I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

Zhu Tingting and her team went to every newsstand on Hong Kong Island. Among the newspapers they collected, they found a total of 26 newspapers that published slanderous articles against Jingyi.

Lou Qigang called and said he wanted to hire the best lawyer to help Jingyi fight the lawsuit, but Jingyi politely declined.

Why should she spend money to hire a lawyer? There are not too many big-name companies that want to help her with the lawsuit!

She picked up the phone and called Coca-Cola East Asia first, telling them that a large number of newspapers in Hong Kong had slandered her and she hoped that the company's legal department would send a team of lawyers to sue her.

The Coca-Cola Company takes this matter very seriously. If the image of their spokesperson in Asia is damaged due to slander and defamation, it will inevitably affect the sales of their products.

So without further ado, they sent their strongest legal team to Hong Kong to help their product spokesperson in the lawsuit.

Jingyi then called Chanel, Patek Philippe, and Porsche. There was profit to be made here! As long as the lawsuit was won, a large amount of compensation would be obtained. Which company would not be willing to do so?

The last call Jingyi made was to Warner Records. My image has been damaged by slander and defamation, which will of course affect album sales around the world. Do you want to send a team of lawyers to sue me? Do you still want the compensation?

Actually, to be frank! This incident did not have such a big impact on her. Because a well-known newspaper editor questioned this matter, he did the opposite and sent reporters to conduct a secret interview. He filmed Lou Jiaju, one of the parties involved!

Wait until all the information about Lou Jiaju is made public! Who would believe those lies in the newspapers? A fat man weighing 280 kilograms, with pimples all over his face, and he is already 30 years old. He has to breathe heavily after walking a few steps. How dare this guy be Lou Jingyi's childhood sweetheart?

Even if this is true! Lou Jingyi wants to break off the engagement, they all raised their hands to show their approval!

When the legal teams sent by several international big-name companies and multinational corporations arrived in Hong Kong and learned about this case, they were all very depressed.

It was such a simple case? Once the evidence was collected, any law firm could win the case, but the company actually sent their strongest team over.

Several teams of lawyers gathered for a meeting. They didn't want to come here for nothing, so they had to set a sky-high price for the compensation.

"Our Warner Records was affected by this incident, and Lou Jingyi's album sales plummeted. Is it not too much to ask for 20 million US dollars in compensation?"

"Our Chanel products are the most affected by this incident. We demand $50 million in compensation from the other party."

"We at Coca-Cola want 100 million! I'm going to make these little reptiles go bankrupt in fear."

"...!"

The result was calculated! The total cost of Lou Jingyi's personal reputation loss was more than 200 million US dollars.

The lawyers were a little embarrassed! Was their appetite too big? This was a record-breaking compensation, right? Even if they sold all the newspapers, they couldn't raise this much money!

"Let's decide on the compensation amount first! The specific amount will depend on the judge's decision. Even if it's cut in half, the other party will have to compensate us more than 100 million." Finally, the most senior lawyer at Coca-Cola made the final decision.

For this matter, Tan Yali and her daughter and Liu Quan also rushed back from Sijiu City. These lawyer teams began to work together to collect evidence for the case.

Including the testimonies of the retired maids who worked at Lou Mansion when Jingyi was a child, the teachers and classmates of Jingyi at Diocesan Girls' School, and the family of her second uncle Lou Zhenguo.

After all the evidence and witnesses were collected, the lawyers filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Hong Kong, suing the 26 newspapers and media, and the slanderer Lou Qiming and his family.

These newspapers and media received the response notice from the Hong Kong High Court and were stunned for a moment! Their gossip newspapers specialize in exposing the privacy of celebrities, and no one has ever sued them. Generally, the parties involved will choose to keep quiet.

When they found out that the lawyers who were suing Lou Jingyi were all sent by big international companies, they were all panicked! They couldn't afford to offend any of these internationally renowned companies and multinational corporations, let alone so many of them at once!

They quickly found someone to ask for an out-of-court settlement, but these foreign lawyers were very arrogant. They wanted an out-of-court settlement, and the lawyers threw out the compensation amount, and each one had to apologize publicly in the newspaper.

Looking at the sky-high compensation of more than 200 million US dollars, the 26 newspapers were completely dumbfounded! They even wanted to jump off the building!

When Lou Qiming received the response notice from the High Court, he was furious and beat Lou Yao up.

This slander and defamation is no small matter! Once the court makes a ruling, the compensation alone will bankrupt the family.

He hurried to find his stepmother's family to make peace, but where could he find anyone at the moment? He then went to the Lou Group to find his second uncle Lou Zhenguo to make peace, but Lou Zhenguo drove him out.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day for the High Court to open the trial. The entrance to the court was packed with reporters from various countries and people who came to watch the excitement.

Lou Jingyi didn't have to go to court, as she entrusted the case to a team of lawyers. As the defendant, Lou Qiming's family didn't even show up to defend themselves, and Lou Yao was so scared that she fled to Macau to avoid the limelight.

Twenty-six newspaper media outlets were completely unable to refute the evidence presented by a large amount of witnesses and all admitted guilt and accepted punishment.

The Hong Kong High Court will announce the verdict on a later date. Twenty-six newspapers and media outlets will pay a total of US$120 million in damages and compensation to various international big-name companies and Lou Jingyi personally. Lou Qiming's family will pay Miss Lou Jingyi HK$10 million for defamation.

When the Hong Kong High Court received the lawsuit, the lawyers applied to the court. The accounts of these newspapers and media and the personal accounts of legal persons were immediately frozen. Lou Qiming couldn't deny his debts even if he wanted to!

This day was called the darkest day by the newspaper media industry in Hong Kong. More than 70 of the more than 150 newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong announced bankruptcy. The rest included some well-known newspapers.

Because some gossip newspapers are subsidiaries of these big newspapers. The newspaper owners are all the same person, and some newspapers run several newspapers at the same time.

After this lawsuit involving a huge sum of money, Jingyi no longer had any negative news in Hong Kong newspapers.

Don't mess with this princess! Before she even made a move, those international big-name multinational companies rushed in. It's scary just to think about it!

This defamation case was reported by news around the world, and Lou Jingyi's name was widely spread. This led to a surge in her album sales. The sales of the brands she endorsed also increased noticeably. These were all unexpected surprises!

In the first half of the year, according to statistics from the Recording Industry Association of North America, the sales of Lou Jingyi's two new albums have exceeded 50 million copies. She is now a veritable international superstar!

On this day, Lou Jingyi received an invitation letter from the Governor's House. Governor Murray MacLehose was about to leave office, and the new Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde, would arrive at the Governor's House tomorrow.

Tomorrow afternoon she will attend the welcome ceremony for the new Governor of Hong Kong and in the evening she will be invited to attend the farewell dinner hosted by Governor MacLehose and his wife.

Over the past decade, she has developed a deep friendship with Mr. and Mrs. MacLehose, so she will definitely attend the farewell dinner. Of course, she also needs to maintain a good relationship with the new Governor.

The next day, Jingyi wore a Chanel dress, shoes, bags and jewelry. She had called Chanel, hoping they could launch a series of cheongsam styles, as cheongsam was more suitable for her.

As the official pianist of the Governor's Office in Hong Kong, she had to play a piece of music at the ceremony to welcome the new Governor, Sir Edward Youde. Jingyi presented the most famous British piece, "Greensleeves Fantasy", to the new Governor of Hong Kong.

In the evening, when the farewell banquet for Mr. and Mrs. MacLehose was about to end, Lou Jingyi went on stage and sang a song "Farewell" by herself.

Although most of the foreign officials present could not understand Mandarin songs, they could still sense the sadness and reluctance of parting from the tunes.

Some of the sensitive ladies present had tears in their eyes and went over to hug Mr. and Mrs. MacLehose and say goodbye.

"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass reaches the sky."

"The evening wind blows the willow flute and the sound of the willow flute fades, and the sun sets outside the mountains."

“At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, there are only a few close friends.

"A ladle of turbid wine will wipe out the remaining joy. Don't sleep in the cold tonight."

"...!"

After singing a song, Jingyi was a little depressed. The Governor and his wife were her biggest backers in Hong Kong. If there was anything she couldn't handle, they would be her last trump card. But before she could use it, she was about to part.

When she came off the stage, Mr. and Mrs. MacLehose came forward to hug her. When Jingyi was ten years old, she grew up in front of these two people, just like a parent treats their child.

"Jingyi, if you come to England, don't forget to come and see us." Mrs. Deng Lipin kissed her cheek and said emotionally.

"Of course, Mrs. Deng Lipin. We will definitely meet again." Jingyi replied to her.

The new Governor of Hong Kong, Youde, also came to say goodbye, and Jingyi felt pity for him. This Governor was unlucky. He was the only Governor of Hong Kong who died during his term. In 1986, he went to Sijiu City to participate in negotiations and died in Sijiu City due to a recurrence of heart disease.