The opposing bank manager, Ma, handed over a set of documents with a cold face, saying, "Take a look first. Is this Wu Youhua one of your previous clients? I remember she came looking for you at the bank before."
Wu Youhua... You Qiaolan suddenly remembered and said, "Yes, yes, yes, she was my previous client. It was a few years ago when she bought that Jinshi financial product and then suffered quite a loss."
"She came to the bank several times, right? So, she has filed a lawsuit?"
What appeared in her hand were documents like the court summons and copies of the complaint.
"Yes, the other party has filed a lawsuit. Who gave her such advice, to actually file a lawsuit over this kind of matter?" Ma, the bank manager, also said unhappily.
On one hand, the bank is merely a sales agent, and on the other hand, isn't it quite normal for financial products to incur losses? So to actually file a lawsuit over this?
From Ma's perspective, such a lawsuit was completely meaningless. If you go by what you're saying, if the financial products sold by our bank incur losses, they could all come after the bank, right?
But how could that be possible?
"Manager, so what do we do now?" You Qiaolan asked.
"Fight the lawsuit, of course. They've already sued, so what else can we do? The opposing lawyer is Tang Fangjing. I seem to have heard this name before somewhere."
Not only the clerk at the case filing court, Xiao Jiang, but also Ma and You Qiaolan felt that a lawyer might have coaxed Wu Youhua into filing the lawsuit just to make money.
It wasn't impossible; lawyers would do anything for money, disregarding everything else.
"Tang Fangjing, Manager, I remember now. It's that Tang Fangjing from the unfinished Victoria Gardens case before!"
Ma also remembered, mainly because Tang had left a deep impression on Jingzhou City's banking sector, prompting a clean-up of the entire banking system with many people disciplined by the JW department.
"But how could Tang Fangjing take up such a case? Isn't that cheating? You have Wu Youhua's number, right? Give her a call and ask about the situation."
You Qiaolan nodded and walked aside to make the call.
Soon the call connected, and You Qiaolan hastily said, "Hello, is this Sister Wu? Eh, this is You Qiaolan from the Guangming Bank."
Over the phone, Mrs. Wu's voice was a bit cold, "Oh, what do you want?"
"Well, about the fund you purchased from us that incurred losses... we've discussed this before, haven't we? Our bank had already warned you about the risks involved."
"Why have you filed a lawsuit now?"
Mrs. Wu replied, "Wasn't it you who suggested that I should resolve the issue through legal means?"
You Qiaolan was taken aback; she had been so annoyed back then, who would have thought this elder would actually go ahead and sue!
"No, Sister Wu, I need to tell you that suing won't be of any use in your case. I'll be straight with you; there's never been a case where someone got compensation after a loss. You know that, right?"
"There's never been such an occurrence. Whether there's a loss or not has nothing to do with the bank. Your lawsuit is just wasting money. I don't know what that lawyer told you, but you really can't win."
You Qiaolan was earnestly trying to persuade her, when over the phone, Mrs. Wu said calmly, "Are you done? Once you're done, I'll speak. Lawyer Tang signed a risk agency agreement with me; if I lose the lawsuit, I don't have to pay him!"
After that, Mrs. Wu hung up the phone.
Even now, they're trying to stir up trouble. Lawyer Tang is a good person!
On this end of the phone, You Qiaolan was momentarily stunned, then she quickly recounted the situation to Ma. Ma was equally dumbfounded.
"He dares to sign a risk agency agreement for this kind of case? Is Tang Fangjing out of his mind?"
But a person who is out of his mind couldn't have handled the Victoria Gardens case so well; the case has almost become a benchmark for unfinished building lawsuits in Jingzhou City.
So was the other party certain of their position?
Ma asked You Qiaolan to get busy with other tasks while he decided to consult a more familiar lawyer.
Ten minutes later, at Dafeng Law Firm, Han Chengli got the call.
"Manager Ma, are you sure you got it right? Tang Fangjing is suing your bank, really because of financial product losses?"
"If you're still worried, you can let Director Ding from our firm represent you. Yes, Director Ding isn't busy lately, think it over well."
After hanging up, Old Han laughed and said, "I was wondering, since when did a person with the surname Tang become so incredible, knowing everything. And to think he chose this direction."
"With this, I have no problem even going to court."
Time moved swiftly to the next day, and suddenly, many self-media in Jingzhou City were sharing a news story.
"After the black intermediary incident, Lawyer Tang makes another move. But this time, it seems he's made a blunder. If you've lost money on a bank-distributed financial product, can you still claim compensation from the bank?"
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