Chapter 55: The Rice Trial
Today, the judge in charge of the civil trial of the three divisions seemed to be quite experienced, and Tina and Zhang Lisheng waited nervously outside the door when they saw people constantly coming in and out.
"Judging by the expression, this judge seems to be very harsh, which is terrible. Seeing that everyone was looking depressed when they came out of the courtroom, Tina said dejectedly.
At this time, the black bailiff walked out of the courtroom, saw that the two were still outside the door, and hurriedly said: "Why don't you go in, you will appear in court after a while, and the judge must not be made to wait for a long time in a summary case in the civil court." ”
"Xie Lu Xie, I, I only visited the court with the school, never went to court, and my father didn't let my lawyer...
Forget it, thank you, Mr. Bailiff. Tina said, pulled Zhang Lisheng up and pushed open the heavy wooden door, and walked into the courtroom.
The courtroom is not large, and a few rows of wooden chairs can only accommodate less than 100 people, but fortunately there are some empty seats.
**The judge is about fifty years old, wearing a black robe, looking cold and blunt, when Zhang Lisheng and Tina walked into the courtroom, he was beating the gavel, looking at a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes standing in front of the court, and said coldly: "Guilty, a fine of 2,000 yuan." ”
Before the trial, the middle-aged man was surprised when he heard the verdict and said, "Your Excellency, but I just now..."
The judge rang the gavel again, "Bailiff, take down the defendant who has been sentenced." ”
When the middle-aged man heard this, he looked furious, as if he was about to burst into a foul mouth, but he looked up and saw the expressionless face of the ** judge, swallowed his dissatisfaction back into his stomach, lowered his head, muttered and cursed and followed the bailiff out of the courtroom.
"My driver's license is over. Seeing this scene, Tina whispered without any hope.
Zhang Lisheng smiled comfortingly at her, but he had nothing to say, and the two sat together on the empty seat in the auditorium.
Three more cases were concluded as guilty, and after ten minutes, it was Tina's turn to appear in court.
When Zhang Lisheng and Tina appeared in front of the court together, the ** judge frowned when he looked at the two parties standing in front of him.
Seeing the judge's expression, Tina broke the jar and hung her head in frustration and said first: "Your Excellency, I am Tina Doullina of the defendant's illegal parking, and next to me is my witness Mr. Zhang Lisheng.
I brought him in to testify that the reason I violated parking in the No-Parking Zone on New York's Twenty-seventh Street last Tuesday was for good purposes.
Mr. Li Sheng was in China..."
"Miss Tina, you are the first defendant in my summary civil trial in the last week to bring a witness.
In view of your respect for the U.S. Judicial and Civil Court, I have decided to believe that you are parking illegally for 'good purposes)," the judge smiled and said suddenly, and then he picked up the gavel and struck it with a 'bang', "This seat pronounces the verdict and revokes the New York Traffic Police T9876 ticket."
Take the next party. ”
Zhang Lisheng, who knew little about the 'discretion' of the civil court of the United States court, was sorting out his thoughts and preparing to speak, when he suddenly heard the judge's almost arbitrary words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Ha...", which caused a low laugh from the auditorium.
Then Tina, who was surprised by the surprise beside her, pulled her arm hard and followed the bailiff out of the courtroom.
"Is this nothing?" Zhang Lisheng asked in a dumbfounded manner after leaving the courtroom.
Tina said excitedly and uncontrollably: "The judge said that he was not guilty, of course I have nothing to do."
But you almost had an accident, what are you 'ha', if it weren't for me and I being smart enough to pull you out of the courtroom in time, you would definitely be sentenced to 'contempt of court', and if you are unlucky, you may not be able to return home tonight."
Speaking of cleverness, I really think I'm very smart now, looking for you to testify, combing a 'civilian mushroom head', in exchange for the verdict to revoke the ticket, ha, ha...
I really hope to see my father's disappointed look after learning the news. ”
She was jumping and jumping happily, when she suddenly saw two friends, Tricy and Xie Liya, hurriedly walking towards the third court, and hurriedly rushed forward and shouted: "Trisy, Xie Liya, guess who is okay now, even the police fine has been revoked?"
"Wow, how did you do that, Tina?" shouted Tricy and Celia in surprise at the same time.
"Because I'm Tina Doeglien!" Tina shouted triumphantly, and was quickly expelled from the courtroom in exchange for a warning from the bailiff.
Outside the courtroom in New York, Tina, who finally calmed down under the admonition of the law, introduced Tricy, Xie Liya and Zhang Lisheng to each other: "Tricy, Xie Liya, this is Li Sheng, you know him, he is my life-saving benefactor when I traveled in China.
Li Sheng, this is Trisy, the most beautiful devout Catholic girl in New York;
These are Celia, the most fashion-savvy and beautiful ladies in New York besides me, and they are my best friends. ”
Compared with Tina's unpretentious behavior in front of Zhang Lisheng, Xie Liya and Tricy were much more reserved, and they said politely: "Hello Mr. Li Sheng, I'm Xie Liya, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”;
"Hello Mr. Li Sheng, I'm Trisy, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”
"Hello two, I'm Zhang Lisheng, from western Sichuan, China. ”
"Oh, you're so gracious.
Okay, my troubles are out, then..."
"Then I'll take my leave, and at four o'clock in the afternoon I'll go to work at Du Ze's butcher's shop, and now I'll go back to Lobic to ride." ”
"Didn't we say okay, I'll help you buy a small slaughterhouse, why do you still have to work in a butcher's shop?"
"Tina, no matter how good you are, you can't take me directly to trade with people right now," Zhang Lisheng said and took out the Jinmai credit card that he always carried with him from his pocket and handed it to Tina, "We have an old saying in Huaguo called 'a hundred birds in the forest, it is better to have a bird in hand', and we still have to be down-to-earth and step by step."
The password of the credit card is six digits, three tens, thank you again for your help. ”
"You're so relieved of me, just because I drove a good car and took you to breakfast at the Goose Pond Restaurant?" said Tina in surprise as she took her credit card.
"Of course not, because no one in this world can easily deceive me, and then see Tina, Miss Tricy, and Miss Cheria. ”
"Oh, by the way, Li Sheng, I'll send you to Lobic. Tina seemed to have just come to her senses and said as she drove herself.
"No, go celebrate and don't ruin the fun.
Taxis are everywhere and it's convenient. Zhang Lisheng waved his hand and walked away.
Looking at his distant back, Xie Lia pursed her lips and said, "Tina, I didn't expect your Mr. Deep Mountain Poisonous Bug to be quite personable, but unfortunately he is too thin, and he actually likes "The Godfather".
'Because no one in this world can easily deceive me', I really can't understand why any man likes such childish lines.
But what's the slaughterhouse he just talked about?"
"It's very interesting, dear Helia, remember the big centipede I talked about..."Tina began to gush on and on about the 'slaughterhouse' to her two friends.
At the same time, Zhang Lisheng had already gotten into a taxi and drove to Lobic Middle School.
Along the way, he was thinking about opening a small slaughterhouse, and he rarely felt restless all the time.
When he returned to Lobic Middle School, it happened to be after school in the afternoon, and when Zhang Lisheng was absentmindedly leading the car in the shade of a tree, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him, "Man, you have also fallen." ”
"I'm really having something to do with George today.
By the way, after working in Du Ze's butcher shop for so long, do you know how much it costs to buy a small slaughterhouse?" Zhang Lisheng said without replying.
"What?"
"I said how much would it cost to buy a slaughterhouse in a satellite town near New York?"
"A million. George said casually.
"Is it that expensive?"
"Maybe, you see that a slaughterhouse needs to have land, a factory, a machine that can electrocute livestock, peel and remove hair, and a splitting saw, a conveyor belt, at least hundreds of thousands, what's the matter, what are you asking for?"
"I wanted to open a small slaughterhouse, but when I heard you say that, it seems like I don't have much chance of success. Zhang Lisheng sighed, got on his bicycle, and said.
George rode a bicycle to catch up with Zhang Lisheng, and said with an incredible expression: "You want to open a slaughterhouse, Li Sheng, you have only been in New York for less than three months, why don't you say that you want to run for president of the United States." ”
"Okay George, when I didn't say anything. After saying this, Zhang Lisheng stopped answering any questions from his black friend until he finished his part-time job and went home alone.
After returning home and having dinner, Zhang Lisheng returned to his room, and for the first time, he did not directly practice the secret method of witchcraft, but turned on the computer that had been dusty on the bedside for a long time, and began to collect the keyword 'small slaughterhouse' on the Internet.
There are thousands of information on the Internet, and Zhang Lisheng was surprised to find that the biggest difficulty in opening a slaughterhouse in the United States is to deal with the offal materials of animals, blood, and bones that the people of the United States almost never eat.
Usually large-scale slaughterhouses process this waste into animal feed and re-feed livestock, but since the outbreak of 'mad cow disease', this so-called 'carcass feed' has been abandoned by many farms and has become a useless ecological waste that only pollutes the environment.
Slaughterhouses now often have to pay a fee to dispose of this ecological waste, paying professional garbage disposal companies to transport it, and it doesn't matter whether it is frozen and smuggled into China, which is good at cooking pigs, cattle and sheep 'offal', or processed into fake cat food and dog food.
This additional cost makes the operation of a small slaughterhouse a thin profit and a large number of sellers.
This discovery made Zhang Lisheng ecstatic, he looked at the screen and muttered: "So much information for sale, it seems that if it is an old slaughterhouse, maybe 100,000 meters can really be bought." ”
Unfortunately, things didn't seem to be as simple as Zhang Lisheng imagined, and until Friday night, he didn't get any phone calls from Tina.
The purchase of the slaughterhouse seemed to have been forgotten by the socialite of New York's Upper East Side, and nothing was going on.
But early Saturday morning, Zhang Lisheng opened the door after breakfast and was about to go riding a bicycle, when he suddenly saw Tina parking the car on the side of the road and walking towards him.