Chapter 440: Deep Family Assets

Paul was, after all, born into a family of high-level intellectuals, so his overall quality was quite high. He didn't look at Ye Chen differently like others did upon hearing that he was a live-in son-in-law.

And Ye Chen didn't feel any embarrassment either. After all, he hadn't been a live-in son-in-law for just a day or two; one could say he had gained experience and found the way in eating "soft rice."

At this time, Paul said to Ye Chen again: "Right, Mr. Ye, since you know General Manager Chen of Bai Jinhangong, I don't know if it's convenient for you to take some time to introduce us? After all, I just moved the company back to Jin Ling and still need to actively expand some local resources and connections in Jin Ling. If Mr. Ye can do me this favor, I definitely won't treat you badly."

Ye Chen didn't want Paul to know how close his relationship with Chen Zekai was. After all, he had almost guessed his relationship with the Ye family just now. If he really let him get to know Chen Zekai through himself, he might taste more details from it.

So he said apologetically to Paul: "Mr. Paul, to tell you the truth, I'm actually not close to General Manager Chen. I just have some private friendship with a friend of General Manager Chen's, and this is quite shameful to say, but I met that person when I was looking at Feng Shui for someone else."

"Feng Shui?" Paul asked in surprise: "Mr. Ye, are you a Feng Shui master?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said indifferently: "I can't be called a Feng Shui master. It's nothing more than having read a few books and studied with an old gentleman for a period of time. To put it bluntly, there's a bit of fooling people in it."

Xiao Changkun, standing to the side, was afraid Ye Chen would be embarrassed, so he smoothed things over and asked: "Right, Paul, what business does your company do? You moved all the way from the United States to Jin Ling; the business must be very large, right?"

Paul smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Xiao, actually our family's company is a multinational law firm, mainly providing high-end legal support for some Fortune 500 companies."

Xiao Changkun asked in surprise: "Paul, are you also a lawyer yourself?"

Paul nodded and said: "Yes, Uncle Xiao. My father and I are both lawyers. To be precise, I inherited his mantle."

Xiao Changkun sighed: "The requirements for being a lawyer in the United States seem to be very high. Generally speaking, it seems you need a doctorate, right?"

Paul smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Xiao, you are right. In the United States, there are two professions with the highest requirements for academic qualifications: one is a doctor, and the other is a lawyer. Generally speaking, a regular registered lawyer must at least be a graduate of a law school with a master's degree."

Xiao Changkun nodded slightly and asked again: "Then what is your degree?"

Paul said modestly: "My doctorate is from Yale Law School."

Xiao Changkun nodded in admiration and said: "Yale University, that's a world-class prestigious school! Being able to get a doctorate from such a university is truly remarkable!"

Paul said seriously: "Uncle, to tell you the truth, even with a doctoral diploma, it only gives you the entry qualification to be a regular lawyer. A truly good lawyer needs a long growth period, some even need 10 or 20 years or more of work experience, and practical experience in hundreds of winning cases. So for me, I am just an entry-level primary school student."

Speaking of this, Paul looked at his mother, Han Meiqing, and added: "Actually, I just graduated not long ago. If it were up to me to independently operate our family's law firm, my own experience would be far from enough. So I am currently only assuming the position of General Manager on the surface, but the one who is truly planning and even guiding me in running the company behind the scenes is my mother. If it weren't for her help, this company would likely have been ruined in my hands."

Xiao Changkun looked at Han Meiqing in surprise and blurted out: "Oh my, Meiqing, are you also very proficient in legal and law firm affairs?"

Paul smiled from the side: "Uncle Xiao, you shouldn't look down on my mother. Actually, my mother is also a doctoral student at Yale Law School. Back then, she and my father met and married at Yale Law School's master's college. Later, my father founded the family's law firm, and mother has always been assisting on the side. If it weren't for my mother, this virtuous helper, my father's career wouldn't have been successful."

Immediately after, Paul sighed self-deprecatingly: "It's just that my ability hasn't grown yet, so I still have to trouble mother to be distracted for me."

Han Meiqing smiled from the side and said: "Son, actually you have already done very well. Mom especially hopes that you can grow up as soon as possible and then take over the company completely. If that happens, Mom won't have to work so hard."

As she spoke, Han Meiqing couldn't help but sigh: "Mom has now returned to China, returned to Jin Ling. Mom's biggest thought in her heart isn't to develop our family's business in Jin Ling, but to hope to enjoy the retirement life of a Chinese old lady in Jin Ling."

Subsequently, Han Meiqing looked at Xiao Changkun from the corner of her eye, sighing in her heart: She had been working hard in the United States for so many years, but she was actually very tired of her career.

Plus, having never truly experienced the taste of love, she really wanted to return to the country now, let go of everything from the past, and focus on being an old lady. Then, if there was a chance, she hoped even more to rekindle her past relationship with Xiao Changkun, her first love, which would also make up for the regrets she had had for many years.

She also knew that, actually, being a lawyer was a very lucrative profession in the United States, because the compensation amounts for many lawsuits in the United States were very high, often tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of US dollars.

According to media reports, a few years ago, someone sued the famous American tobacco brand Marlboro for inducing smoking leading to death, and the American court actually awarded a sky-high compensation of hundreds of millions of US dollars.

Previously, there was also an Asian man who was beaten by security guards of an American airline on a plane. That incident had a very large and bad impact on the airline, and in the end, the lawyer won tens of millions of dollars in compensation for this Asian man.

And for lawyers, they had to take at least 30% to 50% of the compensation amount, and sometimes even higher.

Therefore, this was why American lawyers were very professional, and they were simply desperate when they fought lawsuits, and even used all means.

Because the benefits behind this were simply too great. It was possible that after winning a big lawsuit, the direct share of the compensation would be millions or tens of millions of US dollars, which was much easier than making money for ordinary people.

Therefore, in the United States, the status of lawyers was also very high, completely belonging to the upper class.

Especially some famous super lawyers in the United States—people like this could generally become billionaires, and even become guests of honor for many stars, big tycoons, and important people in the United States.

Therefore, Xiao Changkun couldn't help but feel even more inferior, because he could guess that Han Meiqing's family assets must be very, very deep, enough for them, mother and son, to become upper-class in Jin Ling.

By comparison, he had even less to show off...