Su Bai noticed Shen Xiang's expression and roughly guessed what he was thinking from his microexpressions. He smiled faintly and did not take it too seriously.
Hammer him into the ground?
They would see who hammered whom.
Shen Xiang's statement did have some legal basis.
In criminal law.
Under indirect causation, it amounted to saying that a company necessarily operated software for profit.
And the software's suspected dissemination of obscene videos was one of the company's business methods, so a necessary relationship existed between the two-
That was the general line of reasoning behind Shen Xiang's statement.
As established earlier, five points needed to be satisfied in this lawsuit against Wang Bo.
Shen Xiang had finished presenting his arguments concerning the profit motive and the suspected dissemination of obscene videos.
The profit motive was only one of those points, and Shen Xiang's argument had some merit.
The key was whether the presiding judge would make that determination and recognize indirect causation as equivalent to a direct connection.
Bang, bang!
After hearing Shen Xiang's statement, a trace of delight appeared on Yang Yaodong's face.
Shen Xiang's argument about indirect causation could absolutely establish a profit motive.
That improved his mood considerably.
At least he could impose a slightly heavier sentence when the time came.
After all, the court had the authority to decide how lenient or severe such criminal penalties should be.
It only needed to stay within the minimum and maximum limits prescribed by law.
Yang Yaodong turned his gaze toward the defendant's seats.
"Does the defendant have anything to add in response to the public prosecutor's statement?"
"Yes, Your Honor."
"But before that, I would like to ask the public prosecutor a few more questions."
Yang Yaodong frowned slightly. Ask questions?
"Could counsel for the defendant present his own