Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Just for one sentence, he's risking his life like this?

The punishment decision in his hands had not even warmed up when the court summons arrived, as if deliberately timed to make Old Guo feel they had coordinated their actions.

And since when did the Consumer Association of Handong Province become so eager to protect consumers?

The Consumer Association pursuing public interest litigation seemed more common in economically developed areas like Magic City and Guang Province. There had been public interest litigations in Handong Province before, but those were initiated by the Procuratorate.

One brought by the Consumer Association... he had never seen before...

So who exactly conducted this investigation, the Consumer Association? When did they become so abnormal!

Yet, as he looked through the indictment, Guo Qifeng spotted a somewhat familiar name.

"An intern lawyer named Tang Fangjing? Who's that..."

As he was pondering, his secretary reminded him in a low voice, "President Guo, this Tang Fangjing is the same person who sued our company over false...do you remember now?"

With a gesture from his secretary, Guo Qifeng finally remembered. A little while ago, a young man acted as if struck by a serious illness over such a trivial matter, dragging it to court, and wasn't it rather unpleasant later on?

But now that person had actually become a lawyer for the association... although an intern lawyer.

Guo Qifeng wondered if his supervising lawyer had a particularly strong background... He was used to thinking this way; encountering any problem, he'd consider the background first.

Just then, a staff member from the Market Supervision Department spoke up: "Alright, you better sign off on this quickly because I need to get back. Also, there's something else I need to tell you."

"The whole thing was kicked off by a real-name report, and all the evidence of false advertising was collected by the whistleblower. The whistleblower's name is Tang Fangjing. He said you should recognize his name."

Normally, the identity of a whistleblower is definitely confidential, but this case is special.

The whistleblower specifically asked for his name to be disclosed and made clear that the evidence was collected by him.

Although it's unclear what he was thinking, after much persuasion by the department, he still insisted on his view, so they dropped the matter.

Since the interests at stake were already made clear, they had to respect his wishes.

For Tang Fangjing, it was essential to let the other party know it was his doing, or else the completion of his tasks would not improve.

Besides, he still planned to release a video. The reason he hadn't done so yet was to avoid influencing the court's judgment through public opinion. If someone took issue with that and filed a report, he could very well say goodbye to his legal career.

Such behavior was actually somewhat risky, and the tasks he would need to undertake in the future were bound to be even more dangerous.

Those really nice photos came from seizing opportunities like this, the decor of a new apartment was bound to be good.

Qi Guang next to him nodded, no one thought there was anything wrong with this, it's not like they were deliberately deceiving people, the buyers would still get apartments, not like there weren't any apartments at all.

The two entered the boss's office with confusion, and immediately heard a voice, "Old Wang, do you remember that guy named Tang Fangjing who sued us, the one we went to mediate with a while ago?"

Manager Wang across from him nodded, "Of course, I remember that guy seemed a bit crazy."

Pausing for a moment and seeing Guo Qifeng was waiting, Manager Wang continued, "Back then I remember he accused us of deceiving people, and you know, that's how it is these days."

"Caught up in the moment, I said if he was capable, he should make all Jingzhou brokers use real listings..."

Old Wang hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted, Guo Qifeng glared and said, "So you did say that, huh? What are you doing bringing up such words without any thinking, are you insane?"

As he said this, he threw over a copy of a penalty decision and a copy of the complaint, "Just look at this for yourself!"

"That Tang guy went through the housing listings of the entire Jingzhou City one by one and then with this evidence went on to file complaints and lawsuits. Now the whole intermediary industry of Jingzhou is going to be reorganized!"

What? Manager Wang was stunned, but quickly said, "No way, Boss Guo, just because of that thing I said, he took such action? That's impossible, who would do such a thing..."

"Then tell me, besides that reason, what could it be? Huh, tell me!"

Manager Wang, verbally beaten down and covered in shame, dared not speak, and Qi Guang on the side was scolded too, though not as much.

Guo Qifeng also knew that Manager Wang was in his thirties, with both elders and children to care for, and wouldn't dare quit on a whim, so after the scolding, it was over.

However, after his outburst, Guo started to worry, because now it really did seem like there was no other reason.

If word got out, what would the other "colleagues" in Jingzhou do? He didn't dare to think about it...

......

In Yuefu Residential Complex, Tang Fangjing looked at the woman in front of him and said, "Auntie Liu, let's sign the contract then. Once the bank disbursement is through, you can give me the keys."

The original owner of apartment 1601 in building 15 of Yuefu Residential Complex, Liu Minjun, upon hearing this said, "Little Tang, I've said everything I need to say, and you know the situation, so I won't say any more."

Tang Fangjing nodded without a word. In his eyes, except for life, nothing else was a problem.

If only this could trigger a mission or something... that would be even better...