On the day when Wang-Lu Law Firm quietly moved to a new location and opened for business, Liu Laocai still sent two huge flower baskets.
The current decoration is extremely simple. The laundry shop is just divided into several single offices with plywood and painted. It looks quite ordinary.
Lu Ming and Wang Da'an each have a separate office. In addition, they also employ a clerk and a receptionist, which is the standard configuration for a small law firm.
Lu Ming and Wang Da'an signed a new partnership agreement, whereby each of them would pay half of the law firm's fees, and each of them would be responsible for their own profits and losses.
But in fact, the salary of the clerk is higher and is paid by Lu Ming, while the salary of the receptionist is paid by Wang Da'an. However, he called a relative from his family to come, so that the money would not be lost to outsiders. Fortunately, the job of the receptionist does not require any technical skills. It only requires answering the phone, entertaining guests and pouring tea and water.
The layout of the first floor has also changed. Pamela's two-bedroom apartment and the outer office are separated, and a back door is opened for entry and exit.
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Lu Ming looked through several documents on the table. Huaxia Technology Company had advertised in many newspapers and magazines, with good results. Some customers had already come to the company. Pamela followed Lu Ming's instructions and brought back all the materials for patent applications for Lu Ming to see, even if they seemed to be absurd and mentally ill arguments.
Indeed, these four or five patent ideas gave Lu Ming a headache. One of them even provided a product model, which was a nylon buckle with many patterns. It could be woven into various patterns, buckled forward, backward, and knotted.
Lu Ming couldn't help laughing. This guy should teach manual labor classes.
There was a gentle knock on the office door and Wang Da'an walked in. He stroked his short hair and still felt like he was dreaming. Would he be able to sit in a spacious and bright office one day and have employees to order him around
All these changes were brought about by this young partner of mine.
The rent is just a symbolic 10 yuan per month, and he pays 5 yuan. As for wages, he called his distant niece over and treated her like a cousin, saying, "Just give this kid food to eat, why should she ask for wages?"
The affairs officer is called Chen Qinghua. He is a college student who just graduated this year with a major in law. However, his school is not very famous. He is from another place and came to Donghai to make a living. His monthly salary is not high, only 40 yuan. But if I were asked to pay for it myself, I certainly couldn't afford it. Moreover, there is no need for an affairs officer in such a trivial legal aid case. It is a pure waste.
Now, Lu Ming is the only one who pays for this young man's salary.
Moreover, although the young man’s salary is not high, it is definitely worth the money and very easy to work with. Lawyer Lu has a sharp eye and chooses extraordinary people.
I now have some neighborhood lawsuits, and the size of the law firm determines the size of the clients.
What my teacher taught me in school back then, I now deeply understand.
Looking at the young partner who was buried in documents, Wang Daan was deeply moved.
"Brother Wang, is there something wrong?" Lu Ming looked up.
“Oh, it’s okay, I came to see you!” Wang Da’an laughed, “It’s rare for you to come here…” He couldn’t continue. It felt weird, as if a young wife was waiting for her husband who had not returned home for a long time.
Lu Ming smiled and stood up, "Come, let's talk." He called out to the outside, "Jiji, make two cups of coffee."
At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door, and a beautiful girl in a dark blue uniform suit came in with a tray. On the tray were two cups of steaming hot coffee.
She is Gigi, the receptionist outside, the daughter of a distant cousin of Wang Da'an. She went to school for a few years, but hung out with the wrong kind of friends and dropped out a long time ago. Now she is seventeen or eighteen years old, but still unsettled and unwilling to stay in the countryside. She envies the city life very much. She used to live in her hometown town, but now, she has come to live with her cousin with her boyfriend.
Although they had not known each other for a long time, Lu Ming had a feeling that this was a very vain girl.
However, this is of course none of her business. She cherishes this job opportunity which was originally unlikely for her, so she works very hard and does not work too hard. She is also very considerate and has a talent for reception.
Take the present for example. Actually, there was no need for me to call her, but she was keeping an eye on everything around her. She had already noticed that my cousin had entered the big boss's room. She thought that my cousin would talk to the big boss, so she had already made coffee and sent it over.
"Thank you!" Lu Ming nodded to her.
"I didn't add sugar to yours..." Ji Ji smiled sweetly at Lu Ming, and then said to Wang Daan: "Uncle, I added an extra piece of sugar to yours."
Seeing her go out and close the door, Lu Ming said, "Very considerate, good."
Wang Daan was relieved, for he was afraid that the young partner in front of him would be dissatisfied with Gigi and think that he had entrusted his services to the wrong person because of nepotism.
"Brother Wang, I heard you've been taking on a lot of cases recently? Are you able to handle it? Would you like me to help you handle one or two cases? These two days are holy days, so I don't have anything to do."
I have been studying at school for a few days, but starting from today, it is the Holy Day holiday, a five-day long vacation.
Holy Day is the most solemn festival in the Empire, commemorating the greatest woman in the history of the Empire - Queen Alice, who was the ruler of the Empire thousands of years ago. According to official history books, thousands of years ago, she used peace and love to convince all ethnic groups in the Empire to prosper together, thus creating the Holy Griffinni Empire, the most powerful country in history.
Regarding this, Lu Ming had only one feeling: there must be something wrong if I believe you.
Throughout the dynasties, the birth of a new dynasty was always accompanied by blood, gore, and countless bones.
Did the Westerners destroy the Central Asian dynasty through peace and love
However, this period of history is kept secret in official history books, and many unofficial histories are banned. In the north, one can still hear some legends about history from thousands of years ago, but in areas directly ruled by Westerners, it seems that that period of history has become a blank. Since ancient times, the Central Plains has been ruled by Westerners.
This sacred day should be a day of national destruction and shame for the people of Central Plains.
Unfortunately, there are very few people in Central China who think this way nowadays.
“Qianxing, Qianxing?…” Wang Daan’s gentle call brought Lu Ming back to his senses.
"Look, your brain is still working. I am sorry to bother you!" Wang Daan felt uncomfortable and stood up. "Just do your thing. I was just thinking that if you have time in the evening, I would like to treat you to a simple meal!"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Okay, I'll definitely have time."
After sending Wang Da'an out of the house and returning to his desk, he looked at the patent application materials for the nylon buckle, thought about it, then picked up a pen and paper and started writing.
Because suddenly, I thought of another kind of nylon buckle, the kind of nylon Velcro. I don't know if this guy can figure it out if I give him some inspiration.
Similar products of the same era were all the rage when they first came out.