After thinking about it, he called his mother and said that he had to rush back to New Haven (Yale's location) immediately because of some academic problems, so he opened the door of his second-hand Pendiak Sheikh Star, kicked the accelerator, and headed straight for Yale.

A second-hand car, but with a displacement of 4.7 liters, it can be called a performance monster.

In an age when gasoline was almost cheap, a gallon of gasoline was only $0.36, which translates to just over nine cents a liter in metric units, a third less than a pound of flour.

And in 1955, when the "Emirates Star" was introduced, the price of oil was less than five cents per liter.

Edward drove this machine with a 4.7-liter V8 engine, which was really pitiful for the drivers of his previous life, when global oil prices soared, and the 3.0-liter engine was already a symbol of luxury cars.

At the moment, this oil price is a blessing to the "Seven Sisters of Oil", Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, Texaco, Gulf, BP and Royal Dutch/Shell, seven European and American mega oil companies monopolize the industry.

According to the law of industrial development, cartels (oligopoly alliances) were formed, and these companies entered a stage of rapid development from the 50s to 70s of the 20th century, with rapid increases in sales, profits, and industry rights.

By squeezing oil-producing countries to provide cheap gasoline and various petroleum products to their citizens, they have greatly reduced the cost of living for residents, and by the way, they have constantly pushed up their country's GDP and the salaries of company executives.

After more than 30 years of stumbling and stumbling, the Bretton Woods system is already showing signs of fatigue, and now it is trying to make the last of its residual heat, together with the dividends of World War II, make gasoline cheaper than mineral water in the United States.

There are often family cars with a displacement of more than 4.0 on highways across the United States, which makes Edward, who drove a three-cylinder Xiali in his previous life, feel like a dream world.

Of course, he would rather that all this was really a dream, as long as he could wake up and go back to that comfort zone composed of couriers and the Internet.

Apparently not.

With the roar of the throttle, the "Emirates Star" sped along the wide CT15 interstate.

……

New Haven, Connectigo, is home to Yale, one of the world's best universities, with only 100,000 residents.

Although it is an interstate trip, the actual distance is not far, and it is enough to drive from Brooklyn, New York, in an hour and a half.

It was just before work, and there weren't many cars on the road, which allowed Edward to continue to think deeply about the case while driving.

Next, the benefits are obvious, Ferichet is not short of money, and then he can get a powerful helper.

It's not that he has much confidence in the morality of the mafia, that they are all solid-eyed good men, and that in the United States, it is very simple to win respect and friendship, as long as they show enough strength and value, "warm-hearted" friends will be as ubiquitous as pollen in the spring air.

"Damn, why is the climate so perverted this year? It's spring break! Why do you still have to wear a down jacket?! Edward cursed.

Pondiak is positioned in the middle and high-end crowd, and the high-end goods like the Emirates Star, which were high-end goods at least ten years ago, must have heating.

Cutie Dehua is cheap, and the car he bought is not so much a second-hand car as a two-two or three-dimensional handcar, and all kinds of small problems continue, otherwise this car, which cost more than 2,000 dollars at the beginning of the market, would not have let him win it for only three hundred dollars plus a cup of coffee and two donuts.

Pulling the collar, Edward continued to think, there are many advantages, but also obvious disadvantages.

The official has actually controlled almost all the resources, and in the eyes of the FBI and the district attorney who want to handle a big case, Ferry is almost the same as the meat on the board, and the only thing that can make him choose is whether to be braised or steamed, oh, should it be fried or roasted, in the eyes of ordinary Chinese people, soy sauce and other seasoning artifacts are only afraid that they are more terrible than cocaine.

Therefore, he is tantamount to trying to "offend you a little today" by FBI agents and New York City prosecutors.

Will this cause you problems?

The answer is yes.

Under any regime, the government and the people are always opposed, even the United States, which has always been a beacon of democracy and freedom.

It is the creed of the people to save their lives if they do not fight with the officials.

However, in the face of a powerful opponent, he is not in a situation of being slaughtered by others, and his status as a student at Yale Law School is enough to make the other party jealous, at least a move similar to explicitly bullying Ferry will not be used on his head.

To the F.B.I. or the District Attorney, law students are nothing, but the law professors behind them are terrible, nominally teachers, but in fact, if given the opportunity, these people will immediately become circuit court appellate judges, Justice Department lawyers, and other roles that are a headache for the president.

Another characteristic of law professors: extremely protective of calves!

With this tiger skin, your little fox might as well be active, even if it really causes trouble, as long as you retract back into New Haven, it will be too peaceful.

The FBI agents and district attorneys you have to face are all government civil servants, and they have to be promoted or transferred every few years, and they will deal with the case on their own, and they will live with peace of mind for a few years, and when they get out, they will be good guys again, or they can't afford to hide, and after graduation, they choose to start their careers in the federal appellate court on the West Coast.

It is imperative to continue to study the dossier well.

Through the contact just now, Edward felt that what Felice said was basically the truth, and from all aspects, Dami did not have a motive or background for killing.

This guy's background is too clean, he has been a good baby with excellent character and learning since he was a child, he studied all the way to business school, and as long as he graduates, he can enter the social elite circle, how can such a person kill people impulsively?

What's more, this kid does have a bit of "national color and fragrance", plus the traditional arts of Italians, as long as he is willing, there will be no shortage of beauties around him, compared to Barbara's good appearance, but it is a typical American girl in this era looks and dresses, and even looks a little sloppy and rough.

Edward didn't believe in the plot of Dami's love murder or attempted pleasure and murder, but it was possible for a woman to kill a man.

"Damn, it seems that this spring break is not boring, I hope I can finish the matter before the start of school, otherwise it will be unbearable to rush back and forth."

Yale, like most schools in the United States, divides an academic year into two semesters.

Usually September 1 is the beginning of the new school year and the fall semester, which ends in mid-December.

Then there is a month of winter break, the second semester, also known as the spring semester, which starts in mid-January and ends in mid-May, and the next academic year is followed after a three-month summer vacation.

What is humane is that there will be two to three weeks of spring break in March every year, and the people of the United States want to come to Confucius's "twilight spring, spring clothes are ready, five or six crowns, six or seven boys, bathing in Yi, dancing in the wind, and returning with a song." I agree with that.

This spring break, as a year student, Edward originally planned to review his homework, and then find a place to think quietly for a few days to plan his future education and career path.

The first year of graduate school is relatively easy on the whole, there is no undergraduate degree in the law major in the United States, and all graduate students jump, so the first year students mainly learn the basic law and general legal knowledge, and after the second year, they begin to determine the professional direction and choose a tutor, and then they have to plan a summer law firm internship to lay a good foundation for their future job search, and at the same time, entering the barrister internship can also add points to their professional resume.

Yale students have a heavier task because they have more important things to do during the year – writing petitions to the judges of federal/district courts so that they can become their assistants after graduation is the biggest difference between elite students and ordinary bastard students in elite schools.

The United States is also a country that values connections, especially in government agencies, which are more important than professional skills or work ethic in the middle of a career.

"Well, I hope this case can be handled beautifully, at least on the resume."

……

"Hi, Chris." Edward pushed open the door of the dormitory, and sure enough, he saw the big black man leaning on the sofa reading his textbook carefully, and there was a cold pizza on the table next to him.

"Hmm." The latter didn't raise his head, but just snorted, which was regarded as a greeting.

After a while, he said, "If you don't have dinner, there is pizza here, and you can eat it all." ”

"Don't tell me, you've been hanging out here these days, and you're living on pizza." Edward shouted in surprise.

He was answered by silence.

This big black guy named Chris Thomas is his classmate and roommate.

There were very few blacks at Yale Law School in those days.

Even if the government stipulates in the Affirmative Action Act that universities must admit a certain number of people of color, if the score is not enough, it can be "merit-based" to admit students.

However, most blacks choose science and engineering, which are easy to get money and mainly deal with instruments and machinery, and very few choose law or business.

On the other hand, being able to enter Yale also shows that the real level of these people is not bad, and they are taken care of by the policy when they enter the school, but their academic grades are also at the middle level.

Chris was a bit better, but this man had a quirk and didn't like to talk most of the time, and shared the old three-bedroom and one-living apartment with Edward when he was assigned dorms.

Over the course of a year, both parties felt that the other was a good roommate.

Chris was silent, but he had a good sense of humor, and one day Edward came back and saw a zoomed-in picture of a giant panda hanging on the door, and he looked at it for a while, not sure what it meant.

The black buddy said next to him, in a low tone that is characteristic of black people, and with a bit of phlegm in his throat but he can't cough it out, "This represents our apartment!" It is black and white, and it is also born in Asia. ”