Wang Daan has spent a lot of money today. The place we are inviting to dinner is called Yoshikawashoku, which serves Japanese cuisine.
Although the owner of the shop is obviously from Zhongzhou, the decoration style and the waiters' attire are all in Oriental style. The round windows, low couches, and the simple and clear-lined layout of the private rooms are very authentic Oriental style.
The Orientals, also known as the Yingzhou people, are the second largest federation in the Federal Empire. The Yingzhou Kingdom was once a vassal state of the Zhongzhou Dynasty, just like the Westerners. A thousand years ago, the Yingzhou Kingdom attacked the Zhongzhou Dynasty with internal and external forces, and together with the Westerners, destroyed the Zhongzhou Dynasty.
Of course, this legend still exists in the unofficial history of the four northern provinces, but in the southern states and provinces, this history has long been lost.
Although the current laws of the empire allow all races to live in equality and prosperity, the various federations also maintain a high degree of autonomy.
But in fact, within the empire, there are still insurmountable barriers among the various ethnic groups. Westerners have the highest status, followed by Yingzhou people, Central Continent people are third, Westerners from the Western Free City-States Alliance are fourth, and Nanyang people from the Southern Brave Chieftains collection have the lowest status.
The Yingzhou Kingdom was located in the eastern coastal archipelago, so the Yingzhou people were also called Orientals.
The status of different ethnic groups is also reflected in cultural identity. For example, for the people of Central Asia, Oriental cuisine is an expensive consumption.
Today, Lu Ming, Wang Da'an, Chen Qinghua and Ji Ji are kneeling on the soft couch in the private room. On the low wooden table are mostly raw seafood.
Beiguan is on the seaside, and the local seafood is not expensive, but the price markup for Japanese cuisine is relatively high. For example, salmon sashimi. Local salmon retails for about 10 cents per pound, but these thin slices of fish meat may only weigh two or three taels, but the selling price is 50 cents.
This table of food costs about 4 yuan, which is a luxury for the working class.
It was the first time for Gigi to eat Japanese food that Lu Ming liked. Her eyes were shining, but she suppressed her excitement for fear of being looked down upon. She also never forgot to take care of the dinner party. She helped Lu Ming and Wang Daan to pour tea and pass water. She was very considerate. The girl stood up from time to time to get Lu Ming seasonings and the like. Her slender black silk legs under the dark blue uniform skirt attracted Chen Qinghua to peek from time to time.
"Japanese food is said to be healthy and good for the body! It is indeed light and tasty!" Wang Daan said with envy, "Our ancestors did not have such insight."
Lu Ming smiled and took a sip of the water. Although it seemed that the ancestors of Zhongzhou had a longer history of eating sashimi, it was only a side dish after all. The staple food still had to be steamed, which was the best choice from the perspective of ancient hygiene conditions.
But there is no need to engage in verbal argument here, it is just a futile effort.
"Lawyer Wang, I cannot agree with what you said..." Chen Qinghua suddenly raised his head and no longer glanced at Gigi's black stockings.
"Oh? What do you mean?" Wang Da'an was stunned.
"What's wrong with our ancestors? We, the Central Continent people, have a population of tens of millions. Do the Japanese have that? If they eat healthier, why don't they have as many people as us?" Chen Qinghua stiffened his neck, and the young man looked like he had been injected with chicken blood.
"Yingzhou is a small island with few resources and of course less population than us!" Wang Da'an laughed dumbly, "You are too young and naive. It's a big deal to say something bad about our ancestors. This is an objective fact. Why do you think I've forgotten my ancestors?"
"Had our ancestors been so bad, would they have been shitting on the heads of Westerners and Easterners for thousands of years? What were they back then? Just barbarians! One is a greedy white man, the other is a capricious villain!" Chen Qinghua's eyes widened, as if someone had stepped on his tail.
"Don't talk nonsense. You read some unofficial history and said that!" Wang Da'an looked around and his face became nervous. "Where did you get the banned book? Burn it immediately!"
Chen Qinghua also knew that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly shook his head, "I, I heard nonsense from others..." He picked up the wine cup, poured it into his mouth, and then started coughing loudly.
Wang Da'an looked at him and thought that such a dangerous person should be fired, otherwise it would bring disaster to the law firm.
But in reality, although Chen Qinghua was an employee of the law firm and he was one of the two bosses, Chen Qinghua's salary was paid by Lawyer Lu, so it was not easy for him to propose to fire him.
Lu Ming was looking at Chen Qinghua. He could not believe that there were still some young people in the current generation who were not overwhelmed by Western culture and still respected and were proud of their ancestors. This was quite rare.
"Brother Wang, I see you've taken on a lot of cases recently. Is there anything new?" Lu Ming asked with a smile, changing the subject.
"Nothing else..." Wang Daan hesitated, "There's just a murder case, which is a bit troublesome."
Murder case? Lu Ming was stunned. Logically speaking, when the court assigns legal aid cases, it still depends on the ability of the lawyers. Given Wang Daan's reputation and status in the Beiguan legal community, even if it was a legal aid case, he should not be assigned a murder case.
"The main reason is that the other party does not agree to the plea agreement and must go to court, but my client is determined not to admit to premeditated rape and murder, which means he will be hanged. How could he agree to it?"
Wang Daan sighed, "If I go to court and lose the case, and I lose another 10 points, I'm afraid my lawyer license will be revoked."
Wang Da'an's assessment score was minus 87 points. He lost 10 points for losing a lawsuit, and his total score was minus 97, which is just one step away from having his lawyer's license revoked.
The lawyer assessment score is based on 300 as the base number and increases by three times of that.
Minus 100-300 points means junior defense attorney; 300-900 points means intermediate defense attorney; 900-2700 points means senior defense attorney, and so on. New lawyer grades are determined every summer.
Because his score was quite dangerous, Wang Da'an never takes his cases to court. All cases are settled out of court, and the only thing he does in legal aid cases is to provide legal advice.
Then on the mid-year evaluation day, he had worked diligently throughout the year and received a lot of legal aid, so his comprehensive evaluation would give him extra points and help him get out of the danger zone.
But he didn't expect that he would now be charged with a serious crime that would require him to go to court.
Lu Ming looked at him and smiled, "Don't worry, maybe we won? I'll help you find the doubts later."
Wang Daan smiled bitterly, "Forget it, let's not drag you into this. The prosecutor this time is hired from outside. He is not the prosecutor, but the most powerful lawyer in Beiguan."
Lu Ming was stunned. "Liu Hanming? No way, he is coming personally?"
“That’s him…” Wang Da’an showed a bitter smile, “It seems that he will have a perfect ending. After the summer, he will advance to the fourth stage.”
Liu Hanming scored 2697 points in the assessment and is now a third-dan, senior advocate. As long as he can get 4 points and exceed 2700 points before the Bar Association assesses new lawyer ranks every summer, he can be promoted to fourth-dan, senior lawyer after the summer.
"I want to take every last drop of blood from you and harvest your head..." Lu Ming smiled, a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes, "Actually, you want to harvest mine, right?"
Wang Daan didn't understand that Lu Ming was talking about some gaming terms, but he agreed with his bloody description, "Qianxing, don't interfere. This matter will pass. Let Liu Hanming vent his anger, and he won't keep an eye on us anymore."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "If you want to vent your anger, wouldn't it be better to harvest mine? Well, after dinner, I'll go back and look at the case files." Seeing that Wang Da'an still wanted to persuade him, Lu Ming said solemnly, "Brother Wang, leave it to me. Your score is too dangerous. It was me who caused the incident. I'll let him vent his anger. This way, he will be relieved and won't pick on us in the future, right?"
Wang Daan thought about it and nodded: "Okay, you are right."
This young partner scored more than 31 points in the assessment. He lost 10 points, but it’s no big deal. In this way, the conflict with Liu Hanming Law Firm is over, which is also good.
Gigi listened to the conversation between the two and breathed a sigh of relief. His cousin drank too much yesterday and was crying and making a fuss. This case tortured his cousin a lot, but his cousin is the kind of person who won't let go of anything and he keeps everything to himself.
Although the big boss is young, he seems to be much more capable than my cousin. With the big boss's help, everything should be fine, right
Gigi stole a glance at the young boss.
If my cousin fails to become a lawyer, I will be driven back to the countryside where cow dung is everywhere. After experiencing these few days, I would rather commit suicide than go back to the past!