At this point, Matt turned to Foggy. "The purpose of this charity donation is very clear. It's for the poor people in Clinton who suffered from the explosion. Foggy, did you mention Old Lady Elena to someone? "
Foggy quickly shook his head in denial. He didn't dare falsely claim such a "great credit." "No, I really didn't do it. I don't know any rich people at all …"
Looking at Karen's suspicious eyes and Matt's dark glasses, he suddenly understood. "No, I know a lot of rich people, but none of them have a conscience like this. And I'm not familiar with any of them."
Matt nodded.
He and Foggy had interned at the top New York law firm, Randleman & Zucker, where they had met a lot of rich people.
But when the American mega-giant Roxon Corporation had a lawsuit against a sick worker from one of its companies, the matter had been handed over to them, and they had been asked to countersue the sick worker.
In the end, Matt and Foggy had chosen to leave.
In fact, once they won that case, they would be able to stay at Randleman & Zucker and become official lawyers.
That was the dream of countless law students, and an annual salary of a million was just around the corner. In the end, however, the two of them had given up.
Thus, faced with the huge donation that seemed to fall from the sky, their emotions fluctuated, but they weren't ecstatic.
Most of the time, there was either poison or a hook hidden in the pie.
But with their knowledge and legal knowledge, they didn't find anything wrong with the donation agreement.
Firstly, this was a charity, and they wouldn't touch the money.
Even if there was a problem with the source of the money, they could only look for the donor, not unrelated third parties.
Secondly, the agreement was very simple. There were no hidden traps, and there were plenty of loopholes.
Given their Columbia University law doctorates, they were very sure that there wouldn't be any follow-up risks to the money.
But who would donate so much money to their firm and the people in Clinton for no reason?
For a moment, the three elders fell silent.
In the end, it was Karen who broke it. "Should we inform Elena? Her family has only reconnected the water and electricity, and there's basically no money for anything else. It'll take a few days to apply for the money, right? "
Foggy and Matt were roused from their thoughts.
Instead of worrying about the six hundred thousand they had to give to the firm, they might as well help the victims of the explosion apply for charity as soon as possible.
After all, the donations to the law firm could not be used for the time being, but the explosion had caused many poor families to have broken windows and broken walls.
Thinking of this, Foggy took out a large stack of documents from his bag. "I have information on those people here. I'll call you later. Tell them to fill out the application form."
Karen said, "No problem."
Matt said, "I'll take a look at their information first and find the families with the worst conditions. We can put their applications at the front."
As the three of them spoke, they started to work.
…
In the afternoon, Luke and Selina drove past the law firm on their way home, only to see a lot of people going in and out.
The good thing was that many people here did not have cars, so there was no traffic jam.
Luke had a rough idea what was going on, but Selina was curious. "What's going on? Are Foggy and Matt going to be rich? There are so many customers. "
Luke nodded quickly. "We're definitely going to be rich. Hmm, let's go up and take a look. Maybe there's something else. "
Selina, however, shook her head. "I don't think so. Although these people look a little anxious, most of them seem very happy. They're not hooligans. It's not like they robbed a law firm, right? "
Luke stopped the car on the side of the road. "The most valuable things in that law firm are probably Matt and Karen's clothes."
Selina pushed the door open and laughed. "That's true. Foggy's clothes … haha."
They went up to the third floor, and people kept going up and down the stairs. It felt like a community party.
The people who would have made a big fuss in the past were now a lot calmer. At most, they would exchange silent glances with each other and try to stab each other to death with their eyes, but no one fought.
On the third floor, Luke and Selina were about to walk to the door of the law firm when several people shouted at them to stop.
"Hey, don't cut the line."
"Those who cut the line will be pushed to the back."
"Why don't you line up at such a young age?"
Luke wasn't angry. He said with a smile, "We're not here to do business."
In the end, a bunch of people looked at him disdainfully, and a quick-witted black man already said in a rap voice, "Well, someone already said that before. Bro, this won't work. Be good ~ Go line up at the back. "
Luke and Selina were lost for words. You really should be a singer.
Luke stopped chatting with them and called Foggy.
A moment later, Karen popped out of the law firm in a thin blue floral shirt.
It was November in New York, but her forehead was sweating and her cheeks were red, as if she had just done a strenuous workout.
She waved at Luke and Selina and explained to the people in line, "No, they're not here to fill out an application. Their family is fine."
When the people in the queue heard this, although they were a little reluctant, they still reluctantly opened up a path.
The people who had caused trouble earlier had already been chased to the back of the line. No one wanted to repeat the same mistake.
In fact, it would only be more exhausting for them to line up, and the order in which they would actually submit the application would depend on their families.
Of course, Matt and Foggy wouldn't say that to these people.
It was best to let them have some misgivings. Otherwise, if all these people squeezed into the law firm, they wouldn't be able to do anything.
It took Luke and Selina almost a minute to cross the short distance of twenty meters and enter Foggy and Matt's office.
They were busy, and only greeted Luke and Selina. Foggy said directly, "Sorry, I'm too busy today. What's the matter?"
Luke said with a smile, "It's fine. I saw a lot of people gathered downstairs, and I was afraid something might have happened, so I came to take a look. "
Foggy said, "Thank you so much, but there's nothing much to do for now. We're dealing with some business that we just received."
Luke looked at the long line outside the office and nodded. "You don't look like you're dealing with some business. You look like you're going to make a fortune."
Foggy and Matt couldn't help but pause for a moment before they smiled bitterly at the same time.
They wanted to say that Luke was right. These people were here to ask for money, not to give it.
They wanted to say that Luke was wrong. They had indeed just made a huge windfall, although they hadn't cashed the first month's check of fifty thousand dollars.
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