Bianca Fordham noticed, nudged her son’s arm, nodded slightly toward Sienna Thornton, and whispered, "She’s signing off on what her family gave her, so why isn’t she signing the Forrester Family’s hotel and shop transfer agreents?"
Thomas Reed chuckled softly, "There’s a rumor in the industry that Thornton has shares in Prosper Law. Lawyer Caldwell has been with him for many years, clearly one of his confidants. The docunts they’ve drawn up, does Sienna still need to think? She can just sign directly."
Bianca Fordham rolled her eyes, "But you’re handling all those property transfer agreents for the Forrester family too, surely you wouldn’t harm her, right?"
Thomas Reed was taken aback, watching Sienna Thornton as she signed. If it weren’t for Simon Forrester’s near murderous glare, he might have kept staring.
He snapped back to reality, shifted his gaze awkwardly, turned to Bianca Fordham, and whispered, "If it were you, who would sign an ownership transfer on the spot for a hotel and a mall? Aren’t you afraid they might be poorly managed, debt-ridden establishnts?"
Bianca suddenly understood, "I guess they’ll need a third-party due diligence team again?"
Thomas Reed remained silent and turned to look at Sienna Thornton.
Sienna Thornton was still signing. What was initially just one pile of docunts had now beco two. Thomas Reed roughly counted; Old Mrs. Thorne’s patent projects were astonishing. This was only half of them, considering the other half, it’s overwhelming. No wonder she’s the top figure in the dostic nuclear physics field.
Thomas Reed, being well-connected, knew a lot. When Lawyer Caldwell made his announcent earlier, he already understood the value of Sienna Thornton’s dowry.
The value was priceless.
Old Mrs. Thorne’s patents honestly cannot be bought out for money. To use them, every year, funds have to be deposited into Old Mrs. Thorne’s account, and the amount isn’t small.
Not to ntion, specifically, the Forresters’ nuclear power and transmission and distribution business in the United States pays Old Mrs. Thorne several billion dollars annually in patent fees. That’s not including the countless nuclear power groups worldwide—in the United States, Europe, Yorai, dostically—all projects related to nuclear power use Old Mrs. Thorne’s patents. Even in the defense arms sector, a field unfamiliar to civilians... national defense needs of so countries, Western arms dealers’ demands for these nuclear power technologies.
The nuclear power field has always been the pinnacle of physical sciences. It can be said, as long as humanity is developing and the world is advancing, Old Mrs. Thorne’s patents will ensure that the Thorne Family’s descendants continue to prosper for generations...
Thomas Reed shook his head. Inside, he felt today’s experience in the little room had presented him with sothing he’d rarely encounter again in this lifeti.
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Just when Sienna Thornton thought she had finished signing all the transfer agreents, Lawyer Caldwell pulled out a few more from the briefcase and said, "These are so copyright transfer agreents for Professor Langley’s publications."
The guests were still quietly discussing which dostic institutions were using Old Mrs. Thorne’s patent technologies, not noticing when Sienna Thornton signed several more copyright transfer agreents.
She spent so more ti signing, and finally, when they were all done and she was about to put down the pen, Lawyer Caldwell produced another docunt.
Sienna Thornton asked quietly, "How much more is there?"
Lawyer Caldwell smiled, "Just one last one."
Sienna Thornton opened the docunt, and was instantly stunned by its contents.
She looked at Lawyer Caldwell, and before she could speak, Lawyer Caldwell motioned her to hold off speaking. So she pursed her lips and turned to Simon Forrester.
Simon Forrester looked equally curious and shook his head.
Lawyer Caldwell approached Quentin Thorne, who was conversing with the Forrester Family mbers, whispered a few words in his ear, and Quentin Thorne nodded with a smile. Only then did Lawyer Caldwell return to his spot.
Lawyer Caldwell cleared his throat, and the living room fell silent once more.
Everyone looked at Lawyer Caldwell with curiosity, faintly guessing that the Thorne Family had sothing more to give Sienna Thornton.
But what could this be?
Lawyer Caldwell looked down at the docunt, "Actually, this is a bit sensitive, and I’d ask everyone here not to let it spread."
Hearing this, the guests felt a surge of excitent, convinced that whatever the Thorne Family was giving at the end must be extraordinary.
In the next second, Lawyer Caldwell said, "Before becoming a public official, Dean Thorne was a senior lawyer. I believe everyone knows that. He was one of the founders of Prosper Law and later moved into governnt work. His personal investnts in Prosper Law were transferred to my na. Today, I am transferring this part of the equity to Ms. Sienna Thorne, who is also from a law background."
Lawyer Caldwell spoke quite discreetly. Those present who understood were close confidants of Quentin Thorne and wouldn’t leak the information. Those who might spread it didn’t understand what was going on.
The intricacies of this process are beyond the imagination of those unfamiliar with law.
Nevertheless, everyone understood that Sienna Thornton now owns shares in the top-ranked, largest international comprehensive law firm in the country!
The exact percentage of the shares was not disclosed by Lawyer Caldwell, and no one dared to ask. However, they speculated that a founder’s share wouldn’t be low, especially since Prosper Law has branches in multiple countries worldwide, with nearly ten thousand full-ti lawyers.
Thomas Reed was completely dumbfounded.
He never imagined that his protege would end up being a shareholder in Prosper Law, consistently overshadowing Vantage, the top dostic law firm...
He was utterly confused.
So were other Forrester Family mbers.
The Forrester Family was clearly in shock, having never expected the Thorne Family to have such a card up their sleeve.
Old Master Forrester, earlier, had thought the Forrester Family was extrely generous compared to Quentin Thorne only gifting a house and so tens of thousands in savings. But now, seeing the Thorne Family bring a patent lawyer, it was evident they were the craftier ones.
Compared to Old Mrs. Thorne’s priceless patent rights, the Forrester Family’s 58 bustling shops, a hotel, and a mall seed quite paltry!
Old Master Forrester felt as if he’d ridden a roller coaster today—no, more like a high-altitude swoop!
He thought he ascended to the clouds in an airplane, comfortably stepping on soft clouds, but ever since that lawyer started speaking, he felt as if he was thrown from the clouds.
One mont ground, the next sky...
The old man’s face turned sour, unable to muster a smile.
The guests were also not too bothered by the Forrester Family patriarch, their focus intensely on Sienna Thornton and the pile of docunts on the table, each calculating in their mind: What exactly is the Thorne Family giving as a dowry?
If you talk about money, there were only that check for tens of thousands and a three-bedroom apartnt in Sunmoon Valley; if you say there’s no money, yet the patent inco seems to be endless wealth...
Perhaps this represents the highest standard for a dowry when marrying off a daughter—guests can’t calculate the dowry’s sum because they don’t understand how much it truly is...
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