What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Since the mission's objective is this, it indicates that there is definitely a problem with this friend; it's just that Old Tang lacks evidence on his side, and such evidence can only be found at the company.

Therefore, he had to find a way. If there were no entanglement between the company and that friend named Wang Shihua, the matter would be easy to handle, requiring only cooperation from both parties.

The guarantee contract had already become invalid, and if the other party wanted to get their money back, they could only go after that Wang Shihua.

At the same time, Old Zhou had already called Old Tang over, almost gritting his teeth as he asked, "What exactly do you want to do, what are you up to? Are you..."

His words were interrupted before he could finish, "Judge Zhou, don't be angry. I am here to mediate."

What the heck? You want to mediate? Then what was all that bluster about counter-suing, making the other side bear the responsibility for contractual negligence, are you playing around?

But if it could really be settled through mediation, it would be good; Old Zhou was tired, emotionally drained.

"How do you plan to mediate?" Old Zhou asked.

"Very simple, the guarantee contract is clearly invalid now, and the other side surely wants to recover the money from that person named Wang Shihua, so why not share information and see what can be done."

"After all, speaking of contractual negligence liability, Wang Shihua should bear at least half the responsibility; he never explained the magnitude of the risk involved in this guarantee to my client!"

Old Tang's request was reasonable, and Old Zhou immediately said, "Fine, then let's all come together to talk."

Soon both parties sat down together, and on being informed of the situation, Zhang Wei felt like he understood the intentions of Lawyer Tang from the opposition.

The relationship between the creditor and the guarantor isn't entirely opposing; everything stemmed from the debtor in the middle, whose failure to pay back the loan had led to this lawsuit.

So now, with the guarantee contract invalid, having both sides together to hold someone accountable seemed quite normal.

Zhang Wei shared the situation with President Liu, who frowned and said directly, "It's no use finding that guy; he has no money, so what do we do?"

Old Tang's eyes lit up: "Are you suggesting that your company is aware of Wang Shihua's inability to repay?"

President Liu did not speak, but Old Tang continued, "Then, may I ask, how much did your company know about Wang Shihua's situation at the very beginning, and what was his repayment capacity like? The company must have done some basic investigation, right?"

President Liu remained silent, and Zhang Wei, too, was puzzled. He turned and said, "President Liu, what was the situation at the time? Let's talk it over and figure out a solution together."

After holding back for a long time, President Liu finally said, "That is a commercial secret; I am not authorized to disclose it."

Upon hearing this, Old Tang immediately realized that something was definitely amiss with President Liu!

There was no reason for a company to refuse such communication and mediation since, as a company, the aim was certainly to make money.

However, Old Tang showed no expression and simply smiled, "Well, if that's the case, Judge Zhou, we can proceed with a normal judgment. I will file separately for contractual negligence liability after the verdict, how about that?"

Old Zhou nodded his head, and then both rose and returned to their respective places, leaving only Zhang Wei and President Liu confused. Why had the mediation stopped just like that?

As Zhang Wei rose and returned to the plaintiff's seat, he started to wonder why President Liu had refused; the matter was only beneficial to the company and not harmful in any way.

The netizens in the live broadcast room were also tired, weary of the case's constant adjournments which dampened their spirits. Fortunately, they finally heard the verdict.

The guarantee contract was deemed invalid, and all the plaintiff's claims were dismissed, with the plaintiff to bear the costs of litigation!
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Once the judgment was delivered, the live broadcast signal was cut, and netizens began to shift the battleground, tagging those involved before.

Earlier you could be defiant, claiming there was no verdict; what can you say now, now that the verdict is here?

Think deleting your comments solves the problem? Don't worry; netizens are very enthusiastic, like "I like to play with colors" brother, who shared screenshots of previous comments.

And he tagged them one by one.

"@Dafeng Law Firm Han Chengli, Lawyer Han, aren't you going to say something? You swore before that this case had no chance of winning."

"@Guangming Law Firm Gao Haikuan, and you, Lawyer Gao, remember what you said? You'd live stream yourself doing a handstand with diarrhea if the suit was won, and those were your own words. Come on now; everyone wants to see."

In the face of a major memory recovery spell, fellow lawyers in Jingzhou could only play dead; as long as they pretended not to see, they could act as if it never happened.

Over on Old Tang's side, he naturally wasn't idle. He had ignored online affairs earlier because the case mattered most, but now that the lawsuit was over, it was time to have a good talk online.

He had prepared quite the surprise for those people on the internet!

But before that, he planned to contact that lawyer named Zhang Wei!

Only after asking Miss Xiao Yan to investigate did he learn that this lawyer Zhang Wei was truly extraordinary, with the remarkable ability to timely send his clients away each time.

Because he always managed to extricate himself and avoid entanglement, the investigation by public security authorities showed that lawyer Zhang Wei was indeed earnestly striving to win lawsuits...

This time, Old Tang intended to have a chat with him; if he could secure this person as a witness, reporting the matter to the police might be taken more seriously.

The two had cooperated well in court, so he believed they should also be able to work together outside of it.

Indeed, if no one could be found, it was time to let the professionals take over. There was no point expecting much from the court's enforcement bureau; if you couldn't find the person, neither could they.

Finding people required investigatory powers, which the enforcement bureau did not possess. Many cases remained unenforced simply because people could not be found, and the police were not responsible for enforcement.

Hence, the critical issue was whether Wang Shihua had the ability to repay at the time of the loan and whether the online loan company was aware of this fact.