Chapter 2: Heaven and Hell

encountered this unlucky scene, Li Jie hurriedly ran to the bathroom to wipe the stains on his coat and books slightly, fortunately, the coffee spilled was not too much, and some old coats were dark in color, but they were not conspicuous.

Despite his haste and rush, he was able to catch the class before the bell rang. Mr. Anderson, who teaches international law, is not a good talker, and after a few attempts to make an example of the monkey, almost no one dares to do anything out of the ordinary.

Students of all colors around me are listening carefully to the lectures and bowing their heads from time to time to record. Li Jie was not the same as usual, a little distracted, glanced at Peter Russell, who was sitting in the front rows, and then looked in the direction of the seat across the aisle on the left.

There was a blonde figure sitting there, I don't know if I felt his gaze or my heart, the blonde beauty withdrew her gaze from the notebook in her hand, and happened to turn her head to look at Li Jie, smiled sweetly, but Li Jie didn't dare to look more as if she was electrocuted, and hurriedly took her eyes back after looking at the other party, which couldn't help but make the blonde beauty quite disgusted and dissatisfied.

This one is called Lisa? Marcos's girl not only has thick blonde hair and beautiful facial features, but also has an extremely tall and graceful figure, more than 170 centimeters tall and almost equal to Li Jie in high heels, not to mention her slender waist and devilish figure, it is simply a combination of wisdom and beauty.

Just Li Jie knows that he can't count the guys who are interested in this beauty openly and secretly, and he can't count them with his hands and feet, including the muscular Peter Russell.

Although Li Jie is a Chinese, his facial features are quite profound, and his tall and sven appearance and calm temperament are also quite popular with girls, and Lisa's beauty is obviously very interesting to him.

Although he is a little cowardly, he is not stupid, of course he knows why this guy named Peter Russell always can't get along with him, it is nothing more than the fault of the beauty, but it is a pity that he has no leisure to think about the problem of falling in love, and maybe there is a little inferiority complex hidden in the depths of his heart.

Li was born in a very ordinary family in southern China, his parents were both workers, and he studied and went to university step by step. However, after entering middle school, he quickly stood out from his peers with his bright mind and diligent study, and was admitted to a prestigious university in China with very good results, and then when he graduated, he worked hard to get the admission letter of New York University LLm (Master of Laws), which is why he is now in New York.

However, it has been more than half a year since I came to New York, and the only trace of vigor brought by my handsome appearance and excellent grades has long been deeply buried in my heart.

In the 90s of the last century, there was a TV series in China that seemed to be about the survival of Chinese people in the United States, and there was a line in it that could reflect Li Jie's mood at this moment:

"If you love him, send him to New York, because it's heaven, and if you hate him, send him to New York, because it's hell......"

Li Jie was just born when this TV series was broadcast in China, but he didn't see it by chance until he came to New York, and now he finds that he once claimed to be the pride of the sky when he arrives here, the same embarrassment and embarrassment as the protagonist in the TV series.

In the United States, law schools are known as aristocratic and luxury education, for example, law schools have their own special bookstores, a comprehensive library independent of the school, and also sell school uniforms with the words "law_school (law school)" printed on them. Any student entering or leaving the law school must show an ID card, and undergraduate students are not allowed to enter the law school. In the United States, where all kinds of skin tones are mixed, with three steps and one small fat, five steps and one big fat, most of the law students are white-skinned and thin, which fully shows their solid family background and good upbringing.

All this once made Li Jie very proud of his studies and future.

However, as time passed, only a mountain of pressure remained. Not only did he have to face a heavy study load, but he also had to work part-time in addition to his heavy schoolwork due to the high tuition fees, living expenses and a pitiful scholarship.

What is unfortunate is that in the United States, there are restrictions on even selling coolies for part-time jobs. Severe employment pressures and the influx of cheap labor have made jobs extremely scarce.

If you want to work part-time, the most important thing is identity, followed by English, and finally ability.

Not to mention that the part-time work hours of on-campus students shall not exceed 20 hours per week, on-campus part-time jobs have to face fierce competition from overseas students from overseas countries such as China and India, off-campus part-time jobs related to majors require oPT/cPT and other work permits, and internship units must accept them, and part-time jobs unrelated to majors need to fill out the I-9 form to verify your legal work status, including citizenship, green card, etc., all kinds of provisions make people dizzy and powerless.

In the end, Li Jie had to secretly squeeze out extra time to do a little scattered black work, so that he could barely cope with it.

Manhattan, known as every inch of land, is home to countless top tycoons gathered in this square inch of land, full of skyscrapers, dignitaries and wealthy, beautiful women, and gentlemen in fancy clothes, but they are shy in their own pockets. This great contrast reminds him all the time that he is still nothing alone in a foreign land.

Don't count on renting a house, the expensive rent can make people desperate, Li Jie can only live in the student dormitory honestly.

These are still small things, and the most important thing is that the future is bleak. Ranked among the oldest law schools in New York and one of the top in the country, Li Jie found himself with little to no way out.

The New York University School of Law (LLm), where he attended, is a one-year crash course in American law, the full name of which is International_law_and_legal_studies, master_degree (Master of International Law and Legal Studies), which belongs to the position that looks beautiful but is actually tormenting.

Just like Li Jie's class, there are not only a large number of people who already have practical work experience, but also many American students, and his relatively good grades in the competition with these people are not convincing. What's more, Manhattan is the top of the pyramid, and these poor people also have to face the elites of Yale, Harvard, and Columbia Ivy League schools.

Above LLm, there is also a higher-status JD (Juris_doctor J.D.), which is also the choice of many American elites.

However, this is a pure bubble for Li Jie, and JD is not only more difficult to apply, but the sky-high tuition fee of 40,000 or 50,000 US dollars a year can completely cut off his thoughts.

In a word: the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.

In Manhattan, where mountains of gold and silver flow everywhere, looking at the lawyer who is known as the fourth pole of the American political system, and looking forward to the day when he will live a life of a private jet and a luxury mansion and swimming pool, Li Jie is like a traveler who has been thirsty in the desert for a long time and is dying, and can only hope for plum to quench his thirst and desperately struggle against a mirage.

The first priority is to find a job!

Seeing that the study time of less than ten months in the blink of an eye is about to pass, Li Jie's most urgent thing is to find a law firm that is willing to accept him, if he still can't find a home willing to accept him after graduation, he is afraid that he will face the situation of illegal detention after the expiration of his visa, and he will eventually have to be repatriated to China.

In fact, this is also the final choice of most LLm international students, to return to China to work.

But Li Jie was unwilling, and worked hard until now, but he fell short of how to go back to face his relatives and friends, and how to face himself. Ordinary background and hard work made him even more eager to get ahead.

He has lowered his requirements as low as possible, and the top Star, Sullivan Cromwell, naturally does not count on it, and Dewey and Depp are completely out of play. Today I received three more rejection emails, which is not bad, and more applications are despairing.

Angelo ...... He Yinghui...... Wu Datong ......"

Li Jie muttered to himself as he wrote down the few law firms he had selected today, and it could be seen from the names that he was much more actual than before. In the United States, most law firms are named after the founder or partner in order to highlight the effect of well-known lawyers. He has begun to focus on choosing law firms with Chinese backgrounds, hoping to have some opportunities.

Could it be that in the end, I could only go to those small law firms where the grass platform team was abducted and deceived, it was really tragic.