The fact that Zhao Dehai invited me to the new office put me in a dilemma because of today's case.

Originally, my heart was biased towards Zhao Dehai's new law firm.

Because nothing goes smoothly for Lao Liu here, and there is also the newcomer Zhang Yali who is causing trouble for me.

The benefits of working with Zhao Dehai are very obvious. I no longer have to worry about the source of the case. Zhao Dehai is not old, he is in the prime years of a lawyer. His connections and clients will allow me to quickly earn what I have earned in the past few years.

Money that cannot be earned.

For example, Ms. Wang's divorce case and the just-concluded case of Zhang Dapao are very sweet, and the future is even more promising.

But there are also disadvantages.

Success is Xiaohe, failure is Xiaohe.

When he operates a case behind the scenes like this, it's always like acrobatics on a tightrope or walking on the edge of a cliff. He might overturn one day.

I returned to the law firm in the afternoon, and even Sister Mei knew about the branch office and asked me in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, during my absence for only half a day, the news spread like a plague.

I started to pay extra attention to other people's conversations.

Especially when someone was talking privately about the Zhao Dehai branch, I held a tea cup and pretended to be filling water from the water dispenser, getting closer to other people's offices to hear their opinions.

But basically everyone just said one or two words to each other: "Do you know about Zhao Lu's branch office?"

"Well, I heard something..."

They were all superficial, and no one talked too deeply.

I returned to the office with my teacup in hand. Wang Ke, the old lawyer next to me, saw that I couldn’t sit still after returning from court in the morning. He started laughing with me and said, “What’s wrong? Is there a nail growing on my butt?”

I remembered what Wang Ke reminded me last time, lowered my voice and asked tentatively: "Wang Lu, what do you think of Zhao Lu's branch office this time?"

Wang Ke played with his smooth little gourd and said, "You can watch it however you want, just sit and watch."

He picked up the thermos cup and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Xiao Lu, as lawyers, we must be worthy of the steelyard in our hearts, and the second most important thing is to earn more or less. How can we make all the money in the world?"

As time goes by, let’s take it one step at a time, and other people’s affairs have little to do with us. Do you think that’s the truth?”

I pinched my cheek and thought to myself that what Wang Ke said seemed to make sense, but when I took a closer look, why did it seem like he was reminding me again?

Wang Ke held his stomach and said with a sad face: "Oh no, no, no, this tea was made overnight yesterday. I forgot about it. I'm going to make it easier."

"Ah...ok." I nodded blankly.

I don’t know if Wang Ke really had a bad stomach from drinking, so he ran away after coming back from the toilet, saying that he was going to the hospital to get some medicine.

I guess that old cunning guy Wang Ke found an excuse again and went out to visit the antique street.

Linhai is close to the capital Beijing and was a battleground for ancient military strategists. Many old gadgets remain and there is also a sizable market.

He likes to play with things like wooden skewers when he has nothing to do. When I first started working alone, I didn’t have many projects and had a lot of free time, so I was quite interested.

I went to the market with Wang Ke once and found that I couldn't afford it at all.

If you pick up any junk item at a street stall and ask for its price, the stall owner will startle you and say tens of thousands.

Wang Ke counter-offered with a smile. Sometimes stall owners would sell for thirty or fifty when they had no business.

I was so shocked at the time that I whispered, is this okay?

Wang Ke chuckled and said that's what this industry is like, it's all lies and reality.

In the afternoon, many lawyers went out to do business or go to court.

Perhaps at the critical moment of the branch, Lao Liu is also mysterious these days. He spends most of his time outside doing business. Even when he comes back, the director's office is closed.

It seems that I took my assistant Zhang Yali out at noon today.

Sister Mei and I chatted for a while, but when there was no one there, I gave her the tablet I bought yesterday and said with a smile, "Is it time for my child to take the college entrance examination next year? I asked yesterday. The tablet is convenient for checking information, and the most important thing is that it is also easy to carry. In the future,

You can also use it when you get into college."

Mei Xue was surprised and quickly declined: "Why is this so embarrassing? Xiao Lu, that case..."

Maybe she was afraid that others would hear her, so Mei Xue stuck out her tongue and whispered: "As long as you can help Shen Peijun with that case, I won't ask for anything in return. Although we are not as old as each other, I can chat with you in the workplace, like

Just like my younger brother; sometimes you help me a lot, and I feel like you are taking care of me like a brother. To be honest, I have to thank you."

Sister Mei Xue is a very sincere kind of silly elder sister.

My heart warmed up, and I chuckled and said coquettishly: "Then let's talk about our own affairs. From now on, I will call you sister, and you will call me brother. Just treat it as a gift that my uncle bought for my nephew. Sister Mei, you can accept it."

Alright."

"Bah, what a beautiful thought! Why are you so embarrassed to say it out loud? You can't imagine it!"

Mei Xue blushed and scolded me with a smile. She declined a few times and accepted it.

The two of us joked for a while, then we heard a knock on the door outside. I thought it was my colleague coming back, but I didn't pay attention. I coughed and started to change the topic, preparing to talk about something else.

I heard someone knocking on the door and asking: "Hello, Lu Yao, is Lawyer Lu here?"

"Let's talk later, Sister Mei."

When I heard someone calling my name, I quickly said hello to Sister Mei, walked out quickly, and saw an old man in the corridor looking at me slightly nervously.

I said: "Hello, I am Lu Yao, who are you?"

"Oh, I have something to ask you. Is this available?"

The old man looked to be in his sixties, and he was dressed neatly, wearing a polo shirt, jeans, and sneakers.

He was holding a black plastic bag in his hand and spoke politely.

"If you have time, please take a seat inside."

I invited him to the office, and I was still wondering. I didn't know him, so why did he come in and ask for me by name?

After pouring him a cup of hot tea, the old man started talking and said that his surname was Cao and his name was Cao Zhifu.

Just let me call him Lao Cao.

He also took the initiative to ask me if I would charge for consultation?

I wasn't sure where this old man was coming from, so I nodded and said, "Originally, there is a fee, but I don't know what your case is? Can I give you some suggestions? Can you tell me first?"

The old man thought for a while, and angrily opened the black plastic piece at his feet and put it on the table. I was shocked to see that it was a very large porcelain piece carved with dragons and phoenixes.

He told what happened.

It turned out that a week ago, he bought this piece of porcelain in a shop in a famous antique market in Linhai.

When I came back and had someone identify it, I found out that it was fake, and it was not from the Qing Dynasty at all, but a modern imitation.

But he bought it at a genuine price.

I sighed in my heart that the antique business was indeed the same as what the old lawyer Wang Ke said.

Just say it's a coincidence that we encountered such a case today.

It is said that fishing can ruin one's life, and that three generations of writers and artists will be fooled every day, but nothing will be the same. It is true.
Chapter completed!