Chapter 278: Why didn't it get dragged out this time! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"I am a colleague of the first young man arrested in the video. I can testify; so many police officers arrived that day that none of us even reacted in time!"

"It's just that I didn't expect him to be an Internet Water Army, and he even wrote that article. Right now, I still feel like it's a bit unreal."

Before, I thought this was written by some idiot—what kind of nonsense was this—but now I've discovered it was actually my own colleague.

This comment was constantly being upvoted the moment it was posted.

And as the video progressed, even viewers like Pusa Xiong were completely stunned.

To think the Pigeon Spirit had actually been doing this during this time!

But all in all, Lawyer Fang is still the impressive one; he had actually started preparing for this matter a long time ago.

It wasn't until now that there were results.

This kind of behavior, spending so much time just to send someone inside—he really, I'm dying of tears...

However, someone soon realized why there was a sudden feeling that the online narratives had lessened significantly.

The various activities of Bing Mou, that level of popularity, were also a bit lacking compared to before.

Everyone is scolding him, and there are fewer people helping to speak up for him.

Doesn't this go to show that those so-called loyal defenders of Bing Mou were likely all Internet Water Army!

Of course, the most important thing is that while Zhou Yi was dealing with Bing Mou, he actually took down the Internet Water Army!

If it were any other time, everyone might not have felt it so clearly; after all, the Internet Water Army feels very far removed from daily life.

But now, it's different.

Arresting over thirty leaders of the Internet Water Army in such a short time has actually had such a huge impact!

It fully demonstrates just how rampant the Internet Water Army was before!

"Namo Gatling Bodhisattva": Bing Mou: So it turns out it was you, kid, who did all this!

"Simulated Bottomless": The Internet Water Army really should be cleaned up. The current online narratives are too chaotic; they must be severely cracked down upon.

This person looks like someone older with experience; the things they say make people feel a bit fearful.

Anchor A Fa was also dumbfounded. After all that, it turned out to be because of this Zhou Yi!

No wonder; suddenly, not a single member of the Internet Water Army could be found. It turns out they didn't quit the internet, but were all caught.

Then that's all that can be done; at the very least, the slot fees already collected definitely cannot be refunded.

And at this moment, in Modu, inside Mengxun Company.

Tian Zong looked at Manager Han in front of him, opened his mouth, but still couldn't say a word.

Only a ghost could know that this guy was busy with a lawsuit and a war of words with Bing Mou, yet still had time to deal with the Internet Water Army.

And he even said he did it while he was at it!

But even if they know, what can they do? Bing Mou cannot possibly admit that they wanted to buy the Internet Water Army.

Fortunately, there is one point: they can't buy the Internet Water Army, and neither can their competitors.

"What about other aspects? Is there any progress?" Tian Zong asked.

Manager Han shook his head: "That Lawyer Fang, I really don't know what to say. We have already made some efforts, but... there is no way."

The underhanded tactics failed; this was actually something one could have anticipated.

After all, he is not an ordinary lawyer. The other party had a very high status and many friends when he was active in Modu.

Although he has returned to Jingzhou now, it really isn't the case that his life can be affected by a few underhanded tactics.

"Then let's just keep dragging it out."

That's all that can be done.

Fortunately, the authorities haven't made any moves yet, so the impact on the stock price isn't that significant.

Dragging it out is a method often used by large companies when facing litigation.

However, by the same token, Lawyer Fang is also very experienced in this regard.

…………

At the Modu airport, three people walked out like an Iron Triangle.

Two men who were already "very criminal" were in front, with Zhou Xinran following behind.

"Teacher Fang, are you really okay? Those methods of theirs are quite disgusting. I felt like my life was greatly affected back then."

Zhou Xinran said.

Lawyer Fang looked casual: "Hey, it's the same old routine. They used these tricks when I was in Modu back then, and they are still using them now."

"So many years and not a bit of progress."

What it means to be a "humble-bragger" everywhere—that's Lawyer Fang.

Relying on his extensive knowledge and rich experience, he mocks everything.

"Then Lawyer Fang, the other party applied for a postponement of the court session. You said before you had a way. We're all here now, tell us what the way is."

Zhou Yi asked from the side.

He was very curious: faced with a situation where one party uses various legal procedural means to forcibly delay the progress of the litigation, what can be done?

The other party clearly intends to drag it out until everyone forgets about this matter.

Is there really no countermeasure?

Lawyer Fang smiled upon hearing this: "The solution is in my heart. Zhou Yi, you say they are using various ways to delay the court session, but they have to comply with legal procedures, right? They can't just postpone it because they say so, right?"

Zhou Yi nodded; this much is certain.

In reality, the reason many lawsuits drag on for a long time is mainly due to bickering over procedures.

For example, jurisdictional objections, or the defendant not being the proper party—these are things many, many companies will bring up when responding to a lawsuit.

This is very common in legal practice. Don't think that every lawyer is eloquent, that everyone is a Zhang San, or that a clever tongue can explain the law perfectly.

There is no shortage of court sessions where the same things are repeated over and over until the judge gets annoyed. Those interested can watch those court session videos...

Furthermore, the reason the Lawyer profession is viewed with prejudice by many is mainly because of this.

A Lawyer must conduct Litigation activities based on the demands of their client.

For example, if you are the legal counsel for a Company, and when your Company is sued in Court for withholding labor compensation, you are asked to delay it as much as possible, what would you do? Resign?

That is certainly impossible; you would definitely use all your learning to try and delay it through procedural justice.

In plain language, let's not worry about whether these objections are true or not; let's just throw them all at it first.

Can you imagine a case for work-related injury compensation dragging on for three or four years?

Not to mention anything else, this time alone is enough to drag you into complete despair, and then halfway through, they offer you a little benefit—I ask you, will you withdraw the Lawsuit?

Saying it like this, some people will definitely think it's an exaggeration, but there is actually a reason why "litigation bullies" are called litigation bullies.

Procedural justice is a phrase many legal workers have on their lips; some radicals even believe that they would rather forgo substantive justice than lose procedural justice!

Once an objection is raised, the Court has to spend time reviewing it; regardless of whether it passes the review or not, it takes time. Look, isn't that how it gets dragged out?

Especially if a certain objection is approved, one can even directly apply for a postponement of the hearing.

Therefore, Fang Dazhuang is very calm... these are all things he played with himself back in the day.

At this, Zhou Yi said nothing, but Zhou Xinran behind him asked curiously, "Teacher Fang, since you said this is procedural justice, then it seems we don't have a good way to deal with it either."

As a result, her voice grew quieter and quieter, because Fang Dazhuang turned his head to look at her, his gaze as if he were looking at some small animal.

"Xinran, I told you to pay more attention to the announcements from the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate; why don't you read them?"

"Since last year, the Supreme People's Court has had relevant documents regarding the behavior of parties abusing their right to object."

"Moreover, whether it is Modu or Handong, there are relevant regulations; have you not studied them?"

Zhou Xinran had nothing to say. How could she respond? She felt she had become a learning machine.

Heaven have mercy, ever since she became an assistant to Fang Dazhuang, she felt she was learning every single moment.

But she just couldn't keep up with Fang Dazhuang's pace.

She also knew these things from the Supreme People's Court were important, but where would she find the time to study them? She simply couldn't attend to them.

One can only say that the gap between people is sometimes truly vast.

Fang Dazhuang turned around and said, "Ever since I filed the Lawsuit, the legal counsel of Mengxun Company has applied for postponements on various grounds. Do you know why I didn't make any moves before?"

Zhou Yi and Zhou Xinran shook their heads in unison.

Facing the other party's intentional stalling, Fang Dazhuang had actually done nothing, stayed for a while, and headed straight back to Jingzhou.

This did not fit his behavioral habits; it was not his style of doing things!

"Of course I was waiting for them to keep raising these. If they didn't raise them, what grounds would I have to file a complaint, and what grounds would the Court have to issue a fine?"

Nowadays, such tactics are mostly used by companies, because others have deep pockets and can keep dragging it out.

But the two high-level judicial organs have clearly noticed this problem; this is already considered an abuse of the right to Civil Litigation.

So, Fang Dazhuang came this time to do exactly that.

That day, Zhou Yi and his companion followed Fang Dazhuang to the Court.

He was mainly recording some remarks, which would be made into a Stick Figure Animation later.

Although he had not been in Modu for many years, legends of him still remained in the Modu Court.

Fang Dazhuang went inside... the Court, while Zhou Yi and his companion waited outside.

About an hour later, Fang Dazhuang walked out.

"Let's go, back to the hotel, and wait for the hearing!"

"So fast?"

"This time is considered slow."

…………

Mengxun Company was still working hard on the Double Eleven warm-up, determined to drag things out, so they did not provide any response.

They had encountered such public opinion storms before; it was nothing.

However, just as Tian Zong was about to get off work after a busy day, he saw the legal counsel below running in in a flurry.

"Tian Zong, the Court sent over a Notice of Risk, saying that if we continue to abuse the right to Civil Litigation, we will be fined 100,000 yuan!"

What? Tian Zong hurriedly stopped to look at the "Notice of Risk for Abuse of Civil Litigation Rights" in his hand; the bright red official seal proved that this was indeed sent by the Court.

"What is the situation? Did we do something? Why would the Court be like this?" Tian Zong asked hurriedly.

The legal counsel replied, "Tian Zong, we just raised an objection regarding the previous case, requesting a postponement of the hearing, just like with other cases."

"The same? Are you sure? Then why is there such a Notice of Risk this time? Is there any difference this time?"

Tian Zong said with great dissatisfaction.

100,000 yuan is a small matter; the key is that being fined by the Court is a big deal!

If this were exposed, saying their Company was fined 100,000 yuan by the Court, their already declining reputation would certainly continue to fall.

Of course, if Zhou Mouren were here, he would definitely say, with your reputation, is there even any room left to fall?

"There really is no difference, Tian Zong. If we wanted to drag things out in the past, we always did it this way. I don't know why this time... what should we do, Tian Zong?"

This Notice from the Court is telling you: show up for the hearing honestly, and don't play other games.

You can certainly choose to refuse, it doesn't matter, but then, it won't be so gentle next time.

"What to do? Go back and have a meeting, what else! I will go and report this to the higher-ups. You tell me first, in this case, are our chances of winning high?"

This... the legal counsel hesitated a bit.

Of course he couldn't say that he had once had a lawsuit with that person surnamed Fang, and had once been pressed to the ground and rubbed by the other party.

Oh, of course, not only had they fought a lawsuit, but after the lawsuit was over, because he was very unhappy, he wanted to go and cause trouble.

Other lawsuits might be fine, but Fang Dazhuang's Debate is very cruel.

As a result, after finding the person, before he could finish cursing, he saw the other party take out a brick from somewhere and break it with a single slap.

At that moment, the legal affairs officer first thought: does that guy across from me carry a brick with him whenever he goes out?

What the hell are you planning to do?

That was what he said in his heart; in reality, he didn't dare say another word, turned around, and left.

He couldn't win the Debate, and he couldn't win a fight, so what else was there to say.

But facing Tian Zong, he could only say: "There is still a bit of a chance, but it won't be very high. Tian Zong, you think we have to respond to the lawsuit, right?"

"Nonsense, if we don't respond to the lawsuit, what happens if we get fined? In short, you all go back and prepare first. Sigh, what kind of mess is this? How much money did that Zhou Yi give him to make him so loyal?"

Tian Zong went back to hold a meeting; no one knew what was said in their meeting, but in short, early the next morning, many people woke up and saw a notification.

The case of a well-known Up Master suing Pinduoduo for opaque activities and infringing on the Right to Know will be heard in court in Shanghai in three days!

This notification made many people lose their minds. What's the situation? Weren't they saying it would be postponed? How is it going to court so quickly now!

But this is good news. Finally, this case is going to start trial. Many people had even said before that for this case, one would probably have to wait until after they died for their grandchildren to burn the verdict for them.

As it turns out, it's actually starting now!

Moreover, some big shots in Zhou Yi's comment section who said this case would likely drag on for a long time were at a loss.

This isn't right. Clearly, if the other party wanted to drag it out, they could drag it out for a long time. How could it go to court so quickly?

Could it be that some other change has occurred?

In the hotel room, the three of them, including Zhou Yi, naturally received the news from the Court.

"A bet is a bet!"

Zhou Mouren took out ten yuan and handed it over. He was wrong; he shouldn't have questioned Fang Dazhuang.

Time quickly arrived at three days later.

It can be said that this is the most eye-catching lawsuit in recent times!

Originally, Pinduoduo thought about dragging it out until everyone forgot, and then quietly finishing this lawsuit. Whether they lost or won, it would be best not to cause a public opinion storm.

As it turned out, they didn't manage to avoid it after all.

Finally finished before twelve o'clock. Normal updates will resume tomorrow. This Pinduoduo case was written a bit dryly, apologies. I'll finish this up tomorrow.

Thanks to Ai B Zai, Xiangjiang Chuyun, You Yige Xinshou, Wenchidage, Feimaowuyu, Qian Liaojin, Xiao Shufu, Ququ Zhiming Xiaoshang, and Book Friend 2017. Thank you, brothers, for the tips. Thank you.

There was no exaggeration in this text. In reality... it might be even more ruthless. For example, in Zhou Yi's labor dispute case, he actually had to fight a lawsuit first called a Labor Relationship Determination Lawsuit before he could proceed with the subsequent procedures, because there was no contract. In short... it's very troublesome.

(End of this chapter)