodded.
"Fine, you release Uncle Fu, and my family’s old house is yours!"
"Good, here is the property transfer contract. Let your dad know and then sign here, President Lin!"
Zhang Wei took out a contract that he had prepared earlier and handed it to Lin Xiangtian.
The latter, realizing the urgency of the matter, immediately made a phone call to Lin Jincheng for instructions.
When he found out that Zhang Wei planned to release Uncle Fu in exchange for their old house, Lin Jincheng didn’t say much, just let out a sigh, and then agreed.
The contract was finalized, and Zhang Wei and Lin Xiangtian even shook hands symbolically.
"Where is Uncle Fu, where is he?"
"Oh, Uncle Fu is downstairs, let’s go down together!"
Zhang Wei led Lin Xiangtian, and the two took the elevator directly to the lobby on the first floor of Ace Law Firm.
There, Ah Fu had already been waiting, but he was being supported by someone and looked a bit dizzy.
"Uncle Fu, Uncle Fu, are you okay?"
Seeing Ah Fu, Lin Xiangtian rushed forward with his people.
"Oh, it’s the second young master, I..."
"Uncle Fu, take it easy, these are just aftereffects of the paralyzing powder. You will recover after sleeping for a couple of days. The powder has no side effects, and any remaining effects will be filtered out by your metabolism."
Upon seeing Zhang Wei, Ah Fu’s face twitched involuntarily.
"Uncle Fu, let’s go back, Dad’s been worrying about you."
As Lin Xiangtian was about to help Uncle Fu leave, he turned around and saw a group of people coming towards him.
"Wow, it’s Dad!"
The girl leading the group was also surprised and gaped when she saw Lin Xiangtian.
"Xiao Meng, what are you doing here!" Lin Xiangtian was also shocked.
Because the visitor was none other than his own daughter, Lin Yumeng.
Besides Lin Yumeng, there were also Li Yueqin, Xiao Su, and some of Zhang Wei’s former colleagues from the criminal department, as well as young faces from other departments of Jincheng Law Firm.
"President Lin..."
These people, upon seeing Lin Xiangtian, also subconsciously lowered their heads and greeted him.
"Oh, you’re here!"
Seeing this, Zhang Wei laughed and then walked over to Lin Xiangtian’s side, "President Lin, I almost forgot to say sorry, but your daughter has recently switched to our law firm."
"What!"
This time, Lin Xiangtian couldn’t stay calm any longer; he let go of Uncle Fu’s hand and charged angrily towards Lin Yumeng.
He never imagined that someone from Jincheng Law Firm would betray him, and that the leader would be his own daughter.
"Girl, what do you mean by this!"
"Dad, I just don’t want to be the face of that law firm anymore, always filming commercials, doing live streams, attending promotional and press conferences, it’s so annoying..."
"This is all for your own good, a young girl like you appearing in court every day, staying up all night taking cases, where is that comfortable? Now you only need to shoot some commercials, read some lines, and how tired can you be compared to those project lawyers?"
"But I just don’t like it!"
Saying this, Lin Yumeng had a face full of grievances: "I just don’t like filming commercials, live streaming, and always smiling at the camera."
"Then why on earth would you join this guy’s law firm? Don’t you know he’s my competitor!"
"But he’s also my mentor~"
Lin Yumeng said with another face full of grievance: "Master said that he’ll let me become a candidate for ace lawyer in the future, with the freedom to take on cases without too much pressure, and he even said he’d pass on all his skills to me..."
"This kid is just luring you with empty promises, can’t you hear it?"
"That’s still better than you, Dad. You even said you wanted to send me off in a marriage alliance. I don’t want to be someone’s tool!"
This time, Lin Yumeng finally mustered the courage and stood firm with her hands on her hips.
"You ungrateful brat, are you trying to drive me to my grave?" Lin Xiangtian raised his hand as if he was about to strike.
"Help, Master!"
Seeing this, Lin Yumeng promptly ran and hid behind Zhang Wei.
"President Lin, look at you, you’re not acting like a father at all!"
Zhang Wei also stood up, preventing Lin Xiangtian from continuing to harass his daughter.
"President Lin, anyway, Xiao Meng is now a member of Ace Law Firm, which means she’s my person, and Xiao Li and the others have formally submitted their resignations to you. From now on, they’re part of Ace Law Firm!"
"You brat, are you really trying to poach my corner!"
"President Lin, if I were you, I’d think carefully about your clients. If I can poach from your firm, I can poach clients too. If you can’t maintain them, I’ll help you maintain them, oh!"
"You..."
Only then did Lin Xiangtian remember that Zhang Wei had also planned to go after the clients.
"Hmph, wait till we get home tonight, and I’ll deal with you then!"
With a cold snort, Lin Xiangtian glared fiercely at Lin Yumeng before he finally left with his group and Uncle Fu.
"Master, you have to save me~" Lin Yumeng immediately turned to Zhang Wei for help.
"Don’t worry, I’ll assign you a case tonight, so you’ll stay and work overtime at the firm for the next few days, and not go back."
"Oh, thank you, Master... uh, can I not work overtime..."
Lin Yumeng felt like she might be starting to regret her decision.
However, Zhang Wei no longer cared about his little apprentice but walked over to Li Yueqin, Xiao Su, and the others.
"Alright, Zhang Someone here is very grateful that everyone chose Ace Law Firm. From now on, you are all members of my law firm."
"Now go up and pick your desks. Secure your workstation today and complete the onboarding, and you’ll officially start work tomorrow."
"Also, don’t worry about the cases. Although our firm has just opened, we’ve already been contacted by over a hundred companies. The business department told me that the phones have been ringing off the hook since this morning. Let’s all work hard together!"
After sending off Li Yueqin and the others, Zhang Wei went straight to the fire stairs and descended to the parking garage on level B2.
The parking garage hadn’t been opened yet, so it was quite vacant.
Two people were being held there.
Wu Shentong and Wu Renjie, they were also the attackers that night, and no one had come to ransom them back!
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