Era: I have a two-world door

Chapter 314

After they sat down, Du Wanting took out two documents and placed them on the table and said, "Mr. Wang, these two contracts, one is in Mandarin and the other is in English."

Wang Qingsong took the contract and opened the first page.

Watching there.

"Mr. Wang, let me explain to you that the main laws and precedents in Hong Kong are in English, so it is more accurate to use English in legal documents. Many legal terms cannot be found in Chinese. All official documents in Hong Kong are only accepted by the court in English. Therefore, the English version is still required for the final contract."

Du Wanting was worried that he didn't understand, so she explained it briefly.

"Okay, let me take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qingsong looked up and nodded, and continued to watch there.

Because this matter concerns whether his rights and interests can be guaranteed after he leaves.

The Chinese manuscript is very thick, with dozens of pages.

Although he couldn't understand all of it, he still read it carefully.

After looking for more than half an hour, he finally looked up.

Looking at Du Wanting and Du Minghai with red eyes, I knew that they might not have slept all night last night.

Du Wanting should have been writing a contract last night.

Du Minghai might have gone to the factory, because he had two pairs of jeans in his hand, but they did not look as exquisite as those in later generations.

But it looks almost there.

"Lawyer Du, I'll ask someone to look at the contract and then come back here to see you. Is that okay? You should also go and have a rest."

Seeing this, Du Wanting nodded: "No problem, Mr. Wang, should we wait for you here, or should we arrange a place?"

Wang Qingsong thought for a moment and said, "You guys wait for me here. I'm not very familiar with this place."

Hearing him say this, Du Wanting agreed.

"Well, Xuan, where is this fabric produced? What are its ingredients? What is your annual output?"

After all, Du Minghai is in the garment manufacturing business.

As soon as he got the stuff yesterday, he left his daughter and went to the factory to make two pairs of jeans that are currently popular in Hong Kong Island.

The difference is immediately apparent in this comparison.

Today's jeans are known for being strong and durable, and are made of pure cotton fabric.

There is no way to avoid a problem, that is, jeans are made of coarse cloth and have no elasticity at all.

But the cloth that Wang Qingsong brought was much finer.

Don't underestimate this small difference, the gap is huge.

He was very curious about where there was such a manufacturer.

And his previous offer seemed a bit underestimated.

Wang Qingsong thought for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know the specific production capacity, but one thing is for sure, you definitely don't need so much. As for the fabric... I'm not very clear about that either."

He did some research on the production capacity of denim and it seemed to be several billion meters a year.

But most of them have customers.

But no matter what, Du Minghai couldn't consume so much denim.

Of course, if we open up overseas markets in the future, that will be another matter.

Hearing this, Du Minghai scratched his head and completely lost his usual calmness.

This thing is too important to him.

"Well... can I get this? I want to make a batch and try it out."

Wang Qingsong thought about it, but still didn't give a direct answer: "I'll take a look at it when the time comes. By the way, I will leave the day after tomorrow night, or at the latest the morning of the day after tomorrow. I will go to a lawyer to look at the contract. If there are no problems, I can ship the machine back tonight for debugging."

"Hey, okay! Okay!"

Du Minghai agreed.

Wang Qingsong saw that he had almost finished talking about the matter, so he just left.

He did not find another lawyer from Du Wanting, and he did not quite trust the person provided by the other party.

After coming out, take the elevator straight to the top floor.

There are some company nameplates on the first floor of the building.

There is also a law firm on the top floor.

Go there and ask first.

When we arrived at the place, it looked much more impressive than the law firm where Du Wanting worked, which had two companies on one floor.

This is a floor occupied by one company alone.

There were quite a few people in the hall.

After Wang Qingsong came in, he looked around and saw that it was still very busy inside, with many people there asking for advice.

He looked around and prepared to find someone to ask about the situation.

"Hello sir, welcome to Dongchen Law Firm. Do you have anything you want?"

Suddenly a young girl in a suit came up and said hello.

Then I saw Wang Qingsong’s confused expression.

He immediately changed the topic: "Mr. Lei Hou, welcome to Dongchen Law Firm. What can I do for you?"

Wang Qingsong said directly: "I'm sorry, I don't understand some of what you say. Can you speak Mandarin?"

Hearing this, the other party hurriedly smiled and said, "Excuse me, sir. This is Dongchen Law Firm. Is there anything you need? Are you looking for a transactional lawyer or a barrister?"

Wang Qingsong didn't answer in a hurry, but asked: "I want to find a good lawyer to help me look at a contract. How about your law firm?"

Very straightforward.

Anyway, he doesn't understand, so just ask.

"Sir, there are about 12 lawyers in Hong Kong Island, of whom are barristers, and we also have a Queen's Counsel. Our law firm is also famous throughout Hong Kong Island."

Wang Qingsong nodded.

Indeed, it is capable.

When he asked Zhou Ying for a Hong Kong lawyer, he did some quick research.

Basically, three or two big lawyers, or one person, can open an independent law firm.

As for the Queen's Counsel, that is even higher.

It is one-tenth of the barristers, and one needs more than fifteen years of professional experience, and must pass assessments to become a senior lawyer.

A title awarded by the British Royal Family.

That is, after the return, he was renamed as the senior barrister in later generations.

(Here is a brief mention, lawyers in Hong Kong are divided into two systems, solicitors and barristers are at the same level, solicitors are good at handling various legal affairs, while barristers are good at litigation, but most of those who are called senior are good at both, so I won’t explain in detail.)
After thinking for a while, he asked, "Well, if I'm the Queen's Counsel, do you have time now? How much do you charge here?"

Du Wanting charges 10 yuan an hour, and the charges for handling matters are additional.

This salary doesn't seem high.

But the average salary in Hong Kong Island now is only a little over 100 yuan a month.

Du Wanting's one-day salary is equivalent to others' monthly salary.

Seeing this, the other party smiled and said, "Lawyer Tian happens to be free today and can spare an hour of his time. The fee is HK$30 per hour. But it's only in the morning. In the afternoon, he needs to appear in court."

(I don't know the price, I checked and found that the average fee for a senior lawyer in 1981 and 2023 was about 1 to 2 times the average person's monthly salary for one day.)
Wang Qingsong nodded immediately upon seeing this.

"Then let's find Lawyer Tian! Is it okay now?"

"Okay, I'll go and ask for advice. Please wait here for a moment, sir. Would you like coffee or tea?"

The other party took him to a sofa in the hall and asked some questions.

"Tea, please!"

After getting the answer, the girl poured him a glass of water and was about to leave.

Wang Qingsong saw this and thought of something and asked, "Do all of you lawyers speak English, Cantonese, and Mandarin?"

"Yes, sir! Because we need to serve different clients, most lawyers need to know several languages."

"Oh, I see! Thank you!"

"You're welcome!"

The other person smiled, turned and left.

Wang Qingsong sat there and waited quietly.

……

"Tingting, is there any problem with the contract?"

Du Minghai asked Du Wanting.

He was very conflicted. Suddenly someone came to invest in his own company, and he was still a little unwilling, so he wanted to gain an advantage in the contract.

But he didn't want to offend such a person after just a brief contact.

Du Wanting shook her head helplessly: "No, you also know that Wang Zixuan doesn't need this little money at all. How could he not ask a big lawyer to review such a big contract? It's not impossible that he even hired a royal lawyer."

Hearing his daughter say this, Du Minghai also sighed.

……

Wang Qingsong sat there and changed two cups of water. After an hour, the other party finally asked someone to call him over.

I paid for one hour first.

Was taken to an office.

The other person was about 40 years old, very clean, and wearing a "court robe" for appearing in court.

The girl came in and had a brief conversation with the other party, then left. After closing the door, the other party smiled and said, "What do you want, Mr. Wang? You can just say it directly."

Wang Qingsong took out two contracts and placed them in front of the other party, saying, "It's like this, Lawyer Tian, ​​I plan to invest in some equipment..."

Let me tell you the general situation.

The other party listened quietly.

After he finished speaking, he nodded slightly.

What a lawyer has to do is to express the client's casual remarks in written form using rigorous language.

"Okay, I'll take a look first, but there is one thing, if it needs to be modified, it will be charged again according to the situation."

Wang Qingsong didn't want to go through it anymore.

Then he agreed.

Lawyer Tian did not read the Chinese version, but instead took the English version of the document and read it quietly.

"Mr. Wang should have just arrived here not long ago!"

Lawyer Tian looked at the things and asked without even nodding his head, obviously handling the matter with ease.

Wang Qingsong naturally answered the question calmly.

Anyway, it can be seen on his ID card.

Have you worked in the textile industry before?
"no!"

"Oh, that's how it is!"

Lawyer Tian nodded and continued to read quietly.

I quickly skimmed it and started reading it again.

This time I read much more slowly, and from time to time I would ponder and think about certain places and make a few marks.

Even so, his speed is faster than Wang Qingsong's.

Half an hour later, Lawyer Tian finished.

He raised his head and said, "The contract itself is not a big problem. If we need to add some restrictions that are beneficial to Mr. Wang and can better protect Mr. Wang's interests, do we need to modify it?"

Wang Qingsong asked curiously: "For example, what do you want to change? Can you tell me?"

"I can briefly mention the audit by the accounting firm... the supervision by the Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission..."

He held the thing and gave a brief talk about it, only pointing out the disadvantages but not saying how to modify it.

And not too many points were mentioned.

After Wang Qingsong listened, he pondered over it.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "How much does it cost specifically?"

Lawyer Tian placed a piece of paper in front of him.

Both Chinese and English versions.

Wang Qingsong took a look and saw that it said;

HK$100000 for an original consideration not exceeding HK$110; HK$500000 for an original consideration of HK$180 or more;
If the original price is unlimited, the fee remains HK$180.

"Your contract standard is over half a million, so the fee is HK$180."

Lawyer Tian pointed at the paper with a pen and said something.

When Wang Qingsong saw the price, he naturally agreed.

Although this is already an ordinary person's monthly salary.

After agreeing, the other party looked at the time.

There were some writings and drawings on the things that were marked before, all in English, which Wang Qingsong couldn't understand.

However, the other party explained the reasons to him one by one.

After everything was done, he smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Wang, you can go to the front desk to pay, and I will have someone reprint it for you. There will also be someone special to check it."

Wang Qingsong took the thing and looked at it, but unfortunately he couldn't understand it.

Finally nodded.

"it is good!"

"Casey, come in."

Lawyer Tian shouted to the outside.

After a while, another girl came in, talked to him, and took him out to pay for reprinting.

Gave the money and waited there quietly.

It was time for lunch.

But there are still some assistants working in the office.

However, Wang Qingsong refused and went out to find something to eat.

I came back again, waited for more than two hours, and left the law firm with two contracts.

When they returned to Du Wanting's side, the two were already waiting there.

"Mr. Wang, what's going on?"

Du Wanting also knew that this matter was a bit rushed, but there was no other way, she had to hurry up.

And Wang Qingsong will be anxious to go back in a few days.

Thus, a hasty deal was formed. Otherwise, the process would have taken at least half a month of mutual negotiation.

So this time she really didn't set any traps in the contract.

It is to make the transaction go more smoothly.

Wang Qingsong took out the thing and handed it to her.

Du Wanting took the thing and looked at it.

She drafted the contract and then asked her master to review it, so he could naturally see the changes in the contract at a glance.

When she saw one place, her brows frowned.

He saw another place and frowned again.

Without saying anything, I quietly read all the content.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Mr. Wang, can I discuss this with my father?"

"can!"

After agreeing, the two of them came to the side and whispered there.

……

The two came to one side, and Du Wanting said to her father hesitantly: "Dad, this contract has been modified by someone."

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Du Minghai was puzzled for a moment.

"That's not the case. Some of the added clauses are more binding. Master mentioned it before, but I thought that if one day Wang Zixuan or we want to separate, the cost will be less. So I didn't write it all down."

Although there is no trap in the contract, try to leave yourself some wiggle room.

So it’s not written so dead.

Now that it has been changed, if either party breaks the contract they will have to pay a high price.

And the price Wang Qingsong paid was also not low.

But it's still less than them.

Du Minghai frowned.

He understood what his daughter meant. If the contract was signed, the two families would be tied together.

Or rather, he was tied to Wang Zixuan.

After all, this is all my belongings.

It seems that there is still room for improvement on Wang Qingsong's side.

To put it bluntly, I put all my eggs in one basket, but Wang Qingsong put them in three baskets, and I was just one of them.

I felt conflicted.

Close your eyes.

Thinking there.

After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes and nodded firmly: "Sign it! If not, we can use the money earned by the company to see if there are other investment projects."

Du Wanting understood after hearing this.

If the company is profitable, we will start over and invest the money earned elsewhere.

If there are better projects, invest elsewhere.

It would be fine if it was a special period, but now is not the time to think about these things.

"How about it?"

Wang Qingsong looked at the two people coming over and asked with a smile.

It's not that he hasn't thought about someone trying to trick him, but after thinking about it, he felt that it shouldn't be the case.

Big lawyers make a lot of money every year.

Du Wanting nodded: "No problem, I'll review it later to see if there are any mistakes, and then sign the contract."

Wang Qingsong nodded, and the three of them came to the conference room.

(End of this chapter)