At least we wouldn't lose! That alone satisfied Lin Qi's requirements for the current situation.
A large number of newspapers reported the news. The Bu Peien Times, which had been singing Every Moment's praises just a few days earlier, stepped forward again, claiming that this marked the beginning of a new legend for Every Moment.
Its Editor-in-Chief went so far as to lavishly praise Lin Qi's methods in the report, saying that with his intervention, Every Moment had promptly halted its current downward trend, won the favor of multiple evaluation agencies, and stood a chance of creating a new miracle.
There were also several Every Moment stores in Bu Peien. They, too, had their Every Moment counters "stolen."
Amid everyone's anticipation, the first hearing began.
Twenty-four stores in Bu Peien had unilaterally torn up their agreements with Every Moment. Before the contracts had been fully performed, they had removed Every Moment's specialty counters without authorization. The court accepted the case and began proceedings.
With Shi Haoyun and Duocai's help, the twenty-four store owners hired a prominent lawyer who was willing to represent them in the lawsuit "free of charge."
Judging by Bu Peien's market rates, hiring this prominent lawyer to represent them in court would have cost at least one hundred thousand to several hundred thousand, or even more.
He told the media that he had done so because he did not want capitalists to recklessly wield legal weapons by exploiting the wealth and power in their hands, turning the law into a sharp knife for capitalists to "slaughter" the public.
His statement triggered intense public debate. Many people believed that he was the federation's truly conscientious lawyer and a moral exemplar of the legal profession.
What they did not know was that before he announced that he would work