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Alice's Point Of View
He leafed through documents highly efficiently, a testimony to his experience. While he worked, Silas and I were entertained by the only sound in the room, a poorly fitted horizontal plastic slat about halfway up the air conditioning outlet emitting an annoying rattle that didn’t bother my lawyer.
He scanned the top of each page for its document title and folio reference, checking that signatures were in order at the bottom. He’d done due diligence on the clauses in between, and I was sure Mr. Chow had caught any errors.
He looked up, catching my eye while tapping a pencil on the table. A red biro was behind one ear. Mr. Chow was sizing me up and deciding what sort of client I would be: needy or easy.
“You’ll need a proxy to head up the company until Hong Kong residency is granted, Alice. Our authorities are welcoming to foreigners only once they are screened.”
“Will that be Silas in my case?”
“If you wish. It is your choice, not his.”
My Chinese lawyer was a man of few words who exercised sublime efficiency in his eagerness to wrap up the meeting and get to his next client. His slightly disheveled appearance hinted at a busy day, and it wasn’t lunchtime, yet his eyes sparkled with interest. It was our deliberate choice that he didn’t work for Silas and took instructions from me, a decision to safeguard my independence.
He was also refreshingly forthright, which I liked.
“As I understand it, Alice, you have already received one hundred thousand US dollars in an investment from Silas.”
“That’s correct, with more to come in the next few days.”
“Ah yes… another half a million US dollars will ensure you can set up an office, get your business licensing, employ staff, and begin trading in… well…I, err.”
“Silicon Carbide.”
“It’s a powder, right?”
“Yes. Rice husk is digested by an enzyme, leaving a sludge behind, which is processed into a powder that is compressed into the third hardest advanced material on Earth. You can make armor through to automotive high-pressure water pumps from it.”