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Chapter 174 Fortunately, he is the Vice President

The atmosphere in the interrogation room remained tense.

Rocky resisted the urge to tear Goodman into pieces, and suppressed his anger and said: "Don't worry, I understand what a lawyer is like."

He glanced at Chuck and Owens, and then said: "I mean to mediate for both of you. Big things have been reduced to small things, small things have been reduced, what do you think?"

Goodman's lips trembled,

But Rocky took the lead, supported the other person's chair back with his hands, lowered his voice, and said with a hint of threat: "I've been ripped off, so you won't suffer any loss, right?"

Goodman was silent;

After a while, he replied: "Whether we suffer a loss or not depends on how much money we have to pay, right?"

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Chuck.

Rocky couldn't help but have a headache;

One lawsuit can be fatal, but now there are two.

It's like being attacked from both sides.

He thought for a while and whispered: "It's only two hundred dollars, what do you think?"

This amount is not small at all,

Goodman frowned, looked at Edward beside him, and whispered: "What do you think? Do you want to use money to solve it?"

Edward thinks it's feasible,

He and George have already calculated that the annual profit from "Monopoly" will not be less than ten thousand US dollars. Plus Lu Shi and Wodehouse are actively promoting it in Europe, they should be able to make a lot of money.

Two hundred dollars, just money spent to eliminate disaster.

Edward said: "Well, there is no need to grind with them."

Hearing this, Rocky let out a sigh of relief, walked over to Owens and Chuck again, and whispered.

Watching them chatting there, Goodman suddenly smiled,

"Shall we make a bet?"

Edward said: "What are you betting on?"

"I'm betting a dollar on whether this can happen," Goodman said.

Edward was puzzled: "Why? Because of that Chuck?"

Goodman raised the corners of his mouth,

"In this kind of personal injury case, during the investigation stage, it is absolutely impossible for the victim to let a lawyer intervene. But Owens hired a lawyer, which shows that he did not intend to pursue the responsibility to the end. The purpose of hiring a lawyer was to negotiate a price."

Edward was puzzled;

"Isn't that a good thing?"

Goodman spread his hands and said, "Edward, are you a businessman?"

"Ah this..."

Edward was speechless.

Compared with his brother George, he does not look like a businessman, but more like a pure player.

Goodman said: "Both sides have the intention to conclude a deal, which means that there will be a long period of tug-of-war of bargaining."

Edward couldn't help but spread his hands,

"Okay, I admit that I don't look like a businessman. You, a lawyer, are more like a businessman than I am."

Goodman trimmed his hair, thinking that the lawyer himself was a businessman, or even more simply, self-employed.

He stretched himself,

"Look, we still have to grind~ But Owens has a disadvantage."

Edward asked: "What disadvantage?"

Goodman pointed to the top of his head.

"Look at the gauze on his head, he should still be dizzy now~ As long as we wait quietly, the other party will eventually run out of energy."

Sure enough, he was right,

The whispers of the three people opposite gradually became louder.

Chuck said: "My client suffered a serious injury on the top of his head. The medical expenses alone will cost tens of thousands of dollars, not to mention the scars left! You only gave two hundred dollars, which is too little!"

Rocky:? ? ?

Edward:? ? ?

Goodman:? ? ?

Tens of thousands of dollars from Shente Meow!

Even Owens said "???" and looked at Chuck bragging in confusion.

Rocky stared at Chuck, losing his patience.

He turned to Owens and said, "What do you think, Mr. Owens?"

"Gu..."

Owens swallowed and looked at Chuck.

Chuck nodded slightly to him.

The so-called "negotiation" means that if you don't make a big offer, how can the other party make a big counteroffer?

Owens then said: "The Sheriff doesn't need to ask me. My attitude is consistent. I trust my lawyer. What he means is what I mean."

Luo Ji was a little embarrassed, but he had to endure this splint anger.

He walked back,

"Pike..."

As soon as he said this last name, Goodman next to him coughed twice: "Cough cough cough cough..."

Rocky couldn't help but have black lines all over his head.

￣□￣｜｜

He said: "You two, you have also heard about this matter..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the interrogation room.

Rocky apologizes to both parties,

"Sorry, please be patient."

Then, he opened the door and left, and saw a police officer standing outside the door, looking at a document from the customs in his hand.

Rocky asked, "What's wrong?"

The police officer replied in a low voice: "Chief, there are three people outside. One is Pike's brother, George Pike. The other is a Chinese and a British man. They are from the Customs Department and say they are related to the incident."

Rocky's eyes flashed,

"Chinese!?"

Although Owens reported the crime for money, the police roughly investigated the case.

Rocky certainly knew what the so-called "injury case" was like.

He said: "Were you introduced by the customs?"

The police officer scratched his head,

"It can't be said to be an introduction. They just...well...they just came."

Rocky glanced at the police officer and thought,

The identities of Chinese and British people are definitely extraordinary!

He pondered for a moment,

"Invite them in and let them help make peace."

The police officer was surprised.

"Chief, isn't this against the rules?"

Was there a Mao rule in New York in the early 20th century?

Rocky glared and lectured: "The biggest rule is to curb the crime rate! Stop fooling me around here, hurry up!"

The police officer saluted and left quickly.

Not long after, Wodehouse, George, and Lu Shi came in.

Rocky hurried up to greet him, shook hands with George first, and said, "Are you a family member of Mr. Edward Pike?"

George complained in his heart, didn't the two of them just meet?

But he still looked kind and friendly.

"Yes, yes, I am."

Luo Ji looked at Lu Shi and Wodehouse again, and asked with a smile: "What about these two?"

George quickly introduced: "This is Professor Lu and this is Sir Wodehouse. They are visiting scholars and also my business partners."

Hearing "Jazz", Rocky frowned slightly,

But he thought of the British jazzman who was traveling all over the country, adjusted his mentality, and shook hands with the two of them.

Lu Shi smiled and said, "Where's Edward?"

Luo Ji couldn't help but be shocked to find that a Chinese person on the other side had such a pure English accent.

He pointed to the interrogation room in the back.

"Here..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Shi interrupted: "Why are you in the interrogation room?"

For the second time today, Rocky's head was covered with black lines.

￣□￣｜｜

Why is this Chinese more difficult to deal with than those two litigants?

He quickly explained: "The NYPD is too busy. All the separate rooms are occupied, so they have to use the interrogation room. They are undergoing mediation in there~"

Wodehouse was about to speak,

As a result, Lu Shi was faster than him and said, "Mediating for what?"

Rocky said: "It's just... uh... it's Edward Pike who injured others."

Lu Shi said, "Really?"

This "Really?" was so light that Rocky almost couldn't help cursing,

He cleared his throat,

"That's right. Mr. Pike has admitted it himself."

Lu Shi did not waver and said, "I know he has admitted it himself. But the responsibility for this lies with the other party, right? He was drinking and causing trouble..."

Rocky was speechless;

This was the first time he saw such rampant Chinese people.

Isn’t this special meow flying dragon riding on his face?

Rocky said: "This... uh... Professor Lu, right? The reason why the matter is troublesome is because Mr. Owens hired a lawyer. Of course, Mr. Pike also has the right to hire a lawyer, and he has already done so. That’s why I said ‘mediation’.”

Lu Shi chuckled and looked at Luo Ji.

As a result, Rocky, a sergeant of the NYPD, was actually looked at with some fury.

Lu Shi said, "Lawyer?"

Rocky nodded,

"Yes. Professor Lu, you may not know that our United States..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a "crackling" sound like something being thrown in the interrogation room.

"Fxxk!"

Rocky cursed and pushed the door open.

The other three followed suit.

The two clients, Edward and Owens, were still sitting there, but two lawyers in suits and ties greeted them instead.

Luo Ji was stunned, and quickly went up to separate the two of them.

"You want to be locked up in a cell, right?"

Goodman and Chuck gasped and returned to their seats to sit down.

Goodman adjusted his collar and said, "Are you crazy? Do you know how much you can buy for eight hundred dollars?"

Rocky:? ? ?

This goes from tens of thousands of dollars to eight hundred dollars?

He was a little embarrassed and turned around,

"How about giving them a little more space? I think this matter can be settled in a few minutes."

Lu Shi did not answer,

He glanced at Edward and said, "What else are we talking about? Let's go."

In an instant, the room became quiet,

"..."

An eerie silence.

When Owens saw Lu Shi, his face was so angry that he yelled: "Pig...well...you finally showed up!"

That glass of wine hit him so hard that he never dared to say "pig" again.

Lu Shi ignored it directly.

"Walk."

He waved to Edward repeatedly and said, "Your brother is still waiting for you~"

Edward stood up immediately.

Luo Ji was also confused next to him.

He has never seen such a pretentious person, actually taking someone from the NYPD and telling the truth.

Chuck said, "Sheriff, what's going on?"

Of course Luo Ji didn't know what was going on, so he stopped Lu Shi and said, "Professor Lu, the way we do things in the United States..."

Before he finished speaking, there was another knock on the door outside.

"Sheriff!"

It was the voice of the police officer just now.

An evil fire suddenly arose in Luo Ji's heart, and he yelled: "What's wrong!? If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have anything to say, let it go!"

As a result, it was quiet outside.

The corner of Lu Shi's mouth curled up and he said, "Chief, even if there is a fart, you have to let someone come in and let it go, right?"

Rocky looked at him angrily, then shouted to the door: "Come in!"

Bang——

The door was knocked open.

The police officer rushed to Rocky in a few steps, handed a piece of paper, and whispered: "Telegram from the White House."

Rocky: "..."

A basin of water falling from the sky extinguished the fire in his heart.

He carefully took the telegram and read it in a few seconds. Then he raised his head and looked at Lu Shi and Wodehouse with an extremely complicated look.

Time seemed to stand still.

"Huh~"

Rocky let out a sigh of relief.

"So be it."

Owens, Chuck, and Goodman didn't know what was going on.

What "just do it"?

Edward stood up and said, "Thank you, Sheriff, I'll leave now."

Rocky waved his hand,

"Um."

This attitude change was so obvious that Owens couldn't help but shudder.

In an instant, my clothes were wet with cold sweat.

There was even a large area of dampness on the back, which stuck tightly to the skin.

Lu Shi nodded to Rocky, glanced at Owens who was shaking off a cock, and then pulled Wodehouse and the Parker brothers away.

Naturally, Goodman wouldn’t wait any longer.

He was about to follow, but then he fell two steps behind as if he thought of something. When he passed by Rocky, he stood still and winked in the direction of Owens.

"Sheriff, you are drunk and causing trouble, look..."

Rocky raised an eyebrow,

"You've already made money, why bother?"

The corner of Goodman's mouth curled up and he said, "Isn't this the kind of dirty work we lawyers do? Of course, I am also a fake."

Rocky looked at Owens who was still sitting there.

After a long time, he said: "How to say it?"

Goodman joked: "I'll fine him tens of thousands of dollars~"

Rocky glared at him.

"Ten dollars."

The amount wasn't huge, but it was extremely insulting.

Goodman nodded with satisfaction, then walked over and said to Owens: "Whether it is a pig or not is only related to IQ, do you understand?"

After saying that, he quickly walked out of the police station.

Outside the gate, several people have called a carriage, and the coachman is helping to carry the luggage.

Lu Shi was chatting with the Parker brothers,

He scolded Edward: "ED, why are you so impulsive?"

Edward scratched his head sheepishly,

"Professor Lu, you are the creator of "Monopoly" and a partner of our Parker Brothers. If you are in trouble, of course we have to help. Besides, this matter itself is what Owens did wrong."

Lu Shi sighed,

Before he could say anything more, Goodman had already joined in.

"Lu...Professor Lu!"

He handed over his business card and introduced himself: "My name is Saul Goodman. I am a small lawyer in New York. I occasionally take on cases of one kind or another. I have just informed the Sheriff, and he promised to fine Owens." .”

Goodman had a smile on his face, and he felt like a bitch.

Lu Shi: "..."

He instinctively rejects American lawyers.

Goodman said, "Professor Lu, you don't understand the United States, so we need our lawyers to do some things for you."

Lu Shi pondered,

What the other party says cannot be miscalculated.

Seeing that he was silent, Goodman continued to promote himself: "Professor Lu, for example, if you want to cooperate with Parker Brothers, if you need legal help, I can! And, you know, each state in the United States has different rules, you A Chinese...I don't mean anything else, I just want to say..."

Lu Shi raised his hand,

"Okay, I can hire you!"

He glanced at the carriage and saw that the driver had already loaded the luggage, and then said, "We are about to set off. Would you like a ride, Mr. Goodman?"

Goodman was not polite and got on the carriage with his bag.

Lu Shi said to the Parker brothers: "Squeeze."

Four other people also got on the carriage.

When the carriage wheels made a "gurgling" sound, Goodman asked curiously: "Professor Lu, where did that telegram come from?"

Lu Shi replied: "The White House."

Goodman:? ? ?

George:? ? ?

Edward:? ? ?

The three of them were stunned.

Goodman was glad that he had made the right bet, and asked again: "Then, can you tell me who it is?"

Lu Shi said: "Vice President."

One sentence silenced the carriage again.