That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 649: The Heroine of the Palace Fight

The lawyer arrived very quickly, within half an hour.

However, what surprised Li Ye and others was that the other party was a white female lawyer.

Even though the lighthouse keeps shouting about how free and equal it is, in fact, in some areas, true equality does not exist at all.

For example, in the legal profession, if a female lawyer can become famous, then she must have gone through countless harsh tests and slapped many old white men in the face.

When the other party arrived, he didn't say a word.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Li? I'm Elena. What do I need to do to prove my ability?"

Li Ye pointed at Zhen Rongrong and said, "This is a friend of mine. She was just fired by the boss of this restaurant for discriminatory reasons, and she was not paid. Do you have any good suggestions?"

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Elena looked at Li Ye in surprise, and after a few seconds she asked in confusion: "Excuse me, Mr. Li, you asked me to be your personal lawyer. Do I usually deal with matters like this?"

"Not at all,"

Li Ye replied calmly, and then asked, "Ms. Elena, do you think there is something wrong?"

Elena shook her head slightly and said with a smile: "I don't have any problem, but I hope you can understand that using my abilities on such trivial matters will only waste your money."

Li Ye looked at Elena and smiled, "Both Cartier and Casio can accurately tell time, but it's a waste if you don't have a Cartier."

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Elena was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Li. I hope our cooperation will be pleasant."

In today's lighthouse, Japanese products are booming, Casio is one of them, but Elena wears a Cartier watch on her wrist, so Li Ye implies that she is a tasteful and valuable "luxury product".

Elena nodded to Li Ye and began to communicate with Zhen Rongrong.

"Excuse me, ma'am, how long have you been working in this restaurant? You only have a student visa, right? That doesn't matter, as long as you work hard you must be paid."

"Who is the owner of this restaurant? Okay. Do you still want to continue working here? Or get enough compensation."

"Ms. Zhen, don't think this will affect other working international students. After all, two dollars and fifty cents an hour is not a condescending price.

And if someone comes along who's paying two dollars an hour, they're not going to keep you because of old friendships."

Elena asked Zhen Rongrong many questions carefully, and did not complain or discriminate against her because she only had a study visa.

Zhen Rongrong worked in a place like Chinatown and was not protected by Dengta labor laws, which was why Cao Yuanmao dared to bully her.

So when Elena walked into the restaurant with her head held high and revealed her identity as a lawyer, he was stunned.

[It's just less than $200. Which idiot hired a white-skinned lawyer to collect the debt? It's not even enough to cover the appearance fee, right? ]

But Elena wants more than just an appearance fee, she wants a job with an annual salary of more than $100,000, and this is just the basic salary.

"What did you say? You want to accuse me of sexual harassment? Gender discrimination? Illegal employment."

Cao Yuanmao felt like his brain wasn't enough. He was just a small boss with some sexual intentions. How come he suddenly seemed to be "unforgivable"?
So Cao Yuanmao quickly called an acquaintance of his, who was a well-known figure in Chinatown and had a good relationship with his deceased uncle.

But the other party only walked in and took a look, then whispered to Cao Yuanmao: "Hurry up and admit your defeat. You can't afford to offend this woman. I've seen her in the newspaper several times."

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In less than an hour, Elena handed Zhen Rongrong a check for two thousand dollars.

Zhen Rongrong held the light check in her hand, feeling it was so unreal.

This was not the first time that Cao Yuanmao had manipulated his employees. In the eyes of these international students, he was a bully who was even more desperate than Huang Shiren.

But now, Elena just went in, showed her sign, and said a few words with implicit threats, and the big bully actually ceded land and begged for mercy.

Two thousand dollars! Even a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant in New York only makes eight hundred dollars a month for working twelve hours straight.

[This is really a world where the big fish eat the small fish! ]

Elena handed the check to Zhen Rongrong, looked at her watch, and then said to Li Ye: "Mr. Li, it's 9:25 now. Can I go home?"

Li Ye said readily: "Of course, I think you are a very good lawyer, and I am glad that you are willing to cooperate with us."

As Elena shook hands with Li Ye and said goodbye, she half-jokingly said, "Mr. Li, don't praise me so much. I will take it seriously."

Li Ye raised his eyebrows and jokingly said, "What will happen after you get serious? Do you want a raise?"

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Elena looked at Li Ye unexpectedly, and smiled with relief: "You are such an interesting boss."

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Elena left, and Li Ye and the others were also about to leave, but Cao Yuanmao's angry shout suddenly came from the Cao's restaurant. "Tian Xizhen, you don't have to come after you finish your work today. You are all ungrateful and ungrateful. You will bite your master after you have eaten your fill."

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Li Ye and others stopped in their tracks, especially Zhen Rongrong, whose face was filled with shame, because Sister Zhen lost her job because of her.

But a second later, they heard Sister Zhen shouting, "I won't serve you now, but if you dare to give me one cent less, I promise to make you regret it so much that your teeth ache. Do you believe it?"

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Ten minutes later, Sister Zhen came out of Cao's restaurant, cursing like a street shrew. She didn't look like an accomplished international student at all.

But Li Ye found it very interesting, after all, Sister Zhen really received the full salary.

In this world where the big fish eat the small fish, it is not easy for anyone to survive. If you don’t want to be eaten, you must have your own means.

Zhen Rongrong said to Sister Zhen with guilt: "I'm sorry, Sister Zhen, it's all my fault that you got into trouble. I was so angry just now that I didn't expect that he would vent his anger on you."

"You didn't implicate me," Sister Zhen shook her head and said, "I have just asked the kitchen staff about this. If we don't leave today, we will be driven away by Cao in a few days."

Zhen Rongrong was stunned and asked quickly: "Why did you chase us away?"

Sister Zhen explained, "In the past month, several groups of illegal immigrants from the mainland have arrived in Chinatown by boat. Cao has already picked out two men and is ready to replace the three of us women."

Zhen Rongrong suddenly realized why Cao Yuanmao wanted to fire Ruan Shujun. Although female waiters were skillful, men could be used like mules. Replacing three women with two men could save hundreds of dollars in profit every month.

"The Cao guy is really evil-hearted. He clearly wants to replace us, but he still says it's our fault."

Zhen Rongrong was so angry that she was speechless. If you want to replace someone, just replace him. Why put the blame on the waiter?
Sister Zhen said coldly, "It's not Cao who is evil-hearted, it's his wife. Ever since that woman surnamed Chen took over this restaurant, she has driven away several senior waiters, leaving only newcomers like us who are not eligible to receive tips."

Wen Leyu and Fu Yiru both looked at Li Ye, because they knew Lin Qiuyan but not Lin Qiuyan's cousin Chen Juming. Through Sister Zhen's description, they had already imagined Chen Juming as the kind of landlord's wife who always looked at her pipe.

"Let's go! I'll take you back to Berkeley."

Li Ye changed his mind and sent Zhen Rongrong and Sister Zhen back to school. After getting in the car, he casually asked about Chen Juming's situation.

"That Chen Juming was also an overseas student. After working in the mainland for a year, she returned from the mainland with Cao Yuanmao.
After returning, Cao Yuanmao lost his job at PepsiCo, but Chen Juming opened a trading company and quickly made money.

Then she invested the money in the Cao family's business, increasing the number of Cao's shops from three to five, and making Cao Yuanmao so proud that he even thought about having three wives and four concubines."

“But the good times didn’t last long.”

Sister Zhen gloated: "Since Cao Yuanmao's uncle died this summer, Chen Juming has taken control of the Cao family and has been controlling Cao Yuanmao.

It was because Chen Juming's belly had grown bigger these days and she hadn't come over as often that he had these dirty thoughts again."

Zhen Rongrong was surprised and asked, "Is Chen Juming so powerful? He actually opened a trading company?"

"That Chen Juming claims to have a strong background in the mainland. She specializes in purchasing clothing from the mainland at extremely low prices and then reselling it in Dengta. However, this is not her greatest ability."

Sister Zhen smiled sinisterly and said, "When Cao Yuanmao brought Chen Juming back from the mainland, Cao Yuanmao's uncle was very angry.
He determined that Chen Juming had impure motives and that she and Cao Yuanmao took it upon themselves to register their marriage in the mainland without obtaining a pre-nuptial property agreement.

"Chen Juming was not angry at all, and took the initiative to earn money to support the family. She soon coaxed Cao Yuanmao's uncle around. Then, Uncle Cao suddenly died. Cao Yuanmao really couldn't control Chen Juming, and let her seize power in the family."

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Sister Zhen's gossip fascinated several girls who had never watched palace fighting dramas, and they were amazed by Chen Juming, the heroine of the palace fighting drama.

But Zhen Rongrong said carefully: "Sister Zhen, don't say such things carelessly, or people will accuse you."

"She's accusing someone of nothing. Do you think just anyone can afford a top-notch lawyer?"

Sister Zhen glanced at Li Ye, then turned and said, "This matter has long been spread throughout Chinatown. There is no tradition of immersing pigs in a cage here in Dengta. Many people still admire Chen Juming's skill!
Even Ruan Shujun saw Chen Juming's example and thought she could do it too, so she wanted to hook up with a rich man and get a green card and property.
It's a pity that she didn't have that ability, and was deceived by a few nice words. Did she really think it was so easy to get a green card and divide the property? "

Sister Zhen said in a mocking tone: "Fools like Cao Yuanmao are rare in Lighthouse. After all, the people in Lighthouse know very well that the one who can take away your property is not your children, but your wife."

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Zhen Rongrong, Wen Leyu and the others were silent. They had not yet left the campus and did not have a deep understanding of the meanness of human nature, so Sister Zhen's words were a great shock to them.

Li Ye also nodded slowly. In his previous life, he had read a novel called "Green Card". It told the story of several people from Run trying to get green cards. The plot was really depressing.

"Pfft~"

Sister Zhen suddenly smiled and said something even more exciting.

"In fact, many people in Chinatown say that what happened to the Cao family is retribution, because when Lao Cao first came to Dengta, he was a poor man. He only got better after marrying a rich girl. But that rich girl had been oppressing him all along, and in the end, he lost his life inexplicably."

"Old Cao has been suppressing Chen Juming. Hehehe, now Chen Juming is suppressing Cao Yuanmao. Do you think there will be retribution in the future?"

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Everyone was speechless and Li Ye remembered something someone said in his previous life: "Marrying someone in a lighthouse will not only put your property at risk, but your life as well~"

A billionaire woman is not an ordinary person, right? But she can drive her car into a pond. Think about it carefully. What kind of world is this?
(End of this chapter)