Lawyer's character

After Lao Mi walked out of the door of the detention center, he stood in front of the door. He felt a little excited. He squinted his eyes and took a deep breath. This was the first time in his life that he truly felt "free" and the first time he felt "free". What a good thing.

He suddenly remembered a saying: Life is precious, love is even more valuable, and both can be thrown away for the sake of freedom. Although he has not yet cultivated to the point of abandoning life and love, he really feels the preciousness of freedom.

Not far away, Tao Xuehong, who was standing under the shade of a tree outside the car, looked at Mi Jiahong with red eyes, and there were faint tears in her eyes. She quietly looked at Mi Jiahong under the iron gate without disturbing him.

Lao Mi stood in the scorching sunshine for a full minute before looking at Tao Xuehong.

Fang Yi and Yun Qiao did not go back and continued to stay in the hotel. In the evening, Mi Jiahong and his wife invited Fang Yi and Yun Qiao to dinner at a high-end restaurant in the city.

After a non-nutritious preamble, the food and wine were put on the table. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Fang Yi once again raised the question he had asked Tao Xuehong before: Do you want to appeal?

"Appeal! Of course I have to appeal. I, Mi Jiahong, have worked honestly all my life, and now I have become a prisoner. Why? If I had really done it, I would have admitted it, but I didn't do it! Isn't this a punishment for me? ?

This lawsuit is related to my reputation. I must appeal. Even if the lawsuit goes to the capital, I have to fight with them. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to express this tone.

Why should I be sentenced to three years and fined 800,000 yuan! ..." Mi Jiahong became louder and louder as he quarreled, which shocked Yun Qiao, who was eating next to him, with his head buzzing and his eardrums hurting.

Yun Qiao looked at Lao Mi, who was dancing in front of him and foaming at the corners of his mouth, and thought to himself: How come this guy is still so angry after being locked up for so long. This temper is quite bad!

"Lawyer Fang, since our old lady has said that she wants to appeal, please set a price." Tao Xuehong felt that what her husband said was reasonable, and she felt angry.

She knew that this was no longer a matter of money. If Lao Mi couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart, he would probably be stuck with it for the rest of his life, and he would have to go insane.

"I handled the first instance of this case. I know the case very well. The lawyer's fee for the second instance will be reduced by half, which is 100,000 yuan, based on the first instance law firm fee. If you think it's okay, I'll have someone prepare the entrustment procedures right away." Fang Yi said .

"Okay, go with them, you go through the formalities. I'll sign." Before Tao Xuehong could speak, Mi Jiahong slapped his thigh to settle the matter.

"Okay, I will give you the procedures tomorrow. You sign first. I will stamp it immediately when I get back and mail the entrustment agreement and invoice to you." Fang Yi climbed up the pole and said.

"It's okay. After signing tomorrow, I'll pay you the money first, and you prepare the appeal first. When you come back, just bring me the invoice and agreement. There's no rush." ​​Tao Xuehong said.

After dinner, Yun Qiao returned to the hotel room. She was wearing her nightgown and holding her cell phone to chat with her sister Yun Mei. However, Yun Mei was not very active and often took more than half a minute to reply to a WeChat message. , which made Yun Qiao very irritable and full of thoughts.

Yunmei was very busy at night and was in no mood to talk nonsense with Yun Qiao, because Fang Yi was chatting with her passionately. The two of them wanted to talk to each other face to face, and the more they chatted in the evening, the more energetic they became.

After the bored Yun Qiao harassed Zhou Ying who was eating chicken, she started working overtime to prepare Lao Mi's entrustment procedures.

Early the next morning, Yun Qiao took the revised electronic version of the entrustment procedure to Fang Yi. After Fang Yi read it, he asked Yun Qiao to print two copies at a print shop near the hotel.

After Fang Yi called Mi Jiahong to make an appointment, Yun Qiao assisted him in completing the entrustment procedures and paid the relevant fees. Travel expenses are still lump sum, 5,000 yuan.

Early the next morning, when the morning sun shone on the earth and a new day began, Fang Yi walked into the office with a sigh of relief. Last night, he held his mobile phone and chatted with Yunmei for most of the night. Why not meet? Because... Yunmei is on a business trip!

Just when Fang Yi was making tea and preparing to draft an appeal for Mi Jiahong's tax evasion case, Du Yong walked in.

"Lawyer Du, you don't look good! What's wrong?" Fang Yi looked up at Du Yong.

"The case of abduction and trafficking of women that I discussed with you last time was decided by the Intermediate Court." Du Yong's mood was a little low.

"Did the result not go well?" Fang Yi looked at him and asked.

"Well, the Intermediate Court held that the defendant Tong Zhonglai knew that Tian Jiafeng was a trafficked woman, and then sold her to someone else as his wife after buying her, which constituted the crime of abducting women. The final verdict: The defendant Tong Zhonglai was guilty of abducting women and was sentenced to a fixed term Sentenced to five years in prison and fined RMB 1,000.

When sentencing, the collegial panel did not consider the fact that the defendant had prepared to send Tian Jiafeng home and Tian Jiafeng asked the defendant to resell him.

I am not complaining for the defendants of human trafficking. I just feel that since the law stipulates this, the court should consider the specific circumstances of the case when sentencing. Otherwise, what is the purpose of the law? All defendants of human trafficking can just be shot. Whether it's soft or hard, what the hell is this? "Du Yong's tone of voice was slightly dissatisfied.

"What do the parties say? Do you want to appeal?" Fang Yi asked.

"I have communicated with the defendant and his wife that he wants to appeal. I also think this case should be appealed," Du Yong said.

"Well, I don't have many suggestions. It's the same advice as last time. But... sometimes luck is also important." Fang Yi thought for a moment and said.

He read something in Du Yong's eyes. The reason why Du Yong came to inform him of the verdict of the case was not to complain, but to get encouragement and affirmation from him, so that his wavering heart could appeal. More confident.

Sometimes a lawyer is obsessed with a certain case, not because of money or justice, but because of his obsession with the law. He needs to use litigation to confirm his judgment, as is the case with Du Yong. He wanted to use the second-instance judgment to confirm the results of his discussion with Fang Yi.

On the second day after the verdict of the Mi Jiahong case was issued, a middle-level manager of a pharmaceutical company who had a good relationship with Lao Mi called Lao Mi and said that the company wanted to talk to him and asked him to stay near his home in the evening. Chat in the teahouse. Lao Mi didn't know what kind of medicine the other party was selling, and wanted to hear what the other party had to say, so he agreed.

At eight o'clock in the evening, in the private room of the teahouse, Lao Mi saw no one from the pharmaceutical company. He only saw the pharmaceutical company's defender during the trial, lawyer Zhou wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

Originally, Lawyer Zhou didn’t want to come, but Director Gao, the veteran director, was afraid that when others came to see Lao Mi, he couldn’t explain clearly, and the deterrent force was not enough, so he pushed Lawyer Zhou over on the grounds that Lawyer Zhou was familiar with the relevant situation and knew the law. .