What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Old Wang had no idea about these things; he only heard that Lawyer Tang inside had made a promise—the case could definitely be won!

He didn't know about other people, but he was sure that Lawyer Tang didn't speak lies—a spit, a pit.

It had been the same during the homeowner's committee elections; if he said you would be taught technical skills, you definitely would be!

"Lawyer Tang, can you really, really guarantee a win?" Old Wang asked, looking at Old Tang's face.

Old Tang was very serious, "I really guarantee it, I never talk nonsense!"

Then, to the stupor of everyone present, Old Wang outside actually took the initiative to come in...

"That's, that's it?" a young person there was dumbfounded: "Just by saying it's guaranteed to win, he actually believes it?"

Secretary Tian beside him spoke up, "It depends on who is saying it. When Lawyer Tang says it, people will definitely believe him. That's the credibility he has built up over many years."

Once Old Wang came in, everyone sighed in relief; Old Wang's spouse was already crying like a tearful statue.

Just then, Old Tang spoke up, "Old Wang, you encounter a case and don't come to me, you play jumping from buildings, is that it?"

Old Wang answered somewhat embarrassed, "I did come to you before, they said you were hospitalized, and afterwards, the other party filed a lawsuit, I really had no choice..."

"And so you jump off a building? Alright, Uncle Meng, you guys have a slow talk then; I won't disturb you."

After a pause, Old Tang added, "Remember to come to Tengda after you come out."

What 'come out'? Old Wang was confused, when he saw the local police officer, Officer Meng, approaching.

"Let's go, come back to the police station with me. Playing this gambit at such an old age, isn't it disgraceful? This is creating a disturbance, you know that? Hurry up and go!"

Old Tang didn't interfere with all that; with the commotion Old Wang had caused, involving firefighters and public security, he had to accept whatever punishment was due.

This was unrelated to the case itself.

Seeing that Old Wang had been taken in, the crowd outside slowly began to disperse, and the neighbors didn't shout anything like "hurry up and jump," which was a bit different from the outside world.

Old Tang turned around and returned to the law firm, puzzled about what's going on with people nowadays, with more and more being ready to scam others.

The people capable of becoming loan guarantors were either very close relatives or particularly good friends.

The result? When it comes to tricking someone, they don't care about friends; they just swindle as they please.

It can only be said, don't go being someone's guarantor. You think nothing will happen, but once something does, there's no running from it.

Old Wang was taken to the police station, lectured for a good while, and was given an administrative penalty fine of five hundred yuan, but no detention.

The main reason was that he was not young, and the police station didn't want the trouble...

Whether you admit it or not, being old is an issue. When courts go to enforce evictions, and they encounter seniors occupying the property, they are powerless.

A few bucks a month, why risk your life? If any harm comes to an old person, complaints come down, and the enforcing judges will be in trouble.

Time quickly moved to the following morning in the Tengda Law Firm office.

Old Tang looked at Old Wang opposite him and began, "Now, let's talk about the details."

"The situation is like this: just before last year, an old friend came to me, saying he was having business cash flow problems. He borrowed some money from a company for turnover."

"But that company insisted he must find a guarantor, so he turned to me..."

Old Wang rambled on, while Old Tang had already gotten the picture.

Many seniors don't take contracts seriously. When asked to sign, they sign without much thought, sometimes without even reading the content.

When an old friend asks for help, they surely would help, even using their property deed as a guarantee. Old Tang didn't even know what to say.

After asking the general questions, Old Tang started to look over the copy of the complaint and some of the evidence from the other party.

The guarantee contract was without issues; he looked carefully and felt a vein on his forehead throb; it was actually a joint guarantee!

Guarantees, also known as securities, are divided into two types, one called general guarantee, and the other called joint and several guarantee.

As the names suggest, the former means that the creditor must go through lawsuits and various other methods to demand money from the debtor and can only turn to the guarantor if that fails.

In other words, the guarantor plays a supplementary role in this context.

Joint and several guarantee is a bit more intimidating; the guarantor has no right to defend first and, as long as the debtor doesn't pay back the money, the creditor can directly demand payment from you, the guarantor!

Those who know the law even a little understand that one should not guarantee lightly, and if it's absolutely necessary, a general guarantee is enough.

Looking at the other evidence, Old Tang's headache grew worse; based on his current experience, this case really had no room for maneuver!

No wonder, when Mr. Wang sought the advice of many lawyers in Jingzhou, they basically felt the case was a certain loss.

The only possible defense was contractual flaws, such as a guarantee period specified as five years in the contract, which is obviously nonsense.

In the loan contract, the repayment period was only two years, so stretching the guarantee period to five years is definitely unreasonable.

There were quite a few flaws like this in the guarantee contract, all of which served to increase the guarantor's liability.

But such flaws couldn't affect the validity of the contract, so where was the breakthrough point?

The mission was to use legal means to teach the unscrupulous friend a lesson, but now that the friend couldn't be found, the first thing to do was to sort out the debt case.

Old Tang fell into deep thought.

Meanwhile, a video of Mr. Wang about to jump off a building and then being persuaded not to by Old Tang was posted online by many local media in Jingzhou.

It was then forwarded by other self-media.

Perhaps the media's original intention was good, after all, Tang Fangjing saving someone couldn't be faulted, right?

However, there will always be those who nitpick. Saving someone? Big deal. As long as you do anything wrong in the process of saving, it will be specifically pointed out and then trampled on further.

Take the previous example of a man rescuing a little girl dangling with her legs in the air, about to fall.

To facilitate the rescue, he supported her buttocks with his hands, because it was easier to exert force that way.

However, once the girl was rescued and the video was uploaded online, the rescuer was subjected to internet shaming!

Because many people felt the rescuer's behavior was inappropriate and went on to argue from various angles that such actions were unnecessary for the rescue...

But the question is, is such argumentation necessary? Who has the time to think about those things when saving a life?

Yet, that's the reality, anything and anyone can be faulted on the internet.

Regarding Old Tang and his colleagues, people dared not directly criticize them too harshly because he really would file a lawsuit.

In the past, there were those who were bold, but now they've gone in to 'learn some skills' behind bars.

But not daring to criticize directly doesn't mean they won't nitpick; it wasn't long before someone stepped forward.

"Victory's Ambition": I don't deny that saving a life is important, but just because you're saving a life doesn't mean lawyers can make promises on the fly, right?

"Putting that aside, as a well-known lawyer in Jingzhou, doesn't Lawyer Tang know that lawyers can't promise a certain victory? That's against the Lawyers' Law!"
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"Okay, now that the person has indeed been saved, I would like to ask Lawyer Tang, how is this going to be resolved? Is he going to fight the lawsuit for them? And what if he loses?"

"I'm not very familiar with the case facts, but everyone says, Jingzhou's lawyers all agree this case is a sure loss, I'm quite curious how Lawyer Tang will handle it?"

"If he loses the lawsuit after giving them his promise, what then? If the other party chooses to jump again, can Lawyer Tang take responsibility?"

Saving someone isn't important, what's important is that you, Tang Fangjing, made an unregulated promise!

Just like the previous example, some people saw the rescue, while others saw something else...

With these comments made, the once calm internet was once again stirred into a frenzy.