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Nate thought about it for a moment, not daring to let Jimmy terminate his employment with the law firm. If Steve Rockefeller were to think that Nate had intentionally fired him, wouldn't he be in trouble?

At this point, Nate realized that he needed to satisfy Jimmy and make him willing to overlook everything. As long as he could do so, both himself and the law firm would temporarily be safe.

Thinking about this, Nate directly asked Jimmy: "Jimmy, you're not going to blow these files open to the relevant parties, are you?"

Jimmy spoke calmly: "Don't worry. If I were to release those files, please may God punish me, let Jimmy Smith leave America and become a wandering laborer abroad for ten years, and during that time, no one would give me even a penny in salary - they'd take away half of what I earn from other sources."

Nate thought to himself: "Jimmy's promise sounds a bit weird? But the content of this promise seems pretty harsh, asking someone else to give up ten years without getting paid, and on top of that, he still wants to get money from them - it's even worse than being a slave back then. We're all God's children, so I don't think he'll joke around with his own future."

Thinking about this, he let out a sigh and spoke up: "Okay! Since you've said that, I definitely can't refuse. How about we go to the company and meet with the board members first, and then I'll send those files over to you later."

The 3159th Chapter - Society is a Huge Food Chain

The members of Ellis's law firm's board were already waiting in the high-level conference room at the law firm.

They also knew that Jimmy had made a connection with the Rockefeller family, so they couldn't be too slow or lazy. Those who were often in New York and those who weren't were all early arrivals.

This kind of feeling was like a third-rate noble family from an ancient dynasty, originally not even worthy of a royal court's attention, but suddenly one of their daughters was favored by the emperor to be a constant presence at court.

It was as if the entire family finally had someone who could reach the heavens. Everyone was hoping she could perform a Dian Xi Transmission in the palace and rise from being a commoner to become a queen, allowing the whole family to shine brightly like stars.

Even Ellis held the same mindset.

He comforted Jimmy only because that was one of his concerns. In his view, comforting Jimmy wasn't the problem; what mattered was how to make him contribute more greatly for Ellis's law firm after being comforted.

When they arrived in Manhattan, where all the board members were waiting for them in a conference room, the entire room erupted in thunderous applause, and every person's eyes were filled with praise as they looked at Jimmy, implying that from today on, he would become the hope of the entire village.

Jimmy looked at these high-ranking directors who had been flattering him all day, and his heart was filled with a thousand emotions, knowing that this was the influence of the Rockefeller family in America, enough to make the so-called elite bow their heads.

After the thunderous applause, Knight Ellis smiled proudly and said, "I brought everyone here today to announce my decision publicly, which is to formally nominate Jimmy Smith as our board member, currently comprising 11 members. We will hold a show of hands vote to agree with this nomination."

As soon as he finished speaking, the other 10 board members raised their right hands without hesitation, and one of them even said, "Chairman, employees like Jimmy who have made significant contributions are naturally worth quick absorption into the board, and we're also prepared to sign an option agreement. Let's get Jimmy to sign it quickly."

Knight nodded and took out the contract, saying to Jimmy, "Jimmy, look at this - it's our prepared option agreement, reviewed and decided by the board, granting you 100,000 shares of company stock, approximately 3% of the total shares. These options will be completed over a 5-year period, as long as you work here for 5 years, you can permanently hold these options, and in addition, you will have the right to receive dividends on these options, with our current annual dividend scale of around $2 billion or more per year, which would earn you an additional $500,000 to $600,000 per year."

Jimmy didn't bother looking at the contract; instead, he said very seriously, "The contract can wait; I want to see all the black stuff about Ellis's top executives. Give me everything you know, and we'll continue discussing it later. Otherwise, let's prepare for a termination agreement right away."

Everyone was silent for a moment before Knight broke the awkwardness by saying, "That's easy - since Jimmy is about to become a member of our board, these secrets should be shared with him."

He then pulled out an Apple notebook computer from his briefcase and opened it, saying to Jimmy, "Since you're one of us now, I won't mind telling you how we operate. We provide numerous internship opportunities to top law school graduates every year, aiming to select talented people to join our firm, and when they come on board, we conduct internal evaluations. Talented ones are classified as S-level, followed by A-level, B-level, C-level, and D-level. The selection range is within the S-level and A-level;"

"One lawyer usually takes 5-10 years to accumulate experience and show good performance. We'll give them a promotion and raise their salary; those who perform exceptionally well will be included in our partnership plan;"

"The partnership plan you're familiar with - it's an incentive scheme offering both salary and option rewards. Once you join the partnership, we'll give you higher compensation and options that will be completed over 5-10 years, gradually vesting and allowing you to exercise your rights, binding you to stay with Ellis and create more residual value for us."

"Jimmy interrupted him, saying, 'These are old news, I mainly want to know how you operate those black materials, specifically what kind of black materials you have obtained from them.'"

"Oh...," Nate said awkwardly, "once a partner makes outstanding contributions and is promoted to a high-level partner, we need to prepare for the future by creating a series of mistakes for them. A high-level partner has strong abilities and their own client group, and their appetite will become even bigger. They will require a higher stock option ratio or even ask to join the board as a director. However, our stock options are limited; one company's shares can only be up to 100%, and each person wants to get some, but ultimately it will lead to a batch of high-level partners feeling dissatisfied. Therefore, before they feel dissatisfied, we will create a series of mistakes for them." JrNovels.com