Chapter 456: Hiring a Personal Lawyer
After leaving, Xu Cheng called his apprentice Lin Dong, “Dong, go and find a financial lawyer for us. I will personally interview them. In the future, we will let him take care of everything that involves investments and financial management.”
Lin Dong: “Okay, I will go to the headhunter tomorrow and find some candidates for you to interview.
– Next day –
Following Xu Cheng’s requirements, the headhunting company immediately gathered a lot of fitting legal and financial talents.
Xu Cheng looked through the profiles that the headhunter gave, and at last, he finally decided to meet with a financial planner that had changed five employers in the past.
His name was Stenson.
A guy that was fired five times by five different employers.
The guy had wavy hair and looked shabby, not even his beard was shaved. He acted quite casual as well.
After looking at his profile, Xu Cheng asked him, “Shouldn’t you have at least dressed formally coming to an interview? Aren’t you afraid of not being hired?”
Stenson pursed his lips and said, “I’m used to it. In the past, I was very formal and acted more professionally than everyone else. But, it seems like I became a bit infamous in this circle, so no one seems to want to hire me anymore.”
Xu Cheng smiled. “Can you tell me about how you got fired by your last five bosses?”
“Can I not?” Stenson said awkwardly, “The people that were interviewing me the past few times all asked me this, and in the end, I didn’t get hired by any of them.”
“I want to know,” Xu Cheng said.
“Fine.” Stenson said indifferently, “I’m the type of person that treats money above all else; otherwise, I wouldn’t have gone to study finance and wealth management. It might have something to do with how I was born in the slums, I’ve loved money since I can remember, and that made my decisions a bit lacking in humanity in many cases! In serious cases, some of my decisions would cause my employer to take on some bad reputation, and during one of the most serious times, for my client’s interest, I hurt some minorities, so I was cast aside. Over the years, I did receive the punishment I deserved, as my reputation in this circle really can’t fall any further. But from a professional standpoint, I wasn’t wrong. Because, no matter how powerful the law is, in the face of morality’s bottom line, it is still powerless. I just became the sacrifice, that’s all.”
Xu Cheng nodded. “If I can ask you, do you have something you believe in?”
Stenson: “Such as?”
Xu Cheng: “Such as do you love this country? The M Nation?”
Stenson smiled. “Did the country care about the slums? I can proudly say that right now, although I have enough food and clothes today, the country didn’t contribute anything. And the M Nation disgusts me because its frequent wars with other countries made people like me orphans! If you must have me name a faith, I only believe in money! That’s my faith.”
Xu Cheng nodded, finding this guy very interesting.
“According to your resume, you have at least two blank years, it seems like no one wanted to hire you during that period. So, over that period of time, how did you manage to get through it without an income?” Xu Cheng asked.
“Leeching off of my woman.” Stenson wasn’t embarrassed at all when he said that. “In the whole world’s eyes, I’m scum, but in my woman’s eyes, I’m someone very special. Sometimes, being able to have a woman take care of you is also a type of ability. I am able to use my mouth to get myself a very stable home that feeds me and let me take shelter, I feel very proud of it.”
Xu Cheng smiled. “Alright, you can go now.”
Stenson: “Wait, I think I still have something that I didn’t say yet. I feel like it was just you asking me, shouldn’t I say a bit more about myself for an introduction?”
Xu Cheng looked at the time and nodded. “Go ahead.”
Stenson had a bitter smile, he was really on the verge of just holding Xu Cheng’s hand and begging. He pleaded, “I need to prove to my girlfriend my capabilities, can you give me a chance? I want to marry her. I don’t want to miss out on this girl, and I need a job. I already fixed a lot of my stubborn problems, really, and today, coming here like this, it’s not that I didn’t want to dress in a good suit, I really don’t have any money in my own pocket.”
Xu Cheng smiled.
“I need a guy that loves money more than anything else, with the only premise being that this person must be used by me, and listen to me. I mean, even if it’s the president of the M Nation commanding you, you still have to listen to my orders and be on my side. Right, you having no other faith is what I like about you, and this is also why I’m hiring you. But, I still want to hire a few more.”
“No need to hire other people. I know what you are questioning next is my ability. Let me tell you, my past employers’ net worths were all in the range of the billions of dollars, and this is enough to show that I have the capabilities to serve you! One month, take one month to test me out and I don’t require any salary or commission,” Stenson said, “Small cases of just a few thousand dollars in lawsuits up to several millions of dollars, I can help you take care of it all! I know, as an Asian, how insecure you feel in the M Nation. Believe me, I know the laws here inside out, I will make the M Nation like a home to you, being able to leave or come in anytime you want. Even if it’s in prison, as long as you have money, I will make it feel like home for you!”
Xu Cheng grinned. This guy was a bit interesting.
“Then what happens if it involves hundreds of millions, or billions, or hundreds of billions in the future? Can you still maintain your loyalty to me?” Xu Cheng asked.
Stenson said, “I can’t.”
Then, he immediately added, “But what I can promise you is, I’m loyal to my profession! Even if I have to die!”
“Good.” Xu Cheng faintly smiled. “Then I need you to do something for me first.”
He took out a card and said, “There are 10 million US dollars in here. I need you to go and purchase Professor Koman’s lab for me. I don’t know who he’s selling it through. But I want you to find out about it yourself. He wants 15 million and is a stubborn old man. I want you to get it with 10 million. If you can do it, you can come over to work for me. You don’t need a month of probation, you will be directly hired.”
Then, Xu Cheng took out another card and said, “After you succeed, take this card; there’s 5 million on it. Transfer it to Professor Koman’s granddaughter’s card who’s in another city. I want you to complete these two tasks as soon as possible. Problem?”
“No problem!” Stenson didn’t even think about it. He directly carefully put those two cards into his pocket. “Then, I will take my leave now. Give me three days, I will report back to you.”
Then, Stenson left.
At this time, Lin Dong came over and asked Xu Cheng, “Teacher, aren’t you afraid that he would just run away with that money? That’s a no-name card, there’s not even a password on it.”
“You think the Mexican gangsters are vegetarian? I gave them so many benefits, wouldn’t it be not fair if they can’t take care of this kind of stuff if something goes wrong?” Xu Cheng patted Lin Dong on the shoulder and said, “There are many things that are best if we don’t have to do it ourselves. This world no longer needs lone heroes. Only a united power can take the throne and be the king.”