Chapter 276: Allen, the President's Lawyer
With a burst of mournful sirens, several police cars roared away, and finally Huang Yi was taken away, in fact, Brooke still wanted to arrest Zhou Ming and ** together, but because the police officer saw the document specially approved by Mr. President in Zhou Ming's hand, he knew that it would be tricky to arrest Zhou Ming, so he only took Huang Yi away, and of course he should have put all the blame on him alone.
Looking at the shadow of the police car in the distance, ** suddenly said: "Zhou Ming, if you can contact the consulate to send people back to China safely, I am at least ninety percent sure that I can bring Huang Yi out of the police station intact." β
"**You're not planning to rob the prison, are you?" asked Zhou Ming in surprise.
"If that's the only way to go, I'll try it. ** replied.
Zhou Ming shook his head helplessly, not that ** is a fantasy, because others don't know, but Zhou Ming knows that ** definitely has this ability, I think when he was in China, he could run out of the military camp with loaded guns, and exchanged fire with hundreds of heavily armed armed police soldiers on Dongdan Street for several hours without falling behind, and even later commented that as long as he was given enough ammunition supplies, he couldn't fight back and kill a reinforced company.
Since the armed police force and the regular army with loaded guns have nothing to do with the special forces king like **, let alone ordinary police, Zhou Ming doesn't believe that the police in the United States are those superheroes in Hollywood movies.
However, Zhou Ming finally shook his head: "After all, we still have to study and live here, if we tear up our faces with the American police now and make a fuss about robbing prisons, it will not be a good thing for us in the future." β
"Damn, these Americans are really too much, what bullshit free country, it's all a lie!" ** clenched his fists angrily, although he didn't think the United States was a good country, but at least it was relatively fair here, but he didn't think that his compatriots were actually living such a life here, they were bullied like this every day, and their status was not as good as that of black people, and they still arrested Huang Yi in front of him today, how can this not make people feel angry?
"It's inevitable in a foreign country. β
Zhou Ming patted ** on the shoulder and comforted him, and then Zhou Ming asked ** to get into the car, ** asked Zhou Ming where he was going in surprise, and Zhou Ming told him: "Of course it's to rescue our compatriots." β
**Hearing this, they got in the car immediately, originally they were going to go directly to the Consulate General in New York to find Cheng Jun, but Cheng Jun replied very formulaically that he would mediate, so Zhou Ming gave up the idea of going to New York.
"These bureaucrats, it's so hateful!" ** smashed the steering wheel hatefully, and then he said to Zhou Ming, "Otherwise, I'll go to the police station to rob the prison, I will definitely not reveal my identity, let alone affect you." β
Zhou Ming smiled: "Where would I be afraid of you, I think I participated in such a thing as a superpower's national coup d'Γ©tat on the North Russian side, and we were surrounded by layers of troops, there is something I dare not do, but this kind of thing is a way to do no time." β
**'s eyes lit up: "So, Zhou Ming, do you still have a way?"
"I can't say how good the solution is, at least I'm sure it can solve this problem. β
After speaking, Zhou Ming asked ** to drive the car back to Chinatown, Zhou Ming knocked on the door of Zhu Yao's house, Zhu Yao opened the door and looked a little surprised to see Zhou Ming: "Teacher Zhou, do you have anything else?"
Zhou Ming glanced behind Zhu Yao and saw that her parents were not at the door, so he said to her: "It's about Huang Yi, we went back to Harvard just now, and he was arrested in the police station on the way, and it was Brooke who falsely accused him of discriminating against and beating black people." β
"Oh my God, how can this be? Brooke is too much, it's all my fault, if it weren't for me, I wouldn't have these things, I'm sorry for you. Zhu Yao said with some guilt.
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you're sorry, the most important thing now is to find a way to rescue Huang Yi first, but I'm not familiar with this place, Zhu Yao, do you know any good law firms here?" Zhou Ming asked.
Zhu Yao immediately nodded and said, "I know, there is a very famous law firm across Chinatown, and many wealthy people in Brighton directly hire lawyers there, and the lawyers there are also very powerful, but the fees there are also very high." β
"Don't worry, money isn't a problem with me. β
Zhou Ming said this, and then took Zhu Yao into the car and asked her to take them to the law firm, which is located in the heart of Brighton's downtown area, surrounded by bank buildings, and this financial strength is enough to show the ability of this law firm.
Zhou Ming was very satisfied with this, but Zhu Yao hesitated when he arrived at the door: "Do we really want to go in?"
Zhou Ming replied of course, and then took the lead in entering the law firm, Zhu Yao had to follow, and before they entered the door, the reception at the door of the law firm asked cordially: "Hello distinguished gentlemen and ladies, may I ask which lawyer you have made an appointment?"
Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "No, it's just that a friend of mine has been arrested and taken to the police station, and I need a lawyer to help me bail him out." β
The front desk lady looked Zhu Yao up and down a few times and said, "I'm sorry, we are a gold medal law firm here, and we don't provide any form of legal aid services, if you need legal aid services, please call the Public Defender's Office in Brighton." β
The words of the front desk lady made Zhou Ming frown, obviously she was discriminating against them as if they were looking for free legal aid.
So Zhou Ming said to her: "But I am here to find a lawyer, not a free public defender." β
"Okay, our attorney fees here generally range from $200 to $700 per hour, please fill out this form and pay a deposit of $3,000, and our law firm will arrange the most suitable lawyer for you according to your situation. β
The front desk lady said very politely, but Zhu Yao unconsciously gasped when she heard the lawyer's fee, because this price was far beyond her imagination, she wanted to suggest to Zhou Ming that she should change to a cheaper law firm, but Zhou Ming directly took out 10,000 US dollars and handed it to the front desk lady and said, "I'll pay 10,000 US dollars first, but I need your best lawyer here!"
The front desk lady was a little surprised, obviously she didn't expect Zhou Ming to take out $10,000 without blinking so much, you know that many so-called middle class can't earn so much money in a month, and ordinary people can't even earn half of it, so she opened her mouth is a deposit of three thousand dollars, the purpose is to make the other party retreat, but she didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary Chinese in front of her can actually come up with so much money at once.
Aren't the Chinese all very poor and reluctant to spend money, and hate to break one dollar into three dollars to spend, how can they be so generous?
The front desk lady didn't understand this, but she could understand one thing, that is, the guests in front of her needed to be well entertained, she immediately took Zhou Ming's money and said, "Okay sir, can you please tell me what kind of lawyer you need?" Or do you have any special requirements, I can arrange an appointment for you." β
"I'm looking for a lawyer on racial discrimination and fighting, and now I'm going to bail my friend out of the police station, and the rest is just asking me to hire a lawyer, who must be good enough. Zhou Ming said.
"Rest assured, the lawyers at our law firm are excellent. The front desk lady said, "Then please wait a minute, I will arrange the lawyer appointment you need for you right away." β
Saying that, the front desk lady began to rummage through her record book, looking for the corresponding lawyer who was suitable for Zhou Ming, but at this time, Zhu Yao pulled Zhou Ming aside and whispered: "Teacher Zhou, why don't we change places, I know that there is also a good law firm in Chinatown, which is too expensive, two hundred dollars an hour, which is too unacceptable." β
"It's okay, you get what you pay for, since you dare to ask for such a high price here, the lawyer here must have his ability, and you also said, this is the best law firm in Brighton, if she has price gouging we can complain about her, I don't think she will do that." And as for the money, it's useless to keep it, if I really want to make money, I can make more money at any time, and now the first thing we have to solve is to bring people out of the police station. β
Zhou Ming said to Zhu Yao, before his words fell, he heard someone next to him applaud, Zhou Ming and they turned their heads, only to see a white man with sparse hair walking in, he said to Zhou Ming: "If you want to make money, you can earn it at any time, this gentleman is so domineering!"
Zhou Ming looked at the front desk lady with puzzled eyes, and before Zhou Ming could ask, the front desk lady answered him very smartly: "This is Mr. Allen, a barrister from my law firm, and his field of expertise is criminal procedure law." β
Hearing the name Allen, Zhou Ming frowned, as if he had heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, but Zhu Yao called out in surprise at this time, and reminded Zhou Ming: "Teacher Zhou, this Allen, I know, he is a famous barrister in Brighton, he was once employed in the White House and helped senior officials fight lawsuits, very powerful!"
Hearing Zhu Yao's explanation, Zhou Ming suddenly remembered that this Allen was the White House legal adviser twenty years later, commonly known as the presidential lawyer, no wonder he felt familiar, he must have heard or seen it on some news.
"It turned out to be lawyer Allen, hello, I'm Zhou Ming, my friend was arrested and put in the police station, I hope to bail him out, I wonder if lawyer Allen is willing to help me?" Zhou Ming said to Allen, for Zhou Ming, since he met such a good lawyer, there is naturally no reason to let go, since he is the presidential lawyer in 20 years, there must be something unique about him.
Alan smiled and nodded, "Very willing to serve you, respected Mr. China." β