On July 26th, Wu Gaoliang made a complaint to Tongji Town Government. After the mediation failed, the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court heard the case in the morning of June 28.
During the trial, which lasted more than four hours, the two sides gave evidence on three key issues: who dug ebony, whether it was contracted by Wu Gaoliang underground, and whether Tongji Town Government had illegal administrative actions. In view of the great differences between the parties to the lawsuit on the focus issue, the case will be heard on another day.
Wu Gaoliang raised his own questions and expressed his dissatisfaction with the 70,000 yuan reward.
Nearly 40,000 netizens believe that ebony should be owned by the discoverer. Less than 20% of netizens think ebony should be owned by the state. In addition, 10% of netizens think that ebony should be owned by the collective. The survey also showed that nearly half of netizens supported Wu Gaoliang's 4 million reward request. About 2 1.73% netizens think that according to the government's evaluation of ebony, Wu Gaoliang should be rewarded.