The courtroom debate, which lasted for half an afternoon, was completely one-sided, with Contini's lawyers pouring out the texts, citing texts or refuting them by taking advantage of the loopholes in Matteotti's essay in The Socialists, while Matteotti's defense lawyers could only explain in vain that "I didn't mean that", "I didn't mean it that way", "I didn't mean it that way", "I didn't mean it that way", and so on.

Even if you don't understand the law, when you see this scene, you can understand how big the plaintiff's side is: you have to have momentum, you have to have a scene, you have to have arguments, and you have to be eloquent...... You can accuse these most famous lawyers of sophistry and deliberate misinterpretation, but the problem is that the letter of the law is dead, and the key is to see if people can use it. Otherwise, in the same law, its provisions are open and clear, and the trial rules and relevant judicial interpretations are also clear, why do you need to hire a lawyer, and why is there a difference between a famous lawyer and a non-famous lawyer?

“…… In view of the mental damage caused by Mr. Matteotti in a series of articles and speeches to our client, the damage to the right of reputation of the person concerned and the newspaper "Youth", and the damage to the right of reputation of all interested third parties, we demand the following compensation:

First, the payment of 10 million lire for moral damages;

secondly, Mr. Matteotti made a public apology in the newspaper The Socialist;

Third, bear the litigation costs related to the case. ”

10 million lira is a lot of money, once the verdict is handed down, Matteotti himself is not able to afford it, and it may not be worth mentioning to the Socialist Party, but he knows very well that the party will not pay for himself, because the other party's lawsuit is not against the Socialist Party, but at him Matteotti personally, although the direction and goal are very clear, but the reality is so cruel - this young man under the age of 20 is notoriously difficult. On the other hand, if Contini is asked to pay 10 million lira, he won't blink an eye, isn't it $500,000, what a big deal......

After the trial, the judges exchanged views and announced that the trial had ended and that the verdict would be announced at a later date.

Matteotti didn't know how he got out of the courtroom, the whole person seemed to be in a very bad mental state, he was careless in this matter, the other party was obviously prepared, whether it was investigating his own black materials or deliberately publishing the article in the "Youth Daily" that made him angry, it was part of the whole plan, but unfortunately he didn't expect that the other party still used the trick of using the judicial system, and completely used the polemic method of dealing with political opponents, and the result was fooled.

The next day, the newspaper news was all about the trial, and the neutral third-party people did not care who won or lost in the political orientation of the two sides, but were particularly interested in Mr. Matteotti, whose private life was revealed: entering and leaving the red light district, falsely reporting invoices, arriving late and leaving early and absenteeism, and other things that could not be played together at all were automatically made up into a continuous picture by the idle and bored citizens.

Not only was there a ridicule and uproar in the newspapers, but even within the Socialist Party there were voices questioning Matteotti, it was okay to fight and scold, and it was a trivial matter to be late and leave early to falsely report invoices, but this entry and exit from the red light district was too ugly, although Matteotti swore that he did not accept the service, but he did not dare to deny that he had indeed been in and out.

Well, you did go and you didn't receive service, could it be that thing in your crotch? What is this called?

All in all, the fame is hard to hear as soon as it spreads.

Grizzled here, raised eyebrows there, Mussolini was very happy when he read the relevant reports, firstly, because Contini had faithfully carried out his task and tossed Matteotti to the point of suffering, although the parliamentarian was still very hard-mouthed, but it was obvious that not many people listened to what he said; Second, through this report, the work of the fascist government in the past few months has been well publicized, although there are still many shortcomings that need to be improved, but after all, the results are the mainstream, and the staged "criticism" praise is easier to arouse everyone's approval than empty and direct praise, which makes him very satisfied. In order to cooperate with Contini, he also instructed Caesar Rossi to hold a press conference to express his gratitude to the responsible media such as Youth Daily, which seriously criticizes and monitors the government, and will try to improve the shortcomings mentioned in the newspaper......

Well, even the government itself has come forward to admit that the series of reports of the "Youth Daily" is "criticism", and also said that it "accepts it with an open mind and earnestly rectifies", which can be regarded as confirming Contini's statement in court.

Although the outcome of this lawsuit has not yet been officially announced, it has invisibly raised the reputation of the "Youth Daily," and its circulation has suddenly expanded from more than 10,000 to more than 15,000 copies.

While Contini was busy with the follow-up work of United Motorcycles and United Airlines, on February 7, he received a telegram from Germany saying that Hermann Göring wanted to visit him in Rome and asked if it was convenient for him.

Contini, who visited something, didn't take it seriously, but he basically guessed the other party's intention: most likely the German National Socialist Workers' Party has recently expanded rapidly, and Hitler is coming to make a fortune, so he is embarrassed to send a telegram to ask for money, so he hopes to use this means to get close.

This was what Contini had expected, and with the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr area on 13 January, the economic order in the Ruhr area collapsed completely, and the German authorities adopted a non-violent and non-cooperative attitude, allowing all businesses in the Ruhr area to close, workers to take holidays, and government salaries. Not to be outdone, since the Germans did not cooperate, they sent their own people to receive them, so the coal mines in the Ruhr area were mined by Franco-Belgians, and the factories were all produced by Franco-Belgian workers in order to collect the necessary reparations.

Regardless of whether France and Belgium can spare enough labor to meet demand, the cost of sending troops every day alone outweighs the benefits of production.

The German authorities were not least injured, as taxes were stopped in all businesses in the Ruhr area, and workers who were out of business at home were left to live on the salaries provided by the government, and the government had no other source of financial resources but to print bills. The ostensible temporary stabilization of the working force in the Ruhr area was in fact a fatal blow to the German economic system, and this increase in spending turned into a wild horse deficit that escalated into a flood of inflation.

If the initial decline in the exchange rate of the mark was only due to the external shock caused by the change in the international political situation, it has now completely turned into an internal collapse caused by the disorder of the economic system, and the exchange rate of the mark has fallen to the point of nearly 40,000 marks to 1 dollar by the beginning of February, and it is at this moment that Goering came to Rome.

As a result of the tremendous impact in the country, the German National Socialist Workers' Party, which has been propagating nationalism in a high-profile manner and advocating "one nation, one doctrine, one party, and one leader," has flourished, and its membership has rapidly expanded from less than 10,000 to more than 20,000.

He came for a simple reason: to ask for money!