Chapter 620 First Step (1/2)
Chapter 620: First Step
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
A thing like purchasing shares' required legal aid from lawyers. As Li Du did not have a private lawyer, Roger advised him through the phone to temporarily hire a financial lawyer.
He was rather hesitant about it as he was unfamiliar with Las Vegas, and the lawyer profession was a mix of both good and bad lawyers.
Truth be told, there were quite a few outstanding lawyers amongst the Chinese foreigners. If Ma Zhi-an had not been put in jail for being so persistent in trying to deceive him, Li Du could have consulted him.
Having worked in Arizona for so many years, Ma Zhi-an had amazing skills and a lot of contacts, making him the most suitable person to introduce someone to Li Du.
However, after Li thought about it, the person who would be most helpful for this matter was Playboy. Although he did not understand Playboy's background in detail, he knew that the young master was very powerful.
On the way, he gave Playboy a call and told him that he wanted to hire a reliable financial lawyer to sign a contract.
As expected, Playboy was able to help him. After hearing his request, Playboy delightedly said, ”I will introduce my lawyer to you. He is very well versed in financial laws.”
After Li Du brought Sophie to Harry Winston, he let her go ahead and wander around while he went to meet Roger to discuss the purchase of Tedrick's shares'.
He wanted to keep this matter a secret and did not want to tell Sophie, Hans, and the others. It was because he didn't see a need to tell Hans, not because he was selfish. As for Sophie? He was preparing a surprise.
Li Du saw Tedrick when he reached Roger's office.
To the old man, seeing Li Du was like seeing the Red Army. The old man extended his hand toward Li Du enthusiastically. ”Mr. Li, very happy to be able to see you again.” As they were destined to have a simple business relationship, they went straight to the point without many formalities.
Tedrick would sell all his shares' to Li Du at a price of 11,200,000 dollars, as discussed beforehand. Since people within Harry Winston had the rights to transfer shares', Li Du only needed a lawyer to witness the signing.
After signing, Roger would help him contact the headquarters of Harry Winston to transfer the ownership of the shares', which needed only his signature and did not require him to go so far as to travel to the headquarters in New York.
As the Playboy's lawyer had yet to arrive, Li Du went ahead to take a look at the contract for the transfer of the shares' ownership.
Harry Winston was the world's top jewelry company. Their transfer shares' ownership contract was very thorough and was as thick as a book.
Li Du did not understand the contract at all. With a large number of technical terms inside, it was so difficult to read that it was incomprehensible to him.
Fortunately, Playboy's lawyer managed to hurry over toward the end. The lawyer was a tall and lean Caucasian man around 40 years of age, who looked energetic with brown eyes that always had a sharp glow.
”Hello, I am Bauer Neuberger, nice to meet you.” The Caucasian lawyer took the initiative to extend his hand to Li Du.
As Playboy had already explained the situation very clearly, Bauer was able to start work immediately. Li Du thought that the Playboy might have spoken highly of him for Bauer to treat him so meticulously.
After entering the office, he went straight to the point and began inspecting the transfer shares' ownership contract.
The responsibility of a lawyer was to ensure that the contract had no loopholes or risks. As for the price and what not, he was not bothered.
The thick transfer contract, which was incomprehensible in Li Du's eyes, was instead very simple for Bauer. He first spent half an hour roughly looking through it once before looking through it again with Li Du.
He ceaselessly explained everything to Li Du in a very clear manner: which term meant what, what the other party requested of him, and what they hoped he would do.