Chapter 537: Fang Dazhuang is still Fang Dazhuang, as always!

Although Zhou Yi has already fought many lawsuits, he knows very well in his heart that fighting a lawsuit is never an easy thing.

It is actually normal for the other party to tell him to go through legal channels, as it involves quite a bit of compensation, but their attitude makes Zhou Yi very uncomfortable!

At first, they denied it, then they said they would pay if there was evidence, then they said the evidence was insufficient and needed to be supplemented, and as long as it was supplemented, they would pay; yet now, they want to go through legal channels again.

This is only because it is him, Zhou Yi; if it were someone else here, having been dragged along like this, they would be angry enough to explode.

It is mainly because there are too many people and things in our lives that play the "delay tactic," and sometimes it even makes you wonder what benefit they get from dragging you along like this, to the point of making you run back and forth again and again.

Of course, there is no need to say where this kind of method is most common; you go to get something done and it is either missing this or lacking that, they just can't explain it clearly all at once, and if you want to ask a few more questions, you will see a sour face...

In the end, you can only file a lawsuit, and even if the litigation is successful and you get the compensation, it still makes one feel uncomfortable.

The other party's intention is very clear, no different from the big companies encountered before.

Everyone knows that what they are doing is wrong, but they will not admit it, because doing so can bring more benefits.

You can file a lawsuit, and if you win, they will pay immediately, but the situation remains the same as before; your lawsuit cannot change the overall situation.

This is also why Zhou Yi had to pay money that time to get everyone to sue together.

It is just that this time, obviously, the car with the annual inspection problem is an isolated case, and it is impossible to really do it that way.

So, let's just file the lawsuit first and take it one step at a time.

No matter how much a matter stirs up public opinion, the heat will eventually pass, and it seems there is always a wall between reality and the internet.

Matters of procedure are naturally handled by Wang Daoren, and Zhou Yi's life returns to peace.

After the second situation in Lincheng, he and Zhou Xinran feel it is still the same as before.

In the words of Fang Dazhuang, the hardest part of these two is their mouths.

Idling around the Company, the two Little Koi live lives that are truly satisfying, and Yuan Jianhua and his girlfriend are living an increasingly happy life.

Security guard Liu Daneng's house is being renovated smoothly, and he wears a smile on his face every day.

Whenever he sees these things, Zhou Yi feels very comfortable; no matter what others say about him, at least everyone has a smile on their face, which is good after all.

With nothing to do, Zhou Yi studied the current industry associations, and he felt like a small knife cutting a butt—it was an eye-opener.

Current industry associations really exist in every trade and profession, and some industries have already grown into behemoths.

The most classic example is the Meatball Association from before, an association bold enough to sue hundreds of shops across the country; you tell me what you think of that.

If it weren't for the fermentation of public opinion, heaven knows how much money the other party could have made.

Even Zhou Mouren, when he first had the system, never thought about conducting large-scale lawsuits...

The Motor Vehicle Inspection Association of Jingzhou City is about the same; anyway, looking at Wang Daoren's data, this association has over sixty Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers under it in Jingzhou City.

Basically, it can be said that the Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers in Jingzhou City are all members of this association.

No wonder they are so fearless; after all, the motor vehicle inspection industry is not like others, you must inspect at these inspection centers to have legal validity.

It is not like catering where if I am hungry I can eat whatever I want, which leads to severe internal competition.

In a flash, several days passed, and inside the Motor Vehicle Inspection Center, Manager Peng was reporting the situation in an office.

Sitting behind the desk was a middle-aged man, his belly slightly paunchy, wearing glasses.

"President Li, that is the situation; we have now received the Summons, and the Court is asking if we want to go through Mediation," Manager Peng said, looking at the man in front of him.

President Li, Li Luquan, the boss of Mingsheng Company, is also the person in charge of the Jingzhou City Motor Vehicle Inspection Association.

It is said that he is very capable in Jingzhou.

"Mediate what? We certainly cannot just give money for nothing. Alright, let them sue if they want to sue. You all should be more careful too, don't always mess around, you know? If something really happens, it will be very difficult for me to handle."

Li Luquan did not take it to heart; just as Zhou Yi thought before, this bit of money is nothing at all, but as an inspection center, they will not easily agree to compensation.

Inside Tengda Company, Zhou Yi naturally received the news that the other party was unwilling to mediate.

That is fine, he is not willing either, so let's just wait for the court hearing.

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One morning five days later, Zhou Yi got up early.

Today is the day of the court hearing, and the Guangming District People's Court probably did not do much mediation work after seeing that the legal representative on the Plaintiff's side was him, Zhou Mouren.

Same old routine, after washing up, he checked the calendar first; today is already December 13th, and it will be New Year's Day soon.

Unknowingly, another year has passed; in the days of being serious, time feels like it passes very quickly.

Just looking at that calendar, Avoid Litigation? Avoid Litigation today?

He looked carefully several times and did not misread it; Fang Dazhuang's legal calendar cannot be wrong, so is this lawsuit going to be lost?

That is impossible, right? Even if Wang Daoren is mediocre, he has been trained during this year at Tengda, and he has handled cases big and small.

For example, the previous case of the dispute between a minor and Tengda; although Huo Pengfei was the one mainly in charge, Wang Daoren also did a lot of work.

He wanted to ask Fang Dazhuang, but when he called, it was answered by an assistant Fang Dazhuang had recently found, who said that Teacher Fang was out of town and quite busy.

Said it was some kind of academic exchange conference on legal theory...

That is strange, didn't Fang Dazhuang used to say that these so-called academic exchange conferences were actually just for some people to engage in Pretending to be Cool, and he disdained to attend them at all?

How come he went to attend one this time...

He couldn't figure it out, but it was clearly not appropriate to ask Fang Dazhuang, so he could only call Zhou Xinran.

"Hey Xinran, are you busy... I have something to ask you."

"You're asking me? Why don't you go ask your Fang Dazhuang... *cough cough*, never mind, I'm joking, go ahead and ask."

Look at that, this is the difference in closeness; when Xu Yufeng's son called to ask her back then, she was annoyed for a long time and even said that lawyers hate being asked questions the most.

But now...

After explaining the situation roughly, Zhou Yi immediately heard Zhou Xinran's happy voice on the phone: "Just this case? You could lead a dog in and it would still win, okay!"

Huh, why does this sound so familiar...

"Xinran, I remember Fang Dazhuang said back then that even Zhou Cainiao could win if he went up..."

"You just stay there and don't move, I'm going to buy you two durians to eat!"

Although Zhou Cainiao is also unreliable, he is still a bit more reliable than Wang Daoren after all; after all, a series of Lawyer Wang's previous operations were incomprehensible to people.

Alright, Zhou Yi set his mind at ease, hurried all the way to the Guangming District Court, and went straight in by scanning his face.

Whether it was Wu Dama and the others who were there to observe, or the judges he met on the way, he would greet them all; it was truly more casual than returning to his own home.

After entering the courtroom, he discovered that everyone else had arrived; only the agent had come for the opposing side, and not a single other person was there.

Then this was a bit boring.

The court session began, they were asked if they wanted mediation, both sides disagreed, and then it was just a matter of going through the procedures.

Zhou Yi is no longer the rookie he was before; after all, how should one put it, if you read three hundred Tang poems, you will know how to recite them even if you cannot write them.

Even if he didn't understand anything before, having followed Fang Dazhuang for so long, the number of lawsuits he has come into contact with is even greater than many senior lawyers, so he is very experienced.

The opposing side's core argument was that their operations complied with the procedures, and they produced corresponding evidence.

Of course, the evidence was not that complete; for example, the extremely critical part—what the maximum engine speed reached after the accelerator was pressed—was missing.

For the Dual Idle Speed Method, according to the normal operating procedure, at most only two presses of the accelerator are needed, but in the video that Zhou Yi recorded halfway through, one could hear the other side revving the accelerator four or five times, and the engine sound was particularly loud.

Remember one sentence here: the Court is not there to investigate the truth of the facts; the Court confirms legal truth, and evidence represents everything.

If you say there is this or that and want the Court to investigate, the Court will not investigate; they will only review the evidence from both of your sides and make a judgment based on this evidence.

Wang Daoren's performance was quite good; he had done a lot of work beforehand, including the exhaust emission testing process, specifically how to do it, and so on.

People who have worked in this industry all know that many times it is not strictly followed according to standard procedures; for example, the Dual Idle Speed Method has regulations on how many seconds to warm up the car, how many seconds to press the accelerator, and how high the engine speed should go.

But in reality, it is impossible to be that standard.

And what Wang Daoren grasped was this point; according to the analysis of Zhou Yi's initial short video, you revved the accelerator too much, and your warm-up time was insufficient, failing to reach the stipulated time.

Coupled with other evidence that can prove that your actions indeed caused harm to the engine, there is a causal relationship between them and the Engine Cylinder Explosion.

Finally, the Presiding Judge read out the First Instance judgment, ordering Mingsheng Company to pay 80,000 yuan in car repair costs; it was a complete victory!

Hearing the content of the judgment, Wang Daoren breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhou Yi, "General Manager Zhou, I have lived up to the mission; we won, but they should be going to Appeal."

"It doesn't matter, let them Appeal; we will definitely have the advantage in the Second Instance, at most it will just drag on for a while," Zhou Yi said with an indifferent expression.

He plans to make a video about this matter; although not many people encounter similar situations, such opportunities for Case Interpretation are rare.

The fresh judgment can guide everyone on how to collect and secure evidence in such matters.

It is not to say that something will definitely go wrong, but being prepared against others is definitely fine.

Of course, the specific legal issues were left to Wang Daoren.

Poor Lawyer Wang was completely dumbfounded after hearing this news.

"General Manager Zhou, this... can I really do it? Didn't this always used to be done by Teacher Fang? Look at me, my level..."

He now watches every single one of Zhou Yi's videos without fail, so he naturally understands what the concept of legal popularization in this video is!

The most important thing is that he, Lawyer Wang, was very "hot" in previous videos—yes, "hot" in the true sense of the word.

Zhou Yi certainly never disclosed his personal privacy; these were all revealed by Wang Daoren himself on the internet after he joined Tengda.

Now, he is actually going to change from a negative character to a positive character?

Lawyer Wang has already started to ponder whether he should shave his head when he appears on video, so as not to be held a grudge by some narrow-minded lawyers...

I only have these few hairs when I appear on camera, and you actually dare to appear on camera with a full head of hair?

The testing center's agent Lawyer filed an Appeal; there was no surprise, anyway, the matter is just that kind of matter.

Of course, Zhou Yi did not know that at this very moment, in the capital of Hanxi Province, at a grand academic exchange conference, the situation was a bit unusual.

An old professor there looked at the exchanges in the venue and said with a smile, "Fang Xujing actually came to attend the conference; I felt something was a bit wrong when I heard it at the time. Sure enough, this is what's normal!"

Beside him, another law professor from Modu also smiled and said, "Is this Old Fang's style? We have all witnessed it. Didn't he say it himself? Online Debate doesn't count as debate at all."

"With his personality, I reckon he won't stop until he has debated this young man into having nothing to say, or perhaps it might be even more serious?"

"It's just that I don't know why Old Fang came this time to use that previous Wedding Hazing case as a topic for exchange. Come to think of it, I actually think that case was judged normally; after all, in this kind of situation, it must serve as a deterrent."

The old professor beside him laughed and said, "Old Fang has always focused on the matter and not the person. He had already debated this matter with people online before; I reckon he was just annoyed by a lot of guys."

At the conference, Fang Dazhuang was watching a young professor opposite him talking incessantly, his words flowing like a sea, and his head, which only had a few hairs left, was shining.

And opposite him, the young professor looked like he was about to cry!

His name is Liu Minrui; yes, he is that professor who spouted nonsense online and was then taught a lesson by Fang Dazhuang using a bunch of alt accounts until he deleted his article.

Of course, he is actually just an associate professor; it's just that young people want to show off online, so he got verified on major platforms and used his real name: Professor Liu Minrui.

He felt very uncomfortable at the time when he posted that content online and was then rendered speechless and forced to delete the article.

But if you can't win a debate, you can't win; at least he still wanted to save some face.

It's just that he felt unhappy afterward, so he posted a status saying, "The top domestic legal academic exchange conference is about to be held. I have been invited and must go. Sigh, it's just right to discuss with real legal experts whether the Wedding Hazing case actually needs a heavy sentence."

The original intention was, of course, Pretending to be Cool. Just think, he is only in his early thirties this year and is already an associate professor; he can be considered young and promising.

Posting a Photo with that conference pass, showing off a bit, and looking at the sycophantic comments in the comment section—that would be a wonderful thing.

And by the way, diss the guy who kept going against him before.

Look, I am attending a top domestic academic exchange conference and meeting many academic big shots; those so-called folk experts you all admire are worth nothing!

Then he came to attend with great interest. Who could have imagined that this top big shot in the industry, Fang Xujing, would actually catch him and not let go...

Not only that, but in the past few days, the other party has been calling them out one by one—all professors or experts who had commented on the previous case online using their real names.

Being called out by the other party one by one for Debate, the result goes without saying; three professors have already withdrawn. This kind of Debate is simply no match...

Now, Liu Minrui has a feeling: could it be that his thirty-year-old associate professorship is fake? Could it be that he is not suitable for studying law at all? Otherwise, it makes no sense; how could he not have the slightest power to fight back!

The first update is here. Some book friends told me about the person who occupied a parking space and threw the car into the water... Sigh, I really didn't expect that there are people in reality who don't know that this is a crime. Thinking about it this way, I feel that my book has at least popularized some things.

Let's put it this way, there are countless legal ways to make the other party uncomfortable, but he chose a criminal way. There is another chapter today.

(End of this chapter)