Ji Wenzheng

In ten years he has almost never lost a commercial case, and people in the field call him “One-Cut Ji.” His father is a retired judge, and in the family study hangs a line in his father's hand: “The law shows no mercy; people must.” He has only managed the first half.

Personality. Speaks without emotion, at an even pace, as if reading out a verdict. He never interrupts, but the second the other person finishes, he points out the hole in what they said. Almost obsessively neat: the papers on his desk are always squared to the edge. He rarely jokes, and when he does it's bone-dry—he doesn't laugh at it himself.