Chapter 572 - 386: I’m the Monopolist? The Villain Is Actually Me!
Chapter 572: Chapter 386: I’m the Monopolist? The Villain Is Actually Me!
Did you hear about the lawyer pulled into the painful steel case in Sunzhou?
She understands what it means to win a lawsuit that could theoretically compensate 500,000, but she found an angle and increased the compensation fourfold, winning 2 million for the client...
Then turned around and saw the Lanshan Dong Clan with a hunting grounds in Hanhai City that makes you feel powerless, treating people like beasts...
"The threshold is even raised, even if you don’t have news, you have to handle cases that are many times harder than usual to maintain your reputation."
As Song Han spoke, you could clearly tell he was on edge.
If their opponent were an old man on his last legs, say, who died right after the cases, it would be fine.
But Xu Liang is only 25 years old....
Even if he retires at fifty, he still has at least twenty-five years of his career ahead of him.
Moreover, being a lawyer is a profession that matures over time, who knows what he’ll turn into in twenty years.
Isn’t it hopeless to see this?
"Xu Liang!"
Song Han took a deep breath and squeezed out two sentences through clenched teeth:
"If you weren’t my junior brother, otherwise..."
"Jinhua Law Firm said you were coming to Upper City, I’d be the first to target you!"
Xu Liang:...
"No... it can’t be that bad..."
Xu Liang pulled a bitter smile, his eye twitched.
Looking at it this way...
It seems he’s the one at fault now!?
Isn’t it Jinhe and the others monopolizing things, after all, they collectively reject incoming medium-sized law firms...
Result.
What do you mean I’m the one monopolizing?
"I’m not monopolizing, with a thirty-person firm, we can’t eat up much.... "
Facing his senior sister, Xu Liang’s tone softened.
"Right now, if there’s a good case in Qingshi City, who do clients instinctively look for?" Song Han asked in return.
"It’s definitely our firm!"
Xu Liang replied.
Thinking about it, he added another sentence.
"But we don’t take all the cases, we select them and then reject some."
Song Han then said, "So aren’t the other firms just eating the leftovers?"
"And... your firm is small because you lack lawyers!"
The size of a firm is related to its reputation.
But the thing is, Conscience Law Firm lacks everything but reputation!
It’s just that there’s not a lot of local elites, top-notch lawyers in Qingshi City.
But Song Han knows that Upper City is full of such lawyers, she fully believes, as soon as Xu Liang arrives in Upper City, top-notch lawyers would flock to him.
Then reputation would start converting to cases, and the firm would become a giant overnight.
"In any case... if you’re coming to Upper City... you’d better do it quickly."
Song Han sighed, somewhat worried about her firm’s future development.
"If you come, come fast."
"If you wait until they gather... when the time comes, you’ll struggle."
Upon hearing this, Xu Liang hurriedly said:
"Got it, thanks senior sister, I’ll come visit you when I’m there."
"At least you have some conscience." Song Han rolled her eyes, then hung up the phone.
"Beep beep beep~"
The call was ended.
Xu Liang’s face then showed a sigh, feeling somewhat troubled.
Am I afraid of local firms gathering together?
Of course... yeah I am!
He’s strong personally, but that has nothing to do with the firm!
Client channels, firm winning rates, business acquisition, practice licensing, judicial collaboration...
These are all headaches!
Firstly, those guys at Jinhe have connections everywhere, they can definitely temporarily change local judicial rules.
For example, ’outsiders need a local residence permit to set up a firm’ ’no branches allowed locally’ ’three years local tax requirement’ ’approval delays’ etc.
These alone could be troublesome.
Ask Wu Chengjun?
He’s not keen on fighting authority, plus it involves Upper City, he’d have a hard time too.
Reveal my mentor? If I did that, I wouldn’t be Xu Liang.
"It’s tough, they’re the ones monopolizing obviously..."
Xu Liang sighed, muttered, thought for a moment, then turned around, heading to the room of Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu.
"Bang!"
"Stop resting, tidy up your clothes, the plan has changed, we need to go to Upper City early!"
"Could you knock!?... By the way, how soon is early?"
"Tomorrow!"
"So fast!?"
"It has to be this fast!"
"..."
...
...
October 9th.
AM.
"Why is senior brother heading to Upper City so quickly?"
"I don’t know... could it be trouble?"
"Hmm, seems hard to deal with..."
At 8 o’clock.
With puzzled looks from people like Wang Feiyu, Xu Liang and the two others boarded the plane to Upper City.
On the plane.
"Why are we in such a hurry? Is there something waiting for you in Upper City?"
On the plane.
Yang Ruoxi sat on the chair, sideways looking at Xu Liang, full of confusion on her face.
Beside her, Su Yu spoke:
"My college roommate told me last night, that the law firm she joined issued a rule yesterday, saying if in a case they come across ’Conscience Law Firm’, they must report to the firm."
Report what?
Yang Ruoxi wondered, "What’s that supposed to mean."
"To switch lawyers!" Su Yu’s face was serious, her pleasant voice filled with displeasure, "As soon as they encounter us, they immediately switch to the top lawyers in the firm against us."
"Even if it’s just an intern from our firm...."
"She heard the name sounded similar, so she called me to ask, then I realized, senior brother mentioned going to Upper City, now it must be targeting us."
Upon hearing this.
Yang Ruoxi beside her gasped heavily.
Even interns aren’t spared!?
At this rate... the firm’s winning rate would absolutely tank, even if Xu Liang performs brilliantly, the firm’s reputation would be tarnished, leaving them as dogs with their tails between their legs fleeing Upper City.