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Chapter 57 Going to the Film Set as a Resident Legal Assistant

There is a three-month period between the end of the college entrance examination and the start of university.

Before the college entrance examination, Lu Jie already had some ideas, which was to find a law firm or company to do a legal-related internship.

Get a feel for the industry beforehand.

In fact, he had already contacted two places before the exam: one was Kafka's collaborating lawyer, and the other was a company run by a popular online novelist.

He was originally planning to go to the lawyer who worked with Kafka. It just so happened that the lawyer needed an assistant to handle some cases during the summer vacation, so they arranged to go to the lawyer's place on the 10th.

However, after the exam, Sun Bo asked him to learn to drive and take the driving test, which delayed the entire month of June.

In late June, Kafka's lawyer went out of town to handle a tricky case. He contacted him a couple of days ago and could tell that the other party was very busy.

Thinking that going halfway through would not only be useless but would also cause trouble, he stopped mentioning going to intern with her.

He could go to the company run by a popular online novelist anytime.

But after talking to him in detail, he found that the company didn't seem to have anything special about it.

The company is not large, with only one legal counsel who routinely reviews internal contracts and provides risk advice.

In two months, you can probably only familiarize yourself with the legal procedures of a company of this size; it's hard to gain much practical experience.

So he plans to ask someone to look again, preferably someone who can provide concrete work and access firsthand legal information and operational practices within the industry.

It would be even better if it could help him start his own business in the future.

If you really can't find one, then go and intern at the company run by this popular online novelist for a while.

Upon hearing Zhong Muqing's curious question, he immediately shook his head and said:

"There's a game company owner who's writing books with me at Qidian.com. You can do an internship there."

"But their company doesn't have a great need for legal counsel, and there's no guarantee they'd have anything to do there, so I'd like to look around some more."

"If I can't find one, I'll intern with him for two months."

Zhong Muqing pondered for a moment and asked, "So, what kind of place do you want to intern at?"

Lu Jie thought for a moment and said, "As long as I can do some concrete things and have access to legal information, that's fine."

"For example, if a certain place has a lot of contracts that need to be sorted out during the summer vacation, or a certain lawyer has a lot of trivial cases on hand, I can help without causing trouble."

"The location or industry doesn't really matter."

Zhong Muqing nodded: "I'll ask around and let you know if there's a suitable place."

Lu Jie didn't refuse; if she could really recommend a suitable place, he would definitely go.

"Whether I get paid or not doesn't matter, as long as I can learn something."

Anyway, he doesn't need that internship salary.

After finishing their conversation, Zhong Muqing glanced at the rather overcast weather and suggested, "Shall we go for a stroll on the pedestrian street?"

Lu Jie agreed: "Let's go, take President Zhong on a tour of your Kafka store."

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After having a pizza at noon, Lu Jie and Zhong Muqing went home separately.

That evening, he received another call from Zhong Muqing.

He was pleasantly surprised by the information he received over the phone; they had actually found him an internship as a legal assistant so quickly.

"My uncle has a lawyer friend who is a partner at Zhonglun Law Firm. He has taken on a legal consultation case for a film crew, but he usually works in Shanghai and doesn't have time to go to the film crew to coordinate. This lawyer needs a temporary legal assistant to be stationed on set for the film crew from July 1st to early September."

"The on-site legal assistant needs to review the content of the standard contracts. These are all templates and are quite simple. The lawyer can explain them in detail."

"Then, some administrative work such as organizing and archiving contract documents needs to be done."

"If there are any non-standard contracts or risk clauses involved in the review, they need to be sent to the lawyer via email. The lawyer will reply with his opinions via email, and the on-site legal assistant will compile the revision opinions and risk suggestions and give them to the production team."

"The lawyer said these things aren't difficult, and the workload isn't heavy. It just requires being stationed on set. During the stationing period, food and accommodation are provided, and the on-site legal assistant has a single room with decent conditions."

"Although the work mainly involves basic administrative tasks, it allows me to directly engage with actual legal work and see contracts, review standards, requirements, and industry practices."

"I think this is quite suitable, and it sounds like it meets your requirements."

"It just so happens that this lawyer was worried about not having a suitable person to be stationed on-site. After my uncle told the lawyer about your situation, the lawyer immediately agreed."

"The salary is 3000 yuan per month."

"If you'd like, you can report to the film set on the 30th of this month."

"How is it?"

Lu Jie listened attentively and thought about it carefully. After a while, he said:

"I also think it's quite suitable."

"Where is the location for the on-set visit? What film crew is it?"

On the phone, Zhong Muqing said, "In Xiangcheng, I forgot to ask what this production crew does specifically, but the lawyer said it's a production crew under Hunan TV."

"It should be quite legitimate."

"If you want to confirm, I'll send your phone number and information to that lawyer, and they'll discuss the details with you later."

"The lawyer's name is Xue Jinhe."

Lu Jie agreed: "Okay."

Although working as a legal assistant on a film set might not be helpful for his future business ventures or startups, it could also provide an opportunity to learn about the film and television industry.

When I have money in the future, I can invest in film and television dramas.

After all, he knows all the popular TV dramas and movies.

Besides that, what he valued most was actually taking this opportunity to establish contact with this lawyer, Mr. Xue.

Zhong Muqing mentioned that this lawyer works at Zhonglun Law Firm, which is one of the Big Four law firms.

Very famous.

Not long after he hung up, he received a call from Beijing.

That's the lawyer Xue Jinhe that Zhong Muqing mentioned.

He thought the call was for a simple interview, but it turned out to be just a simple explanation of what he needed to do on-site, the location, the time, and the pay.

I only talked to him a little longer after he confirmed that he agreed to go.

"Law is a highly localized profession; you need to be familiar with the local situation and have local connections to carry out your work effectively."

"If you want to work or practice in Anhui Province in the future, then study locally and don't go elsewhere."

"Oh? You're planning to study law at Anhui University? It's the best law school in Anhui Province. If you want to work in Anhui Province in the future, it's a great choice."

Finally, the other party emphasized again:

"This production crew is filming a talent show. All information related to the recording and the competition is confidential, so you will need to sign a confidentiality agreement before you go to the production crew."

"No information may be leaked, otherwise you will bear heavy legal responsibility."

After agreeing, Lu Jie couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Could you tell me specifically what kind of talent show it is?"

The voice on the phone said, "Super Boy."