The plaque "No Litigation" hung on the main room of Tiantong Law Firm reflects Jiang Yong's vision: "I hope there will be no lawsuits, so why not let me be alone." On the morning of June 28, lawyers from Sanya, Xiamen, Hebei and other places Lawyers rushed to Babaoshan in Beijing

The plaque of "No Litigation" hangs on the main building of Tiantong Law Firm, which reflects the vision of Jiang Yong: "I hope there will be no lawsuits, so why not let me be alone."

Text | "Finance" reporter Wang Lina

editor ｜Lu Wei

html On the morning of June 28, legal professionals from Sanya, Xiamen, Hebei and other places rushed to Babaoshan in Beijing to bid farewell to Jiang Yong.

Jiang Yong is the founder of Tiantong Law Firm (hereinafter referred to as "Tiantong Law Firm") and Wuyi Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Wuliyi"). On June 22, Jiang Yong died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 50.

21 years ago, Jiang Yong resigned from the Supreme People's Court (hereinafter referred to as " Supreme People's Court "), and then founded a law firm. In 2014, he founded the legal Internet platform "Wu Litigation", hoping that technology will drive the law and create a more fair and just society. legal ecosystem.

Jiang Yong usually appears in dark suits and light shirts, and often appears on the podium wearing fruit green and bright red sweaters. He talks about the new model of "Internet + Law" and promotes the Internet innovation revolution in China's legal industry. This is almost It became his "mission" in the second half of his compact life. The

"No Litigation" platform claims to "let the law better serve everyone" and has now become one of the best legal search tools in the legal service market. It contains more than 95 million judgment documents; it is a professional tool for millions of legal professionals. A platform for learning, working and communication; more than 180,000 legal professionals have settled in, which is about one-third of the number of practicing lawyers in the country, providing legal services to individuals and businesses.

Jiang Yong’s original intention of “benefiting others” has been echoed. On June 23, news of Jiang Yong’s death circulated in the industry. In the evening, the news was confirmed by an obituary. Many legal professionals expressed their condolences on the Internet to commemorate Jiang Yong. By night, “Lawyer Jiang Yong passed away” was on the Weibo hot search Number one on the list.

As a leader in the legal Internet industry, it is not yet known what impact Jiang Yong's death will have on the development of Wuliu and the difficult-to-emerge legal Internet industry.

Continuous exploration, the life of a spring

html On June 23, after the news of Jiang Yong’s death was released, the “Tiantong Open Day Social Group” that had been dormant for many days became active again, and messages continued to pop up in the group to commemorate Jiang Yong.

In 2013, Tiantong Law Firm took the initiative to open its doors and welcome legal professionals from all walks of life to visit the law firm, listen to its litigation visualization cases, and taste Tiantong beef noodles. Most of the applicants were lawyers in the industry.

At that time, Tiantong, which had been established for more than ten years, was known in the industry as "small but beautiful". It focused on high-end civil and commercial litigation, mainly handling major, difficult and complex civil and commercial second instance and retrial cases, and had a high winning rate, which caused a stir in the industry. Pay attention to your peers. Litigation visualization was one of Tiantong’s “secrets” for winning in court at that time. It used visual text, charts, etc. to present complex legal facts and legal relationships, summarize and integrate evidence, and convey it to the court and clients.

Lawyer Zheng Wei practiced law at Tiantong Law Firm in his early years and studied under Jiang Yong. Zheng Wei told the reporter of " finance " that at that time, there was a fierce internal debate on whether to hold an open day, what to open, and in what form. "Like litigation visualization, everyone always thinks that we can just use it ourselves. Why should we share it? Competition among peers is fierce." After several discussions, Jiang Yong still insisted that there was no need to retain it and shared real cases from Tiantong with his peers. Case handling experience.

Zheng Wei said that Jiang Yong hopes to arouse consensus in the industry, "We win cases and respect with professional legal services and skills. The first is not relying on relationship resources, and the second is not selling qualifications."

What Jiang Yong hopes to do a lot of. Chen Zhihui, the author of "Tian Tong Code", is a best-selling author of legal books. He likes to study and organize judicial cases to study the judges' judicial thinking. After learning about Chen Zhihui's hobbies, Jiang Yong communicated with Chen Zhihui many times and believed that this was something that would benefit the entire legal profession. He was determined to create a "key code" for Chinese adjudication cases, which later became the "Tiantong Code", drawing on British and American case law. The country's key code encoding method collects, sorts out and refines the adjudication rules of China's typical and authoritative judicial cases.

In July 2013, Chen Zhihui joined Tiantong Institute and began to work on the compilation of "Tiantong Code". It took seven years to compile the 42 million-word "Eighteen Parts of Tiantong Code". Through systematic sorting and arrangement of past typical and difficult cases, The system of China’s civil and commercial litigation adjudication rules has been simplified, thus bringing convenience to the majority of legal practitioners.”

Chen Zhihui told Caijing reporters that it took about two years for the first batch of results to be released, and he continued to do more. Five years, "In ordinary law firms, this is hard to imagine. We have never thought that we can make money by publishing books. Making money by publishing books is not the profit model of law firms. Without sentiment and persistence, "Tian Tong Code" I can’t do it.”

Jiang Yong’s “ambition” is even greater. In 2014, Jiang Yong founded the legal Internet platform Wuliang. He transformed from a lawyer and law firm manager into an entrepreneur in the legal Internet industry. He is committed to building China's Internet litigation service platform and leading Internet innovation in China's legal industry.

Zheng Wei said that Jiang Yong has a very good concept of technology and law, and provides lawyers and clients with functions such as knowledge acquisition and case retrieval through big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies. "This was rarely seen in the traditional legal industry at the time. I see that this positivist research approach has a great influence. As a litigation lawyer in China now, it is basically impossible to handle cases without searching for similar cases.” After

founded Wuliang, Jiang Yong became even busier. As he himself said, Life is like pulling a spring, you have to use all your strength to explore the limits.

Currently, there are Wuliang Cases, Wuliang Academy, and Artificial Intelligence Fa Xiaotao on the Wuliang platform. During the new crown epidemic, the use of live classes on the Wuliang platform has exploded.

"I hope there will be no lawsuits, why not let me be alone"

Jiang Yong was told that he had a heart problem long before the college entrance examination and that he only had a 20-year "compensation period." When he was not yet 50 years old, Jiang Yong's hair was already gray. He once owned and operated 9 mobile phones at the same time, and it was normal to work 16 hours a day. Zheng Wei later left Tiantong Institute and often met Jiang Yong at some conferences. "Once, it was the sixth city Jiang Yong had visited in a week. He rushed back to Beijing in the evening and kept going around every day."

Chen Zhihui for "Tian Tong Ma" often works overtime until very late. When he walks out of the office and passes by the litigation-free office area, he often sees Jiang Yong still having meetings with his team. "Chen Zhihui said that unlike some successful people, Director Jiang Yong does not play golf, drink, or smoke. Chen Zhihui has been in danger of sudden death, and he often reminds Jiang Yong not to work too hard, "But I can understand him. , he is a person with a sense of mission. He has set himself so many things to do that no one can stop him. "

Jiang Yong once publicly stated that from a revenue perspective, it is difficult to see a return for what they have done, but from the perspective of "benefiting people", many people are using lawsuit-free products every day, "This is us. success. In fact, our vision is very clear, which is to create a more fair and just legal ecosystem. "

Zheng Wei said that the fact that Jiang Yong's death was on the hot search was actually a sign of "getting out of the circle." Lawyers can "get out of the circle" in various ways. "Lawyer Jiang has established an ideal image of a lawyer." He said that the public There are various prejudices and misunderstandings about lawyers. Some people think that lawyers are just carrying lawsuits and talking about lotus flowers in court. However, Jiang Yong has his own professional standards, professional ethics and ideals, and is committed to letting technology drive the law and let Legal services are more efficient and cost-effective.

When you walk into Tiantong Law Firm, you can see the "No Litigation" plaque hanging on the main room of the courtyard. This is Jiang Yong's vision: "I hope people will have no lawsuits, so why bother me?" Alone and free. "

When Jiang Yong was an intern in his early years, he followed the well-known criminal defense lawyer Tian Wenchang. Tian Wenchang told the Caijing reporter that Jiang Yong was "deeply committed" to his career. He went beyond the role of a lawyer. He did not simply handle cases, but He has a strong sense of social responsibility.

In 2000, when Jiang Yong resigned from the Supreme Court, China's legal profession was still an emerging industry, and it was rare for people to resign from the Supreme Court to become lawyers.That year, at the annual conference of Chinese lawyers, the famous jurist Jiang Ping pointed out in his speech that successful lawyers in the 21st century must be those with high taste, high quality and high level who have a sense of social responsibility and whose pulse beats with the people. lawyer. Jiang Yong later asked Jiang Ping to inscribe a couplet: "Geniuses sent from heaven are sent from heaven, and comrades who work with us are colleagues with us." Under the leadership of Jiang Yong,

has leveraged the vast market of "Internet + Law" without litigation and attracted financing from social capital. Since its establishment in 2014, Wuyi has received 27 million yuan in Series A financing from investment institutions IDG Capital and 120 million yuan in Series B financing from Huachuang Capital and IDG Capital. This is relatively rare in the traditional closed legal industry.

At present, the legal Internet industry has gradually become rational after experiencing the entrepreneurial boom in the past few years, and the deep integration of the Internet and law is still being explored. Some people in the industry are worried that Wuliang will face more challenges after losing its soul figure Jiang Yong; but some people in the industry believe that Wuliang's business model and strategic positioning have basically taken shape, and its future development should not be greatly affected.

After Jiang Yong’s death, a reporter from Caijing contacted the Wuliang Brand Department, but as of press time, had not received a reply.

Perhaps Jiang Yong’s ideal will continue in some young legal professionals. In March this year, Chen Zhihui left Tiantong Law Firm to "adjust his status and find new career passions." In the future, while focusing on business, he will continue to set aside time and energy to engage in knowledge management that he likes and is good at. "Like Lawyer Jiang, he may also pay more attention to the future development of the industry and practice the concept of a 'law firm (cloud) knowledge center' in a professional and comprehensive law firm." Chen Zhihui said.

After Zheng Wei changed his law firm practice, he also founded a legal Internet platform. "Those of us who are engaged in legal innovation and entrepreneurship still have the dream of fairness and justice in the hearts of law students. We hope that this dream can be realized little by little."