Chapter 573: Must Get Competitive!

Huo Pengfei looked at Lawyer Fang, his expression filled with shock; this was a path he had never imagined!

Or rather, in the eyes of ordinary lawyers and legal professionals, the crime of Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble is rarely considered a charge that can be applied daily.

I believe everyone understands the reason for this; although there is a Judicial Interpretation from the Supreme People's Court, some areas remain a bit ambiguous.

Therefore, before this, Huo Pengfei had not thought in this direction at all. All he had in mind was to make it a Criminal Case; as long as a Criminal Private Prosecution was filed, the other party would definitely go in!

Even if they didn't go in, there would always be a Suspended Sentence.

But he never expected that a lawyer appearing from the other side would actually grasp the issue within it, and it felt like he had refuted him with such ease.

But looking at it now, it really seems to be the case!

Or some might say, does Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble not exist just because people are married and hit each other?

It really is like that; let alone Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble, even in cases of Domestic Violence, the preference is to mediate whenever possible.

As mentioned before, for a married couple, it is truly difficult for judicial organs to handle, especially when there are children involved; it is even harder to handle.

Because of Domestic Violence, one party calls the police, and after the police arrive, there is all sorts of complaining. Fine, we will follow the legal regulations: Case Filing for investigation, and Public Prosecution by the Procuratorate.

Then, right at this moment, this person doesn't know where they read it, but they say that if a married couple has a criminal record, it will affect the children's future civil service exams and so on.

Fine, they instantly regret it and immediately want the judicial organs to withdraw the case: "I won't sue anymore, you all don't sentence them either."

Don't laugh; there are truly many similar cases. But the judicial process is not something that can be started just because you want to, or stopped just because you want someone to withdraw it—how could that be possible?

So this leads to all kinds of contradictions.

Therefore, Lawyer Fang specifically emphasized that these two are already divorced.

So legally, they are no longer husband and wife. Naturally, when a violent act occurs, it does not belong to Domestic Violence, but should be handled according to the Criminal Law.

Seeing that Huo Pengfei was stunned again, Lawyer Fang shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't you all worry about this matter; I will handle it. You people in the Legal Department must remember: no matter when, the basics are always the most important!"

"No matter how much you do during the day, you must flip through those things when you go back at night. Never think that just because you've memorized it, it's fine; you will forget even if you've memorized it!"

"Zhou Yi, let's go first; I need to go back and properly sort this matter out."

After Lawyer Fang finished speaking, he left with Zhou Xinran and Zhou Yi, leaving only Huo Pengfei and Wu Qiuling standing there.

Huo Pengfei stood there, a bit dazed; his mind was still replaying the words Lawyer Fang had just said.

Does even a big shot like Lawyer Fang still constantly value the basics?

He himself seemed to value the basics quite a bit in the past, but when did he start neglecting them later on?

He remembered: it was that time he lost to Lawyer Fang, and after hearing about Lawyer Fang's various reputations, he, Huo Pengfei, began to blindly value those newly released regulations.

The new Civil Code, new Judicial Interpretations, new Criminal Law Amendment—in short, he had to do new cases, he had to do Case Analysis...

As a result, under such circumstances, he instead neglected the original basics.

His thoughts were chaotic; the Case Analysis that used to make him so excited didn't seem so attractive anymore.

Finally, Wu Qiuling spoke up: "Um... are we going back to the Company?"

Hearing this, Huo Pengfei sobered up: "Let's go back. I need to discuss with Department Head Liu to see how we can stimulate everyone's motivation."

As for the Civil Law aspect, there is really no need to worry. As long as Compulsory Execution starts here, and if Lu Yunling has no assets under his name, then the Litigation request against Niu Xiufei can be directly changed.

There will definitely be no problem with the money.

Meanwhile, in the car on the other side, Zhou Xinran was also thinking about Lawyer Fang's words.

Unlike Huo Pengfei, she knew Lawyer Fang very well. Being able to become Lawyer Fang's assistant back then was not just because of her personality; there was another point: her foundation was also very good.

Up front, Zhou Yi was chatting with Lawyer Fang while driving.

The topic was naturally still the situation of the Legal Department.

In Lawyer Fang's words, these people were still living too comfortably. The situation in Jingzhou in this regard is too different from Modu; in other words, the Catfish Effect is not that severe.

And at Tenda, not only is the pay good, but there is also no risk of being fired, so naturally, they aren't working as hard.

"Then, Lawyer Fang, what do you think can be done?" Zhou Yi thought for a moment and asked.

Lawyer Fang chuckled upon hearing this: "Simple. You apply to my law firm, and then, through my law firm's assignment, I can work part-time as a legal consultant for your Company."

Can a practicing lawyer accept a company's employment to serve as a company's legal consultant? Of course they can.

This is different from a lawyer not being allowed to practice in two law firms simultaneously; it is a situation permitted by the Lawyer Law.

Moreover, this is an important way for many lawyers to expand their connections and possess high income!

Big-shot lawyers in real life are never the kind of lawyers we imagine who only know how to fight lawsuits.

A big-shot lawyer's connections are extremely terrifying.

Not to mention those lawyers who have resigned from the Court and other units...

After finishing, seeing Zhou Yi with his mouth wide open and a bewildered look, Lawyer Fang said to himself: "Is there a problem? This is called the Catfish Effect, you understand? Those people are living too comfortably; I'm going to go and stir things up with them."

"What's wrong? You don't want me to go?"

Zhou Yi hurriedly said: "Of course not, Lawyer Fang. A big lawyer like you coming to my Company, I naturally welcome it, but regarding stirring things up, your age..."

As soon as he finished this sentence, Zhou Yi regretted it, feeling as if he had poked a volcano and made it erupt.

Sure enough, Lawyer Fang shouted there: "What's wrong, what's wrong with my age? How old am I? What do you mean? Do you think I'm old, is that it? Come, come, come, call out all your legal staff; I'll take them all on by myself!"

"With those scrawny builds, every one of them as thin as a monkey!"

"..."

After being lectured by Lawyer Fang for a full two minutes, Zhou Yi then said: "Lawyer Fang, I agree, I agree, is that not enough?"

"That's more like it."

Zhou Yi shook his head, mourning for two minutes for those people in the Company's Legal Department.

Although Lawyer Fang, as a legal consultant, does not belong to the Company's Employees and cannot represent them in Litigation, he is the type of person who manages people wherever he goes.

And those legal staff managed by him would definitely not have a single word of complaint.

You must know that having such a big shot as a legal consultant is almost like having a super backing!

This is a benefit other companies couldn't get even if they begged for it.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yi said again: "Then Lawyer Fang, should we draw up a contract first? I will tell the Company in advance."

However, Lawyer Fang glanced over, took his briefcase, and casually pulled out a contract from inside.

"No need for such trouble, I have already prepared it here."

Zhou Yi: "???"

After taking the contract and looking at it, good heavens, it was already very comprehensive, all kinds of rights and obligations were written clearly, and there were no issues with Lawyer Fang's signature or the law firm's seal.

After all, the law firm was opened by Lawyer Fang himself...

Seeing Zhou Yi looking at him with a bewildered face, Lawyer Fang said very relaxedly: "Why are you looking at me? You know me; I have always liked to prepare things in advance."

Zhou Yi felt like he had been played, but he was willing to be played.

The next steps went without saying: signing and stamping.

After returning to the office, Lawyer Fang locked himself inside and began to prepare the evidence.

The advantage of a Public Prosecution Case lies here; as long as the evidence is sufficient for Case Filing, you don't need to worry about the rest. The Public Security Bureau naturally has ways to supplement the necessary evidence; they are the professionals at this.

No matter how capable an ordinary person is, you definitely cannot compare to the Public Security Bureau in terms of criminal evidence.

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Time quickly arrived at the next day, and Huo Pengfei came to the Company with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

He hadn't slept well all night after going back yesterday; every time he closed his eyes, he seemed to see a middle-aged bald man roaring in front of him, yet what he said was particularly reasonable.

Therefore, after listening like that all night, his brain felt numb when he got up in the morning.

As a result, just after entering the office, he discovered that the atmosphere today seemed a bit strange.

Wang Daoren, who originally liked chatting with people the most, was sitting upright at this moment, flipping through the Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court, and on the other side, Zhang Wei, who liked to talk nonsense, was sitting even more upright than anyone else, also looking at some Judicial Interpretations in his hands.

What is this situation? Has everyone changed their nature?

Since joining Tengda, he had never seen everyone working so hard to read legal provisions and Judicial Interpretations.

Huo Pengfei looked around and hurriedly came to Liu Shiwen: "Department Manager Liu, this, what is going on here? What method did you use to make everyone change so much?"

He had talked to Liu Shiwen about this matter after he came back yesterday, but there was no result.

Because the relaxed work mode was a rule set by Zhou Yi, even though the Tengda Legal Department actually had a lot of overtime, truthfully speaking, the pressure was not high.

Or rather, there was no pressure at all.

But he didn't expect that after just one night, there would actually be a change. Thinking carefully, Huo Pengfei suddenly felt that this short Department Manager Liu in front of him was too amazing, giving him a feeling of "being stunned by a heavenly person."

However, after hearing Huo Pengfei's words, Liu Shiwen had a strange expression and said: "Lawyer Huo, your suggestion yesterday was actually quite good, but, we don't need to think of a way anymore."

We don't need to think of a way anymore?

Huo Pengfei was just about to ask, but Liu Shiwen pointed to the corner of the office.

"Lawyer Huo, look over there."

Huo Pengfei turned to look, and then he froze.

He rubbed his eyes hard and muttered to himself: "I can't be dreaming, right? Why would I see that bald man here?"

It was indeed a middle-aged man sitting in the corner of the office, looking completely relaxed.

Once these words were out, even Liu Shiwen hurriedly moved away, inwardly exclaiming that Lawyer Huo had great courage!

It was true that Lawyer Fang was bald, but to be honest, he had never really seen anyone call him bald to his face.

Lawyer Fang naturally heard Huo Pengfei's words and looked over here; the other legal staff in the office immediately began to peek.

"Lawyer Huo, no need to be surprised. I am now the legal consultant for Tengda. Considering that everyone's life is too easy right now, after discussion, we have decided to conduct regular evaluations of the Tengda Legal Department."

Huo Pengfei didn't listen to what Lawyer Fang said after that; he finally understood why everyone started working so hard—General Manager Zhou had actually invited Lawyer Fang to be the company's legal consultant!

Zhou Yi was naturally not at the company at this moment; Lawyer Fang coming to the company as a legal consultant was actually helping him.

The Tengda Legal Department had a big reputation now, but truthfully speaking, their level was really just so-so...

Huo Pengfei counted as the tallest among the short, and yet he had become arrogant because it was too easy.

So Lawyer Fang couldn't stand it and stepped out to help him; of course, it couldn't be ruled out that Lawyer Fang himself wanted to relax a bit.

What Zhou Yi needed to do now was naturally to report to the police.

At the Zhonglou Police Station, Lao Zhou looked at the handsome guy walking in and also rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen wrong.

This guy was blooming everywhere in Jingzhou now, and police stations in other places often had reports about him, but he rarely returned to this "old home," the Zhonglou Police Station.

It made the current station leader a bit numb; why did the previous one have such damn good luck? Sitting at home, merit fell from the sky, and he was inexplicably burdened with more work.

As a result, he took over, and there was absolutely nothing going on; where could you go to reason about that?

Zhou Yi naturally didn't know Lao Zhou's thoughts. He walked in all the way, put down the bag in his hand, and smiled: "What a coincidence, Uncle Zhou, you are on duty."

"Yeah, it's me again. What a coincidence. How long has it been since you came?" Lao Zhou replied.

"Well, you know, I haven't had the time. *Cough, cough*, today I am here to report a case. Uncle Zhou, look, it's this matter."

Zhou Yi took out the relevant evidence materials and handed them to Lao Zhou. Lao Zhou looked and was immediately surprised: "Isn't this that matter from before? Oh right, it's an Employee of your company, but didn't you file a Criminal Private Prosecution?"

"Yes, a Criminal Private Prosecution was filed, but it didn't succeed; the lawsuit was lost," Zhou Yi shook his head and said.

"Then you come to report this case? This doesn't meet the standard for Case Filing at all, and since your Criminal Private Prosecution didn't succeed, we definitely don't have jurisdiction," Lao Zhou said, even more curious.

This kid had always understood the law; why did he come to report such a case inexplicably today?

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi smiled: "Uncle Zhou, do you remember? That person named Lu Yunling that day hit two people. Besides Wu Qiuling from our company, there was also his..."

"His wife, right? Named Niu Xiufei, but that was domestic violence!"

"Uncle Zhou, the two of them are already divorced, so I think this cannot count as domestic violence. That Niu Xiufei also had her injuries examined at the time, right? That must have reached the standard of Minor Injury. Causing Minor Injury to two or more people at the same time, this is already suspected of the crime of Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble, Uncle Zhou!"

Lao Zhou finished looking at the materials in front of him one by one, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face; it seemed that was really the case!

Because they knew the two were husband and wife at the time, they didn't pay attention to the matter between them. This was also a normal situation; it didn't reach the standard of Slight Injury, and the person involved was so protective.

But looking at it now, strictly speaking, it really did meet the standard for Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble!

"You wait a moment, I'm going to report to our leader. This matter is indeed a bit interesting!"

Although Niu Xiufei defended her ex-husband so much, a beating was still a beating.

Not long after, Lao Zhou returned.

"Zhou Yi, we have already reported this case, and it should be eligible for Case Filing. You make a valid point; we absolutely cannot let those suspected of committing crimes go!"

That something, today is another one-update beast,.,.,. Thanks to Brother Feimaowuyu, Brother Wenchidage, Another Newbie brother, and Mengxinzai brother, thank you for the tips, thank you.

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