Chapter 871: Chapter 280: Old Tang: Open Up Your Vision!

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Director Tang was obviously showing off; he actually didn’t know anything right now because information about a case couldn’t be disclosed to anyone during the investigation phase.

He was just a lawyer after all.

But Wang Qingqing bought his act.

“So, Brother Tang, how big do you think this fire will get in the end?”

Director Tang walked to the window with his hands behind his back, assuming a pose of turning his back on the world, and said, “That’s hard to predict. It could go as far as affecting the entire bail-out industry — at best, the provincial office takes over; at worst, it ends with just one or two people being dealt with…”

“I think it’s definitely going to be huge, since it’s a case you’ve worked on, Brother Tang. I bet people like Sun Yan never saw this coming…” Wang Qingqing began to flatter him in various ways on the side.

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Director Tang laughed heartily, “Oh my, I’m just an ordinary person…”

At this moment, there was a knock on the office door, and Director Tang immediately said, “Come in.”

Zhang Wei entered with a puzzled look, saying, “Director Tang, about that thing you asked me to do, I’ve got some news. I’ve been making calls since this morning, not a single one is going through.”

Director Tang’s eyes lit up at this, “None of them? Come over here and sit down, tell me about it… Qingqing, go make us a cup of tea.”

Wang Qingqing nodded her head and turned to leave. Zhang Wei had wanted to say hello, but was met with a cold look, which left him a bit dazed. He wondered what he had done to offend her.

But he now prided himself on learning from Director Tang in everything, and when it came to these inexplicable irritations from girls, Director Tang didn’t usually overthink it, so he didn’t either.

After sitting down, he began, “Actually, it wasn’t just this morning, the calls weren’t going through since yesterday afternoon, and no one responded to messages either.”

Director Tang tapped his fingers on the desk, tapping out a rhythm, “It seems the fire has started, it’s just a question of how big it will get…”

“Alright, Zhang Wei, you can get back to your tasks; I’ll handle the rest.”

Even though Zhang Wei still had many questions to ask, he nodded and left the office.

Wang Qingqing, after hesitating for a while, asked, “Brother Tang, does that mean we can only wait now?”

Director Tang nodded, “Of course we wait. Now, doing anything is useless. Once a case involves criminal charges, it must proceed with criminal first, civil later. Whatever our demands are, we have to yield to the criminal process.”

“However, there is an opportunity when the case reaches the review and prosecution stage. We can contact the prosecutor to see if the other party is willing to pay compensation for criminal reconciliation.”

This was an old trick: using criminal proceedings to push for civil outcomes. It was an operation often used by Director Tang.

Wang Qingqing had been Director Tang’s assistant for a while now, and she immediately caught the keyword: “Compensate?”

Director Tang laughed, “Yeah, compensate, of course. Qingqing, you don’t think I made such a fuss just to get the balance on those cards, do you? We need to think bigger.”

After laughing, seeing Wang Qingqing still looked confused, Director Tang explained, “Let me ask you, does Sun Yan and their practice of taking advance payments count as consumer behavior?”

Wang Qingqing thought for a moment and said, “Although something feels off about it, it should still be considered consumer behavior. Money is spent here, and dance training services are provided there.”

“Right, since it’s consumer behavior, we now know that the original owner transferred the company to a new owner who is a professional bail-out operator. Would you say the professional bail-out operator has committed fraud?”

This time, Wang Qingqing responded quickly, “Of course that’s fraud, and it might even involve swindling, right?”

Although she knew nothing but law, it was obvious that these were very ordinary questions that even those who knew nothing about the law could answer.

Director Tang then said, “See, since swindling could be involved, there’s no doubt that fraud has taken place. What does the Consumer Rights Protection Law say? For fraudulent actions, it’s possible to get a refund and triple damages!”

Wang Qingqing blinked, it seemed… it really was the case!

“Brother Tang, I’m beginning to doubt how your brain is wired…”

Director Tang waved his hand and said, “Actually, many people can think of the ‘refund and triple damages’, and I’m sure there are plenty of similar cases. So you don’t need to praise me.”

“Just based on the evidence I’ve found before, I could already demand a refund and triple damages, but there’s still that issue. Since they’re professional bail-out operators, asking for a refund and triple damages is no different from asking for the card balance back.”

“The case could be easily won, but it would be impossible to enforce. So we use criminal means to ensure there’s enough money when it comes time to enforce proceedings.”

“Furthermore, if we initially claim refund and triple damages, there’s a possibility of losing, but if the Public Security Authorities help us clear up the situation then we file a civil lawsuit, there would be no problem.”

The Public Security Authorities conduct thorough investigations, sparing us the effort of finding evidence of fraud, not to mention avoiding any quibbling.

Ah, ever since I transmigrated, I seem to have taken advantage of the economic crime investigation team many times. My sins, oh my sins.

Behind him, Wang Qingqing was already stunned. To speak or not to speak, this was indeed Brother Tang’s consistent style.

…

A day later, Liu Letian was already in the Detention Center, now criminally detained.

He was indeed very cautious, using WeChat voice call every time there was a call.

But he couldn’t withstand the many smart moves on the other end.

Tian Liben, along with several other watchdogs, all had third-party software installed on their mobile phones that could record WeChat voice calls!