America's Greatest Villain: I Defeat Magic with Magic

The next morning, renowned lawyer Stephen Walker, accompanied by his assistant, arrived at the Rongding Pavilion restaurant on time.

Although it was only 10 a.m., a long queue had already formed at the snack window outside the restaurant.

Even from a distance of more than ten meters, you can smell an extremely tempting barbecue aroma.

The sudden surge of appetite made Walker's face stiffen slightly. However, seeing how popular the restaurant was, he became even more determined to take it over completely.

The reason why he waited a few days to come and put pressure on Walker was because he had recently encountered some considerable trouble behind the scenes.

These troubles left him in dire need of a large sum of cash to fill the hole, which is why he set his sights on Rongdingge, hoping to extort a huge sum of money through medical fraud.

Attorney Walker had already conducted a detailed asset investigation of Rongding Pavilion Restaurant. Although the restaurant was not large, it had been in business for nearly twenty years and had a group of regular customers.

The owner, Huang Fugui, not only owns the restaurant outright, but also has at least $100 million in liquid savings in his private account, which can solve Walker's urgent financial needs.

However, to his surprise, the restaurant owner changed after only two or three days!

Huang Fugui, who originally regarded this restaurant as his life, was like a lizard whose tail had been stepped on. He actually transferred the restaurant to an Asian employee in his early twenties and fled Los Angeles overnight!

Looking at the long line forming in front of the store, Attorney Walker just couldn't understand it.

If he hadn't investigated the background of the new boss, Chen Yuan, and learned that he was an ordinary college student who had just experienced a family tragedy, he would definitely have thought that he was Huang Fugui's illegitimate son.

In any case, in order to get the life-saving cash as soon as possible, Walker decided to meet the restaurant's new owner in person.

Then, in the office that originally belonged to Huang Fugui, he saw Chen Yuan sitting in the boss's chair.

In fact, Walker had a brief encounter with Chen Yuan when he first came to Rongding Pavilion to deliver the ultimatum.

But he was so busy with work that he couldn't possibly remember a mere waiter who served dishes.

Therefore, in Walker's mind, this was their first formal confrontation.

Behind Chen Yuan was a man in a beige suit with a pink badge, who appeared to be a lawyer as well.

However, the lawyer's face was completely unfamiliar; he was most likely just a cheap nobody.

Despite being there to extort money, Walker maintained the demeanor of an elite lawyer. He extended his right hand to Chen Yuan, who was sitting in the boss's chair, and smiled insincerely:

"Mr. Chen, I am Stephen Walker, Mr. Beckman's lawyer. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Unexpectedly, Chen Yuan didn't even lift an eyelid, let alone shake hands. He simply leaned back in his chair and gave a cold snort.

"A bunch of parasites who make a living by cheating and swindling. I know exactly what you've done, Stephen Walker."

Walker's hand, which was suspended in mid-air, suddenly froze, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

This was the first time he'd been called a fraud to his face by a mere young man. Can what a lawyer does be called fraud? That's called legally exploiting loopholes in the rules to transfer wealth!

The instant Walker became hostile due to provocation, an information panel popped up in Chen Yuan's field of vision:

[Target: Stephen Walker, 45 years old, professional extortion lawyer.]

[Recent criminal acts: A meticulously planned exorbitant medical scam targeting Asian businesses. $20,000 in cash was paid to Dr. Weiss, the head of the emergency room at St. Jude Private Hospital, to obtain a false medical record stating that the agent, Beckman, suffered from "severe botulism infection leading to acute renal failure"; and $30,000 was spent to illegally obtain a lab report from Dr. Harker of Ascletis Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd., a company with certification, stating that a fried chicken sample was severely spoiled.]

Chen Yuan's gaze sharpened. This time, the other party had indeed come prepared. They had not only managed to forge medical records, but had even bribed the laboratory samples from an independent third-party institution.

If they followed the conventional legal process, faced with these two irrefutable pieces of evidence, Rongdingge would undoubtedly lose, let alone Chen Yuan and Martin, even if they hired a top-notch legal team.

Sure enough, the assistant next to him tacitly pulled out two copies of documents from his briefcase and pushed them onto the table.

Walker then spoke in a condescending and arrogant manner:

"These are my client's medical records from a reputable hospital, and a test report from a professional biotechnology company regarding the fried chicken sample purchased by my client from your restaurant."

However, Chen Yuan didn't even glance at the two reports, which made Walker's expression grow increasingly grim, and he continued to press:

"It doesn't matter if you refuse to accept these two reports. It turns out that my client, Mr. Beckman, suffered severe food poisoning from eating the spoiled fried chicken you sold."

"Given that my client has suffered irreversible damage to his physical health and has endured immense mental anguish, I, on behalf of my client, formally request $300 million in compensation from your restaurant for personal injury and emotional distress."

Walker rattled off a long string of legal terms in one breath with remarkable fluency. An ordinary Asian business owner would probably find it very difficult to even understand such a long sentence.

However, Chen Yuan remained silent and ignored the two authoritative reports on the table.

Chen Yuan knew very well that, as an extremely professional rogue lawyer, Walker's written reports were absolutely flawless from a legal standpoint.

If you follow the other party's lead in reading the report and arguing about the details, you will fall completely into the legal trap that the other party has carefully set up.

Chen Yuan then gave a cold laugh and finally spoke:

"He spent $20,000 to bribe Dr. Weiss at St. Jude Private Hospital and another $30,000 to commission Dr. Hack of Ascle Biotech to produce a fake test report."

As Chen Yuan spoke, he even clapped his hands casually:

"A cost of $50,000, leveraging a claim of three million. Attorney Walker, you've got some serious skills."

Although Chen Yuan's voice wasn't loud, it sounded like thunder to Walker.

His arrogance froze instantly, and his pupils contracted sharply.

How did this damn Asian guy know that?!

Even if Chen Yuan hadn't even opened those two reports, there's absolutely no way Dr. Weiss and Dr. Harker's names would have appeared in them!

Walker's brain began to work at an alarming rate, exceeding its capacity.

This matter is extremely bizarre.

First, the original owner of Rongding Pavilion suddenly left with nothing and ran away overnight. Then, this new young owner actually figured out the source of the report he fabricated!

Could it be that the other side has planted a mole among their own people?

Thinking of this, Walker's gaze naturally turned to the young assistant beside him.

After all, he had done a lot of dirty work, and this assistant who ran errands with him every day knew some of the inside story.

Upon noticing the boss's suspicious gaze, the young assistant panicked instantly.

He immediately guessed what the boss was thinking, and in his haste, he almost blurted out a rebuttal:

"What evidence do you have that these two reports are forged?!"

The assistant thought his logic was sound: neither Dr. Weiss nor Dr. Harker would ever admit to taking bribes. Unless Chen Yuan could get them to testify in court, it was all just baseless slander.

However, after feeling the cold, murderous gaze of Attorney Walker, who seemed to want to devour him alive, the assistant realized he had said the wrong thing.

Because of his eagerness to prove his innocence, his question at the negotiating table was tantamount to admitting that the two reports were indeed problematic, and that he was just betting that the other party could not produce any concrete evidence!

Sure enough, Chen Yuan burst into laughter, his face full of mockery, and said:

"Since I know the amount of the bribes and the names of the people involved, how could I possibly fail to produce evidence that would convince the judge? Besides..."

Chen Yuan shifted his gaze to his young assistant, looking at the bright red panel above his head, and revealed a meaningful smile:

"Mr. Davis, last night you entered the South Detention Center and used your absolute visitation privileges as a lawyer to pass messages to the outside world on behalf of two Sinaloa gang members convicted of serious crimes, resulting in the destruction of important evidence. This...isn't that highly inappropriate?"

Upon hearing this, not only did the assistant turn pale, but even Walker, who was standing next to him, gasped in horror.

If falsifying medical records only resulted in the revocation of their licenses, then assisting gangs in passing on criminal intelligence is enough to put them on the FBI's radar!

Chen Yuan ignored their panic and instead turned to give Martin Goode a wink.

After all, although Chen Yuan had leverage over the enemy, he was not familiar with the complex legal provisions and sentencing standards of the United States.

Only by letting professional thugs deal with thugs can the other side be made to back down.

Although Martin didn't know how Chen Yuan knew the origin of the two reports, or what his assistant had done last night, he immediately understood.

Martin straightened his flamboyant pink tie, strode arrogantly to the desk, placed his hands on the surface, and smiled at the notorious lawyer Walker, saying:

"Mr. Walker, you committed a forged medical malpractice report in California, and also aided and abetted a gang in obstructing justice. Both charges are combined..."

"Guess how many bars of soap you'd have to collect in prison to regain your freedom?"