[2] This article is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the promulgation of the Administrative Procedure Law and its first major revision!

　　前言

On March 12, 2015, Southern Metropolis Daily first reported, and was subsequently republished by media outlets such as Phoenix Net, a rumor about Mr. Guo, the former owner of the "Sea Palace," purchasing a luxury villa in Australia and hosting an extravagant party attended by numerous celebrities including Zhao Wei and Xu Zheng, as well as a gathering of beautiful women. The report used terms like "nouveau riche," "house party," and "rivers of champagne," heavily sensationalizing and grabbing attention, once again thrusting Mr. Guo into the eye of public opinion, threatening to repeat the storm of controversy experienced during the "Sea Palace" case years ago. Moreover, the reporter claimed to have verified the authenticity of the rumor with Wang Tengfeng, the attorney representing the "Sea Palace" case, prompting Wang Tengfeng to urgently issue a public statement to prevent the spread of misinformation and confusion.

Indeed, the public uproar surrounding the "Sea Palace" case has long dissipated, but the memories it left in people's minds are like stone carvings and wood engravings, far from being easily worn away by the sands of time. Just last week, during a business trip to Beijing, lawyer Wang Tengfeng met with several political and business figures, inadvertently eliciting the exclamation, "So it was you who represented the 'Sea Palace' case?!" For representing the "Sea Palace" case, lawyer Wang Tengfeng earned the reputation of a "Legal Prodigy" and was also dubbed the "Victorious Fighting Buddha" by his peers in the legal profession.

Objectively speaking, aside from the deep impression left by the "Sea Palace" case, most people are also left with one mystery after another. How did the "nouveau riche" Guo so-and-so come to be? How did the "Sea Palace" come into existence? Was the "Sea Palace" legal or illegal? If it was illegal, how dare Guo so-and-so take the government to court? And how could lawyer Wang Tengfeng possibly represent the "Sea Palace" side and win the lawsuit...

Starting today, we will present the "Ultimate Revelation of the 'Sea Palace' Case" in a serialized format. If you are an entrepreneur, you can uncover the code to wealth from the entrepreneurial journey of the "nouveau riche" Guo so-and-so; if you are a government official, you can grasp the essence of law-based administration from the causes and effects of the "Sea Palace" case; if you are a media professional, the media storm surrounding the "Sea Palace" incident can reveal the complex interactions and brilliant games among the public, public opinion, government, and judiciary; if you are a legal professional, the process of lawyer Wang Tengfeng handling the "Sea Palace" case will let you appreciate the highest realm of litigation art; if you are just an ordinary person, a member of the public, the "Sea Palace" case is a vivid story of the rule of law, teaching you the first rule of survival in a law-based society in a tangible and intuitive way: fight for your rights!