Chapter 339: Is Fang Dazhuang Being Investigated?

The online craze is still ongoing, and the Jingzhou City Bureau of Justice has already issued the corresponding Administrative Penalty, revoking the practicing licenses of Hu Rong and seven other Lawyers.

This means that Hu Rong's entire team is finished; after having a practicing license revoked, one is not allowed to take the exam again, which is to say, it is impossible for you to be a Lawyer ever again.

Is going inside the only thing that counts as punishment? Of course not.

Fang Dazhuang is a Lawyer, and a leader among Lawyers at that, so he understands these Lawyers very well; for a Lawyer with a bit of age and a bit of seniority, having their practicing license revoked is almost equivalent to ruining their future.

College students who have just entered society might not quite understand, but those middle-aged people who have worked in the industry for some years can basically understand this feeling.

Many people actually don't like their own profession and really want to jump ship; classics like civil engineering, where people talk about packing their buckets and running away every single day.

And the advice given by the old seniors is, if you want to run away, run away early; by the time you have worked for many years and then want to run away, you can no longer run, because apart from these jobs on the construction site, you cannot do anything else.

It is much the same for Lawyers.

So such a punishment really cannot be said to be not serious; at the very least, Hu Rong is very angry right now—it was always done this way before, if there is to be punishment then punish everyone together, why punish only me!

He feels indignant, and his subconscious reaction is that there must be someone behind this reporting him, or even someone instigating it!

Therefore, facing such a situation, Hu Rong sent out a message once again.

"I have had my practicing license revoked, so I am not a Lawyer now, but I want to say one thing: how did I violate regulations by hyping up a case? Everything I did was for those working-class people who are about to be sentenced without knowing anything!"

"If this counts as violating regulations by hyping up a case, then I think every Lawyer who posts a case online should be punished. Not to mention anything else, that Lawyer for A Yi, Fang Xujing, wasn't he like that before?"

"A Yi's videos are posted online, and then what? It stirs up public opinion. Isn't that Fang Xujing violating regulations by hyping up a case? If you put it that way, shouldn't Fang Xujing have his practicing license revoked?"

"But the other party has been doing this for almost a year, has Fang Xujing had his practicing license revoked? No, he hasn't even received a single punishment. Isn't there something wrong with this?"

At home, Hu Rong sent out the content on his phone with a gloomy face; having suddenly encountered such a turn of events, he has lost his composure.

Although Lao Kang did not reveal the reporter, and Hu Rong does not know who reported him, his hatred is now concentrated on Fang Dazhuang.

He just feels, why, why can you become famous by following an internet celebrity, but I can't!

What makes him even angrier is that when Fang Dazhuang was slowly becoming an internet celebrity, he actually chose to withdraw!

Look at the comment section of that A Yi's videos; to this day, there is still a bunch of people constantly spamming, saying they want Fang Dazhuang to appear on camera, want Fang Dazhuang to come out and say a few words, and chat about the case.

But the other party just won't show up. How, how can there be such a person!

He himself is almost going crazy wanting to become an internet celebrity, yet the other party is actually pushing it away?

This made Hu Rong completely furious, so under these circumstances, these few words that hadn't been thought through were sent out directly.

A person's mouth is actually the most powerful thing, especially a Lawyer's mouth; that is truly powerful.

What he said is not all lies; Zhou Yi did indeed post videos, and the videos would indeed cause public opinion. As for whether public opinion will affect judicial rulings, that is unknown.

However, here we need to mention one sentence again: analyze specific cases specifically, and look at specific regulations specifically.

What is in the regulations? Lawyers cannot hype up cases, and cannot use various excuses to publicly disclose content that should not be disclosed.

So what is content that should not be disclosed? Simple: for example, in a Criminal Case, a Lawyer cannot disclose specific details that could only be obtained through their professional activities.

Getting specific to Hu Rong's case, he disclosed information he obtained from the other party's mouth when meeting with Wang Rui!

And getting specific to Zhou Yi's case, has Fang Dazhuang said anything? No.

Why do Lawyers have special legal regulations? It is because their status is special, and in most situations, Zhou Yi is the party involved; in a Criminal Case, he only records his own process of gathering evidence and calling the police.

In a Civil Dispute, when the other party attacks him through public opinion, only then will he make a corresponding response.

If there is suspected Infringement of Reputation Rights, you can file a Lawsuit; if there is defamation, you can file a Criminal Private Prosecution. These are all normal.

But Fang Dazhuang never says anything extra; before, he would chat about how to secure evidence, but now he basically won't even show up.

But the Netizens online won't listen to these explanations of yours.

Some people just think, "Eh, Lawyer Hu makes a lot of sense. Look, that Fang Dazhuang is also like that; every time Zhou Yi posts a video and causes a huge public opinion, isn't that just violating regulations by hyping up a case?"

Added to Hu Rong's previous feat of "stepping forward to speak for the working class," now some people think that Lawyer Hu had his practicing license revoked because he helped speak for the working class, and that he is a truly good Lawyer!

Under such circumstances, after those words were sent out, the popularity skyrocketed in an instant!

"Sunrise in the East": I still support Lawyer Hu. I even suspect that this involves corruption issues, colluding with each other to specifically frame a good Lawyer like Lawyer Hu who speaks for everyone. Do they say it's a violation just because they say so? I, for one, don't believe it!

"A Prose Poem": I also think it's like this. If Lawyer Hu discovered something, he can boldly say it out. We just don't believe it; is there no place to reason in this world? Report the one surnamed Fang!

"Tang Monk Washes Hair and Loves Softness": Hang in there, Lawyer Hu, you must not compromise. Thousands upon thousands of working-class people are supporting you. Everyone, let's report that one surnamed Fang together!

Hu Rong here went to drink with friends after sending the message; he just wants to get dead drunk now.

Drinking, well, if you are truly sure that nothing is wrong, then drinking a little is naturally fine, but if you want to drown your sorrows in alcohol, then forget it, because after you get drunk, those things are still there; you cannot forget them.

Early the next morning, in a hotel, Hu Rong is in the midst of a hangover.

He certainly didn't go home last night; drinking, well, having some exciting content after drinking that could be written into thirty thousand words, that is also normal for Hu Rong.

And at this time, his phone started ringing constantly. Hu Rong was woken up; he thought it was his wife at home calling, so he deliberately didn't answer.

Not coming home at night is one thing, but losing his job—he doesn't know how to tell his family.

As a result, the phone kept ringing, so he thought about turning it to silent, but when he picked up the phone, he discovered it wasn't his wife calling, but the Lawyer in his own team named Wang Peng.

"Hello, Wang Peng, what's wrong?" Hu Rong asked.

"Teacher Hu, where are you? Something happened, do you know?" Wang Peng's voice on the other end carried a hint of urgency.

"I've already had my practicing license revoked, what else could happen?" Hu Rong said with a casual expression.

"Teacher Hu, look at the trending searches yourself. Look at what you posted yesterday. Now many people online are discussing this, and, really, many people have gone to report Fang Xujing!" Wang Peng said very anxiously.

What? Reporting Fang Xujing? Who did it, so brave?

Hu Rong was dumbfounded; he had already forgotten about yesterday's matter.

He hurriedly hung up the phone and went on Zhalang to look, and Hu Rong was stunned. The topic he posted yesterday was already about to hit the trending searches; both the reposts and comments were terrifyingly high!

But, this is what I posted yesterday? I actually posted content like this?

Still that same sentence: Lawyers are very special. Regarding whether some things are illegal or even criminal, do you think they aren't clear about it?

No, actually they are clear in their hearts, it's just that, like many of us ordinary people, they are all harboring a fluke mentality.

But even if Hu Rong is stupid, he knows Fang Xujing; although he thinks he is no worse than the other party, that guy is not a pushover. If he is targeted by him...

Say nothing more, hurry up and delete it first. Hopefully, the other party didn't take a screenshot.

Unfortunately, not long after he deleted it, Hu Rong saw that a pile of screenshots had already been posted by Netizens.

"Did Lawyer Hu delete this under duress? It doesn't matter, we have screenshots here, who's afraid of him!"

"Exactly, don't delete them, everyone post the screenshots, let's boost the popularity, the higher the better, we must make sure people see it!"

"Lawyer Hu, I've sent you a private message, take a look, I think this case has milestone significance, why should workers be responsible for a Company's illegal crimes!"

These words were spoken with such righteous indignation that Hu Rong almost cried; why are you all posting screenshots!

He wanted to explain, but there was no way to explain; what could he say, that his account was hacked?

That would just be treating everyone like fools.

Should he hurry and contact Fang Dazhuang to apologize to him?

But, but he still felt uncomfortable inside; he had just been discussing a case online like a normal person and got his practicing certificate revoked, while the other party had been Pretending to be Cool online so many times they were almost an internet celebrity, yet they had no issues at all. Setting aside the regulations, he just felt annoyed.

Hu Rong began to hesitate, while on the other side, Fang Dazhuang received a notice to go to the Lawyers Association to cooperate with an investigation; at the same time, staff from the Jingzhou City Judicial Administrative Department also began their investigation.

Because there were too many reports, it was unclear if everyone was just joining in the fun or if they really felt it was unfair, but in any case, there were a lot of reports.

And for things like reports, as long as it is a Real-name Registration report and there is evidence, then an investigation will generally be conducted.

But one should not demonize investigations; if you haven't done anything, an investigation with no results can actually highlight your innocence in a certain sense.

Inside the law firm, Zhou Xinran looked at Fang Dazhuang, but felt very uncomfortable again!

"Teacher Fang, they... how can they do this!"

Zhou Xinran now recognized the profession of Lawyer, or rather, she had a profound understanding of what peers were like.

But she just couldn't figure it out, was that Lawyer Hu kicked in the head by a donkey? Daring to say things like that at a time like this?

Fang Dazhuang smiled and said: "It's fine, it's just accepting an investigation, I have always had a clear conscience."

He turned to look at the staff and said: "Alright, let's go, let's hurry up."

Just as he was about to leave, he turned his head to look at Zhou Xinran: "By the way, no need to tell Zhou Yi, this investigation of mine should be very quick."

Fang Dazhuang thought very clearly, but helplessly, the public opinion online right now was truly giving people a headache.

Public opinion indeed cannot interfere with the judiciary, but as we said before, public opinion is after all a means of supervision; besides the judiciary, many other things will be influenced by public opinion.

And under such overwhelming public opinion and reports, the Jingzhou City Lawyers Association and the Jingzhou City Judicial Administrative Department both had to respond, which was a public announcement: they had already begun an investigation into the reported "Fang Xujing's suspected illegal hype of a case"!

Finally, those various people reporting calmed down a little, but they were still saying, hurry up and investigate, we want results!

Zhou Yi has been rising for so long that his enemies could be said to be everywhere; Fang Dazhuang had previously joked that the fact that Zhou Yi hadn't been beaten up yet showed that our country's public security was good.

In ancient times, a troublemaker like him would have been finished off long ago.

If they solved A Yi, wouldn't everything be fine?

But Zhou Yi's daily life was extremely simple, between the Company and home, he rarely went anywhere else, and his words and actions were impeccable, so they naturally set their sights on Fang Dazhuang.

Just by watching Zhou Yi's videos, one could know the importance of this top-tier Lawyer!

It could even be said that many of Zhou Yi's instances of being serious would never have succeeded without this Fang Dazhuang.

So fine, with Lawyer Hu taking the lead, everyone could follow along and cheer; don't ask, if you ask, it's that Lawyer Hu is awesome!

If they could get the one surnamed Fang's practicing certificate revoked, then who else would dare to provide ideas for your lawsuits, Zhou Yi!

Human nature was displayed vividly at this moment.

Saying things like they had long found this Lawyer surnamed Fang unpleasant, always wanting to send people inside; such a typical pettifogger should have had his practicing certificate revoked long ago. If he made a mistake, couldn't he just change it? Why did he have to make people go to jail?

In a word, the one surnamed Fang must have his practicing certificate revoked this time, otherwise it is unfair.

Look, they keep saying they want a response, but the moment the investigation started, they already started stating the results here.

If it's not the result we want to see, then you have a problem, you are colluding!

In Guang City, Yuan Jie was preparing to go out to eat; there was a dinner party today, but just as she was about to leave, she saw this announcement and was instantly stunned. Fang Dazhuang was being investigated because of reports?

This... how can this be, Fang Dazhuang doesn't even show his face anymore!

Looking closely, she realized it was saying Fang Dazhuang was illegally hyping cases?

What kind of international joke is this? Fang Dazhuang has never done these things, even A Yi's videos didn't do that; the key is, do those cases even need hyping?

As a loyal viewer of A Yi and a loyal fan of Fang Dazhuang, Yuan Jie directly canceled the dinner party.

In her eyes, Fang Dazhuang was the truly good Lawyer. Were his fee standards high? They were indeed high, but Fang Dazhuang would often reduce the number of his paid cases and use his spare time to do free legal aid and consultation.

And unlike other Lawyers, Fang Dazhuang helps people to the very end!

But should a good person have a gun pointed at them?

Yuan Jie started writing a comment with her main account while dialing Zhou Yi's phone number.

"Fang Dazhuang is being investigated? Okay, I know!"

Inside the Guangming Peak Residential Quarter, Zhou Yi hung up the phone, his face also wearing a look of curiosity. He had just talked to Fang Dazhuang yesterday, and the other party said those reports were nothing, but as a result, he was called in for an investigation today.

To him, Fang Dazhuang was someone who was both a teacher and a friend; it could even be said that Fang Dazhuang directly influenced his, Zhou Yi's, perception of this society!

The source of everything was that Hu Rong, and these people who were talking nonsense and stirring up trouble!

Yuan Jie and the others hoped he would respond immediately, but Zhou Yi did not panic; hanging out with Fang Dazhuang, he had learned a few things.

If a response were useful, Zhou Yi would not have any hesitation, but it was very obvious now that these people would not listen to reason at all; no matter how much you said, it would be useless.

Then there was no need to talk about reason.

Zhou Yi quickly went on his main account and typed out a few sentences.

"I am A Yi, I have seen the announcement, I believe the relevant departments in Jingzhou City will investigate clearly, but I also tell everyone that we each need to be responsible for the words we have said, I hope everyone can understand this point, and I will send one more sentence to some people!"

"Do not say that you were not warned!"

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