Chapter 66: Chapter 66 I Just Want to Sell a House
Confronted by his client, Zhang Wei’s temper flared.
"I’m arguing for a sentence reduction, not an acquittal!" he snapped.
Lin Zhen demanded, "Just tell me, was it reduced or not?"
Zhang Wei shot back, "And remember to transfer the thirty thousand yuan in lawyer’s fees. Otherwise, don’t blame me for suing *you*!"
With that, he picked up his briefcase and stormed out of the courtroom, leaving Lin Zhen, his face deathly pale.
Lin Zhen couldn’t help but shiver. The word ’sue’ now sent a shiver of panic through him.
"Mr. Wu, you have to save me! You just have to!" he cried out.
Soon after, he caught a glimpse of Wu Zhenglin, who sat silently in the public gallery, and quickly pleaded for help. "My business acumen is exceptional! As long as you protect me, I can definitely generate more profit for the company. I also have many high-quality client resources—all prospective clients, easy to close deals with..."
He clutched Wu Zhenglin’s arm, incessantly showcasing his value.
"Save you? Then who will save me?" Wu Zhenglin clenched his teeth and swallowed hard, his face also a bit pale. He had heard the recent verdict loud and clear. Lin Zhen had committed one offense and was sentenced to three years, with compensation of two million yuan.
As for the sentence and punishment for him, the head of the real estate agency... It would only be more severe!
At that moment, a court staff member, holding a freshly issued summons, walked towards him.
"Hello, are you Wu Zhenglin from Anjia Real Estate Agency?"
"The Procuratorate has initiated public prosecution against your company for tax evasion, loan sharking, contract fraud, false advertising, infringement of consumer rights, issuing fraudulent invoices, sale of infringing products, unfair commercial competition, illegal business operations, forced transactions, illegal transfers, and possession of large amounts of assets from unknown sources."
"The trial officially begins tomorrow. Please ensure that all senior management personnel from your company listed on the summons are present."
As soon as the words fell, CLANG! Wu Zhenglin slumped powerlessly onto a seat in the public gallery. His expression was vacant, utterly despairing.
What was bound to happen... finally did.
Lin Zhen, who had been pleading for help, abruptly stopped talking and swallowed hard. He couldn’t help but shrink his neck, silently backing away a few steps, afraid of being implicated with Wu Zhenglin. The string of charges just read out amounted to at least a dozen.
He even had the unsettling feeling that his boss might receive a suspended death sentence... On second thought, his own three-year sentence wasn’t so unacceptable after all.
「Outside the courthouse.」
"Mr. Qin, we really can’t thank you enough this time," said Uncle Yang, his wife beside him, both holding Qin Mu’s hand, their emotions taking a long time to settle.
After the verdict was announced, staff from the enforcement division of the court found them and asked for their bank account details and other information. They said they would communicate with Lin Zhen to expedite the compensation. If Lin Zhen refused to pay, the enforcement division would take coercive measures, seizing all his assets—except those essential for daily living—to cover the payment.
This time... Qin Mu had indeed pulled them back from the brink. Otherwise, they would still be in the dark, having paid one million yuan and burdened with a three hundred thousand yuan mortgage. They wouldn’t even dare to fall ill in the future, let alone take proper care of their grandson.
"Alright, the lawsuit is over. Go home and take good care of your grandson. When he grows up, he will surely be very filial to you," Qin Mu said with a smile, then saw the couple onto the bus.
There are too many poor and unfortunate people in this world, and he wasn’t the saintly type to actively go out of his way to help them all. But if he encountered such a situation, he believed that not only he, but many others, would be willing to lend a hand if it required little effort.
The fifth video... I can finally start making it.
Afterward, he stretched leisurely as he looked at the judgment in his hands. The lawsuit was over. The judgment was issued in quadruplicate: one for him, one for Uncle Yang and his wife, one for Lin Zhen, and one for the court archives.
And the senior executives of the corrupt real estate agency... had already been indicted by the Procuratorate, their trial prioritized and scheduled for the next day. This time, the Procuratorate had investigated and collected evidence for seven days. The series of incriminating evidence against the corrupt agency... was practically ironclad, leaving no possibility of overturning the outcome.
According to the legal statutes and sentencing guidelines he had studied over the past few days, the main culprit, Wu Zhenglin, was likely to be sentenced to ten to fifteen years, along with confiscation of illegal gains and a fine. The other senior executives and core personnel of the agency... would be sentenced according to the severity of their involvement.
This den of iniquity, which had swindled countless people buying, selling, and renting properties, had finally received its due punishment!
「That evening,」
After returning to the nursing home and finishing his work, Qin Mu went back to his room to start recording the video.
Facing the camera, Qin Mu first briefly explained the reason for the delay.
"You see, I’d found that Ancient Wood before, and I’ve been mulling over selling the old house to get a bigger one these past few days, which has kept me quite busy."
"But during the process of selling the house... I encountered a corrupt real estate agent."
Looking into the smartphone camera, he recounted his experience, including the agent’s use of false property listings, malicious price inflation, and luring Uncle Yang and his wife into taking out loans, among other misdeeds.
"In such a situation, of course, I couldn’t just stand by. So, the next day, I went and signed the contract."
"And then I sued them."
"I’ve been busy with the lawsuit these past few days, but fortunately, the trial ended today, and the judgment has been delivered."
"That corrupt agent was sentenced to three years in prison, fined one hundred thousand yuan, and ordered to pay two million yuan in compensation, to be split between me and Uncle Yang and his wife."
"Actually, all I wanted was to sell my house honestly—who could have thought they would practically hand me another one for my trouble."
"By the way, after the trial of this corrupt real estate agency concludes tomorrow, I will update the sentencing details in the video’s comment section."
After finishing the recording, Qin Mu began editing, incorporating concrete evidence such as chat records with the agent, the statement of claim, the notice of case acceptance, and the judgment into the video. Every stage, from filing the lawsuit and the Procuratorate’s evidence collection to the court proceedings, was clearly presented.
However, the workload for this video was much greater than for previous ones. It took him a full three hours to produce this fifteen-minute video.
At eleven o’clock at night, he came up with a simple title and released the fifth video on the website.
「Meanwhile, in Zizhou.」
Within a high-end residential complex, Qing Lan, dressed in a bunny girl maid outfit, sat in front of the camera. She started her livestream promptly.
She looked at the camera and greeted her viewers, "Hey guys, my 0-12 record from yesterday was broken! As promised, today I’m streaming in a maid outfit. I always keep my word!"
She wore a sexy maid outfit that accentuated her curves enticingly.
During last night’s stream, she played as Zed from League of Legends and unexpectedly broke her three-year-old 0-12 record, setting a new personal worst of 0-18. To ’celebrate’ this ’achievement,’ her viewers had unanimously demanded she stream in a maid outfit today.
However... when her viewers saw her in the maid outfit, the usual suggestive and thirsty comments were nowhere to be seen.
The screen was filled with a barrage of "That man has updated!" comments.