In the afternoon of December 4, the cross-border symposium of the lawyers' drama “On the Field Now”, which is being broadcasted on CCTV 8 and Tencent Video, was successfully held in Beijing King&Capital Law Firm. Many partners of King&Capital Law Firm, representatives of other law firms and members of the cast and crew gathered together to carry out an in-depth dialogue on “the growth and social responsibility of lawyers”. This symposium focuses on the real ecology of the legal profession and the spread of the spirit of the rule of law by using the drama as a medium. Many lawyers from King&Capital Law Firm, such as Tian Wenchang, Liang Yali, Men Jinling, Xu Ying, Weng Xiaoping, and Wang Siyu, were also involved in the scriptwriting of the drama, as well as in the work of the legal adviser on the shooting site.
The scene of the symposium
King&Capital Law Firm founding partner and honorary director Tian Wenchang, director Zhu Yonghui, managing partner and CEO Chu Changzhi, senior partners Xu Ying, Nie Sufang, Li Zhiguang, Men Jinling and Liu Yang, partner Xu Wei, attorneys Gao Kun and Wang Siyu, scriptwriter of the movie “On the Set” Zhang Wei, director of the movie “On the Set” Deng Ke, and actors of the movie “On the Set” Li Le and Liu Haikuan participated in the seminar. The seminar was hosted by Weng Xiaoping, senior partner of King&Capital Law Firm.
Zhu Yonghui
Mr. Zhu Yonghui, Director of King&Capital Law Firm, mentioned in his speech that legal dramas are an important carrier of rule of law dissemination, and “On the Field Now” fills the gap of film and television that positively shows the image of lawyers with its in-depth insight into the industry. He thanked the creative team for their attention to the development of the legal profession and the rule of law, and looked forward to exchanging views with colleagues on topics such as “whether the profession of lawyers is really appealing” and “the growth and social responsibility of lawyers”.
Tian Wenchang
Mr. Tian Wenchang, General Counsel of “The Show” and Founder of King&Capital Law Firm, has been to the theater several times to participate in the guidance. He emphasized that a good legal drama should have the three functions of spreading the concept of the rule of law, popularizing legal knowledge, and correcting the image of the profession. The drama, through the examination of trainee lawyers and the handling of disputes over people's livelihoods, neither deifies the profession of lawyers nor overly creates conflicts, but rather, it presents the persistence and difficulties of the lawyers from a perspective of impartiality and makes the spirit of the rule of law more acceptable to the public. The spirit of the rule of law reaches the audience in a more acceptable way.
Zhang Wei
Zhang Wei, the scriptwriter, shared her seven-year creative process. In order to restore the real working condition of lawyers, she went into the King&Capital Law Firm many times to collect information, work with lawyers, and participate in case discussions, and the scenes of staying up late, working overtime, and communicating with the clients in the drama are all based on her real experiences. “We hope to break the public's stereotypical impression of lawyers as ‘greasy-headed and lucrative’, and show their professional perseverance and life is not easy.” Zhang Wei said. In this regard, King&Capital Law Firm senior partner Men Jinling agreed, she mentioned that Zhang Wei scriptwriters have specially participated in the Kyoto criminal defense training workshop, the whole process of listening to the mock courtroom, the evidence rehearsal and other professional links, this “sink your heart into digging the details of the” attitude of the picking up, so that the play has a solid foundation of the industry. “As criminal defense lawyers, we have seen too many unknown hardships and perseverance, the play did not avoid these real scenes, but through the delicate drama presented, so that the audience can see the three-dimensional face of the profession of lawyers, which is the greatest respect for our profession.” Men Jinling talked about it.
Xu Ying
Xu Ying, senior partner of King&Capital Law Firm, shared her professional insights with the audience, combining her own 17 years of growth from paralegal to senior partner. She emphasized that the core value of lawyers is to achieve fairness and justice through the litigation process, rather than simply defending specific groups. She summarized that young lawyers need to be sincere, tolerant, hardworking, good at “learning from others” and choosing high quality platforms, while senior lawyers should undertake social responsibilities such as mentoring, public welfare legal aid, law firm management, etc., so as to realize the career of “breaking through the small self and pursuing the big self”. Sublimation.
From left: Weng Xiaoping, Li Le, Nie Sufang, Liu Haikuan, Gao Kun.
From left: Li Zhiguang, Men Jinling, Deng Ke, Liu Yang, Li Le.
From left: Xu Wei, Pan Yang, Zhang Wei, Liu Haikuan, Wang Siyu.
In the latter part of the exchange session, Deng Ke, the director of the film, emphasized the importance of conveying the professional spirit of lawyers during the filming process, such as strict punctuality and client first, etc. Actors Li Le and Liu Haikuan, on the other hand, from the perspective of performance, shared their insights into the profession of lawyers through the filming, mentioning that lawyers are on call 24 hours a day and are under great psychological pressure. Actors Li Le and Liu Haikuan shared their feelings after learning more about the profession of lawyers through the filming from their acting perspective, mentioning that lawyers are “on call 24 hours a day” and that they were deeply touched by the details of the psychological pressure. Nie Sufang, senior partner of King&Capital Law Firm, deeply resonated with the lawyer's professional code of “empathizing with clients and sticking to the bottom line” in the drama, and believed that lawyers need to empathize with their clients while maintaining rational professional requirements; Liu Yang, senior partner of King&Capital Law Firm, appreciated that the title of the drama “On the Field” accurately summed up the professional state of lawyers --Pan Yang, Chief Operating Partner of Chide & Partners, shared his views on “Responsibility and Survival of Lawyers”, emphasizing that the core value of the legal profession is ‘trust’; Pan Yang, Senior Partner of Kyoto Law Firm, shared his views on the “Responsibility and Survival of Lawyers”, emphasizing that the core value of the legal profession is “trust”. "King&Capital Law Firm senior partner Li Zhiguang, partner Xu Wei, lawyers Gao Kun and Wang Siyu also discussed the professional responsibility of lawyers, specific case sharing and the growth of young lawyers.
Weng Xiaoping, senior partner of King&Capital Law Firm, said in the interaction that the growth of young lawyers has to go through the polishing of professional ability, but also have to face the balance between professional ideals and the pressure of reality, and that the delicate portrayal of this process in “Instant on” can enable more people to understand the complexity of the lawyer's profession, and also provide spiritual resonance for young lawyers.
Chu Changzhi
At the end of the event, King&Capital Law Firm Managing Partner and CEO Chu Changzhi summarized the harvest of the event in his concluding remarks with “three sights”: firstly, he saw the resonance of professionalism under the camera, and the perseverance of the drama and the lawyer profession originated from the silent contribution of countless people; secondly, he saw the temperature of human nature on top of the rules, and the drama converted the cold law into an emotional resonance that can be perceived by the public. Secondly, the human temperature above the rules, the drama will transform the cold law into the emotional resonance perceivable by the public; thirdly, the seed of the rule of law outside the drama, the drama will let more people understand the profession of lawyers and the value of the law. Finally, he looked forward to this symposium as a starting point to promote the in-depth cooperation between law firms and the film and television industry, and to create more rule of law works with professionalism, authenticity and temperature.
Group photo after the meeting
It is reported that “On the Field Now” focuses on the growth of law firm interns and the professional ecology of lawyers, and its realistic portrayal of the details of the industry and positive value orientation has triggered the dual resonance of the lawyer community and the general audience. Some industry insiders said that the drama not only builds a bridge between professionalism and art, but also allows the spirit of the rule of law through film and television communication to achieve a wider publicity effect.
