What's wrong with this lawyer?!

"Therefore, I should not bear any responsibility..."

That's how confident old Zheng was; as a legal director, there was nothing he could do. He had already said this matter couldn't be done, doing it posed legal risk!

Yes, legal risk; he couldn't directly say the matter was illegal, though he knew in his heart it was illegal. But this is the law, many things change when phrased differently.

The situation at the scene was quite chaotic, mainly because of old Tang's strong rhetoric.

Anyway, as the debate went on, the Judgment Chief directly struck the gavel.

"Alright, stop repeating yourselves. If you have any new points, state them. If not, this debate is concluded."

The discussion couldn't go further, it was initially a question of applying the new law or the old law, and now it's led to...

Old Tang's point was clear: this special representative system should be used now, even though it wasn't stipulated before, this system clearly better protects citizen interests and public interests!

The court hearing ended, Lv Xiaowan sighed; if her words today were really spread out, it would be no surprise, she'd definitely be criticized harshly by netizens.

This is why many cases can't be broadcast live.

In her heart, she also knew this system absolutely could be used now, and she had previously wanted to work on cases in this area.

Because, from any perspective, the company's false statements indeed cut away many people's earnings, it's just that before there wasn't such a convenient system to jointly sue the other party.

Now that there is, it definitely should be used. Lawyer Tang was right, this fills a gap, so applying the "gap-filling" principle poses no issue.

However, she had tried her best, at least she justified the lawyer fee Xinda Company paid.

Old Tang didn't say another word, and after the court hearing ended, he returned to the law firm right away.

For many people, this period was just torture, like He Haoyu, like Xu Jiacheng.

Especially Xu Jiacheng, it was really too torturous; now he could only hope the lawyer he hired was competent enough to keep him from shouldering responsibility.

So Xu Jiacheng had long arranged with the lawyer to call him immediately after the court hearing ended.

At this moment, several lawyers were gathered at the High Court entrance making calls.

"Hello, Mr. Xu, yes, the hearing just ended; let me update you on the situation..."

On the other end of the call, Xu Jiacheng listened nervously; when he heard the other party say "this case is basically lost," he almost collapsed.

"Why? I just signed a name, does signing a name carry such heavy responsibility?"

The lawyer continued to explain calmly: "Mr. Xu, signing bears a responsibility that can vary in size, depending on the whole situation."

"Yours is considered good; in the civil engineering sector, even interns who sign get caught. Do you think he's not wronged? You know his income is way less compared to yours."

The lawyer couldn't help it; he had tried his best with this case, but lawyers have to consider basic circumstances. Even Modu's Lv Xiaowan had no way out, what could he do?

Signing is something all adults know shouldn't be done carelessly, let alone Xu Jiacheng as an independent director, he signed for money, a large sum of money!

Now he's claiming he merely signed a name...

"What do you mean? I'll tell you, I'm going to file a complaint against you..." Xu Jiacheng started shouting hysterically on the phone.

The lawyer he hired was very ethical, just standing there listening to the insults without responding, from start to finish, until the other party finished and hung up.

Having taken the money, if the client wanted to curse a few times, let them curse, unlike some service industries that can't handle a few insults.

At home, Xu Jiacheng dejectedly put down his phone and sat on the sofa, it was over, this time it was really over.

More than cursing, it was venting emotions; with the case as it was, what use was a lawyer?

Tang Fangjing, it's all because of Tang Fangjing; if not for him, how could he have ended up in this situation?

He didn't know what to do, so he started drinking; after drinking, he had nowhere to vent his anger, only cursing his wife and children.

Two days later, his wife took the kids back to her parents' home; it was completely untenable here now.

Xu Jiacheng didn't go find them, just continued drinking daily, living in drunken stupor, with a faint hope the court would judge him not responsible...

He Haoyu returned to Jingzhou with his family; he's restricted from leaving the country, his assets fully frozen, so he could only stay home.

The High Court's judicial committee began continuously discussing the case.

The list was fine, investors' information was directly retrieved from relevant departments, and the compensation calculation method was one that had always been accepted.

Xinda Company should bear the compensation responsibility without issue.

The issue was whether other people, like He Haoyu, like Xu Jiacheng, should bear corresponding joint liability.

Internal disputes arose in the judicial committee, some believed that since it was a corporation, according to limited liability regulations, shareholders should only be liable for their subscribed shares.

They should not bear additional compensation responsibilities.

Correspondingly, executives were merely company managers and should not be held responsible.

But another group shared the same view as old Tang.

Old Tang believed, as a public company, blatantly making false statements and causing extremely severe consequences.

According to the relevant securities law, its controlling shareholders, directors, and independent directors—these executives must bear responsibility.