Chapter 79: Let Me Show You What It Means to Be the Undefeated Little Penguin of Nanshan

As Cao Liqiang struck the gavel.

The court formally announced the commencement of the hearing.

Li Xuezhen’s small face was filled with excitement, and her gaze continuously moved between Chen Chao and Kong Hao.

This caused Chen Chao and Kong Hao to become somewhat silent.

However, the opposing lawyers did not engage in any inappropriate conduct.

In the end they did not say anything further, and merely regarded it as the opposing party deliberately attempting to affect their mentality, and chose to ignore it.

At the judicial bench, at the seat of the presiding judge.

Bang bang bang.

Cao Liqiang struck the gavel: “The court is now in session, next the identities of the parties and their representatives will be verified, the appellant is requested to state the identities of those appearing in court and their authorization.”

Authorization was divided into general authorization and special authorization.

The difference between the two was that the latter permitted the representative to reach settlement agreements on behalf of the party or withdraw the litigation.

In simple terms, lawyers with special authorization possessed greater authority.

The appellant, namely Su Bai representing the plaintiff.

“All right, Presiding Judge.”

Su Bai nodded slightly: “The appellant’s appearing representatives are entrusted lawyers from Baijun law Firm in Nandu, Su Bai and Li Xuezhen, the scope of authorization is special authorization.”

After Su Bai completed his statement, Cao Liqiang lowered his head and reviewed the personnel verification materials and then turned again toward the defendant’s seating area.

“The defendant’s representatives are requested to state the identities of those appearing in court and their authorization.”

Although the defendant arranged for Chen Chao and Kong Hao to appear, Chen Chao was the principal responsible person.

In response to Presiding Judge Cao Liqiang’s inquiry, Chen Chao said: “All right, Presiding Judge.”

“The representatives appearing on behalf of our party are legal personnel Chen Chao and Kong Hao, the scope of authorization is special authorization.”

“Presiding Judge, the identities of our appearing representatives have been stated.”

After verifying the personnel information and the scope of authorization, Cao Liqiang nodded slightly.

Bang bang bang.

At the seat of the presiding judge, Cao Liqiang spoke slowly:

“This case is being heard by the Nanshan High Court, with Judge Cao Liqiang serving as presiding judge, together with Judge Jiang Hongyan and Judge He Yongan forming the collegial panel.”

“According to the Civil Procedure Law, both the plaintiff and the defendant may apply for recusal if they have objections to the judges participating in this hearing.”

“Do the plaintiff and the defendant apply for recusal?”

Su Bai: “No objection, no application.”

Chen Chao: “No objection, no application.”

After hearing the responses of both parties, Presiding Judge Cao Liqiang began to announce the cause of action:

“The cause of action in this case is that the plaintiff Nanyou Studio alleges plagiarism by the defendant and intentional suppression, monopoly, and unfair competition, is the cause of action accurate?”

When Cao Liqiang raised this question, at the defendant’s seating area Chen Chao and Kong Hao were momentarily stunned for several seconds.

This litigation.

The accusations were indeed extensive.

Monopoly and unfair competition had also been included.

However, the two did not attach too much importance to this.

After all.

Some individuals in labor disputes even apply for the employer to receive capital punishment.

Whether such applications are accepted is one matter, the key point is that the statements themselves appear imposing.

Therefore, the two were not overly surprised and quickly regained their composure.

At the same time, on the other side.

Facing the presiding judge’s inquiry, Su Bai nodded seriously: “Presiding Judge, the cause of action is accurate.”

Cao Liqiang nodded slightly, reviewed the litigation materials, and struck the gavel:

“The cause of action is confirmed, next the plaintiff is requested to state the claims, facts, and legal basis.”

“All right, Presiding Judge.”

Su Bai nodded slightly, understood that the critical moment had arrived, took a deep breath, and took out the litigation application he had prepared in advance from his materials.

“Presiding Judge, our litigation application is as follows:”

“First, the defendant plagiarized our Nanyou Studio’s game work Crazy Match Match Match, which caused substantial economic losses to our party, we request that the defendant compensate our economic losses in the amount of 9,567,896 yuan and 0.78 yuan.”

“Second, when our Nanyou Studio released the small game Crazy Match Match Match, the defendant recognized the commercial value of Crazy Match Match Match and conducted negotiations with our party regarding cooperation.”

“After presenting unilateral and oppressive contractual terms, and after our party clearly refused to cooperate, the defendant used its large scale and platform advantages to engage in monopolistic conduct, implemented improper, non public, and unfair competitive measures, and comprehensively removed our game Crazy Match Match Match from its platform and domain, which seriously infringed upon our interests, we request that the defendant restore our small game to its platform and compensate our losses.”

“Third, because the defendant’s game Happy Match It plagiarized our game Crazy Match Match Match, we request that the defendant cease copyright operations and remove the game from distribution.”

“Fourth, the defendant’s plagiarism of our game not only harmed our interests, but also caused substantial harm to our creative work, and even created significant negative influence upon our party in public opinion, we request that the defendant issue a public apology for its plagiarism, the methods of apology shall include but not be limited to publication on the defendant’s own media platforms.”

“Fifth, regarding the harm caused by the defendant to our party, we request that the defendant bear our litigation costs and legal fees.”

“Presiding Judge, our litigation application has been fully stated.”

After Su Bai completed his statement.

When Chen Chao and Kong Hao heard Su Bai’s claims, they frowned slightly.

Compensation exceeding nine million yuan.

This should be the maximum range of compensation being requested.

This compensation amount had truly been calculated with precision.

Moreover, this second claim was entirely an accusation imposed upon them.

If such an accusation were accepted, the consequences would be serious.

It would have a significant impact upon their reputation.

Any one of these claims was unacceptable to them.

Most importantly, Su Bai’s litigation application entirely imposed accusations upon them.

Moreover, this was not merely a simple matter of accusation, if such accusations were confirmed, it would constitute a major loss for them.

It might even produce substantial negative consequences for them.

In summary, there was only one point, namely this litigation.

They certainly could not allow the opposing party to prevail.

Because this did not merely concern their undefeated record.

The plaintiff’s allegations also involved other issues, and if they were to lose, the impact would be extremely significant.

The requirement of a public apology alone would be completely unacceptable for them.