How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?-Chapter 494 - 227: The Importance of Connections and Background

Time passed in a blur...

The two days flew by in the blink of an eye...

Ever since Gu Heng handed the case over to the top ten law firms, he hadn’t spent any more energy on it...

Indeed...

After pouring over 100 billion into the case, should he still have to worry about it himself, or wouldn’t that money have been wasted?

The ten billion in strategic cooperation funds were the compensation paid to the top ten law firms.

Besides this ten billion, Gu Heng also spent an extra 30 million as a fee to another 37 law firms...

The rate given to the top ten law firms was 12,000 yuan per lawsuit, and although the 37 law firms weren’t on the same level as the top ten, Gu Heng couldn’t overlook them completely, giving them 10,000 yuan per lawsuit instead...

Each of the 37 law firms handled about 100 lawsuits, roughly totaling up to nearly 4000 people.

The top ten law firms handled about 1000 lawsuits, which amounted to around 10000 people...

Adding both, the total reached about 14,000 people...

Among them, there were about 1500 self-media platform accounts, approximately 6000 "internet army" users supported by official data investigation from Weibo and TikTok, and the remaining 6000 were "seasoned cyberbullies," carefully selected from various law firms on online platforms. These people had a notorious online presence, with about one in every ten having been sued before.

The report from the top ten law firms to Gu Heng was straightforward.

The norms for defamation crimes were a bit vague, and it was for this reason that lawsuits involving internet celebrities generally cited "infringement of the right to reputation" as the basis, thus the high probability of success; however, Gu Heng had decided to sue for defamation, which resulted in a lower likelihood of successful prosecution.

After calculations, the top ten law firms reported a 25% success rate.

That is to say, out of these 14,000 people, only about 25% could be successfully prosecuted, while the remaining 75% had a slim chance of successful prosecution; in the end, it would most likely result in straightforward civil mediation.

After receiving the complete proposals from various law firms, Gu Heng had no objections.

This lawsuit was merely for indulgence, to vent off steam.

It wasn’t like he really wanted to send these people to prison.

If they could be sent to prison, it meant that they indeed had committed crimes, and they wouldn’t be wronged by incarceration.

If they couldn’t be imprisoned, it meant that they weren’t serious enough offenders for jail, and civil mediation would just mean paying compensation, which could serve as a lesson for them.

All in all, Gu Heng wanted them to know.

The reason they could act lawlessly on the internet was not because they weren’t wrong, but because nobody bothered to manage them.

If others didn’t care, he would!

It was just a matter of money after all.

Others might not have or wouldn’t want to spend the billions to sue them, but he was willing.

His actions weren’t aimed at cleansing the online environment—a responsibility too significant for him to bear.

He merely wanted to let those who enjoyed cyberbullying know what kind of people they could and couldn’t offend!

Those who died because of cyberbullying, such as Liu Xuezhou searching for his kin, the girl from Shanghai who thanked a deliveryman during the pandemic, and the female doctor humiliated in a swimming pool—classic cases were readily found on the internet.

These individuals didn’t have his wealth and after suffering from cyberbullying had chosen to take their lives.

There was no other reason, simply because they were weaker compared to their aggressors, and the weak didn’t have a choice.

For him, it was different...

Compared to these individuals, he was an absolute powerhouse.

Furthermore, he was a powerhouse unbound by morals.

Bullying the weak wasn’t feasible with him; since these people liked to cause trouble, he would let them indulge to their satisfaction!

... Discover more stories at novelbuddy

Jingcheng City, Chang’an Club.

This content is taken from freёnovelkiss.com.

As Hua Country’s first private club named Chang’an Club, situated in Jingcheng City and founded by the former Chinese female tycoon Chen Lihua, also Tang Seng’s wife, the club had grown extremely large since its establishment in 1996... Due to its stringent membership requirements, the total number of members at Chang’an Club had just scarcely exceeded four digits, which, compared to the Yundian Association Gu Heng had joined in Yangcheng City, was significantly fewer...

However...

The cachet of Chang’an Club and Yundian Association weren’t even comparable on the same day...

Although Yundian Association boasted tens of thousands of members, generally speaking, as long as one had assets of a few million yuan, they could join; it was genuinely a mix of all sorts, to put it less pleasantly, having a million yuan, just owning property in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, these four ultra-first-tier cities, could meet this criterion.

And whose shareholders were in the Yundian Association? They were people like Lu Yuan, a well-known tycoon in Yangcheng City, who wouldn’t rank even domestically, let alone internationally.

But what about Chang’an Club?

Its members could entirely be described as "renowned," such as being graced by Li Jiacheng, Asia’s richest man, the only Hong Kong businessman Huo Yindong, who was honored with a state funeral, and the ceiling of Hua Country’s professional managers, Yang Yuanqing, the president of the Hui Chamber of Commerce...

Merely these prominent members already significantly elevated the prestige of Chang’an Club.

This was why, even after 30 years, Chang’an Club remained one of the most elite private clubs in Hua Country...

When an extended Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped at No. 10 Chang’an Street.

As the bodyguard opened the door, Gu Heng, He Jing, and Lin Jiayun slowly alighted from the car.

Looking at the building in front of them, which style seemed rather dated, Gu Heng was relatively calm, while He Jing and Lin Jiayun were so excited that their bodies slightly trembled...