Chapter 310: My legal adviser Alan

Wharton covered his mouth as he spoke these words, and he regretted it as soon as he said them, because wasn't this just revealing his own shortcomings?

Of course, as Zhou Ming had said, he did deliberately insult Chinese people in order to provoke Zhou Ming's nationalistic emotions, and then use Zhou Ming's anger to induce him to make a decision that would benefit him: for example, to angrily buy Wharton, regardless of any other conditions.

The reason Wharton would plan this was based on his judgment of Ming's age. At the same time, he had used this method countless times in previous negotiations, and it had never failed. Now that he saw Ming was so young, he thought Ming must also be young and impulsive, and from Ming's previous performance, this was indeed the case, but he never expected Ming to react in the end.

'I didn't expect it. You Chinese people are actually quite capable. I admit that I underestimated you. I apologise. I'm very sorry. I take back everything I just said. I didn't mean any racial discrimination,' said Wharton, sighing, and conceding defeat with a generous heart.

'That's true. Wharton is a very friendly businessman. Although he always plays smart sometimes, like just now, his nature is still very good,' Danny also helped him explain.

Zhou Ming nodded slightly: 'I'm more than willing to believe in Mr. Wharton's personal qualities, but I also don't want to hear any more insults against the Chinese, for whatever reason. Especially some not-so-glorious acts, which make me very suspicious of your personal qualities, Mr. Wharton.'

Wharton put his hands up: 'Okay, Mr. Zhou Ming, I don't think I can be cleared of this charge.'

Walden then said, 'However, no matter how much you dislike me as a person, I still want to introduce you to my company. He is very good, as long as someone can give him the funds to trade.'

Wharton then invited Zhou Ming to join the company. This Wharton Company, despite occupying an office on the best floor of the Ladder Building, was ultimately just a small company that had just been established. The situation inside seemed to Zhou Ming to be similar to that of an ordinary domestic shell company. There were just two offices with a few sets of office desks and chairs, which were perhaps a little better, as there was also a computer.

Although the company has been out of business for more than half a month following the withdrawal of the largest shareholder, and Wharton had a heated argument with the other party during that withdrawal, but now that Zhou Ming has come to the company, at least it still looks tidy, which shows that Wharton does value the company and has come to tidy up even though the company is out of business for the time being.

Of course, it could be that he is just trying to be helpful at the last minute, but Zhou Ming is more willing to believe that he really means it. After all, it has only been less than a day since he proposed it yesterday. It is difficult to tidy up everything without leaving a trace in such a short time, unless the office has never been messy. However, judging from the big changes in this company, it seems unlikely.

After walking around the company, in the end, Ming Zhou sat on the sofa in the reception area. Wharton went to get a pile of documents for Ming Zhou: 'Mr. Ming Zhou, here are the legal documents for the establishment of the company, as well as documents from the tax department. Currently, I am the only remaining shareholder of the company, and the company's shareholders' meeting has only been held once. If Mr. Ming Zhou needs the meeting minutes, I can provide them for you as well.'

'Okay, thanks, Mr. Wharton. You don't need to worry about it for now. Sit down and take a rest. You can leave these things here for now,' said Ming. "I've only been in the United States for a short time, and I know very little about these things. Even if you give them to me, I won't be able to understand them.'

'So what Mr. Zhou Ming means is that you need to hire a professional lawyer to take a look at them?" Wharton asked.

'Please forgive me for being presumptuous, but I think this is very necessary. It has nothing to do with trust, but is just a responsible attitude towards both of us,'

Zhou Ming said to Wharton, who nodded in understanding. Zhou Ming glanced at his watch and said, 'My lawyer had some other things to deal with this morning and got delayed on the way, but I believe he will be here soon. Please wait a moment, Mr. Wharton.'

As if to prove Zhou Ming's point, as soon as Zhou Ming finished speaking, his phone on the table suddenly rang. Zhou Ming answered to give the address here and then put down the phone. He told Wharton, 'That's my lawyer, he's already here.'

'I believe Mr Zhou Ming's lawyer must be a very good and responsible lawyer,' Wharton casually commented.

A few minutes later, footsteps could be heard in the corridor outside the office, followed by the entrance of a white man carrying a briefcase. Seeing this man and his sparse hair, Walton was stunned. He said incredulously, 'My goodness, isn't this Barrister Alan? He is the best barrister in Brighton and even the whole of Massachusetts. Mr. Zhou Ming, are you saying that the legal advisor you are waiting for is him?'

'Yes, Attorney Allen is the legal advisor I hired. He has been helping me with my cases since the first case I encountered after coming to the United States. He is very professional and I trust him,' Zhou Ming introduced to Wharton.

'Mr. Zhou Ming, you really are a guy who makes people jealous to death!' Wharton said, 'You must not know that I really wanted to hire Lawyer Allen as my legal advisor at the beginning, but Lawyer Allen was too famous and too busy, and I didn't have the qualifications to make an appointment with him at all. If I had been able to hire him as my legal advisor, I don't think I would be worrying about my shareholders leaving now, because I believe Lawyer Allen would definitely help me formulate a detailed company system.'

Zhou Ming smiled and said to him, 'Attorney Allen is indeed very busy, and I was fortunate enough to be able to hire him because of a coincidence.'

While Zhou Ming and Wharton were talking, Allen had already walked over. He took the initiative to come up and shake Wharton's hand, saying, 'Hello, Mr. Wharton, I am Mr. Zhou Ming's legal advisor. He has entrusted me with all of his legal affairs. As for my relationship with Mr. Zhou Ming, he still owes me a large sum of money.'

Faced with Alan's opening line, Walden froze for a moment because he didn't know that in the previous case of Huang Yi, Zhou Ming invoked the presidential pardon to pardon Huang Yi's crime, causing Alan to lose his bet with Zhou Ming. In the end, Alan willingly paid for Zhou Ming's expenses in his law firm, including his own legal fees, as well as the bail for Huang Yi before.

It took a while for Walden to say, 'Hello, Mr. Allen, I'm honoured to meet you, you are the best lawyer in Massachusetts!'

Allen thanked him, and then Walden asked everyone to sit down. Allen glanced at the documents on the table and said, 'I know about Mr. Zhou Ming's acquisition of the company. I came here today to help him handle all the legal documents for the company. Are these the documents for Walden Company?'

In response to Alan's query, Walton first nodded and then immediately shook his head and got up: 'No, if it's you, Lawyer Alan, there's no need to read these documents. I'll show you some others.'

Hearing this, Danny immediately angrily accused, 'Walton, what do you mean? If Lawyer Alan doesn't come, are you going to deceive Mr. Zhou Ming on the documents?'

To which Wharton said apologetically, 'Brother Danny, you know that I have always treated the company like my own child. Now that I am selling the company, it is like selling my child. So it is reasonable for me to want to use some small means to protect my child in the end.'

'Regardless, this is a kind of deception!' Danny severely accused Wharton.

At this time, Zhou Ming, however, stepped forward and said, 'I can understand Mr. Wharton's feelings, and even if he gives me these documents, it will not cause me too much loss.'

Having said that, Zhou Ming turned to Allen and Allen picked up the thread, saying, 'That's right, as long as I'm here, no matter how legally illogical or detrimental to my client's interests these documents are, no matter how hidden they are, I can see them.'

Zhou Ming thanked Allen before saying to Walton, 'So let's forget about this and ask Mr Walton to produce the real documents.'

It was just an ordinary sentence, but it made Walden feel cold all over, as if he had fallen into an ice hole. It was because Zhou Ming was so terrifyingly calm. He had thought that Zhou Ming would show great anger after hearing about his deliberate deception, but he didn't react at all, and even helped to persuade Danny. Walden couldn't imagine how strong a heart it took to do such a thing.

Walton suddenly felt a sense of fear: how stupid was he to think of deceiving him in this matter? Fortunately, the arrival of Lawyer Allen allowed him to tell the truth. Otherwise, if things really went ahead, the possible retaliation from Zhou Ming was something Walton could never think of.

'What's wrong with Mr Walton? Did he remember something else?' Zhou Ming asked him after seeing that Walton hadn't moved for a while.

Zhou Ming was just teasing, but it made Wharton unable to help but shiver. He immediately got up and said, 'Take, I will go get the documents for you right away.'

With that, Wharton quickly ran to the office in the back and soon took out a stack of documents and placed them on the table: 'These are all the documents of Wharton Company, and as for these, there is no need to read them.'

While Wharton was talking, he reached out and pushed all the previous documents onto the floor.

Zhou Ming paid no attention to Wharton's behaviour. He just turned his head and glanced at Alan. Alan shrugged and said to him, 'With so many documents, even I would need some time to go through them. Or Mr Wharton, could you show me the transfer contract you have prepared for the company?'

Wharton was embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, Lawyer Alan, the current contract text is still very inadequate...'

Before Wharton could finish speaking, Alan interrupted him and said, "That's fine, a draft is fine too, I can complete it on your behalf, but you need to pay me a certain fee for my services.'

Walton nodded to indicate that he could accept it, and Zhou Ming also expressed his trust in Alan.

The contract was settled like this, and Alan left the company with a stack of documents. Zhou Ming and Danny then also took their leave.

'Although it's already in the past, I still want to say to Mr. Zhou Ming that I'm very sorry. Mr. Zhou Ming is a person with a heart of God, and I believe that my Walton Company is in the best of hands with Mr. Zhou Ming!' Walton said to Zhou Ming as he was about to leave the door.

Zhou Ming just replied indifferently, 'Maybe,' and then there was no further response.

As they walked out of the company building, Danny suddenly said, 'Actually, I've always had a question. Classmate Zhou Ming, why are you in such a hurry to buy a company? Are you really ready, or do you have a hunch or do you know something?'

Zhou Ming immediately grasped the key point in Danny's words. He frowned, 'A hunch or do you know?'