What's wrong with this lawyer?!

This world cannot generally say that the majority of things, or rather, all things happen for a reason.

Take the community of internet mercenaries, for instance, they've been repeatedly targeted by crackdowns, arrested year after year, yet they persist. Are these people idle with nothing better to do, engaging in such activities for no reason at all?

That's definitely not the case. At least, Old Tang doesn't think so. There must be individuals or companies hiring them.

There's an old saying, "There are always takers for a beheading trade, but no one up for a losing deal." It's impossible that they risk incarceration without any benefit in return. It just wouldn't make sense.

So the question arises, who are the employers of these internet mercenaries?

Of course, when a mercenary group is caught, they naturally have to face imprisonment, but not necessarily the people who hired them.

At the very least, according to the "Interpretation on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in Handling Cases of Defamation through Information Networks" Article 5, Paragraph 2 by the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, the disruption must reach a level of severe disturbance of public order.

So now, is the boomerang returning? Previously, Old Tang was reported by real name for allegedly inciting public disturbance and disrupting public order, which includes the internet as a form of public domain.

Now, you people hire internet mercenaries, fabricate false information, causing chaos online at the time, as if internet users everywhere were engaged in quarrels.

So, would you say this counts as a severe disruption of public order?

This article isn't targeting anyone in particular. Anyway, according to Lawyer Tang's explanation, this is simply a reaction inspired by the results of the public security authorities.

But netizens are no fools, and the spearhead is clearly aimed at the game company from before!

"Typical Tang Fangjing's style, the revenge is a day-long act. If you say the game company had nothing to do with the previous round of incidents, not even a dog would believe you!"

"That's right, let the fight begin, let the war commence, I want to see the world burn!"

"But why are you guys so certain that the capture of this team of internet mercenaries is related to Tang Fangjing's previous report?"

There are many comments from netizens, but generally, they fall into three categories: those who support Tang Fangjing, those who just enjoy the spectacle, not caring whose expense it is at as long as there's entertainment, and the rational ones who voice reasonable doubts.

At the Jingzhou Tengda Law Firm, Old Tang looked at the online comments, his face breaking into a smile. After all, the matter had progressed to this point, so it could only go all the way.

Whether or not a big fish could be caught this time was uncertain. His actions, of course, were not a shot in the dark; rather, he intended to coordinate with the relevant authorities.

Law and politics are inseparable; it's all about how well the "coordination" is handled.

In his past life, leaders of big companies generally remained unscathed.

The simplest operation involved setting up a separate public relations company which could be a subsidiary, an affiliate, or a completely separate entity in legal terms.

Then, whenever there's an issue, this PR company would step in to engage the advertising agency, the kind that had recently been arrested.

In this way, there were effectively two walls between the parent company and the mercenaries.

The contract signed between the ad agency and PR company was strictly an advertising agency agreement. Don't even think about finding any loopholes in it; all their activities were legitimate advertising practices.

What? You're saying that company deals with internet mercenaries, and they've committed crimes?

What the hell does that have to do with us, a PR company? We only hired them for advertising purposes. Who told them to hire mercenaries? We knew nothing about it—officers, we're innocent!

Of course, this point is debatable. Some cases have found clear evidence to investigate the PR company directly, but tracing back to the parent company through the mercenaries? That's practically unheard of.

Because if company leaders have a shred of intelligence, they would never discuss such things directly. Usually, PR contracts are based on a timeline.

Moreover, they could claim, we only hired you to manage negative public relations, not to break the law and commit crimes. That's your own business!

Looks familiar, doesn't it? It's just like replacing employees with companies. The actions of employees are their own; similarly, what the contracted company does is none of our concern!

Being in PR can sometimes be really interesting.

Like that time following an incident concerning a trending topic involving Mr. Jiang, the Cyberspace Administration of China formally summoned a certain company and suspended the trending searches for seven days. While many people are aware of this, some probably don't know that in October of the same year, the head of that company's public relations was detained on charges of fraud...

Or take the head of the PR and marketing department of a certain car company; he was investigated even after departing from the company...

However, compared to the previous confrontation with the game company, this time, the rational voices among netizens seem to outnumber the emotional ones. They don't believe Tang Fangjing could steer this narrative.

After all, the annual revenue of Meitian Company is quite substantial, making it a major taxpayer, and typically, such companies are left undisturbed.

Naturally, there were those who mocked him, acknowledging that Tang Fangjing did well in the past but suggesting his current course of action was somewhat demeaning.

The reason is straightforward: Aren't you a self-proclaimed lawyer? Why then are you always looking to solve things through public opinion? Besides, it seems somewhat presumptuous, given the size and status of the company as a major taxpayer, it is unlikely to be tampered with lightly.

Upon seeing these comments, Ju Haiqing wanted to object but found himself at a loss for words, his own doubts murmuring inside him, wondering what the point was in Lawyer Tang publishing this article.