At this point, Matt turned his head to face Fudge: "The purpose of this charity donation is very clear, it is for the poor people in Clinton who suffered losses in the last bombing. Fudge, did you mention the matter of old lady Elena to someone?"
Fudge quickly shook his head to deny it. He didn't dare to claim such a "great achievement": "No, I really didn't do it. I don't know any rich people at all..."
Looking at Karen's suspicious eyes and Matt's dark glasses, he suddenly understood: "No, I know a lot of rich people, but none of them have a conscience like this, and I'm not familiar with them."
Matt nodded.
He and Fudge used to be interns at the top New York law firm, Landman & Zucker, where they met many wealthy people.
But when the American mega-giant Roxxon Corporation sued a sick worker at one of its companies, the matter was handed over to the two of them, who were asked to countersue the sick and dying worker.
Matt and Fudge eventually chose to resign.
In fact, if they win that case, they will be able to stay at Landman & Zucker as full-time attorneys.
That was something that countless law students dreamed of, with a million-dollar annual salary just around the corner, but in the end, the two gave up.
Therefore, faced with the huge donation that seemed to have fallen from the sky, the two of them felt a lot of emotions, but they were not ecstatic.
Many times, the pie contains either poison or a fish hook.
However, based on their knowledge and legal common sense, they did not find any problems in the donation agreement.
Firstly, this is a charity and they will not touch the donations.
Even if the source of the donated money is questionable later, we can only trace the donors, not these unrelated well-intentioned third parties.
Secondly, the content of the agreement is very simple, with absolutely no hidden traps, but instead there are plenty of loopholes to exploit.
Given the level of these two Columbia University Law Doctors, it is certain that there will be no subsequent risk for this money.
But who would donate so much money to their firm and these people in Clinton district for no apparent reason
For a moment, the three elders fell into silence.
In the end, it was Karen who broke it: "Should we inform Elena that her family has only got the water and electricity back online, and they have basically no money for other things. It will take several days to apply for the money, right?"
Fudge and Matt were awakened from their thoughts.
Instead of worrying about the $600,000 they had to pay to the firm, they might as well help the victims of the bombing apply for donations as soon as possible.
After all, donations to the firm may not be used for the time being, but the explosion left many poor families with broken windows and walls, and leaks of wind and rain.
Thinking of this, Fudge took out a large stack of documents from his bag and said, "I have the information of those people here. I'll give you their phone number later. You can notify them to come over and fill out the application form."
Karen: “No problem.”
Matt: "I'll look at their information first and find the families with the worst situation so that I can put their applications at the front of the queue."
The three of them started working as they spoke.
…
In the afternoon, Luke and Selina were driving home from get off work, passing by the office building, and found that people were constantly coming in and out.
The good thing is that many people here don’t have cars, so traffic jams don’t occur.
Luke probably understood what was going on, but Selina was curious: "What's going on? Are Fudge and Matt going to get rich? So many customers are coming to the store."
Luke nodded repeatedly, "This is definitely going to happen. Well, let's go up and take a look, maybe there's something else."
Selina shook her head, "I don't think so. Although these people look a little anxious, most of them seem very happy. They are not thugs. It's impossible that they went to rob the office."
Luke stopped the car on the side of the road and said, "As for that office, the most valuable things in it are probably the clothes on Matt and Karen."
Selina pushed the door open and laughed, "Yeah, Fudge's clothes...haha."
The two walked up to the third floor. People kept going up and down the stairs. It felt like a big community gathering.
People who would have definitely quarreled loudly when they got together in the past were now much calmer. At most, they exchanged silent glances, trying to stab each other to death with their eyes, but no one quarreled or fought.
When they reached the third floor, Luke and his companion walked over the stairs and tried to walk toward the office door, but were stopped by several people.
"Hey, don't cut in line."
“Anyone who cuts in line will be pushed to the back.”
"You are so young, how come you don't know how to queue?"
Luke was not angry either, and smiled: "We are not here to do business."
As a result, a bunch of people looked at him with contempt, and a fast-talking black man started rapping, "Uh-huh~ Someone has said this before. Brother~ Your trick won't work. Be good~ Go to the back and line up."
Luke, Selina: ... You really should be a singer.
Luke stopped chatting with these people and just called Fudge.
A moment later, Karen emerged from the office wearing a thin blue floral shirt.
In this November in New York, she had sweat on her forehead and two red spots on her cheeks, as if she had just done strenuous exercise.
She waved at Luke and the other man, signaling them to come over, and explained to the people in line, "No, they are not here to fill out the application form. Their family is fine."
When the people in the queue heard this, although they were somewhat reluctant, they still made way for them.
The person who was causing trouble here just now has been sent to line up at the back, and no one wants to make the same mistake again.
In fact, they are just wasting more energy queuing up, and the order in which they actually submit their application forms will still depend on their family situation.
Of course, Matt and Fudge would not tell these people this.
It’s better to let them have some scruples, otherwise if all these people can squeeze into the firm, then nothing can be done.
It took Luke and his companion almost a minute to cover the short distance of more than 20 meters and enter Fudge and Matt's lawyer's office.
The two were busy, and just greeted Luke and the others. Fudge said directly: "Sorry, I'm too busy today. What can I do for you?"
Luke smiled and said, "It's okay. I just saw a lot of people gathered downstairs, and I was afraid that something might have happened here, so I came to check it out."
Fudge: "Thank you very much, but we are busy for the moment. We are dealing with some business we just received."
Luke turned his head to look at the long line outside the office and nodded: "You don't look like you have any business, you are going to make a fortune."
Fudge and Matt couldn't help but pause, and smiled bitterly almost at the same time.
I want to say that what Luke said is right, these people in front of you are here to ask for money, not to give money.
I wanted to say that Luke was wrong. The two of them had indeed just made a fortune, although the check for 50,000 US dollars for the first month had not been cashed yet.