The judge in charge of the civil trial of the Third Court today seemed to be quite experienced. Tina and Zhang Lisheng waited outside nervously and saw people coming in and out continuously.
"Judging from his expression, this judge seems to be very strict in his judgment. This is bad," Tina said dejectedly when she saw everyone walking out of the court looking dejected.
At this time, the black bailiff came out of the courtroom. Seeing the two of them still outside the door, he hurriedly said, "Why don't you go in? It'll be your turn in a while. Don't let the judge wait for too long."
"Thank you. I, I've only visited the courthouse with my school. I've never been to court. My father doesn't allow my lawyer …"
Forget it, thank you, Mr. Bailiff, "Tina said and pulled Zhang Lisheng to open the heavy wooden door and walked into the court.
The courtroom was not big, and the few rows of wooden chairs could only accommodate less than a hundred people. Fortunately, there were still some empty seats.
The judge in the court was approximately 50 years old. He wore a black robe and looked cold and stiff. He was knocking the gavel when Zhang Lisheng and Tina walked into the court. Looking at a middle-aged man in a suit who was in high spirits, he said coldly, "Guilty, you'll be fined 2,000 yuan."
When the middle-aged man heard the verdict, he said in surprise, "Your honor, but I just …"
The judge banged his gavel again, "Bailiff, take the defendant who has been sentenced away."
When the middle-aged man heard this, he looked furious as if he was about to curse, but when he looked up and saw the judge's expressionless face, he swallowed his dissatisfaction. He lowered his head and followed the bailiff out of the courtroom while muttering curses.
"I've lost my driver's license," Tina whispered without any hope when she saw that.
Zhang Lisheng gave her a comforting smile and had nothing to say. Both of them sat on the empty seats in the auditorium.
After that, three more cases were concluded with guilty verdicts. It was Tina's turn to appear in court ten minutes later.
When Zhang Lisheng and Tina appeared in front of the court, the judge frowned when he saw the two parties standing in front of him.
Seeing the judge's expression, Tina said dejectedly, "Your honor, I'm Tina Douglin who's accused of parking illegally. This is my witness, Mr. Zhang Lisheng.
I brought him here to testify that I had good intentions in breaking the no-parking zone on 27th Street in New York last Tuesday.
Mr. Lisheng was once in China … "
"Miss Tina, you're the first defendant who brought a witness to court in a simple civil case that I've tried in the past week.
Based on your respect for the American civil court, I've decided to believe that you parked illegally for a 'good purpose', "the judge smiled and said all of a sudden. Then, he picked up the gavel and knocked it with a 'bang'." I hereby announce the revocation of New York Traffic Police Ticket No. T9876.
Bring in the next client. "
Zhang Lisheng, who knew very little about the 'discretion' of the civil court in the US, was sorting out his thoughts and preparing to speak when he suddenly heard the judge's casual words. He could not help but be stunned and blurted out, "Ha …", causing a series of low chuckles to resound from the spectator seats.
Tina, who had a surprised expression on her face, pulled his arm hard and walked out of the court with the bailiff.
"That's it?" Zhang Lisheng asked in bewilderment as he walked out of the court.
Tina was so excited that she could not help but say, "Of course, I'm fine now since the judge said I'm not guilty.
You, on the other hand, almost got into an accident. What did you 'ha' mean? If it wasn't for me being smart and pulling you out of the court in time, you'd definitely be sentenced for contempt of court. If you're unlucky, you might not even be able to go home tonight.
Speaking of being smart, I really feel that I'm very smart now. I got you to testify and combed a civilian mushroom hairstyle in exchange for the revocation of the fine. Haha …
I really hope to see my dad's disappointed face when he finds out about this. "
While she was jumping happily, she suddenly saw Trish and Sheila, her two best friends, walking towards the third court in a hurry. She quickly went up to them and shouted, "Trish, Sheila, guess who's fine now? Even the police fine has been revoked!"
"Wow! How did you do it, Tina?" Trish and Sheila shouted in surprise at the same time.
"Because I'm Tina Douglin!" Tina shouted proudly. Soon, she was given a warning by the bailiff and was chased out of the courtroom with her tail between her legs.
Outside the New York court, Tina, who finally calmed down under the bailiff's warning, introduced Trish, Sheila and Zhang Lisheng to each other, "Trish, Sheila, this is Lisheng. You guys know that he's my savior when I was traveling in China.
Lisheng, this is Trish, the most beautiful devout Catholic girl in New York.
This is Sheila, the most fashionable lady in New York apart from me. They're my best friends. "
Compared to Tina's unpretentious behavior in front of Zhang Lisheng, Sheila and Trish were much more reserved. They said politely, "Hi Mr. Lisheng, I'm Sheila. Nice to meet you."
"Hi Mr. Lisheng, I'm Trish. Nice to meet you."
"Hi both of you, I'm Zhang Lisheng from Western Sichuan, China."
"Oh, you guys are so polite.
Alright, since my problem is solved, then … "
"I'll make a move then. I still need to work at Dan Souza Butcher Shop at 4 pm. I'll be riding my bike back to Lowbige now."
"Didn't we agree that I'll buy a small slaughterhouse for you? Why are you still working at the butcher shop?"
"Tina, no matter how many connections you have, it's impossible for you to bring me to trade with someone right now," Zhang Lisheng took out the Gold Wheat credit card that he always carried with him from his pocket and passed it to Tina as he spoke. "There's an old saying in China that goes' A bird in the hand is better than a hundred birds in the bush '. One must be down-to-earth and take one step at a time.
The password of the credit card is six digits, three tens. Thank you again for your help. "
"You trust me that much just because I drove a good car and brought you to Goose Pond Restaurant for breakfast?" Tina said in shock as she took the credit card.
"Of course not, it's because nobody in this world can lie to me easily. Goodbye Tina, goodbye Ms. Trish, Ms. Sheila."
"Oh yeah, Lisheng, let me send you to Lowbige," Tina seemed to have just snapped back to reality and said while driving.
"It's alright, you guys go celebrate. Don't be a wet blanket.
There are taxis everywhere here, it's very convenient, "Zhang Lisheng waved and walked away.
Sheila said while looking at his back that was getting further away, "Tina, I didn't expect your Mr. Worm to be such a gentleman. Too bad he's too skinny and he likes The Godfather too.
'Because nobody in this world can lie to me easily'. I really can't understand why men like such childish lines.
But what's with the slaughterhouse that he was talking about? "
"That's very interesting, my dear Sheila. Do you remember the giant centipede that I told you about before?" Tina began telling her two best friends about the slaughterhouse without stopping.
At the same time, Zhang Lisheng got into a taxi and drove to Lowbige Junior High.
He was thinking about opening a small slaughterhouse along the way. He was feeling restless, which was rare for him.
Coincidentally, school ended in the afternoon when Zhang Lisheng returned to Lowbige Junior High. He heard a familiar voice coming from his back all of a sudden when he was driving his car under the shade absentmindedly. "Buddy, you've fallen too huh?"
"I really have something to do today, George.
Oh yeah, you've worked at Dan Souza Butcher Shop for so long, do you know how much it costs to buy a small slaughterhouse? "Zhang Lisheng said without turning his head.
"What?"
"I said, how much does 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, a slaughterhouse needs land, a factory, machines that can electrocute animals, skin and hair removal, a saw, and a conveyor belt. It will cost at least a few hundred thousand. What's the matter? Why are you asking?"
"I want to open a small slaughterhouse but I don't think the chance of success is high after hearing what you said," Zhang Lisheng sighed and said while riding his bicycle.
George caught up to Zhang Lisheng on his bicycle and said in disbelief, "You want to open a slaughterhouse? Lisheng, you've just come to New York for less than three months, why didn't you say you're running for America's president?"
"Alright George, pretend that I didn't say anything." Zhang Lisheng stopped answering his black friend's question after saying that. He went home alone after he finished working.
Zhang Lisheng returned to his room after dinner when he got home. For the first time, he did not cultivate the witchcraft secret method right away. Instead, he turned on the computer beside his bed that was covered in dust and began searching for the keyword 'small slaughterhouse' on the internet.
There were thousands of information on the internet. Zhang Lisheng was shocked to find out that the biggest difficulty in opening a slaughterhouse in America was dealing with the animal organs, blood, and bones that Americans almost never ate.
Usually, large-scale slaughterhouses would process the waste into animal feed to feed their animals. However, since the outbreak of the mad cow disease, many farms had abandoned the so-called 'carcass feed'. It became a useless ecological waste that would only pollute the environment.
Slaughterhouses could only deal with these ecological waste for a fee and pay professional waste disposal companies to transport them away. As for whether they were frozen and smuggled to China where they were good at cooking pig, cow, and lamb offal, or processed into fake cat food or dog food, the slaughterhouses did not care at all.
The extra fee made the small slaughterhouse's profit low and there were many people selling their slaughterhouses.
Zhang Lisheng was overjoyed to find that out. He mumbled while looking at the screen, "So many sales information. It seems like I can really buy an old slaughterhouse with 100,000 dollars."
Unfortunately, things did not seem to be as simple as Zhang Lisheng imagined. He did not get any calls from Tina until Friday night.
It seemed like the socialite from the Upper East Side of New York had forgotten about buying the slaughterhouse. There was no progress at all.
However, on Saturday morning, Zhang Lisheng saw Tina parked her car by the road and walked to him when he was going to ride his bicycle after breakfast.
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