What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Without notification from above, he wouldn't dare to be biased on his own, because if the other party made a complaint, he would be in trouble.

Old Tang didn't directly confront either, there was no need, arguing with the judge during a trial could lead to expulsion from the courtroom, and then he certainly wouldn't have the upper hand.

Finally, the trial ended, and the Western District Court issued its verdict: a public apology, admission of wrongdoing plus compensation, and dismissal of the other litigation requests, such as those to close the comment section.

Before Yue Wenying could even speak, a voice rang out from the opposite side, "I want to appeal!"

Looking closely, the person turned out to be Tang Fangjing; the volume of his shouting was so loud that anyone who didn't know any better would think he was greatly wronged.

No, even though the other litigation requests were dismissed, you won, didn't you? What the hell are you appealing for?

Yue Wenying was already resigned, but she still announced the intention to appeal.

With both sides appealing, Judge Wang began to record with a grim face, now harboring some thoughts of resigning. Being a lawyer seemed better; you see, they could even confront a judge face to face, earn more, and have more freedom.

The case was appealed to The Capital's Thirteenth Intermediate Court, and a few days later, Yue Wenying's side received a subpoena.

Along with the subpoena came even more evidence.

It was the evidence of their news agency publishing news then closing the comment section, leading to all sorts of criticism from netizens...

Director He was at a loss for words; after reporting the incident, it led to a reprimand from the leaders, but there was no choice, underhanded methods couldn't be used, the other party was an unbreakable pea!

An official media outlet was actually pushed to this extent and still, frustratingly, had no solution.

Time flowed like water, and without notice, the date for the second trial arrived.

On Jingzhou's side, the labor supervision department lost again, and Handong Province High Court did not indulge them—it didn't even hold a court session but directly dismissed the appeal after a written review.

In The Capital, Yue Wenying sat in the courtroom, listening to the second-trial verdict, and God knows why, the Intermediate Court actually reversed the dismissal and added those litigation requests back!

A public apology without the right to close the comment section!

No, Yue Wenying looked at the judge and wanted to curse. This was the Intermediate Court after all, and was it really necessary to make a special verdict for such trivial matters?

The Intermediate Court judge didn't say anything more, and after two live-streamed court sessions, basically the whole internet was following the verdicts of these two cases.

It made no sense for The Capital's court to be inferior to Handong's court. On the internet, Handong had already been denounced as a place "without rule of law."

When the verdict came out, netizens were reveling, with only a few journalists feeling sentimental. However, soon after, some truly diligent journalists within the industry stood up and started to fight back.

Meanwhile, Old Tang continued to busy himself with large-scale litigation while also counting the days.

In Jingzhou, within the relevant department, Zuo Yunmin returned to her office, where the current consensus was to wait for the situation to cool down. They would certainly pay the compensation.

As for the public apology, that was out of the question. When the time came, the court enforcement bureau could issue the public apology letter on their behalf. Just drag it out slowly, and it would no longer be an issue.

The leaders shared this view—drag it out!

In addition, negotiations would be renewed with the boss of Firebird Technology. If she did her part well and refrained from applying for enforcement, it was unlikely that the court enforcement bureau would cause trouble.

The same pattern was emerging in The Capital—over time, everything would be smoothed over. A few more hot topics on the internet, and soon no one would pay attention to this matter anymore.

In such an atmosphere, the enforcement period passed by, and the day to apply for compulsory enforcement arrived.

As expected, some netizens continued to post comments, while others had stopped caring, as new issues had surfaced—one involving underage individuals forcefully humiliating another minor.

The news was exceedingly shocking, so naturally, everyone turned their attention to it.

In this environment, Old Tang made a phone call.

"Mr. Peng, they've refunded you, right? And paid the compensation? And they've called you a lot, haven't they? Okay, I got it."

After hanging up, Old Tang, armed with the evidence he had collected, went to two places—one in The Capital's JW department and the other in Jingzhou City's JW department.
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It wasn't certain if the court enforcement bureau could handle these units, but the places he visited should be fine. He went there with the evidence and made an official whistleblowing report.

After the report, Old Tang briefly posted a short essay in his updates.

"The verdict is now in effect, but the two units have still not issued a public apology, so I am now making an official whistleblowing report against..."

"There's one more thing, Firebird Technology has been vilified by many people, accused of bullying a pregnant woman and that the company should die; therefore, Firebird Technology has decided to cancel its business registration, meaning the company will no longer exist. That's it."

If you're going to do something, you might as well go all the way. Applying for compulsory enforcement wasn't enough; a court-issued apology was useless. They had to come out and apologize themselves!

If they were offended, then so be it—the situation was already like this.

With just this one update, the already dwindling attention flared up again, and netizens suddenly realized that neither of the two units had apologized yet!

And now, that company was going to cancel its registration!

Suddenly, numerous conspiracy theories appeared online, as it was all too easy to speculate...

A wave of activity had to be reignited, and so a flood of '@' mentions appeared. Before long, both Handong Province and The Capital issued responses, stating that Tang Fangjing's official report had been accepted and an investigation was underway!