Although Zhou Shen is a "relative of the emperor", the people below have countermeasures, in order to distract Zhou Shen's energy and make him have no time to expand the law firm, he has arranged a lot of projects, and they are all known as key projects, requiring him to keep an eye on them personally.

At first, Zhou Shen felt that it was a good thing to have more business and make more money, but as time went by, he found that the senior management of Defa Group had other purposes, but he couldn't say anything, and he couldn't make a small report to Zhou Defa, so he was trapped. There is a lot of money, but the scale of the law firm has always been thirty or forty people, and it has never been able to expand.

In the end, Zhou Shen lost his temper and retreated to the next best thing, focusing on making money, and the business of the branch was put down.

"What are you going to do with the branch?" Fang Yi heard that Zhou Shen didn't want to run the branch anymore, but he didn't know how he would arrange the lawyers of the branch.

At the beginning, it was Fang Yi who recommended Lee Myung-bak to work in Zhou Shen's branch, but now if the branch is closed, Lee Myung-bak will have to change places again, and if it is possible, he wants to pull Lee Myung-bak along. After all, they are all old colleagues who know their roots.

"I haven't thought about it yet, but now there are two plans, one is to enter the system of Defa Group. Another option is to transfer to another law firm and practice in another law firm.

Now these lawyers in the branch are all selected by me, and their professional ability and character are good, and I want to find a good place for them if possible. After Zhou Shen finished speaking, he looked at Fang Yi with a smile, but there was some helplessness and bitterness in his smile.

"Well, how many lawyers do you have in your office now?" Fang Yi had already understood Zhou Shen's true intention of inviting him to dinner, Zhou Shen was his senior brother and had helped him, so he should help Zhou Shen if it was reasonable.

"There are now twenty-two lawyers. It's all salaried lawyers. There are 18 lawyers who are mainly engaged in litigation, and the remaining four lawyers are mainly engaged in non-litigation such as corporate legal services. Zhou Shen said.

"Senior brother, in this way, any lawyer who is willing to transfer to Sidley Austin to do criminal business will accept it as long as he agrees with the culture of my team and can accept the team's benefits.

If I want to join another team, I'm in charge of referrals. After all, I am not in charge of other teams, and the recruitment standards of each team are different, so I can only recommend people to the past, hoping that my brother can understand. Fang Yi explained.

"Understood, it's good that you can refer them over." Zhou Shen nodded.

Sidley's recruitment standards are still relatively high, and you can't just click your head to get in. If under the recommendation of Fang Yi, a first-class partner of the law firm, the lawyer of his branch still cannot pass the interview, then the problem must be the lawyer, and it has nothing to do with the law firm, Zhou Shen has nothing to say, after all, the law firm is to make a profit, not a place to raise idlers.

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to the lawyers at the branch office and see what they want. I'll call you then. Zhou Shen smiled with satisfaction.

The next morning, Fang Yi drove to Shengfeng Group, and the news that he learned from Zhou Shen that Defa Construction was going to be sold must be true, so he didn't know if it would be useful to Sister Lan. So he planned to go over and talk to Sister Lan for an interview.

"Brother, come and sit down, what's so urgent?" When Fang Yi entered the door, Sister Lan was sitting at the tea table making tea.

Fang Yi walked quickly to the opposite side of Sister Lan, sat down and took a sip of tea from the teacup.

"Sister Lan, the matter of Defa Construction...... Did you know? Fang Yi put down the teacup and asked.

"What's wrong with Defa Construction?" Sister Lan was stunned for a moment and looked at Fang Yi.

"It is said that the stake in Defa Construction is going to be sold." Fang Yi lowered his voice.

"How much is sold?" Sister Lan's eyes lit up and she asked.

"One hundred percent!" Fang Yi said.

"Really?!" Sister Lan was surprised.

"It's very likely, it's inside information. Sister Lan, you have to keep your mouth shut. Fang Yi didn't dare to say that it was revealed by Zhou Shen, because this matter has not yet been announced.

"Rest assured. I understand. Sister Lan leaned back in her chair, her eyes rolled, and she knew that she was burning brain cells.

Fang Yi didn't disturb her, and sat silently drinking tea.

"Defa Construction is a first-class construction qualification, and there are many projects that can be undertaken. And there is also a greening company and an agricultural company under its name.

In particular, the agricultural company rented hundreds of hectares of farmland at a low price the year before last for farming. I'm not interested in a construction company, but I'm a real fan of that agricultural company. It would be a great thing to win that agricultural company.

Brother, can you help my sister communicate and take down the agricultural company, although the agricultural company has taken the land, it has not yet been officially operated, and it is officially time to spend money on construction. It shouldn't be too expensive. Sister Lan's eyes were filled with greed.

"That's not necessarily, if we rashly go to Defa Group to talk about buying an agricultural company, it will inevitably attract the attention of the other party, and then the initiative will not be in our hands." Fang Yi thought for a moment and said.

"Yes, yes, look at my brain, only think about beautiful things, and forget about them. This is a big no-no.

Taking advantage of the fact that there are not many people who know Xin'er now, brother, do you think this will work, I will find someone to partner to take down Defa Construction, can you help me pull a line? Sister Lan asked.

"Well, I'll give it a try. I suggest that you negotiate with your partner to acquire Defa Construction in the name of Shengfeng Group, and then sell Defa Construction to keep the agricultural company, so as not to have trouble with your partner. Fang Yi reminded.

"Well, I'll figure out a way to do this, the night after tomorrow, no, before I get off work tomorrow at the latest, I'll give you a letter." Sister Lan said: "Brother, don't worry, if this thing is done, your benefits will be indispensable." ”

Fang Yi trusts Sister Lan very much, since Sister Lan said the matter of the benefit fee, then there must be, in Sister Lan's words, the brothers settle the accounts, and the money relationship is purer than anything else, and it must not be tainted by business to taint such a pure relationship.

After having dinner at Shengfeng Group at noon, Fang Yi returned to the law firm.

Zhou Shen's efficiency is still quite high, in the afternoon he called Fang Yi, the matter was done, 22 lawyers 16 lawyers want to transfer to Sidley, six of them want to do criminal business, the rest of the lawyers, one is engaged in intellectual property, the rest are engaged in corporate business. Tomorrow sixteen lawyers will come for an interview.

After Fang Yi put down the phone, he went to Du Sanniang and Huang Yuanchao, Du Sanniang's team focuses on intellectual property, and Huang Yuanchao is currently in charge of the corporate business and legal department of the WAGO team.

Previously, there was a loss of lawyers in the litigation department of the WAGO legal team, and later several lawyers were recruited, but as the reputation of Sidley Law Firm continued to rise and the business became more and more, Huang Yuanchao has been recruiting, so after listening to Fang Yi's words, he immediately said that there was no problem.

Du Sanniang is an old partner, Fang Yi personally recommended the lawyer, of course she wants to give face, and then she is a lawyer, Fang Yi is honest, if you don't pass the interview, you can directly refuse.

(End of chapter)