Chapter 726 Counterclaim
When the two parties went to court and the Meishan Group produced a large amount of evidence, Heizman was completely dumbfounded. At that time, Volkswagen's R&D center blocked all signals, and the network was completely disconnected physically. But under such circumstances, Meishan New Energy Automobile was able to film their behavior of destroying the car at that time. It has also become ironclad evidence that Aldrich, Heizman and others illegally stole the technology of Meishan Group.
At this time, Zhang Yong, Aldrich’s attorney, questioned: “The evidence of the new energy vehicle was obtained illegally, and the court should not be trusted. The new energy vehicle uses the in-car system to monitor the daily behavior of my client without the owner’s knowledge. There's no way he could break the law."
"Please pay attention to the plaintiff. You should carefully study the agreement signed by my client and the plaintiff. This is not a car sales contract. It is a limited-term car use right contract. As we all know, new energy vehicles are cars that cross the era, and various advanced technologies make the cost of Meishan cars high. Legal and reasonable. For the sake of safety, the contract stipulates that the car owner shall not dismantle the car in any way within the 30-year use period. After the 30-year use period, it must be guaranteed that the scrapped car will be disposed of by Meishan Group. The contract clearly states that once the car is violently dismantled, the built-in intelligent system of the new energy vehicle will fully activate the monitoring equipment, and has the right to transmit the evidence to the remote information control center of Meishan New Energy Vehicle for storage. Therefore, this evidence is legal." Cheng Pengfei, chief legal counsel of Meishan Group and attorney in this case, stood up and said.
Cheng Pengfei continued: "In view of the current situation, we will file a countersuit against Aldrich and others for stealing our company's technical secrets. We will also file a lawsuit against Aldrich for violently destroying new energy vehicles."
Judge Liu Yike, the trial judge of this case, confirmed the evidence of Meishan Group in court: "The plaintiff's claim is rejected. Since the defendant made a counterclaim and the claim is related to the two cases of this case, this court decided to accept the defendant's counterclaim. In addition, because the content of the defendant's counterclaim is part of the content of criminal proceedings, it is not within the scope of acceptance of this case. The case can be reported to the public security organ, and the procuratorate can initiate criminal proceedings."
The Meishan Group had already reported the case to the Bijiang Public Security Bureau, and the Bijiang Public Security Bureau was already investigating the case. Not surprisingly, after this lawsuit, the Bijiang Public Security Bureau would take compulsory measures against the suspect.
Zhang Yong hastily stood up and objected: "Judge Liu, the sales contract of Meishan New Energy Vehicles is obviously an overlord contract. It is impossible for ordinary people to read the car purchase contract in such detail when buying a car. This has also led to the opportunity for Meishan New Energy to play a car. Therefore, this contract is obviously unfair and should be ruled invalid."
"Lawyer representing the plaintiff, you may not have noticed that some legally effective regulations have been issued recently. Recently, relevant departments have formulated corresponding protection regulations for my country's high-tech technologies, and the corresponding world-leading technology of Meishan Group is included in the protection. Meishan Group, which has world-leading technology, has some privileges in marketing. For example, this car purchase contract is one of their privileges. Of course, these regulations are currently only applicable in China. This case applies to the protection regulations." Liu Yike said.
The regulations mentioned by Liu Yike were promulgated only recently. The regulations impose export restrictions on some internationally leading Chinese technologies, and at the same time give these restricted companies some privileges. Meishan Group belongs to this column. However, high-tech technologies such as Meishan new energy vehicles and new energy technologies are all within the scope of export restrictions. However, Meishan new energy vehicles can enjoy the protection of regulations, as well as tax relief and marketing privileges.
Zhang Yong had heard of this regulation, but he didn't care about it at all. He thought China could have more advanced technology than the world? I have always felt that this kind of regulation is purely full of food. But now that I think about it, this regulation may be specially set for the Meishan Group.
"This is troublesome." Zhang Yong wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Heizmann and Aldrich already knew what Liu Yike said through a translator. If not in the court, the two of them would have already attacked Zhang Yong. At the beginning, Zhang Yong patted his chest to ensure that he could win the lawsuit. However, looking at the current situation, not only will this lawsuit fail to win, the two of them may also face jail time.
Fortunately, Zhang Yong's worries completely dissipated when he walked out of the court gate, because his two bosses were all taken away by police cars from Bijiang City
Heizmann and Aldrich were arrested by the Chinese police and filed a case for investigation, which caused an uproar all over the world. German officials issued a statement expressing their great concern over the matter. Ask China to protect the basic rights of employees of German companies.
A Chinese official spokesperson said that China welcomes foreign companies to conduct legal business activities in China, but firmly opposes actions that violate the Chinese Constitution and laws, and will deal with them in accordance with laws and regulations.
The lawsuit also caused an uproar in the country. Some people think that this kind of contract of Meishan Group is suspected of overlord clause. Moreover, Meishan Group is also suspected of being a monopoly. Because of the maintenance and final disposal of the car, the car owner should have the right to choose, but the terms of Meishan New Energy Vehicles deprive the car owner of this right. In addition, Meishan Group has no right to interfere with the buyer's disposal of the vehicle. Especially after 30 years of use, consumers can completely choose how to dispose of new energy vehicles. Although the Meishan Group used the excuse of avoiding environmental pollution, many people think this argument is too far-fetched.
Of course, more people think that there is nothing wrong with Meishan Group doing so. Meishan New Energy Vehicle adopts the most advanced technology in the world. The minimum price is only 200,000 yuan, which is quite low, so it is not too much for the Meishan Group to put forward some stringent conditions. The kind of people who want to dismantle Meishan new energy vehicles are uneasy and kind. As for Meishan Group's provision of 30-year full maintenance services and scrapped vehicle processing business, this fully reflects the attitude of the person in charge of Meishan Group. With the technical level of Meishan new energy vehicles, even if Meishan Group opens up the maintenance business, who can repair Meishan vehicles? The problem of scrapped cars is even more of a headache in the world. There are a lot of car cemeteries everywhere, which not only take up a lot of space, but also pollute the environment. Since Meishan Group has the technology to deal with it, why don't consumers do it?