Lawyer's character

"Uh-huh! You guessed it right. When I was in college, my parents used to drink red wine for a while. Later, they switched to other careers, but the relationship is still there. If you want, I can get you a few bottles of wine. Lafite, discount." Yun Qiao bared her teeth and said with a smile.

"Okay, I've seen it. You are the real person without showing your face." Zhou Ying gave a thumbs up and said, "But Western food is not to my liking. I'm not full. What should I do?"

"Needless to say, I'll treat you to a big dinner, and the restaurant is up to you." Yun Qiao said happily.

"Really! Forget it, you can make that little money in a month..." Zhou Ying said. She also worked as a trainee lawyer, so she naturally knows how trainee lawyers are treated in the firm.

"We have funds... No, we have family subsidies. Let's go. It's okay to have a meal once in a while." Yun Qiao held Zhou Ying's arm and reached out to stop a taxi.

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On Monday morning, Fang Yi was sitting in the office, thinking about how to generate income of 8 million. In fact, the team handles many criminal litigation cases, but most of them charge relatively low fees, less than 50,000 yuan. He has already made nearly 4 million in revenue in the first half of the year. If he wants to make 5 million in the second half of the year, according to the current charging situation, he will have to do more than 100 cases. Fang Yi is full of iron and can drive a few nails.

So he wanted to open more channels and find some big criminal cases. But when it comes to criminal prosecution, you can't just ask someone if there is any criminal case at home. That would be like knocking on the door of a coffin seller and asking if anyone has died in the family. You will get scolded.

After much deliberation, Fang Yi felt that if he wanted to handle high-priced cases, he could only try his luck. It was better to focus on the team's case sources first and let fate do its best.

While Fang Yi was worrying about earning 8 million in income, Wan Kefa next door was drinking tea while his brain was running rapidly.

The tea in the cup was good tea, and there was a faint fragrance of tea in the office, but Wan Kefa had no taste at all when he drank it. The reason was that he was preoccupied with other things and had no intention of tasting the tea.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Hua Liancheng walked in and sat opposite Wan Kefa with an expressionless face.

"Are you here to be a lobbyist?" Wan Kefa looked up at him and asked.

"I said no, do you believe it?" Hua Liancheng looked at Wan Kefa, his old friend who had been fighting in the same trench for many years, with complicated eyes.

"What do you think?" Wan Kefa poured him a cup of tea.

“Looking at the large law firms across the country, most of them have the shadow of capital behind them. We are located in a corner. We are somewhat famous locally and have some scale. However, if we don’t have a large amount of funds to operate, it may be difficult to move to this province.

This is also not in line with the interests of the first- and second-level partners, so I want to borrow a boat to go to sea. "Hua Liancheng picked up the teacup, organized his speech, and said.

"But have you ever thought about how much space we have once capital comes in? Capital is profit-seeking. Law firms will become purely for-profit organizations in the future and operate like a company. Do we need to set KPIs for lawyers? ?" Wan Kefa argued.

"Isn't it good for law firms to develop like companies? All walks of life have been innovating and developing rapidly in recent years, but our law firms are still in the traditional model. If you look at our domestic counterparts, many law firms have introduced capital. By increasing the scale, we have achieved good returns. Some law firms are essentially established with capital investment, and don’t they develop very well?" Hua Liancheng asked rhetorically.

"Is it really good? You have done more non-litigation than me. Which company have you seen that is not just to enrich the boss and investors' pockets? Which company is really good to employees and customers? , have contributed to the country, they are all just speculating.

If you look at the law firms that have introduced capital, how many negative news have come out. They are large in scale, but the quality is not good. They are no different from a big car shop. In high-end business, whether it is litigation or non-litigation, they are not competitive at all. What's the point of a bunch of rabble? There is disorderly and vicious competition in low-end business, and our lawyers are leveraging each other.

Have lawyers across the country encountered fewer pitfalls in recent years? If you work hard for a year but you can’t get any commission, or you can only withdraw a small amount every month, the law firm will have a large amount of funds on its books, but in fact it will be diverted by investors to buy funds and make investments.

Why are there so many small lawyers, and why do lawyers prefer to set up their own private law firms rather than join big law firms? Because there is no place to draw on, only exploitation.

It is the approach of capital to win by scale, because they need to see profits quickly, and capital will not control the future development of law firms. Law firms and lawyers are a piece of fat in their eyes, and they covet the cash flow of large law firms. "Wan Kefa stood up excitedly.

"Lao Wan, don't get excited. Sit down, sit down and talk slowly." Hua Liancheng organized his speech, changed his angle, and comforted: "I know you have feelings for this law firm, and I am also a founding partner. , I also have feelings for the law firm. But this is the general trend..."

"Anyway, I don't agree with this. As a service organization, law firms must be independent and cannot be controlled by capital. They must also keep clients' business secrets confidential.

Once capital comes in, you know who is behind them and whether there is any competition with existing clients. Lao Hua, we are responsible for the business confidentiality of our clients, and we must also ensure the independent operation of the law firm. "Wan Kefa stared.

Wan Kefa is not a profit-seeking person, but a lawyer with pursuits. He has been working in law all his life. At this age, making money is no longer the most important thing to him.

He has personally witnessed the progress of the rule of law in the country. Although it is very difficult and many lawyers have made sacrifices. Of course, many lawyers have changed careers due to disappointment, but in the end, progress has been made with the joint efforts of legal professionals.

Wan Kefa is an idealistic person and does not want the law firm to become a tool for others to make huge profits and ruin the brand of Wanhua United Law Firm.

"Everything can be discussed. Don't we have to give up the law firm's management rights without saying anything now?" Hua Liancheng advised.

"Forget it, the capital side just sees that our law firm is large in scale and has a certain influence in the local area. The ultimate goal is to use money to buy this law firm and pick peaches.

Even if you say you won't participate in the business and invest a lot of money, are the capital parties really so confident that you will burn money? Don’t forget the nature of capital... If you don’t have a clue, who will do it? Sooner or later, the law firm's operating methods and finances must be decided by others.

Capital definitely wants us to develop rapidly, but no one else will bear the risks involved. The final risks all lie with our law firm and partners. Do you think it's worth it? "Wan Kefa took a sip of tea and sighed.

"Okay, let's put this matter aside for now and talk about it at the partners' meeting at the end of the year." Hua Liancheng saw that there was nothing he could do, so he got up and left the office.