Chapter 193: Confusing Earnest Money and Deposits
Jingzhou Lawyers Association, Old Cheng sat in the office sipping tea, the picture of contentment.
Finally, there were no more troubles. In the recent past, he couldn't help but feel like he was getting shot even while lying down. It was Tang Fangjing who had said to have the association open a case for investigation. But the moment the notice was sent out, those people acted like they'd gone mad, giving the association all sorts of trouble.
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Poor Lawyers Association was just an industry group. Everyone above was a 'big daddy,' and they couldn't afford to offend a soul. At that time, he was called in to explain the situation.
And then, after the leadership got an understanding, they also didn't know whether to laugh or cry... But that laugh-cry was just an emotion. The leadership also said, you've got to handle this properly, at the very least preventing any form of group incident from happening.
After all, some hothead had already planned to head to The Capital...
But now, the situation had finally passed, although the outcome was a little different from what Old Cheng had imagined.
He originally thought that Tang Fangjing establishing rules for the gaming industry was already quite impressive. But unexpectedly, after the whole thing was settled, a counterattack came, sending several high-level executives from Meitian right to prison.
That ability to turn the tide with the wave of a hand was something only dreamt of by lawyers.
As for worrying that Tang Fangjing would snatch his position, there was no need for that.
Once you become the president of the Lawyers Association, you can't continue with practical legal work. And for someone like Tang Fangjing, not being able to practice would be more painful than death. At least, that's what Old Cheng believed.
So, at most, the other party would become a vice-president, which was no big deal. Anyway, as the current president, he listened to the other party, so whether Tang Fangjing became a vice-president or not didn't make any difference.
People, as long as they accept their own deficiencies, will live a happy life...
It's just that some vice-presidents below didn't want to move from their spots, but no worries, Old Han had already started working on it.
It's strange how things have changed; Han Chengli used to fight with Tang Fangjing like fire and water, but now it's like he's suddenly changed his stripes...
On April 11th, Old Tang got up and looked at the legal calendar, favorable for mediation, withdrawal of lawsuits, avoid initiating lawsuits, appeals, judicial supervision...
Anyone could see that it was not a favorable day—what good day involves mediation and withdrawing lawsuits? If you're not suing, then don't, but if you do, you should follow through, not give up halfway.
Forget it, he would not take on cases today. Old Tang decided to go to the law firm to read, avoiding this inauspicious day.
Han Dong First Hospital was urging him again. Old Guo said there were signs of deterioration at the last check-up, so he wanted him to come in regularly for follow-ups. But after the new year, he'd rushed straight to The Capital and had no time for check-ups.
He still needed to make an appointment with Old Guo, otherwise the latter would definitely worry that he'd found another oncologist.
You hear about child-snatching, girlfriend-snatching, money-snatching, but Tang Fangjing had never heard of patient-snatching...
In the future, he could just claim he was doing research at the hospital, no problem.
Heading downstairs, he greeted the old neighbors in the courtyard out of habit. These were truly old neighbors.
Eighty-year-old Old Wang, eighty-three-year-old Official Granny, with the youngest being seventy-eight-year-old Old Liu Head. Now tell me, doesn't that count as old neighbors?
After greeting them, he left the Yuefu Residential Complex. The early spring weather was bright and sunny, after all, even in Yuefu, it was unlikely that someone would come charging in to stab people every day.
At the breakfast stand, he had a bowl of savory tofu brains with three youtiao and a tea egg, Old Tang walked into the law firm belching, leaving behind a beaming owner.
Every year there's someone spreading rumors saying Lawyer Tang won't live long. Look at what he eats; he would believe he could live another hundred years!
A good person like Lawyer Tang should live a long and prosperous life!
Walking into the law firm, Wang Qingqing, dressed in simple casual attire, was already waiting at the door.
"Brother Tang, you're here. Let me fill you in on today's agenda. We've booked three cases for the morning: one is real estate dispute, one is unfair competition, and the last is intentional homicide. This afternoon, there's a meeting at the Lawyers Association..."
The three cases were very typical, carefully selected by Wang Qingqing.
No need to mention the real estate dispute; in Wang Qingqing's eyes, Brother Tang was quite fond of this type of case.
The unfair competition was purely for making money, a dispute between big companies, where a hundred million was seen as a small amount.
As for the last, the intentional homicide case was to cater to Old Tang's preference. He liked intentional homicide... somehow, that sentence doesn't seem quite right...
Old Tang took a look at the three cases and said, "Pass the real estate dispute to Old Song, the intentional homicide to Zhang Wei, and leave the unfair competition for me."
"Also, stop by my office later, I've got a headache and need a massage."
The real estate dispute wasn't a big case and wouldn't trigger any tasks, so it was perfect for Old Song. The intentional homicide case, with conclusive evidence, wasn't going to be easy for him either, but Zhang Wei could give it a try.
So the theme for this period was to make money. In the novels he read in his past life, that character named Zhou Yi had a system to make money for him, so he could make money too!
That way, when faced with troublesome cases that required spending money in the future, he wouldn't be strapped for cash.
Soon, Wang Qingqing had everything arranged and came into the room to start the massage, saying as she worked, "Brother Tang, you just finished a big case; aren't you going to take a rest for a while?"
Old Tang, with his eyes closed, replied, "I'm not in a position to rest right now. In fact, I'm quite satisfied that I'm still alive. Qingqing, you have no idea how much joy winning a lawsuit can bring..."
In his previous life, he'd already enjoyed what there was to enjoy. Now, it feels like that thrill of victory in court was multiple times more dopamine-inducing than any shiver-inducing thrill, a truly exhilarating experience from the inside out!