207: Lao Zhuang, the pattern is bigger, this is just the beginning

In the Publicity Department office, Sister Xie listened to the voice on her phone and chuckled, "Zhou Yun, you've finished the case, haven't you? It must have taken a lot of effort to complete this one."

Minors, evil forces, legitimate defense... these words combined were enough to make one's scalp tingle.

Moreover, sometimes when handling a case, it's not enough to just be in the right. If the Procuratorate thinks you're wrong, or the Court directly states 'this Court believes' in its judgment, then there's nothing you can do.

Sister Xie was very clear about these things. Sometimes, it was no longer a matter of reason. How could those agencies make mistakes? So, sometimes, even if they had to grit their teeth, they had to prosecute and they had to rule.

There's a joke in the legal community that some wrongful convictions can be appealed for innocence for two reasons: the first is that the people who handled the case retired, and the second is that the people who handled the case went to jail...

Ordinary cases, needless to say, were basically judged according to the Procuratorate's recommendations. We mentioned before that in 2023, the adoption rate of sentencing recommendations proposed by the Procuratorate was 97.5%.

Directly adopting recommendations had an advantage: it saved trouble. Why? Because in criminal proceedings, if you wanted to change a judgment, you either had to go to the Procuratorate or to the Court.

The Court was easy to talk about; if the current level Court made such a ruling, the higher level Court would rarely directly grant your appeal, for reasons everyone understood.

The success rate of appeals to the Procuratorate was higher, because although the two institutions were closely related, they were not, after all, the same unit.

But if the sentencing recommendation had been adopted when the judgment was made, then a later appeal or protest would be difficult for the higher-level Procuratorate to support, which would also be equivalent to slapping the lower-level Procuratorate's face.

Face was very important. Losing face meant making a mistake, and making a mistake meant an investigation and accountability. So what to do? One could only say there was no mistake.

However, when the people who handled the case before retired or went to jail, things changed. The new people coming in, wanting to achieve results, could only 'borrow your head for a moment.'

Zhou Yun chuckled, "It was indeed very difficult to do, but it was also fortunate that the timing was just right; they hadn't approved the arrest yet at that time."

It was really coincidental. If the Fengxian County Procuratorate had already approved Guo Zihao's arrest at that time, the subsequent matters would have been difficult to handle.

It was still that saying: before arrest, the Procuratorate was a friend and could be united; after arrest, it was hard to say, because if there was no prosecution after arrest, the Procuratorate would have to bear responsibility.

"Sister Xie, I have already processed all possible leakage of party information, such as names and places, in the case, but I still need you to review it."

To be honest, this matter was actually troubling her, so it was better to be polite.

Sister Xie smiled again upon hearing this, "These are small matters. This is what we do. Just send it over."

Many people disliked Zhou Yun, believing he was obsessed, mentally unstable, and not right in the head.

But similarly, both inside and outside the system, more people liked Zhou Yun, because this lawyer was truly a bit different.

Soon, the video was sent over. Sister Xie immediately started watching and then became engrossed.

After a long while, she finally said, "This Zhou Yun, he's really amazing!"

She even felt that if these cases were made into a TV series, they would be very entertaining...

At the law firm, Zhou Yun had already opened his system panel. As expected, the mission was displayed as completed.

"System, claim mission rewards!"

"Detected Guo Xitian is extremely satisfied... Mission rewards: two million in cash and sixty exchange points have been issued!"

As expected, this reward was as generous as the last. He truly didn't lack cash now, but he still lacked exchange points. Both the vitality potion and the body strengthening potion required a large number of exchange points.

And it was obvious that as soon as he became an intermediate lawyer, more skills would be available in the mall, and more exchange points would be needed.

However, having two hundred exchange points now still felt great. He planned to save up more and then exchange for the 'Memory Potion' he had been eyeing for a long time.

That potion could greatly enhance his memory, and even things he had previously forgotten would come back to him.

This potion was of immense help to a lawyer, because as people aged, their memory would definitely gradually worsen. He just didn't know if that potion would have a lifelong effect.

Just then, there was a knock on the office door. Zhou Yun was too lazy to get up, so he lay on the recliner and casually said, "Come in!"

The door was pushed open, and Old Zhuang walked in.

Zhou Yun immediately said in surprise, "Hey, Old Zhuang, why are you here out of the blue?"

Old Zhuang had a smile on his face, but upon hearing this, he immediately said, "What are you talking about? What do you mean 'out of the blue'? I'm the Director of the law firm!"

Zhou Yun immediately chuckled, "Oh, right, right, right. You're the Director. So, Director Zhuang, why are you here?"

Old Zhuang then sat down and said, "I came to tell you something. In three days, it's the Provincial Lawyers Congress. At this meeting, I'm going to be elected President of the Lawyers Association, and you should also attend."

Zhou Yun blinked upon hearing this: "That's it?"

Old Zhuang looked puzzled and said, "That's it. Wait, what's with that expression?"

"I thought it was something important. You came all this way for such a small matter, Director. Can't we have a bigger perspective? When you become the President of the National Lawyers Association, then you can come over."

"Alright, now that you've said it, go back. I still have a lot of things to do here. Do you think everyone is like you?"

Mr. Zhou directly said.

Of course, Zhou Yun would definitely attend, but he just wanted to see Old Zhuang's face darken. There weren't many things in the law firm that could interest him anymore.

Huh? Old Zhuang walked out of the office. He came here to show off, didn't he? But this guy actually said it was too small-minded?

That was the President of the Provincial Lawyers Association, and that was still small-minded?

For whom was he working so hard? Wasn't it for... ahem, ungrateful!

He returned to his office, but soon after, Xiao Duan walked in.

"Director, Director Zhou asked me to tell you that he will attend the Congress on time."

Old Zhuang looked up and said, "Did he really say that? At least the kid has some conscience."

He actually just wanted Zhou Yun to come and support him. There were rumors circulating in the Jiangdong Province lawyer circle that Zhou Yun never gave anyone face, and even Zhuang Zhenrui had to listen to him.

So now that he was becoming president, if Zhou Yun specifically came to support him, wouldn't he immediately gain face?

Two minutes later, Xiao Duan walked into Zhou Yun's office and said, "Director Zhou, you should still attend the Lawyers Congress."

Seeing Zhou Yun looking at him, Xiao Duan quickly said, "It's not about anything else, but some lawyers in our province are not convinced by you. This is a good opportunity. I think we can discuss it face-to-face and debate it then."

Jinghai was certainly not dominated by Zhentian Law Firm alone. It only seemed very popular because of the influential figure Zhou Yun.

Zhentian Law Firm was very popular, so it would naturally take business away from other law firms. This was normal, so it was also normal for the directors of other law firms to be dissatisfied with Zhou Yun.

The world was vast, but eating was the most important thing, so during this period, some lawyers in Jinghai would subtly make critical remarks during their live streams.

Zhou Yun was busy with cases and didn't have time to watch these, but Xiao Duan kept track of them all, especially those live streams; he even found people to record them...

It wasn't that he wanted to cause trouble. He had originally planned to let Zhou Yun relax when he was free.

Now that there was something to do, he might as well bring it up. There definitely couldn't be conflicts between the two directors, so those other lawyers would just have to suffer a bit.

After Xiao Duan finished saying all this, Zhou Yun was immediately overjoyed: "Xiao Duan, you handled this so beautifully! Your initiative was put to such good use!"

"From now on, this is how you should work... I'll give you a bonus of fifty thousand!"

He would pay for this himself. Anyway, the system gave him a lot of money. For talented people like Xiao Duan, you couldn't just give verbal praise; material rewards had to follow.

Xiao Duan smiled reservedly upon hearing this, "Thank you, Director Zhou. I'll send you a few screen recordings later for you to watch first."