Chapter 1 Trainee Solicitors
Solemn was late again, this was the fourth time he had been late this month, and the terrible thing was that only six days had passed this month, including a weekend.
He graduated from a prestigious university in China with a double degree in law and psychology, and automatically gave up the opportunity to go to graduate school and return to Chacheng in the hope of becoming a barrister and inheriting his father's business. His father, Zhuang Hua, was a well-known barrister in Chacheng, who "committed suicide in fear of crime" when he was investigated for taking bribes and obstructing judicial fairness in an illegal fundraising case seven years ago.
So he became a trainee lawyer at Hongda Law Firm.
But in the past six months, Zhou Hong did not let him follow the case, and just did some miscellaneous work all day long, which made him very depressed, and he even doubted whether his lawyer qualification was fake.
"Solemn, why are you late again, the boss is looking for you!" Pan Yun whispered to the panting solemnity.
Pan Yun is the only female lawyer in the firm, only a few years older than Yan Yan, but she is shrewd and capable, and she can already stand alone.
Usually she takes good care of Zhuang Yan, and often covers for Yan Yan in front of the boss, perhaps because of the same age, the two get along very well, and she is also the only person Zhuang Yan can talk to in the office.
Zhuang Yan was not in a hurry to go to Zhou Hong's office, being criticized by Zhou Hong was already commonplace for him.
"Sister Pan, went on a date with your mysterious boyfriend again last night?" Solemn asked with a smile on his face.
Pan Yun was taken aback: "How do you know?" ”
solemnly pouted, tilted his head and said: "You were absent-minded yesterday afternoon, especially when you secretly looked in the mirror twice an hour before you got off work, and you would glance at your mobile phone almost every five minutes, although you deliberately concealed your nervousness, but your eyes were full of anticipation and apprehension, who is that man?" Can make our beautiful lawyer so soulless. ”
Pan Yun glanced at the solemn in anger, but the solemnity found a trace of resentment in her eyes, and was about to ask Pan Yun pointed to the direction of Zhou Hong's office, and Zhou Hong was looking at this side with a stern face.
solemnly stuck out his tongue at Pan Yun and walked towards Zhou Hong's office stupidly.
"You've disappointed me so much, you've been hanging around all day, you're not in shape, and you still want to be a good lawyer like this?" Zhou Hong looked solemn and looked like he hated iron but not steel.
Zhuang Zhuang didn't speak, but he was thinking in his heart that it would be strange to be a good lawyer by doing chores all day long.
Zhou Hong's expression softened, and his tone of voice was much softer: "You should understand that because of your father's influence, it is not easy for you to gain a foothold in this industry, and you even have to pay more than others." I know that you are very aggrieved that I haven't let you follow the case in the past six months, and I am trying to sharpen your mind and let you think about what a truly qualified lawyer should do. ”
He picked up a file from the table: "There is a case here, you can see, it is about the inheritance dispute, and now the two parties have proposed to settle, which is also a good thing." I still have an important case at hand, and I can't get out of the way, so you can follow up first, and communicate with me in time if there is anything you are not sure about. ”
He was stunned, and he couldn't believe his ears, and he didn't come back to his senses until the file arrived in his hand. He couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, he could finally follow the case, otherwise he, a trainee lawyer, would not know that Ma Yue would be able to turn positive in the Year of the Monkey.
Zhou Hong sighed: "I know that you have always been worried about your father's affairs in your heart, and I won't stop you if you want to find out the truth, but you must remember that you are a lawyer and a legal worker, and all your actions cannot exceed the boundaries of the law, understand?" ”
nodded solemnly: "Uncle Zhou, I remember." ”
"That's good, this case is handed over to you, maybe you have to go to Tianfu City a few times, remember to keep the relevant bills, otherwise you won't be able to report the travel expenses."
At this moment, the solemn mobile phone rang, and Zhou Hong waved his hand impatiently.
Coming out of Zhou Hong's office, he solemnly sighed, glanced at his mobile phone, and the call was from Zhang Da.
Zhang Da is one of the few friends of Zheng Yan, the editor of "Chacheng Daily", who writes good articles, but most of his articles exude a cynical and cynical atmosphere, and he is an absolutely angry youth.
"Hey, Tatsuko, what's wrong?" solemnly asked.
Zhang Da's voice came from the other end of the phone, a little excited: "Solemn, where are you?" Can you come out for a while? ”
"There's something to talk about, my brother is busy."
Zhang Da coughed: "Aren't you just a miscellaneous person, what's busy?" ”
"You just look down on people, brother is a trainee lawyer, and now he has a case at hand, right?" Said solemnly and angrily.
Zhang Da was also very happy to hear it, as a brother, how could he not understand the bitterness of solemnly holding a lawyer's qualification to do chores: "That's really worth celebrating, at noon, 'Yang Fat Intestine', I'm in for a treat." ”
"Yang Fat Sausage" is a time-honored brand in the tea city, famous for its fat sausage hot pot, but the price is not expensive, and it is very popular with the working class.
After getting off work solemnly, he went to "Yang Fat Intestine", Zhang Da had been waiting there for a long time, and their newspaper office was in the building next to it.
Zhuang Zhuang sat down on the sofa opposite him, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the coffee table and lit it: "What's the matter, I thought the house was on fire when you were on the phone just now." ”
He put away his smile and said with a straight face: "Xiaozhuang, have you heard of reincarnation?" ”
He nodded solemnly, but he was a little surprised in his heart, he didn't just want to discuss this issue when he came to him, right?
He still knows a little about the solemnity of reincarnation, most of which only exist in some religious rituals, although he has also seen some so-called news reports on this aspect on the Internet, but he has always been skeptical.
"A few days ago, I went to Tianfu City to do an interview, and I encountered a strange thing." Zhang Da deliberately sold a pass.
Solemnly glanced at him, and didn't ask, Zhang Da was bored and had to say stupidly: "Do you know who the person I interviewed is?" ”
Solemnly and lazily twisted his neck: "Who?" ”
"Xiang Zhiqiang, chairman of Tianfu Pharmaceutical."
Solemnly hearing Xiang Zhiqiang's name, his face changed slightly, didn't the dossier Zhou Hong give him mention Xiang Zhiqiang and that Tianfu Pharmaceutical? Now he came to the spirit: "What's wrong with Xiang Zhiqiang?" You just asked me what reincarnation has to do with him? ”
Seeing that he had successfully aroused his solemn curiosity, Zhang Da couldn't help but feel a little more proud, took a sip of tea, and cleared his throat: "Just when our interview was about to end, a strange thing happened, a twenty-two or three-year-old young man suddenly broke into Xiang Zhiqiang's office, he claimed to be Xiang Zhiqiang's father Xiang Tianxiao, as soon as he entered the door, he directly asked Xiang Zhiqiang to call him father, and Xiang Zhiqiang's face turned white with anger!" ”