Chapter 546: The Tormented Baekeland
"Is Lowell here to take advantage?" After everyone else left, the Arlington hostess appeared. Her tone was not very friendly. After hearing her husband's explanation of the whole story, she asked this question in return.
"That's not right. We still need to be united. I can't bankrupt anyone who disobeys me. The DuPont incident was just an exception. No one can live alone in this country. If you take the lion's share, you should also think about giving others some of the benefits." Sheffield smiled and asked in the same way, "My dear, you are still so tough? Do you really think that I, your husband, can cover the sky with a flick of my finger?"
The DuPont family incident had a reason. It was an isolated incident. I did it once to teach others not to provoke me. I can't always act tyrannically. It's like wars always break out in this world, but nuclear bombs have only been dropped once. No one can use nuclear bombs as bullets. That would be breaking the rules.
Similarly, there is more than one owner of a nuclear bomb. Living in the United States, one must always pay attention to the relationship between relatives and friends.
Anne actually didn't understand the difference between the two. She knew her husband well, and the standard could be changed at any time. So many of Sheffield's seemingly reasonable words were just nonsense, because in another situation, her husband, who was known for his double standards, could still find suitable reasons and continue to make sense.
But this did not stop her from nodding her head in approval. This man had a rather peculiar kind of machismo. He liked women, especially beautiful ones, but he also had certain standards. It was not enough for her to just be a vase. She had to be able to talk to him all the time. It was not enough for her to just take off her clothes and expose her butt. Her thinking had to keep up.
And the ideas must be similar. Evelyn's is the limit of what this man can accept. It's okay to be a little bit saintly, but it must not be too much. And there must not be too many women like this. After so many years of living together, Anne knows that the standard of the woman her husband likes is a beautiful woman who must do bad things with him.
Sheffield's partner absolutely cannot be a good person. With the family tradition and the environment of the United States, only by doing all the bad things can he have rich experience to guard against others doing bad things to him.
"We can trust Lowell. We can also take a look behind the scenes to see whether he just wants to get involved or wants to show his kindness to us." Anne, who knew how to correct her mistakes, quickly caught up with her husband's thinking and put forward her own opinions.
This is the real Arlington hostess. Sheffield nodded with satisfaction and suddenly said, "If I die one day, you can definitely support our business like a grandmother."
"No! That kind of life is too hard." Annie went straight into her husband's arms, shaking her head and rubbing his chest, "You are safe and sound, this kind of life is the happiest for me."
Anne didn't want to run around in Sheffield to see the old man's daily life. She stayed in Arlington and saw it with her own eyes. It's no wonder that living like this for a long time would make a woman become paranoid now. After forty years, she still kept asking the heir to avenge a bullet on the battlefield.
The couple chatted about everything from one industry to another, from smoking to health benefits to beverages that can cure all diseases, from Haitians eating bananas due to reduced food production to the fact that it is not useless. In short, the couple talked about everything. There were no secrets between them. Even the extremely confidential mustard gas experiment was almost leaked by the slave owner.
"How dare you be perfunctory in naming your child? Do you know what Alice Roosevelt named her child? I personally have no objection to the child having the mother's surname, as long as Arlington is not without a legitimate heir. That's fine, but can you be more serious when naming? Look at Edith Rockefeller's son, William Rockefeller. When you first gave birth to your child, you named him William Sheffield, but this time you named him William Roosevelt! Can you respect my feelings? Although my descendants can be said to be the continuation of my life, they are not me after all."
Sheffield finally talked about this issue. He was extremely disgusted with this kind of Western naming. And this? Various second and third generation names, with a Roman numeral directly added when signing.
"Don't be angry. You are too particular and different from others. I will talk to Alice about it when the time comes." Anne pouted and said aggrievedly, "I actually have to talk about this with my man's other women. I have endured too much for my family. You must be good to me."
"Come, I'll be nice to you now." Sheffield glanced at the time. Mr. Buddha should have gone to visit the graves, so he untied his belt directly to compensate his wife.
"Aren't you afraid that other women might come in and see you?" Annie asked with a smile.
"You're going to make your husband laugh to death. This is my home." Sheffield looked at his wife's little hand reaching into her pants and said sarcastically, "Sometimes I wonder, no wonder there are so many people who hate the rich in society. There's a reason for that, um..."
To the general public, this Baekeland lawsuit is actually not important. It can even be said that most people have never heard of it. At the beginning of the century, the citizens of the United States finally had a little trace of happy education after more than ten years of unremitting efforts by Sheffield. All this proved how important it is to pay attention to the media as soon as you debut. After so many years, it finally began to pay off a little.
Even some people who knew about this lawsuit had a preconceived notion that Baekeland was the first to register the patent, which caused a normal international patent dispute. This was very normal in this era. Countries had different opinions on many important inventions, and it was very common for them to have their own opinions.
Some citizens even show amazing rationality, thinking that patent squatting is extremely immoral. They may only be so rational once in their lives, and they use their rationality in the wrong place.
In short, compared to this extremely important lawsuit in the eyes of those involved, the Baekeland lawsuit has received surprisingly little attention in the eyes of citizens. No one cares about it at all, not even citizens, and not even the media.
After the lawsuit began, Baekeland, who was full of confidence, realized how naive his original idea was. He had only heard from others that in the long lawsuit, many people had to admit that they were unlucky and gave up their rights. But he used to think that it was only something that some low-level citizens would encounter when facing the trust companies. His lawsuit this time was actually very simple and clear.
What a naive mistake this is. As the beacon of capitalism, the United States charges for everything. Education charges, illness charges, and litigation charges. Otherwise, how can lawyers make a living?
If a case can be resolved in a short time, what is the point of having a lawyer? It can be said that since the profession of lawyers has become a group force, any case, no matter how clear the process is or how clear the result is, can never be resolved in a short time. It will take as long as it takes. This is how the value of lawyers is reflected.
Even the lawyer who helped Baekeland with the lawsuit was not on the same page as his client. Baekeland's lawyer also hoped that the lawsuit would not be concluded in a short period of time so that he could continue to make money from this person.
"I don't understand why it has turned out like this?" Baekeland, exhausted both physically and mentally, complained to his lawyer as he walked out of the New York District Court with heavy steps. "The high litigation costs have already tormented me greatly. How come such a clear case has not yet reached a conclusion?"
"Mr. Baekeland, please calm down. The other party in the lawsuit was initiated by London. This kind of cross-border case requires detailed investigation and evidence collection. The United Kingdom and the United States are separated by the Atlantic Ocean, and many investigations and inquiries are very difficult." Baekeland's lawyer coughed lightly and said righteously, "This is a very complicated lawsuit. You must be mentally prepared. But no matter what, I believe you must be right and should defend your rights. I will always support you."
The lawyer's statement was touching enough. If he had said that the litigation costs could be waived, Baekeland would probably be even more grateful. But it was obvious that although Baekeland's lawyer was young, he already had considerable professional ethics. This kind of foolish idea that came up in the heat of the moment would not appear in the mind of someone who aspires to develop in the legal profession.
While the two were talking, the lawyer representing the British patent lawsuit came out of the gate of the New York District Court behind them. Compared with the very uneasy Baekeland, this lawyer with an old-fashioned beard seemed very calm and composed. He didn't even pay attention to them and got into a high-end car and drove away.
Baekeland even thought that if there had not been this lawsuit, he would now be driving his own luxury car and creating wealth in his own factory. However, the dream that seemed so close now seemed very far away.
He was almost out of money and was already struggling to deal with the current lawsuits. What Baekeland had to do immediately was not to raise funds for building a factory, but to raise litigation fees to protect his patent.
For this reason, the land he has already purchased in New Jersey can only be left there temporarily. If this lawsuit continues, he may have to sell the land at a low price to deal with the subsequent lawsuit.
The most unacceptable thing about a lawsuit is that it is long. It can cause the parties involved to be overwhelmed by the pressure. Baekeland is already showing this trend.
(End of this chapter)
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