The monk of the way of beauty

Chapter 869 The Man Behind the Scenes

Ling Xiao pulled away the chair, sat down directly, then raised his head to look at Hogarth, and said: "I just came from Jessica, and I heard that she has encountered a lot of trouble, why, this matter has nothing to do with you related?"

"It has something to do with it." Hogarth smiled awkwardly, and explained: "The detective agency that had a conflict with her has some cooperation with our law firm, no, Mr. Chen from that detective agency just now signed a complaint against Jessica seeking a civil lawsuit against her."

"Jerry, when will you accept such an ordinary civil lawsuit?" Ling Xiao's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he stared at Hogarth coldly.

What kind of person is Jerry Hogarth? She is the legal adviser to large groups such as Stark Industries, Siwei Technology, and the Rand Group. She is a leading figure in the entire New York legal circle. When it was her turn to personally intervene in the civil lawsuit triggered by the conflict in the detective agency, this in itself was an extremely abnormal thing.

A smile appeared on Hogarth's face, and he reluctantly explained, "Ling, after all, Mr. Chen is also a client of our company..."

"Really, I still thought your law firm was his boss!" Ling Xiao snorted bluntly and said, "We don't have to play hide and seek anymore, Jerry, tell me what's going on, or don't blame me Just go back and terminate our partnership?"

For a large company like Siwei Technology, the normal legal counsel fee alone costs nearly tens of millions of dollars every year, and once it encounters a legal problem, the price will even double. Fees accounted for nearly [-]% of Hogarth's entire law firm's annual income. Losing any such contract would be a huge blow to Hogarth's law firm.

Hogarth's movements froze, and after a while, she took away all the things on the table, and finally brought over an unopened bottle of red wine and two goblets, without saying a word. He directly poured wine into the glass, then pushed it in front of Ling Xiao, and took a sip by himself.

Putting down his glass, Hogarth sighed deeply, laughed at himself, and said, "Ling, you've seen all the messy things before. To tell you the truth, my life has been terrible recently. It's like living in hell."

Ling Xiao sat there quietly, and didn't say anything casually. The appearance of Hogarth sitting at the table and crying bitterly was still vivid in his memory. It was obvious that something had happened recently. However, even the legal profession Hogarth, known as the "Iron Lady", was a little unbearable for a while.

Now is not a good time to speak up to persuade her, it is better to let her vent herself first.

After adjusting his emotions, Hogarth continued: "Just a while ago, my former assistant took me to the trial court and accused me of harassing her. However, several of my partners asked me to settle with her , in addition to the multi-million-dollar compensation, let me apologize to her publicly. You know, in our business, personal reputation is very important, once a person's body is stained, those big contracts It has nothing to do with you anymore."

Hogarth is a very strong woman. It is not incomprehensible that she is a homosexual, but her assistant brought the case to the trial court, which seems a bit troublesome. Once the trial court ruled that she lost the case and lost It's nothing more than those big contracts, she is very likely to be exploited by others, and then her lawyer's qualification certificate will be revoked by the bar association, and her life will be over.

"I have never harassed my stupid woman. She is a completely willing adult. Her usual clothes are very seductive. She almost did a split on my table, so I firmly refuse to reconcile." Hogarth Shaking his head, he laughed at himself and said, "Who would have thought that it would be my two partners who stabbed me in the back at this time, and they would kick me out of the company because of this scandal."

"But didn't you create that law firm?" Ling Xiao couldn't help being a little dazed, and asked: "Not to mention Stark Industries and RAND Group, we at Siwei Technology have always only recognized you as a person, once we lose you , They should know what they are facing!"

"Four-dimensional technology and the Rand Group are the same, and Mr. Stark's side is similar." Hogarth shook his head slightly and said, "But don't forget, there is still a contract between us. Liquidated damages are a large sum.”

"I see, these two people really think that this will keep those contracts going." Ling Xiao couldn't help laughing, and said, "They are so naive. Don't talk about anything else, your personal ability, The relationship between your government and the super world is far from what they can compare, and even if the contract is terminated, if the responsibility for the termination falls on the law firm, they may not get any money, or even the other way around To compensate us."

"There is no chance. When I drew up the contract, I was very strict about some details. I am afraid that you will really pay the money." Hogarth glanced at Ling Xiao, without the slightest expression on his face.

In any case, Hogarth was doing it for his own law firm at the beginning, so he was naturally conscientious in drafting the contract, and even she couldn't find any loopholes in it, if Ling Xiao really wanted to save this money , I am afraid it is unlikely.

"It doesn't matter. It's not a big sum anyway. We can afford it." Ling Xiao smiled indifferently. For Siwei Technology, this money is really nothing.

"Don't think about liquidated damages, I will find a way to get rid of all the troubles." Hogarth turned his head to look at Ling Xiao, and said, "But I need you to ask Jessica to help me investigate some things, so that I can help I deal with some."

"Jessica, and that Mr. Chen." Ling Xiao frowned, looked sideways at Hogarth, and said, "Don't tell me that's why you asked that Mr. Chen to find Jessica Are you in trouble, Jerry?"

"You may not know that I had a falling out with Jessica some time ago." Hogarth shook his head helplessly, and said, "And now, I really need her help in this matter, so I let Chen Mr. Chen went to buy Jessica's detective agency, so she would have to work for me. But I didn't expect that Mr. Chen's style of doing things was too unacceptable. Not only did the acquisition fail, but it angered Jessica ,so……"

That's why the current situation came into being. Ling Xiao nodded slightly, but he still asked a little confused: "Then why did you sue Jessica?"

"That's something that Mr. Chen decided on his own." Hogarth said a little irritably, "Because of Matt's intervention, Jessica was only sentenced to one year's probation, and Mr. Chen, who had a broken arm, was naturally not happy about it." , so he has to sue."

"It seems that you have lost control of this Mr. Chen." Ling Xiao shook his head and said, "Actually, you did this wrong from the beginning. You should go directly to Matt for help. It is impossible for you to lose the lawsuit for harassing those things, and there will be nothing later."

"I won't go to them two." Hogarth pursed his lips tightly, his face very determined.

Ling Xiao could only smile helplessly, unable to persuade him. Matt Murdock was actually brought out by Hogarth, and he was extremely capable in terms of ability, but for some unknown reason, the two suddenly turned against each other up.

Matt Murdoch returned to Hell's Kitchen to open a small law firm by himself, and Hogarth also lost a very capable assistant, which even led to the current situation, because she trained Matt as a partner at the beginning of.

"I'm afraid that Jessica can't take care of your affairs recently. She is investigating some things related to the death of her parents in a car accident." Ling Xiao shook his head and said, "I suggest that you better put these things behind Procrastinate, wait until Jessica has dealt with the trouble at hand, I am persuading her to help you."

It is impossible for Ling Xiao to let Jessica stop investigating the cause of her parents' death in a car accident and turn to help Hogarth.Although those things were indeed caused by Patricia's instigation in the first place, it is obvious that now that Jessica has found out something, it has become that she herself is unwilling to give up.

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