Chapter 401: Is he always this brave? (Seeking monthly votes)

"What? The lawsuit was lost? The twenty-thousand-yuan compensation, not a cent less? Xiao Huang, how did you handle this? Didn't you say you were confident?" Xu Zhuren flew into a rage.

"Xu Zhuren, I truly did my best, and besides, we don't need to issue a public apology. I think..."

"What do you mean 'you think'? There has never been a similar situation where we had to pay money just because of an error in credit reporting. If we really do this, do you know that we will be the first bank to pay money because of such a situation?"

"Do you know what this means?"

Although there was no need for a public apology, the twenty-thousand-yuan compensation could not be paid by him privately, and the Judgment would be posted publicly when the time came.

If the higher-ups found out, what would they say? That we became the first?

Whoever wants to be the first in this kind of situation can go ahead and do it.

After throwing quite a tantrum, Xu Zhuren then said: "Xiao Huang, if we file an Appeal, will the situation improve?"

"It would be best if we didn't need to apologize or pay a cent. After all, look, we can't say we have absolutely no evidence, right?"

"And that person, Xiao Liu, also said that we should file an Appeal."

"Xiao Huang, go back and put in more effort. We will cooperate with you fully on this side."

To tell the truth, many times as a subordinate, there is no way to directly and bluntly refuse a superior's request.

It is easy to say, but when the time actually comes, there are very few who can just open their mouths and refuse.

If it were in the past, Huang Yanhao would have agreed, but now he really did not want to face off against Lawyer Fang again.

Most importantly, he heard the name of Xiao Liu from Xu Zhuren's mouth; this was another Lawyer in the Legal Department who usually did not get along with him.

Hearing this, Huang Yanhao felt his brain suddenly come alive.

"Xu Zhuren, I also think we should appeal, but my level is truly not quite enough. Brother Liu has also spoken to you; why don't you let Brother Liu handle the Second Instance? I think he is definitely better than me!"

Xu Zhuren looked at Huang Yanhao and said with some surprise: "Is Xiao Liu better than you? He doesn't seem to have a law degree."

Where did the friction come from? It was just because of this.

Huang Yanhao's undergraduate and master's degrees were both from Huadong University of Political Science and Law, which could be called a well-known law school, while the other, Xiao Liu, studied finance for his undergraduate degree.

Back then, even without a law degree, one could take the judicial exam and work in the legal field, so after passing the exam, he worked as a Lawyer for several years.

So he felt that people like Xiao Huang were too much of a "paper soldier." After all, in the contempt chain, those with law degrees look down on those without, and those in Litigation look down on those in non-litigation...

Huang Yanhao also felt that the other party came from an unorthodox background.

The conflict grew back and forth.

Now, listening to Xu Zhuren's words, Huang Yanhao had more and more ideas.

"Director, after all, I joined our bank right after graduation and have always done non-litigation work. Handling lawsuits is truly not my specialty."

"But Brother Liu is different. He has done Litigation for many years and is very experienced in handling lawsuits. That is definitely better than me."

"I am truly not good at handling lawsuits, so Xu Zhuren, you see..."

Speaking is truly a science. Huang Yanhao spent the whole time praising the other party, and he praised him with sound reasons, because Xu Zhuren also knew these things.

Thinking about it now, it really is true; practice produces true knowledge. Someone who has done Litigation for many years must be a bit better than someone in non-litigation.

So he nodded and said: "Fine, then let him be responsible. You help him out, let's strive to win!"

Ten minutes later, Liu Yi, who was busy in his office, was holding the phone with a confused look on his face. How did he suddenly get put in charge of the Second Instance?

Wasn't it supposed to be the responsibility of that Huang Yanhao?

The opposing Lawyer was Fang Dazhuang. Although he did not have a law degree, he had heard of this person's actions.

It was just that he certainly didn't feel as intimidated as Huang Yanhao.

But he still felt he had been set up, because he hadn't really looked at this case. When he offered suggestions to the Director before, it was just to keep Huang Yanhao busy.

As a result, he turned around and ran into Huang Yanhao.

"Brother Liu, I have no other way, but you definitely can. Your experience is much richer than mine. I am just a 'paper soldier' and really cannot do Litigation."

Hearing this, and looking at the other staff members nearby, Liu Yi was stunned.

How am I supposed to respond to this?

But are you really that scared? No matter what, the other party is just a Lawyer. Can he eat people?

"Fine, then I'll do it. Yanhao, although we do non-litigation, we still have to buckle down on Litigation, you know!"

Leaving behind these words, Liu Yi turned and left; he had to prepare well.

Only Huang Yanhao was left standing there, clicking his tongue. Is he always this brave?

…………

It was another bright morning. Zhou Yi and Lawyer Fang both got up very early; they were going to file an Appeal today.

It was mainly because they needed the Letter of Entrustment from the client, Fang Xiaoying, which delayed them a bit; otherwise, they would have filed the Appeal long ago.

They took a taxi all the way to the entrance of the Court. As Lawyer Fang got out of the car, he said: "After we finish waiting for the court session, let's go back first. Staying in Modu is not comfortable."

Sure enough, this is called tacit understanding. Even for someone like Lawyer Fang who had worked in Modu for many years, he still couldn't adapt after coming back from away.

Both the Imperial Capital and Modu are like this; the pace of life is too fast.

Just as they were about to enter the Court, Zhou Yi's phone rang. He picked it up and saw it was a call from Fang Xiaoying.

"Hello, Fang Xiaoying, what's wrong? Why are you calling me? Lawyer Fang and I just arrived at the Court, preparing to file an Appeal," Zhou Yi said casually.

On the other end of the phone, Fang Xiaoying hesitated for a moment before saying: "General Manager Zhou, I just received a call from the Court saying... saying that the other party has already filed an Appeal and wants to send me a Summons..."

"General Manager Zhou, are you still there?"

But there was no sound after she finished speaking, and Fang Xiaoying wondered what happened.

"Oh, I'm here, I'm here. You are sure the other party filed an Appeal, right?" Zhou Yi asked back.

"Yes, General Manager Zhou, I am sure."

"Then there's no problem. I'm hanging up now."

Putting down the phone, Zhou Yi looked at Lawyer Fang, who seemed to have already started clenching his fists, and said: "You guessed wrong, Lawyer Fang. It seems others don't think that way. Haha, look, haven't they filed an Appeal?"

When things don't happen to themselves, everyone is a spectator enjoying the show.

The main thing is that he is already very familiar with Lawyer Fang, and as long as they aren't in Court, Lawyer Fang is very easy to communicate with; he naturally understands that Zhou Yi is joking.

But, you know, men all care about their face, right!

He had just said in front of his best friends that the other party would absolutely not Appeal, after all, things had reached that point, yet the other party turned around and Appealed.

This face of his was gone!

Therefore, Lawyer Fang laughed, laughing very happily: "Little Huang's actions really exceeded my expectations. It seems he is actually a very brave man. Very good, a true Legal Person should do exactly this!"

Zhou Yi didn't take the bait; you praised Zhou Cainiao the same way last time, and then you were also the most ruthless when you tortured him, right.

However, very quickly, Lawyer Fang's phone rang, and upon picking it up to look, it was Huang Yanhao.

"No way, is this young man really that brave? Still planning to provoke you?"

Zhou Yi was stunned; he had truly never seen such a brave person!

Lawyer Fang answered the phone, and Huang Yanhao's voice sounded from the other side.

"Teacher Fang, listen to me, it wasn't me who wanted to Appeal this time; it was a colleague of mine, who used to do Litigation, very confident. He felt this case could be won in the Second Instance, so he told our director to Appeal."

"I'm not even in charge of this case anymore..."

"Your colleague? Fine, I understand."

Everything seemed calm and tranquil.

Liu Yi filed an Appeal, and Zhou Yi and Lawyer Fang returned to Jingzhou, as if nothing had happened.

But Zhou Mouren knew very clearly that as soon as Lawyer Fang returned, he locked himself in his office and started working hard.

A person like Lawyer Fang, he might have a bad temper, and he might be heartless once he enters the Court, but if he is your agent or Defense Attorney, then you will feel very at ease.

And if a certain lawyer surnamed Zhang is your Defense Attorney, he might be very easy to communicate with, have a very good temper, and you could curse at him without him even talking back, then you might also feel at ease.

Anyway, you're going in regardless...

Lawyer Fang didn't even drink his favorite coffee with extra additives, and Zhou Xinran took on another labor dispute case, so Zhou Mouren suddenly became idle.

Being idle naturally meant finding something to do; coincidentally, Chu Lan had found a gym and said they could work out together when free.

Although he wasn't very keen on gyms that run away daily, it was truly too boring now, and after asking around, he learned that the gym had been open for a few years and had branches in other places, so it shouldn't run away.

Then it was fine.

"Manager Zhou, over here, over here!"

Chu Lan shouted inside the gym. It must be said, Manager Chu's conscience is truly quite large, especially in the gym when wearing special clothing; Zhou Yi can swear that there were a few men whose eyeballs wouldn't move away.

Of course, those who can have their attention attracted by a woman in a gym are generally also there to work out.

Those muscular hunks and iron-pumping strongmen who truly go to work out will only care about other hunks with larger dimensions and more intense muscles.

Is your conscience large or not? Is it as good-looking as a master bench-pressing heavy weights?

Is it as good-looking as a master squatting heavy weights?

Beside Zhou Yi, a man in this place called Qiji Fitness, who didn't know if he was a coach or a salesman, kept introducing things.

"Mr. Zhou, since you are a guest introduced by Ms. Chu, we will naturally give you a discount. Now, if you top up for two years, the store will gift you one year of membership..."

Looking at this man who claimed his surname was Bai, Zhou Yi waved his hand and said: "No need, I'll just sign up for three months for now."

Originally he had planned to only get a monthly card, but by comparison, a monthly card was too cost-ineffective, so after comprehensive consideration, he got a quarterly card.

Bai Chenhui was still talking there, and Chu Lan spoke up directly: "Coach Bai, that's enough. This is our leader; he said three months, so three months it is. Why are you still going on?"

Hearing this, Bai Chenhui finally shut his mouth; three months was fine, having something was better than having nothing.

When preparing to pay, Zhou Yi suddenly asked: "You guys won't run away, right?"

Bai Chenhui laughed upon hearing this: "Mr. Zhou, look at what you're saying. We've been open for over three years, and have so many branches, how could we possibly run away."

Zhou Yi also felt it should be fine; he was already so careful and cautious, if he could still step into a trap, it would definitely be the system grandson playing tricks.

He signed up for the gym card, started working out every day, and life once again entered the right track.

Fang Xiaoying had completely integrated into Tengda Company. Honestly, in terms of the treatment for certain senior management personnel or senior technical personnel, Tengda naturally cannot compare with those other big internet factories.

But the people who come are all very willing to stay here, and will spontaneously work hard to let the Company reach a higher level.

The Company's current business scope has already undergone several expansions; now, they do short video platforms, and they also do long videos.

There are also things like web dramas, games, etc., that the Company does.

Of course, there are some that aren't developing well, but the Company's cash flow is very healthy!

After all, a certain handsome guy who should take the vast majority of the dividends now only takes ten percent, and has invested all the remaining dividends into the Company...

And not a single piece of news leaked out about the matter with Fukang Branch.

The time for the Second Instance had arrived.

Zhou Yi and Lawyer Fang arrived in Modu once again, only this time Zhou Yi discovered that Lawyer Fang's gaze was very peaceful.

But this kind of peace was not true peace; it was like the silence before a volcanic eruption!

Huang Yanhao's classmates now all knew the situation. Originally, when the bank filed the Appeal, they had thought, holy crap, is Lao Huang so brave now?

Especially Huang Yanhao's best friends, they were even more stunned in various ways, and then prepared to start flattering, saying Lao Huang is awesome!

He wasn't discouraged after being retorted by Teacher Fang like that before, but instead launched a counterattack; this is truly commendable courage!

However, they finally found out later that someone else had come to fight this Second Instance.

Connecting it to the situation where Teacher Fang was suddenly interrupted during the First Instance, then this Second Instance was truly going to be good.

Many people directly made an appointment that they must come to observe this!

Cheng Jiaoshou couldn't organize it this time, but he notified the students of this news, so many students also prepared to come and observe again.

The outside world was light and breezy, but within the small circles of Modu, this case had already started to stir up clouds and wind.

The Court session began. Liu Yi didn't quite understand why that Lawyer Fang's gaze toward him was so terrifying, as if there was some great hatred between the two sides.

You aren't the agent, right? Just helping someone fight a lawsuit, there's no need to be so invested, right? It's unnecessary!

Liu Yi, who had also done Litigation for a few years, really couldn't figure it out; after all, a lawyer is just a tool person, so one should just fight the lawsuit however it should be fought.

Win if you can, and if you can't, there's nothing to be done; a Lawyer doesn't need to get caught up in the joys and sorrows of their client!

He thought it was an illusion, but after the Presiding Judge announced the start of the trial, he realized it was no illusion.

That Fang Xujing on the opposite side really has a problem, okay!

Regardless of what the other side was thinking, Fang Dazhuang had already begun to perform.

During the First Instance, he felt he had been careless and had not attached enough importance to the situation after Fang Xiaoying's credit report was made known to her classmates when she applied for the credit card.

That was why the request for a public apology was rejected.

But this time it is different; this credit report has already caused a serious impact on Fang Xiaoying's life, and this is not something that can be erased just by changing it!

After all, according to Huang Yanhao, credit reports are very closed off.

Therefore, it must be cleared by a public apology from the Fukang Branch!

Twenty minutes later, listening to the statement from the opposite side, Liu Yi was completely bewildered.

He felt that all the Litigation he had done over the past few years had been for nothing.

In front of that man on the opposite side, he had become a complete legal novice who didn't understand the law at all and needed to go back to school.

He was truly useless, and as for self-confidence, Liu Yi even felt he needed to go for psychological counseling.

It wasn't just being rubbed into the ground in terms of professional knowledge; after the other party finished refuting with reason and evidence, they would always add a "taunt."

It wasn't a taunt involving insults, but rather a display of the feeling, "You're a professional Lawyer and you actually don't even know this," which made Liu Yi want to go up and have a real-life PK with the other party!

Fortunately, he still had a bit of reason left.

Finally, the Debate ended, and whether it was intentional or not, the judge for the Second Instance watched from beginning to end, and only after Fang Dazhuang had finished speaking did they stop the Court Debate...

The judgment was changed to require the Fukang Branch to issue a public apology on Fang Xiaoying's school forum!

Upon hearing the verdict, Liu Yi was not actually upset, but rather felt a sense of relief; it was finally over...

In the gallery, Huang Yanhao and the others exchanged glances, their hearts still pounding.

If they were the ones sitting there, they reckoned they would never work in the legal profession again from that day on...