Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

After some cross-examination, Hobert concluded: "Did you hear it? In Arnold's factory, there are no reminders about production safety at all. Even if it is just using paint to write a few phrases on the wall of the workshop.

"As for what the other party's lawyer said, Arnold was not involved in the management, but the legal person of this factory is Arnold. He has unshirkable responsibility for all accidents that occur in the factory!"

After concluding his speech, Hobert also invited the witnesses he had found. After swearing to the gods of their respective beliefs, the five witnesses successively proved that Arnold's factory had no safety production reminders.

Hugo began to cross-examine the witness. He only asked one question: "Do you know how to write the phrase 'safe production'? If you know, please write it down."

Only one worker wrote a crooked version of "safety production," while the other four wrote phrases with incorrect grammar and letters.

It's already pretty good, since they are workers, so know some letters and phrases.

Hugo spread his hands: "You see, how many people can understand the prompts like 'safe production'? What practical use does such a slogan have?"

This summary caused Gusta and others to laugh, much like sneer or ridicule.

"I know him, sir." One witness suddenly said: "Although I can't write it down, I will know him if I see him."

Hugo was stunned.

The other three witnesses also said: "I know him too!"

“I’ll recognize the phrase if I see it.”

Hugo immediately changed his questions in several directions, such as: "Have you received any property from the plaintiff's lawyer when you came here to testify?"

The witness replied: "I accepted it, but it was lost time compensation."

The more questions he asked, the more Hugo found that the witnesses' answers were flawless. He even suspected that Hobert had given these people relevant training.

Therefore, he put away all his arrogance and regarded Hobert as the most powerful enemy he had encountered so far.

This does not mean that there is something wrong with Attorney Hugo’s defense direction or that his response is slow.

But since he started working as a lawyer, he has never handled a worker's commission. He doesn't understand workers at all, or workers are just a concept to him.

In Hugo's concept, workers are vulgar, ignorant, do not understand the law, are unreasonable, and are completely a group of curly baboons with sparse hair.

But he underestimated a person's determination to survive. No matter how ignorant a person is, he will still show a very alert side when it comes to survival.

From Hobert's description yesterday afternoon, these five witnesses already understood that the outcome of this lawsuit was related to their future living environment, so they were very energetic in dealing with it today.

For Hugo, this was just a well-paid lawsuit. Even defense materials, finding witnesses, etc. were all handled by his assistants. This was a common practice.

It's just that it would be difficult to win this lawsuit if it were just a matter of practice.

In the first round of witness sessions, the plaintiff had a small victory.

In the second round of defense, Hugo tried hard to bring the defense direction within the scope of his expertise: “The most commendable thing about the Kingdom of Loen is freedom and democracy.

“Although these two words and meanings were invented by the Republic of Intis, they have been better promoted here.

"I believe it is Mr. Arnold's freedom who he hires to work for him, and it is Bob's freedom whether to work in Mr. Arnold's factory.

"All of this was achieved freely and voluntarily, and now that Bob is injured, it is obviously an unreasonable request to put all the blame on Mr. Arnold!"

Hobert defended: "Yes, 'freedom' is a good word, but it must be restrained.

“The freedom mentioned by the defendant’s lawyer includes the freedom to trade local people as livestock in the Southern Continent, and also includes the freedom to exploit local people without any bottom line in the Rhoad Islands. Such freedom is often the darkest side of human nature.

"The law is the bottom line of freedom, but the behavior shown by Arnold is freedom without any bottom line. When my client entered Mr. Arnold's factory, an employment relationship was already entered into.

"Under such circumstances, Mr. Arnold is responsible for the work-related injuries my client suffered."

The judge did not stop them from making ideological arguments because the lawsuit already had a certain social nature.

Hugo looked at the judge's expression before continuing: "As a Loen citizen, I have sufficient democratic rights.

“My client only needs to be responsible for fixed responsibilities, but if my client needs to be responsible for all the responsibilities in the factory, how can the democracy of Loen Kingdom be reflected?

“Bob has his rights and responsibilities, but this does not include the right to make excessive claims against his employer. If the claim in this case is successful and Bob’s rights and interests are protected, how should my rights and interests be protected?

"As a citizen of a democratic country, my client should not ignore his rights, otherwise Backlund's economic rules will be severely hit!"

Hobert defended: "The democracy mentioned by the defendant's lawyer is only democracy in the monetary sense. Everyone, there are so many members in the House of Commons. Which member is a worker? Which member is a farmer?

“Is a democracy that cannot represent all classes really a democracy?”

At this point, Bob's coworkers all cheered, but Hobert noticed that other people's reactions were ordinary.

When Hobert saw the smile on Hugo's face, he suddenly realized that this was a topic that Hugo deliberately provoked in order to escalate the conflict between Bob and Arnold to a class conflict.

He is indeed a barrister! Hobert sighed in his heart, realizing the crux of the problem so quickly.

He immediately changed his strategy: "The defendant is a person who neither understands freedom nor what true democracy is. Such people are quite rare in Backlund. He has been using personal grievances to provoke the entire Backlund. contradiction.

"Everyone, are you willing to pay for the consequences of Arnold's inaction?"

Hugo stopped laughing immediately. He did not expect that an unknown lawyer like Hobert would react so quickly.

Hobert's speech continued: "Excuse me, everyone, don't you think it's strange that a workers' compensation case has attracted the attention of the entire Backlund?

"Why has it received so much attention? It's because the defendant hopes to escalate the situation and thereby refuse compensation.

"Otherwise? Why would anyone pay attention to an ordinary workers' compensation case?"

When Hobert said this, everyone in the auditorium believed it, especially the aristocratic children. This was indeed the first time they heard about a workers' compensation case.

There’s another chapter at noon!