My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 14: On the basic skills of eloquence

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Close the door, and in a lounge with excellent sound insulation, Zheng Zhongshi's face was ashen and he said nothing.

"Mr. Zheng, you are already in big trouble for kidnapping and sabotage. You may not realize the seriousness of it yet..." Manila advised earnestly.

He hoped to get two bottom lines from Zheng Zhongshi. In the case involving kidnapping, the compensation amount could reach 80,000 yuan. As for the horse owner whose horse was abused, the compensation amount could reach 30,000 yuan. As for the other party’s third The three conditions will be rejected as much as possible, and they should be able to be rejected.

"In this case, I would rather go to jail!" Zheng Zhongshi groaned angrily.

An assistant in Manila next to him said helplessly: "Mr. Zheng, if the crime of kidnapping is established, and there is a high probability of it being established, then the other party will most likely submit materials and ask the prosecutor to file a lawsuit against you for the crime of sabotage. You know , the other party’s lawyer Lu Qianxing is a consultant to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, and seems to have been authorized to have his own office..."

"What? He is both a prosecutor and a lawyer? Isn't he a player and a football witness? Is this reasonable?! Is this judicial corruption?" Zheng Zhongshi rolled his eyes.

This assistant is a third-level senior defense attorney, and he is also a well-known name outside. At this time, he could only explain to him patiently with a wry smile: "In court, the court witness is the judge. If you use your example, the most he can do is If you kick the red side, you can also kick the blue side; and he seems to rarely take on criminal defense cases now. It may be that he has some kind of private agreement with the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, so that he can get the authorization from the independent public prosecutor's office..."

He added: "But Mr. Zheng, this is not the point. What I mean is that with his relationship with the Grand Prosecutor's Office, it should be very easy to entrust a prosecutor to prosecute you for sabotage crimes in a public prosecution case." , at that time, you already have a criminal record, and you are likely to be sentenced severely for the crime of sabotage. Your two charges are both felonies in themselves. It is not impossible to say that the final cumulative sentence is increased to 15 years or more... …”

"You're going to be sentenced to 15 years for what I did. What the **** are you talking about?! Even if I just kill a few horses? Did I kill that slutty clerk? That's enough to sentence me to 15 years? You **** didn't Is there something wrong?" Zheng Zhongshi's pent-up anger finally broke out, and he was a little afraid of Manila. He just vented his anger: "I have seen you flirting with me, right? Do you think I’m stupid?”

Sandanlu could only smile bitterly.

Manila frowned, "Mr. Zheng, the back and forth you are talking about should be the last few polite words between me and lawyer Lu Qianxing, an appointment for tea or something, right? Although, this is just a normal greeting, but if we lose Without your trust, I think you should fire me and my team."

"Well, that's it!" Zheng Zhongshi said it yourself. I don't know how to say it. The young master introduced you. I'm going to fire you directly, as if I don't know what's good or bad. You yourself Just say it.

Manila nodded: "Okay Mr. Zheng, after the expenses for the past few days are settled, I will send the bill to your house in the countryside."

Zheng Zhongshi rolled his eyes and thought to himself, why are you sending yourself to a country house? My brain is really confused.

Sanduan Lu, who had been smiling apologetically just now, also darkened his face, "Mr. Zheng, if you do not transfer the payable fees into our company's account in time within three days of receiving the bill, we will immediately send a lawyer's letter. Every day that passes, an extended late payment fee will accrue. In accordance with legal obligations, we will now notify you orally. ”

"Get out!" Zheng Zhongshi looked at this guy who was respectful at first and arrogant at the other, "Just tell me, are you human? You can fall out faster than turning the pages of a book!"

Several lawyers have already picked up their briefcases and filed out of Manila.

……

"What? They're all gone? Zheng Zhongshi fired them?" Lu Ming couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.

Tie Xiaojia stuck out her tongue and said, "Yes!" She was the smartest. After asking a lawyer from the Manila team who walked out with a dark face, she immediately ran over to report the news to her master.

"Fifteenth Mistress..." Tie Xiaojia stood in a straight line. Although the little Mistress was several years younger than herself, she could not break the rules.

But it was Jennifer who came into the study sleepily holding a rag doll.

Jennifer was stunned when she saw the outsider.

One of the two doors in the study led directly to the inner suite. She came out from the inner room. She was a little dazed in her sleep. She thought she had just fallen asleep and her husband was still busy in the study, so she came to see him.

With a slight exclamation, Jennifer turned around and ran back. In panic, a white velvet slipper fell by the door.

Tie Xiaojia's face was full of astonishment, and suddenly an idea popped into his head. Could it be that the master imprisoned this little girl to be his concubine? She is not allowed to have contact with outsiders? Are there many perverted cases like this?

But then he waved his head hurriedly, what was he thinking? Doesn’t Mrs. Fifteen go to see her horse every day? Just today, it seems like I slept in?

Lu Ming waved his hand: "Okay, go ahead."

Although I didn’t know that the apprentice thought of myself as a perverted pervert for a moment, in the eyes of the apprentice, his real concubine, when I saw it today, it was obvious that she was just a young girl who was young and carefree. She was also afraid of strangers, which made her a little embarrassed. His face remained calm, he was not embarrassed, only others were embarrassed, this really made sense.

……

In Jennifer's bedroom, she was lying on the bed and crying on a soft snow-white pillow. She seemed to hear footsteps, and when she peeked, it turned out to be her husband. She buried her face deeper into the pillow and cried louder in shame.

"What's wrong?" Lu Ming walked over and sat on the bed, feeling helpless. His wife was otherwise fine, but she just had the mentality of a child. It's sad that it's hard for adults to understand. Maybe she thought sugar was sweet, but the result was... If it tastes sour, you may cry.

"I promise you that I won't let them come to this room anymore, and I won't allow them to enter the study room with a door to the outside, okay?" As he spoke, Lu Ming rubbed his nose. This was too shameful for him. Is it a principle? What's all this about?

"No... no..." Jennifer's little face buried in the pillow shook hard and she choked, "I, I didn't know it was already ten o'clock, I, I didn't change clothes, just, just Let them see...I am not a good girl, not a good wife..."

Lu Ming was stunned, oh, it turned out to be because her appearance was not neat, which was not in line with the education and cultivation she had always received.

However, when I heard her crying sadly and saying that she was "not a good wife..." and she was very serious, I felt like laughing for no reason.

"I, I don't know what happened...I slept until now..." Jennifer's little head was buried in the pillow, as if she was too ashamed to see anyone.

Lu Ming coughed and said, "It's my fault. I told Xiao Bi to turn off the alarm clock." He also found that this little girl was a bit better. Although it was because the alarm clock didn't go off, she wouldn't use these as excuses.

Actually, I have been living here for the past few days. The little girl really wakes up at five in the morning and goes to bed at eight in the evening. She also takes care of the horse every day. Moreover, since the horse was injured, she has been She must be under mental stress. It has been almost half a month, and I am afraid she is very exhausted. Yesterday, I made an appointment with the horse doctor to do a physical examination for the horse today, so I asked her to turn off her alarm clock. I just want her to have a good day today. rest for a day.

"No, no..." Jennifer shook her head.

"I asked someone to do it. Besides, I saw that you are too tired these days. Today, little Jenny was taken to the hospital for examination again. Someone will take good care of her. It will be of no use if you go, so , I want you to sleep in. Why, even if I order you to sleep in?"

Little Jennifer looked up, with a blush on her face, sobbing, "Really, really?"

"Yes." Lu Ming nodded seriously.

"But, but..." Little Jennifer suddenly burst into tears again, "I, I just..."

Lu Ming smiled bitterly in his heart and began to talk nonsense: "That's our apprentice. What is an apprentice? He is our biological son and daughter. What does the biological daughter do when she sees her mother wearing pajamas? And she doesn't dare to look at you. Huh? Besides, your pajamas can be worn out, but it doesn’t matter if your daughter looks at you twice.”

"Really?" Jennifer's little face was filled with tears, and her beautiful and charming deep light blue eyes were filled with tears. Her pitiful little appearance was even more endearing, but she gradually stopped crying.

"But, but I'm barefoot..." Jennifer lowered her head again.

"It's okay, she didn't see it!" As he spoke, Lu Ming couldn't help but look over. At the legs of the lace pajamas, Jennifer's small and cute snow-white feet were not painted with any toenail polish. , without any modification, but carefully maintained every day, clean, without a trace of blemishes, extremely tender feet, with faint blood vessels visible, particularly delicate and pure.

"Huh?" It seemed that Jennifer had lost her shoes because she ran away, and the soles of her snowy feet were a little dusty. In fact, the carpet floor in the suite was cleaned spotlessly by the waiter every day, but the little girl's snowy feet were too pure. , so a little bit of gray looks very dazzling.

Lu Ming stretched out his hand, wiped away the little dust with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Is it cold?" If there is dust on the little girl's feet, don't cry again.

But when he held this delicate little foot, Lu Ming's heart couldn't help but beat fast.

Jennifer let out a sweet smile and moved her little body upward. Suddenly, her eye circles turned red again. She hugged Lu Ming's thigh, her little head was buried in Lu Ming's leg, and she choked softly.

Lu Ming has quickly loosened his hold on Qiaozu, hugged her gently, and said with a smile: "Okay, stop crying, it's all my fault, I should have told you in advance!"

Jennifer shook her head, choked with sobs and whispered: "My master loves Jennifer, and Jennifer knows it. I, I think of my father. He is also as good to me as my master..."

Lu Ming gently stroked her long, smooth chocolate-colored hair, sighed softly in his heart, and said softly: "From now on, if you have any grievances, just tell me, and treat me as your father."

Nodding, Jennifer hugged Lu Ming's thigh tightly, her little face pressed tightly against the leg, and whispered softly, "Dad, treasured father..."

Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he understood that the Greifenian spoken by Jennifer was just pronounced a bit like the Chinese words.

The pronunciation of dad is indeed an affectionate term for father in the Grifenni language. It is probably because the children have the same speech when they first learn to speak. In the past life, in many places around the world, the pronunciation of father was similar to dad. Meaning, the same is true now in this other world or parallel world.

As for "Bao Fu", the exact pronunciation of "Bao Fu" is closer to "Bao Fu". It is a nickname and endearment for husband in the Grifenni language, similar to the "husband" of my previous life.

Dad, husband? Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh, but in his heart, he felt even more strange.

Looking at the little girl hugging her legs harder, although it was rare for her to enjoy the coquettish time in her husband's arms, she couldn't help it.

Pat her shoulder gently and cough: "Okay, get up, it's time to have breakfast!"

"Oh..." Jennifer hurriedly let go of Lu Ming's leg, and she was very obedient. However, her husband's posture when he walked out was a little weird, and he shook his little head, not knowing why.

……

In the afternoon, in the small conference room on the third floor of the city hall, Lu Ming came to attend the bimonthly regular meeting of the municipal committee members. This was Lu Ming's second time coming to the city hall since the parliament and municipal committee had just been formed.

Municipal committee meetings are held once every fortnight, and local council meetings are held once a month, at the end of the month.

In addition, there may also be impromptu meetings scheduled for urgent matters.

The affairs officer sitting next to Lu Ming is still Li Zhongliang. He usually stays on duty in the municipal committee member's office here.

There is nothing special. The main content of the discussion is some bills that may be proposed by the new parliament at the end of the month.

The chief committee member and the four municipal committee members can be said to be the spokesmen launched by each political group. Naturally, they must be well aware of their own group’s proposals, especially if they may involve sensitive proposals. Several big shots were at the round table meeting , we should discuss Ziwu Maoyou and try to avoid forced confrontation and voting in the parliament.

Lu Ming talked about his hope that Beiguan would pass an animal protection law. He would communicate closely with the **** meeting of the parliament and the legal office of the city hall to draw up a draft, and then solicit opinions from all walks of life. We will use questionnaires, television and phone calls to give feedback, etc., so that all citizens of Beiguan can speak freely on this bill, and strive to obtain a unanimous vote in the parliament to support the passage of this bill in three months.

In the previous life, the first truly complete "Reich Animal Protection Law" appeared in Germany in 1933. This is also an irony.

As for today, there are actually many regions in the empire that have similar laws and regulations.

Therefore, several municipal committee members, including Bucklow, had no objections.

After all, it is a law that embodies human superiority and a symbol that enhances local citizen pride in thinking that we are more civilized than other areas without such laws.

"Recently, I was chatting with an old friend from the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing Affairs..." The speaker was Dong Wenquan, who picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, "I have some experience, our 'rental freeze bill' It's a bit too hasty! The real estate market has been hit hard, especially small investors. I heard that some investors and property owners have joined forces and are about to ask lawyers to sue the city hall. Do we need to start again? Review this bill?"

As he spoke, Dong Wenquan shook his head and sighed, with a worried look on his face.

The 'Lease Freeze Act' he is talking about is called the "Temporary Freeze on Rental Prices of Ordinary Residential Housing Act". Its main content is to temporarily freeze the price of residential housing and external rentals, and no landlord is allowed to increase the price for a period of three years.

When the bill was passed in the middle of last year, it was the time for legislators to fulfill their promises to please the voters, because the re-election was about to take place. At this time, they must leave a good impression on the voters.

The number of voters who support rents not to increase is definitely larger than those who want rents to continue to rise.

Because there are many people in Beiguan and even Donghai who rent a house for a lifetime. If the cost is estimated over a lifetime, it is indeed more cost-effective for the middle and lower class to rent a house based on the consumption level and living habits of Donghai.

Now that the dust has settled, a bill that originally had a three-year term will be repealed after more than half a year of implementation.

This is the biggest flaw of parliamentary politics. Sometimes, some temporary bills are just a joke, everything is closely related to votes.

Lu Ming looked at Dong Wenquan and knew that he had a business partner and his largest political sponsor, a large homeowner who owned an entire twelve-story apartment building.

The economic structure of Donghai today is similar to that of New York at the same time. About half of all apartment buildings are owned by companies and families; another 20% are owned by the government, and the remaining 30% are owned by the government. It is private property owned by those with higher incomes.

Apartment buildings for rent basically fall into the first two categories.

Regardless of whether they are city council members or ordinary members, they are naturally inextricably linked to these real estate tycoons.

After listening to Dong Wenquan's words, Sherlock nodded first: "Yes, the temporary freeze bill was indeed passed too hastily. It was just a short-sighted and extreme behavior of the members for the sake of votes."

Gao Wang spread his hands and said: "I have no objection."

Baklo smiled and looked at Lu Ming: "Qian Xing, what do you think?"

Lu Ming smiled. In fact, he is currently investing in real estate, and is even preparing to take over the Renault Building project.

Although Beiguan is only a small satellite town in Donghai, the repeal of the freezing bill is definitely good news for the entire Donghai real estate market.

Lu Ming thought for a while and said, "Indeed, the bill has no practical significance, and it grossly interferes with the market. Some owners will join forces to file a lawsuit with us. We should lose."

Bucklo said with a smile: "If you say so, it seems we are destined to lose."

Everyone laughed happily.

It seems that everyone is happy when City Hall loses the lawsuit.

Lu Ming took a sip of water and continued thinking: "However, I feel that our policy still needs to have a certain degree of continuity. It cannot be like playing house with a three-year-old child. Since it is a temporary bill and has a deadline, then Three years is enough to wait for it to be automatically repealed. If the other party's lawsuit goes to the High Court and the justices rule that our bill is unconstitutional and we are forced to repeal it, it will be another matter. We don’t want to abolish the previous parliament’s bill as soon as the new parliament is formed, weakening the authority of our parliament. Moreover, we haven’t replaced many members, and many of them have voted in favor?”

The smile on Dong Wenquan's face gradually faded.

Bucklo still smiled and glanced deeply at Dong Wenquan.

"In addition, when it comes to real estate, I have an idea." Lu Ming pondered and said: "We can encourage the people to join forces to get loans from banks and build apartment buildings. This kind of apartment building can be called a cooperative apartment. People have no property rights and jointly own shares with the bank. If they cannot repay the mortgage, the shares will be automatically given up. Without property rights, they cannot trade for the time being, and they can only live in themselves and cannot rent them out. The cost will be very low, but it will not Used by real estate tycoons to build buildings at low prices to make profits."

What Lu Ming said was that some policies adopted by Western megacities around the same time were very effective in curbing rent increases.

The smile on Bucklo's face disappeared.

He oversees the Department of Commerce, which has the Department of Urban Development and Housing below it.

In the final analysis, he must control these policies that really involve the development of Beiguan in his own hands.

Wang Gao looked on amused and said with a slight smile: "Commissioner Lu's random little ideas always make people think deeply. The concept of cooperative apartments is really good. If we publicize it, I think it will become the headlines of newspapers and magazines. Maybe our new policy in Beiguan will become popular throughout the region! By then, all of us will benefit from it."

Lu Ming glared at her. This guy obviously didn't mind the excitement.

Gao Wangshi was still smiling and winked at Lu Ming.

Bucklo nodded at this time, "Well, Qianxing's idea is good. We can ask relevant experts to discuss the feasibility. As for the idea of ​​​​abolition of the 'Freeze Act' by Member Dong, I agree in principle, and several members , we need to explain more to your colleagues in the party and communicate well. We hope that this bill will be repealed by the end of the month. Qian Xing also said that even if we don't repeal it, we will lose in court. Why waste public funds on such a lawsuit? What?"

After that, I was ready to announce the adjournment of the meeting.

Lu Ming shook his head and said: "I still stick to my opinion and do not agree to directly abolish it. If the parliament forces the abolition of the bill to be included in the agenda this month, I will lobby all the members who support me to abolish it. Vote against the bill."

His expression was very calm, but he looked at Bucklow and did not avoid his gaze.

In the conference room, the atmosphere immediately solidified.

Li Zhongliang glanced at Lu Ming in front of him in surprise, was this a confrontation at the municipal committee meeting? The atmosphere was originally harmonious and full of laughter, but suddenly sparks flew everywhere, and our boss is really amazing!

I thought that becoming a city councilor at the age of nineteen was naturally a result of nepotism and chance. I should have known that I was not qualified to sit here, pretend to be senior, and muddle through everything with a smile. After a few terms, I would become a senior politician. , even if I exerted my strength at that time, it would be amazing. I was only about thirty years old, but I had more than ten years of experience as a municipal committee member. I was also the most senior municipal committee member in Beiguan, and I truly became a pivotal figure in Beiguan.

When I hear the discussions from other office affairs officers, they all say the same thing. But they didn't expect that their boss was completely opposite to what they expected.

This is almost the first official municipal meeting. The last one was just a face-to-face meeting at most.

In this meeting where issues and bills were mentioned for the first time, the boss suddenly blew his trumpet and announced the start of war.

Although he was sitting quietly at this moment, he represented a political group that was gradually forming behind him.

The challenge is from Bakluo, the behemoth who has ruled Beiguan for twenty years.

"Lu Qianxing..." Dong Wenquan wanted to speak, but Bucklo suddenly smiled and waved his hand, "Well, let's discuss it next time. During this time, we will consult more experts for their opinions. We politicians, Qianxing Wan just knows a little bit about everything and not much about anything. The team is very important. Qianxing, I heard that there are very few economic experts in your team? We can’t act recklessly. Every decision we make, It may affect the well-being of more than 600,000 citizens in the East China Sea!"

Lu Ming smiled: "The economic experts in my company all have five-digit annual salaries. They give me various professional opinions every day, but do you think they are for the development of my company?" For the sake of the welfare of the 600,000 Beiguan citizens? Oh, Mr. Bucklow, one of the experts you often consult is a member of my advisory group and receives some spare money from me every month. , is actually a waste. I keep him because he is good at deceiving ordinary people. I don’t want him to preach things I don’t like to hear in newspapers every day. As for who it is, I won’t mention it!”

Bucklo's face was livid, really livid.

Li Zhongliang was so frightened that his heart was pounding and he lowered his head. His heart was about to jump out of his throat. If these people started fighting at the next moment, he would not be surprised at all.

However, Mr. Bucklow is quite funny. He secretly tries to bully his boss. But in terms of eloquence, are any of you here qualified to have a round with your boss?

"Ah, I'm hungry!" Mrs. Gao Wang suddenly yawned, "I'm sleepy too, let's go!" She smiled sweetly again: "Qianxing, shall I treat you to dinner?"

Lu Ming was too lazy to pay attention to her, and stood up and walked out. However, Mrs. Gao Wang followed her in small steps, saying something with a smile.

He was scolded by Lu Ming, but he still followed him angrily.

Bucklo and others looked at this scene and frowned. What are these two people doing? Is there something wrong? What do you think this is?