What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 544 - 180 Is this what you meant by someone paying the lawyer’s fee?_5

They truly didn’t understand anything, and as some would say, were profoundly ignorant, feeling that if they were duped, they deserved it.

But Old Tang didn’t care about that; he handled cases out of personal enjoyment, unrelated to anything else.

Thus, after the village secretary Gao Jianshe had informed everyone about the situation, many villagers were a bit dazed.

"Jianshe, are you saying that this Lawyer Tang is going to fight our lawsuit for free?" an old man stepped forward and asked with some disbelief.

The main reason being, the last person who claimed to not want any money was a scammer, and now here was another claiming the same.

"Third Uncle, it’s true, he doesn’t want money. Let me tell you, this Lawyer Tang is a famous lawyer on the internet and often handles cases for poor people without charge. Plus, it’s not exactly for free this time, someone is footing the bill..."

Gao Jianshe kept explaining about the Lawyers Association’s activities. Soon, Officer Old Chang also rushed over and after a lengthy explanation, the villagers finally believed it.

Although they had no idea what the Lawyers Association was after, now that such an opportunity had come their way, they certainly had to be part of it!

So, they began one by one, needing to register each person’s information and related matters properly, and to sign an agency agreement with each one.

As we don’t have a collective lawsuit system, whether the court will consolidate the cases for joint trial is up to the court.

This job was rather tedious, fortunately, Xue Lingling was there to help, and by the afternoon, everything was finally done.

Old Tang immediately sent the materials back to Tengda so they could start on preparing the contracts.

After all this, he got in the car and returned to the county to rest.

At the same time, in Tengda’s office, Wang Qingqing stared at the stack of documents sent over, feeling almost dazed—what on earth had Brother Tang gotten himself into?

Compared to a previous case involving thousands of people online, this number of people wasn’t that significant, but this time was different, these were over a hundred plaintiffs!

But what’s with this attorney fee, three thousand per person? Isn’t that a bit too high?

Nevermind, after all, she was just running errands. Before long, the materials had been delivered to Old Wang’s office.

Old Wang also became a bit dazed as he looked through the materials. Although the Lawyers Association was paying, Tang was going a bit too far. Before, the fee was calculated at the minimum price of two thousand per case, but this time it had suddenly jumped to three thousand, and although it was still very cheap, the number of people was huge!

One hundred and thirty plus, this comes to nearly four hundred thousand!

Moreover, unlike before, the Lawyers Association specifically mentioned that Tang Fangjing should not be shortchanged and that the billing should be accurate...

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After thinking for a while, Old Wang made a phone call, deciding to ask Tang Fangjing.

Five minutes after hanging up the phone, Old Wang immediately called Old Cheng.

In the Lawyers Association office, Old Cheng answered with a smile, "Director Wang, I’m currently free… What? Four hundred thousand? No, what kind of case has Tang Fangjing taken on!"

Old Cheng’s smile vanished instantly, his face showing the pain of loss. They say you don’t know how expensive the essentials are until you are in charge. Initially, he thought a few tens of thousands of yuan would be the limit, but now it was bumped up by a zero!

"It’s a joint lawsuit case, over a hundred and thirty plaintiffs, at three thousand per person. Old Cheng, people report Lawyer Tang to the Lawyers Association for unfair competition online every day, so he’s charging a bit higher this time. I believe the Lawyers Association definitely won’t have any objections, right?"

Old Cheng was about to explode, "No objections my ass, this is actual reimbursable expenses. Four hundred thousand, I’m tempted to make that money myself!"

"All right, Old Cheng, stop complaining. Tang Fangjing hasn’t screwed you over. I’ll send you a document in a bit and you’ll understand. Consider it an experiment. Who knows, this might turn out to be a landmark case of juridical interpretation..."

Soon, Old Cheng saw the related materials and found them increasingly intriguing because, ever since the Supreme Court’s regulations came out, there had not yet been a case like this.

The first facial recognition case involved a plaintiff who was a lawyer himself, so there were no other issues.

But now it was different, tying facial information with consumer rights was an extremely novel attempt and it had promise, real promise!

Is four hundred thousand a lot? Not at all. Just hold one more training session at the end of the year, and there will be money...

When the next day arrived, Old Tang was back in the village signing contracts with the villagers. After completing the contracts, he returned to Dongshan County and went straight to the county court.

In the case filing chamber, a clerk frowned at the stack of materials and said, "You want a presuit investigation order? But you don’t even have a complaint, or any information about the defendant."

"That’s why I need the investigation order, comrade. Please speed up the process if possible, since this concerns over a hundred villagers."

The usual civil case filing conundrum: the chicken or the egg. You can’t file without the opposing party’s information, no investigative order without filing, can’t find the opposing party’s information...

While there is a provision that allows for an investigative order during the filing process, at small-town courts, it gets decided case by case.

Why is it said that those who have worked at a court before have a smoother time practicing law? Not just because of legal matters, but other aspects as well.

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In such situations, they can get an investigative order issued more quickly, something that’s not so easy for other lawyers to obtain. The law does not mandate that an application must be granted...

Luckily, Old Tang had a slightly smoother experience, and without pause, he got the investigation order processed and went to the town police station to retrieve information.

Old Chang was, naturally, very cooperative; both personal information of the other party and loan evidence they found could be accessed.

Then, Old Tang returned to the court and showed the staff what a "gigantic handbag" looked like.