Lawyer's character

In the afternoon, for some unknown reason, Gu Datong started calling everyone one by one to go to the office to talk. Mei Xiaoting's guess is that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so Boss Gu wants to have a heart-to-heart talk with everyone and give out bonuses at the same time. Fang Yi and Wang Deyou had only been here for a short time. They felt that although Mei Xiaoting was young, she was an elder in the team. What she said should make sense, so they didn't think much about it.

The first person to go to the office to talk was Xie Youhe. When Lao Xie came back an hour later, his face was a little complicated. He was sitting on a chair, holding a big tea cup without taking a sip of water for a long time. Then he put it down and stood up with his hands on his hips. Look out the window.

Apart from patting Zhou Yunyuan on the shoulder and beckoning him to go to the office, Xie Youhe didn't say a word to anyone and looked very worried. Fang Yi didn't dare to ask any more questions, but he was sensitive to the fact that this conversation might not be as simple as Mei Xiaoting said.

When it was almost time to get off work, it was Fang Yi's turn. When he walked into the office, a cold wind came with a strong smell of tobacco. The window opposite was open. Where did the cold wind come from?

Gu Datong was sitting on the sofa. On the large coffee table in front of him was a large square, glass ashtray filled with cigarette butts. Next to the ashtray were a box of Huazi and a ZIPPO lighter. Gu Datong's hair was combed meticulously, but his brows were furrowed tightly.

"Lawyer Fang, come in and sit down." Gu Datong looked up and saw Fang Yi coming in, and motioned for him to sit across from him.

After Fang Yi sat down, Gu Datong put out the cigarette in his hand and looked at Fang Yi: "Lawyer Fang, how many months have you been with our team?"

"More than five months, I officially transferred here in July." Fang Yi said.

"I've asked Lawyer Xie, and he recognizes your ability very much. The Spring Festival will be over in just over a month, and this is your year-end bonus." As he said that, Gu Datong put a thick envelope on the table. , and passed it on to Fang Yi.

"Thank you, Lawyer Gu." Fang Yi reached out and picked up the envelope, feeling that there was almost ten thousand yuan in the envelope.

"In addition, our Jinshi Law Firm is going to be integrated. Do you know?" Gu Datong asked.

"Yes, I've heard about it." Fang Yi was not sure what Gu Datong meant. Could it be that he wanted to reduce his salary?

"Now, more than half of the dozens of partners in our firm are reluctant to engage in integration, and I am one of them. During this period, I talked with Wanhua United Law Firm, our number one local law firm.

After the Spring Festival, I plan to take all the team members to Wanhua United Law Firm to practice law. After our team passes, the non-litigation team will be merged with the team of lawyer Li Chaoqun over there. Lawyer Li is my good friend and my senior brother. He has done many big projects in the non-litigation field.

The litigation team of our team will be integrated into the team of Lawyer Wan Kefa, the founder of Wanhua United Law Firm. There are some changes in the treatment there. Lawyer Wan's team will discuss it with you individually. I wonder if you have any ideas? "Gu Datong looked at Fang Yi.

Fang Yi was recommended by lawyer Zhou Shen from the headquarters, and it is said that the two have a good relationship. This time there was internal strife within Jinshi Law Firm due to the integration issue, and many lawyers would transfer to other law firms. Gu Datong wondered if Zhou Shen had communicated with Fang Yi in advance about whether to leave or stay.

Fang Yi was a little overwhelmed by Gu Datong's sudden decision. No wonder Xie Youhe had a complicated expression after coming out of the office. It turned out that the team was going to be split.

Seeing Fang Yi lowering his head and not speaking for a long time, Gu Datong cleared his throat: "I only finalized the transfer yesterday, so it was a bit sudden. Lawyer Fang, if you haven't thought about it well, let me give you a suggestion, why not go to Wanhua United Let’s talk with the law firm. If you can accept the conditions there, stay. If not, tell me and I will introduce you to other law firms.”

Fang Yi thought that there was no good place to go now and there was nothing wrong with talking about it, so he listened to Gu Datong's opinion.

Fang Yi walked out of the office with mixed feelings, and his expression was as complex as Xie Youhe's.

"Have you finished talking?" Xie You and Jian Fang Yi came back with expressions similar to their own, and smiled helplessly.

"Well, let's go and have a smoke?" Fang Yi pursed his lips in the direction of the terrace and whispered.

More than ten minutes later, Fang Yi and Xie Youhe each held a cigarette and looked at the winter sunset side by side. A big red round cake is almost setting, as if it has exhausted all its energy and is struggling to survive.

"The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk!" Xie Youhe sighed.

"The sunset is the sunset, how can it be compared with the morning sun." Fang Yi seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be responding to Xie Youhe.

"After the sunset, there will be another morning sun, which cannot be broken or established!" After a moment, Xie Youhe said calmly.

"What do you think? Do you want to follow?" Fang Yi turned to look at Xie Youhe.

"Well, that law firm is quite big. Boss Gu has already made an appointment for me. I will go there to talk to the litigation team tomorrow afternoon. If I can't find a more suitable law firm before the Spring Festival, there is a high probability that I will Stay over there.

And you? Do you want to go there together tomorrow? Xie Youhe said, taking a puff of cigarette and looking at him.

"Okay! I'll go over with you and take a look." Fang Yi said

After finishing speaking, the two fell into silence, with many thoughts in their hearts.

After a while, Wang Deyou walked up to the terrace and approached the two men with a bonus from Gu Datong in his arms. With an expression of shock, helplessness and worry on his face.

"Lawyer Mei and Lawyer Zhou were asked by Lawyer Sima to leave for a meeting. I heard that they will transfer directly to Wanhua United Law Firm. Our litigation team will also go there and merge into another team."

In terms of academic qualifications and successful cases, Wang Deyou was not as good as the two lawyers in front of him, so he was the most uneasy among the three.

Gu Datong’s team is in turmoil!

Returning to his residence in the evening, Fang Yi specifically checked the information of Wanhua United Law Firm. The law firm was established on January 5, 1999. It is located on the 80th and 9th floors of the Financial Building, with an office area of ​​about 5,000 yuan. flat. It was formed by the merger of three law firms: Huafang, Wanwei and Jiulian. These three law firms were among the top ten law firms in the province at the time, each with their own advantages in non-litigation and litigation fields.

The word "Wan" in Wanhua United Law Firm is taken from the surname of Wan Kefa, the director of Wanwei Law Firm. The word "Hua" is taken from the surname of Hua Liancheng, director of Huafang Law Firm.

Although Jiulian Law Firm does not have such an honor, it does have a well-known iron lady director, Du Sanniang. It is said that her father especially loved watching "Water Margin". When her mother gave birth to her, her father happened to see the section about Sanda Zhujiazhuang, so he changed the name Hu Sanniang and put it on her.

According to rumors, Wan Kefa and Hua Liancheng quarreled as soon as they met, and only Du Sanniang could calm them down. I don't know whether it is true or not.

Wanhua United Law Firm has 218 registered lawyers and more than 50 paralegals and trainee lawyers. Although the administrative, human resources, and financial personnel have not been disclosed, Fang Yi speculates that such a large law firm should not have too many such people.