Chapter 1186: Who Can Make Schiller Confess? (Above)
In the FBI base office in the metropolitan area, Jimmy, who was sitting at the conference table, stood up and shook hands with Bruce, who had just walked in.
The strong black agent, who always looked a little serious, took a step back and let Bruce into the office, and the two sat down at the table.
"Mr. Wayne, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to cooperate with the investigation and contribute to the cause of federal security and education." Jimmy routinely flattered Bruce a few words.
Bruce shook his head slightly, showing a worried look, looked at Jimmy and said, "You should know why I came here, I don't want my educational background to be tainted, and I don't want the Wayne Group to be involved in this matter." β
"I'm here to make sure that your investigation doesn't affect my business, and there won't be any rumors that will affect my personal reputation."
Bruce's words were very straightforward, but Jimmy didn't mind, he looked at Bruce's expression seriously and said, "Mr. Wayne, please trust the ability of the FBI, we will enforce the law impartially and do our best to give everyone a satisfactory result." β
"Alright, that's the end of the polite time." Bruce looked impatient, he looked at Jimmy and said, "What are you looking for me?" β
Before Jimmy could speak, Bruce spread his hands and said, "You should know that I don't have that much time to go to school because I have the Wayne Group on my shoulders, and if you want to learn some of Professor Rodriguez's personal habits from me, you should think too much." β
"Of course." Jimmy nodded and said, "This is just a routine inquiry, it will not involve any privacy between you and the other party, if you feel uncomfortable with the next question I ask, then you can completely refuse to answer." β
"Wait, you don't want to do a psychological evaluation or a psychological profile on me, do you?" Bruce frowned and said, "Don't play this game with me, no politician or businessman will allow anyone to peek into his heart." β
Looking at Bruce's very resistant expression, Jimmy sighed softly and said, "Mr. Wayne, calm down, you have not charged Professor Rodriguez, as long as you have not claimed that you have been abused by him, we will not conduct any psychological tests on you." β
Bruce rolled his eyes and said, "I know Roman and Thomas, I really didn't expect that the two of them are such hypocritical people, what can a university professor do with the two of them?" Are there no one between the Siannis family and the Elliott family? β
Hearing this, Jimmy's eyebrows trembled slightly, but he didn't respond immediately, but silently wrote down what Bruce said in his heart.
This is actually a suspicious point that Jimmy discovered during the investigation, it stands to reason that as the eldest son and heir of two large families, Roman and Thomas's normal state should be like Bruce described, running around the business every day and not having much time to go to school.
Even if they have to go to the school to deal with the professor for the sake of their good reputation, they will not be trapped in the school and have to accept the abuse of anyone, they are fully capable of getting out at any time.
Generally speaking, bullying in the teacher-student relationship exists in a situation where the teacher is very strong, but the student has no ability to resist at all.
There should be no such situation where the two rich second generations have no ability to resist, and their relationship with the teacher is not so unequal.
Of course, Jimmy doesn't think that Schiller can clear his name because of this, and ultimately depends on the testimony of the accusers and what happens when the two sides confront each other.
"Alright, Mr. Wayne, let's get started, and since you haven't made any charges against Professor Rodriguez, we're going to just ask some very simple questions."
Jimmy leaned forward, looked at Bruce and said, "What do you think this professor is?" β
"A typical college teacher." Bruce replied, "It's fair to go into the classroom two minutes early to give a lecture and leave immediately after class, and to sleep three times in ten minutes when you're teaching a theory class." β
"Can you describe your first impression of him in one word?"
"Strict." Bruce replied.
Jimmy nodded, then asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable with this strictness?" β
Bruce pursed his lips, he thought for a moment, and then said: "Whether a strict teacher is good or not often depends on your attitude towards learning, if you want to study well, that teacher with a high academic level, serious and strict, of course, will be more popular." β
"But if you just want to fool around like me, but you meet a strict teacher, I'm afraid you will scold him 10,000 times a day."
"Have you ever done that?" Jimmy tilted his head slightly, lifted his eyelids, and looked at Bruce from above his eyes.
Bruce shook his head and said, "Why should I have trouble with a professor like this?" Anyone with a little conscience knows that he is also doing his duty as a teacher for your good, and he wants to teach me, but I don't need to learn, I can only say that we have no common interests, but not to the point of hatred. β
Jimmy frowned slowly, this famous little Wayne, as rumored, is indeed a genius businessman who seems to be a little prodigal, but very business-minded, a few words do not deviate from the common interest, never make sharp statements, face any problems more tactfully, and do not target anyone.
But I have to admit that Bruce's statement has some truth, Roman and Thomas, who made the main accusations, are actually from merchant families, and they will choose the psychology department, which is nothing more than thinking that psychology may give them some advantages in the business field.
And if the family business is busy and they don't have much time to study, but the teacher asks them to study hard, they should also be able to understand that the teacher is just doing his duty, even if he gives something he doesn't need, he won't turn against him, right?
Moreover, there is no benefit to offending such a famous scholar, and businessmen like to find common interests and make friends.
No shrewd businessman would sneer, be indifferent, and make enemies with others because he didn't need someone for a while, which is completely against the businessman's tactful instinct.
So Jimmy looked Bruce in the eye and asked him, "And what do you think of Roman and Thomas?" Are you friends? How's the relationship? β
"We're friends." Bruce gave an ambiguous answer and said, "I'm friends with anyone in Gotham, and even if he doesn't like me, he always needs me." β
Jimmy also understood the meaning of his words, to put it bluntly, judging from the size of the Wayne Group, no merchant family would not want to tie up with Bruce Wayne.
"I'll be honest with you." Bruce shook his head helplessly and said: "The two of them have a good relationship with me on the surface, but they should be very jealous of me in private, my parents died, and they took over the Wayne Group early in the morning, and they are worthy of the name, but the two of them are still under the jurisdiction of their parents, and they basically have no freedom, of course they will be jealous of me." β
Bruce touched his chin and said, "Some time ago, I heard that Thomas was in prison and was accused of murdering his parents. β
"And that Roman, I heard that he was arrested some time ago for planning a murder in a hospital, and instead of quickly hiring a few good lawyers to help him get rid of his crimes, he jumped out to accuse a university teacher, which I was quite surprised."
Jimmy's eyes narrowed slowly, he looked at Bruce and said, "I can hear you, you really want to defend your college professor, but the FBI has already investigated the situation you said." β
"Of course, Thomas and Roman are both murderers, and personally, I don't think murderous criminals deserve sympathy."
"But under federal law, murderers and students are two different identities, and they go to jail and pay for the murder charges, but they can still exercise their student rights and charge their teachers."
Bruce spread his hands, shook his head, and gave a ridiculous look, then looked into Jimmy's eyes and said, "You said that, what else can I say?" Do you have any other questions? β
Jimmy glanced down at the papers in his hand, then continued, "Have you ever had personal contact with Professor Rodriguez?" What's the relationship between the two of you? β
"Of course we've been in touch, and I've invited him to dinner at Wayne Manor, and I think it's necessary to have a good relationship with such an academic, but when it comes to personal relationships...... Bruce shook his head and said, "You should also be able to think that such a strict teacher prefers good students, and as for me, ......"
Bruce didn't continue, and Jimmy understood what he meant, when suddenly Bruce snapped his fingers and said, "Didn't you go ask Evans?" Oh, it's little Falcone, who was Schiller's protΓ©gΓ©...... Wait a minute, what nonsense am I talking about? How can you interrogate Falcone? β
Jimmy smiled helplessly, tilted his head to the side, his eyebrows pressed tightly into his eyes, and then he said, "Here's the problem, of course I understand, you want to be able to help Professor Rodriguez, but in fact, the vast majority of the students we surveyed didn't have a very positive opinion of him." β
"And most of the good students who exist in your mouth are not willing to cooperate with the investigation, let alone allow the FBI to give them psychological evaluations, and you should understand that this will lead to Professor Rodriguez's evaluation results being more negative."
Bruce groaned for a moment, then said, "You're trying for me to convince Falcone or other students from the gang family to come forward?" β
Before Jimmy could reply, Bruce said, "No gangster family can bow to the FBI, whether you're bringing them here or you're trying to get into Gotham, it's an offense to them. β
"I know that the Constitution and national honor give you the right to walk on every inch of the Commonwealth, and it is their fault that they do not let you get close, but from the actual situation, you have no way to correct these mistakes for the time being, and there is no way to make them pay for their mistakes."
"You'd better not want me to come forward to persuade them, although the Wayne Group has a global business, I am still a Gotham person, and the Wayne Group is also a local Gotham enterprise, and there is a conflict with the local gangsters, and I will not be able to live my life in Gotham in the future."
Jimmy looked at Bruce in silence, and Bruce looked at him too, and after a while, Jimmy nodded, and accepted the result.
He put the papers away, but instead of immediately standing up and shaking hands with Bruce, he sat down with his hands on the table and said to Bruce, "I can express to you my personal opinion of this investigation, and I don't think that a criminal who could commit such a brutal act of killing his own parents and other strangers deserves sympathy at any time." β
"Their accusations against others are completely thieves shouting to catch thieves, and it is very likely that there are some ulterior secrets behind them." Jimmy's expression was calm, as if he wasn't expressing this slightly radical point.
"I want to be able to fight for justice for both sides, including Professor Rodriguez, of course, but the problem is that we have too little evidence in his favor from the investigation."
Jimmy stood up with the paper, he pressed the edge of the file on the table and tapped it twice to align the paper, and said to Bruce in an inexplicable tone:
"Mr. Wayne, if you don't want another stain on your educational background, you'd better act quickly."