What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 546 - 181: Are there still people who dig their own graves this day and age?

In the hotel room, everyone fell silent.

Xu Shouchang stared at the copy of the complaint in his hand, his facial expression somewhat contorted.

"Damn it, they said someone would cover the lawyer fees, and now we’re the ones who have to pay! He really thought of everything!"

At the time, when I heard what they said, I felt it was strange. Who nowadays would be so generous to pay for farmers to sue..."

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The woman next to him, Xu Shouchang’s wife, Wang Junmei, said, "This... this makes no sense. Why should we pay the lawyer fees? I think it’s just something they wrote to scare us."

"Yeah, Xu bro, I also think it’s just to scare us. It’s just a lawsuit, and we’ve been to court before. Never heard that you can make the other side pay for the lawyer fees." The man previously in a white coat also spoke up.

Xu Shouchang nodded: "Yeah, let’s not worry about this for now. We’ll consult our lawyer after this. Wait, why do we have so many copies of this complaint?"

It was only now that Xu Shouchang, belatedly realizing the issue, noticed the sheer volume. There must have been over a hundred copies of the complaint – a thick stack.

He randomly picked another one and saw the content was virtually identical, with only the plaintiff varying...

"Shit, how many people are suing us?"

The others hurried over to look, and indeed, it seemed all the villagers who had received their product were suing them!

The problem suddenly became very serious. They had distributed around a hundred products in that village; if they really had to compensate triple the value, the amount was unimaginable...

Xu Shouchang’s face turned ominously dark. They had been doing this for a while with no issues, and there had been very few lawsuits before.

This time, the damn opposition didn’t play fair, no wonder they froze the accounts of five people!

"Let me see what’s the name of that lawyer, which law firm, damn it, who dares to mess with me?" Xu Shouchang cursed.

Engaging in these activities, they were always skirting the edge of the law, toeing the line between fraud and legitimacy. If there were real trouble, they could quibble their way out of it.

So, these people were obviously not saints...

Wang Junmei glanced at the plaintiff’s representative lawyer and her face changed, "Shouchang, that lawyer’s name is Tang Fangjing, the famous one from the internet!"

Tang Fangjing? Xu Shouchang quickly took a closer look, having overlooked it before, but now the name stood out to him.

So it was him...

The room fell silent again. Tang Fangjing’s career history was easily found online, known for fighting fiercely.

They could intimidate others, but when it came to the real deal, they were far from desperados.

Yet, how could someone like Tang Fangjing appear in such a small village and, what’s more, coincidentally bump into their scheme...

"Never mind, let’s go find a lawyer and ask."

They discussed going to see a lawyer, while downstairs in another part of the hotel, Old Tang had already set up a table, ready to receive the villagers.

Not only from Dongshan County but also from Jingnan County.

Xu Shouchang and his group hadn’t just visited one village; Old Tang had heard some villagers talking about it when he was in the countryside of Jingnan County.

When conducting legal literacy missions, it is important to relate to the common people. Old Tang simply chatted with everyone, asking if there were any free health lectures in the village.

Then he learned about these people, though at the time, he did not know the specifics. It wasn’t until after he arrived in Dongshan County and saw their operations that he understood.

Now, naturally, he had to help all the villagers take action together.

Because there were so many people involved, they had already discussed with the Dongshan County court to proceed with a representative action.

The court would judge the cases of a few representatives, and thereafter, other cases that had been registered with the court would take effect immediately, without the need for another hearing.

It’s akin to class-action lawsuits, part of our country’s joint litigation system. Even with representative actions, all required documents still need to be submitted, and the court must perform its reviews; it merely eliminates the need for court appearances.

Old Tang was there assisting with the organization and registration of materials, with notification done through the village committees. He would stay until the litigation was over.

As long as the cases were registered before the judgment, they would be valid.

If the villagers themselves did not come, there was nothing he could do. It was like with the unfinished building incident; one must take their own matters to heart. They had been told to enforce their rights, with no fees involved, just to come over and register.

Those who still didn’t show up, well, Tang Fangjing was no wizard.

"Director Tang, today we registered about sixty more people; we’re almost at two hundred now," laughed the young man standing by Old Tang.

The young man’s last name was Tian, a worker from the county’s judicial bureau.

The county authorities hadn’t really favored Old Tang, but seeing the momentum he was building, they quickly sent assistance...

Doesn’t that seem familiar? The difference now is that media is everywhere, and Old Tang is in charge. Back then, reaping the benefits might not have been impossible...

Old Tang nodded, "It won’t be much. Most people are skeptical about lawsuits; don’t worry, our legal literacy work must progress step by step."