Chapter 571 - 386: I’m the Monopoly? The Villain Is Me! [Two-in-One, Vote for Monthly Ticket!]
Chapter 571: Chapter 386: I’m the Monopoly? The Villain Is Me! [Two-in-One, Vote for Monthly Ticket!]
Seven law firms ganging up together?
Honestly, even if a law firm from Hai City came to Upper City, they wouldn’t be treated like this.
It’s not that Xu Liang doesn’t trust his senior sister, but this news is really too suspicious.
Just listen.
The voice of his senior sister, Song Han, came from the other end of the phone, and she said:
"Absolutely true!"
"Even apart from these seven, other major firms working with them are also preparing to resist you."
"Among those seven, there’s a law firm called Hailu. The founder is one of the partners in my firm, and that’s how I got the information from him."
So it means...
Besides these seven, there are plenty of other firms too!?
Even Song Han found out about this because the opponent roped in so many other firms, just how many people are involved?
Did I stir up a hornet’s nest!?
Xu Liang had a pained look on his face, feeling a sense of melancholy.
Is it really necessary...is it really necessary!?
Counting all together, it’s just a medium-sized firm of thirty people, and if you exclude Qian Li and the old hands, most are interns.
Even so, seven red-circle firms and several major local firms are besieging us....
"Senior sister, where is the CEO and the owner of the Jinhua Law Firm originally from? Is it Huangyan Village in Sunzhou?"
Xu Liang suddenly spoke up, as if his teeth hurt.
Hearing this, Song Han paused, not knowing what he was getting at.
"What Huangyan Village?" Song Han asked, puzzled.
"It’s the place where the ’Steel Case’ happened."
Xu Liang explained.
Back then in Sunzhou, there was a steel plant that dared to sell steel made from nuclear waste, and it was used for over ten years, causing immeasurable harm in various places. It was one of the most serious cases Xu Liang had been involved in.
And in Huangyan Village...
"I dug up a lot of graves there for autopsies back in the day."
Xu Liang sighed and said,
"I was thinking, maybe I dug up their ancestors’ graves."
"Otherwise, there’s no reason they’re targeting me like this!"
Dig...dig up graves?
Song Han was a bit shocked.
She understood digging up graves for autopsies, but what does he mean by digging up a bunch of graves!?
"Junior brother, you..." Song Han didn’t understand, but was very shocked and spoke hesitantly.
Xu Liang quickly added, "This is what the teacher taught, don’t ask anymore."
Taught by the teacher?
Song Han was a bit skeptical, recalling her teacher’s demeanor, she was half-convinced and kept it to herself, then started explaining other matters.
"The reason they’re targeting you like this...have you ever kept track of how many times you’ve made the news over the years?"
News?
Xu Liang paused and started to calculate silently.
The answer was even he couldn’t count.
From the first ’Snail Case’ onward, his cases have been repeatedly topping the news headlines. Sometimes it wasn’t just one, the whole newspaper would be filled with his reports!
From then on, he never cared about it, just knew that his firm expanded to thirty people, and there were countless cases to handle.
"For lawyers, news and fame is their lifeline."
"Previously, in Lanshan Province you were alright, the distance from Upper City was too far. Even if your fame reached Upper City, the judicial resources here were of no use to you."
"But once you come to Upper City, things are different!"
Song Han’s tone was stern.
Personally, she was willing and even wants to help Xu Liang, but from a self-interested perspective, simply considering the firm’s operations, Song Han didn’t want Xu Liang to come to Upper City.
Why?
Because that would be destroying her livelihood!
"If you keep performing like this, how could other major firms survive?" Song Han said seriously.
For law firms to get famous, and to get cases, they need to take on criminal cases and get into the headlines.
However...
In the past year and a half, Xu Liang has monopolized the headlines!
In the past, it was fine. Even if clients wanted to find Xu Liang, they were constrained by geography.
But if Xu Liang goes to Upper City...these clients, including future ones, would all be monopolized by Xu Liang in an instant!
"It’s not that Upper City is creating a monopoly; rather, once you come, you’ll create a reverse monopoly over the entire Upper City!"
"Do you get what I mean?"
Song Han said helplessly.
"The CEO of the Jinhua Law Firm had the foresight to explain this to the other firms, and they spontaneously teamed up."
Usually, a firm coming is just about sharing the pie.
But when Xu Liang comes, it’s creating a monopoly!
Xu Liang:....
"What does this have to do with me?" Xu Liang said somewhat speechlessly, not knowing what to say.
"These newspaper reports, I didn’t deliberately pay for them, besides...if they have the ability, they can just take criminal cases themselves."
The newspapers’ actions have nothing to do with him!
"Ugh, why are you randomly scolding people!?"
For some reason, Song Han blushed, her face growing exceedingly hot, venting her grievances.
"In the past, to get famous, you just needed to win a few relatively dangerous criminal cases."
"Even though it might endanger your future career and the cases were quite difficult."
Such as getting a death penalty reduced to a life sentence.
Or declaring a suspect in a regular murder case not guilty.
But...
"Your cases have nothing to do with your career.... "
"You’ve started risking your life!"
"The difficulty compared to regular murder cases is on another level, and they come one after another, leaving no chance to breathe!"
Song Han grumblingly said, these past two years she found it hard to develop her firm.
It’s entirely impossible to support new lawyers.
The experiences of the past two years left her feeling utterly hopeless.
You know what it feels like to settle a huge case victorious, getting a death reprieve reduced to ten years, turning to the newspapers for coverage...