Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 442: A day in court

Chapter 442: A day in court

Chi Lian, bear, Chi Rui and both Chi parents were surprisingly here for the first hearing of the case.

The court room was filled to the brim with people including press, fans and ordinary citizens who did not want to miss out on enjoying the drama. Even before hearing of the case could begin cameras were flashing loudly.

The four lawyers who were permanent members of the Phoenix media department were ready and eager like carnivorous animals waiting to sink their fangs into some soft deer meat. This was their first court case as Phoenix media lawyers, they wanted to prove their worth because the boss was here.

This was different from dealing with contracts and agreements in the office. This was a chance for them to show off.

Perhaps it was overkill for all four of them to show up for something as simple as this case but they did not care. They had to show the power of the company.

"All rise for the honorable judge Le."

Everyone rose and the hearing commenced.

"She is not yet here." Chi Lian whispered to bear, "I don’t see Du Moxi anywhere."

"Maybe she is hiding." bear whispered back.

"I understand that this case has held the interest of the public because of the parties involved but I will not tolerate misbehavior, unnecessary noise and those camera flashes. Anybody that disobeys my instructions will be thrown out or be held in contempt."

The lawyers for both sides introduced themselves and then the judge said a few words and he asked, "Plaintiff has mediation for this case failed before you decided to bring it before before my court? I can see from here that there was a prior working relationship between the parties involved?"

The lead lawyer of phoenix media replied, "Your honor we are talking about a huge amount of money, the company did not just lose a small amount it lost more than a quarter of a billion yuan for this reason mediation has been deemed highly improbable."

The lawyer could have just as easily mentioned the actual amount but he mentioned a billion to cause a sensation in the courtroom and he got the desired effect with the noise that was suddenly being made.

"Silence." the judge ordered, then he said, "Attorney for the defendant, I do not see your client here. Did she not receive the summons or is she blatantly disrespecting the authority of this court?"

Moxi’s attorney stood up and rearranged his tie. "Your honor my client is a law abiding citizen of this empire and she would not dare to disrespect the law or authority of the court. It’s unfortunate that my client was injured by a mob of fans on her way here and she has been rushed to a hospital."

"Approach the bench." the judge told Moxi’s lawyer.

"I guess they are planning to use delaying tactics, the lawyer probably told her to drag this out for as long as possible because the company will get fed up eventually and settle out of court." bear told Chi Lian.

"I know and I absolutely have no intention of allowing things to go their way. I am going to send old tiger to locate her immediately."

She had been keeping a close eye on Du Moxi using the drones and she also had Monkey watching her every move. Du Moxi was doing her best to hide in an apartment that her lawyer stashed her in thanks to Hong Yibo’s connections. She rarely went out, not even to shop for groceries.

But Chi Lian had the invisible suits and T4 could hack into any security system. Today morning, Monkey and Kiki had broken into Moxi’s apartment, drugged her and dressed her up so beautifully then driven her to the courthouse and parked.

When the drugs wore off, Du Moxi would find herself outside the court house with Phoenix media taking the lead to loudly announce her presence to other members of press outside the court house.

In the meantime, Chi Lian was pretending that she did not have a single clue about anything.

"She is here.." someone said very loudly. "Du Moxi has come."

All eyes turned to the entrance as Du Moxi walked in while trying to hide her face from all the cameras with the bag in her hands.

The level of excitement in the court room went up a notch and even though the judge had said no pictures the press was going nuts.

"Order." the judge shouted sternly. "The next flash I see will send the one behind it to prison to be held in contempt."

The bailiffs stepped forward and threw out anybody else that dared to take a picture.

Du Moxi’s lawyer pulled her down and whispered something in her ears.

Then the lawyer said, "Your honor my client is complaining about a massive headache I would like to submit evidence from her doctor which shows that she is mentally fragile right and tried to end her own life a few weeks ago.I would also like to ask for a continuance basing on this fact."

"Denied" the judge said. "Counsellor you seem to be more interested in wasting this court’s time than representing your client. Your readiness to defend Miss Moxi in this lawsuit is of no relevance to this court. You were given a chance to mediate but you failed to take advantage of it, I will begin hearing opening statements about this case now starting with the plaintiff Phoenix media."

Du Moxi’s lawyer sat down and he started thinking about plan B.

The head of the phoenix legal team stood up raised his hands and said, "Your honor this case is simple, it’s about demanding rightful financial restitution for the willful and deliberate betrayal of the defendant to a company which she had signed a contract with."

"Objection your honor." Moxi’s lawyer raised his hand.

"What are you objecting counsellor?" the judge asked.

"The plaintiff’s attorney is overly exaggerating the facts, there was no legally binding contract between my client and phoenix media. In fact she had no contract with them at all."

"Save the explanations for your argument counselor we have not yet gone past opening statements." The judge responded.

The journalists in the gala furiously scribbled down these points and others texted these things slowly to their counterparts.

Within five minutes news was already out there.

"Du Moxi did not sign a contract with phoenixmedia."