Eventually, he applied as a trainee solicitor at a small law firm, where he met too many clients who had similar experiences to him, who were not as fortunate as him and who were not as persistent as him, and ended up either in jail or on the streets, or drinking to live a resentful life.

Zhou Yuanzhong suddenly had an idea, he hoped to use his professional ability and personal experience to help more people. Let those prodigal sons who have had similar experiences to themselves turn back.

After getting the lawyer's license, because he often helped those clients who had similar experiences to him free of charge, he couldn't make ends meet, and his colleagues were reluctant to cooperate with him.

The Bureau of Justice talked to him and said that he had been accused of malicious competition and providing legal services free of charge to disrupt the market, and he did not understand very much: he just wanted to help those who had real legal needs but had no ability to pay, so how could he disrupt the market? If legal aid can help them, why should he provide them free of charge?

Although Zhou Yuanzhong has not provided free services since then, the fees he charges are still very low for those parties who have real legal needs and poor family conditions. Sometimes he will take money, and many people don't understand him, why he does it, and they think he has a brain disease.

Subsequently, in a highly controversial case, he, as the defendant's lawyer, successfully obtained a suspended sentence for the defendant after some hard work.

For this reason, some people on the Internet accused him of being an unscrupulous lawyer, defending the wicked, and only having money in his eyes (in fact, he didn't make any money in that case).

But when the defendant's parents walked dozens of miles of mountain roads and took a bus to attend the trial, holding his hand with tears streaming down their faces, trembling and speechless, and their eyes full of vicissitudes of life were full of expectations, he felt that everything was worth it.

Looking at the defendant who was crying bitterly after the verdict was announced, he seemed to see himself at the beginning. He didn't know what would happen to the defendant, but he thought he had done what he had to do.

Later, a reporter broke the news of the entire case and interviewed Zhou Yuanzhong, and the scolding of netizens became a mixture of good and bad, and Zhou Yuanzhong also became a controversial lawyer.

When Wan Kefa learned of Zhou Yuanzhong's incident, Zhou Yuanzhong had been practicing law in a small law firm for more than five years, and he was still destitute and often defaulted on renting fees.

Later, when Sidley Law Firm was established, Wan Kefa approached Zhou Yuanzhong, but no one knew what the two had talked about in the teahouse next to the law firm that afternoon. After that, Zhou Yuanzhong transferred to Sidley Austin LLP and became a lawyer on the legal aid team.

During this period, there were always a few parties who came to Zhou Yuanzhong every month, and Zhou Yuanzhong's fees were very low, basically according to the standard of legal aid cases. Wan Kefa has said hello before, so all the costs of Zhou Yuanzhong's case are set by him, and the law firm does not interfere.

"During the small talk, Mr. Zhou once said to me: if you have made a mistake or gone astray, it is not the end of the world, and what the law should do is not to strangle, but to save.

Don't just say 'there is no help' and end anyone's life. Wang Deyou said with a solemn face.

"Zhou Yuanzhong is a person who knows how to reflect, he has realized things from his special life experience that we have never seen or thought about, and has helped more people.

With the darkness and light he has experienced, he has helped many people get out of the darkness and change their fate. He is an admirable man.

There are not many such people anymore! Fang Yi sighed.

"Who's to say no, I've been a lawyer for so many years, and it's the first time I've met such a lawyer. The lawyer circle has become Vanity Fair, and it is not easy for a lawyer like him to exist.

I'm inferior to him in this regard, but that doesn't stop me from admiring him. Wang Deyou said.

"Is the Ma Sida he recommended also his client?" Fang Yi asked suddenly.

"Yes, Ma Sida's case was defended by Lawyer Zhou before, and the effect was good. After being released from prison, Ma Sida couldn't find a job, and his family was living in difficulty, so Lawyer Zhou wanted to help him. It just so happened that we were recruiting paralegals, and Mr. Zhou wanted him to try it.

Lawyer Zhou approached me before, but I couldn't handle the paralegal's business, so he went to Boss Wan. Wang Deyou said.

"Well, I see." Fang Yi nodded.

When he was about to get off work in the afternoon two days later, Zhou Yuanzhong walked into Fang Yi's office with a bag, and knew at a glance that he had just returned from court.

"Lawyer Fang, thank you for giving Ma Shida the opportunity." As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Yuanzhong said with an extremely sincere attitude.

"Don't thank me, I hope he can adapt to the working environment of the law firm as soon as possible, if he can't do it, the HR department will let him go." Fang Yi said expressionlessly.

After Wang Deyou left the office that day, Fang Yi called the personnel director and asked her to be accommodating, looking at the arrangement, the personnel director didn't ask anything, as if he was waiting for Fang Yi's call, and after putting down the phone, he made arrangements for Ma Sida. Later, Fang Yi guessed that all this was arranged by Wankefa.

Fang Yi called, not to pity Ma Sida, but to admire Zhou Yuanzhong.

Although Ma Sida entered the law firm, he did not become a paralegal. The personnel department saw that Ma Sida looked okay and was more clever, so he arranged a reception job for him.

Zhou Yuanzhong listened to Fang Yi's words and nodded, he knew that the law firm was not a nursing home, and it did not support idlers, perhaps the work of receptionist at the front desk was more suitable for Ma Sida than the team's paralegal.

Just as Zhou Yuanzhong turned around and was about to leave, he was stopped by Fang Yi.

"Lawyer Zhou, why are you trying so hard to fight for this opportunity for Ma Star?" Fang Yi looked at him without any expression.

"Because I have experienced first-hand that opportunities are too few and too precious for him, for people like us who have had bad deeds. Thank you, Mr. Fang. After Zhou Yuanzhong finished speaking, he turned around and left the office.

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At nine o'clock in the morning on Thursday, the trial of Rongyang's mother murder case began.

Because this case was spread on the Internet, it attracted the attention of the general public, and news reports continued, so the court decided to hire people's congress deputies and news media to observe the trial on the spot.

A few days before the trial, the court communicated with Du Yong by phone, and Du Yong told Fang Yi about the situation.

"Lawyer Du, you don't have too much pressure on this case, in fact, the pressure on the court is greater than yours, since they dared to let the media enter the courtroom, and invited the people's congress deputies to participate in the trial, there is a good chance that the court has already met and studied this case before.

You can defend yourself boldly, as long as you don't say something out of the ordinary, you won't have a problem. I'll go to the scene and listen to it and cheer you up. Fang Yi encouraged.

"Thank you, thank you, Lawyer Fang." Du Yong was very excited.