What's wrong with this lawyer?!

However, normally, those executives are quickly released on bail, and as for whether they will eventually be convicted, that's hard to say.

In the office, Old Wang and Old Song looked at Old Tang in front of them, not understanding.

"Although we all know that there must be people hiring these Internet trolls behind the scenes, similar cases have occurred before, and you could never trace it back to this point. What do you think made this time different?"

Ever since Wang Qingqing asked this question previously, Old Wang racked his brain to come up with an answer in front of his niece, but he couldn't figure it out.

This had nothing to do with how awesome Lawyer Tang Fangjing was. No matter how capable he was, he couldn't interfere with the actions of the public security organs, not even those in Jingzhou, let alone The Capital.

And with this kind of case, there definitely had to be approval from above.

Old Tang looked at the two in front of him and then glanced at Wang Qingqing behind them and laughed, "Can't figure it out, right? Let me explain. In recent years, there have been frequent occurrences of cyberbullying. All kinds of cyberbullying incidents are emerging one after another."

"The state has invested a lot of effort in this area, aiming to tackle cyberbullying."

How to tackle it? On the one hand, stricter regulation, and on the other, legislation to enforce controls.

The Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Public Security just issued "Guiding Opinions on Punishing Cyberbullying Crimes According to Law" this year. Article two, Provision eight of the opinion states that there will be a focus on cracking down on malicious initiators, organizers, those who maliciously encourage and people who repeatedly fail to change after repeated education.

And Provision two of article eight also stipulates that there will be heavier punishment for those organizing "Internet trolls" and "assault teams" or other personnel involved...

"And look what happened. The joint opinion by the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Public Security was just issued not even two months ago, and suddenly Virtual Coin pulled off a big stunt..."

It was quite a sight at the time. Overnight, public opinion flipped completely. If you didn't know any better, you'd think Tang Fangjing was some kind of scum.

Conveniently, Virtual Coin made a great target and walked right into the firing line...

This was Old Tang's plan all along. There hadn't been a suitable case to illustrate the law since the issuance of the guiding opinions, and you couldn't just pick any case.

It needed to demonstrate the state's attitude towards combating cyberbullying. So think about it, if a company like Virtual Coin could be targeted, not to mention everyone else.

It's all about the right opportunity, I suppose. If it were any other time, Old Tang really doubted it would have gone this far.

Across from him, Old Wang felt this was purely like a blind cat running into a dead mouse, but... it doesn't matter whether it was by chance or not, they definitely did it.

Wang Qingqing was now full of admiration. Tang Fangjing's articulate manner appeared to her as the epitome of handsome.

The handsomeness of a man, at first glance, seems to have a lot to do with looks, but once you get to know them, you'll understand that appearance is one aspect, and temperament is also very important.

Old Tang walked over to the office window, looked outside and smiled, "I believe that any lawyer who wants to make it further on this path must be sensitive to these kinds of events!"

Timing is indeed very important. With the right timing, the effort is doubled. With the wrong timing, even more effort may not yield the results we have now.

This time, it should serve as an education for game companies, I suppose.

The people are already detained, so the video preparation can start. Old Tang wants to properly summarize what happened this time.

The public security agency has released a bulletin, stating roughly that several executives of Virtual Coin are suspected of picking quarrels and provoking trouble and have been criminally detained in accordance with the law.

Virtual Coin entered a brief period of chaos, but fortunately, such companies usually have a mature system in place. The arrest of the company's chairman and several executives didn't have a particularly significant impact; operations could still proceed normally.

Meanwhile, The Capital's Internet Court received the writ of execution, and the judges there were all marvelling at how well everything had synced up...

Old Tang spent more time producing this video than usual, primarily because it was pushing toward twenty minutes in length.

Of course, in the video, he wouldn't mention any sort of "coordination". It was just about making the report, Lawyer Da Li being arrested, and then speculating that the public security organs followed the trail to unearth the troll group and then traced it back to Virtual Coin.

It was all because the public security authorities were highly efficient; violations of the law were pursued without fail!

Although these were real events, they were just deductions made by Old Tang based on the information he had, so there wouldn't be any trouble.

Soon the video was ready. Old Tang thought for a long time before he finally came up with a title: "Because They Wouldn't Refund Me 320 Yuan, I Got the Game Company's Executives Arrested?"

After carefully checking for issues and finding none, he clicked upload.

Online folks were really curious now, because the case was in the investigation phase, so the information they could get wasn't abundant.

Then, Tang Fangjing released the video, and with such an explosive title, everyone just had to take a good look.

Meanwhile, at The Capital's Meitian Company, Zhou Xianying was busy at her station, working. It had been several days since the boss was arrested, but thankfully things had finally stabilized.

There was one thing though; Director Fang, the head of the legal department, had also been taken away. However, Zhou Xianying knew this was normal since the idea had originally come from Director Fang.

Right then, her phone rang. It was a notification alert: Tang Fangjing had uploaded a new video!

The moment she saw the title, Zhou Xianying went straight to the restroom, and soon, there were sounds coming from inside the women's toilet.

"Hello, dear viewers, I'm your old friend Tang Fangjing. I believe you've all heard of this incident. The cause is actually quite simple, all over just 320 yuan..."

Unused Virtual Coins that were recharged should, by all rights, be refunded, but the game company gave an either-or option: accept compensation or get nothing, even saying go ahead and sue...

Zhou Xianying's face turned red upon seeing this, because she was the one who had said that. She hadn't believed that the other party would sue over this trifling amount of money; he wasn't some tycoon, after all.

As she continued to read, she knew most of the subsequent events. The online author had no avenues to sue, and then Lawyer Tang took on the lawsuit.

The situation had escalated, and now, watching the video, Zhou Xianying realized the company had actually had many opportunities. If they had actively sought a settlement with a better attitude when the other party sued, it could have been completely resolved.

An apology or a full refund would have sufficed—it really wasn't a lot of money. Unfortunately, the company kept going to court, and then... things ended up as they were now.

The other party had sued those who reported him for instigating under their real names. One even reported them for fraud, conjecturing that there must have been paid trolls among them, who, once arrested, spilled the beans and led to a domino effect.

Zhou Xianying thought this was a bit far-fetched, but she didn't know the exact reason why.

After reading through the entire post, she had only one thought: Tang Fangjing was truly terrifying. Once he had his sights set on you, he would go to any lengths to make sure you didn't get off easy.

As a legal professional herself, Zhou Xianying could only sigh.

The video sparked heated discussions, with many people stepping forward to analyze why this incident was making such big waves. Amidst this atmosphere, in the detention center of The Capital, Cao Deli walked out accompanied by his lawyer; he had posted bail.

But as soon as he got home, he saw Old Tang's video. After watching it completely and seeing those comments mocking the company with phrases like "Not willing to pay even 300 yuan, are you satisfied now?" he suddenly felt a tightness in his chest...
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If he had known it would turn out like this, he should have agreed to mediate from the start. It was just too late now.

On the side of the Consumer Rights Association, Chairman Liu breathed a sigh of relief as soon as the video was released; Lawyer Tang was a man of his word.

But by now, it was useless. The public outcry had been too large by now; everyone was questioning why the Consumer Association didn't sue, and the higher-ups had started an investigation. Liu had no choice but to tell them everything.

The consequence was that he was getting ready to be disciplined, and it looked like his time as chairman of the Consumer Rights Association was over.

Ah, what a mess this was. Looking at the current state of the internet, if he had just agreed to Lawyer Tang's demands at the start, then perhaps by now...

Chairman Liu wished he could travel back in time and slap his former self. What was he showing off for!

And amid this profusion of voices, the Jingzhou Lawyers Association seemed to echo the sentiment and issued their investigation results very "timely," stating that after the investigation, Tang Fangjing was not found to be involved in any improper competition or instigation.

There were no waves caused by this, after all, those who made the real-name reports and those who hired them were now in custody. Don't worry about the other stuff; all you need to say is whether there's any problem with the investigation by the Lawyers Association, right!