419: Do you know you were wrong?

"This is going to be trouble..."

Yang Guanlei had finally come to his senses. Chilun 4S Dealership had messed with someone they couldn't afford to offend this time!

"Damn it!"

"Are these rich second-generation kids really that bored?"

"It's not like they're short of these four million-plus, so why do they have to be so stubborn about this!"

From Yang Guanlei's attitude, it was clear that even now, he didn't think the issue was that their dealership had defrauded the consumer by selling a wrecked car as new.

He simply kept pushing the blame onto Ye Su for being so persistent.

While cursing under his breath, Yang Guanlei replied to Lin Xiaxuan, telling her to bring Xu Yaxian to his office.

Knock, knock, knock—

A moment later, the office door was knocked on.

"Come in."

As soon as the door opened, Lin Xiaxuan led Xu Yaxian into the office.

This scene felt familiar to Yang Guanlei, just like when Lin Xiaxuan had led Ye Su in yesterday.

After dismissing Lin Xiaxuan, Yang Guanlei put on a big smile, stood up, and gestured for Xu Yaxian to sit.

"Lawyer Xu, right? Please, have a seat."

"Mm."

After Xu Yaxian sat down, Yang Guanlei introduced himself, "I am Yang Guanlei, the General Manager of Chilun 4S Dealership. I heard that you are here to help someone protect their rights?"

"Mm." Xu Yaxian took out her tablet and got straight to the point:

"I am here representing Mr. Ye Su to formally demand compensation from Chilun 4S Dealership. We require you to provide a 'return one, compensate three' settlement for the wrecked car sold to him. This is the power of attorney he signed."

After adding him as a friend last night, Xu Yaxian had followed standard procedure to have Ye Su sign the authorization form online. She had also thoroughly reviewed the entire incident again to ensure there were no loopholes that Chilun 4S Dealership could exploit.

So that kid really did find someone!

Yang Guanlei was grinding his teeth in anger, but he still had to maintain a smile on his face. He didn't dare to tear off the mask and threaten Xu Yaxian like he had yesterday:

"Lawyer Xu, actually, the whole thing is just a misunderstanding. It was a momentary lapse in our work that led us to mistakenly sell a display car to Mr. Ye Su."

Xu Yaxian knew all the tricks involved in this, so she completely ignored Yang Guanlei's explanation. She took a digital recorder out of her bag and switched it on:

"I am here today representing my client to claim compensation from Chilun 4S Dealership. As for your store's 'work error,' that is not within the scope of what we are here to discuss today.

From now on, our conversation will be recorded in its entirety. If you need to, you are welcome to record it as well, or you can call your colleagues from the legal department to be present?"

Xu Yaxian's cold, uncompromising behavior made Yang Guanlei's expression extremely ugly.

In the past, they were always the ones acting haughty toward car owners seeking to protect their rights. Now, the tables had turned!

Worried that the conflict would escalate further, Yang Guanlei didn't dare suggest calling his legal department colleagues to go head-to-head with Xu Yaxian:

"We are here for a friendly negotiation; there's no need to call the legal department," Yang Guanlei said with a humble, apologetic smile:

"However, the amount for 'return one, compensate three' is truly too high; it exceeds what we can bear. The most we can do is process a return of the car and a refund, and provide a one-time compensation of 300,000 yuan. Do you think you could discuss this with Mr. Ye and see if he would accept this settlement plan?"

As he spoke, Yang Guanlei's heart was bleeding.

300,000 yuan—just like that, it was gone!

But in this situation, if he didn't bleed a little, he was afraid it would be hard to turn the page.

But to his surprise, even after raising the compensation amount to 300,000 yuan, Xu Yaxian remained unmoved:

"General Manager Yang, my client's demands are very clear. He will only accept the 'return one, compensate three' settlement plan. If you do not agree, we will formally sue Chilun 4S Dealership."

Xu Yaxian swiped across her tablet screen again:

"As you can see, in addition to the contracts and other documents you provided, there is also an appraisal report from a third-party inspection agency confirming it is a wrecked car.

If we go through litigation, the court will most likely support the 'return one, compensate three' demand. At the same time, they may even list Chilun 4S Dealership on the directory of abnormal business operations, and your losses will be even greater then."

Xu Yaxian kept swiping the screen, displaying evidence in photo after photo, which made cold sweat break out on Yang Guanlei's back.

Once Jiangxin Law Firm took legal action, public opinion would ferment, the store would be listed as having abnormal business operations, and if the brand revoked their authorization, Chilun 4S Dealership would indeed face a serious crisis.

"Lawyer Xu, I admit that this is indeed Chilun 4S Dealership's fault, and we are willing to provide appropriate compensation. There's no need to take this to court, right?

Besides, you know that for these types of disputes, it's normal for them to last a year or two from the initial court filing to the trial, and then to the second instance after one side loses. There's no need for us to waste our time and energy on this, right?"

Heh.

Hearing Yang Guanlei's sincere admission of error, Xu Yaxian only found it laughable.

Is this him knowing he was wrong?

It's more like he knows you guys are finished.

When a car owner discovers the car sold has problems and is about to take it to court, only then do you say you know you were wrong?

When you were selling the car and taking the money, why didn't you know you were wrong then?

Now he's still struggling on his deathbed, trying to secretly threaten a professional like her, saying these kinds of lawsuits are time-consuming and laborious?

Thinking of this, Xu Yaxian almost laughed out loud.

"Mr. Ye's intentions are very clear. He will not accept any compensation plan other than 'return one, compensate three.' Since General Manager Yang is unwilling to reach a consensus, then we will have to see you in court.

After I return, I will immediately file an application for pre-litigation preservation with the court to freeze the funds in Chilun 4S Dealership's account corresponding to the compensation amount."

Seeing that the timing was just right, before Yang Guanlei could speak, Xu Yaxian suddenly turned off the digital recorder.

This action left Yang Guanlei feeling suspicious and uncertain.

But what Xu Yaxian said next turned Yang Guanlei's face ashen.

"In addition, I would like to remind you, General Manager Yang, that it wasn't actually Mr. Ye who came to us this time, but CEO Yan from Joyful Gathering.

She has already told me that Mr. Ye is her good friend, and no matter how much this lawsuit costs, she will pay for it, as long as I can help Mr. Ye get justice."

"It was CEO Yan from Joyful Gathering who asked you to help!"

Yang Guanlei knew what Xu Yaxian meant by telling him this.

Chilun 4S Dealership had dared to clamor yesterday, telling Ye Su to take them to court, all because they relied on the fact that they knew more people in Yangcheng than Ye Su, an outsider, did, right?

The person they had found now was Yan Ran, the boss of Joyful Gathering.

As a shopping center with a market value of over ten billion, the annual customer traffic, tax revenue, and job opportunities it brought to Yangcheng were not something a single car dealership could compare to.

It was even possible that Joyful Gathering's connections in Yangcheng were the ones that Chilun 4S Dealership relied on themselves.

With ironclad evidence and connections that weren't as strong as theirs, if they really went to court, Chilun 4S Dealership would have no hope of winning.

Even if the other party didn't want the trouble and didn't take it to court.

Chilun 4S Dealership was in the luxury car business, and their target demographic was the small group of people at the very top of the pyramid in Yangcheng.

If Yan Ran just needed to promote it in her circle of friends and expose the shady business they were doing behind the scenes, who would dare to come to their dealership to buy a car in the future!