From Pokfulam to Central

On Monday morning, Qu Zhi woke up in the first ray of sunlight. Although his room was not as big as Chen Shuo's, it faced south and had good lighting.

Qu Zhi took out his phone, and after Zhou Mi passed the friend application that night, he said that he should not transfer the money by himself, but he really didn't.It's not that I can't afford it, it's just that Zhou Mi has already said so, and he will definitely not accept it if I turn it over to him. If the system returns it after 24 hours, I'm afraid it will be a little embarrassing and too hypocritical.

Qu Zhi knew this feeling, and he had to accept it from both sides, and it would not be too late when he had the opportunity in the future.

Today is the first day of school, each college of the university has basically arranged their own entrance ceremony for freshmen, Qu Zhi heard that the School of Economics and Management also has one, so he sent a WeChat to ask Zhou Mi if he would like to go to school together.

Unless necessary, Qu Zhi rarely takes the initiative to interact with people, there is no reason for indifference or arrogance, it is simply due to his indifferent temperament.The reason why he is called Zhou Mi today is entirely because he feels that he has done a favor without trying to repay him, which makes him feel embarrassed.

Zhou Mi sat up from the bed directly after receiving the WeChat message, with a chicken nest on his head, feeling extremely flattered.After all, through the past few days of getting along, Zhou Mi has roughly figured out Qu Zhi's character. It is not easy for him to take the initiative to send out such an invitation, and it is already a good start for himself.

Seeing that it was still early, Zhou Mi took out his mobile phone and called Zhao Dong, asking him to leave first, without coming to pick him up.

Every year, except for the graduation ceremony, the first day of school is the most lively day of the school.All freshmen of freshman year, first year of research, and first year of PhD will gather on campus on this day to experience everything in the whole school and meet new classmates.After everyone enters a new environment, they will unconsciously make preliminary judgments on the people around them. Some people are ordinary and ordinary, while others are amazing at a glance.

Qu Zhi and his party entered from the west gate, facing a turquoise banner with a welcome slogan printed on it, and every corner of the campus was also decorated with the color used by the University of Hong Kong for its centenary, full of vitality.

The Faculty of Law is located in the Zheng Yutong Building on the hillside to the west, and the entrance ceremony was held at the nearby Lee Shau Kee Conference Center; the Faculty of Economics and Management is in the Liang Qiusaw Building to the east, and the ceremony was held in the main hall of the headquarters building.

Qu Zhi said goodbye to Zhou Mi, and under the leadership of Chen Shuo, who had already been to the school twice, he traveled all the way west and came to the Lee Shau Kee Conference Center.At this time, a long queue had formed in front of the sign-in counter at the entrance of the auditorium, and several volunteers who looked like students were signing in for the new students and distributing materials produced by the college.

The girl who was in charge of signing in sent another freshman away with a standard smile, put a check mark on the form, and when she raised her head again, she was facing Qu Zhi's polite and handsome face.She was stunned for a while, consciously losing her composure, and hastily accepted the two student cards that Qu Zhi handed over.

After checking the Chinese name and English pinyin on the student card, she confirmed that the other party is a freshman from the mainland. The girl changed her fluent Cantonese to standard Mandarin and a more sincere smile. Faculty. I am a fresh graduate of the University of Hong Kong Law School and a freshman of the LLM program this year. My name is Wang Yingwei."

"Hello," Qu Zhi kept smiling politely, "My name is Qu Zhi, and this is my roommate Chen Shuo."

Chen Shuo responded, "Hi, nice to meet you."

Wang Ying nodded slightly, then asked the girl behind her for two material bags prepared for LLM freshmen, got up and handed them in front of them.

Qu Zhi and Chen Shuo thanked the two girls, left the registration area and entered the venue.

The number of students in the Faculty of Law ranks among the top among the top ten colleges of the University of Hong Kong, and the proportion of freshmen should not be underestimated.Looking around, the entire first floor of the auditorium can accommodate hundreds of people, and it is almost full at this moment, only a few corners are left with some empty seats.Among the people present, the front row are all college teachers, and the rest include undergraduates, LLM students, JD students, and some social people who are studying certificate courses.Some of them are well-groomed, some are unpretentious, some are childish, some are mature and stable, some are young and frivolous, and some are sophisticated and tactful.People from all over the world talked with each other, and English, Cantonese, and Mandarin were intertwined and mixed, which was very lively.

Qu Zhi and Chen Shuo found a seat near the door.At this moment, technicians are making final adjustments to the equipment, and the entrance ceremony will begin soon.Qu Zhi ignored the people coming and going in front of him, regardless of the uproar in his ears, and concentrated on reading the introduction about the moot court competition in the freshman materials.

It has to be admitted that the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong has a strong faculty, and the instructors in charge of moot courts such as Jessup, ELSA-WTO, and Red Cross IHL are also the elite of the elite.

In addition to the moot court, there is also a moot arbitration competition with a long history and great reputation, that is Willem C.Vis, the only global international commercial moot arbitration court in the world.This competition is based on the system of commercial arbitration, and this alternative dispute resolution mechanism itself is highly sought after by the business community because of its special advantages different from court trials.It can be said that if you can achieve good results in this competition, you will have a stepping stone that can knock on the door of the most profitable department of various well-known law firms.

The competition in the mainland is called the CIETAC Cup, and the teams that win the championship and runner-up each year can go to Vienna, Austria and Hong Kong, China to participate in international competitions in the first half of the next year.When Qu Zhi was at Peking University, he participated in the competition twice, and the second time he came to Hong Kong to participate in Willem C.Vis (East) as the runner-up.It was also at that time that Qu Zhi met Qian Jing, a well-known economic law professor who led the Hong Kong University team at that time.Now, Qu Zhi is in the list of Willem C.Vis tutors, and he saw his name again.

"Please be quiet, everyone, our entrance ceremony will begin soon." On the stage, the host's voice brought Qu Zhi's thoughts back to reality.

"Hi everyone, I am the host of this entrance ceremony, the chairman of the Faculty of Law Student Union Xu Weicheng. First of all, welcome all new students to join the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong."

The audience applauded like a wave.

After the applause, the host continued: "The Law School of the University of Hong Kong, established in 1969, is the first place in Hong Kong to offer law majors, and it is also one of the most prestigious law schools in the world. Here, we have excellent teachers. The team, students can not only see academic leaders in the theoretical field, but also get the blessing of well-known leaders in the practical world; from here, we have produced countless outstanding graduates, who are in the positions of the Legislative Council, the government, and law firms. , use what they have learned to contribute to Hong Kong society. Their shining today will also be the tomorrow of everyone here."

"Next, let us invite the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Feng Yunli to deliver a speech."

Professor Feng Yunli got up to the stage amidst the warm applause, and began to deliver this long speech on legal beliefs in English with a slight Cantonese accent.

Chen Shuo turned his head, "Do you still remember the speech given by the dean of Peking University Law School when we were freshmen? We were sitting together at that time."

Of course Qu Zhi remembered that it was a speech on the eternal theme of "fairness and justice".He still remembered that all the students present at that time had almost a blank piece of paper in terms of legal knowledge. When someone wrote on this paper for the first time, everyone eagerly accepted it.It seems that I am the only one who, with great negation of terms such as common property and joint debt, thinks that the so-called fairness and justice are all nonsense.

To this day, although he still disagrees with those rough legal provisions, at least he understands the considerations of the legislators for such regulations, and his mentality is no longer as radical as it was then.

However, four years of immersion in legal knowledge did not give him any legal beliefs.After studying law for four years, no matter what, I will have some feelings for this major, but it is a pity that feelings will always die in the bud because of standing on the opposite side of the facts.Think about the Simpson case back then. The case was included in textbooks to demonstrate the judicial system’s adherence to procedural justice, but what Qu Zhi saw was the abandonment of factual justice by the six highly respected lawyers of the “Dream Lawyers Group”.There are countless similar examples at all times and in all over the world. If this is the case, what is there to believe in the law?

Qu Zhi thinks that sometimes he looks at problems from a paranoid perspective, and his attitude towards the results is very indifferent.It's a pity that this attitude towards life has long been finalized, and it is jointly shaped by the sum of what a person has experienced in the past 20 years.In the days to come, it is easy to deepen and consolidate, but difficult to reverse and transform.

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The author has something to say:

The plot of this chapter is a bit watery, but it is still necessary to lay out some general environmental information and background knowledge in advance.In addition, I have to go back to Beijing tomorrow, I don’t know if I will delay the update_(ツ)_/