赵平波申请法庭令分配加国无忧资产，兄弟之争升级
大中公益网096.ca 2012年01月12日 19:20 来源：大中报记者南茜（Nancy Jin） [ 加大字体 | 缩小字体 ]
51.ca brothers tension escalates into court battle

根据《大中报》获得的法庭文件，49岁的赵平波申请法庭颁令对加国无忧资产进行清算，分配或处理，或令其43岁的弟弟赵平原购买他在加国无忧公司中享有的产业和利润。赵平波的这一法律行动表明加国无忧股东之间的内部间隙不断升级。
It seems that an internal feud between two brothers, 49-year-old Pingbo Zhao and 43- year-old Pingyuan Zhao who are also co-owners of 51.ca has been escalating, as Pingbo applies for a court order to wind up or dispose of the company, or to sell his shares of assets and profits in the company to his brother, according to court documents obtained by Chinese News.

赵平原已经向法庭递交了对将该法庭申请作出回应的通知。但是直至截稿时止，回应文件尚未出现于法庭资料中。
Pingyuan filed a Notice of Appearance indicating he intended to respond to the application. However, no responding document had been available in court file by press time.

赵平波于2011年11月递交安省高等法院的申请中称其弟赵平原取消了他在公司账户的签字权，不准许他以管理员身份登入网站，拒绝向他公布其在公司的资产份额和利润，并将其解雇。
In the application Pingbo filed to the Superior Court of Ontario in Nov. 2011, he claimed that his younger brother Pingyuan cancelled his signing authority in the company’s account, blocked his administrative access to the website, terminated his employment and refused to account for his share of profits and earnings in the company.

随申请提交的赵平波的证词说，两兄弟在2002年2月推出了加国无忧网站。2002年3月加国无忧和星星传媒签订协议，星星传媒拥有加国无忧60%的股份，赵平波拥有15%股份，赵平原拥有25%股份。
An affidavit filed with the application indicates that the two brothers launched 51.ca in Feb. 2002. In Mar. 2002, at the time a contract was signed between 51.ca and NewStarWeekly (New Star), New Star held 60% of shares, Pingbo 15% and Pingyuan 25%.

根据证词书，与星星传媒签订协议数月后，赵平原因每月$1800元的工资与星星传媒发生争端而返回中国。加国无忧与星星传媒的合同未能续约，并退回了星星传媒的股份。赵平原坚持收回这些股份，当时赵平波没有“过于在意”。
A few months after the contract was signed, Pingyuan went back to China following a dispute with New Star on his $1800 monthly salary. The contract was then discontinued and New Star shares were returned. Pingyuan insisted that the shares be returned to him and Pingbo was not “overly concerned” at the time.

赵平波挣来的利润
Pingbo’s made all profits

赵平波在证词中说，他认为公司在2006年至2010年间赚取的所有利润属他个人功绩，因为赵平原有半年时间是在中国运作其他项目，而他全面负责公司日常商务事宜。
According to the affidavit, Pingbo believed that all the profits the company earned between 2006 and 2010 were the results of his efforts alone, as Pingyuan spent half a year in China working on other projects and he was responsible for all daily operations.

赵平原返回中国后，赵平波接手了加国无忧的运作。至2002年底，加国无忧网站每月广告收入达到$500元，赵平波当时获40%的广告佣金。
After Pingyuan returned to China, Pingbo took over 51.ca’s operation and received 40% of advertising income by the end of 2002, when the site’s monthly advertising reached $500 per month.

证词书称，当9岁女童张东岳于2003年从家中遭绑架后，赵平波抓住该事件所创造之机以增加网站的点击率。他创建了网络论坛，让网友发表评论。他昼夜不停地发表消息，对事件即时更新。加国无忧网站的点击率随之大增，包括《多伦多星报》和《明报》在内的许多大报也会引用该网站提供的信息。
When 9-year-old Cecilia was abducted from her home in 2003, Pingbo captured the opportunity created by this incident to increase the site’s traffic, according to the affidavit. He created a forum that allowed comments to be posted. He kept writing articles, provided instant updates on the site and worked from day to night. The site attracted significant traffic and the information contained on the site was used by many major newspapers, including the Toronto Star and Ming Pao.

在2004年5月，PVB将向加国无忧提出$200万元法律索赔，但是赵平波成功地将这起官司变成一个媒体事件，引起了广泛公众的关注。据证词书称，PVB递交起诉书后，赵平波写了一封公开信致全球媒体。在他的五篇文章和公开信后，5000人发起请愿，最终PVB撤回了诉讼。
In May 2004, PVB filed a $2 million claim against 51.ca and Pingbo successfully turned the lawsuit into a media event which attracted public attention. According to the affidavit, after being served with a statement of claim, he wrote an open letter to the global media. In the wake of his 5 articles and the open letter, 5000 people petitioned and PVB retracted the lawsuit.

加国无忧网站的点击率为此激增。至 2004年底，网站的广告月收入增至1万元，黄页月销售额达$4000元。2004年1月，兄弟俩达成口头协议，赵平波从广告销售总额中提取20%佣金，从黄页广告收入中提取60%佣金。
Again, 51.ca traffic dramatically increased and the monthly advertising income jumped to $10,000 by the end of 2004, with Yellow Pages monthly sales reaching $4000. And a Jan.2004 oral agreement between the brothers had Pingbo make 20% of general advertising and 60% of Yellow Pages sales.

据证词称，2005年中，赵平原同意将赵平波的销售佣金从普通广告收入的20%提高到25%，以作为他辛勤工作的奖励。但是在2006年，由于公司增聘了人手，赵平波的佣金又降至20%。
In mid-2005, Pingyuan agreed to reward Pingbo’s hard work by raising his sales commission from 20% of general advertising to 25%. However, in 2006, Pingbo’s commission dropped back to 20% due to new hires to the company, according to the affidavit.

赵平波的不满
Pingbo dissatisfied

据证词称，2005年起，经济上的某些纠纷开始令两兄弟关系紧张。赵平波要求公司为其妻子的工作支付工资，但是被赵平原拒绝；公司的办公室设立在赵平波的家中，但是没有向其支付租金；赵平原自己把持了所有谷歌广告收入，尽管有协议要求所有的广告销售都需要通过赵平波。
In 2005, issues on the financial front started to create tensions between the brothers. According to the affidavit, Pingyuan turned down Pingbo’s request to pay for his wife’s work for 51.ca; Pingbo didn’t get to collect the rent of the office that was set up at his home; Pingyuan kept all Google advertising income to himself, despite an agreement requiring all advertising sales go through Pingbo.

同时，加国无忧的收入迅猛增长。至2010年，公司每月的可分配收入已经高达$116,400元。自2006年经与其父商讨后，赵平波和赵平原一直是以2:3的比例分享利润，但赵平原一直将一笔占公司总收入1/6的的缓冲现金控制在公司账户中，而赵平波没有拿到其中属于他的份额。2010年这笔缓冲现金已达到$641,000元。
Revenue went up so quickly for the company that by 2010, the monthly distributable income reached as high as $116,400. While the fund had been shared between Pingyuan and Pingbo based on a 2:3 ratio since 2006 -- an agreement reached after discussion with their father, a cash “buffer” ,equivalent to 1/6 of the company’s revenue that reached $641,000 in 2010 had been kept in the company’s account by Pingyuan, from which Pingbo did not get his share.

证词书称，2009年1月，赵平原创建了“219”公司以取代51.ca.Inc。当时，双方都是“219”的董事，并有签署公司支票权。自此，加国无忧的大部分收入以及缓冲现金都被转到“219”的账户中。
In Jan. 2009, Pingyuan created a new company “219” to replace 51.ca Inc., and both brothers were directors and signing officers for the bank account. Since then, most of the income from 51.ca, along with the cash buffer were transferred to the “219” account, according to the affidavit.

由于双方矛盾未能得到解决，兄弟二人之间的紧张关系持续升级。在2010年8月，赵平原取消了赵平波对加国无忧以及“219”账户的签字权。
As conflicts were not adequately addressed, tension continued to escalate. In Aug. 2010 Pingyuan cancelled Pingbo’s signing authority for 51.ca and the “219” account.

在文件中所附的一份2010年8月25日的电子邮件中，赵平原通知其兄不再拥有签发这两家公司账户支票的权利，邮件中称，“不论将来我们之间的纠纷将来如何解决，最终都需要这样处理，这不过是迟早的事情。”
In an Aug. 25, 2010 email attached in the document, Pingyuan notified his brother that he no longer had the authority to issue checks for the two companies under his name, stating that “no matter how our dispute will be resolved in future, it will end up with the same resolution, and it is just a matter of time.”

赵平原在邮件中还写道：“我再次建议你，先咨询律师，真正搞清楚你的想法是否有道理后，再做其他事情。否则，你可能会承担你难以承受的后果，到时候后悔就晚了。”
“I, again, advise you to consult a lawyer and make sure your plans are reasonable before taking any actions. Otherwise, you would suffer the regrettable consequences,” wrote Pingyuan in the email.

矛盾升级
Tension soaring

赵平波的证词称，2010年8月，赵平波在一个中文网站发出公开信，公开了兄弟二人之间的内部矛盾。由于这封公开信，兄弟俩的矛盾进一步升级 。
In Aug. 2010, Pingbo wrote an open letter disclosing the internal conflict between the brothers and posted it on a Chinese website. The brothers’ tension has escalated further resulting from the letter, according to the affidavit.

赵平原终止了赵平波的工作，并阻止他登录管理员账户。10月份的一个特殊会议准备授予赵平原唯一的支票签署权，并指定赵平原为公司唯一董事长。赵平波没有拿到“219”的任何股份。赵平波逾$20万元服务成本无法报销。尽管赵平波以股东身份反对，赵平原还是利用公司资源推出一份报纸。
Pingyuan terminated Pingbo’s service and blocked his access to 51.ca’s administrative account; An Oct. special meeting intended to assign Pingyuan sole signing authority for “219” and to elect Pingyuan as the sole director of the company; No “219” shares had been issued to Pingbo; Pingbo’ s over $200,000 business costs were not paid. Despite the objection of Pingbo as a shareholder, Pingyuan launched a newspaper using the company’s funds and resources, the affidavit claims.

赵平波在法庭文件中称：“Paul（平原）将我排除在公司事务外对我不公……完全不顾并损害我的利益，并且不公平地获取公司资产，并将其用于自身目的。”
“Paul (Pingyuan) unfairly excluded me from the affairs of that corporation… totally disregarding and prejudicing my interests, and unfairly took the company’s assets and used them for his own purposes,” claimed Pingbo in the affidavit.

法官在2011年12月份颁布命令，要求赵平原在2012年一月中旬前对该申请作出回应。
A judge’s order in Dec. 2011 required that Pingyuan respond to the application by mid-January, 2012.

以上所有指控尚未得到法庭证实。
All allegations and claims above have not been proven in court.

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