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Chapter 660: Courtesy first, then attack
When a vulture lawyer is presented with an opportunity to increase his net worth by tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in one go, what will be his attitude?

Based on Larson's net worth, if what Li Dongling said comes true, then this amount of money is equivalent to doubling his net worth!
As for whether to believe Li Dongling's words, Larson has known Li Dongling for so many years, and he has witnessed Li Dongling's net worth skyrocketing. Others may not believe it, but he cannot.

Back then, Larson could cheat Microsoft for the sake of dollars. At that time, it was only for a few million dollars.

Now, what appears before Larson is a profit that is nearly a hundred times more than the several million dollars he made back then. How can Larson bear it?

Don’t be fooled by Larson’s appearance as a “good guy” in front of Li Dongling, pretending to be the legal director of a listed company.

But Larson is essentially an old-fashioned vulture lawyer. To put it bluntly, he is an American litigator in a suit. He does a life-and-death job and will do anything for dollars.

Lawyers in America are very different from what inland people imagine lawyers to be. Lawyers here are divided into many categories. Some lawyers sue just for dollars. What kind of bullshit justice is that? It's not worth a dollar!
There are even American lawyers, like Jayoma, who have brought the Hollywood TV series "Better Call Saul" from the TV series to reality, specializing in defending street criminals. His defense strategy is to have no moral bottom line, and he will talk nonsense as long as he can win.

Although he said that he treated every customer equally, Qiaooma's main goal was to defend those street criminals, so that these criminals could return to the streets, so that there would be no bad guys in federal prisons, so that street criminals could continue to shoot in America every day. Every time he succeeded, he would gain another loyal user...

Every time he won a lawsuit, Qioma would shoot a video with the criminal he "saved" and upload it to the overseas version of Yifo, earning a large amount of clicks and US dollars.

Through this model, Chioma quickly became a rising star in the American legal profession, the legal "godfather" of street criminals, and a big blogger on the Internet, making a lot of money.

He helped street criminals get away with their crimes, but no one cared about how the victims who were beaten, shot, threatened at gunpoint, kidnapped, and molested felt.

Compared to lawyers like Chioma who really make money by taking advantage of others' blood, Larson can be considered a "conscientious" person. At least he does not cheat the general public.

Vulture lawyers never take small cases worth $20,000 seriously. If they do take action, they will target giant American companies, celebrities, wealthy people, and powerful congressmen.

If you are afraid, you can't be a vulture lawyer. The most important thing in this line of work is courage. As long as you are courageous, even the federal commander-in-chief will dare to bring you down!
"Li, I need you to tell me what product Torch Group is going to make?"

With US dollars, Larson is not afraid of causing trouble, but the reason he has lived so long, besides being brave, is that before taking action every time, he has to make all kinds of thorough preparations, otherwise he might end up being hit and killed by a drunk truck driver on the way to file a lawsuit.

“An e-cigarette product is mainly to help tobacco users quit smoking. Of course, it has a variety of different flavors for users to choose from!”

Hearing this, even though Larson was mentally prepared, his heart couldn't help but tremble.

What bullshit, helping tobacco users quit smoking, Larson doesn’t believe this nonsense at all. I think it’s better to use e-cigarettes to replace traditional tobacco.

"I'm afraid this is not that easy. The Federal Tobacco Association will not allow such a product to appear and compete with them for business. In recent years, the American tobacco market has been shrinking!"

“The biggest problem is the Federal Food and Drug Administration. Only after passing this test can Torch Group’s e-cigarettes fully appear in the American market!”

Larson quickly analyzed that the key to Torch Group's tough battle was that this battle must be fought. If they did not fight with the American tobacco giant and let the other side see Torch Group's strength, they would never sit down and talk with Torch Group.

Li Dongling tapped the table lightly with his fingers. Larson didn't say anything. He had seen Li Dongling's methods since the lawsuit with Microsoft. He used a trick to divert trouble to Microsoft and directly hit Microsoft's health bar, letting everyone see where Microsoft's lifeline was: antitrust!
Giant companies are not afraid of delays, waste, or spending money, but they are afraid of their health bar being broken. If a god has a health bar, it loses its divinity. It is just a big boss with a thicker health bar, and one day it will be knocked down.

"The Torch Group does not want to be enemies with tobacco giants such as Philips and Reynolds. If the other party is willing to cooperate, then the Torch Group is willing to cooperate with the other party on electronic cigarette products!"

Hearing this, Larson showed an interested look, "Li, what do you mean..." "It is impossible for Torch Group to defeat all enemies. That is unrealistic. What Torch Group needs to do is to find its own allies in the American tobacco industry. As long as it can gain a foothold in America, it will be enough!"

Li Dongling said directly, to put it bluntly, it is still a game of using one faction to fight against another. When the tobacco giants who oppose the Torch Group see that the e-cigarette companies that cooperate with the Torch Group are making money, they will slowly compromise and turn to the Torch Group.

After all, you can oppose Torch Group and e-cigarettes, but they can't give up the US dollar, right? !
Once e-cigarettes become a big hit, the stock prices and market capitalizations of traditional tobacco companies will basically plummet. The anger of the tobacco company boards and the saliva of Wall Street investors will teach the management of tobacco giants such as Philips and Reynolds a lesson!
If they are too aggressive, don't blame Li Dongling for playing the "explosion" mode, licensing the patent of e-cigarettes to a group of people in America who want to start a business, and then supplying them with various e-cigarette parts!

Those e-cigarette startups only need to carry a sack and pay the Torch Group, and they can get the assembled e-cigarettes with their company brand, and then sell them in the American market.

Those tobacco giants can block one brand, Ruyan, but when there are dozens, dozens or even hundreds of e-cigarette brands running rampant in various states in America, then it will not be the Torch Group that will have a headache. Let them see the power of Emperor Ruyan!
Li Dongling has always advocated using courtesy before force. The steps were given to tobacco giants like Reynolds. If they were not tactful and unwilling to walk down the steps, Li Dongling would help them get there in one step and use their faces to make close contact with the ground!
Of course, when doing these things, you definitely cannot do them under the Torch Group's brand. How can you do such disgusting things using your real name? You can just set up a shell company in America, Mexico, Canada, etc. and do it.

The key to everything Torch Group does is whether e-cigarettes can be accepted by American smokers. This is the key.

As long as American smokers accept e-cigarettes, it will be like a dam bursting. The American Tobacco Association will not be able to stop the popularity of e-cigarettes in America no matter what!
Larson's lips twitched when he heard this. If Torch Group really played this game, e-cigarettes would probably become rampant in America. This move could be described as stealing the house.

"However, if possible, Torch Group still hopes to cooperate with the traditional American tobacco giants!"

Li Dongling said that using the explosive troop model is still a small trick after all, and most of the profits may be taken away by those e-cigarette companies.

If they cooperate with tobacco giants such as Reynolds, they may have to give up some profits, but the advantage is stability. For example, cigarettes can be sold directly in the American market without going through middlemen, and the profits will be much higher.

The most important thing is that with the endorsement of these traditional tobacco giants, the Federal Drug and Food Administration will not continue to target Torch Group.

It will also be beneficial for Torch Group to go public, or to split Ruyan and list it separately in America.

How much can you earn from selling e-cigarettes in a year? In the short term, it may not reach the level of annual sales of billions of dollars in America as in the past.

But if Ruyan is hyped up and listed, the cash out could be tens of billions of dollars. This is why all companies want to go public, because it makes money quickly. In the stock market, you can really collect all the taxes in Goose City a hundred years later.

"Larson, Ruyan from Torch Group has come to America, and the most important thing you need to do is to settle the lawsuit with the Federal Food and Drug Administration!
This is what you are best at, so I don't need to say more. Torch Group will provide you with sufficient funds, but you must win the lawsuit!"

Li Dongling didn't say anything serious, but with that 1% of listed shares at stake, he wasn't afraid that Larson wouldn't take it seriously.

"If we fight this lawsuit with the Federal Food and Drug Administration, the main battlefield will not be inside the court, but outside the court!"

Larson thought for a moment and said that he already had a rough outline in his mind. He would definitely use public opinion and mobilize dollars for public relations.

Professional matters should be done by professionals. Larson is really an expert in using these methods and Li Dongling doesn't need to worry about them at all.

Looking towards the golf course, Li Dongling has made a lot of preparations for Torch Group's Ruyan project.

Including the BYD Group in old Europe, they have also been brought into the Torch Group camp. By then, if a traditional tobacco giant can be brought in to form an alliance, the Torch Group's chances of winning in the overseas market will be increased!

(End of this chapter)