Chapter 39 Su Qiao'er is shocked; how could they have lost this case?

When Su Group heard those words, they were slightly stunned.

"No appeal? They're just accepting it like that?"

How could that be? If they really accepted it just like that, it would mean a compensation of 250 billion. The lawyers were well aware of the state of Su Group; never mind 250 billion, they couldn't even come up with 10 billion. There was no helping it. When Su Group was teetering on the edge, those directors had been the first to dump their stocks and siphon assets out of the company through various means, leaving the current Su Group with a pathetic two or three billion.

Who could have imagined that a company with a market value of hundreds of billions just a while ago would now have only two or three billion in liquid funds left? If this were to get out, countless people would probably think it was a joke, but unfortunately, it was reality.

"Chairman, if we accept this now, it will be a devastating blow to our company. Our company has no way to bear this cost, so..."

Hearing this, the voice came from the other end of the phone once again.

"I am the Chairman now, and everything is up to me."

"Accept it."

The lawyers frowned, but since the other party had already said so, they really had no other options. Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, they agreed.

"Understood."

Hanging up the phone, the Su Group lawyers looked at each other.

"Are we really accepting it?"

Everyone looked at each other, hesitant. With only two or three billion in liquid funds, compensating 250 billion, plus the Bank's interest-bearing loans—with all of these things combined, there was no way for Su Group to recover. Hearing this, the lawyer who had answered the phone sighed.

"Since the Chairman has already said so, we can only accept it. I hope the Chairman has already thought of a way to solve this problem."

At this moment, the lawyers had no idea that this so-called Chairman had long since secretly defected to the Zheng Group.

The lawyer who had taken the call cleared his throat.

"We accept the verdict."

With that one sentence, the Zheng Group breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Chairman had said everything was arranged, until the dust settled, nothing was certain. Now, it appeared that the thing they were most worried about had not happened, so they could finally rest easy.

Meanwhile, Su Qiaoer was still anxiously waiting for the results. For some reason, Su Qiaoer found herself getting more and more nervous. Zheng Tian, sitting beside her, noticed the tension in Su Qiaoer's heart, reached out, and held Su Qiaoer's hand.

"Su Qiaoer, don't be nervous. Believe in yourself."

"There is no problem with this matter on your end."

"Isn't that right?"

Zheng Tian said with a smile. Hearing this, Su Qiaoer nodded, but she didn't know what to say, so she chose to remain silent. Just then, Su Qiaoer's phone suddenly rang. She immediately picked up the phone and discovered it was a call from someone at the company. Although Su Qiaoer had already resigned from her position, many of her people were still in the company, so it was effortless for the other party to find out about this matter.

"Hello, what's wrong?"

Actually, Su Qiaoer felt a bit strange when she answered the phone, because under normal circumstances, the person who succeeded her as Chairman should have been the one calling her, but she didn't expect it to be another employee. However, Su Qiaoer didn't think too much about it at the time, just assuming that the other person might be busy.

"Chairman Su, it's bad."

"We lost our case."

Hearing this, Su Qiaoer stood up immediately.

"What did you say?"

Regarding such a result, Su Qiaoer's first reaction was disbelief.

Lost?

Impossible.

Absolutely impossible.

How could they lose this case?

"Chairman Su, although this is hard to believe, that is the result. The court has just delivered the verdict, and we lost."

Hearing this, Su Qiaoer gasped.

Lost?

If they lost, the compensation... would probably be an astronomical figure.

"How could we lose? Impossible. Didn't our lawyers discuss this matter beforehand? They said we would definitely win."

In fact, if Su Qiaoer thought back carefully at this moment, she would recall that the lawyer at that time hadn't said they would definitely win, but only that there was a high probability of winning. However, at that time, Su Qiaoer believed that Father Zheng would definitely take back the Chairman position, so she hadn't thought much about the matter, and her carelessness back then had completely set herself up for failure.

"Chairman, we are also very shocked by this, but it is indeed the case... The opposing legal team is very formidable. They produced many things we didn't expect and gained the upper hand, so the court ruled against us. According to the final legal documents, this time, with the breach of contract penalty plus the compensation, it should exceed 250 billion in total."

Hearing this, Su Qiaoer felt the world go black before her eyes.

What was the concept of 250 billion?

Even when Su Group was at its peak, the liquid funds in its Bank account hadn't reached 250 billion. So, even if they sold all the remaining assets of the company, compared to 250 billion, it would be a drop in the bucket. Therefore, Su Qiaoer immediately realized that this case, barring any surprises, would become the final straw that broke the camel's back.

"It's okay, it's okay, there is still a chance to appeal..."

At this moment, Su Qiaoer suddenly thought of something. Although they lost this time, it didn't mean they didn't have a chance to turn things around. If they prepared carefully, maybe... they would still succeed, right?

"Chairman Su..."

"What is it?"

The other party hesitated for a moment, but finally said it.

"Just now... the Chairman contacted the lawyers and said that they have already pleaded guilty and accepted the penalty in court, and will not be filing an appeal."

Hearing this, Su Qiaoer widened her eyes.

At this moment, she felt as if time had stood still.

How could... plead guilty and accept the penalty? By all logic, even a fool would choose to appeal, but the other party actually just accepted it like that?

And most importantly, the other party hadn't told her about this from beginning to end.

Then, then...

At this moment, Su Qiaoer suddenly realized something.

Oh no, could this person have betrayed her? In other words, this person might have already defected to Zheng Jie.