"Do you know what Lawyer means?" the female lawyer asked somewhat awkwardly from behind.
"At least I know that doesn't mean solicitor. That word is used to refer to legal professionals in general. I guess you don't have a Britain license and you haven't gotten an internship at a major bar, so you came to Hong Kong to exploit legal loopholes to extend your internship," Song Tianyao said to her.
In his previous life, when he and his partners were doing international business, he had been misled because he couldn't understand the terms used for these Britain legal professional titles: barrister, senior barrister, senior barrister, solicitor, assistant barrister, intern barrister, and legal professional.
Strictly speaking, the woman in front of him could only be considered a legal professional at best, or an intern lawyer without a lawyer's license. From the moment he saw the nameplate outside, Song Tianyao knew that the lawyer inside, Andrew Perez, was just a conman who came from the Britain to Hong Kong to swindle money from China person.
"You know my qualifications, yet you still knocked on my door." The woman stood up from behind her desk, watching Song Tianyao's retreating figure, and said, "You don't need a lawyer, you need someone."
The woman hesitated for a few seconds before uttering the last word:
"I can be a profit broker."
Upon hearing the last word, Song Tianyao turned to the woman, his eyes sharp. "If you can get me to have dinner with Britain officials from the Commerce and Commerce and Industry Department within two days, this ten thousand dollars is yours. Do you know how much this Gloucester Building is worth? Less than three million Hong Kong dollars. If you introduce me to three hundred Britain, and I pay you ten thousand dollars each time, the profit will be enough for you to buy this building! You'll never have to worry about rent again; instead, you can raise other people's rents as much as you want!"
As he spoke, Song Tianyao took out a thick wad of Hong Kong dollars from his pocket and patted it lightly in his hand. "I have plenty of money, but you only get one chance. Cherish it, poor Britain."
Song Tianyao spoke arrogantly, but inwardly he couldn't help but admire her. She immediately guessed what kind of person he needed from his words. This Foreign Devil woman's mind was definitely quick enough!
"You're humiliating me." The woman frowned, trying to look away from the wad of banknotes in Song Tianyao's hand, and said with displeasure at Song Tianyao's expression.
Song Tianyao laughed and said, "I'm not trying to humiliate Britain or the poor, but this is Hong Kong. There are many Britain here, but very few poor Britain people."
Angie Perlis's lips moved, but no sound came out. After a dozen seconds, she repeated her previous statement, "I can do it."
She arrived in Hong Kong from London three months ago. After graduating from the London Law School, she had followed the expected path and joined her mentor's law firm for an internship. After a six-month internship, she would receive her lawyer's license and become a solicitor. However, due to a momentary lapse in judgment, when her mentor assigned her to handle a business contract, she had just had a fight with her boyfriend and failed to notice a loophole in the contract. This resulted in a £70,000 loss for the client and caused her mentor's law firm to lose this major client. Her mentor dismissed her from the firm, ending her legal career. However, without obtaining the internship report and the signature of a senior lawyer, she was in serious trouble. Unable to obtain a law license, and with her local internship period nearing its end and other law firms refusing to hire her, Angie Perlis, in desperation, exploited a loophole in local law and came to Hong Kong. She initially thought Hong Kong were naive and rich, and that she could easily swindle money from China person. However, she was surprised to find that Hong Kong was already teeming with lawyers, China businessmen trusted China lawyers more, and Britain firms wouldn't bother with a lawyer like her without a license. Even Britain law firms wouldn't hire a novice like her who hadn't finished her internship. Even if she only wanted to intern at a prestigious law firm, since the senior lawyers weren't her mentors, she would have to pay £5,000 to arrange an internship, and they wouldn't pay her commission during the internship period.
This miserable experience in Hong Kong led Angie Perlis to decide that after her rent was due this month, she would use her meager savings to buy a boat ticket to try her luck in other Britain colonies. Unexpectedly, three days before her rent was due, she met Song Tianyao, or rather, she met that huge stack of banknotes, which gave her hope for her life in Hong Kong again.
"You have to persuade me before I'll hand over the money." Seeing Angie Perlis stand up, Song Tianyao nodded with some satisfaction. Dressed in a uniform skirt and wearing black-rimmed glasses, this woman had a good appearance. Perhaps because she wasn't a pure Saxon and had some Celtic or Spanish ancestry, her face didn't have the freckles of many Britain women, nor did it have the soft features of Britain women. On the contrary, it was more deep and three-dimensional, and she had long black hair with a slight reddish tinge.
"I know many officials' wives have set up companies on paper, and I also know which lawyers they have managed their businesses. Several male lawyers from law firms have been trying to invite me to dinner. I can get information on the wives of officials from the Commerce and Industry Department, and then visit them in person. It's more appropriate for a woman to visit another woman than for a man to visit another woman. If you want to give some gifts to curry favor, giving them to the official's wife will make him feel more secure than giving them to him in person." Angie Perlis tried to organize her thoughts and told Song Tianyao the idea that came to mind first.
She even bluntly stated that several married male lawyers from other firms in the building had been trying to meet with her.
However, Song Tianyao didn't seem to be paying attention to her plan. Instead, he moved his gaze around the office, fixing it on a shoebox next to a green plant in the corner. "Where are you staying tonight?"
" At the Hong Kong Caritas Methodist Church, I said I was a Methodist seeker, so the church allowed me to stay there." Angie Lopez seemed even more embarrassed than when Song Tianyao discovered she wasn't a qualified lawyer, and she lowered her head in shame.
Caritas Church of Christ the Redeemer is located in Central, very close to the Gloucester Building. It is a Britain church. No wonder this woman had a pair of shoes in her office. They were probably flat shoes, used for walking in the morning and evening, and she would change into high heels when she got to the office.