Will McWawan is a backbone. This is different from many Confederations and even Westerners. Integrity, backbone, this thing Brooklyn has not seen much.

What he saw was more of submission and betrayal. Occasionally, if there are similarities, they will be disappointed after careful distinction.

Stubbornness and stubbornness are obviously not backbones. Will McWawan is a backbone. He didn't call for help from Winston or anyone on the television station, he just stiffened his nerve and dialed Brooklyn at midnight.

"I used to think you would be the real 'Themis,' the All-Federation Themis."

"I thought I would witness the birth of God with my own eyes, and I was honored to be a witness, and when I realized this, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep for days."

"I thought you would become a benchmark for the profession of a judge, written into textbooks, and respected by countless juniors and every law student." Brooklyn didn't interrupt, but listened quietly to Will McWawan's statement.

He even stopped typing on the keyboard. It's a personal cultivation – don't do anything else while listening to someone else and listen carefully, which is basic respect.

The previous Will is still in the process of being evaluated, and no one knows what the future relationship between the two will become, and Brooklyn naturally puts efficiency first, not respect.

But now, listening to Will's words, Brooklyn feels that even if it is an opponent, at least at this moment, Will is worthy of respect.

It's not just about respecting Will, it's about yourself.

"But I was wrong."

"You're no different from those bombastic politicians."

"You've learned what they did."

"Brooklyn, you've really disappointed me! You've let a lot of people down! ”

"I've put my resignation letter in the company, and now I don't have anything to do with A. Something is coming at me. Let me see how ugly your politician face is! ”

"Where are you?" Brooklyn asked, frowning. Will's voice sounded like that of an alcoholic.

"I'm visiting your friend." Will said

"Do you dare to come to see them now?" There aren't many friends in Brooklyn, and even fewer who haven't seen each other for a long time.

After all, only the late Wood Ward and Ben Stone remained.

"I thought you gave up, and you were really as fearless as you appeared." Brooklyn chuckled.

Admittedly, Gracie Pamela was Brooklyn's main target, and it was a natural and more acceptable way to announce his ideas to the outside world through her informal press conference in the afternoon, which was an accident for Will McEvoy.

Originally, Brooklyn thought Will would give in, but he didn't. I thought that Will would stiffen up with a backbone and come to a tragic heroic finish, but he didn't.

This left Brooklyn a little confused about Will's thoughts. Combined with what he said before, is Will McWawan using Ben Stone and Wood Ward to persuade him, or is he using Wood Ward and Ben Stone to provoke him?

Brooklyn needs to confirm what Will really thinks. With his relationship with Winston, it is undoubted that A will continue to be his mouthpiece with or without Will will be, but Will McWone's presence makes A's evening news extremely high-quality and popular.

In a way, Will is A's evening news! Compared with getting rid of Will and letting A start anew and recreating a show with a good reputation, of course, it is better to keep Will and continue to be the same.

Will remained silent for a long time in the face of Brooklyn's temptation, and just as Brooklyn suspected that the person opposite him had fallen asleep, Will spoke.

"The evening news is my show, it belongs to me!" Will exclaimed

"Without me, A would have been closed a long time ago!" Will is the star of A, the number one brand, and to some extent, it is not an exaggeration to say that he saved A.

Will's words sound like big words, but they're actually the truth. While A is doing well now, and losing the evening news may be painful, it won't be overwhelmed, but it can't erase the fact that Will saved A.

This is also another key point that Brooklyn has been reluctant to mention - Winston has a good stake in A, but driving away Will, Winston has lost real money, and it is the credibility of the right to speak, and he must re-establish credibility and re-find a host like Will McWonwan who is recognized by the audience, and re-cultivate.

It takes effort and time. Because of the relationship between the two, Winston may not say anything. But that's not how relationships work.

He and Winston can be regarded as a fateful friendship, a relationship that is enough to entrust the future, but can he resist a few tosses?

Relationships need to be maintained, and they are not something that, once established, can be destroyed with impunity without change.

If Winston had driven Bob away, Brooklyn wouldn't have said anything and wouldn't have felt comfortable.

"Will." Brooklyn's voice was unusually soft

"Maybe we should have a good talk. To this day, I still don't understand why you suddenly have such a prejudice against me. ”

"You're a veteran news person, and you should know how much damage your own actions today will do to my public image."

"You have imposed your views on me without authorization...... Hear me out, Will...... It's true that you didn't say that those were my thoughts, but you induced hints through words to make the audience think that those were my opinions. ”

"They'll think that's what I think."

"Let's not talk about that, right, you're making up fake news, right? You didn't even notify me before you decided to do so. ”

"What if I don't watch the news? What if I happen to have something to do today? Tomorrow I will be blocked by a reporter who asks me what I am trying to express in the 'scoop' I gave you, how should I answer? Will didn't speak.

Brooklyn said earnestly

"Will, we've got to be reasonable."

"You're not doing it right, are you?" After a pause, Brooklyn continued

"I don't know why you did that, maybe you just wanted to say it, maybe you didn't think that much at the time, but maybe you were biased against me. You think, it's not your business to get into trouble anyway, anyway, I'm going to pay for it, and you can still say what you want to say, so why not. ”

"You expressed your opinion and did justice in your opinion, what about me? Is justice based on the premise of harming the interests of others still justice? ”

"Will, we've talked about it. You come and tell me, is this still justice? Will still didn't speak, but this time Brooklyn didn't give him a chance to run away, and kept asking questions, waiting for his answer.

"Maybe it seems to you that I can handle these things easily, and you don't even think it's a problem for me. But that's just what you think, and besides, it's not with my permission, right? ”

"Why do I repeatedly stress – even in the eyes of many media outlets – that you are being asked to report my entire interview process truthfully and completely, and not to misinterpret the views I expressed? I just don't want to get caught up in such a public opinion dispute. ”

"I am a judge, not a referee, and the focus of my work should be in the courtroom, not being entangled in public opinion and living in news headlines every day."

"You said you had high expectations of me, that I should stick to my original idea and be a judge who does justice, but you didn't do that. You have personally pulled me into the whirlpool of public opinion. ”

"What should I do with this now? If a reporter asks me tomorrow if what you say is my point of view, how should I answer? ”

"Not? What do you do? If I deny it, you'll be a fabricator of the news, and I'll have to punish you, or they'll do the same next time. ”

"Yes? Once I admit it, there will soon be an innumerable number of people coming to e.. Y protested and threw stones at my window. ”

"You've put me in a dilemma where I've had to spend time and energy dealing with it, and then you'll accuse me of not doing my job, a judge who doesn't work in the courtroom and deals with the media all day. You're going to say I've changed, you're disappointed in me, I'm no longer the pure judge I used to be. ”

"But you caused the trouble, and you caused the trouble."

"Will, tell me, what should I do?"

"Your performance in Orvis - no one told you to do that, did they?" Will was silent for a long time, then changed the subject.

Brooklyn knew that he had accepted his claim, and instead of poking it out, he seriously discussed Ovis, as if he really wanted to have a long talk with Will and untie the knot between the two.

"What do you want me to do?" Brooklyn asked rhetorically.

"You have completely violated procedural justice, you have sympathized with the victim from the very beginning, and you have been biased in favor of the plaintiff throughout the trial. Is this what a good judge should do? Will asked, and then gave many examples of Brooklyn's performances in Orvis, with a spit and quick stance.

Brooklyn listened to Will's statement before he asked rhetorically

"Isn't Orvis worthy of sympathy?"

"What if Pence Norton is wronged?" Will said immediately. Brooklyn Road

"Do you think he was wronged?"

"There will be a second time, and you will get used to ignoring procedural justice and judging entirely by your own thoughts, and eventually you will ignore the evidence, ignore the statements of the lawyers in the courtroom. Someday, you will be wronged. Will said after a moment of contemplation.

Brooklyn laughed

"Why do you think that?"

"You're blaming me for mistakes that haven't happened yet, blaming me for uncertain mistakes."

"It's inevitable." Will interjected. But he knew it wasn't inevitable. People always think that there are two when there is one, and that there is a difference between zero and countless things.

Indeed, many things are like this. But not everything. This kind of thinking completely denies the possibility of a person's change, and completely does not believe in a person's self-control and judgment.

"You don't believe I know what I know, and I can't prove it to you, because even if I do a good job, you'll still say 'next time.'" Brooklyn Road

"Actually, you only want to trust your own judgment, you don't trust me, otherwise you won't think like this until there is a second 'Ovis' eucalyptus." Will remained silent.

Brooklyn is right. He prefers to trust his own experience rather than Brooklyn.

"Let's talk about procedural justice." Brooklyn also didn't want to dwell on the fact that he couldn't dwell on the future that was uncertain at all, and instead said

"Procedural justice should be visible justice, and the judgment should not only be correct and fair, and fully comply with the provisions and spirit of the substantive law, but should also make people feel the fairness and reasonableness of the judgment process."

In other words, in order for the judgment conclusion of a case to be universally recognized, the adjudicator must ensure that the adjudication process meets the requirements of fairness and justice. Therefore, the adjudication process should be fair and the procedures should be followed. ”

"The correctness of the procedure is to ensure that the adjudication process and results are correct and reasonable, and at the same time, it should be universally recognized."

"The original intention of procedural justice is to make the adjudication conclusions universally recognized and in line with universal values, not the other way around."

"During the Ovis trial, I did sympathize with the victim and was emotionally inclined, and I did suspect that Pence Norton and his son had indirectly killed Ovis. The law does not stipulate that the death of Orvis should be held by Pence Norton and his sons. But this is a lack of law, a loophole in the program. ”

"You should blame Pence Norton and his son for exploiting the loopholes in the law, not me."

"And the plaintiffs are not guilty of murder, they are suing Pence Norton and his son for what they did to Orvis at a party."

"I sympathized with Ovis, but throughout the ruling, I exercised restraint and did not confuse Ovis's death with what happened to him on the night of the party."

"I followed the procedure and followed the correctness of the procedure."

"You can't ask me to act like a robot, emotionless, can you? Will, I'm human too, and I feel sad and angry, and I sympathize with people who are going through misery. ”

"I shouldn't have explained that much to you, Will." As he spoke, Brooklyn received a new email, and the sender was Michael Desciato.

Brooklyn leaned out of his chair to reach for the mouse, opened the email, and glanced at it.

"Will, think about it, I cherish our friendship, we used to be like-minded friends, and I hope the future will be. I'm in a bit of a hurry right now...... When you have a decision, let me know. ”

"Bye-bye, have a great night." With that, Brooklyn hung up the phone, threw the phone aside, and frowned as he carefully read Michael's email.

He seems to be in a position where the signal is not very good. From the context of the email, it can be seen that the email was written during the ACB evening news, but it has only now been received by Brooklyn.

The content of the email is to analyze Will McEvoen's recent performance, predicting that Will McEvoen may say something bad for Brooklyn.

Or if it's not disadvantageous, it's just that rashly letting the media get involved now may give [the truth is only one] chance.