Chapter 147: Remember, Leave Pregnancy Out of This!
Fu Xiaoyu didn't have much of an understanding of Tang Fangjing before, just knew the guy had a big online reputation, and that was about it.
That's pretty much the status quo for many internet celebrities: seem hot but still confined to their own circles. The events that broke them out of the circle might have happened only once or twice; at most, other people might have just heard about them.
But after posting Li Wanting online, Fu Xiaoyu was forced to get to know a bit about Tengda and Tang Fangjing, and then she realized just how awesome Lawyer Tang was.
"A lawyer who's crazy about the law," that's the most standard description online, so standard that even Tang Fangjing's fans didn't oppose it...
After all, if someone is not crazy, how could they resort to such actions over some lawyer's fee, sticking the knife in and then condemning the other party?
And now, this Lawyer Tang actually filed a lawsuit against her as a representative?
However, after being stunned for a moment, Fu Xiaoyu quickly came to her senses. What could Tang Fangjing do, change the law?
She was pregnant, after all. There were national regulations from top to bottom, stating that pregnant women can't be fired!
Looking at the live chat, the barrage kept streaming by, and the netizens had started spraying.
"They dare to sue, huh? Looks like the fine was too small. I suggest Bright District just shut down that company for good. Never seen such audacious people!"
"Nothing to say, Phoenix Company, huh? Let's see who dares work there now!"
"I'm really about to die of anger here. Lost the labor arbitration, labor inspection is going to penalize, and now they sue, is it? Is the lawyer still that Li Wanting?"
Among these netizens, Yuan Jiayu was the most fervent one. Right now, she felt like the state should just shut down that damn company.
Still dare to sue after all this, they must have the nerve of a panther!
What? Suing is a legal right granted by law? Don't talk law to me.
In Yuan Jiayu's view, the entire internet was lambasting you, even the official media had stepped in, and labor inspection had started to take action. Under such circumstances, you still dare to sue, clearly you're not taking the netizens seriously.
In this situation, you should just lie down, admit the mistake, pay the fine, and take that pregnant woman back to continue her job. That's the right way to handle it.
Otherwise, just shut the company down for good.
However, the drama wasn't over yet, a comment from Fu Xiaoyu sent the atmosphere in the live broadcast room skyrocketing.
"Someone asked me if their lawyer is still that Li Wanting. I just checked, and Li Wanting is still there, but there's a new lawyer now, named Tang Fangjing."
"Folks, this Tang Fangjing must be the Lawyer Tang you were telling me about before, right? No way, why would he take on such a case?"
After these words were said, it was like a depth charge had been dropped, causing a brief pause in the once rapid stream of comments in the live broadcast room.
But it quickly turned into an eruption.
"No way, how could Tang Fangjing take on such a case? Has he gone mad? It's about a pregnant woman, and now he's actually speaking for the company?"
"I'm unfollowing. No words, he stayed silent before and now he's directly become the company's representative, this is how you respond to us, huh? Fine, then we won't support you anymore."
"Hold on, I want to say something. If Lawyer Tang took this case, does it mean there's something else going on here?"
Unsurprisingly, after the initial shock, most of the netizens in the live chat began to post comments: some expressed incomprehension, while others believed that Tang Fangjing had finally shown his true colors, clearly taking a substantial lawyer's fee from that company.
Of course, there were rational types too. They believed Tang Fangjing wouldn't take on a case for no good reason; if he took this one, there must be other issues involved.
However, the rational comments were immediately challenged.
"Other issues? What could they be? Isn't the lady a pregnant woman? Are the medical reports fake? Now that she has been fired, doesn't Tang Fangjing's lawsuit clearly indicate there's a problem?"
The netizens started arguing amongst themselves, and Fu Xiaoyu, watching the suddenly increased traffic, felt like she was floating on air.
But she still said, "Folks, let's not fight among ourselves. I don't know what happened either, maybe that Lawyer Tang got tricked..."
The quarrel in the live chat grew fiercer, and the issue of "Tang Fangjing representing Phoenix Company in a lawsuit" also spread from the chat room, quickly getting circulated like crazy.
This was news, confirmed news, so sharing it wouldn't cause trouble.
Now, the self-media carefully circulated news about Tang Fangjing. He was the first and only person who had launched a large-scale lawsuit, and the memory of apologies all over the internet was still fresh.
As the story spread, the internet exploded once again!
In the words of many, Tang Fangjing siding with the capitalists was just unimaginable!
"In wind and rain," did you, Tang Fangjing, forget how you made your name? Your first case was all about fighting the capitalists for overtime pay!
"Now you've got money and fame, and you start speaking for the capitalists, huh? You've betrayed the working class, damn you!"
This comment was too classic, and it quickly rose to the top as a hot comment.
Of course, Yuan Jiayu posted this comment. She was already in the mode of scolding anyone, "What Tang Fangjing, I'm just gonna cuss at you, anyone who speaks for the capitalists is getting it from me!"