What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 547 - 181: Are there still people who dig their own graves this day and age?_2

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After stirring things up like this, some villagers will definitely make a fuss, but don’t worry about whether they kick up a fuss or not, just think about whether this law popularization is effective or not. At the very least, those villagers will remember this for the rest of their lives...

As for people cursing Old Tang, let them curse if they want to; the owners in the Victoria Gardens complex are still cursing as we speak, tirelessly at that.

It was at this time that Xu Shouchang and a few others had just walked out of the law firm.

They had specially sought legal consultation, and then the local lawyer told them that in his whole lifetime of handling cases, he had never seen legal fees paid by the defendant.

As for the triple damages fee, that was hard to say; the local lawyer’s advice was that the risk of losing the case was very high.

It’s the same old line, lawyers can’t possibly know everything; it’s a profession that requires lifelong learning. The Supreme Court issues new regulations, new interpretations; local governments come out with new rules, and if you don’t study them, you certainly won’t know.

As they walked, suddenly someone said, "Boss, look over there, that guy seems to be the one from the police station!"

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Xu Shouchang took a careful look and indeed it was; he was sitting there with a small table set up, with people constantly talking in front of him, and a few young people busy at the side.

What’s going on here?

Soon, Xu Shouchang struck up a conversation with an elderly lady, who chuckled and said, "Oh, that. That’s Lawyer Tang helping with registration. I heard someone was going around the village deceiving people; Lawyer Tang had people notify all the villages below."

"As long as people come to register, he’ll litigate for free over here, saying not to worry, someone else is footing the bill..."

What? Xu Shouchang was stunned; although he knew Tang Fangjing was twisted, he didn’t expect him to be this twisted. One village wasn’t enough, huh?

And doing this, isn’t he afraid of losing the case?

Right then, the phone rang. Picking it up, he saw it was a call from the court.

"Is this Xu Shouchang? Yes, this is Dongshan Court. Just to let you know, because these past two days we’ve had quite a few people come in to file lawsuits, the court is preparing to adopt representative litigation..."

After hanging up, Xu Shouchang’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Tang Fangjing, dammit, you really ought to die. How could there be such a plague like you in this world!

From what the court said, it wasn’t the slow court proceedings he had imagined at all; they’re just going to pick two or three cases to adjudicate and the rest won’t need to be dealt with, going straight into effect!

Wang Junmei, standing nearby after hearing this, couldn’t help but say, "That’s not right. Why should we pay the legal fees if the case goes into effect without a trial? By what right!"

Xu Shouchang really wanted to confront that Tang surname and ask him what he had done to deserve this kind of treatment.

But seeing the people registering, he chickened out.

If he showed himself now, Xu Shouchang was worried the villagers might retaliate... physically.

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The day of the hearing arrived, and Old Tang got his things together and left the hotel at a leisurely pace.

In December, rain started falling in Dongshan County, a rain colder than snow, yet Old Tang felt delighted as he walked in the rain.

Another year was coming to an end; he reckoned plenty of folks in Jingzhou were eagerly awaiting his demise. Ah, there was nothing that could be done; he, Tang Fangjing, just couldn’t die, annoying as that may be.

Using case work for law popularization in the countryside was indeed a slow process, but no matter, he’d cover two counties this year, and make time to visit more next year; after all, Old Cheng had already agreed.

With so much funding in the Lawyers Association, don’t hoard it, use it to handle cases. That’s much better than organizing those inexplicable events.

He didn’t take a car, just walked all the way to the Dongshan Court. At the entrance to the civil chamber, Old Tang saw a few familiar faces, and a man in a very proper suit, presumably the lawyer they had hired.

However, Old Tang had no intention of speaking; these folks were clearly novices.

If he were dealing with this, he would not have let anyone catch him; the money would be immediately transferred into various accounts, beyond freezing.

Sue as you please, what does it matter how you sue, I won’t even show up in court, go ahead with your execution, if you can recover a cent consider me the loser.

They were still young, after all. In his past life, he had defended many scammers of this type, those who were very generous with offering money, raising the stakes, unendurable, truly unendurable.

It was just Xu Shouchang who was unaware of Old Tang’s thoughts; otherwise, he’d be baffled – who’s the real scammer here, and how come you’re so acquainted with this!

The trial began, and the presiding judge, as usual, asked if they needed to accept mediation, but Old Tang immediately refused.

"The court investigation will now begin; please, the plaintiff, start presenting evidence."

Old Tang then began presenting evidence: "Evidence one, the police station’s record concerning the defendants shows that they indeed committed business fraud through a method that was nominally a gift, but in reality a loan."

This evidence was significant; a signed police record could be directly used as evidence, and indeed, in criminal cases, these records are also crucial.

The lawyer hired by Xu Shouchang was named Jiang Zhongxi and was well-known locally.

Of course, Xu Shouchang didn’t know that Lawyer Jiang’s reputation was mainly because he was a veteran and had worked at the court before, though not as a judge.

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Jiang Zhongxi now cross-examined: "We have no objections to the authentic nature of the evidence, but we object to its objectivity and relevance. The police record is merely a result of an inquiry at the time and cannot prove..."

"Evidence two, video evidence of the defendants collecting facial recognition information for loans in Xiping village proves that they truly persuaded villagers into taking online loans."

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