Chapter 16: What, Are You Also Going to File a Divorce Lawsuit?
Nandu Bank's remedial actions after the damage had already occurred produced only limited effects in public opinion.
Accordingly, Nandu Bank spent additional funds to influence media opinion on a large scale, attempting to seize the dominant position in public discourse.
Unfortunately, internet users did not accept this.
'Spend money, suppress the trending topics, spend money!'
Wang Wu spent substantial sums attempting to reduce the intensity of public opinion.
After expending a considerable amount of money, some results were finally achieved.
However, another development soon appeared when legal commentator Luo Daxiang released a video titled "The Most Brilliant Courtroom Argument Seen This Year."
The video explained the Wang Li case.
As a well known legal commentator, Luo Daxiang possessed considerable influence on the internet, and every video he released achieved extremely high reposting and viewing numbers.
Once this video was released, the media opinion that Nandu Bank had influenced immediately fell silent.
In the video, Luo Daxiang carefully analyzed the legal knowledge involved in the courtroom proceedings, explained why the lawyer argued from a particular perspective, and examined the key issues of the trial.
Although the trial footage in the video blurred references to Nandu Bank, those who understood the situation all knew that it referred to Nandu Bank, and there were many well informed users in the comment section.
Nandu Bank once again suffered substantial reputational damage.
Wang Wu only wished to say one thing, I am truly furious.
Compared with the excitement on the internet, Baijun law Firm was much quieter.
During the first two days after the lawsuit concluded, quite a number of people came to consult about legal matters, but most of them merely inquired without taking further action.
They came tentatively hoping to obtain free legal advice, and after learning that consultation required payment most of them left.
Not a single case was accepted.
There were also some women who came specifically to consult Su Bai regarding marital issues in order to relieve emotional pressure.
Su Bai referred all of them to Li Xuezhen.
Women often communicate more easily with one another, so assigning consultation matters to Li Xuezhen was not inappropriate.
However, for reasons that were unclear, those who came for consultation often left in haste after speaking with Li Xuezhen for less than ten minutes.
After two more days, as the publicity declined, the number of consultations decreased considerably.
With time available, Su Bai spent nearly five thousand yuan to hire workers for two days to renovate the law firm in general, so that at least in appearance it seemed much more formal than before.
He then spent another five thousand yuan purchasing some basic office equipment.
Overall, the law firm now appeared more like a proper law firm.
"Mm, much better than before."
Su Bai nodded with satisfaction, becoming bigger and stronger had taken a small step forward.
However, the law firm still remained quiet and had not received any cases.
It appeared that advertising on the internet had not been very effective.
Advertising through those media outlets was also ineffective.
During this period, there were quite a number of invitations asking him to join other law firms to handle criminal cases.
Yet there were still no cases to accept.
Working for others could not compare with the comfort of being independent, so he declined them all.
On the tenth day after the lawsuit concluded, around one thirty in the afternoon, the sun was high overhead and the weather outside was somewhat warm.
Su Bai drank tea while enjoying the air conditioning.
Li Xuezhen was busy posting advertisements for the law firm in the comment section under Teacher Luo's video.
Her method of advertising was simple and straightforward without any embellishment.
The comment she posted stated that the lawyer who won the case was Lawyer Su Bai of Nandu Baijun law Firm, that Lawyer Su Bai possessed excellent professional ability and was proficient in civil and criminal matters, and that those seeking legal representation should choose Nandu Baijun law Firm with confidence.
After half an hour, Li Xuezhen felt somewhat numb from repeatedly copying and pasting and could not help asking, "Lawyer Su, is this kind of advertising really effective?"
"I see that our comments do not seem to have any effect, and there has been no response through private messages."
"Of course it is effective, however posting only one comment may not have much effect, so you still need to persist in your efforts."
"Moreover, do you not wish to handle more cases, gain more litigation experience, and become a senior lawyer after your probationary period?"
Su Bai spoke seriously to encourage this young and energetic intern lawyer.
Li Xuezhen responded with a serious expression, "Yes!"
"Then continue."
"Yes, Lawyer Su!"
Encouraged, Li Xuezhen continued repeatedly copying the comments.
Su Bai looked at the date and considered that Wang Li should have completed the formalities related to the suspended sentence today, and he had arranged with Wang Zizhong to settle the legal fees today, so judging from the time they should be arriving soon.
As expected, while Su Bai was thinking,
Wang Zizhong and his wife, supported by Wang Li, slowly arrived at the entrance of Baijun law Firm, and the smiles on their faces could not be restrained.
For their son to have his sentence reduced from twenty years of fixed term imprisonment to a suspended sentence was, for the elderly couple, an act of extraordinary beneficence.
Otherwise, given their age, they might never have lived to see the day their son was released from prison.
They might have passed away with endless regret.
It could be said that Su Bai had given them new hope.
Wang Li also smiled broadly, and through this lawsuit he had come to recognize Su Bai's litigation ability.
If it had not been for Su Bai, by the time he was released from prison he would have become completely disconnected from society.
He felt sincere gratitude toward Su Bai.
Supporting his parents as they entered the law firm, he said, "Lawyer Su, Lawyer Su."
"Dad, slow down."
Wang Zizhong shook off Wang Li's support and walked quickly into the law firm, and Wang Li almost could not keep up.
On the newly purchased sofa in the law firm, Su Bai placed three bottles of mineral water in front of Wang Zizhong and his family who were seated on the sofa.
At the same time he handed the judgment document to Wang Li.
"This is the judgment document issued after the trial concluded, it had previously been kept with me, please keep it carefully and do not lose it."
Wang Li carefully and solemnly folded the judgment document several times until it was approximately pocket sized and then placed it into his pocket.
He then took out a black package from his bag.
"Lawyer Su, according to the contract the legal fees should be approximately one hundred thousand yuan."
"My father and I discussed it, if it had not been for you, Lawyer Su, I would probably have had to serve at least more than ten years in prison, but now I have received only a suspended sentence of a few months, here is one hundred and twenty thousand yuan, I know this is insignificant, but it is a token of our gratitude, please accept it."
Wang Li firmly placed the money into Su Bai's hands.
Wang Zizhong and Zhang Cuifen, fearing that Su Bai might refuse, also spoke in support.
"Lawyer Su, this case relied greatly on you, compared with the legal fees of other lawyers this amount is already quite small, please accept it."
"Yes, you helped our family so much, this expression of gratitude is not excessive."
Su Bai did not refuse, and in truth a silver tongued lawyer in the second instance could charge one hundred and eighty eight thousand yuan for such a case, and he had allowed Wang Li to avoid imprisonment entirely, so accepting this amount was not excessive.
Legal fees are generally determined according to the difficulty of the case.
After seeing that Su Bai accepted the money, Wang Li let out a long breath of relief, then seemed to recall something and asked,
"Lawyer Su, are you familiar with legal matters relating to marriage?"
Su Bai raised his head and looked toward Wang Li. "What, are you also going to file a divorce lawsuit?"
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