"Old Tang, you just had that incident with the Bar Association, and now you've taken on this kind of case?"
In the office, Old Song looked straight at Tang Fangjing with gritted teeth.
Wage claim cases are quite special among various types of cases. With the current environment, getting unpaid wages is much easier than before. Once there is an incident of wage arrears, all parties will try to coordinate and at least pay the migrant workers first.
Basically, the cases wouldn't escalate to court.
But what if there's genuinely no money? They would shift the money from those working on a project, such as "985" or "211" university graduates...
Or have the subcontractors front the money...
However, our country is vast, and despite the generally good environment, some individual cases still exist.
But if it needs to go to court, it means there's a problem, and a big one at that, one that can't be easily resolved simply through coordination.
The case Tang Fangjing now took obviously belongs to the more troublesome kind.
Old Tang understood this. The fact that the system gave such a reward already signified that the cases from now on could be dangerous.
"Old Song, so I'm going to suggest to Master Luo to take it one step at a time, to first settle the loan disputes. By that time, it should be close to the Chinese New Year, and I definitely wouldn't touch wage claim cases before the festival," he said. Updates are released by novèlfire.net
"After the New Year, I think I'll start the lawyer training and assessment. I'll take on that case when the time comes!"
He had the system's cheat to protect him, but Old Song did not; if someone stabbed him twice, he would really be done for.
Hearing this, Old Song expressed his surprise, "With your ability, are you still considering an assessment? You don't really believe that the Bar Association wouldn't dare to mess with you, do you?"
Not to mention that this kid was still making a new video. Once that video is released, everyone will know that Li Changming's imprisonment was orchestrated by him. The Bar Association's leaders are probably going to hate him to death.
"Let them be. If they want to play, I'll play along. What's the big deal about the Bar Association? Do they think they own the courts?" Tang Fangjing paused before adding, "Actually, I'm really curious about something. If we sued the Bar Association over their disciplinary action, what would be the nature of the lawsuit? Civil?
Or... administrative?"
Upon hearing this, Old Song suddenly froze, as if it was the first time someone had raised this question.
The Bar Association is a social organization, a self-regulatory organization, not an administrative agency, yet it has powers similar to those of an administrative agency…
"Add the material of my warning sanction into your video," Old Song suddenly said. "Now that you've brought it up, I'm also quite curious about what it really counts as..."
"I don't dare to offend those powerful bosses, so why should I be afraid of the Bar Association?"
No lawyer has directly confronted the Bar Association before. Old Song felt that going a little crazy for once seemed pretty good. On further thought, since the Bar Association wouldn't dare to play dirty, what was there to fear really?
His perspective opened up all at once, and it felt comfortable.
Soon after the exchange, Old Tang went straight to the Legal Aid Center with Luo Duancheng. The place was right next to the courthouse, extremely close.
Lawyers have mandatory legal aid tasks—the state provides a subsidy for this. It used to be that lawyers didn't want to take on legal aid cases, but now the competition is so fierce that at least legal aid still pays, which is better than not getting any cases at all...
Just as Old Tang expected, after hearing the situation, the Legal Aid Center agreed there was no problem and asked Luo Duancheng to fill out an application to start the procedure.
Going through the procedure takes time. After Luo Duancheng filed his application, he returned to work at the construction site. Old Tang then headed back to his law firm, where the video was completed and ready to be released.
Li Wanting, a charming female lawyer, now looked like a programmer who had spent three days fixing bugs, with dark circles under her eyes, staring at Tang Fangjing as if he were a beast.
"Brother Tang, I've not slept well for days. It's just..."
"Wan Ting, you're tired, aren't you? The homeowners' association of Yuefu Residential Complex is repairing many facilities and needs a lawyer for contract review; there might be litigation too. If you're tired, I'll have Wei Long go..."
Outside, Li Weilong was overjoyed upon hearing this and was about to burst in and exclaim "Lawyer Tang is awesome" when Li Wanting directly said, "Lawyer Tang, I'm not tired at all, not in the slightest. These are just minor issues."
Tang Fangjing nodded with satisfaction, "You'll go with your master this afternoon. I've already spoken with Director Liu."
After speaking, he didn't pay any further mind to the excited Li Wanting and sat down to watch a video.
The video wasn't long, just over ten minutes, but the content was extremely rich.
The critical content, like the bar association's interference and the collection of false litigation evidence, was all depicted using stick figure animations, but if the bar association thinks their reputation has been violated, then just wait—there are cameras in Tengda's offices.
Even though the legal field isn't about brute force, Tang Fangjing had no desire to compromise. He'd compromised enough in his past life, and once you compromise once, it becomes a habit.
If I had to compromise before the system, and I still have to compromise with it, then what's the point of having the system!
It's true Old Wang would be under a lot of pressure, but it doesn't matter—Old Wang is the most astute businessman. As long as I can continuously bring him profits, he will definitely withstand the pressure.
After watching carefully, Tang Fangjing typed out a title at lightning speed: Lawyers taking money without diligence, even bragging we're professionals, not afraid of your lawsuit?
And the description read: A 'professional' lawyer who couldn't even handle a false litigation perfectly.
As the videos uploaded across major platforms, Ju Haiqing, who was already prepared, started disseminating them far and wide.
He now considered himself one of Tang Fangjing's senior loyal fans, especially since this matter was related to him. Despite his social anxiety in reality, online he was second to none!
Although the buzz around Li Changming being caught in court had died down, everyone still remembered it, and now they were very interested in this video, because they were curious about just how coincidental it was.
Outside Feixiang Law Firm, Yan Xueling, who was having a meal, almost choked when she saw the video title and description.
This Lawyer Tang is such a sadist, so cruel. They've already been locked up, and you're still not dropping the "professional" angle. What is this? This is nothing short of destroying someone's soul...
Therefore, soon after, the Colored Brother, whose reputation soared during the last incident, reposted the video with a comment.
"To kill and to destroy the soul, oh how I love it...(*^▽^*)"
As soon as this comment appeared, even the twisted netizens felt this was a bit too twisted.
"You think it's a shady path": Brother, be more subtle, okay? Lawyer Tang likes women!
"Life is about movement": Ugh, I can't take it anymore, Brother. Let's go to the Telegram group...
About Li Changming's case, there had been speculation before as to whether Lawyer Tang was behind it, which was immediately countered with claims of impossibility.
Even if Tang Fangjing was amazing, he couldn't have sent someone to jail.
But then, watching in the video as the other party issued investigation orders and checked bank statements for evidence, those who had been confident suddenly fell silent.
It really was that guy's doing, and he even mocked them—the other party was already in custody!
In Magic City, Lawyer Zheng, while watching the video, unusually refrained from commenting. Others who usually picked fights with Tang Fangjing's videos, like "Idle Clouds Wild Cranes," also didn't leave comments.
Because, truly, there was nothing to comment on—being caught with false litigation evidence was indefensible...
This video gave people so much to talk about, like the bar association's previous claim that it was a temp worker's doing, only for the video to turn around and display the warning and disciplinary decision letter.
The bar association's official seal was blatantly clear on it—if anyone dared to call it fake now, we'd have to confront them at the police station.
On one side, it would be the crime of forging the seals of companies, enterprises, public institutions, or social organizations; on the other, it would be false accusation and framing...