Chapter 22 – Today’s Case is Truly Spectacular

The host hurriedly put on a smile and introduced Geum Na-yeong.

“Ah, this is the attorney who newly joined us today. It’s Attorney Geum Na-yeong. We will share a detailed conversation about the viewer’s concern story we have prepared. We’ll be right back.”

A commercial played.

In the meantime, the PD quickly ran over and whispered to Geum Na-yeong.

“Attorney, instead of this part, please speak during the real estate contract issue later on. Just read the script carefully and speak exactly as written there.”

“Yes, I understand.”

A short and dry reply.

The PD hesitated for a moment, but soon nodded and quickly returned to his place.

Attorney Ham Yu-yeol on the opposite side glared at Geum Na-yeong in disapproval.

“Who the hell is this guy suddenly cutting in…”

The broadcast resumed.

“Yes, we were talking about the fault ratio earlier. Attorney Ham Yu-yeol, then who would be the at-fault party in this situation?”

“Yes, if you look at the screen, the vehicle behind suddenly sped up. It would have been difficult for the informant to avoid it.

Therefore, the vehicle behind can be seen as the at-fault party.”

“….No. The informant is the at-fault party. One hundred percent, clear.”

Once again, Geum Na-yeong’s voice cut in.

The studio instantly froze coldly.

This time, even the host’s expression hardened, and in the end, the screen cut to a commercial without fail.

While the commercial was playing, Attorney Ham Yu-yeol jumped out of his seat and shouted.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

But Geum Na-yeong cut him off expressionlessly, without his gaze wavering even a bit.

“The person who submitted this video is not the victim, but the at-fault party.”

At that moment, Ham Yu-yeol smirked and openly sneered.

“Oh, really? You’re that great? Then why don’t you sit in this seat? Where does a kid who is so far behind get off cutting in and talking nonsense!”

Even after the commercial ended, the studio was still filled with tension.

Attorney Ham Yu-yeol shut his mouth in anger, and the host was trying hard to quickly handle the atmosphere.

Standing to one side, Writer Na Myeong-seong felt his mouth drying up. He could see in real-time the face of the PD sitting next to him turning increasingly ashen.

‘…..What is up with that attorney… Why is he doing that during a live broadcast…’

Cold sweat had already filled Na Myeong-seong’s palms. She bit her lip hard and made up her mind.

Now that things had come to this, there was no choice but to push through.

She sent a signal with her eyes to the youngest writer next to her.

After a moment, the youngest writer hurriedly scribbled a few words and held up a whiteboard written in large letters.

On it, in bold letters, was written, Countermeasure: [For now, guide to Geum Na-yeong’s explanation time].

The host, catching the whiteboard out of the corner of his eye, clapped his hands and ad-libbed as if it had been in the script.

“Well, then! …Let’s hear why Attorney Geum Na-yeong said it is 10:0.”

Then Geum Na-yeong slowly opened his mouth.

“Please replay the intersection CCTV video you showed earlier regarding this accident. At the slowest speed possible.”

At Geum Na-yeong’s words, the staff member began to play the recorded video very slowly.

“Do you see the red Matiz vehicle in front, and the vehicle in front of it?”

“Mmh… there is indeed something. It looks like a white vehicle.”

“Yes, if you look closely, you will see the license plate. Number 38ha 00**. It is turning left.”

“Wow, your eyesight is incredibly good, Attorney. You can see that?”

A comedian among the panelists cracked a joke.

“You must have studied well because your eyes are that good, right? Hahaha!”

A laugh burst out for a moment, but the panelists soon focused on Geum Na-yeong’s analysis.

“If you watch the next accident scene, the blackbox car enters to turn right from the left-turn lane. The car behind did not slow down.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Since it wasn’t much different from Attorney Ham Yu-yeol’s analysis, the panelists exchanged disappointed glances.

Cold sweat ran down Na Myeong-seong’s spine.

‘What… Was he just an attention-seeking attorney who likes to nitpick? Sigh… A broadcast accident… I’m ruined….’

“Stop!”

Geum Na-yeong stopped the video.

“Look at the blackbox vehicle’s plate number.”

Between the magnified, broken pixels, the informant’s license plate number momentarily appeared. 38ha 00**.

“Huh… Huh??”

The studio was instantly in a stir. The panelists also widened their eyes and looked at each other’s faces.

“The license plate number of the blackbox car and the number of the vehicle briefly seen at the very beginning of the video are the same. It is a typical insurance fraud.

The blackbox informant vehicle turned left, circled around, and returned to its original position.”

Geum Na-yeong had instantaneously spotted the license plate number of the vehicle in the CCTV footage that passed in a brief flash.

At his cool-headed explanation, the PD was temporarily speechless.

‘Wh… What? Insurance fraud? The reported video…?‘

The host jumped up from his seat and shouted.

“Wait, how could such a thing happen?”

The entire studio fell silent as if instantly shocked, and an unbelievable murmur spread among the staff.

Attorney Ham Yu-yeol also adjusted his glasses and stared back at the screen.

It was real. Just as Geum Na-yeong said, the informant vehicle had been hovering in front of the opponent’s vehicle preparing for the accident even before it happened, and when things didn’t work out, it quickly looped back and caused the accident.

“Wow… Today’s case is truly spectacular.”

The comedian looked at Writer Na’s whiteboard and tossed out a comment. The panelists exchanged glances and added their thoughts one by one.

“An, did he cause the insurance fraud himself and report it directly?”

“Wow… That is really amazing.”

The host cut in appropriately.

“Everyone, you were surprised just now, right? Today, we invited a new attorney and prepared the fun of looking at cases from a completely different perspective!”

“Wow… Hahaha!”

“That’s fascinating!”

The panelists clapped as if they had been completely fooled by the production team, and the host caught the timing with a wink and made the closing remarks.

Everyone in the control room admired him.

‘That attorney… must have seen the video for the first time… How did he recognize the car number with this quality?’

The YouTube live comment section was already in an uproar.

└ Wow, I really thought everyone didn’t know. Their acting skills are no joke.

└ It’s insurance fraud and he reported it himself? Look at his character.

└ Since the insurance company didn’t pay, he even requested the CCTV and reported it to the broadcast?

└ Let’s make the face genius attorney a fixed member.

└ Please make him a fixed member!

The PD, watching the real-time reactions, wore a smile.

‘Wow… Jackpot. We… just unearthed a star, didn’t we?’

Having finished his first broadcast like that, Geum Na-yeong removed his microphone and rose from his chair.

Just then, Attorney Ham Yu-yeol approached.

Thinking about it in reverse, if it hadn’t been for Geum Na-yeong, he would have almost publicly broadcasted incorrect content, and his trustworthy image would have been cracked.

“My, I learned a lesson today. I mean, how can your eyes be so good?”

At his question, Geum Na-yeong reached into the inside of his suit.

Fumble, fumble…

‘Ah! It’s not there…’

He had left his manual notebook behind today.

Geum Na-yeong stared quietly at Attorney Ham Yu-yeol’s face. Then, he chose a suitable answer from the brain explanation manual in his notebook, which was as clear as a photograph.

For now, the first answer was out. The second one about the cerebral visual cortex seemed like he wouldn’t understand. Then it was the third answer.

☑ Say that I could tell because my intelligence is high.

“I was able to tell because my intelligence is high.”

At Geum Na-yeong’s unexpected reply, Attorney Ham Yu-yeol tilted his head.

“Ah… I, I see. Because of high intelligence… Hahaha. This fellow’s dry joke is funny too. Let’s do well next time as well.”

Just like that, Geum Na-yeong’s first broadcast came to a grand close.

At the same time, Joint Law Office Teum.

The staff members who were watching the live morning broadcast in the office sighed simultaneously.

“Phew… How does he make people so nervous even when he goes out there. Attorney Geum Na-yeong is really something… Hahaha.”

Office Manager Yeom spoke, half-joking, half-serious.

Director Kim Mi-yeong, who was watching the live broadcast on her phone, smiled and agreed.

“Still, maybe because he is young and inherently handsome, he really looks great on screen.”

“Even though it’s a broadcast, he’s exactly the same as usual… Attorney Geum didn’t look nervous at all.”

As Office Manager Ju added his thoughts, everyone nodded.

“Exactly. Indeed…”

The office family members, mixing praises and jokes while talking about Geum Na-yeong.

However, that leisure did not last long. Immediately, the office phones began to ring all at once, as if spewing fire.

“Pardon? A consultation? An automobile accident, and you suspect it’s fraud like today’s broadcast case? One moment, let me take a memo…”

“Pardon? A broadcasting station? A request to appear?”

“Yes, you claim to be Geum Na-yeong’s son himself?”

Ring, ring, ring— Ring, ring, ring—

Consultation calls, broadcast appearance offers, even prank calls…

The phones at Teum Law Office rang incessantly as if on fire.

By the next day, Teum Law Office eventually hung up all the consultation phones.

It was because their operations were paralyzed due to the ceaseless inquiry calls.

The affiliated attorneys and staff gathered in the consultation room and began a countermeasure meeting.

“Well… it is fascinating that the company phone, which never rang to the point of boredom, is now on fire.”

“But it’s not like we have great physical strength. We can’t accept all the lawsuits that come in… and the staff will find it hard if they have to do work they aren’t used to.”

“Still, thanks to Attorney Geum, we are thoroughly seeing a trickle-down effect. I heard Office Manager Ju Yong-hae handed over several application cases here and there.”

Attorney Seo In-ja said, taking Geum Na-yeong’s side.

But Geum Na-yeong had no way of knowing the subtle, uncomfortable atmosphere brewing among the attorneys.

Just then, Director Kim Mi-yeong spoke up.

“Our accountant visited a few days ago. He said that since our office’s revenue suddenly shot up, we have no choice but to pay more taxes. So he suggested another plan.”

“Another plan?”

“Yes. We are currently using the first and second floors of the building, and the tenant on the third floor has moved out as their contract ended.

Since there are many cases and we need more staff, he suggested renting up to the third floor to expand the consultation rooms, and treating the rent and construction costs as expenses.”

Geum Na-yeong nodded.

“Good. It happens to be perfect. Since we are short on consultation rooms and the first floor space shrank with the opening of the notary office, let’s lease the third floor additionally.”

“That’s nice, but… the rent won’t be cheap.”

“I will bear the rent. Since the notary office revenue alone has already exceeded the entire rent.”

When Geum Na-yeong held out the revenue sheet he had calculated, the eyes of the Teum Law Office attorneys widened.

“Wait, is it already generating that much income?”

“Yes.”

The attorneys of Teum looked at each other, their surprise evident. Geum Na-yeong added.

“Since I have an associate attorney, the two of us will first divide and take the cases. Director Kim Mi-yeong can hire additional staff.”

“…An associate?… Ah… Attorney Seong Seok-ju…”

Attorney Seong Seok-ju’s expression darkened rapidly. Watching that, Attorney Seong Seok-yeon nodded.

‘Attorney Geum Na-yeong. He is doing it right. In any case, as for cases, the more volume you learn from, the faster your skills improve. If the youngest, Tae-gyu, learns together too… it will be good for the future as well.’

Just like that, Teum Law Office expanded its scale grandly, and the attorneys on the second floor began preparing to move to the third floor.