"One, two, three, four, five...... One hundred and ninety-nine, as long as there is one more, we will be able to reach the target!"

In the crowd, Li Yang was shouting loudly, this was on the court of Vinda Community, Zhou Ming came here to collect signatures after agreeing to the request for help from the speaker, after experiencing various tax and fee increases and going to the parliament building to petition and being driven and beaten by the police, they immediately volunteered to submit their signatures one by one when they heard that Zhou Ming was running for parliament, in order to help them speak.

Hearing Li Yang's shout, an old man in his seventies raised his hand: "I can also sign one, these Yankees, they have set a lower age limit, but there is no upper age limit, I can still help you sign and become your legal voters!"

As he spoke, the old man came to Li Yang's table with the support of his family, and he picked up his pen and looked at Li Yang and said: "Hou Shengzi, you must run for the Senator! We Chinese Americans have been bullied in the United States all our lives, and we are afraid that we will not be guaranteed for the rest of our lives, and now they are going to target us Chinese, so that we will not be able to live, we can only count on you!"

Li Yang nodded solemnly and said, "Old man, don't worry, what you said is the original intention of us to run for the council." ”

Listening to Li Yang's answer, the old man left tears of emotion, he wrote his name on the form, and as the old man wrote down his name, Zhou Ming and they gathered two hundred voters for Huang Yi to sign it, and the scene suddenly broke out into warm cheers.

"The teacher is so good, we finally got two hundred signatures, Huang Yi will not be brushed off, he is qualified to enter the official election, we will soon have our own parliamentarian, we can no longer be bullied by those Americans, we can do our own business freely!" Ye Ning said to Zhou Ming excitedly.

Zhou Ming was helpless, he could only say one sentence about Ye Ning's words, he was too naïve, he had just collected two hundred signatures, and the campaign had not yet started, why did he think so deeply? What is the difference between this and thinking about how to become the CEO and marry Bai Fumei to the peak of life all day long after joining the work? But at this time, Zhou Ming was not good at hitting her, so he only nodded and said yes.

At this time, Master Yan found Zhou Ming and said, "Classmate, I have fulfilled my promise and helped you complete two hundred signatures, now you can help me save my wife, right?"

Ye Ning was not happy about the words of the Yan Shi at the time: "I said why did you talk like this, as if we were deliberately using this matter to card you, we are indeed very grateful to you for helping us persuade these Chinese friends to help us sign for us, but there are no strings attached, and we all went to the police station yesterday, did they say that bail is not allowed? You were there at the time, how can you ...... now?"

Zhou Ming waved his hand to ask Ye Ning not to speak, and he said to Master Yan: "Mr. Yan, I happen to be looking for you too, my lawyer has already found several experts in this area, and is now collecting evidence, as long as they collect evidence, they can sue the government for you at any time." I think you yourself know very well that it is unlikely that this matter can be resolved through proper administrative means, and you can only sue through the law. ”

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he added: "This time my lawyer said that since the case involves the city government of Brighton and the state government, it can be directly sued to the Massachusetts Circuit Court, as long as the court rules that the actions of the Fenway District and the city of Brighton are unconstitutional, not only can all administrative orders be revoked, but your wife can also be released." ”

"Are you going to sue in the circuit court?

It is no wonder that the speaker was surprised, because the full name of the circuit court is the Massachusetts Circuit Court of Appeals, a federal court in the United States, and according to the American court system, the status of the Massachusetts Circuit Court is second only to the federal Supreme Court and slightly higher than the Massachusetts Supreme Court.

Generally, the circuit court deals with difficult cases that are difficult to handle locally but are not qualified to appeal to the Federal Supreme Court, such cases are often complex in content and very representative, and they will only come here after appealing all the way from the locality.

"This is very necessary," Zhou Ming said, "according to the jurisdiction, both the Massachusetts High Court and the Circuit Court have the right to adjudicate, but because it involves racial discrimination and possible unconstitutional issues, the Circuit Court's ruling will be more rigorous than the High Court, so my lawyer will choose this way, as for the time in the Circuit Court is definitely needed, but this is also necessary, please understand." ”

"Understand, as long as we can rescue my wife, we can no longer bear so heavy taxes and living expenses, for a longer time, who will let us not take the initiative to participate in politics all the time?" said with a sigh, he then raised his head and said, "Mr. Zhou Ming, thank you very much this time......

Master Yan was interrupted by Zhou Ming before he finished speaking, and Zhou Ming said to him: "Mr. Yan, don't be in a hurry to thank me, I have another news to tell you, maybe this is not good news, that is, the lawyer's fees this time are conservatively estimated to reach 800,000 US dollars." ”

Hearing this number, the teacher immediately gasped: "Why do you want to sue for $800,000? Wouldn't this be a little too much, do you want you to help?"

In the face of Master Yan's request, Ye Ning was not happy at that time: "Help? Mr. Yan, what do you mean by this? Could it be that you are still ready to let us help you pay for it? You have to understand that we are helping you save your wife and help all of you abolish the tariff that you can't afford, and you still care about us asking for money? When our money falls from the sky, will you give it to you?"

Yan Shi shrunk his neck embarrassedly, but he didn't give up, he looked at Zhou Ming with blank eyes, he knew that among these people, Zhou Ming was the one who was really in charge.

Zhou Ming couldn't see his plan, Zhou Ming said to him: "Mr. Yan, my idea is to persuade you to stop fighting, I won't give a penny, after all, what I want to save is your wife, not my wife, and it is you who are bullied, not me, and I am not a benevolent person, and you are not a beggar who can't afford to eat." If you don't even want to pay for it, then it's better to wash and sleep as soon as possible. ”

"This $800,000 is actually not much, it has been discounted by my lawyer, I think Mr. Yan, you should discuss with other Chinese compatriots in the Vinda community to make it together, there are two hundred signatures here, and four thousand per person is enough, otherwise you know, if you don't have money, the American lawyer will definitely not do anything for you." Zhou Ming said, "Or Mr. Yan, you have another way, you can change a lawyer." ”

"Mr. Zhou Ming, is there really no other way?" asked the Yan Shi still without giving up.

"Of course," Zhou Ming replied, "Mr. Yan, you may be able to go to the White House to petition for a look, and perhaps Mr. President can issue an amnesty order for you." ”

Master Yan paused, he still wanted to say something, but Zhou Ming pulled his face and spoke first: "Mr. Yan, I think we have done our best to be benevolent and righteous, if you are still so unreasonable, I think I can only say goodbye, you know you don't have any chips." ”

The smile on Master Yan's face stiffened, and in the end he had to say helplessly: "Okay, I know, thank you very much Mr. Zhou Ming." ”

After speaking, Master Yan retreated, Ye Ning said very angrily: "This Mr. Yan is too good, we obviously helped him so much, and now he still wants to beat us for money, he really treats us as a bank, I really don't want to pay attention to him!"

Zhou Ming smiled at this and said, "Even if we really open a bank, we don't take the money like this, but no matter what the attitude of the teacher is, we still have to deal with him." ”

"Why is that?" Ye Ning said in surprise.

"Because it must!" Zhou Ming said, "Ye Ning, you have to understand, whether we are running for election now, or when we are usually doing business, the most important thing for us is to deal with people, but not everyone will have a taste for us, so at this time we must learn to deal with anyone, whether you like it or not." ”

Ye Ning nodded silently, and then said, "Just like now, if we can't get along with this Mr. Yan, then we won't be able to get the signatures we need." ”

"Cleverness, that's the truth. Zhou Ming said.

......

Meanwhile, on Parliament Hill in central Brighton, Old Brooke and Anthony were strolling.

"Speaker, what happened to the Chinese people who were assembling in front of the Fenway District Council building, and they didn't come back after that day's expulsion, did they?" asked Old Brooke.

Anthony shook his head and said: "Brooke, my brother, although I voted for you in this matter, and the media, I also helped you to guide, but I never thought it was a good strategy, because I later learned that those Chinese people were not harmonious with each other, and the Chinese in the Vinda community may not work together to help that Chinese." ”

Then this strategy will warn them even more, don't get too close to that Zhou Ming, otherwise they will have a disaster. Old Brooke continued, "And isn't this adjustment of taxes and other fees for the Chinese community just right to alleviate the state government's fiscal deficit? ”

Anthony nodded silently and said, "Since you support me so much, Brother Brooke, then I think I should also tell you something." ”

Saying that, Anthony took out his pager and gave it to Old Brooke, Old Brook picked up the pager suspiciously, his face immediately changed, and he looked up and asked, "Speaker, is this news true?"

Anthony unhurriedly took back his pager before saying: "This is the message sent to me by the current councillor of the Vinda community, I think there is competition between him and the Chinese, he has no reason to provide me with false news, so I think the Chinese really used this matter to help him unite the Chinese in the Vinda community, so today quickly collected two hundred signatures." ”

Hearing this news, Old Brook jumped up: "This is really terrible news, I can't let that Chinese succeed, I will definitely stop him!"

Old Brooke said that he was leaving, but he stopped after only two steps, because he knew very well that Anthony was a person, and what he did was basically very purposeful, and he would not do any useless work, so this time it was also impossible to tell himself such news for no reason, no matter what his relationship with him was, he was not such a generous person.

So Old Brooke thought for a moment and then turned back to Anthony and said, "Speaker, you know that I have always supported your bill, and this time it is the same, I know that your new bill is very necessary to speed up the internal reform of the government and parliament. ”

Anthony smiled, he nodded and said, "I have no doubt about this, as for the Chinese side, I can remind you that he made a very serious mistake." ”

These words made Old Brooke's eyes light up: This is what Lao Tzu is waiting for!