The meeting was held at the Yuding-Hilton Hotel in Jingang City, Zhang Ruiming sat under the stage in a simple uniform, surrounded by well-dressed lawyers and professors wearing various hand-made, Salvatore Ferragamo and Zegna, and at this time it was Wu Kaiming, vice chairman of the Lawyers Association, who was making an opening remarks.

“…… Since the public interest litigation work has been carried out in an all-round way in the country, the superiority of the public interest litigation system initiated by the procuratorial organs has gradually emerged, which is obvious, and our Jingang City Procuratorate has been in the forefront of the country, and in recent years, it has made great achievements in the fields of environmental and ecological protection, cultural relics and landscape restoration, and food and medicine, and has made brilliant contributions to the protection of the green mountains and clear waters of Tianjin and Hong Kong, and the people's livelihood and interests! Here, let us welcome to promote the work of public interest litigation and make every effort to safeguard the national interests and social public interests. A ...... that opened a new chapter in public interest litigation in Tianjin and Hong Kong City"

Wu Kaiming is a professor, he has excellent speech talents, and he speaks enthusiastically, at this time, when it comes to the key point, he pauses intentionally or unintentionally, and lets Zhang Ruiming, who is sitting in the audience, although he already has a bottom in his heart, suddenly feel a burst of heat on his face, and even feel that this is Wu Kaiming's intention on the stage.

“…… Gao Yumin, Procurator General of the Jingang Municipal Procuratorate, came to the stage to deliver a speech for our "Tianjin-Hong Kong Public Interest Litigation Work Seminar and the Award Ceremony of the "Procurator General Talks about Public Interest Litigation" Essay Contest, everyone is welcome!"

The violent applause suddenly remembered, and instantly buried Zhang Ruiming's little care.

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Today is March 1st, the aftermath of the Quanjian case is still echoing, but it has nothing to do with Zhang Ruiming, after the public interest litigation prosecutor of the case was designated as Han Yushan, deputy director of the Eighth Procuratorate Department, Zhang Ruiming's life has gradually returned to the right track, and there are no new public interest litigation clues recently, and his attention has also returned to coping with the new evaluation and new tasks at the beginning of the new year.

And early this morning, Zhang Ruiming was in the office doing the work plan for the second half of the year normally, when suddenly there was a knock on the door, he looked up, and a familiar smiling face walked in. It turned out to be Wu Zheng, who had just been suddenly promoted from the Policy Research Office to assistant procurator general.

"Yo, isn't this the leader!?"

Zhang Ruiming greeted this former subordinate with a smile, to be honest, after Gao Yumin was suddenly and unexpectedly promoted to the chief prosecutor of Jingang City this time, he did not make personnel adjustments too quickly, but first postponed the adjustment of the positions of the deputy department and the main section level below, obviously having his own arrangement. And the only unexpected move is to put Wu Zheng, a young man who once came out of the Civil Banking Department, to his side, as an assistant to the prosecutor general, this appointment is beyond most people's expectations, and only Zhang Ruiming faintly remembered more than a year ago, in the case of Jin Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry Some abnormal behaviors, and then contact the beginning of the case of Tianjin Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry, that is, Wu Zheng suddenly went to Zhao Zuo's house to work. Anyway, this association made him feel a little stunned, and he no longer looked at him as a hairy boy without a city, but in any case, now this young man is also a dignified assistant to the chief prosecutor, Zhang Ruiming greeted him, and he still looked happy.

"What's the matter, boss, you're hurting me again, come on, bring something to drink for the boss......" Wu Zheng still looked sunny when he laughed, he was holding a bag of milk tea in his hand, and without saying anything, he took out a cup and put it on Zhang Ruiming's table.

"What's the matter, are you mistaken, your senior sister Zhang Liang is in the office next door, why don't you hurry over?" Zhang Ruiming saw through this kid's flowery intestines at a glance, and he must have come to bring snacks to Zhang Liang again, but he happened to pass by his office, so he came in to say hello.

"No, Boss, I really came to look for you today...... That's right, there's an instruction from the Prosecutor General......"

Hearing that he was actually here to convey Gao Yumin's meaning, Zhang Ruiming felt a strange feeling in his heart, since the last time on the day of Gao Yumin's performance, he had never communicated with the unexpectedly returned procurator general since he had an unhappy conversation, but now Gao Yumin suddenly asked the procurator assistant below to find his office? What instructions will this have?

Zhang Ruiming's face sank involuntarily, and he silently waited to see what medicine was sold in Gao Yumin's gourd.

"Boss Zhang, look at this. Wu Zheng said while putting an antique note in front of Zhang Ruiming, he took it and looked at it, and found that it was a meeting invitation made by the Lawyers Association, on which the words "Zhang Ruiming" were written in antique willow font, and he felt quite familiar with this word when he looked at it, and then looked at it carefully, and suddenly realized that this is not Wu Kaiming's font? There is also a line on the top of the invitation - I respectfully invite you to attend the meeting.

Zhang Ruiming didn't expect that Wu Zheng came over this time, and he really explained to himself a special task assigned by Gao Yumin - to attend the "Tianjin-Hong Kong Public Interest Litigation Work Seminar and the Award Ceremony of the "Procurator General Talks about Public Interest Litigation" Essay Contest jointly organized by the Municipal Lawyers Association and the Municipal Procuratorate

Wu Kaiming is the vice president of the Lawyers Association and an expert in administrative law in the industry, and has a strong interest in public interest litigation

to promote the development of new areas of public interest litigation......

The lawyers' association and the procuratorate are a pair of mortal enemies, and the relationship between the two is basically a barometer of the local judicial clarity. Only in some areas where the judicial reform is not deep enough, because the lawyers, judges, and prosecutors are a legal community, and the private collusion between the three is high, the lawyers association and the procuratorate will hook up and have a good relationship.

"Hey, that's interesting, this weasel has a New Year's greeting to the chicken. ”

Zhang Ruiming laughed with Wu Zheng while putting down the invitation, although it would look confusing, but he looked at the beginning, and after a cursory thought, he guessed the intention of this meeting, obviously, on the one hand, this seminar is a formality, on the other hand, the Municipal Lawyers Association wants to take advantage of the new procurator general to get closer to Gao Yumin, and by the way, it also eases the situation that the Lawyers Association has been beaten by the Tianjin and Hong Kong Municipal Procuratorates in the field of public interest litigation in recent years.

"Ha, don't say it, I think it's ...... However, the high procuratorate has instructed, the meeting is in the afternoon, Zhang check, when will you ......?"

Zhang Ruiming wanted to refuse directly, but this kind of estimation would be a waste of time for him to pat himself on the back and praise each other, but seeing that Wu Zheng's expression was a little expectant, knowing that he was worried that he would not agree, and he would not be able to go back to make a difference, Zhang Ruiming was soft-hearted, and still nodded.

"Okay, I'll be over in the afternoon. ”

"Oh! Wu Zheng left Zhang Ruiming's office with a smile, leaving only the civil prosecutor who had contributed all his efforts in the field of public interest litigation, looking at the words of public interest litigation on this request that he had not heard for a while.

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In the afternoon, Zhang Ruiming soon arrived at the venue, but he did not expect that the venue was actually located in the Hilton Hotel, which is also a good Hilton Hotel, which was far beyond his expectations, and the participants were more complicated than he imagined. Zuo Ning, president of the Public Interest Litigation Division of the Municipal Intermediate People's Court, and others included experts, scholars and business backbones related to the field of public interest litigation inside and outside Tianjin and Hong Kong. And more of them are the representatives of the Lawyers Association, and even some scholars and writers who participated in the essay collection this time, all of a sudden bustling, so lively, a grand meeting of the judicial circles of Tianjin and Hong Kong is just around the corner.

In the noisy and lively crowd, Zhang Ruiming seems particularly lonely, he has always taken public interest litigation as his own career to do, and has devoted almost all his efforts, but in his eyes, the solemn "holy relic" of protecting the people's public welfare is just a topic in the eyes of others...... All this is so alienated from Zhang Ruiming's world.

So, at this time, like an outsider, Zhang Ruiming only felt that he was out of place with these celebrities in the judicial circles, he was like a pilgrim who had always known only to bury his head in asceticism, stumbling all the way to the holy place in his heart, but when he turned back, he found that he was too far away from this world.

Just as he was sitting on the sofa uncomfortably, hesitating to leave first, a rather beautiful voice stopped him.

"Zhang Jian, it's been a long time. ”

When he looked back, it turned out to be Zuo Ning, the president of the Public Interest Litigation Trial Division of the Municipal Intermediate People's Court, the senior sister of Western University who had always given him great help, and meeting it at this time made Zhang Ruiming's heart warm.

"Hello senior sister. ”

Seeing Zhang Ruiming's embarrassment almost popping up, Zuo Ning smiled and said: "Don't, don't be so polite, you are the protagonist of today's seminar, this is a conference of your procuratorate, which can be regarded as an affirmation for you over the years." ”

Zhang Ruiming was a little gloomy, he had long known that the protagonist of today's conference was not himself, and at this time he smiled and said, "This...... Besides, I don't really have much interest in that. ”

Zhang Ruiming's cry at this time made Zuo Ning consciously touch a nail, the two exchanged pleasantries, she suddenly remembered something, and asked: "By the way, you have been with Lu Jian recently...... Oh no, it should be Inspector Lu, has he been in touch?"

Lu Bin is also an old-timer of Western University, he has been immersed in Tianjin and Hong Kong for a long time, basically everyone in the circle of Western University in Tianjin and Hong Kong knows that this iron-fisted prosecutor general is not, and although he is a senior brother and alumnus, Zhang Ruiming has never seen Lu Bin in the class reunion of Western University, but he knows that Lu Bin and Zuo Ning are only a few terms apart, and the two have had some exchanges, and at this moment, hearing Lu Bin's name, Zhang Ruiming's heart has a complicated emotion......

Since Gao Yumin was promoted to the chief prosecutor of Jingang City, the traces of Lu Bin's more than 20 years in this unit have disappeared like the wind, everyone is busy stepping into the new leader, and no one will think of this tribute in Jingang

The old man who has dedicated half of his life, Zhang Ruiming, who has been fighting with Lu Bin for a long time, has become an exception, although there have been ups and downs and bumps along the way, but suddenly he can't hear the familiar mellow voice, and he can't see Lu Bin's deep eyes, Zhang Ruiming is still a little unaccustomed to it for a while. He later learned that Lu Bin failed in this adjustment, so he had to go to the Provincial High Court to be a deputy inspector, which was considered a complete retreat from the second line, it is said that the day he left was very low-key, and he immediately collected things and went to the provincial capital Fu City, and there were only a few old friends in Tianjin and Hong Kong to see him off, Zhang Ruiming was of course not among them, and he had never contacted Lu Bin later, and he didn't even dial his phone number.

It's not that I don't dare, but I'm afraid that I don't know what to say.

What do you say, thank him for bringing himself out of the small ravine in Ningli County, thank him for giving him the opportunity to move into a leadership position, or thank him for reminding and guiding him along the way? However, Zhang Ruiming cannot forget that in the process of handling the case of Tianjin Pharmaceutical Chemical, in the pre-litigation procedure of Nan Huizhu, and in the pre-litigation investigation of Quanjian, Lu Bin had several moments of disagreement with himself, and there were times when he slapped the table and stared at him, and even had a stage when he wanted to put the other party to death, and all these grievances, grievances, cooperation and contradictions have now ended. But you can't tell if he is a respected leader, an old friend who has a close relationship with paintings, or an opponent with different opinions?

Thinking back to Lu Bin, tough and tactful, far-sighted but detached from the field, decent but entangled in connections, these incompatible traits are all gathered in him alone, so people are really complex animals, and Lu Bin is Zhang Ruiming, what kind of enemy?

He sighed with emotion at the moment, maybe he could only be regarded as an old man.

At this moment, hearing the name of this old man made Zhang Ruiming fall into melancholy again. After he shook his head for a while, he responded to Zuo Ning's shallow smile, and said with some emotion: "No, I haven't been in touch with him since I was transferred...... Forget it, I don't know how to talk to him, although speaking of which, I am also a student of his incompetence, but I have been fighting with him for so long on some cases......"

Hearing that Zhang Ruiming actually said that he had never had contact with Lu Bin, Zuo Ningqi said: "You haven't said goodbye to him?"

Listening to Zuo Ning's tone, Zhang Ruiming was a little embarrassed and said: "I really haven't talked to him officially, you know, he was a little rejecting people thousands of miles away, and now he is going fast, and my relationship with him is complicated...... I really don't know how to say goodbye to him. ”

Hearing Zhang Ruiming's heartfelt emotion, Zuo Ning blinked her eyes, she seemed to think of something else, and seemed to be observing whether Zhang Ruiming's words were out of the truth, after half a ring, she sighed lightly, and said with some sighs: "Actually, your land inspection really took care of you at that time, you may not know, behind many cases, he has done a lot of work, and he has come to our hospital several times to coordinate, for example, the case of your last Tianjin Pharmaceutical Chemical, if he hadn't come forward to coordinate at the end, you think you were at that time" Can the little trick of the crime raid still pass?"

Hearing Zuo Ning suddenly mention these past events, Zhang Ruiming was shocked in his heart, "You mean Lu Jian ...... him?"

Zuo Ning just smiled lightly and didn't say anything more, "What about Senior Brother Lu...... A lot of times it's a bit weird, it may also be the reason for his high authority, he likes to look at things from the perspective of the overall situation, I also know that you have had some disputes with him, and the matter of you slapping the table with Lao Lu has been spread all over our middle court, but I still want to say ah, Lao Lu has always had a high opinion of you, you really don't blame him, others are still good......"

Knowing a person's praise of himself from the mouth of a third party is itself a way to make people feel the most sincere, Zhang Ruiming was stunned at this time, he didn't expect Lu Bin to still say good things about himself in the end, and did such a job for himself, a sour feeling in his heart suddenly rushed straight to his nose, and his eyes were a little moist.

"Leaders, colleagues, please sit on your nameplate, our event today is about to begin!"

The sweet voice of the master of ceremonies pulled Zhang Ruiming back to reality, he came back to his senses, only to find that he had just looked a little embarrassed, and then raised his hand to cover it, and said to Zuo Ning: "Okay, senior sister, their conference is about to start, let's sit down." ”

The two returned to their respective positions, and after a brief warm-up introduction by the master of ceremonies on the stage, Wu Kaiming, vice president of the Jingang Lawyers Association, walked to the stage in a dazzling dark Tang suit, he took the microphone and began to solemnly introduce today's guests.

This goes back to the opening scene, after Wu Kaiming introduced Procurator General Gao Yumin, who had "made great contributions to the public interest litigation cause in Tianjin and Hong Kong", the newly appointed procurator general walked onto the podium in a red light, and applauded like a waterfall along the way, and even slowly weakened after he raised his hand twice.

At this time, Zuo Ning gave Zhang Ruiming a look across a few rows, Zhang Ruiming knew that she was teasing the proud new procurator general, and it was not worth it for him, but Zhang Ruiming was not good at how to reply to the past, so he had to look up at the podium, looking at the senior procurator general who replaced him with the hat of the first person in the public interest litigation in Tianjin and Hong Kong, but he recalled in a trance what Lu Bin looked like when he was there......