my wife is a consul

Chapter 37

Husky Hotel Suite 302.

Lu Ming flipped through the thick stack of court documents on the coffee table.

Chen Qinghua sat at the desk, copying some key points according to Lu Ming's instructions.

Wang Daan looked through the list of witnesses for the prosecution, and summed up the personality traits of several major witnesses according to what Lu Ming said.

It seems that everyone is very busy.

In fact, Lu Ming just wanted to find some work for them, so that they would have a sense of participation. From a certain perspective, it was also a kind of training for them and broadened their thinking in court.

The door of the inner room was closed, and Li Mingxuan and Xiaocui were inside, not knowing what they were talking about, but it was Li Mingxuan who wanted to talk to her.

"Haha, Lawyer Lu, I heard that you played very well today!" Liu Laocai laughed loudly, before anyone came in, the laughter had already arrived.

The big head sitting by the door couldn't help frowning.

"How about it, I'm treating you today, let's celebrate?" Liu Laocai patted his shiny bald head.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "Forget it, it's just started, it's too early to celebrate now, and in terms of the whole lawsuit, we are still at a big disadvantage."

Liu Laocai shook his head and wanted to say something, he could see Wang Daan and Chen Qinghua's appearance, and he looked at the thick documents on the coffee table in front of Lu Ming.

"That's good, that's good, you guys are busy first, you are busy first." Liu Laocai winked at Lu Ming again, "Seven o'clock, Wendebao Club, I will introduce you to a friend."

Lu Ming smiled: "Let me see, try my best to fight for it."

He got up and sent Liu Laocai to the corridor outside.

After all, he is the sponsor, and he voluntarily sponsors himself to fight the lawsuit. If he doesn't move his butt, it seems too disrespectful.

Back in the house, the phone rang, and Lu Ming walked over to pick it up. It was Pamela's unique Zhongzhou dialect, "Is Mr. Lu there?"

"I am." Lu Ming smiled.

"Boss, there is good news. The Velcro patent has been approved through the simple procedure, and it should be approved soon." Pamela was a little excited. After all, this was the first time she had made a piece since she was born. A very important thing, and it can be regarded as the first project of her career.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "This is really good news, thank you for your hard work."

Nowadays, the empire is in a period of rapid technological development, and various small inventions are emerging one after another. Therefore, it is very tolerant of patent applications, and those who are allowed to enter the simplified review process will basically pass smoothly.

"Did you win again in court today?" Pamela asked with a light smile, her voice softened.

"It's not about winning or losing, oh, you and Bisi spend more time with Hanzhu, I still can't go back tonight."

From being kissed by Pan Mila, to Bizhu's appearance, to having a erotic dream, I don't know whether the day passed by was beautiful or bad.

But now I'm really busy, and I basically live in the husky hotel.

Those messy reasons that I don't know how to deal with can only be put aside for the time being.

"Okay, boss, don't worry!" Pamela hesitated for a while, "I, I'll go and see you? Buy you some delicious supper?"

"No, I have an appointment tonight."

Lu Ming looked at his watch, and it was almost seven o'clock. Hearing the good news about Velcro, he just had a thought and wanted to talk to Liu Laocai.

……

On the third floor of Wendebao Club, there are three sets of private rooms for senior members, No. 8, No. 88 and No. 888.

In this world, the pronunciation of the number 8 is also very auspicious. I don't know if it is another coincidence.

The three sets of private rooms are extremely spacious and resplendent, and Lu Ming came to Room 888.

Lu Ming was the last one to come, and there were quite a few people in the suite. However, if you don't count the entourage, Xiaomi, etc., it seems that Liu Laocai has made an appointment with three friends, who should be his closest friends or business partners. , including Lu Ming, there are five protagonists in total.

Liu Laocai introduced to Lu Ming one by one. The first one was a white fat man in his 50s, a member of Beiguan, named Meng Dezhu, who was also the principal of Beiguan Women's Normal School, and a small party in Beiguan called "Educators Alliance". party leader.

When he shook hands with Lu Ming, he seemed a little arrogant. It seemed that he didn't agree with Liu Laocai's pulling Lu Ming to participate in this small circle party.

However, although Liu Laocai looked vulgar, he had always had a vicious look at people, but his sons didn't see him right, probably because he was in Lushan Mountain.

Therefore, in the end, the few people still listened to Liu Laocai, and met Liu Laocai's royal lawyer first.

The second person introduced by Liu Laocai is a hale and hearty old man, but he looks a little worried, and he seems to have encountered some troubles. This is an industrialist, named Zhao Xingwang, who runs a company that produces auto parts, "Xingwang "The industrial company, as soon as you hear it, knows that this is not a family business that has been passed down, but Zhao Xingwang, as the first generation, started from scratch.

He was obviously not thinking here, and when he shook hands with Lu Ming, he was a little perfunctory.

"Come here, Qianxing, this one is the owner of the Wendebao Club! He is also the executive chairman of the local construction workers' union, Chairman Wen Liang Yuwen!" When introducing the third person, Liu Laocai raised his voice.

Lu Ming also stared at the gentle middle-aged man in front of him, dressed in a black suit and elegant.

Judging from his appearance, no one would associate him with the largest gang organization in Beiguan.

In the empire, not only the East China Sea, but many gang leaders manipulated and used trade union organizations to make profits, which was similar to the Western society of the same period in his previous life.

As for Beiguan, the Wen family knew about it within a few days of coming here.

Wen Liangyu's father was a figure like the godfather of Beiguan, but he had passed away.

His five sons, who were his right-hand men back then, the five tigers of the Wen family, each took control of part of the power of the organization after his death. These five tigers also gradually split up. Of course, they will still unite to fight against foreign enemies.

Wen Liangyu is the fourth child, but controls the family's most important trade union organization, is also the largest shareholder of the Wen Debao Club, and is the nominal leader of the five tigers of the Wen family.

It can be seen that among the five brothers, he has the most brains and means.

The gang organization of the Wen family is different from the Ssangyong Club of Longye in his hometown. The militants of the Wen family even had more than a dozen gangsters armed with miniature submachine guns to ambush and attack the enemy. As a result, several passers-by were beaten. In the end, Wen Liangyu's father was imprisoned, and died of illness in prison a few years later.

As a result, the Wen family has turned from prosperity to decline, and their power and momentum are no longer as good as they used to be. However, in Beiguan, they are still a scourge. Even some councilors are unwilling to provoke them. Of course, councilors who use them to do dirty work in private may be the same Not a lot.

For example, in the construction of high-rise buildings, in many cases, those contractors need the cooperation of the construction union, and if some key figures in the political circles of Beiguan are not contacted, even if the contractors bid for the land, they may not be able to start work.

At this moment, I shook hands with Wen Liangyu lightly, feeling the slight weight in his hand, as if this person was also very weak.

Perhaps, the real ruthless character is like this.

Wen Liangyu looked at Lu Ming and smiled slightly, "Lawyer Lu, I may have to trouble you in the future."

This sentence is of course polite, Lu Ming knew that maybe Liu Laocai would sell himself to him, but how could the Wen family not have a royal status?A family that has dealt with the law for several lifetimes probably pays the most attention to the judicial aspect, to ensure that it is safer for them to walk in the gray area.

Liu Laocai laughed at this time, "Liangyu, you can promise, if Qianxing wins this lawsuit, he will be the legal adviser of your trade union. In Beiguan, you can win Liu Hanxuan's lawyer, you have to hurry Give it up?"

It seemed that the two had even made a bet, Wen Liangyu smiled and remained silent.

Lu Ming said with a smile: "A lawsuit doesn't mean anything. When everyone stumbles, Liu Han's embarrassment is the goal of my struggle."

Wen Liangyu looked at him and smiled, "Brother Qianxing, it seems that you are determined to win this lawsuit!"

They are all human spirits, of course they can keenly hear the meaning in casual words.

Liu Laocai picked Wen Liangyu's eyes, and said with a smile: "I said, brother Qianxing, there are a lot of things in the stomach, how do you say that? There is Jinxiu in the stomach, right?"

Fat white man Meng Dezhu looked at him helplessly, "Old Liu, I think you are quite beautiful! You are very good at showing off!"

Everyone laughed.

"Come on, let's sit down!" Liu Laocai motioned for everyone to sit down, and smiled at Wen Liangyu, "Liangyu, I called you today, so I'm going to turn the tables on you!"

Wen Liangyu smiled, "You are the convener, of course you speak up."

Everyone sat down, and the beautiful waiter in cheongsam brought a huge cigar, helped to trim and light the fire, and everyone chatted about everything.

Lu Ming sat in the most remote position on the sofa, just listening to their chat. As for the cigar, he also took a few sips, which was very refreshing.

Judging from their chat, they can quickly tell the priority from the secondary. It seems that Liu Laocai, Zhao Xingwang and Wen Liangyu are actually the financial backers of Representative Meng Dezhu and the small political party he leads.

Now, Meng Dezhu vaguely mentioned that in the middle of next year, the general election of the Beiguan Town Council will be held. He hopes to continue to receive the financial support of the three people, and, more importantly, he hopes to go further next year and enter the Beiguan Town Council. Regarding the municipal management committee, it needs a large sum of money to operate.

More than 50 councilors in Beiguan elected seven members of the municipal management committee. These seven members finally decided the candidates for all administrative agencies in Beiguan and decided the local laws and regulations of Beiguan. They were the real seven giants of Beiguan.

In fact, it sounds like Meng Dezhu has little hope. His qualifications and reputation among members of parliament are not enough to enter the ranks of the Big Seven.

But Liu Laocai and Wen Liangyu both patted their chests and guaranteed that they would fully support them. Well, they promised verbally, they promised first like playing every family, who is not a baby anymore?
Zhao Xingwang, however, had a worried expression on his face, "I, I will see the situation when the time comes. Whether my factory can survive or not is up to me."

Liu Laocai sighed, "Old Zhao, I am really powerless, as you know, my capital chain has always been very tight, 20 yuan, where can I get it?"

Wen Liangyu smoked her cigar slowly without making a sound.

It sounds like the situation in Zhao Xingwang's factory is very bad, and whether Liu Laocai and Wen Liangyu have the ability or not, they probably don't want to go into troubled waters.

Moreover, 20 yuan is really not a small amount. Lu Ming felt that if converted to the same age, the research and development expenses for the first electronic computer in his previous life were only 30 yuan.

In this world, the investment of small film and television companies is only a few 10 yuan.

Not to mention, what Zhao Xingwang needed was 20 yuan of funds, not any property.

Zhao Xingwang looked at Liu Laocai, then at Wen Liangyu, and sighed, "It's all my fault. I offended Mr. Zhu, and made me have a large backlog of goods, and the bank also blocked me, but I don't think I went in the wrong direction. I got a three-point seat belt, which is safer in the first place, Mr. Zhu laughed at me, and my colleagues laughed at me. I still think that although the three-point seat belt is a bit troublesome, it can still be done..."

In fact, when he said it himself, he seemed to have lost all confidence. These words were more like making excuses and saving face for the failure of his business decision.

When Lu Ming heard the "three-point seat belt", he suddenly looked at Zhao Xingwang.

Speaking of which, when I registered a technology company, I also thought about whether I could tinker with some patents in this world. After all, patented technology is not a basic industry, and a small change may be a patented technology that will affect future generations.

In fact, after much deliberation, it is only a "three-point seat belt". At first, I thought that when I had enough time, I would get to know talents in this field and tinker with this kind of seat belt for future generations.

In today's cars, the seat belts are all two-point or multi-point, and no one has come up with the clever fixation of the three-point type.

Moreover, in terms of safety, there should be little evidence to prove that three-point seat belts are safer.

Therefore, like my previous life, the three-point seat belt should have been clumsy when it first appeared, and it would be considered anti-human, not recognized, and it was inevitable to be ridiculed.

"Mr. Zhao, does your business mainly produce car seat belts?" Lu Ming asked.

Zhao Xingwang glanced at him and nodded casually.

"Then, what brand of cars do you mainly supply? Who is the Second Young Master Zhu you're talking about?"

Zhao Xingwang was worried when he met a rookie lawyer who didn't know the so-called questioning, but he didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he pretended not to hear him and picked up his cigar.

Liu Laocai smiled and smoothed things over, "Old Zhao mainly supplies Lingwei brand cars. The second son of Zhu is Zhu Guodong. He is the second son of the Zhu family of Lingwei Automobile Industry. He is in charge of the procurement department of Lingwei Group."

Lu Ming nodded.

Lingwei sedan is considered mid-range, and its sales volume is also very good. It can be regarded as one of the top ten auto industry groups in the empire, with its headquarters in Donghai.

There are hundreds of thousands of sales in a year.

Compared with real tycoons like others, Zhao Xingwang's company is indeed a small factory, making a little money in the downstream.

Lu Ming originally wanted to ask Zhao Xingwang how he offended the second young master of the Zhu family, but he swallowed the words because he didn't bother to talk to him at all.

With a smile, Lu Ming said: "Mr. Zhao, can you show me your company's financial statements, sales reports and other relevant materials for these years? In fact, I can still take out 20 yuan. For now, I have no other investment intentions.”

Everyone was stunned, looking at Lu Ming with different eyes.

Who would have thought that such a young man could come up with a huge sum of 20 yuan in cash?
Even Liu Laocai was astonished.

Zhao Xingwang opened his mouth wide in surprise and looked at Liu Laocai, but no matter what, the young man in front of him is a lawyer, and Liu Laocai was introduced into this circle, so it is impossible to talk nonsense at the first meeting.

When I wanted to say something, I suddenly felt a little ashamed.

Lu Ming smiled again: "Mr. Zhao, let's be a villain first and then a gentleman. You'd better also write a plan, the future development direction of the company, some ideas, etc., so that I can make an evaluation. If I feel that my capital injection , can save your factory, let’s talk about the terms of cooperation, if I feel that there is no hope, I’m not afraid that you won’t like to hear what I say, and I’m also a master who doesn’t see rabbits and don’t scatter eagles.”

"That is, it should be, it should be!" If you say that you still had doubts in your heart before, now Zhao Xingwang suddenly feels that this young man is more credible and there is hope ahead.

Lu Ming smiled: "For details, let's talk about it after I have a little understanding of your company!"

"Okay, okay!" Zhao Xingwang sat upright, and said a little ashamedly: "Lu Dazhuang, I'm out of my mind today, if I neglect you, please forgive me."

Lu Ming smiled and said, "I'm a brat, and I'm a junior, so Dong Zhao is serious."

From the beginning to the end, the most concerned three-point seat belt was not mentioned. When talking about business, it is very important to hide the true intention.

"Lawyer Lu, what time will your lawsuit start tomorrow? I want to go and listen." Wen Liangyu said with a smile.

He suddenly became interested in the confrontation between Lu Ming and the barrister from the Liu family.

His Wendebao Club was originally the Liu family's Mingjia Entertainment Hotel, the strongest competitor.

Lu Ming laughed, "Wen Dong, why don't you forget it? I don't want Liu Hanxuan to regard this lawsuit as a matter between you and his family. It will add a lot of unnecessary details."

"Well, you're right!" Looking at Lu Ming, Wen Liangyu's eyes showed a lot of admiration. He was willing to go to court to watch Lu Ming's lawsuit. This posture is very tall, and it will add a lot of face to Lu Ming, but this young man I don't care about these, but I am very clear that in this way, the lawsuit may indeed change its taste.

"Haha, I also wanted to see Lu Bian's methods, so let's do it another day!" Councilor Meng Dezhu laughed.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "Yes." This fat white congressman had the most obvious change in attitude. He was a member of the political circle, and he changed his face according to the wind, which was a basic skill.

Several people started chatting about other things again, but Zhao Xingwang couldn't sit still any longer, and hurriedly got up to leave, naturally to prepare the materials that Lu Ming wanted to see.

"By the way, Brother Liu, do you know a garment factory or a shoe factory, preferably a shoe factory whose customers are young people?" Lu Ming asked Liu Laocai, among several people, he called Liu Laocai "Brother Liu", it seems that the relationship between the two is the closest.

"Oh? How many do you know? Let me make an appointment for you?" Liu Laocai was very pleasantly surprised. He had already felt that this young man was not something in the pool, but he didn't want to. He brought him another surprise. It turned out that he was still an invisible rich man. I'm afraid my family background is very unusual.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "Brother Liu, I'm sorry." The reason why I came here was for Velcro.

Liu Laocai works in a department store and should be very familiar with the manufacture of clothing, shoes and hats.

"Brother, you should be cautious about investing in Lao Zhao. If you can really bring him back to life, won't I help him by throwing money at him?"

During the private chat with Lu Ming, Liu Laocai whispered in Lu Ming's ear.

Lu Ming nodded: "I understand."

Liu Laocai laughed, "Of course, you must know it in your heart, and I'm just worrying about it, haha!"

Lu Ming smiled without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)