Wu Zuguang is one of the most influential, famous and legendary cultural figures in China in this century. People from Changzhou, Jiangsu. Famous scholar, dramatist and calligrapher. He used to be the director of Hong Kong film industry and the pioneer of Hong Kong cultural film industry. He was the vice chairman of Chinese Dramatists Association and a member of China People's Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Zuguang became famous in the literary world from 65438 to 0935, and was known as a child prodigy. By the time he was twenty, he had gained a good reputation in the fields of drama and literature. Mr. Zuguang wrote a lot in his life, including more than 50 collections of plays, essays, political essays and calligraphy. The main representative works are Six Volumes, such as Snowstorm Returning to Man at Night, Wandering in the Jianghu, Flowers as Media, Tao Sanxian, Sanchun and Selected Works of Wu Zuguang. "He is miserable now and can't talk." Wu Zuguang's neighbor and longtime friend, Mr. Tang Bao, said this as soon as he saw the reporter. When I went to see Mr. Wu Zuguang, he still lived in the house of Dongdaqiao in Chaoyang District, and lived with his little daughter Wu Shuang. This is an ordinary Beijing residential building with narrow and dark corridors. After a narrow living room and a study full of books, we met Mr. Wu Zuguang in a wheelchair. My hair is all white, but my face is still rosy and my eyes are bright. Wu Lao can't speak, but his spirit is still very good and his thinking is very clear. He can understand when others talk to him. A little aunt is feeding him porridge, and the reporter greets him. He looked at the reporter with questioning eyes.
"A few years ago, when he was still talking, his family had dozens of visitors every day, and the phone kept ringing. Now he can't talk, so no one comes to see him, and even few people visit him during the Chinese New Year holiday. " Mr. He is quite critical of this situation. "Just because he can't talk or use him, he ignores such a respectable old man?" Mr He and Mr Wu have been friends and neighbors for many years. He has a clear understanding of the cause and effect of Wu Zuguang's lawsuit against ITC. "According to Wu Zuguang's original words, this is purely a farce." The cause of the lawsuit was caused by a short article written by Wu Zuguang about the first consumer's reputation infringement case in China. The cause of the matter is this. On February 23rd, 199 1 12, two young female customers, Ni Peilu and Wang Ying, were shopping at Wellcome Supermarket in Beijing World Trade Center. They were unreasonably suspected by two waiters, and were stripped naked and unpacked before being released. 1in may, 1992, two girls filed a lawsuit with the court on the grounds that Wellcome supermarket violated their personality and damaged their reputation. In the same year165438+1October 18, after mediation by the court, the defendant ITC made an apology to the two plaintiffs and compensated them for 2000 yuan in spiritual comfort. The plaintiff withdrew the lawsuit and the case came to an end.
At that time, many media in the capital reported the case. After reading the report "Beauty Angers for Self-esteem", Wu Zuguang wrote an article entitled "A high-quality cause needs high-quality workers", which was published in China Business Times on June 27th 199 1. After the article was published, Han Xiaojing, the perennial legal adviser of ITC, wrote to Wu Zuguang, claiming that Wu Wen "had inaccurate content, wrong judgment and used abusive language ... which was an insult to the relevant staff of China International Trade Center and seriously damaged their reputation". 199265438+In February, ITC filed a lawsuit with the People's Court of Chaoyang District, Beijing on the grounds that Wu Zuguang had infringed on his reputation, and the court accepted it.
"At that time, Wu Zuguang was very surprised when he heard the news. ITC sued him after the fact that two girls were violated was proved. Moreover, it is really puzzling to find a person who publishes mixed feelings instead of a newspaper that publishes news. Han Xiaojing explained that they had the right to choose the defendant, "Mr. He recalled the scene at that time. "To become the defendant, Mr. Wu Zuguang is angry, but never depressed. He said,' society needs people to safeguard justice, and of course it also needs people to make sacrifices. To this end, I am willing to do my best. "
"Wu's wife new Xia Feng, timid guy at ordinary times, but this time resolutely on Wu Zuguang side. She said that this incident taught her to have a sense of justice and wrote an article "Officials and Businessmen Tell the People" to support Zuguang. "
After the news came out, Wu Zuguang's family kept calling, asking questions, calling the police and encouraging. 1992 12 16. Wu Zuguang received a summons from Chaoyang district court. Soon, many lawyers came to ask for a free lawsuit for Wu Zuguang, and even people from Hongkong and Canada called to say that they had organized a team of lawyers, hoping to file a lawsuit for Wu Zuguang for free. Wu Zuguang declined one by one, and only invited Peng and Xu Orange from the law firm who came to your firm for the first time as agents, and Wang as legal adviser. 199265438+On February 26th, Wu Zuguang held a press conference in Kunlun Hotel. Originally, only a dozen reporters were informed, and more than 70 people came to interview. Wu Zuguang believes that "the prosecution against me actually happened after ITC was punished in the Chaoyang District Court, and its intention of' taking a little advantage and leaving a little face' was more obvious." And that this case "caused great losses to my reputation and other aspects, and I reserve the right to apologize to the plaintiff to eliminate the adverse effects and compensate for the losses." In Wu Zuguang's later article "Testimony of Closing the International Trade Case", Wu Zuguang wrote: "At the end of the first trial on 1993 and 65438+February 29th, I made this counterclaim and the court accepted it. At the same time, I charged a counterclaim fee, but it was rejected in 1995. Due to subjective reasons, I volunteered to end the lawsuit forever.
Legal adviser Wang also believes that the accusation of ITC cannot be established. Because our country's laws stipulate that there are four elements of infringing the right of reputation: subjective fault, objective behavior, tort consequence and causality. Teacher Wu's article is a commentary, which criticizes and suggests some practices, words and deeds of ITC, and subjectively does not harm others' reputation. Objectively speaking, the content of the events involved by Mr. Wu comes from the report, and as a reader, he has no obligation to verify the reported facts, so there is no fabrication. As for insulting language, Mr. Wu commented on the behavior and words of ITC staff, so it does not constitute slander. In this way, the consequences and causality of infringement do not exist.
Ni Peilu, one of the plaintiffs of Wellcome incident, wrote an article "I also wrote a story" when he knew the case of Guo Mao v. Wu Zuguang, which was published in China Business Times. The article not only confirmed that ITC staff did push them into the warehouse, but also used extremely irresponsible and insulting language. She said, "I didn't expect to involve Mr. Wu in order to say something fair for us. I'm very sorry." If Wu Lao needs us to testify in court, we are duty-bound to go to court again. "Wu Zuguang felt" gratified "after hearing the news. He believes that from this perspective, he "got the most valuable thing-social understanding". This lawsuit lasted from the end of 1992 to 1995. Wu Zuguang's daughter, Wu Shuang, told reporters, "Because both parties involved in this case are eye-catching, the court decided that either party felt inappropriate, so it was delayed. "The central government also attaches great importance to this matter. Many central leaders have gone to Wu Zuguang's home to express their condolences." During the three years of trial, he never regretted it. He once said that he would speak for consumers, with no regrets. "Wu Shuang told reporters.
During the handling of the case, Wu Zuguang planned to hold five art exhibitions, the first four failed for various reasons, and finally it was successfully held in the Military Museum. The exhibition is very large, occupying several halls. The exhibition was very successful, and many people came from all over the country to hear the news.
In the closing statement of the international trade case, Wu Zuguang recalled that at 2 pm on May 1995, Wu Zuguang took his youngest daughter Wu Shuang to the Chaoyang District Court to attend the final review. The plaintiff and the plaintiff's lawyer didn't come, and the presiding judge told him, "It may be because of rain, long road or traffic jam, so the plaintiff couldn't arrive in time, but we didn't wait." The trial book has five pages, and only 20 minutes after the presiding judge read it out, the lawsuit came to an end. "I was very nervous at the final review, but after knowing that I won, Wu Zuguang didn't say a word." Wu Shuang still remembers the scene. "The relevant parties were particularly annoyed at the participation of the media at that time, so there was no prior publicity this time." When did CCTV first know?