The Norman Earl's Castle is a three-story Victorian building with a long courtyard. Facing the street is a green lawn and a flagpole with colorful flags. The backyard is a leisure courtyard with a botanical garden, flower beds, fountains, sculptures, a swimming pool, etc.
Lu Ming's team lived on the first and second floors. In addition to those who came directly from Hanzhou, there were also a dozen lawyers and affairs officers who had just arrived from the East China Sea. After all, this case was not as simple as Bron's case. They had to fight against a giant organization with great wealth and power.
Fortunately, this official residence is very large and has many rooms, so it is completely spacious for living and moving around.
The rooms on the three floors are very large, with only a dozen rooms, where Pamela's parents, Lu Ming and Pamela live. Yuluan and Heitou live in the servants' room. However, whether in the East China Sea, in Hanzhou, or here, Yuluan and Heitou are basically invisible. If you don't deliberately call them to appear, you often can't see them.
Meeting room on the first floor.
Lu Ming looked at the lawyer's letter in his hand, which was intended to be sent to the Milton State Beef Association.
Or follow the normal procedure and send a lawyer's letter to the client in advance before formally filing the lawsuit in court, explaining your client's demands and waiting for the other party's response.
Generally speaking, the other party will be given a few days, or at most a week. If the other party does not respond, it will be deemed that the other party refuses to settle and the case will go directly to court.
This kind of lawyer's letter is a formatted official document that any clerk can write. Lu Ming glanced at it casually and nodded to Portram beside him: "Well, it can be sent out."
At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door, and an officer came in and whispered a few words to Duan Guimi. Duan Guimi stood up and said, "Boss, I don't know what the local police are here to investigate. I'll go and take a look."
Lu Ming nodded.
I thought it was just a small matter, but you have to know that the people in this mansion are either lawyers or law firm clerks. The police are usually most reluctant to offend lawyers. When handling a case, the most headache is also meeting the witnesses or suspects' lawyers.
However, several detectives from the Bucks Police Department who came to the door insisted on meeting the owner of the house, otherwise they would suspect that everyone here was an illegal trespasser, and they made a fuss for a while.
It was not until Lu Ming called You Aoli and asked for the owner's authorization letter and temporary lease to be faxed over.
Although this mansion belongs to You Aoli, the actual owner is naturally someone else who has been registered. He was supposed to come over in the next two days to handle the property transfer procedures with Lu Ming, but Lu Ming said that it was not necessary and he would just live there temporarily. After his law firm sells the house to him, he would directly transfer the ownership to the buyer.
Now the power of attorney and lease have arrived by fax. According to imperial law, faxes, photocopies, etc., as long as they are signed, have the same legal effect.
The detectives then left in disappointment.
"Western states are a bit backward!"
In the coffee shop, Lu Ming drank coffee and smiled at Portram.
It's easy to imagine that these detectives are probably working for the State Beef Association and are here to cause trouble on purpose.
But think about it now, in the 1950s, in my previous life, gangs were still rampant in the Western world, and it was not uncommon for the police to accept bribes.
The East China Sea, on the other hand, is very civilized. When I came to the Western States and saw these policemen doing their work, and seeing them blatantly working as lackeys for corporate organizations, I felt a little uncomfortable at first.
Douglas's lawsuit against the Beef Association must have caused a lot of controversy, and so many lawyers came from the East China Sea.
Bucks City is just a small town, the news cannot be kept secret, and the Beef Association is just trying to show its power.
Of course, it should be that some of the individuals there were arrogant and did something like that in private.
Robert, the president of the Beef Association, is a very powerful giant. He has made an indelible contribution to the fact that Milton beef has become synonymous with the empire's top beef. He has also played a huge role in promoting the development of the entire Milton cattle industry.
If I compare myself with people from my previous life, I would think of Stern, who promoted the NBA and developed a small professional league into a business empire.
Such a person must know that this kind of show of power will only have a counterproductive effect and will not have any effect at all.
Portram smiled and said, "Yes, that's what the Western State is like!"
For him, the identification of himself as a Donghai person is definitely much more important than the ethnic group. He is proud of being a Donghai person, and ethnic group means nothing in his eyes.
There are many people like Portram in the East China Sea, from the white-collar class to the elite class. They do not attach much importance to ethnicity. After all, different ethnic groups have lived together for hundreds of years.
On the contrary, the poor classes, conservative aristocrats and top aristocrats, that is, the top and bottom classes, are more sensitive to ethnicity and the like.
At this moment, there was a flash of contempt in Portram's eyes. Naturally, as a native of the East China Sea, he despised the backwardness of any other region in the empire.
"Boss, do you want us to go straight to court?" asked Portram. If he was in charge of this case, and the other party was in the first place, then there would be nothing to talk about and they would just go straight to the court procedure.
Lu Ming waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's follow the rules. Those who play tricks should not be the real leaders of the association."
Portram was a little upset, but he nodded. "Okay, I'll do it right away." He paused, "I will still file a complaint against those policemen. I've written down the numbers."
Lu Ming smiled: "It's up to you. This is your right and freedom."
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In the study, when Lu Ming was looking through the files, there was a light knock on the door and Pamela walked in.
"Are you done with your work?" Lu Ming smiled. Although Pamela was here, she was still very busy with conference calls and various affairs.
"Come and sit down. I'll tell you about Bisi!" Lu Ming pointed to the chair in front of him.
Pamela, who was originally smiling, became serious.
"Bisi's father is the Duke of Haussburg, right?" Lu Ming asked.
Pamela nodded slightly.
"Have you told Bis about his affairs?" Lu Ming pondered. "She is still young. Even if she goes to court, the court will not think that she has the right to know. At her age, the court will still think that the guardian will make the best arrangements for her."
Pamela was helpless. "It's better for Bis not to know. Don't you have any judgment? You talk about the law in everything..."
Lu Ming coughed and said, "Then I'd better tell Bisi what I said. My little Bisi is smart and sensible. Did you forget that I went out to work part-time last year just to lighten your burden?"
Pamela was slightly startled, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Maybe what you said makes sense. I'll consider it."
Lu Ming pondered and said, "Tell Bis about her biological father. Then, I will accompany you and Bis to meet him. I think this is the most gentle way to deal with it. What if Bis likes him as a father? I will definitely not give him the custody, but if Bis agrees, they can meet every once in a while. I think there is no harm. Of course, I will also observe and investigate him as a person."
In fact, it must be said that Bis's father did not run away after getting into trouble. Instead, he was lynched by a group of conservative aristocrats including Pamela's father, and his body may have been seriously damaged. So, it cannot be said that he is completely unreasonable to want to find Bis now that he hears that he has a child.
Of course, everything depends on the outcome of the negotiations. If he is unreasonable, that’s another matter.
Pamela remained silent. "Let me think about it."