Chapter 368: Legal Team

"Boss, you're finally back!"
As soon as Zhao Xuan, the legal director of Fanghuan Group, stepped into his office, a group of hungry subordinates swarmed around him, their eyes gleaming with a predatory light that sent chills down his spine.
"Boss, how did it go? Did you reach an agreement?"
"How does Chairman Su plan to handle that lawsuit?
When are we going to swing our litigation weapon at them?"
Normally, in this world, what normal worker doesn't hope for a low-stress, high-paying job close to home, ideally with paid time off every day?
But the legal team at Fanghuan Group is a complete anomaly.
Back when they established Fanghuan Group's legal department, the sheer scale of it made it seem like Huang Fengwen was preparing to declare war on all the Fortune 500 companies!
They poached every top lawyer and legal giant in the industry, one by one, from all corners of the country.
A group of "warrior lawyers" gathered together, earning them the nickname "the Avengers of the litigation world"!
Huang Fengwen offered salaries that were at the top of the industry, and the benefits were so good that they inspired envy and resentment.
At the time, everyone in the legal department wondered, what kind of mess was Fanghuan Investment planning to make to deserve such a "Thanos-level" legal army?
And what happened?
In the past few years, they've been so bored they're practically bursting!
These dragon-slaying warriors, after joining the company, haven't even encountered a chihuahua-like puppy, let alone slayed a dragon!
Aside from handling some trivial contract disputes, the entire company was peaceful and quiet; there hadn't been any major cases that could make their dragon-slaying skills shine!
"Boss, that 'Robin' case... Chairman Su has approved it, right?"
An elite lawyer wearing gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes gleaming with bloodlust, as if he could already smell blood.
Yes, they were absolutely ravenous for work, especially the kind of thrilling, cutthroat, even brutal, courtroom battles!
These legal battle maniacs were practically bursting with unbridled fighting spirit!
"Hmm," Zhao Xuan cleared his throat, looking at the faces glowing with rage before him, and announced in a deep voice:
"Chairman Su... he's made the final decision: the lawsuit will begin immediately!"
"Hooray! Let's get to work! Finally, some work!"
"Yeah! My Italian cannon can finally be brought out!"
The office erupted in a deafening roar of cheers; anyone who didn't know better would think they'd just received a massive year-end bonus.
The scene of them cheering so jubilantly for Banga was somewhat absurd.
But their excitement was perfectly justified.
Fang Huan maintained this top-tier legal team, costing hundreds of millions a year.
As a result, these guys had absolutely nothing to do. They spent their days sitting in the office studying tea ceremony and health preservation, and they all felt that if they continued like this, they'd be ruined by the company!
"I heard that our entire legal department was originally set up just for Chairman Su?"
"That's right! I heard it too. Chairman Huang personally gave the order that if Chairman Su encounters even the slightest legal trouble, we have to go all out and dig up their ancestral graves!"
It was indeed true.
Huang Fengwen built this lavish legal team from scratch, its sole purpose being to protect Su Hao.
When he promoted Zhao Xuan to a senior management position, putting him in charge of the legal department, he made it crystal clear.
The legal department's sole mission was to protect Su Hao, at all costs, unstoppable and relentless.
"It's so strange... Chairman Su has been incredibly successful these past few years, not causing the slightest trouble...
Is this guy... reading the Six Codes like a bedtime story?" someone muttered.
Given Su Hao's current status, a mere stomp of his foot should send shivers down the spines of the entire financial world. Even if he didn't cause trouble, trouble would come knocking.
Yet, in recent years, Su Hao's legal record has been impeccably clean; not even a parking ticket has been heard of.
This is simply unbelievable!
"Anyway, at least we have something to do now, that's better than anything!"
"Exactly! Boss, about Chairman Su's case... roughly what's the amount in dispute in this lawsuit?
Could you give us a precise figure so we can formulate a strategy—a blitzkrieg or a protracted war?"
"Well..."
Zhao Xuan's facial muscles twitched. How was he going to explain this to these guys who were on steroids?
If he revealed the number, several of them would probably faint from high blood pressure on the spot.
He hesitated for a moment, but ultimately, the truth couldn't be hidden forever.
He took a deep breath and slowly uttered three words:
"One hundred billion."
"Oh, one hundred billion? Then we need to prepare properly…wait, what?!"
A lawyer nodded subconsciously, then suddenly froze.
"Boss, you said…not 'ten thousand'? 'One hundred million'?"
"You heard me right, it's one hundred billion."
"Holy crap! Not one hundred billion RMB, it's…it's one hundred billion…US dollars?!"
Another lawyer's voice began to tremble.
"Yes, US dollars." Zhao Xuan nodded calmly.
"Boom!"
In an instant, the air seemed to be sucked out.
The entire legal department, all the elites, all the aces, were collectively petrified at this moment, as if they had been glared at by Medusa, their minds frozen.
Looking at the collectively stunned and dumbfounded state of these legal elites, Zhao Xuan shook his head and laughed.
So similar, this reaction was exactly the same as his performance in Su Hao's office just now.
"No...this is impossible! Are you kidding me?! A hundred billion dollars?!"
"Are you crazy?! The highest damages ever awarded in American legal history is indeed two hundred billion dollars, but that was a 'tobacco settlement,' a coalition of over forty states taking down a bunch of tobacco giants!
That was a brawl! And we're going to take on a single company and demand a hundred billion dollars?!
This is unprecedented, unheard of!"
Yes, the ceiling for damages in American legal history is two hundred billion dollars.
But that was a joint effort by forty state governments, suing all tobacco companies in the industry for deceptive marketing regarding the "health hazards of smoking."
That sum was ultimately shared by all the tobacco companies.
But now, they're going to sue one company to the death, demanding a hundred billion dollars!
This isn't just asking for the moon; it's trying to burst Godzilla's stomach!
"We'll definitely get the compensation, but a hundred billion... that's absolutely a pipe dream!"
A senior lawyer was the first to recover from the shock, speaking with absolute certainty.
"Of course I know." Zhao Xuan's eyes deepened.
"I've been thinking about this for a while now. Chairman Su... he probably doesn't even expect to actually get that hundred billion."
"Huh? So what he means is...!"
"What he wants is to grab the world's attention!" Zhao Xuan's eyes lit up.
"Didn't you just say that there's never been a single-company lawsuit worth a hundred billion dollars in American legal history? What does that mean?"
"It means... we'll be the first in history!" Everyone's breathing quickened instantly.
"That's right! The first! Once this title gets out, won't the media go crazy?
Won't the world's media pounce like sharks smelling blood?"