What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 558 - 183: I have finished speaking; who approves and who opposes?_5

Secretary Tian from the community originally felt that such mediation might be problematic, as the very purpose of mediation is to quell disputes and stop litigation. Yet you? Within minutes, you’re talking about suing somebody. You’re really not helping at all.

However, Secretary Tian soon realized that Tang Fangjing’s mediation was surprisingly effective.

Issues that they had struggled to resolve, such as a resident in the community causing noise disturbances, a persistent problem that seemed incurable—no amount of persuasion worked, and the person would kick up a fuss whenever confronted.

When Tang Fangjing stepped in, the problem was resolved directly.

Noise disturbance, is it? He would straightforwardly offer to help issue a prohibition order, then follow up with a lawsuit; if the other party persisted, they would directly make it known to the court that the opposition was "refusing to execute a judgment or order."...

Kicking up a fuss? That’s stirring up trouble, then. If the public security authorities didn’t handle it, he’d opt for administrative reconsideration, administrative litigation... until it’s taken care of.

Without even needing to take action, the harsh words out of Tang Fangjing’s mouth would scare the other side into submission, leading them to offering compensation and an apology, promising no further disturbances—unbelievably effective mediation.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the law firm reopened, and Old Tang continued to take on cases. The new year called for earning some money, not just empty building, while also preparing for this year’s assessment for trainee lawyers.

Meanwhile, Ju Haiqing was typing away.

Online discussions about the "Flying" game service shutdown had dwindled.

Everyone has to live their lives; it’s just a game, after all. Other than cursing a bit, what else could they do?

The world is just like that; most people won’t make a fuss over such minor issues because it’s truly unnecessary.

However, Ju Haiqing was still very upset and found that he really did want to sue the game company!

After some thought, he indeed decided he wanted to have a go at suing them!

And he had made up his mind about the subject of his next book—it would be a novel where the protagonist is a lawyer!

Just like Lawyer Tang, skilled and fighting desperately for ordinary people’s lawsuits.

But he didn’t understand the law, nor did he know how a case process even worked, so this was the perfect opportunity to gather information and understand how to handle a case.

First, he went to Guangming District Court, but the personnel there stated outright that they had no jurisdiction over his case.

After much soft and persistent pleading, court staff had no choice but to tell him that according to regulations, the jurisdiction should be governed by the defendant’s place of residence.

He wasn’t sure who the defendant was, only aware that this game was under the Meitian Company, which was located in The Capital.

It just happened he had visited The Capital for tourism before the New Year, and he took the opportunity to file a lawsuit there, gathering some evidence, like screenshots of the Virtual Coin in the game and records of his top-up transactions. While he had never seen pork, he had seen pigs run.

The result was a denial of acceptance because the user agreement between both parties indicated that the contract was signed in Jiangguang City of Hannan Province, and he had to sue in a court there instead.

Ju Haiqing, who was inexperienced, got a harsh lesson from the law; a simple matter of jurisdiction left him feeling at a loss.

This is a little tactic of Internet companies today, like a certain goose; if you diligently read their user agreements, you’ll see they specify the location of agreement signing, and the governing court should also be from the same location...

Undeterred and having nothing else to do, he treated it like a trip and visited Jiangguang City again. He finally received a message from the court a couple of days prior, stating that his case had been successfully filed.

It wasn’t easy at all, truly a challenge. When watching Tang Fangjing take on lawsuits, it seemed so effortless; filing a case wasn’t even a concern. But when it came to his own case, problems arose everywhere.

Now, he was too embarrassed to seek Tang Fangjing’s assistance, having intended to handle it himself but ending up like this. All he wanted was to get it over with quickly.

As Ju Haiqing was busily writing, his cellphone rang.

"Hello? Who’s this?"

"Good day, may I speak to Mr. Ju Haiqing? This is from Meitian Company."

"You’ve finally decided to call me, huh?" Ju Haiqing’s anger was immediately ignited, "Trying to get you guys to compensate is really hard!"

On the other end, Zhou Xianying, the legal manager at the Meitian Company in The Capital, said over the phone, "We’re sorry, Mr. Ju. We’ve reviewed the situation, and it’s about the unused Virtual Coin you topped-up that you feel should be refunded, right?"

"Isn’t that what’s supposed to happen? Other cases have resulted in refunds after litigation, why not you?" Ju Haiqing yelled back.

"Mr. Ju, I called to solve the problem. Could you please listen to me first? After discussion, our company has decided to refund the unused portion of the Virtual Coin in legal currency."

"However, we cannot agree to your other demands."

His other demands were that he believed the game officials were launching new servers and conducting events one minute and then suddenly announcing a shutdown, luring him into spending more money. Therefore, he argued they should compensate more, a total of four hundred yuan.

And also issue a public apology for this manner of behavior.

These were strategies learned from Old Tang, who often included such items in his demands.

So, after hearing this response, Ju Haiqing said outright, "That won’t do; at the very least you should make a public apology in the game. I could let go of that few hundred, but you have to apologize. You didn’t know about the shutdown last month?"

"If you don’t agree, then let’s take it to court!"

On the other end, Zhou Xianying replied, "Then sue us if you must." Enjoy new chapters from novelbuddy

After that, she hung up. These big internet companies really aren’t afraid of a lawsuit from an ordinary person.

In Zhou Xianying’s view, it really was a trivial matter; if you won a lawsuit, they’d pay you 320 yuan, just like a labor dispute—after all your efforts, you’d simply get what’s owed to you.

Unless you pulled some cunning moves like Old Tang, they really weren’t worried about your lawsuit.

Ju Haiqing was stunned—this scene seemed so familiar, as if he had seen it in one of Lawyer Tang’s videos...

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Never mind all that, the case had been filed, so he might as well wait for the court date.

A few days passed, and one morning, Ju Haiqing received a call from the court.

"What? The ruling was dismissed? You haven’t even held a court session, and you determined that the defendant was not the correct entity? What does that mean? The phone call they made to discuss settlement, that was about their game, wasn’t it?"

On the other end, court staff explained, "After investigation, the game operator listed in the user agreement is not Meitian Company, hence the dismissal. You can file another lawsuit."

Ju Haiqing hung up the phone in a daze; this wasn’t something he could write about—writing it down would definitely lead to failure.

After hesitating, he dialed Tang Fangjing’s number.

"Hello, Lawyer Tang? This is Ju Haiqing. I need your help with something. I’ve been bullied so badly..."