Chapter 440: Deep Family Background

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

And Ye Chen didn't feel any embarrassment. After all, he hadn't been a live-in son-in-law for just one or two days. It could be said that he had already gained experience and found the way in eating soft rice.

At this time, Paul said to Ye Chen again: "By the way, Mr. Ye, since you know General Chen Zong of Bai Jinhangong, I don't know if it's convenient for you to take some time to help me introduce him? After all, I just moved the company back to Jin Ling, and I still need to actively expand some local resources and connections in Jin Ling. If Mr. Ye can help me with this favor, then I will definitely not 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 got to know Chen Zekai through him, he might taste more details from it.

So he said apologetically to Paul: "Mr. Paul, to tell you the truth, I'm not actually close to General Chen Zong. I just have some private friendship with a friend of General Chen Zong, and this, to be ashamed, is something I got to know when I was helping someone look at Feng Shui."

"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 reading a few books and studying with an old gentleman for a period of time. To put it bluntly, there is somewhat of a component of fooling people."

Xiao Changkun on the side was afraid that Ye Chen would be embarrassed, so he smoothed things over and asked: "By the way, Paul, what business is your company doing? You moved specifically from the United States to Jin Ling, so the business should be very big, right?"

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

Xiao Changkun asked somewhat surprised: "Paul, then 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, right? Generally speaking, it seems that you need a doctorate, is that 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 have a master's degree from a law school."

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

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

Xiao Changkun exclaimed and nodded, saying: "Yale University, that is a world-class prestigious school! Being able to get a doctorate from such a university is truly amazing!"

Paul said seriously: "Uncle, to tell you the truth, even if you get a doctoral diploma, you only have 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 professional experience, and practical experience of hundreds of winning cases before they can do it. 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 I were asked to independently operate our family's law firm, my own experience would be far from enough. So I only hold the position of General Manager on the surface, but the one who is really making plans behind my back and even guiding me in operating the company is my mother. If it weren't for her help, this company might 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 on the side and said: "Uncle Xiao, you must not underestimate my mother. Actually, my mother is also a doctoral student at Yale Law School. Back then, she and my father met and got married at the master's college of Yale Law School. 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, Paul sighed self-deprecatingly: "It's just that my ability hasn't grown yet, so I have to trouble mother to divide her attention for me."

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

As she spoke, Han Meiqing couldn't help but sigh: "Mom has returned to China now, returned to Jin Ling. Mom's biggest thought in her heart is not 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."

Afterwards, Han Meiqing looked at Xiao Changkun with her peripheral vision, sighing in her heart: She had been struggling in the United States for so many years, and actually felt very tired of her career.

Plus, she had never really felt the taste of love, so she really wanted to return to the country now, let go of everything from before, and focus on being an old lady. Then, if there was an opportunity, she hoped even more to rekindle her old 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 in the United States, being a lawyer was a very popular profession, because many litigation compensation amounts 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 and causing death, and the American court actually awarded a sky-high compensation of hundreds of millions of US dollars.

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

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

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

Because the interests behind this were too big. It was possible to win a big lawsuit, and the direct compensation share would be millions or tens of millions of US dollars, which was much easier to earn than for ordinary people.

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

Especially some relatively famous super lawyers in the United States. Such people could generally become billionaires, and even become guests of honor for many celebrities, big tycoons, and important people in the United States.

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

In comparison, he had even less to show for himself... ===== CHAPTER 441 =====