Before, when he heard Li Guangzhi say that his invention had nothing but an idea, Matsumoto Somasa's heart was half cold.

"Is it deliberately teasing me to come to me with a fanciful idea and come to a serious consultation on how to apply for a patent?" He thought exasperatedly.

The sense of loss and humiliation of seeing his business ruined made him feel the urge to hit someone.

However, when he heard Li Guangzhi's cool words that were obviously adding fuel to the fire, his mood calmed down.

After all, Matsumoto Munemasa is an elite figure who has been a lawyer for nearly 20 years. The two skills necessary to be a lawyer -- careful logical thinking and keen vision -- have not been completely wiped out by the three years of deplorable life.

In his opinion, Mr. Takahashi, who was sitting across from him, was unlikely to be an ordinary office worker or a low-income person in terms of dress, temperament, or speech and demeanor.

A calm and confident young man wearing a Zegna business suit that costs at least 250,000 yen or more has to run to such a remote street and deliberately find himself as a down-and-out middle-aged former lawyer to have fun. This kind of thing, no matter how you look at it, is not very logical.

Moreover, even if the other party is really here to have fun, what can he do, is it difficult to slap the table and turn his face to drive people away? If the other party is indeed malicious, the consequences of turning his face will be even more strict.

After analyzing the pros and cons in his head, he quickly made a decision.

Regardless of the other party's intentions, you must not be impulsive now. The best way to cope. It is to cooperate with the other party to continue the conversation.

"Takahashi-san, if you have any legal questions, please feel free to ask." After Matsumoto Somasa made up his mind, he replied quietly.

Then he deliberately raised his hand to look at his watch, and added: "There are 28 minutes left in the free time, and I will try to answer for you as much as possible during this time." ”

Seeing his reaction, Li Guangzhi's eyes showed a hint of appreciation.

After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "Well, I will definitely apply for a patent for my invention in the future." Why don't you ask Mr. Matsumoto to explain to me the process of applying for a patent and what materials I need to prepare? ”

Before. After looking at the frames hanging on the wall. Li Guangzhi felt that this Matsumoto lawyer should be a suitable candidate to be his personal lawyer.

First of all, from the perspective of professional procedures, Matsumoto Somasa, who graduated from Tokyo University and has overseas research experience, must be much better than ordinary second- and third-rate lawyers. Especially if you have overseas experience. This is for Li Guangzhi, who will definitely cooperate with international venture capital in the future. It's very useful.

Other than that. Judging from the current embarrassing situation of Matsumoto Somasa, Li Guangzhi has a very high probability of success if he wants to recruit him.

Whatever the reason for his endeavor. But as a former graduate of the University of Tokyo, he will definitely not be willing to survive like this all the time. Although Li Guangzhi's thighs are not thick enough now, for Matsumoto, accepting Li Guangzhi's solicitation may be the only opportunity he can seize at present to get him out of the current situation.

Li Guangzhi's deliberately teasing attitude before was actually a small temptation.

After all, he only saw Matsumoto Somasa's current predicament, but how long this embarrassment lasted, he didn't know. What's more, he doesn't know what kind of mentality this person has about his situation now.

For this temptation of him, if Matsumoto Somasa reacts violently and drives people out of anger, it means that this person's mentality is not calm enough, and it also shows that he does not understand his own situation clearly enough.

If he reacts by neither getting angry nor doing any work to fight for, then the person has a very negative mindset and has lost the initiative to change his situation.

These two mentalities are naturally not suitable for Li Guangzhi's target candidates.

Fortunately, the answer given by Matsumoto Somasa was the third one, and it was also the one that Li Guangzhi was most satisfied with.

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"Takahashi-san, the answer to your question is rather cumbersome. I'm going to answer you verbally now, but I'm afraid you won't remember it either. Why don't you leave me an address, and I'll make a memo and send it to you tomorrow, what do you think? ”

Matsumoto's answer was still very courteous in his attitude. And judging from the content, it seems that he has not given up his plan to seize Li Guangzhi's customer.

Li Guangzhi smiled and was about to speak, when the door of the office was pushed open again. Miyoko didn't even knock on the door this time, and walked in directly with a teapot.

She walked to the desk, completely ignoring Matsumoto Somasa, who was sitting opposite, but leaned over to Li Guangzhi's side, and while pouring water into the teacup in front of him, she said in a greasy voice: "Takahashi-san, it's rude, please let me fill the teacup for you." ”

Matsumoto Somasa was in a bad mood at this time, he didn't dare to turn his face to Li Guangzhi, but for the unknown little sister in front of him, he didn't plan to endure it anymore.

"Hey! I said, Miss Maeda, didn't you know you had to knock on the door before you came in just now? Didn't your parents teach you such common-sense etiquette? ”

He first vented two sarcastic sentences, and then waved his hand impatiently: "We don't need you to pour tea, please go out quickly, don't disturb us to talk about business." ”

Miyoko Maeda was planning to take the opportunity to straighten the teacup after pouring the water, so that she could get tired of Li Guangzhi's side for a while. Hearing Matsumoto Somasa's rebuke, he couldn't help but feel ashamed and annoyed, and the nature of the little sister immediately began to attack.

She slammed the teapot on the table with a "bang", and glared at Matsumoto Somasa viciously:

"Less chirping here! You useless perverted uncle! If it weren't for this handsome guy here, do you think your little money would have allowed me to make you tea? Don't look in the mirror and look at your own lewd look! Hmph, I'm embarrassed to talk about business. What serious can you talk about, you liar! ”

After scolding, she turned her head to Li Guangzhi and said, "Mr. Takahashi, I kindly advise you, don't be deceived by this liar." He is not a serious lawyer, and his bar qualification has long been cancelled! ”

"Hey, Miyoko, don't talk nonsense!" Matsumoto Somasa stood up in a bit of a panic and tried to step forward to stop Miyoko.

Miyoko took a step back and sneered at Matsumoto Somasa with a triumphant expression, "I'm talking nonsense? Hehe, I don't know which fake lawyer it is, and I can't even afford to hire a single clerk. I can only ask a high school student like me to impersonate when he comes. ”

"Oh. That's right! And yes. She rolled her eyes and added:

"When a customer comes to your door, you, a scammer, like to make fake calls so that people will mistakenly think that you are busy. Hehe. It's really pathetic, uncle liar. Where is your fake lawyer doing business? The last time I was here, I was pretending to be a female staff. It seems like it was more than half a month ago, right? ”

Miyoko's revelation used the layer of camouflage that Matsumoto Somasa carefully created for himself, and that layer to mislead others. At the same time, it is also a disguise of self-deception, which is torn clean all at once.

"Get out! Get the hell out of here! Matsumoto Somasa stood for a while with a pale face, and then suddenly yelled at Miyoko.

Li Guangzhi on the side heard a taste of despair from his roar. Miyoko, on the other hand, was frightened by his distorted and somewhat hideous expression.

She snorted, but finally didn't dare to say anything more, turned and walked out of the room.

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After Matsumoto Munemasa finished yelling, he lowered his head and remained silent. And Li Guangzhi naturally has nothing to say at this time.

As a result, the office became silent at this moment, and only the sound of Miyoko outside packing up her things came in from the open door.

After a while, I heard the door of the house open, and then it was slammed again. Then, the sound of Miyoko's footsteps in high heels faded away in the hallway.

It wasn't until the footsteps had completely disappeared that Matsumoto Somasa let out a long sigh and sat back in his chair.

He took his glasses off and rubbed his hands his face. Then he put on his glasses again, and tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said to Li Guangzhi: "Takahashi-san, such an embarrassing thing happened, it really makes you laugh." ”

After saying this, he was silent for a long time before continuing: "That, Takahashi-san, my lawyer's license has indeed been revoked. I'm really sorry for deceiving you at this point. ”

When he said this, he tried his best to muster up the courage to look at Li Guangzhi to show the sincerity of his attitude. But after his eyes wandered up and down a few times, he finally lowered his eyelids and fixed his eyes on the ashtray on the table.

"Mr. Matsumoto, forgive me for taking the liberty of it" Li Guangzhi laughed lightly twice and spoke.

Before he finished speaking, Matsumoto Somasa suddenly raised his head as if he had been pricked by a needle, shook his hand in a panic and said, "Takahashi-san, please don't call me Mr., just call me Matsumoto!" ”

"Okay, Matsumoto-san, I'm curious to ask, for what reason was your bar bar disqualified? Is it possible to recover in the future? Li Guangzhi changed his name and continued to ask.

Matsumoto Somasa smiled bitterly and hesitated for a moment, then replied with a sigh: "Alas, there is nothing to hide from this, there are actually detailed reports in the newspapers of that year. I accepted private gifts from my clients, helped him testify falsely when he went bankrupt, concealed his personal property, and then was found out by the bar association."

"As for the chance of regaining my qualifications, it's okay to say that I have, but it's basically very slim."

He took his glasses off and rubbed his hands his face. Then he put on his glasses again, and tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said to Li Guangzhi: "Takahashi-san, such an embarrassing thing happened, it really makes you laugh." ”

After saying this, he was silent for a long time before continuing: "That, Takahashi-san, my lawyer's license has indeed been revoked. I'm really sorry for deceiving you at this point. ”

When he said this, he tried his best to muster up the courage to look at Li Guangzhi to show the sincerity of his attitude. But after his eyes wandered up and down a few times, he finally lowered his eyelids and fixed his eyes on the ashtray on the table.

"Mr. Matsumoto, forgive me for taking the liberty of it" Li Guangzhi laughed lightly twice and spoke.

He took his glasses off and rubbed his hands his face. Then he put on his glasses again, and tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said to Li Guangzhi: "Takahashi-san, such an embarrassing thing happened, it really makes you laugh." ”

After saying this, he was silent for a long time before continuing: "That, Takahashi-san, my lawyer's license has indeed been revoked. I'm really sorry for deceiving you at this point. ”

He took his glasses off and rubbed his hands his face. Then he put on his glasses again, and tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said to Li Guangzhi: "Takahashi-san, such an embarrassing thing happened, it really makes you laugh." ”

After saying this, he was silent for a long time before continuing: "That, Takahashi-san, my lawyer's license has indeed been revoked. I'm really sorry for deceiving you at this point. (To be continued......)