What's wrong with this lawyer?!

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For example, there was a case in practice where a minor injury settlement reached 800,000 yuan. If you really talk about it, that 800,000 yuan doesn't match the minor injury at all, but it's not extortion either.

However, Old Tang always makes sure that his work is foolproof. Over the phone, he only mentioned the compensation amount for the orchard, which was 1.03 million plus interest, and other things like mental damage compensation were not specified.

Because in Old Tang's view, my client is the victim, so if you want to settle the case criminally, you have to be the first to propose conditions, then we'll see if the price is right or not.

Lawyer Zhou, who was well-connected in the county town, was naturally a smart person and quickly said, "Lawyer Tang, since you're also considering a settlement, let's be frank. Including everything you just mentioned, how about 1.5 million?" Stay tuned to My Virtual Library Empire

Anyway, it's not his money. Ding Deshui has been making money for years, so he could afford it.

Then... Lawyer Zhou heard the busy signal on the phone; Tang Fangjing had hung up.

Damn, this guy is greedy, isn't he? 1.5 million is not enough?

But Lawyer Zhou wasn't unhappy; on the contrary, he was very pleased—as long as he could get the person out first, spending some money didn't matter. The other party's greed was proof that money would solve the issue.

He thought Tang Fangjing would be tough to negotiate with, but this? It could be settled in minutes.

After some thought, Lawyer Zhou called Ding Deshui's wife's phone again.

"Sister-in-law, this is the situation. My advice is, Brother Ding definitely won't have it easy this time, and your family's savings probably won't last. You might as well use them to handle the situation."

"Yes, so I'll talk to the other side again."

After the call, Lawyer Zhou continued the back-and-forth with Old Tang. After several discussions, they finally reached an outcome: 1.7 million, with Huang Licheng issuing a letter of forgiveness and both parties reaching a criminal settlement!

Looking at the number, Lawyer Zhou shook his head, but he didn't have the guts to embezzle the money. He knew which money he should take and which he shouldn't.

On the other side of the phone, Old Tang put down his phone and smiled. Things had turned out even better than he expected.

He had originally planned to get back 1.3 million, but Lawyer Zhou seemed to be in a hurry, indicating that Ding Deshui's issue might be more significant than he had thought.

Good, people like that should rot in jail.

But as he got more life back, he felt himself becoming more extreme, particularly inclined towards advocating harsher punishments...

No, no, he needed to see a psychologist some other day; his current condition was somewhat serious.

However, he couldn't deny that seeing these people receive heavy sentences felt great.

While mulling over these thoughts, Old Tang dialed Huang Licheng's number.

Huang Licheng was no longer at the construction site. Previously, the execution retrieval had brought in about 70,000 yuan, and he had received another 360,000 yuan from state compensation, significantly relieving his financial strain.

His son had found a job in a county under Jingzhou City, so he and his wife also moved over, planning to settle there permanently. They didn't intend to return to Changlu County for the time being.

But at the moment, Huang Licheng was having a tough time because his son had brought home a girlfriend.

"Dad, about this... you see, what do we do?" His son hemmed and hawed as he spoke.

Huang Licheng's son was not young anymore, but because Huang Licheng had been incarcerated, his son had struggled to find a suitable partner. Now that he finally had one, her demands were a bit hard to swallow.

A dowry of 200,000 yuan, plus jewelry, which wasn't too much to ask in itself. The key issue was that the woman wanted to buy a house and a car in the county.

In reality, this was a fairly common requirement; these days, a house and a car are essential for marriage.

And the reasoning was solid: they couldn't keep renting after marriage, especially not when children come into the picture.

Huang Licheng didn't say anything, just smoked one cigarette after another. Normally, if his son was getting married, he would spare no expense, but given the current circumstances, even selling everything wouldn't suffice.

His wife didn't know what to say either; she just sat there wiping tears from her eyes. She had thought that after her husband's exoneration, things would get better, but now... sigh.

Seeing Huang Licheng's silence, his son added, "Dad, then I... I'll just tell her we can't get married for now."

He knew the family's situation; the money was almost equivalent to his father's life, and if it weren't for Lawyer Tang, even that wouldn't have been possible.

"What do you mean no wedding? Of course, you're getting married; your dad's got this!" Huang said.

Having spoken, Huang Licheng went outside to contact Lawyer Tang to see if there was any way to get at least some advance compensation.

The phone call went through quickly, and Old Tang's voice came through the receiver: "Eh, Lao Huang, what's got you calling me out of the blue? Is there something up?"

"But it's good timing, I was about to call you too. Listen, I've settled things today with the lawyers representing Ding Deshui and his people. They've agreed to a criminal settlement: they'll give you 1.7 million, and you provide them with a letter of forgiveness."

"This is the most compensation I can get for you; any more and they wouldn't agree. So, you see if you can accept this because of the great harm they've done to you..."

However, at that moment, Huang Licheng was stunned. His ears had automatically filtered out all those words like "the great harm they've done to you, can you accept it," leaving only that number: 1.7 million!

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