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著名律师的儿子有一个梦想，就是跟随父亲的脚步，继承父亲的事业。从大学和法学院以优异的成绩毕业后，他回到家乡，加入他父亲的公司，以证明自己是一个有价值的律师。 在结束了第一天上班后，他冲进父亲的办公室，说，“爸爸，爸爸！史密斯，你总是说（案子）会永远继续下去——你一直辛勤工作了十年——，而今天我只是用了一天就解决了一个案子，为客户节省了一笔财富！” 他的父亲皱起了眉头，责骂他的儿子，“我不是说（一个案子）会永远继续下去，儿子。我是说，它可以永远继续下去。当你看到我日复一日，重复在一个案子的工作时，你是否曾经想到过，我是按小时计费的？” A lawyer's son dreamed of following in his father's footsteps. After graduating from college and law school with honors, he returned home to join his father's firm, intent on proving himself to be a skilled and worthy attorney. At the end of his first day at work he rushed into his father's office, and said, "Father, father! The Smith case, that you always said would go on forever -- the one you have been toiling on for ten years -- in one single day, I settled that case and saved the client a fortune!" His father frowned, and scolded his son, "I did not say that it would go on forever, son. I said that it could go on forever. When you saw me toiling on that case for days and weeks at a time, didn't it ever occur to you that I was billing by the hour?" |
