What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 560 - 184 Old Tang: Occasionally, I Play the Lawyer’s Tricks_2

Many times, it’s unclear who the eligible defendant is; user agreements are not omnipotent. There might be subcontracting companies, or situations involving joint operations.

"So what do we do, list them all as defendants? The court will surely eliminate those who are ineligible after a review, or the other party, upon receiving the summons, might argue their ineligibility if they see fit."

Of course, if you really sue a few, and all of them claim they are not the defendant—just like the labor dispute Old Tang ran into last time—then don’t even think about it, just ask them to bear the legal fees and other expenses for rights protection in the subsequent litigation.

Anyways, now that there are guiding cases, if they object, they can go and try their luck at the Supreme Court.

Ju Haiqing was startled upon hearing this, "This, doesn’t this seem a bit unfair?"

"Old Ju, you’re not a lawyer, so you haven’t adapted to this environment. A qualified lawyer must be capable of such tactics," Old Tang said with a smile.

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"Even lawyers often encounter situations where they can’t establish a case or can’t find an eligible defendant..."

Old Tang had experienced this in a previous life, running to three different courts for the establishment of a case, only to be told by each that it was not within their jurisdiction and they would not accept it.

In the end, with no other recourse, he went to the intermediate court to ask them to make a decision, saying he wouldn’t leave without a verdict on who was responsible.

Finally, the intermediate court designated the first court as the jurisdiction. By this point, more than half a year had passed since he first filed the lawsuit...

That is to say, after half a year’s effort, the case was finally established. Of course, this is an extreme example, but it shows that litigation is really not as simple as you might imagine.

"Alright, Great Writer Ju, what are you thinking now, you want to sue, right?"

"Of course, I must sue. Director Tang, you have no idea how overbearing they are. It’s either accept their solution, or they consider me as having automatically forfeited compensation. This is blatantly disregarding us players," Ju Haiqing said indignantly.

At this, Old Tang laughed, "Well, there’s our first reason, the gaming company’s compensation to users is unfair. No problem, continue."

Ah... huh? Ju Haiqing was stunned. Why did the same issue feel completely different when he talked about it compared to when Tang Fangjing did?

"I don’t know what else to say, Director Tang. Tell me what you need, and I will collect it for you," Ju Haiqing offered.

At this moment, Old Tang was already looking at the mission panel in front of him. As expected, a mission had appeared.

"Mission Objective": Use legal means to teach the unscrupulous gaming company a lesson.

"Mission Reward": 50% completion rewards three days of lifespan.

100% completion rewards seven days of lifespan.

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200% completion rewards six months of lifespan.

This system is quite good, and Old Tang was not picky at all, unlike other protagonists who often complained about their systems. Old Tang thought having the system was already quite fortunate.

Moreover, the system could extend his lifespan, what more could he ask for?

But there was one thing, the system was too much of a bully to the weak and a coward to the strong. Now it uses the term "unscrupulous." Why didn’t it do the same last time? Why wasn’t it brave enough to fight against those...

Never mind, there’s nothing to be done about it. Old Tang looked over at Ju Haiqing, "Old Ju, here are two suggestions for you. First, sue now, and you may get the 300 yuan refunded, but the rest of the money is uncertain."

"The second is to wait, gather all the evidence you need, and after they actually shut down the service, let me handle it. Which one do you choose?"

Without hesitation, Ju Haiqing replied, "Certainly the second one!"

After a pause, he added, "Director Tang, are you planning to..."

"You don’t need to worry about that. The law regarding virtual property in the gaming industry is still quite vague at the moment. I just want to... make a big deal out of it," Old Tang laughed.

It’s like disciplining a child on a rainy day, idle hands are the devil’s tools. Although such tasks are not as exciting as criminal cases for him, they are still very interesting.

"After you go back, prepare to collect evidence of this nature, diamond screenshots should be no problem, right? Then there are your historical recharge records, evidence that the gaming company was still promoting the launch of new servers and engaging in activities last month."

"Another thing, collect all information on other items you’ve purchased, or related details of other non-paid items. We’ll discuss specifics over WeChat."

Ju Haiqing nodded and then signed a contract with Tengda.

The gaming company’s situation has a long history. The big firms are better, they usually transfer your Virtual Coin to another game, which is acceptable if you really like the game.

Those smaller companies don’t pay much attention to it; they run off whenever they feel like it, without any possibility of compensation.

Ultimately, it’s due to the incompleteness of relevant laws. Article 127 of the Civil Code stipulates that virtual property can be inherited, and Article 127 rules, where the law provides for the protection of data and virtual property, it shall be in accordance with such provisions.

It still seems vague, right? But this is already an improvement, at least the Civil Code recognizes the existence of virtual property.

Before this, regarding such matters, judgments by courts around the country mostly referred to the provisions released by the then Ministry of Culture, which is now the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The "Interim Measures for the Administration of Online Games" issued in 2010, Article 22 specifies: