What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Chapter 61: Chapter 51: The Lawyer Going in Doesn't Affect the Law Firm Paying Compensation_2

Unfortunately, because the live stream of the trial froze, the broadcast was cut off, but the news had already spread across the internet.

Inside Shengda Law Firm, Director Wu smashed his phone with a loud bang.

He had indeed considered the possibility that Shengda might lose, but in his mind, losing merely meant a partial refund of the attorney fees!

After all, the case involved an unfinished building, which is an extremely sensitive issue, a mishandling of which could easily attract public criticism.

Given this factor, the court agreeing to a partial refund of attorney fees seemed reasonable.

But what happened? Dammit, Li Changming had just gone in, and the case was lost disastrously right after.

The insurance would pay out, but the amount was too large, and it could not be fully covered by the insurance. Their law firm would have to pay out of pocket first and foremost.

Director Wu was so angry he wanted to hit someone. Had the Guangming District Court gone mad? How could they rule in favor of the other side? How could lawyers practice in the future? No, this called for the Lawyers Association to step in and communicate!

The comments online were unreadable. A casual glance showed that Jingzhou Observations, the self-media, had disabled their comment section after being bombarded with criticism, and their person in charge kept calling him.

But Director Wu did not want to answer. He could guess what the caller wanted to say just by thinking with his butt...

But something was very wrong about this situation. False litigation was generally hard to prove. There hadn't been any hints of trouble before, so how did it suddenly break out now? What on earth happened?

Meanwhile, at the Jingzhou City Lawyers Association, Yin Deyuan was sipping tea, getting ready to start preparing for the new batch of intern lawyers' training.

Just as he was mulling things over, a staff member rushed in and said hurriedly, "President, that Li Changming, the Li Changming from Shengda, he's been taken away!"

Yin Deyuan frowned with displeasure and said, "Speak clearly. Taken away, where to? Isn't he supposed to be in court today? Has he gone to the court? What time is it already?"

"No, he was taken away by the police. They say he's suspected of false litigation and has already been criminally detained by the Guangming Branch..."

What?

Yin Deyuan stood up abruptly and said, "Are you sure this information is correct? How can someone get arrested for going to court, what exactly is happening?"

"I don't know. Wasn't the trial being live streamed today? Then, during the recess, police came in and took him away," the staff member replied.

"They took him away during a live broadcast? Didn't they cut the signal?"

Yin Deyuan immediately became anxious; this seemed like big trouble. In theory, if anything unexpected happened, the live stream should be cut off right away—how had it been broadcasted?

Quickly, notify those self-media to delete the previous videos… right, has the disciplinary action against Song Tengfei been issued yet?"

Before the staff member could reply, the door to the office swung open, and Han Chengli walked in, his face dark: "It's been issued."

"But, how could the disciplinary committee act so quickly today? Couldn't they wait?" Yin Deyuan protested loudly.

"Not only has it been issued, but the court has also made a verdict. Shengda is held responsible for eighty percent of the liability," Han Chengli said with a grim face.

The Lawyers Association must take action; the impact of this verdict is too big. Since when do lawyers have to be accountable for the execution of a case!" Yin Deyuan said sternly.

"It shouldn't be too difficult online. I've already asked Xiao He to delete the notices posted online. It was just for a minute or two; I reckon no one saw them," Han Chengli replied.

That'll do, Yin Deyuan nodded: "We'll just send out an internal notice. Don't let them post documents online carelessly, and first think about how to deal with the impact of this case."

However, these older lawyers underestimated the internet pranksters; netizens love a big scene—the bigger, the better, the more stimulating and explosive, the better!

Deleted after two minutes and it's all fine? Haven't they seen these instantaneous deletions captured by screenshots?

As for the rest, you might command respect in the lawyers' turf, but netizens know what you're up to!

Not to mention there's a lot of folks within the lawyers' community who dislike the Lawyers Association...

Under such scrutiny, a short video suddenly went viral.

The uploader's name was "I Like to Stir Up Colors."

The video was simple, just two pictures. One was a screenshot of the Lawyers Association previously praising Li Changming, and on the other side was the scene of Li Changming being arrested.

And the other photo is of Song Tengfei making a righteous speech during a live broadcast, complete with captions about winning a lawsuit, beside it is a screenshot of him being issued a warning sanction by the Lawyers Association...

Beneath it is a line: "I don't know who's blind, and I wouldn't dare say."

The sardonic tone combined with the stark contrast made this short video of just a few seconds go viral in an instant.

The contrast was just too striking, a lawyer constantly praised by the Lawyers Association, described as having an overly strong sense of justice, is now caught in the act, and it's even for suspected fraudulent litigation.

And the lawyer who was investigated and punished by the Lawyers Association remained righteous in court, expressing that a lawyer should serve with professionalism.

In the video's comment section, netizens started all sorts of antics.

"What you think is a shady path": Jingzhou Lawyers Association: Don't worry, my eyes are certainly not blind!

"I'm so big, please bear with me": Jingzhou Lawyers Association: Why don't you make your point a little clearer?

All sorts of stale memes and a myriad of emoji packs emerged, quickly picking up the pace and flying high.

At Jingzhou Feixiang Law Firm, Miss Xiao Yan grinned at her phone, and just then, a voice sounded: "Miss Yan, are you busy?"

"Not at all!" Yan Xueling quickly turned her phone face down on the table. "Zhang, is there something you need?"

"I'm telling you, I've got another case, don't laugh... It's a simple one this time, a civil loan dispute. Someone borrowed his money and won't pay it back. The other party sought consultation, do you want to get involved?"

Zhang Wei said confidently in front of her.

God knows where the rumor came from, saying that the cases handled by Zhang Wei usually end up with sending the clients to jail. How could that be possible!

These days, going to jail isn't that simple, making it sound as if Zhang Wei has become some sort of prison deity.

Miss Xiao Yan nodded: "That's no problem."

Just a loan dispute, surely it couldn't lead to any trouble. Definitely impossible.

...

Inside Tengda Law Firm, Tang Fangjing watched the online video and sighed, thinking to himself that this person who liked to stir things up was truly a piece of work.

"Old Song, Old Song, look at this video, haha, it's killing me, look at this Song Tengfei getting a warning... Song Tengfei? What's your name again?"

He had been calling him Old Song so often that he almost forgot his actual name.

The Old Song opposite him replied with a dark face: "My name is Song Tengfei, thank you."

Tang Fangjing was taken aback and was about to say something when Old Song added: "Fine, I already knew about this sanction a long time ago, I told you before that the Lawyers Association here in Jingzhou is quite bold."

"You don't have to worry about me, as long as you can bring in cases, I'll be fine. But you, after the New Year, you interns are going to start concentrated training, and the Lawyers Association will have plenty of ways to deal with you then."

"That's even less of an issue, but we can't just overlook this warning, let's appeal to the Handong Provincial Lawyers Association first, and if the appeal fails, then sue them!" Tang Fangjing said.

It was now Old Song's turn to be confused: "Old Tang, you're not drunk, are you, suing the Lawyers Association? The leaders of the association are senior lawyers with many years of experience, sue them to get my warning revoked? That's too much trouble!"

A warning was nothing much to Old Song, he didn't take it seriously. If he really went to court, it would mean a complete fallout with the Lawyers Association and likely more passive-aggressive retaliation in the future.

"Old Song, you were sanctioned because I took on this case..."

However, before Tang Fangjing could finish his sentence, Old Song interrupted him.

"What are you saying? What about 'your case'? Are you even a lawyer, you? I took the case because I wanted to, and I'm more than happy to collect the lawyer's fees on it... so don't say things like that. I, Old Song, may not have any special talents, but I can still tell right from wrong."

As Old Song hummed a tune and walked away, Tang Fangjing laughed. Old Song really was a smart guy.

But considering the current situation, he guessed the Lawyers Association must be having a hard time with the overwhelming public opinion, at least the department in charge, the Bureau of Justice, must be restless.

After thinking for a while, he sent a private message to the brother who liked to stir things up.

"Bro, you're awesome!"