What's wrong with this lawyer?!

By now, the professors only had one thought in mind: "F*ck, Tang Fangjing, are you actually serious?!"

Originally, this was just a gold-plating event. Everyone would come down, eat and drink, and incidentally conduct some legal publicity—those who needed to pad their resumes would do so, those who needed to pad their papers would do that, and that would be that.

But now, you suddenly jump out and say you want to take on a case, and not just any case but an extremely sensitive one, and for free at that—what's your angle?

A professor beside him couldn't help but speak up, "Um... Lawyer Tang, if I remember correctly, the law association doesn't allow taking cases pro bono, right? Doing this…"

Old Liu's face still wore a look of disbelief. He truly didn't think this youngster was sincere about helping with rights defense, and to do it for free? Was it possible for pies to fall from the sky?

Old Tang turned his head and looked at the professor beside him, smiling as he said, "Ah, Professor Kang, you're right, the law association does have such a regulation, but that's to prevent unfair competition."

"What I'm doing is public welfare, and as I just said, I'm not charging, but that doesn't mean the law firm isn't charging."

Ah? The professor was momentarily stunned. What kind of turn of events was this?

Old Tang had already turned to Dean Tong and with a smile said, "Dean Tong, don't we come here for legal publicity, am I right?"

Dean Tong was puzzled but still nodded, "Yes, it's for legal publicity, but Lawyer Tang, taking on a case, isn't it a bit..."

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"Now, there is actually a case, and I believe there are issues in it. If we ignore this case, what's the point of our so-called legal publicity?"

"The Supreme Court said last year that being a defendant once could be more instructive than ten sessions of legal education. Similarly, if there is an issue with one case, no matter how many hundreds of legal promotions you conduct, you can't negate it!"

Right, it was time to bring up that judge surnamed Wang again. In this topic, he was forever nailed to the pillar of shame.

Old Tang was sincere in his words; he truly believed that since they had come down, they should do something meaningful.

The room fell silent. You might say privately, "I just came to make an appearance," but you couldn't say that openly. At least in public, you had to maintain a good image.

Finally, Dean Tong spoke up: "Lawyer Tang, so what you're suggesting is..."

"It's simple. The law association approved some funds for this trip, didn't they? We can use these funds as necessary for the lawsuit. The lawyers involved in the lawsuit won't charge any fees; this money is only for paying taxes and dealing with formalities, and it won't be much."

There was no issue with that. They came here to do publicity, so "interpreting law through cases" was also a form of publicity. Who could point out a problem with that? Anyway, if anyone dared, Old Tang was ready to retaliate.

Originally, he had decided to have the law firm pay for it, but then some professor brought up the law association's regulation. Fine, now he would do everything by the book.

It would save Old Wang some money, prevent him from grumbling every day.

Dean Tong said nothing, and Professor Kang, who had previously brought up the association's regulation, spoke again, "But isn't this purely benefiting your law firm? The funds are from the law association, everyone is a participant in the activity, why should..."

Professor Kang was interrupted by Old Tang before he could finish.

"Professor Kang, let's be fair. If I recall correctly, you are a lawyer at that what's-its-name law firm, right? It's also fine for you to take a case. Don't even mention the size of it; just take anything remotely representative, and there's no problem, right?"

Professor Kang opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. Who would want to take on a case when you've come here to get through the day?

"Professor Kang, I suggested a new method of promotion, and I was going to pay out of my own pocket, but then you bring up the law association's regulation."

"Now I'm fully abiding by it, and you're saying this is contributing to our law firm. I'm letting you take a case, but you're not willing. So tell me, Professor Kang, what do you really want?"

Though Old Tang didn't use a single curse word, the meaning behind his words was crystal clear. He didn't believe Professor Kang would actually say something like "I'm just here to get through the day."

"Dean Tong, what do you think? If nobody agrees, then I'll have to contact President Cheng of the association because, after all, it's their money."

Dean Tong glanced at Professor Kang with a hint of annoyance. Why go provoke this lunatic? If the man wants to spend his own money on a lawsuit, just let him. Now, they still had to allocate the funds.

The moment he mentioned calling the president of the law association, Dean Tong had no doubts that the head of the association, Cheng, would approve, not to mention the Judicial Bureau was really backing Tang Fangjing.

And even without this connection, if someone was willing to add competition to legal work, why wouldn't the Judicial Bureau agree? That was their achievement, after all.

If it really worked out, this year's work summary would be easy to write.

There was no way out, absolutely none. Dean Tong said, "Then, Lawyer Tang, let's do as you suggested. You sign the contract directly, and for the money, just have Director Wang contact me."

The community secretary was completely bewildered. A perfectly good promotional symposium had turned into this mess, with the experts arguing among themselves.

To Old Liu, it seemed that things might actually be serious...

Among the team members, only Old Han had kept silent from beginning to end, looking at Professor Kang with disdain. After all this time, he still didn't understand Tang Fangjing.

Just let him do what he wants; it's not hindering you. Don't ask why he does it. In the beginning, who meddled with that lawsuit against the law firm for no reason? He felt like slapping himself just thinking about it.