Chapter 334: The Dust Has Settled, Everyone Has Won Mahjong!_2
Words like "Why are you so slow" made the staff at the Intermediate Court want to hit someone!
Are we really that slow? Do you know how many days we've been working overtime, and yet you still think we're slow?
In Modu, President Pan looked expressionless at Old Tang's activities online, much like Fu Shaofei, he too had not known Old Tang before this.
So in the past few days, he specifically looked into Old Tang's past, and then... President Pan had no other thoughts.
Tang Fangjing, a lunatic with a certificate for mental illness, yet also a top-notch lawyer with a reputation so good it's almost legendary!
It's really laughable, anyway, President Pan felt like laughing after seeing it.
However, he couldn't laugh. Anyone would feel uneasy having such a person as an opponent.
Now, he'll just have to take it one step at a time...
Originally, the company requested for the hearing not to be public in the name of commercial secrets, but the court turned it down.
As the court, after reviewing, deemed that the evidence in the lawsuit was either already stated in the price bureau's punishment decision or disclosed by Luofeng Company itself.
No commercial secrets were involved.
When a case doesn't have much impact, basically you say it's a commercial secret, and I'll keep it private. It's not a big deal, the judge doesn't want any trouble either.
However, this case has become extraordinarily influential, plus it's a public interest lawsuit, so it's not up to what you say.
On April 20th, at the civil court of the Jingzhou Intermediate Court, Old Tang had already quietly taken the seat of the plaintiff's proxy, with Prosecutor Miao Jiali by his side.
At this moment, Miao Jiali was curiously flipping through the materials in hand, and after a while, she said: "Lawyer Tang, although these figures were also handled by me, do you really think there are so many?"
Old Tang glanced at them and replied: "More or less, this is still a conservative estimate."
Upon hearing this, Miao Jiali sighed, no wonder these car companies kept playing games, the profits are just too great.
"So this time, as we've agreed, you handle the argument, and I'll take care of the rest."
Old Tang nodded. Most of the evidence in the case was proposed by him, collected by the Procuratorate, as it was more convenient for them to do this work.
The rest was done by Old Tang himself.
For example, how much did Luofeng Company and its dealers make by setting a bottom price in those two years!
Similarly, Old Tang had already investigated the situation for the other five companies.
In public litigation, you must prove that the other party's behavior infringed on the interests of unspecified groups, so such evidence is necessary.
Both of them stayed silent, quietly waiting for the court session to start.
Meanwhile, online, Court Hearing Live was already broadcasting the trial live.
Netizens flooded into the live room, with all sorts of bizarre language emerging continuously.
And in Modu, Professor Du also entered the live room with a small account, mixing in with the onlookers, cursing whenever he wanted, spraying people at will, looking more entertained than the onlookers themselves!
Typing with exuberance, Professor Du felt truly refreshed, no wonder netizens enjoy being onlookers now, munching on popcorn and watching fun, it's really a unique experience!
Just as he was thoroughly enjoying it, his phone rang. Looking at it, it was Wang Jing's senior brother.
Probably encountered a problem writing a thesis, didn't answer.
Moreover, he directly sent a voice message: About to be a PhD student, always encountering problems and asking the advisor, can't you show some initiative on your own?
Comfortable, what kind of days were those before, speaking something online would get captured by unruly students, getting countered in all ways, now it's fine, I can say whatever I want!
Today, let's just watch how Director Tang performs!
The trial started, beginning with the normal procedures, Miao Jiali started her statement.
"Facts and reasons, Luofeng Company sold over twenty thousand various brand cars in Handong Province within two years, among them..."
These figures were all sourced from the sales statistics published by Luofeng Company itself, following which is the monopoly's minimum price for each car type, and the competitive market price published after the penalty announcement.
Old Tang intended to use these detailed figures to let netizens deeply understand what monopoly profit means!
Among nearly twenty thousand cars, most were low-end models, priced below one hundred thousand, and those in the one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand range.
In this price range, the majority of the markup is between ten thousand to twenty thousand.
And then there are midrange cars, and luxury cars... calculated according to each category of cars.
With Miao Jiali's voice, the series of numbers made many netizens' scalps tingle.
"Damn, so does this mean just those low-end cars alone, the manufacturers and dealers made over two hundred million extra?"
"Yeah, not even counting those slightly more expensive cars, including all... damn, this is astronomical profit!"
"Exactly, think about it, back then you thought this car was expensive and bought other brands, turns out they were doing the same, damn, anyone who says monopoly's minimum price doesn't affect us, I'll rain insults on them!"
Nothing is as straightforward as data, especially when it involves money.
Keep in mind, this is just calculated based on the difference between the minimum price limit and the normal competitive market price!
The normal market competitive price too has substantial profit, that profit is what the manufacturers and dealers should normally earn.