Chapter 50: Goodness, Are You Giving Me Reverse Empty Promises?
Winning the lawsuit made everything easy to discuss.
If they had lost the lawsuit, that would have been embarrassing.
Su Bai unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, enjoyed the smooth sensation of the water flowing into his throat, and let out a long breath.
Having won the case, he was in a pleasant mood.
It was just that this case had been somewhat troublesome, and if they had not relied on the influence of public opinion, it would have been very difficult to determine legitimate self defense.
The comment he submitted at the end had not been intended to move the judge through emotional appeal.
If judges were so easily moved, there would be no need to litigate at all.
One could simply perform some special stunt and be done with it.
What he truly wanted to demonstrate was that the influence of social public opinion on Qi Feng's judgment needed to be considered from the perspective of the voice of the public.
Only when the influence became substantial would the judge develop a tendency in selection.
Based on Li Xuezhen's inquiry with Feng Lijian regarding Lin Youping's character, the determining factor of Lin Youping's susceptibility to the influence of social public opinion would be significant.
The facts also proved this point, as Lin Youping in this court session ruled that Qi Feng had acted in legitimate self defense.
After finishing the water, Su Bai turned his head and glanced at Li Xuezhen.
"The case is finished, organize the materials and let us leave."
Li Xuezhen nodded seriously. "Lawyer Su, we have won another case, and this case has ended."
Hearing Li Xuezhen's voice, Su Bai felt that something was slightly unusual, as ordinarily this clear and somewhat naive female university student would only nod and say yes Lawyer Su, yet this time she had clearly spoken more than usual.
Su Bai turned his head in confusion and saw Li Xuezhen standing in place with a conflicted expression on her small face, so he asked, "What do you want to express?"
Upon hearing Su Bai's inquiry, a trace of brightness flashed in Li Xuezhen's eyes.
"Did Lawyer Su not previously promise me that after this case concluded you would specially approve compensation for my internship expenses?"
"?"
She still remembered that?
The trial result for this case had only just been announced.
Young rich lady, are you not someone who lacks money?
For you, are internship expenses not merely a trivial amount?
What does such a small amount of money count as in the eyes of a young rich lady like you?
It is merely loose change.
Being able to raise this immediately after the trial ended was truly unexpected for Su Bai.
'Cough cough.'
Su Bai coughed twice to ease the awkward atmosphere, and since he had said it, he naturally needed to fulfill it.
The internship lawyer compensation in Nandu was not very high, around four thousand five hundred yuan, and some were even only two or three thousand yuan.
Now that this case had been won and once Luo Daxiang introduced more cases in the future, his wallet would naturally become fuller.
As for spending money, if one had money one spent more, and if one did not have money one did not spend.
Since he had already mentioned the internship lawyer compensation, no matter what he could not default on it, so with a wave of his hand he transferred the internship expenses to Li Xuezhen at a rate of four thousand five hundred yuan per month.
Li Xuezhen looked at the amount received on her phone and her eyes lit up in surprise. "Lawyer Su, you really transferred it to me? I thought you were giving me empty promises."
Su Bai: "?"
So you even know about empty promises.
So just now you were testing me?
Su Bai rubbed his brow and discovered that this clear and somewhat naive female university student still had some small schemes after all.
'Cough.'
"You are the only intern lawyer in our law firm, previously our law firm lacked sufficient funds, which resulted in the temporary absence of internship expenses."
"At present our law firm is flourishing and now that we have money we will certainly compensate your internship expenses."
"Could it be that you thought what I said about letting you become a partner of our Baijun Law Firm were all empty promises?"
Li Xuezhen shook her head. "No."
Then her gaze became firm.
"I know Lawyer Su truly wants me to become a partner, but my current level is insufficient, however Lawyer Su I will work hard."
Su Bai nodded slightly, there were some small thoughts but not many, and the issue was not serious.
He immediately felt much more reassured.
"Then let us go."
"Alright Lawyer Su."
Li Xuezhen's small face was serious, as if she suddenly thought of something.
"Lawyer Su, are we just going out like this? There must certainly be a large group of reporters waiting outside for us, should we not prepare and do some publicity?"
"To enhance our reputation and the name of our law firm."
"If the publicity is done well and we accept several more cases, once we accept more cases the reputation of our law firm will improve, and once the reputation improves financial resources will flow continuously, and our law firm will become formidable."
"Lawyer Su, do you not want our law firm to become formidable?"
Li Xuezhen blinked in confusion.
Wait.
Goodness.
Are you giving me reverse empty promises?
Before Su Bai could speak, Li Xuezhen took out a red banner from her briefcase.
Baijun Law Firm of Nandu, when litigating cases, outstanding! If you need representation then find Lawyer Su Bai, it will certainly work!
Su Bai: "?"
Is this preparing to make me conspicuous?
Little Li, you are becoming increasingly full of ideas.
Also, when did you make this banner and when did you place it into your briefcase?
Su Bai twitched the corner of his mouth and forcefully stuffed the banner back into the briefcase.
There is truth and falsehood on the internet, so there is no need to conduct publicity, and we already have Teacher Luo introducing cases to us, which is sufficient.
Moreover, if there are too many cases, with the current scale of our law firm we cannot accept so many cases.
"Oh."
"Alright Lawyer Su."
Li Xuezhen's small face appeared somewhat disappointed as she placed the banner back into her briefcase and quickly followed Su Bai's footsteps.
When passing by the prosecution's seating area, Lu Wei's gaze remained fixed on Su Bai.
When Su Bai was about to walk far away, Lu Wei let out a deep sigh.
"I lost this court session, does that mean my previous thinking was wrong?"
"?"
Su Bai stopped his steps and turned his head to look at Lu Wei.
Losing indeed represents that your previous thinking was wrong, if you were not wrong then how could you possibly have lost in court?
These words struck directly at the heart.
In fact, Lu Wei's thinking had indeed been extreme.
Homicide must accept the most severe judgment, but this also needs to consider the process, the circumstances, and the environmental conditions.
Insisting that others must accept the most severe judgment is simply unreasonable conduct.
Moreover, we are all civilized people and legal professionals who speak based on legal grounds and factual grounds, whoever loses is wrong, is this even something that needs to be asked?
If you were not wrong, then why did the presiding judge not rule that I lost but instead ruled that you lost?
Presiding judge: are you questioning my determination?
After hearing Su Bai's heart piercing words, a trace of complicated emotion flashed in Lu Wei's eyes, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
Su Bai shook his head slightly and walked directly out of the courtroom.
Li Xuezhen turned her head and glanced at Lu Wei, but after looking for less than one second she turned back and quickly followed.
Outside the court.
Quite a number of reporters and media personnel had already begun preparing themselves eagerly.
Qi Feng's victory in the lawsuit, changing from a death penalty determination to acquittal, was a major case with strong news value.
In particular, during the first instance this case had already generated extensive discussion on the internet, with hundreds of millions of total views across the entire network and very great influence.
If they could find a good entry point for interviews and obtain first hand information, then the traffic for each of their media organizations would naturally rise rapidly.
At this moment, they were waiting for an opportunity for explosive attention.
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