What's wrong with this lawyer?!

"Hey big bro, it's not like I was the one looking for trouble, but look at these records. I was just expressing my opinion nicely, and then this netizen jumps out and calls me a legal ignoramus who only knows how to vent emotions."

"Come on, I'm someone who passed the bar exam and am also a law graduate student. Plus, my views are well supported by arguments. But then he just comes at me like that, who wouldn't lose their patience?"

"Then we started arguing, and in the heat of the moment, I suggested a bet, and he agreed. So can you blame me?"

Today was the day their group held a discussion on their project. The group wasn't large, so typically they'd meet in their advisor's office.

Hearing this, the senior fellow said, "Ok, just stop getting into these online fights. Spare others when you can, and besides, our advisor seems to be on a short fuse lately. You really don't want to get caught by the scruff."

As he spoke, the senior fellow remembered the recent events. It had been constant scolding, big and small. If you asked whether there were mistakes, sure, there were.

But if you really got down to it, they were all trivial errors that the advisor might have let slide with a few words in the past. Now... it's gotten to the point where the guys are questioning their life choices, feeling like they're just not cut out for law studies.

Wang Jing similarly remarked, "Right, I wonder what's gotten into the advisor. You don't think he's having some domestic trouble, do you?"

The senior fellow waved his hand dismissively, "Who knows..."

Before he could finish, Wang Jing interrupted him, "Hey big bro, look, this netizen says he'll honor the bet and is going to post an apology video online!"

Though it wasn't barking like a dog, it was still pretty good. At least he's willing to admit his mistake.

Quickly, Wang Jing started typing, "Posting an apology video counts as keeping your promise. I'm magnanimous and won't nitpick with you. Let the show begin!"

Of course, what Wang Jing didn't know was that on the other end, Professor Du, who had barely managed to keep his temper in check, saw that comment and blew up again.

"Not nitpicking with me," huh? So that means I'm the small-fry in this situation?

Professor Du put on a cold face, masked up, and still took out his phone to record a short video. It was basically him admitting that he shouldn't have called the other person legally illiterate and that his judgment was flawed, among other things...

Sigh, even with a mask on, friends and students could probably still tell it was him. There goes his dignity.

But since he agreed to it, he had to follow through. He couldn't let down the name of a legal professional.

The video was posted, and Professor Du didn't look at any comments afterwards, quickly logged out, and then strode off to his office with a dark expression.

In the office, Wang Jing clicked on the video as soon as it was up, and then... she was stunned.

The curious senior fellow next to her said, "What are you doing? Hurry up and get ready, the advisor will be here any minute."

Just as Wang Jing was about to speak, the office door opened, and in walked the advisor, dressed just as the man in the video: "Is everyone here? Good, we're not looking at the paper today, but instead, we'll discuss this matter that's been happening online."

As he spoke, Wang Jing saw the advisor take out his phone.

"Look at this person. Based on his posts, it seems he has some knowledge of the law, but he's still exploiting emotions online... Such a person is even scarier than a legal ignoramus, you know!"

And thus, Wang Jing watched as the advisor up there meticulously dissected her comments. At that moment, she remembered the times she had managed to silence the other person online with her quick typing...

Honestly, at his age, still going online with an alternate account?

The next day, in a hotel in Changlu County, Old Tang got out of bed but wasn't in a rush to sue Erhutun Village Committee for the afforestation compensation they owed from before, as now wasn't a good time to resolve the issue legally.

The reason was simple, as Huang Licheng had mentioned before – the village committee was broke.

You can't expect much from a village like this. The money earned from contracting out the land had vanished before it could even be spent. Don't worry about how it disappeared; it was just gone.

Huang Licheng learned about the situation through previous petitions.

No matter what, Ding Deshui was just a village official. When Huang Licheng had taken the petition route, some leaders wanted to help and suggested that both sides of Erhutun Village sit down and talk. The conclusion was: the village had no money.

Considering Huang Licheng's orchard, the compensation could amount to around a million, so there was no base for negotiation. Without any money, no matter what you do, you can't make restitution.

This was also one of the reasons he didn't go through legal channels to resolve the matter, with a case amounting to a million, he didn't even know how much the litigation fees would be; add on the attorney fees, winning was definitely not a problem.

But Ding Deshui came to him directly, telling him to go ahead and sue, as there was no money in the village anyway, so what if you win the lawsuit, there is still no money.

Huang Licheng felt indignant at the time and even specifically consulted with a lawyer at the petition window, it should be noted that there are lawyers at the petition windows, but these lawyers only handle receptions and consultations.

The main role of petition lawyers is to guide the visitors to safeguard their rights through legal means, which really means that they encourage you not to always rely on petitions, serving as a way to divert some issues.

However, that lawyer, perhaps out of pity for Huang Licheng, gave him a piece of advice, mentioning that in such cases, there was a high risk in suing, if the judgment couldn't be enforced, the money spent on the lawsuit would go to waste...

So Huang Licheng didn't file a lawsuit, and continued to seek redress through the petition route, all the way up to the province...

Old Tang was naturally well aware of this reasoning, such litigation was meaningless; you could obtain a judgment, but a judgment that couldn't be executed was, in a sense, almost as good as a lawyer's letter...

This was among the most difficult of enforcement challenges, when the debtor is a government department, what can you do?

An ordinary person who owes money and doesn't pay can still be sent to detention for ten to fifteen days within a year, even if the court ruling isn't executed.

If a company fails to repay its debts, the legal representative can similarly be put in detention.

But when it comes to government departments owing money, what then? The courts can't simply send the legal representative of a unit into detention, not to mention that sometimes the debt was incurred by a predecessor, or even someone before that; even if it was the incumbent who owes the debt, you can't just do that, otherwise, how would work ever get done?

So, a deadlock.

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Even the Supreme Court has issued special documents, analyzing the reasons for and prevention of difficulties in executing cases involving village committees...

Hence, everything requires a proper approach; even Tang Fangjing couldn't just rely on brute force; you can't conjure money out of thin air if there is none in the accounts.

The streets of Changlu County were bustling, and Old Tang was on the phone while enjoying some street food, a small place, but the street breakfast was indeed quite good.

"Lao Huang, don't worry, yes, I'm in your county right now..."

On the other end of the phone, Huang Licheng said helplessly, "Lawyer Tang, I'm not trying to rush you, after all, I'm already very satisfied that you got me an acquittal."

Hearing this, Old Tang instantly chuckled, "That doesn't sound sincere, after all, it's a lot of money, if it was me, I'd definitely want the money too."

"You've also got a pretty good understanding of me by now, so don't worry, these things take time; at the very least, for now, Er Tou Village simply doesn't have that kind of money."

Huang Licheng sighed, although he was aware of the situation, he still felt stifled, clearly his own orchard had been demolished, and now for compensation, they could brush him off with a simple "no money," what kind of situation was this!

"So, Lawyer Tang, what do we do if the village has no money?"

Although during the live broadcast at Tengda, Director Song had said not to ask about these things, he couldn't help but inquire, otherwise he wouldn't feel at ease.

"If the village has no money, then we obviously can't go after the village; we have to go after whoever does have the money, didn't you mention last time? Er Tou Village might have no money, but your village head is rather wealthy!"

Old Tang said cheerfully over the phone, "I won't say much more, you just wait, and remember, don't come back, and don't disclose anything to anyone, otherwise, if things don't work out, at most I'll get scolded a bit, but it could ruin your life."

Huang Licheng quickly responded, "No problem, Lawyer Tang, I won't talk recklessly."

After hanging up the phone, Huang Licheng thought hard but still couldn't figure out how to get money from the village head; how could such a person possibly give up the money?

As for Old Tang, he finished his soup in one gulp and stood up; there was nothing for him to do right now, just one thing, wait!

Wait for the investigation results from the public security authorities.

He, Tang Fangjing, was just a lawyer, unable to look into the matters himself; investigation had to depend on the police.

If it was related to criminal affairs, civil matters would then be easy to handle...