Now it's mediation.
The judge sits in the middle.
Zhou Mo Sen and Attorney Oden sit on the judge's left.
Richard, Howard, and Hansen sit on the right.
Both sides start with a simple introduction.
When Zhou Mo Sen heard of Professor Hansen's identity...
This is an authority!
Moreover, it's from UCLA Medical Center.
Thinking of this hospital, Zhou Mo Sen couldn't help but be curious.
Why didn't the original owner continue to be a doctor there?
But related memories are always out of reach.
Did the original owner forget about this period?
Professor Hansen also cast a glance at Zhou Mo Sen.
This look was very complex.
Curiosity, goodwill, and a warning.
Do you think I'm too arrogant?
Then just wait.
At this moment, the judge spoke.
"The parties may communicate now."
It's like a referee in a ring, signaling the boxers to start fighting.
Richard is a prosecutor, but he's not very familiar with civil cases like this one.
Right now, he's both the plaintiff and the attorney.
Being his own attorney is legally permissible and an advantage for him.
He strikes first!
"Dr. Zhou, why did you perform plastic surgery on the victim without my and my wife's consent?"
Hearing this, Attorney Oden immediately raised his hand.
"Objection! It's inappropriate to refer to Miss Alexandra Daddario as the victim at this moment!"
Oden directly treated this place as a courtroom.
The judge nodded, "Indeed, she should not be referred to that way."
Richard also nodded to indicate to the judge that he understood.
Actually, Richard did it on purpose just now.
He was setting a stance through his words.
Even if it was refuted, the judge heard it.
"My wife and I were completely unaware..."
Attorney Oden addressed this issue.
"As far as I know, your daughter is about to turn 18, and she's a model and an actress with an independent income. Legally, she is an adult and can naturally make her own decisions."
The judge nodded and looked at Richard.
The prosecutor continued his attack, "Then, what about the psychological screening?"
Oden responded again, "That's not surgery."
Richard immediately followed up with a question, "Dr. Zhou! If it wasn't surgery, then what method did you use? Did you possibly give my daughter any hormone drugs?"
This question is really sharp!
Richard indeed deserves praise as an excellent prosecutor with this question.
He blocked all of Zhou Mo Sen's ways.
Zhou Mo Sen could only refer to the so-called 'Eastern method'.
So, how did Zhou Mo Sen respond?
Or let Oden handle it?
It should be noted that as an attorney, Oden can employ some tactics.
But then something unexpected to Richard and the others happened.
Zhou Mo Sen smiled and said, "I used a placebo method."
Placebo?!
Richard hadn't reacted much, but Howard and Hansen were quite shocked.
They'd never heard of using placebo therapy for cosmetic procedures!
Is Zhou Mo Sen lying?
Yet Zhou Mo Sen produced a document.
"Here is Miss Daddario's medical record. The entire treatment process is meticulously documented."
Zhou Mo Sen had truthfully written the medical record back then.
Now, it proved useful.
This document was handed to the judge.
After the judge reviewed it, he gestured to Richard.
Implying, you should take a look too.
Richard, experienced, of course understood.
But upon looking...
"What!?" Richard couldn't help but exclaim.
"What on earth is going on?"
The two medical experts asked in unison.
Richard, with a rather unpleasant expression, said to them, "Saline solution."
Saline solution?
Howard and Hansen, the two medical experts, were dumbfounded.
The 'Eastern method' the girl referred to was actually 'placebo therapy'.
And what they had speculated as drugs without FDA approval.
Was actually saline solution!
How can this lawsuit continue?
Old Howard was the most disappointed.
He originally thought he could take down Zhou Mo Sen this time.
Win the lawsuit, then use the opportunity to revoke his medical license!
Now it's actually like this... Wait a moment.
Old Howard voiced an accusation.
"Dr. Zhou, you're just deceiving people!"
This accusation undermined his medical professionalism.
Placebo therapy is, in essence, deceptive.
But Zhou Mo Sen laughed and replied, "How did Mr. Richard discover it?"
This counter-question was truly sharp!
I'm too lazy to explain the placebo therapy to you.
You just tell me whether this therapy of mine was effective or not?
And Richard was extremely embarrassed.
"My daughter's friend said she noticed changes in her figure."
A worthy prosecutor, this answer dispelled the possibility of him being a deranged father.
But also acknowledged that Zhou Mo Sen's therapy was effective.
So, given that it's effective...
Professor Hansen questioned, "If it's just saline solution, how could there be a therapeutic effect?"
Exactly, this substance is fundamentally useless.
Moreover, Professor Hansen's question has a more critical implication.
Did Zhou Mo Sen falsify the medical record?
You used an effective drug but only documented saline?
Falsifying medical records is illegal!
But Zhou Mo Sen just smiled.
"Professor, may I ask you, can emotions affect the human body?"
Emotions?
Hansen frowned but still replied.
"It's possible."
This answer was quite conservative.
Zhou Mo Sen smiled even more deeply and this time spoke to Richard.
"The first time I met Alexandra, I clearly felt her anxiety about her body.
So, my placebo therapy was actually to alleviate her anxiety.
And the change now should be that after relieving anxiety, her puberty has arrived."
Does this explanation...make sense?
Now everyone looked at Hansen.
You're the authority, what do you say?
Professor Hansen's expression was peculiar at this moment.
Actually, he understood Zhou Mo Sen's explanation.
Although the treatment plan was a placebo therapy using saline.
The actual effective part was alleviating Miss Daddario's anxiety.
This was the real "medicine"!
But emotions are just feelings, can they really treat illness?
Actually, yes.
Emotions can indeed affect the human body, even directly impact organ diseases.
Take gastrointestinal diseases as an example.
For instance, a condition called irritable bowel syndrome.
This condition is incurable in Western medicine, but traditional Chinese medicine has slightly better results.
However, Western medicine also has treatment plans.
A very crucial part of the Western medicine approach is psychological therapy.
In fact, many hospitals treat this with a combination of proctology and psychology departments.
Stabilizing a patient's emotions is truly a miraculous medicine!
But now we're talking about cosmetic surgery...
There's really no saying if improved mood can lead to cosmetic changes.
Yet here is Miss Daddario's case.
In the end, Hansen couldn't help but want to laugh.
He said, "I can't agree with you, but I can't deny you either."
This response...ambiguous?
No, Hansen is a medical authority, and by saying this, he is actually in agreement!
Does this mean Zhou Mo Sen won?
Richard is a prosecutor, he's handled many cases.
He clearly understood that now he should attack the falsification of medical records.
But Zhou Mo Sen calmly replied:
"I only used saline, and it's not hard to verify this. Just do a blood test on Miss Daddario."
He's not even afraid of a blood test!
Richard was nearly in despair.
…
Outside the courthouse.
Linda and her team didn't leave.
The intense heat was indeed unbearable.
And at that moment, a beautiful girl appeared.
"Are you a reporter?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm the one who secretly got cosmetic surgery."
Indeed, Alexandra Daddario herself was here!
Linda was delighted at hearing this.
She hurried to call the photographer over.
But earlier Zhou Mo Sen had expressed hope to protect the girl's privacy.
It's not hard, just blur her face in post-production!
Linda was about to interview, but suddenly, Zhou Mo Sen and his team also exited the court.
As soon as she saw him, Daddario rushed over.
"Dr. Zhou! You're a good doctor!"
It was quite the move of a young swallow returning to its nest.
Zhou Mo Sen could only catch the young lady, and it was only then he realized.
The girl indeed had grown up.
Richard witnessed this scene and was quite envious, yet helpless.
Alexandra bravely faced the journalists and cameras.
"Dr. Zhou solved my problem! He's a good doctor!"
Actually, the girl had hesitated a lot before.
Her dad Richard even threatened to take her back to New York.
But in the end, the girl still came.
She couldn't let a good doctor be wronged!
Moreover, he helped her... the girl's thoughts were very simple.
The girl's appearance made this show even more complete.
But is it over like this?
"How about we go for a blood test?" Professor Hansen suggested.
He actually still didn't believe that emotions could lead to cosmetic changes.
So let's go.
Of course, Linda followed along.
There might be a bigger story!
Blood tests are quite cumbersome in the United States, but right now this was urgent after all.
And money wasn't an issue.
The results came out quickly.
"Everything's normal, she's very healthy."
This fully proved that Zhou Mo Sen only used saline.
The currently known drugs that could make a girl mature are basically hormone-based.
Finally, Zhou Mo Sen won!
Linda had previously researched Professor Hansen's identity.
He is an authority.
Did Zhou Mo Sen win against an authority?
Maybe it can't be said like that, but it's definitely an interesting news story!
Immediately, the microphone was pushed forward, and the camera was focused.
And in Zhou Mo Sen's view...
Once this news airs, won't there be long lines outside my clinic?
Maybe next week, achieving a turnover of 200,000 US Dollars won't be impossible!