Bao Feiyang put down the materials in his hand and looked up at Zeng Jingxiang: "Did you get any news? You seem to be particularly worried that Changyuan County will favor Atari Company?"

Zeng Jingxiang laughed twice: "Feiyang, aren't you asking knowingly? Don't you know how Changyuan County is about Atari? If your Environmental Protection Department goes on, Changyuan County has no choice, but you have to fight a lawsuit in the Changyuan County People's Court. What should you do then is not their final decision?"

Bao Feiyang frowned. He originally wanted to do Atari's work beautifully in the conventional way, but now it seems that it is not going smoothly. As Zeng Jingxiang said, if the Environmental Protection Department does not put pressure on the matter and hand it over to the Changyuan County Court for handling, they will definitely not submit.

It seems that you need to prepare both hands.

Zeng Jingxiang continued: "I do have some sources of information in Changyuan County Court. It is said that the county has greeted the court and told them not to accept this case. However, the court felt that the non-acceptance was too obvious. They believed that the litigation fee could make Xigang Village give up. Even if they did not know how to advance and retreat, the responsibility for environmental protection lawsuits was difficult to define, so Atari might not lose the lawsuit."

"Of course, for them, the best option is to scare us back with high litigation fees. They don't have to worry about being criticized because they do it strictly in accordance with the law."

Bao Feiyang pondered and subconsciously knocked on the table with his fingers. Indeed, if the Changyuan County People's Court did this, Bao Feiyang really had no choice but to deal with them. Because according to the regulations, he filed a lawsuit with the court. The acceptance fee, application fee, and litigation fee will be paid first by the plaintiff. If the case wins, the court usually decides that the loser will bear it.

But in this way, there will be two problems. One is that the litigation costs may be too high and ordinary people cannot afford them.

Take the case in Xigang Village as an example. The amount of compensation for a single person is not very high, but if all villagers form a group to conduct joint litigation, the total amount of the targets formed will be larger.

The litigation fees for cases are charged in proportion to the subject amount, so the final litigation fees will be higher. In terms of case acceptance fees alone, the injury compensation involves property. 50 yuan per case is charged below 10,000 yuan, 2.5% for each case below 100,000 to 100,000, 2%, 1.5% for 200,000 to 500,000, and 1% for 500,000 to 1 million. According to more than 400 people in Xigang Village, the case acceptance fee alone is as high as 13,800 yuan. Although the average amount is only about 30 yuan for each person, and the family of four is only 1230 yuan, but for villagers who are used to calculating carefully, this sudden expenditure will also make them hesitate for a long time.

More importantly, this is just an acceptance fee. In addition, the appraisal fee may be paid during the trial, the fees incurred by professionals appearing in court, etc.

In addition, even if you win the lawsuit, the loser may not take out the money immediately. If the other party does not give the money, it will apply to the court for compulsory execution. The application fee is slightly lower than the acceptance fee, but it still costs tens of thousands of yuan.

The court's compulsory execution may not guarantee that the money will be obtained. If the other party moves quickly, is bankrupt, or has no property at all, or there are many creditors who divide the property, they may not be able to divide much money in the end.

Another problem is that there is a win or loss in a lawsuit, and no one can guarantee that he will win the lawsuit. If he loses the lawsuit, the plaintiff will have to bear the litigation costs themselves.

Moreover, lawsuits are often protracted and prolonged, which not only delays time, but also causes things to be considered winning, but also happens a long time later. If the other party appeals, he has to go through the procedure again, which will make people miserable.

In this way, regardless of the complexity of the law, just because of the cost, many ordinary people have given up on lawsuits.

As for the case of Xigang Village, even Bao Feiyang dares not guarantee whether he can win this lawsuit.

He reached out and knocked on the table, looked up at the wall clock hanging on the wall, picked up the phone and said, "It's almost time. Let's go to have a meal first. I'll introduce you to someone. Maybe he can help you, so let's talk about it slowly."

Bao Feiyang called Tu Xiaoming and asked him to have dinner together. He found a hotel next to the Environmental Protection Department and asked for a private room.

Tu Xiaoming and Zeng Jingxiang are both men with a generous personality. They are very compatible and quickly sit together and chat and laugh.

When I heard that Tu Xiaoming would organize a litigation aid fund, Zeng Jingxiang shouted: "I do not discriminate against the villagers, but I must admit that the pressure on survival is too great. Money is like a tight spell, always entangled around their heads. When you talk to them about money, they will immediately become nervous and don't understand everything."

Zeng Jingxiang was very bitter. When he first arrived in Xigang Village, it was quite popular. The villagers were very grateful to hear that he was a lawyer and wanted to sue them for free and claim compensation from Atari Company. Some people generously took out eggs and bacon from their homes to give them, and some people killed chickens to entertain him. However, when he filed the lawsuit, everyone started to get into trouble.

"Some people are fine, but they just don't understand. They think that the money should be paid by Atari and should not be allowed to be paid. I explained to them that we should pay it first. After the court ruled, we won the lawsuit. Atari must return the money to us." Zeng Jingxiang looked helpless, which shows that he did encounter a lot of difficulties at that time.

"Some people began to think that doing this is unreliable. They felt that before they could get the money, they had to take out more than 10,000 yuan, which was not cost-effective. Although the more than 10,000 yuan was distributed to each person, they still felt that it was a lot, as if the more than 10,000 yuan was their own." Zeng Jingxiang sighed, and he could not say that these villagers were short-sighted. They could only say that their ability to bear was too poor and could not withstand the tossing.

"Some people are worried about what to do if they lose the lawsuit. They think that Atari company has such a good relationship with the county. Zhang Yada often eats with the secretary and the county magistrate. Can the public let Atari lose to them and ask Atari to pay them money? They don't believe that they can win." Zeng Jingxiang smiled bitterly and shook his head. In fact, he also had such concerns. He didn't dare to pat his chest to guarantee that the lawsuit would definitely win.

"Some people even began to doubt whether there was any secret that I had come over so enthusiastically to sue them, whether I wanted to cheat them of money, whether I really won the lawsuit, and I wanted to take a part of Atari's compensation..."

Zeng Jingxiang shook his head in pain: "To be honest, I was very sad at that time. I thought of what Lu Xun said, mourning his misfortune and angering his not to fight."

Bao Feiyang and Tu Xiaoming were both a little silent, especially Tu Xiaoming. Tu Xiaoming had strict tutoring. Tu Xiaoming did not develop the habit of a playboy, but he had very little contact with grassroots people, so it was difficult to understand their thoughts.

"Does Brother Ming not understand? If you go down with Brother Zeng for two days and see that they may not eat any meat for several months, and even the old hens laid eggs at home are reluctant to eat. They are not fully clothed all year round, and they can only hide at home and hold on when they are sick. You can understand that they are doing this because they are too poor." Bao Feiyang shook his head. He has experienced ups and downs and has seen many tragedies in the world. He knows that this kind of thing is not an isolated case, but a common phenomenon.

Zeng Jingxiang looked at Bao Feiyang in surprise: "Yes, they are very unfortunate, and it is understandable, but I didn't expect Feiyang, you are young and have a good family background, and you can understand such things?"

Bao Feiyang smiled. He did not mention his identity and background of Tu Xiaoming, but Zeng Jingxiang could also guess from some details that the lawyer was already good at this.

Tu Xiaoming said: "I still don't understand. Since they are so poor, they should stand up and fight. Only by fighting can you live a good life. If you don't fight, you can only be like this for the rest of your life."

Zeng Jingxiang smiled without explaining, but looked at Bao Feiyang, wanting to see how he understood and whether he really understood.

Bao Feiyang smiled bitterly: "I said everything. You can only understand it by going down and running and seeing it with your own eyes. The reason is very simple, because they can still survive if they don't fight. If they must fight, once they fail, it will be a dead end, so the risk is too great."

"It's like a household with 10,000 yuan, he can take out all 10,000 yuan to do business. Even if he loses all, he will only go back to eat braised vegetables. It may not be necessary, just a simple meal. But for a poor man who only has a few hundred yuan in his family and even has to borrow, if you ask him to take out the money to do business, once he fails, he may not even be able to afford to eat and can only starve to death. You say he chooses to do business, may eat meat, but may also starve to death, or choose not to have meat, but can live safely?" Bao Feiyang asked.

Tu Xiaoming tilted his head and thought for a while, looking at Bao Feiyang with some uncertainty: "I might still want to eat meat, right?"

Bao Feiyang spread his hands helplessly and said to Zeng Jingxiang: "I'll tell me, I haven't experienced it myself, the answer is definitely different."

Tu Xiaoming said dissatisfiedly: "I think this should be the case. It's like when I was sick before, as long as I could cure my illness and even relieve the pain a little, even if the treatment was dangerous, I would be willing to try it."
Chapter completed!