Chapter 207: Turning the Tide

Hao Feng ignored the host's intention to stop, and he asked loudly: "Zhang Jian, I heard that you are an expert in public interest litigation in our province, and I have won many public interest lawsuits. According to the information disclosed by the prosecutor, the public interest litigation targets you generally choose are listed companies with huge market capitalization, and generally the more far-reaching the case, the more you can mobilize the resources of various departments, like the previous "Nanjiang Group case", and in this investigation, the Tianjin Pharmaceutical Chemical involved is also a star private enterprise that is about to be listed, with a market value of more than one billion. And it also involves huge market value fluctuations, so it can't help but make the outside world speculate...... Will our prosecutors, when prosecuting public interest lawsuits, give preference to such a private enterprise with a huge market value?"

Raising this question at this moment is undoubtedly a bombshell.

You know, this year is since the reform and opening up, the most difficult year for private enterprises, the national economic growth slowed down, a large number of enterprises closed, the entire national economy has been on the verge of danger, the first of which is not the state to cover the private enterprises, in this warm early summer, many private enterprises have felt the cold winter killing, it is also at this critical juncture, economists and a large number of experts put forward "private enterprises have completed the historical task", "private enterprises handed over to workers" and other absurd views, for a time" In the midst of the uproar of the "theory of the departure of the private economy," some people even shouted "Eliminate private ownership!" Such terrifying remarks as "Eliminate private ownership!" At this extremely sensitive point in the atmosphere of public opinion, the Jingsha River pollution case at this moment will certainly attract even more attention.

After all, at the beginning of the judicial reform, when public interest litigation was proposed, there were many voices who believed that this was a reassuring move by the state after shrinking its procuratorial powers, and that it was dealing with disobedient major enterprises. Many Tianjin and Hong Kong entrepreneurs also secretly regard this case as a weather vane for the entire Tianjin and Hong Kong business circles, and even as a weather vane for the economic situation of the entire Nanzhou Province.

At this time, how can this reporter of Southern News ask such a question on such an occasion, how can it not be reverie?

Zhang Ruiming also knew that this Hao Feng deliberately chose to ask this question by himself was definitely a choice after careful consideration, and if he asked Zhang Shengjie directly, he might have been stopped by the people below, and when he asked Prosecutor General Lu, it was obvious that the old comrade was more strict-mouthed, and he probably wouldn't answer him.

Therefore, in the eyes of these people, only the youngest person who looks the youngest and has done so many public interest lawsuits is the most suitable to use as a breakthrough.

I heard that the news in the south is difficult to deal with, and sure enough!

Zhang Ruiming didn't want to pay attention to it, he stood by and let the host deal with the accident, but Hao Feng didn't give up, and his voice became more and more high-pitched.

“…… In the previous lawsuits, we have seen the bias of the prosecution, please give an answer to the people, and also give an explanation to the thousands of private entrepreneurs in Nanzhou Province, and bravely answer this question!"

The secretary general of the city government on the side hurriedly turned back to the live broadcast station and said, "Cut it off quickly! Cut off the signal quickly!" At the same time, he instructed the conference staff to hurry over and invite the reporter who suddenly "added drama" without authorization.

But the live broadcast station told the young secretary general a dizzying news -

"No way! It's already aired in front, I can't cut it!"

The secretary general suddenly broke out with a sweat, and he waved his hand to let the meeting that was about to be surrounded retreat first.

Since it has been broadcast, there must be no more mistakes at this time, he quickly got up, trotted to Zhang Shengjie's side, leaned over and whispered.

At this time, Zhang Ruiming's heart was even more anxious than him, Hao Feng obviously came at him, the eyes of the audience, and the national audience stared at him, but before he got the instructions, he could neither answer nor shirk, and could only maintain an embarrassed and silent look in front of the national audience.

After hearing the report, Zhang Shengjie just glanced at Zhang Ruiming, pondered for a moment, as if confirming something, and then turned back to explain a few words to the secretary general, and then recovered his expression. No more speech.

Then, the secretary general, who was anxious and red, suddenly replied to the national audience in front of the camera: "Since everyone cares about it...... Then please ask Zhang Jian to answer!"

Zhang Ruiming's jaw was about to drop.

This is too bold, such a question that the governor doesn't dare to set the tone, is he really so relieved to let himself be a small prosecutor?

Could it be that these people are fighting the idea of abandoning the car to protect the commander? Are they going to throw this trouble directly to the Jingang City Procuratorate?

Zhang Ruiming had countless thoughts in his mind, but the time was tight and the situation was pressing, since the host had spoken, he had to answer.

Zhang Ruiming pondered slightly, then leaned close to the microphone and said loudly: "Just now this reporter mentioned the commonality between the Nanjiang Group case and this case, this question is very good, here, I also want to clarify, first of all, our prosecutor's consistent principle is "based on facts and the law as the criterion", which is the basic principle of our handling of cases, and just now you mentioned "give priority to private enterprises with huge market value" First of all, we must see that both Nanjiang Group and Tianjin Pharmaceutical Chemical have indeed been verified to have illegal pollutant discharge. At the same time, in terms of impact, it has harmed the practical interests of millions of people in Dongjiang and Tianjin-Hong Kong, and has brought disastrous consequences to tens of thousands of families. Under such circumstances, we, the prosecutors, as a sword to protect the people, have the obligation to ignore the people's ...... to the extent permitted by law."

Reporter Hao obviously came prepared, and before Zhang Ruiming finished speaking, he immediately revealed a killer move!

"Zhang Jian, we see more than these, there is news that in this year's public interest litigation filed in the province, most of them are filed against private enterprises, and from last year's national environmental protection strict inspection action, up to now, nearly a quarter of our province's private enterprises have been shut down, regardless of whether Zhang Jian you admit ...... or not."

Speaking of which, the Southern News reporter looked around the audience for a week, announcing that the next words would be the top priority, and at the same time allowing his words to be thoroughly recorded.

“…… Since the beginning of this year, most of the phenomenon of "the state advancing and the people retreating" in our province has been covered up by strict environmental protection investigations, public interest litigation, and state-owned assets taking over the market. In particular, China's private enterprises are mainly in the middle and lower reaches of the industry, and the major changes in the business environment have led to a significant compression of profit margins at the business level. A large number of private enterprises fell in this early summer...... In a recent speech, the central government pointed out: "China's private enterprises have contributed more than 50 percent of tax revenue, more than 60 percent of GDP, more than 70 percent of technological innovation achievements, more than 80 percent of urban labor employment, and more than 90 percent of the number of enterprises." Among the world's top 500 enterprises, the number of private enterprises in China increased from 1 in 2010 to 28 in 2018. "Such a heavy report card is in front of us, but why do we only see various public authorities in Jingang City wielding big sticks, with "environmental protection, taxation, law, credit" and other means to carry out a special siege on private enterprises, for a time the wind is loud, Xiangjin Pharmaceutical and Chemical enterprises have been defeated! Isn't this contrary to the spirit of the central government!?"

Hao Feng said in the end, his tone became more and more powerful and powerful, and his tone became more and more passionate, especially the rhetorical question at the end, which raised the atmosphere of the audience to the highest place. As soon as he finished speaking, there were a few sparse applause from the news media seats at the back of the hall, which showed that his remarks just now, whether it was his intention or the angle he stood on, completely guided the theme of this ventilation meeting to an extremely unfavorable side for the prosecution. Especially the last few sentences, it is simply standing at the highest point to mercilessly crush all the officials on the rostrum.

At this time, the secretary general of the city government next to him had only one thought in his head: Something had happened! Something had happened! This was not just a broadcast accident, but also a particularly big broadcast accident. In front of the people of the whole country, this damn reporter actually pulled out such a sensitive issue, and this is a big issue that has a bearing on the stance and orientation of the new leading body of Jingang City! If this question is not answered well, how can the economy and GDP of Jingang and Hong Kong be affected! The new leading body of Jingang City will also lose a big face in front of the whole world!

What to do!?

If you don't have a good explanation for the audience of the live broadcast next. That will most likely affect the political future of everyone present at the podium!

At this time, on the rostrum, Lu Bin and Zhang Shengjie both changed their faces at this time, Zhang Shengjie's expression moved slightly, ready to explain the meeting to cut off the signal, and Lu Bin next to Zhang Ruiming was also about to snatch the microphone in front of Zhang Ruiming.

But at this time, Zhang Ruiming gently stopped Lu Bin's outstretched hand, he cleared his throat, and was actually ready to continue to answer this difficult question that concerns countless people's black yarn hats, and resolutely stepped into this minefield that no one dared to touch......

"Ahem...... Well, in this case, since Reporter Hao is coming to me, then it is up to me to answer. ”

Seeing that on the rostrum, the youngest comrade had actually accepted the invitation again! Dozens of reporters in the audience immediately stopped their breath and turned their eyes to this Yinglang prosecutor, who looked no more than 30 years old.

"I am a lawyer, and I pay attention to logical thinking in speech, which is my "occupational disease"...... I roughly counted that there were several obvious logical errors in Reporter Hao's tirade just now. I'll pick out a few points first, and if there are any mistakes, please correct them...... First of all, it is [scarecrow], I have emphasized before, our prosecutor has never distinguished between private enterprises and state-owned enterprises in public interest litigation, if reporter Hao has known about me, you should know that the first public interest litigation in our Nanzhou Province was the "toxic runway" public interest lawsuit of Tianjin and Hong Kong No. 4 Middle School hosted by me, and the target of our city procuratorate at that time was our city's star institution - Tianjin and Hong Kong No. 4 Middle School. This is very different from the "special siege of private enterprises" proposed by reporter Hao just now. Therefore, just now, reporter Hao deliberately set up a target of "our prosecutor will sue and will focus on private enterprises", and then talk to himself and criticize our prosecutor, which is the so-called [scarecrow] logical error ......"