What's wrong with this lawyer?!

This is Bright District. As long as Phoenix Company exists in Bright District, we won't fall out with these departments.

Just then, someone came over and said, "Minjie, our leader is calling for you."

Feeling somewhat puzzled by the message, Zuo Yunmin quickly headed to the leader's office, only to find the leader's complexion quite unpleasing.

"Take a look for yourself, we've received a summons from the Intermediate Court!"

Ah? Shocked by the news, Zuo Yunmin hurriedly picked up the documents to read. Her first reaction was, has Phoenix Company gone insane?

Tang Fangjing is known to be a madman in Jingzhou, but that Phoenix Company actually agreed to file a lawsuit?

Moreover, the demands listed were excessive, even seeking compensation!

"Finished reading? Now tell me, what should we do? You want me to sit on the defendant's bench? Have us publicly apologize and admit our penalties were mistaken?" the leader said.

Zuo Yunmin thought hard for a while and then shook her head, "I think we should still contact Phoenix Company. We can revoke the administrative penalty and refund the fine, so they drop the lawsuit."

"After all, they probably don't really want to go through with the lawsuit."

It's common knowledge that administrative litigation cannot be mediated, but the law also states that if an administrative agency voluntarily revokes an administrative action and the plaintiff withdraws the lawsuit, it is not considered mediation.

See? There are so many regulations, and if you carefully consider them, they are really quite interesting.

The leader nodded, now that was the only thing to do. His anger stemmed from discomfort; the other party's demands were too much, although such issues had been dealt with in this way before.

We still need to keep a low profile and try to keep the matter under wraps.

Soon after, Zuo Yunmin arrived at Phoenix Company intending to meet Peng Wanrong, who had skilfully navigated the Jingzhou business world for many years. She was confident that Peng would not resort to such extreme measures.

Ten minutes later, staring at Peng Wanrong with a stunned expression, Zuo Yunmin said, "Ms. Peng, you're... you're cancelling the company? But, Phoenix Company is doing so well, why would you..."

With a smile, Peng Wanrong replied, "Alas, I'm old now, and I can't do it anymore."

"Director Zuo, there's no need for you to persuade me. The case has been filed, so we'll just follow the procedure, right? That's my attitude here."

Company deregistration may face obstacles, but that doesn't matter. Hire a bunch of lawyers to handle it slowly; she doesn't need to get involved.

Remembering the attitude of the investigation team from before and looking at the current state of things, Peng Wanrong suddenly felt it was all worth it—extremely so.

Running a business here could be elegantly expressed as moving gracefully or crudely as needing to stand up and drink a toast whenever Hawking arrived.

Business is tough, but now there were no more worries.

Zuo Yunmin was dumbstruck; she could never have imagined that Peng Wanrong and the other shareholders of Phoenix Company would be so resolute—to simply shut the company down when they said so!

How could there even be a negotiation? There was no basis for one, as they were merely labor inspectors without any other authority.

"Ms. Peng, there's no need for this. We were just following legal regulations..." Zuo Yunmin tried a final desperate plea.

Peng Wanrong shook her head, "Director Zuo, let's not talk about this anymore; I have something else to attend to shortly."

With a dazed expression, Zuo Yunmin left Phoenix Company and reported back. The leader was equally mystified.

The fact that the other party was willing to shut down the company just to sue them meant they really had no options; after all, they were a different system from the courts, especially an Intermediate Court!

Put bluntly, how significant do you think you are that the Intermediate Court would bend over backward for you?

Sighing, who could have imagined such a turn of events given the uproar on the internet in the past?

In The Capital, Old Tang put down his phone after a half-hour long call from Ms. Peng, who told him just how thrilled she was. He could understand that feeling.

It was a pity though; other matters had yet to be dealt with before this reversal happened. Finding someone with Peng's character in the future would be difficult.

Meanwhile, in another part of The Capital, Yue Wenying was about to go out for an interview when she arrived at the door and saw a few people talking.

One of them was even wearing a police uniform.

Just as she thought to circumvent them, suddenly a voice called out, "Xiaoyue, come here for a second."

To her surprise, it was her boss. Yue Wenying immediately approached and saw her boss's face darkened.

"Xiaoyue, this gentleman is from the court. He's here to deliver a summons to our unit because of that report you did; now the other party has sued us!" her boss uttered sternly.

What? Yue Wenying was stunned; they dared to sue us?

"Director, what's going on? I've been out of the loop, and no one has contacted me."

"What's going on? The court called our president, who told us to handle it at once. What do you think is happening?" The director was close to yelling.

Yue Wenying didn't know what to say. Could it really be that simply reporting the news could lead to becoming a defendant, and the other party was so bold?