23 August 1999, New York, Palek Private Hospital.

"Do you want me to hit you?" Wang Yang's voice was cold, panting slightly, and his eyes were full of unprecedented anger. Cole on the other side shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Come on!" Wang Yang sneered, suddenly stepped forward and snatched the telephoto camera in Cole's hand, smashed it on the ground with all his strength, and then swung it over with a fist in anger: "Damn, you go die!"

His fist slammed into Cole's cheek, and a tooth fell out of Cole's twisted mouth and flew out!

31 March 2001, Supreme Court of the State of New York.

The small courtroom was packed, with many reporters without cameras and fans who came to support the audience. Between the positions of bodyguards, assistants and others, Jessica, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, had a face full of piety, holding her hands and silently praying for her beloved.

The old judge Kent Maranlow, who was wearing a black suit and meticulously combed white hair on the bench, had a calm expression that made it impossible to see his thoughts, and he looked at the case materials on the table, from the first session to the present to make a decision, he already had a set of judgments in his heart. He looked up at Wang Yang, who was silent and natural, and Cole Langston, who was adjusting his sitting posture from time to time on the other side, and said, "The prosecution and the defense are invited to make their final closing arguments." ”

Billy McClo, the litigator representing Cole, stood up, twisted his tie and walked out, saying, "A year and a half ago, in this city, there was a very ordinary violent incident where a man brutally attacked an innocent person. Originally, the case was very simple, just send the man directly to prison. But the identity of the perpetrator has made this case so final. ”

Billy McLeo walked to the front of the jury, looked at the jurors with different expressions, pointed to Wang Yang, frowned and said in a deep voice: "I've heard enough people say, 'He saved a little girl', yes, that's a fact, it's commendable! But then, he hit someone, and that's also a fact! He saved a little girl and did a right thing, but it doesn't mean that he has a quota for 'doing a bad thing for free'! In law, we are talking about the part of him that does bad things, and we can't simply say it." Make up for your mistakes correctly'! The doctor who has saved countless people has beaten and killed people, and that doctor will be punished as well. ”

"Then why can he escape the law!?" Billy McCrow was full of shock, walked quickly to the judge's seat, looked at the calm Kent Maranlow, and said in a quick tone: "Just because he is a good director, because he is a billionaire, because he is young, so he can get special treatment?!

The members of the jury all frowned in thought, Jessica clenched her teeth tightly, scolding in her heart, "He's confusing black and white!", her eyes followed Billy McCrow to the defense bench, only to see him look at Wang Yang, shake his head and sigh: "There is no doubt that this young man has outstanding achievements in some aspects, but in front of the law and this case, those are nothing! Look at him, what kind of attitude does he have now? I don't see any remorse in him, he is even proud of his violent behavior!"

Defense lawyer Vincent Grant secretly took a deep breath, this opponent is very smart, knows how to arouse the emotions of judges and jurors, and knows that if they are made to think, "I can't help the powerful." However, the opponents of the same level and the disadvantages of evidence and witnesses are not the headaches for him and Wang Yang's lawyers, but Wang Yang's attitude.

At the beginning of the trial, he once proposed an out-of-court settlement, but his client did not hesitate to veto; during the trial stage, he also suggested, demanded, and persuaded his client, and in court he showed the judge a sympathetic attitude of "knowing his mistake and not hitting people casually." Before today's trial, he also reminded again and again: "Yang, your attitude directly affects the outcome of this case! Let yourself be haggard and regretful, and don't be so tough." But he still didn't cooperate, and now the other party is still seizing this key point to attack.

Looking at Wang Yang, who was silent next to him, Vincent Grant sighed in his heart, what a stubborn guy! Seeing that Billy McCrow over there had finished speaking, Vincent Grant reminded him for the last time and clicked on a piece of paper on the table, which said "approach", he got up and said: "My client is indeed an excellent and outstanding young man, but I want to remind everyone that there are not only good 'special treatment', but also bad ones. ”

He spread his hands, came to the jury, and asked, "Is it because he is a celebrity that he deserves a particularly severe discrimination?" The jurors immediately looked at each other, and he continued: "Everyone knows that my client is keen on charity, and he has donated 5 million to the Children's Protection Foundation, 10 million to the Youth Protection Foundation, and 10 million to the Women and Children's Help Center!"

Vincent Grant walked to the judge's seat, looked at the old judge, and said excitedly: "I say this just to say that he is not a cruel and unreasonable person, no! On the contrary, he is a person with a sense of justice and love." Jessica in the gallery kept nodding silently, and Vincent-Grant said, "He started beating Mr. Langston because he was angry, and he was angry because he was saving people, doing the right and great thing, but Mr. Langston went to wreak havoc, and this is the whole incident! ”

He stretched out his hands and exhaled, slowly calmed down, and concluded: "The law is used to punish bad people, if you are guilty of beating a bad person who hinders the rescue of people out of a moment of anger? What kind of crime is this?" He looked at the jurors, looked at the old judge, and said with a confused expression: "What kind of crime is this? Justice is wrong? Saving people is wrong?" After a long time, he nodded and said, "Your Excellency, everyone, I have finished speaking." With that, he walked back to the defense bench.

Kent Maranluo's expression remained unchanged, he looked at the case information, made some considerations in his heart, then looked at Wang Yang not far in front of him, and said: "Young man, we have met many times in the past year or so, and I know your affairs very well. You are indeed an excellent young man, but each case has its independence, and it is facing you on August 23, 1999. If you had to go back to that day, would you still fight Mr. Cole Langston?"

"Please, Young!" Vincent Grant shouted in his heart, and gently kicked Wang Yang's foot with his foot, this answer is very important, you must have remorse for your loss of control! In the audience, Jessica pursed her mouth tightly, hoping that he would do what the lawyer said, but also felt aggrieved and uncomfortable for him;

Wang Yang stood up slowly, didn't even look at Cole over there, looked directly at the judge, and said, "Yes, I will." ”

Vincent Grant suddenly closed his eyes helplessly, and was about to mess up, Jessica's heart seemed to be stabbed, but then relieved, Young, why are you so cool...... Fans secretly clenched their fists, reporters took out pens to record Magic Young's words with "good show" expressions, and Cole and Billy McCro were secretly happy.

"Do you think you're completely right in this matter?" Kent Maranlow frowned slightly, his voice became serious, and said, "What would you have done if there had been no security guard pulling you away at the time? Continue to fight, seriously injure the prosecutor, or just take his life?"

Wang Yang shook his head and said, "No, I won't do that." "But Cole would have two broken arms and a few months of plastering. He remembered the scene of that day, Cole's ugly face vividly, to compromise with this kind of scum? No! Never compromise! He looked at the judge and said sincerely, "I didn't say I was completely right, but I don't regret the choice I made." Hitting someone is a bad behavior, but in the face of certain people, certain times, you have to take action. ”

"It's not the law. He shrugged his shoulders, then looked at Cole over there, and said in disgust, "You need to do that, you have to do that! When you're old, you're like, 'Why didn't I make a good shot at that bastard?' but you're not going to have that chance again, you're going to go to heaven with this regret......"

Enough is enough!" Wang Yang took a few deep breaths, swallowed the rest of his words, and said, "I'm done." ”

Kent Maranlow's old face was expressionless, he picked up the wooden hammer and struck it, and said, "Adjournment, the verdict will be announced in fifteen minutes." With that, he got up and walked to his office in the courtroom, and the members of the jury got up and went to the jury room to discuss.

The courtroom suddenly buzzed with the sound of chatting, fans were very excited about what Miraculous Yang said just now, and the reporters also knew that they had earned it, but Vincent Grant looked at Wang Yang with a dissatisfied face, and said: "Yang, what are you doing? ”

Very serious consequences? Shouldn't he go to the electric chair and go to jail? Wang Yang smiled, maybe he was too naïve, but it was worth it. But...... He looked back at the auditorium, and saw that Jessica's smile was very far-fetched, full of visible worry. Wang Yang gave a comforting thumbs up, and his heart was suddenly very troubled, if he was convicted, even if he was sentenced to community service, his parents, Jessica, and all the people who cared about him would be uncomfortable, which he didn't want to see.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the jury members and Kent Maranlow came out in a row, Kent Maranlow came to the judge's bench and sat down, the whole courtroom was nervously straightened, and the old judge calmly announced the final verdict: "This case has its complexity, the defendant is a young man with strong blood and full of justice, because of anger, he violently attacked the prosecutor, causing physical harm to the prosecutor. Considering the provocative conduct of the prosecutor and the fact that the defendant saved the human life......"

Jessica's eyes didn't blink, her heart was about to stop beating, would Jan be okay?

Kent Maranlow added: "Although the law is not simply one minus one, and cannot make up for what is wrong, it is for people, and the jury was at one time inclined to acquit the accused. But ......" reporters and fans in the auditorium suddenly widened their eyes, and several people let out a "oh" sound very rudely; Jessica froze, her face instantly became ugly, Jan is guilty!?

"Silence!" Kent Maranlo tapped the wooden hammer, looked at the silent Wang Yang, and continued: "The accused did not have the slightest remorse, he did not feel anything wrong, he insisted on the correctness of his beating, and even despised the court, this attitude is regrettable." The jury found the defendant Wang Yang guilty of 'intentional wounding'. ”

Hearing this, although they had already guessed it, everyone still couldn't help but jump in their hearts, reporters and fans all looked at each other, Magic Yang was in trouble! What kind of punishment will he receive? Lose money, apologize, and aid the sentence? Jessica covered her forehead gloomily; Cole couldn't help but smile; Wang Yang was expressionless; and Vincent Grant next to him was full of helplessness, as long as he repented a little, the result would be completely different, but now it's messed up.

"In view of the prisoner's bad attitude, I think he needs to be punished enough before he can reflect on himself. So this is the verdict here...... "Kent Maranlow paused, looked at the people with different expressions in the courtroom, and announced: "Prisoner Wang Yang needs to compensate the winning cole Langston $300,000. Colton below hugged his head in disappointment, how could it be only 300,000! Kent Maranlow continued: "In addition, Wang Yang is sentenced to 150 days in prison, no probation, no bail, and the prisoner needs to serve his sentence in Lake Island Prison for immediate execution!"

5 months in prison! No probation, no bail, but immediate execution!?Jessica felt her head dizzy for a while, and the assistant next to her hurriedly supported her, she stared blankly at Wang Yang's back in front of her, and muttered: "Oh my God, oh my God, how can this be!"

Fans and fans were also stunned, no one thought that the judge would sentence him so heavily, and Magic Young would go to prison for 5 months?! Not to mention his director's new work this year, maybe he won't even be able to see "Sweetheart", hell! Although maybe he will be released from prison tomorrow for some reason, or parole soon after, but the current situation is that "the idol is about to go to jail", and their mood has fallen to the bottom.

"Your Excellency!" Vincent Grant hurriedly stretched out his hand, stood up and said, "I raise an objection, this sentence is too heavy, my client has a clean criminal record, why do you lose the right to bail?!"

Kent Maranlow said with a serious face: "The objection is invalid, you can appeal, but the decision of this seat has been decided." He looked at Wang Yang, he made this judgment because he felt that it was necessary, and he said earnestly: "Young man." You need to know what you're doing, and you need to use your 'kung fu' in the right place. I don't want you to have too many regrets when you get old and you find yourself in prison. ”

Wang Yang was silent and did not speak, the result of this sentence was unexpected, which meant that he would be detained and locked up in Lake Island Prison soon, and theoretically for 150 days, Oscar, NCAA games, all his original life would suddenly be far away...... Although he still has no regrets, he feels more uncomfortable than ever before, how can he make the people who love him still happy?

At this moment, two burly court officers came up in handcuffs, and one of the black men said, "Sir, you can now remove your valuables, or leave them in the custody of Lake Island Jail." ”

"I'll appeal to you. Vincent Grant patted Wang Yang's shoulder encouragingly and said, "Bear with me, you can come out tomorrow at the earliest." ”

"Okay, I'm fine!" Wang Yang stood up, there was nothing valuable to remove, but ...... He turned to look at the back of the auditorium, and his eyes were only on the girl named Jessica, and he grinned and shouted, "Sweetheart, don't worry about me! Take care of yourself!" Suddenly, several female fans in the fan group on the other side screamed "ahh ”

Jessica tried hard to keep her smile strong, silently watching Wang Yang over there being handcuffed by the court police, and then walking towards the prisoner's passage hostage, her heart ached as if she was about to lose consciousness, she had never felt like this since she was almost 20 years old, it was like losing him, losing the most important person...... Seeing that Wang Yang was about to walk into the passage, she couldn't help shouting: "Yang, no matter what, I love you!" Wang Yang, who was pressed by the two court police, stopped his footsteps, turned around and smiled at her, and shouted: "Me too!"

As soon as Wang Yang's figure disappeared into the passage, she covered her face with her hands, and in her red eyes, tears poured out uncontrollably, trying her best to suppress her crying, and a familiar gentle voice faintly sounded in her ears: "Maybe you need this ......"

The reporters on the other side hurriedly got up and left, and as soon as they walked out of the courtroom, they scrambled to take out their silent mobile phones and called: "Listen, Magic Young is going to jail immediately! He is now detained, get ready, you must take a picture of the prisoner car!", "Immediately post it on the website, headline! 150 days in prison without probation and bail! Hurry up, we want to get his prisoner photos as soon as possible!", "Remember, he said, 'This is not the law, you must do it'......'" Don't forget to write Jessica, she cried......!

Wang Yang naturally didn't know the reaction of the outside world, and after leaving the courthouse, he was escorted into a prison car taken over by the state police, and then went directly to Lake Island Prison.

Lake Island Penitentiary is one of New York's major prisons, covering 413.17 acres and holding an average of 14,000 inmates per day. After arriving here, Wang Yang registered, got his sentence number "18394", then handed over his personal belongings, changed into a light blue prison uniform, took fingerprints and took prisoner photos, and then after a detailed experience, he took the prison supplies issued by the prison, and was escorted by the prison guards to the Annami Cross Center (AMKC), which is responsible for incarcerating adult male prisoners.

He will not get any special treatment just because he is the "youngest billionaire" and "the youngest Golden Globe nominee for Best Director", especially since Kent Maranlow's verdict says "strict treatment", and the prison arranges him as an ordinary prisoner, and has to live in a two-person cell with another prisoner.

Holding clothes, toothbrushes, mouthwash cups and other items, Wang Yang approached his room step by step, and the prisoners on both sides of the cell were shouting: "Best Director!", "Hollywood Kid!", "Your girlfriend is so spicy!"

Wang Yang exhaled softly, telling himself not to be angry. He suddenly remembered that Old Man Wu's words had come true: "If you are so brave and ruthless, you will be in prison sooner or later! Don't blame the master for not passing on the killing trick to you, I'm afraid you will be shot!" He shook his head and smiled, remembering that he was still smiling and saying at that time: "Master, if there is any shooting, at most you will go to the electric chair!"

"This is your room, don't make trouble. Some beer-bellied white prison guard pulled open the iron door of cell 149 and said mockingly, "But I think you should be able to talk about it." With that, he banged his baton and left, shouting, "Be quiet!"

With Kakaka's voice, the iron door of the cell slowly closed automatically, Wang Yang looked at it expressionlessly, and after a moment of smiling self-deprecatingly, he looked back at this small room where he might need to stay for 150 days.

The snow-white and bright room was rectangular in shape, less than 9 square meters in size, with a bunk bed that could only accommodate one half of the body on the right hand side of the wall, a small fixed desk and chair in front, a silver stainless steel sink and a toilet next to the doorway, and a white man with a scruffy beard, also dressed in a light blue prison uniform, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Hey, magic ......," the man said in a hoarse voice, holding out his hand to him. Wang Yang stretched out his hand and shook him: "Hello." He looked at this man, and suddenly found that it was very familiar, and several images flashed in his mind, and he suddenly asked suspiciously, "Robert Downey Jr."

The man was stunned, then laughed with a funny smile on his face, and said, "I really didn't expect anyone to remember me as a decrepit person." ”

(To be continued)