What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Old Tang opened his mouth and said, "Elder Liu, you and I should step outside for a moment, we're ready to sign the contract, and I need to discuss the terms with you."

Old Liu followed him out, and the two began to talk outside the community.

In the conference room, Professor Tong smiled wryly and shook his head, "Alright, let's continue then."

The onlookers who had just started to get interested immediately lost their enthusiasm, listening to their dry talk was nowhere near as interesting as watching a case unfold.

It was boring, and right then an old man stood up and said, "I've got to go pick up my grandson."

After speaking, he left straightaway, and there were not a few like him, their talks were too soporific.

Professor Kong's face turned dark, and the other professors also looked displeased, Tang Fangjing's recent words had not spared their dignity at all, to the point that now, even people from a county town didn't recognize them as experts.

What's the point of such people being alive!

Outside, Old Tang had already made the terms clear, still the same as before: shoot the video, post the video, fight to the end, as long as these two conditions were agreed upon, there was no problem.

Upon hearing this, Old Liu said, "Lawyer Tang, if you can really clear my son of the charges, I will agree to whatever you say, as long as he can be cleared. You say there was no negotiation at all, they just planned to demolish our house from the get-go, so should we just stand by and watch it happen?"

His son was still serving his sentence, and one year wasn't a very long time, but the real issue was the criminal record that would remain, and the crime of obstructing official business was a particularly unique charge.

His grandson was in the midst of university, and the impact was truly too significant.

Old Tang waved his hand to indicate not to talk about this for now and walked aside to make a call.

"Hello, Qingqing, is the director there? Go tell him, hmm, prepare the electronic contract, and there's also a surprise to mention to him..."

At Tengda Law Firm, Old Wang was looking at the recent balance sheet, feeling completely delighted, his efforts had not been in vain, as the law firm was thriving.

Just then, the office door was pushed open, and Wang Qingqing walked in.

"Uncle, Lawyer Tang just called and said to prepare a contract," she said.

Old Wang's good mood was instantly ruined, and he said through gritted teeth, "Tell me, how much is it going to cost this time?"

"Lawyer Tang said someone else is paying, it won't cost anything."

"Huh? Who's such a fool to pay for something like this?"

Wang Qingqing really wanted to say, "Uncle, you often pay for these sorts of things," but after thinking it over, she decided not to say anything and let her uncle be happy for a while.

"It's the lawyers' association, here's what's happening..."

After explaining the general situation, Wang Qingqing said, "So, the lawyers' association is paying, Lawyer Tang will do the work, and you're just responsible for providing the contract and taking care of the finances."

Old Wang was stunned, amazed that there were such good people left in the world, Professor Kong, right? Not bad, next time when he goes to Handong Political Law, he should toast a glass of wine to them.

"Tell Old Tang, he should be bold and do the work well, the law firm is his strong backer, haha!"

As long as there was no expense, Old Wang was always happy.

Outside the community, Old Tang prepared to go print the contract, and then go to Old Liu's house to take a look at the judgment. If possible, he was also planning to retrieve the trial transcript from that time.

Just then, a voice sounded next to him: "Director Tang, you're not going to include me in this criminal case?"

Old Tang turned around to see it was Han Chengli from Dafeng Law Firm.

"No, Director Han, this case makes no money, why are you interested?"

Old Han immediately said, "Director Tang, you're mistaken, do I, Han Chengli, appear to you as someone who only cares about money and ignores everything else?"

"Exactly."

Old Han: "..."

"Mainly because I also don't want to stay with those professors, it's too boring. I might as well follow you; I consider myself to have some skill in criminal matters."

Now that the other party had put it that way, Old Tang could only agree, though he was puzzled whether Han had changed his ways. Discover more content at My Virtual Library Empire

Of course, Old Han had his own reasons; he was participating in the event to poach people. As long as you swing the hoe well, there's no corner that can't be dug!

Now that such a good opportunity for one-on-one time had arisen, he definitely couldn't miss out. Besides, wasn't Mr. Wang also a money-grubber? No need to talk about others; they were all the same, except Tang Fangjing was a different breed.

Old Liu was even more puzzled; before, there hadn't been any lawyers who dared to take on the case, and now suddenly, two lawyers were eagerly offering to help, it felt too strange.

Soon, the contract was printed, and Old Liu signed it, then took the two lawyers back to his house.

The first and second-instance judgments were taken out, handed over to Tang Fangjing and Old Han, who then started to examine them.

Old Han was genuinely planning to show some real skill this time; if he wanted to poach, he had to demonstrate his capabilities, like a peacock, though that didn't seem quite right. Anyway, that was the idea.

But after carefully reading the first-instance judgment and scrutinizing the part about the prosecution's evidence, Old Han couldn't find an angle of attack.

He had already put himself in the position of the defense lawyer for Old Liu's son, yet the case facts were clear, the evidence was definitive, and there were no loopholes.

The incident took place during a forced demolition, where Old Liu's son stayed at home and refused to leave. Two urban management officers came in trying to remove him, and that's when the conflict occurred.

There was a specific video recording of the incident, perhaps the relevant authorities had expected to prevent disputes after the demolition, but they hadn't anticipated Old Liu's son would become violent.

After some thought, Old Han spoke up: "Director Tang, the first-instance situation is like this..."

He explained the contents of the first-instance judgment, then continued, "The second-instance probably didn't bring any new circumstances, they just rejected the appeal outright, right?"