"Hello Zhou Sheng." Seeing Zhou Liwen turn around and walk towards him, Annie smiled and stood up.

"Hello, Miss Anne, right? Is there a small thing you can ask?"

"Of course it's okay, please tell me."

"That's right..." Zhou Liwen looked to the side and found that this was not the place to talk. After hesitating, he said: "When I came, I saw a coffee shop downstairs. Can I ask Miss Anne to go downstairs to have a cup of coffee?"

Annie was a little surprised and said vigilantly: "I'm sorry, Zhou Sheng, as a law firm employee, now working hours..."

"Sorry, please don't get me wrong." Zhou Liwen felt that what he said was a bit inappropriate, and quickly explained: "Things are different from what you imagined. I mainly want to inquire about Lawyer Pang from you. You know, I just signed an agreement with Lawyer Pang, but for Lawyer Pang..."

Zhou Liwen didn't know how to express it. After all, he said bluntly at the front desk of the other party's law firm that he could not trust the lawyer he appointed, which seemed a bit too much.

Hearing this, Annie suddenly realized and her smile returned to her face.

"I understand Zhou Sheng, let's do this, please wait a moment?"

"Thanks!"

Annie walked out of the front desk and returned to the office behind. Soon a young girl came out and temporarily took over her position. Then Annie nodded to Zhou Liwen, and the two left the law firm one by one.

Taking the elevator to the downstairs, they came to the coffee shop in a corner of the hall and found a seat to sit down.\u54

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68 Liwen took the initiative to ask Annie what coffee she likes to drink. The other party waved his hand with a smile. Zhou Liwen didn't force her and asked the waiter to ask herself a cappuccino.

"Does Zhou Sheng feel that as a lawyer, he does not have an independent lawyer building and an office that matches his identity, so he feels strange?"

Before Zhou Liwen could ask, Annie asked with a smile.

"That's right!" Zhou Liwen nodded, and did not hide his situation. He directly told Annie that he had gone to Wang Law Firm upstairs today. Because the other party's attitude and unauthorized change of arrangements made him very dissatisfied, he decided to terminate his cooperation with them. When he was downstairs, he happened to see an advertisement from Pang Yishan Law Firm in the elevator and then came over. But he didn't expect that the office of a barrister who held a licence would be so bad. Although he had entrusted the company's registration affairs to Pang Yishan, Zhou Liwen was still a little worried. He saw Annie and Lawyer Pang seemed very familiar before, so he wanted to understand the situation through her.

"Zhou Sheng, you're asking the right person." Annie smiled. At this time, the waiter brought the mineral water and coffee. She said thank you first. After the waiter put down the things and left, she continued: "I used to be with Pang Dajie. After graduating from university, I joined his law firm in 1993. I worked until early 1996. Later, I joined the current law firm. For Pang Dajie's qualifications, experiences and people, I can guarantee you not to say that Zhou Sheng's small commission is as small as a larger and more complex commission is,

He had no problem. Zhou Sheng is from the mainland, and it is not surprising that he had never heard of Pang Da Cang. But more than ten years ago, Pang Da Cang was a very famous lawyer in the Xiangjiang Law Firm. He also served as an honorary professor in the School of Law of Xiangjiang University. He is the best in the Department of Economics and Law and Civil Law. If it were in those days, Pang Da Cang's fees were very high, and he would not have taken over ordinary cases at all. If it weren't for some accident later, Pang Da Cang would not be the current situation."

"Accident? What is the accident?" Zhou Liwen raised his eyebrows, and he sensitively captured this word. Could it be that Pang Yishan did something that violated the professional ethics of lawyers, which caused his reputation to plummet? If this is the reason, then even if Pang Yishan was so famous and capable before, Zhou Liwen would never use such a person anymore, and would terminate the cooperation after the company was registered.

"This..." Annie hesitated and hesitated whether to say it. At this time, Zhou Liwen said bluntly: "Miss Anne, the matter entrusted by Lawyer Pang today is just the beginning for me, and I will not hide it from you. If Lawyer Pang is so capable as you just said, I can consider conducting deeper cooperation with him, and even hiring him as a long-term legal counsel. Of course, these must be based on my absolute trust in my client. If you think something is inappropriate, it is okay. But I will first express my attitude. As a businessman, I need to find a professional lawyer who is capable and trustworthy and has good professional ethics."

Anne sighed lightly and nodded, "Okay, I can tell you about some of the situations in Pangda Seng, but please make sure you won't tell anyone about these things, including Pangda Seng."

"OK, please don't worry, this is absolutely fine!"

Annie took a sip of water and then told the story. According to what she said, Pang Yishan was indeed famous in Xiangjiang and was the best in the industry. As a successful lawyer, although he was not a rich man, he was also considered a rich class. When he was at his most glorious, his law firm had five licensed lawyers and twelve lawyers. Such a law firm is also top-notch in Xiangjiang.

But in 1995, due to the lack of optimism about the prospects for the return of Xiangjiang, Pang Yishan decided to join his family to immigrate. In early 1996, he closed the law firm and immigrated overseas. Who would have thought that shortly after immigrating, he encountered the Southeast Asian financial crisis that swept the world. In this financial storm, Pang Yishan's assets in Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand, South Korea, Malay, etc., had greatly shrunk, and his stocks were almost wiped out, causing great losses.

After the financial crisis, Pang Yishan's two companies invested in the United States and Japan were also

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He suffered serious losses due to the impact. In order to save the company, he almost invested all his last possessions and ended up bankruptcy. At this time, the original lawyer almost lost everything and had no choice but to file for bankruptcy. Before the bankruptcy liquidation, he gave all the last part of the available assets to his wife and daughter, and took on the responsibility for bankruptcy alone. After the bankruptcy, a few months ago, Pang Yishan returned to Xiangjiang sadly and decided to go back to his old business. Although he was famous before, Xiangjiang was a society with higher interests than favors. After many years of leaving the legal circle of Xiangjiang, it was impossible for previous clients and partners to leave the current law firm to cooperate with him again, so everything will be repeated for Pang Yishan.

"Did Lawyer Pang have not had any friends to help him for so many years in the legal profession?" Zhou Liwen couldn't help asking when she heard this.

"Zhou Sheng, the concept of the mainland may be different from ours. You should know that Xiangjiang is a material society. Friendship is friendship, and business is business. As a successful lawyer, it is absolutely impossible to confuse the two. If this is the case, I am afraid that I will not be able to survive in this cruel competition at all." Annie saw Zhou Liwen's doubts and explained specifically, and then said: "Of course, there are still necessary help between friends, just like the huge office is provided to him for free by my current boss. It is not easy for a friend to do this. You should know that providing other lawyers with a workplace in your own law firm is equivalent to asking others to steal their guests and jobs!"
Chapter completed!