Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 544 - 219: The Sign of the Pharmacy is Gone!
The six opportunities for sentence reduction were very significant.
As long as he did a few more... he would have the chance to get his sentence reduced during his time in prison.
Since he hadn’t secured a lighter sentence in court, the chances of reduction in prison were his last hope!
As he was racking his brains for a strategy, a few bailiffs walked towards him, handing him a pair of silver handcuffs.
They escorted him away from the courtroom.
...
「Intermediate Court.」
At the entrance.
After the trial had ended, Qin Mu led the group of elders out of the courthouse.
Walking alongside him... was the ever-silent Zhang Wei.
He seemed... to be questioning the meaning of life itself.
Zhang Kuang’s "disappearance in court" had dealt him a considerable blow. Even with his excellent capabilities and proper defense, he could not salvage the situation.
Their client... was taken away during the trial.
He had been fiddling with his fingers for hours, surviving till the end of the trial.
"COUGH, COUGH. Don’t take it too hard. Think of it this way, Zhang Kuang exposing other criminal activities first might be a blessing in disguise," Qin Mu looked at him, offering a word of sympathy.
Zhang Wei... was arguably the most pitiful defense attorney he had ever seen.
"You make sense. I just hadn’t expected... my classmate to end up like that," Zhang Wei said with a wry smile and a long sigh. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
Today, in the courtroom, Zhang Kuang was suddenly reported and then taken away, suspected of more criminal offenses. It made him sigh deeply. Witnessing a classmate and fellow lawyer being taken away had a profound impact on him.
His line of work... was just too dangerous.
No. To be precise, it was too dangerous to defend defendants in cases involving Qin Mu.
These defendants... None of them were easy to deal with.
Several defendants... had almost dragged him down as well.
In fact... he was now considering whether to take on any more cases associated with Qin Mu.
The risk involved with these defendants was extremely high.
"COUGH, COUGH. Then I’ll take them back to the nursing home first."
Qin Mu, unaware of Zhang Wei’s thoughts, cleared his throat. He led Zhang Qingyuan and the others back to the nursing home, leaving Zhang Wei alone in the wind, still questioning life.
...
「Nursing Home.」
Back in the facility, Zhang Qingyuan and the others couldn’t wait to tell the rest, who hadn’t attended the trial, all about what had transpired. Of course, they didn’t hold back on embellishing a bit.
"Let me tell you, you really missed out by not going! Do you know how long Liu Qiao was sentenced for? Twenty years!"
"The craziest part was about Zhang Kuang! Everyone thought that with Zhang Wei defending him, he’d be fine, but who could have guessed that Liu Qiao, this ’Old Sixth,’ would turn around and report him!"
"Barring any surprises, Zhang Kuang will probably be thoroughly investigated now!"
"When he defended others before, he even cultivated many connections!"
"..."
Zhang Qingyuan, Li Weiguo, Song Tiancheng, and others talked about the case to anyone they met, like they were storytellers.
The other elders who hadn’t attended the trial gathered around, listening attentively to their jumbled accounts.
Liu Qiao’s case... they had always been following it.
Getting older, they could inevitably face illnesses and pains themselves.
Liu Qiao’s actions had truly hurt them. Upon hearing of Liu Qiao’s twenty-year sentence, a cheer erupted in the courtyard, and everyone clapped in approval.
As for Zhang Kuang’s fate... they were less concerned.
It was just a "minor episode" in Liu Qiao’s case, after all.
Qin Mu just sat in the courtyard, listening to Zhang Qingyuan and the others brag, occasionally chipping in with a comment or two.
This case... after going through many twists and turns, had finally come to a close.
...
「That night.」
Mountain and Water Garden District.
After work, Qin Mu finished dinner and went back to his study. He started to prepare for the next episode’s recording on the pharmaceutical case.
The previous video... had only discussed the sentencing of Han Dongting and the others; Liu Qiao’s sentence had just been passed.
Moreover, after the investigation during this period, Liu Qiao’s case had implicated a wide range of issues. It had sent shockwaves through the entire medical industry of Jin City. From what he had heard from Zhang Qingyuan, Su Yongnian, and reports in the Jin City media, he roughly knew about the sensation rippling through the Jin City medical industry. Nearly every hospital was conducting internal reviews for any illegal or criminal practices. Some doctors were even resigning under various pretexts and reasons.
According to incomplete statistics, just yesterday alone, over thirty pharmacies in Jin City had closed down! Clearly, many pharmacies felt that the fire might reach them and decisively chose to shut down to seek refuge.
Turning on the recording camera, Qin Mu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Hello everyone."
"In the previous video, we talked about the sentencing of Han Dongting and the others. The pharmacy owner... was also formally sentenced today."
"After verifying, collecting, and examining evidence over this period, it has now been determined that during his management of the pharmacy..."
Facing the camera, he briefly narrated the crimes the prosecutor had charged.
The pharmacy’s profiteering schemes... Liu Qiao had used practically all of them.
In six years, he made a profit of 160 million yuan!
At first, he had thought it was just small fry, only to discover it was a big fish.
"The crimes he’s charged with are mainly money laundering and bribery."
Subsequently, he went on to explain these two charges in detail in the video.
The reason Liu Qiao had to launder money... was mainly to avoid drawing unnecessary trouble due to his excessive wealth.
But he had overlooked... that money laundering is a crime in itself!
Furthermore, in the video, Qin Mu also emphasized the methods of sentencing.
