What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Originally, I thought, fine, if it's just about law literacy, then let it be law literacy. Who even cares about this kind of work these days?

But damn, they went this big—just for a law literacy campaign?

He used to think that if things couldn't be resolved, he could just terminate the contract with Qiangsheng Company. After all, he had people and money on his end; he could connect with other automakers and continue working as a distributor.

But now, under these circumstances, who would dare hire him? No one is stupid. If anyone bothered to check, the source of the issue would be obvious.

Tang Fangjing... why is Tang Fangjing still alive? Late-stage cancer after all this time, why hasn't he died yet!

President Liu slumped and set down his phone in despair. He didn't even want to answer the call from Su Jun.

What's the point anymore? At this moment, he already wanted to flee.

Meanwhile, over at the shop, Su Jun attempted to call several times but couldn't get through, his face turning ashen.

Beside him, Li Jiyuan kept rambling on, and Su Jun finally lost his patience: "For f***'s sake, can you just stop? Are you ever going to shut up?"

Li Jiyuan froze immediately. Just earlier, he'd been saying how President Liu wouldn't let him suffer. How did it get to this point so quickly?

Online, opinions from the legal community remained mixed—as usual, this was no surprise.

There will always be people offering contrarian views, no matter how much Old Tang suffered injuries fighting for others' rights. Some would still call it self-promotion; that's just normal.

But over in Modu, several auto company leaders were truly dumbfounded.

"This—this is real? Did he really sue all of us?" The GM of another company took off his glasses, disbelief filling his eyes as he looked at his secretary.

"It's true. We just confirmed it by phone. At present, Jingzhou Intermediate Court is preparing to file the case. He really sued all five of us." The secretary hurried to explain.

"Wait, that guy's name is Tang Fangjing, right? What the hell is he thinking, blowing this up so huge just for some law literacy campaign? Is he insane? Did we provoke him?" The GM began venting his frustration.

"And Jingzhou's Procuratorate—are they seriously humoring him in this nonsense?"

This was truly a bolt from the blue. The penalty had already passed almost two years ago. Generally speaking, after punishment, things like this don't cause further issues.

Even the price bureau, which issued the penalty originally, wouldn't say much about it, and the newly established Anti-Monopoly Bureau wouldn't either.

Who could've imagined someone would bring forth civil litigation over it!

They'd been mocking Fu Shaofei for his own situation, and now? What goes around comes around; the problem came back to them, and laughing wasn't an option anymore.

Again, while the "Anti-Monopoly Law" indeed contains provisions for this, and the Supreme Court issued relevant judicial interpretations, there'd been no precedent for this type of case before Old Tang brought it forth.

Thus, not only do ordinary people lack understanding of these legal nuances—these monopoly-makers among company leadership themselves hardly understand it, or even realize it exists.

Back when they were crafting these monopolistic measures, they never imagined this would happen.

The secretary dared not speak. Anyone would be dazed if they found themselves in this scenario.

The GM managed to calm down a little but still felt extremely uneasy.

That's just how the rule of law works—it systematically brings what exists outside legal stipulations step by step within its boundaries.

Because laws are inherently delayed. They only catch up after new problems emerge.

And even then, it's not like laws have an immediate impact once passed. That's not how it works.

There are so many laws, like this monopoly civil lawsuit—many people don't even know judicial interpretations exist for matters like this.

So if we want to bring laws into practical effect, ensuring ordinary people are aware of such things—it must be achieved through case after case pushing forward. This, this is genuine rule of law. This is genuine law literacy!

A lot of things we take for granted nowadays were achieved through various "first cases," which then led to the results we have today.

Take something simple: free public toilets. These days, spotting a pay-to-use toilet is a rarity. But seasoned readers probably remember how toilets used to charge fees.

That change was thanks to the push from the "first pay-to-use toilet case." A young man in Yu Province paid three cents to use the toilet at a train station and consequently initiated the famous case on public toilet fees.

A month after his victory, relevant departments mandated free public restroom access at transportation hubs.

Some may think, "It's just a few cents for using the toilet; what impact could it even have on our lives?"

They might even mock the one who filed the lawsuit, thinking he was just stirring trouble.

But how do things look in hindsight now?

Of course, this was only one driver for change. The widespread toilet fee abolition had many causes; a major factor was the 2008 Olympics. But subsequent actions, including lawsuits like demanding receipts for toilet fees, played a role too...

Some people might laugh when they hear this, but bear in mind: rights are won through struggle, not granted as charity.

You don't have to support it, but please don't ridicule it.

What Old Tang is doing follows the same principle. One lawsuit alone won't change everything, but at the very least, it plants a seed in many minds.

It shows people that monopolies really do affect their lives, and that you can sue for monopoly practices—and actually get money...