Chen Shoubang has been an eloquent speaker since he was a child, and he never stops arguing until others are convinced. For this reason, the villagers call him a mosquito holding a weight in his mouth at night - his mouth is tight. After the college entrance examination was resumed, Chen Shoubang was admitted to Wuhan Water Transport Engineering School to study shipbuilding. After graduation, he was assigned to work in Yichang Port Authority.
At that time, Chen Shoubang yearned to be an upright judge. In 1983, Wuhan University recruited self-study students. With his thirst for legal knowledge, he chose the legal profession without hesitation. After graduation, he went to the court to contact for work. A local judge saw that he had good thinking and eloquence and suggested that he become a lawyer. Chen Shoubang was moved. Under the guidance of the judge, he took the bar qualification examination in 1989 and passed with honors.
At that time, the Second Department Store in Yichang City had a dispute with a company in Dangyang over a contract to replace a refrigerator with a color TV. Chen Shoubang worked as an agent for the Second Department Store and used the knowledge he learned to win the lawsuit. At this time, Chen Shoubang had just passed the bar qualification examination and was not yet a lawyer in the true sense. The success of his first lawsuit strengthened his desire to become a lawyer.
Opportunities are quietly approaching this young man. This lawsuit was praised by the other party's attorney, Xiong Ping, a famous lawyer in Yichang. After the court session, Xiong Ping asked him to find Peng Yongguang, a famous lawyer in Yichang, and wrote a note: "Old Peng, this person Chen Shoubang has solid basic skills and will definitely be an outstanding lawyer in the future. Please welcome him."
A conversation with Peng Yongguang is still fresh in his memory. Peng Yongguang asked him: "Why do you want to be a lawyer?" Chen Shoubang said: "Being a lawyer can control the balance of justice and safeguard the dignity of the law." Peng Yongguang's answer was meaningful: Being a lawyer is not as wonderful as you imagined. You said No matter how good you are, the judge may not listen to you. Chen Shoubang was puzzled. He thought to himself, as long as the lawyer's words are reasonable, how could the judge not listen?
In 1990, Chen Shoubang came to Yichang No. 2 Law Firm and began his career as a lawyer. Not long after he started working as a lawyer, young Chen Shoubang received a case in which a citizen sued a government official.
In 1996, Wang Fei (pseudonym) ran away because he owed a debt. A county court seized a tape recorder belonging to his brother Wang Yong (pseudonym), saying that after Wang Yongxu found his brother, before returning the tape recorder. Wang Yong refused to accept the case and took the case to the county court, asking Chen Shoubang to represent him. Chen Shoubang went to the then Yichang District Intermediate Court to file a case.
The judge of the filing court was very embarrassed: "How can we sue the court? The impact will be bad." "Why can't we sue the court?" Chen Shoubang asked. "If a problem is raised, it can be solved through negotiation. Why sue?" "The law does not say that you cannot sue the court." "You can make suggestions for mistakes at work, but how can you sue?" "If the court buys a house without paying, the owner will Can you sue the court? "That's another matter." "But at least it shows that the court can become the defendant." After a debate, the judge promised not to file a case first and help negotiate. Return Wang Yong’s property. However, in the following days, Chen Shoubang went to the county court several times, but the tape recorder was still not returned.
No, sue immediately and request that the case be filed. Chen Shoubang came to the Intermediate Court again with a firm attitude. The judge advised him again: The county court has agreed to pay it back immediately. You can go there again. The president of the county court received him and asked him to write a material to reflect the situation.
Chen Shoubang submitted a harshly worded legal opinion. When the president of the county court saw this, he lost his temper: You are a lawyer, and you actually said that our court violated the law. "Is it illegal to deduct Wang Yong's property?" Chen Shoubang asked the dean. "I can't talk to you. If you want to sue, just sue." The dean said a few words and left.
After returning to Yichang, Chen Shoubang came to the Intermediate Court and told the judge that he would never go to the county court again and requested that the case be filed. If the case is not accepted and a ruling is issued, he will appeal to the Provincial High Court.
The Intermediate Court judge still advocated mediation and did not issue a ruling. Chen Shoubang said that if you don't issue a ruling, you will be breaking the law. The judge replied that he would wait another 3 days. Three days later, the county court finally returned the property to Wang Yong.
Although there were many conflicts at work, the judge of the Intermediate Court gave Chen Shoubang high praise afterwards. He said, I admire a lawyer like you. In fact, Chen Shoubang won the trust and respect of the judge because of no fight or acquaintance.
Chen Shoubang said: Lawyers do not accommodate judges and are not afraid of judges. So what should lawyers listen to? They should listen to the facts and the law.
He said that lawyers and judges achieve unity in the struggle, and a lawyer with solid foundation, responsibility and sense of justice will definitely be respected and recognized by the judge. The light of justice carries heavy weight and reaches far. There are many wonderful and typical cases of Chen Shoubang. Three cases, including Chen Minhong's "Tuliba" intellectual property case and Wang Zhengfeng's case against Gezhouba Hydropower Plant for flood discharge, were included in the "National Regulations Database", and several other cases were included in the "Gazette of the Supreme People's Court" and " Included in publications such as "People's Court Case Selection", "Civil Trial Guidance and Reference" and "China Trial Case Summary".
As a member of the provincial and municipal lawyer advisory groups, Chen Shoubang has participated in handling legal petition cases many times. He said that different social groups need to use the law to defend their rights and interests. As a government, the preferential policies such as taxation are not as good as creating a fair legal atmosphere and administering according to the law; for operators, we cannot change the business environment, but we can adapt to the economic environment. Every operator must have legal awareness and act in accordance with the law. In business operations, when encountering economic disputes, the first thing to think of is the law.
However, for most ordinary people, law has always been a relatively unfamiliar concept. Many people are unable to protect their own rights and do not know how to do so. For such vulnerable groups, Chen Shoubang always spares no effort to provide them with legal aid. On the afternoon of December 4, 1999, Ms. Wang's husband, Gao, was electrocuted to death while taking a bath with an electric water heater at a relative's home. After inspection by the quality supervision department, it was found that the ground wire used by the electric water heater was live. Based on this, it was determined that the cause of the accident was that the ground wire was electrified, and the fault point was determined to be a short circuit between the ground wire and the phase wire between the meter box on the third floor and the meter box on the fifth floor.
After losing her husband, Ms. Wang’s life fell into trouble. After her request for compensation from the power supply department was rejected, she found Chen Shoubang. On February 19, 2000, Chen Shoubang represented her in the lawsuit. The court of first instance dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the property rights of the power supply facility did not belong to the defendant. Chen Shoubang represented Ms. Wang free of charge and supported her appeal. However, the second-instance court rejected the appeal for the same reason and upheld the original judgment.
At this time, Ms. Wang had lost confidence in protecting her legitimate rights and interests through legal channels, but Chen Shoubang insisted that power supply companies should bear corresponding maintenance responsibilities. He decided to continue filing the complaint for free. After nearly three years of hard work, on November 22, 2004, the Yichang Intermediate People's Court adopted Chen Shoubang's opinion and Ms. Wang received compensation in accordance with the law.
This case lasted for 5 years, and after 5 trials at two levels of courts, Chen Shoubang finally obtained legal protection for the legitimate rights and interests of the parties involved. Chen Shoubang often compares lawyers with doctors. A good doctor can save many lives, while a good lawyer can better safeguard the dignity of the law. He said that lawyers have the same responsibilities as doctors, and that a lawyer's career of more than ten years is like an arduous and long journey, with a long way to go. A father's heart is iron-faced and tender. Due to his busy work schedule, Chen Shoubang spends very little time with his family, especially his son. When talking about his son, Chen Shoubang looked proud. He has paid attention to cultivating his son's logical thinking since he was a child. His training method is also unique: 54 playing cards represent numbers, randomly pick two and add them up, and ask the children to quickly tell the answer. The reaction was very slow at first, but as time went by, my son's reaction became faster and faster, and he was also very sensitive to numbers. After his son went to school, his academic performance has always been excellent, especially in science. Chen Shoubang said that this is very similar to his own.
An accident happened when my son took the college entrance examination. One afternoon, he was robbed by a knife-wielding gangster on his way home from school. The gangster took away his Walkman. The stubborn young man chased after him hard. After catching up, he grabbed the gangster and shouted loudly. The vicious gangster turned around and attacked him continuously. He stabbed him five times and ran away in a panic.
After hearing the news, Chen Shoubang rushed to the hospital. When he saw his son covered in blood, he was heartbroken. A nurse said to his son: It's just a Walkman. The gangsters can just take it away. Why chase him? It's really not worth it. His son's answer shocked Chen Shoubang, "I can't let the gangster succeed. Once he succeeds, he will rob other people." Chen Shoubang, who originally wanted to complain about his son, didn't say a word and hugged him tightly.
At this time, Chen Shoubang felt both sad and proud. What makes him sad is his son's injury, but what makes him proud is that his son has a sense of justice that is very similar to his. Seeing the child's firm eyes, this strong man couldn't help but burst into tears.
In Chen Shoubang’s dictionary of life, justice, truth, and law are the three most important words, words that are destined to be interpreted with a lifetime of energy. For a person who lives in the world of lawyers, no matter what price this interpretation has to pay, for him, it is a kind of happiness, an unparalleled happiness.