At the Bron Hotel, the entourage has begun packing their bags and preparing to head to Milton State.
The lawsuit here can be left to Portram to settle.
When Lu Ming was drinking tea in the tea room, Potterram and Hammarie came in.
"Boss, Hansis is here to negotiate a settlement." Potram smiled.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Leave him some lawyer fees, 100 yuan, that's enough. Otherwise, I'm afraid he won't even get the lawyer fees."
Potterem smiled bitterly. The boss was much more ruthless than himself. He talked to the villagers' representatives and found that 500 yuan was acceptable to the villagers.
In fact, it was indeed to leave a way out for Hansis. The man who originally sued him was an unemployed middle-aged man. If he lost the case, he would definitely not be able to pay the lawyer fees.
Therefore, if the compensation for attorney fees cannot be reached, Hansis will definitely fight to the end.
Many people in my law firm were delayed here, and the labor costs plus local expenses would be far more than 500 yuan if it was delayed for another half a month.
"100 yuan..." Portram nodded, "Okay, 100 yuan."
Lu Ming took a sip of tea. "100 yuan, for the villagers, each household has to share two or three yuan. For them, it may be a month's expenses. To be honest, from the direction of this lawsuit, they don't have to pay anything. So Guidi, I will pay for it. Transfer 100 yuan from my personal account to the law firm's account." He shook his head and said, "Hamiels is too poor. Otherwise, if we counter-sue him for causing a bad impact on the reputation of Luoshan Fruit, we can recover the cost of our trip to Hanzhou this time."
Potterram could only smile bitterly after hearing this.
Lu Ming pondered, "Let's go back and start with the Beef Association. This organization is fatter and juicier, and has monopolized the beef industry in Milton State for decades. It should be interesting."
Portram smiled helplessly again and said, "I'll go talk to Hansis." Although the settlement agreement of 100 yuan seemed like giving alms to a beggar, in fact, think about it, although his law firm is not big, but because of the relationship with the boss, many of the cases it takes on are no different from those of the big firms. Because of the existence of the strategy (mock trial) department, the winning rate of the lawyers in the entire law firm has been obviously improved.
For Hansis, reaching a settlement of tens or hundreds of dollars should be a common thing.
Potterem left, but Hammarie did not follow him, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Lu Ming looked at her, "What's the matter?"
"Sir, from Milton State, I wonder if I have the honor to continue studying with you." Hammary mustered up the courage and asked in a low voice.
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay." From the boss's point of view, it will be no problem for Han Mary to become a qualified employee in the future. There are many lawyers in his law firm who have less potential than her.
As long as you don't look at her from the perspective of a master, she does have many commendable qualities.
And, to be honest, beautiful lawyers are also a scarce resource and are good for improving the image of a law firm.
My own law firm is going to move to the urban area of Donghai City, and will expand in the future. At the very least, it is inevitable that there will be branches in the top ten cities in the empire. It is not a bad thing to make some good seedlings yearn for my law firm in advance.
So, Lu Ming didn't think much about it and nodded in agreement.
Hanmarie was immediately overjoyed, "Okay, thank you sir!" She bowed deeply and walked out with brisk steps as if she was going to dance.
Lu Ming looked at the gift box on the table, which was a gift prepared for Pamela's parents.
While chatting with Pamela's father Stuart, I heard that Pamela's mother Evana felt that life in the East China Sea was boring and wanted to return to her past farm life.
When Stuart talked about this topic, he said that Evana was ungrateful for what she had. She had a good life now, but she wanted to be a farmer.
After all, Stewart ran an art gallery, moved in and out of high society, and his life returned to its former peak.
Moreover, opening the art gallery at that time was only a glamorous appearance, but in reality it was deteriorating and heavily in debt.
Today, art galleries have good incomes because they have strong resources and backgrounds to back them up. After all, a Chinese Group buys artworks from here when it needs them. This is enough to support several art galleries, not to mention the spillover effects.
Therefore, Stewart scoffed at his wife's idea of returning to the farm.
Lu Ming took it to heart. He was going to Milton State to sue this time, so he called his father-in-law and mother-in-law yesterday to invite them to visit here. If his mother-in-law liked any farm, he would buy it for her.
Of course, my father-in-law and mother-in-law both came. How could Pamela not come when she heard the news
It's also a good opportunity to talk to her about Bisi.
I already have some idea of the situation over there, and it depends on how Pamela plans to deal with it.
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It took less than an hour to get from Bron Airport to Bucks, the capital of Milton.
There are many cities in the western states named after animals, such as Raccoon City, Buck City, etc. Of course, these are literal translations. The phonetic translation of Buck City is Milsong.
Bucks City is not the most prosperous city in Milton State, but it is the most central city.
This is the case with most of the territories where Western immigrants have settled in modern times. The administrative center is usually in the center of the region, but it often does not become the most developed city in the region. In fact, it is not a deliberate separation of the administrative center and the economic center, but the administrative center city was originally chosen to be in the central area. This was very important in the era of underdeveloped transportation. Later, relocating the capital administrative agency was a major project, and it was not something that the administrative agency could decide. If the parliament did not approve it, it could not be moved.
However, it is normal for the economic center and administrative center to be combined in this area, which has become a traditional gathering area for Westerners hundreds of years ago.
By the standards of the previous life, Bucks City was a small town of over a hundred thousand people.
But the administrative district has everything it needs, including a small airport for fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to land.
Douglas's farm is not far from Bucks.
The estate is huge, with thousands of acres of land, and large tracts of wheat and corn areas that are clearly divided.
There is also a ranch with several thousand cattle, adjacent to the farmland area.
Moreover, nowadays, farmland is almost like the American farms in the past, and is already semi-mechanized.
Even if there is no tractor engine to power the soil tillage and sowing, there are still multiple horses pulling the disc soil loosening and sowing machines back and forth in the fields.
Along the way, watching these scenes, Lu Ming sighed in his heart. Although mechanized agricultural production had become the norm in the plains of his motherland in his era, the gap was immeasurable at the same time.
Today, the gap between the farmers in the four provinces in the north, the five provinces in the south, and the farmers in Milton State is probably similar.
Uncle Douglas is a big, strong man with a red neck. He often does farm work when he is in his prime.
Although he is about the same age as Li Guan, at first glance, Uncle Douglas looks like a burly man with a beer belly.
He enthusiastically led Lu Ming and his party into his manor. The huge windmill, wooden building, and river in the distance, everything seemed leisurely and beautiful.