The laundry's reception room temporarily became Lu Ming's office.
When Wang Da'an came in, Lu Ming was flipping through a science book.
"Do you still like to read these?" Wang Da'an was stunned when he saw the magazine cover in Lu Ming's hand.
Lu Ming smiled and pointed to an empty medicine bottle on the table. "I bought this bottle at the pharmacy for 5 cents."
"Five cents for an empty medicine bottle? I wouldn't even take it if it was free!" Wang Da'an shook his head, "Brother, I can't keep up with your thinking." He added, "Lawyer Gao said that you should go to his office to see him tomorrow. He doesn't have time today."
Lu Ming nodded: "Let's talk about it later."
Wang Daan sighed, "There's nothing I can do. He's only a 2nd Dan player."
The tall lawyer, whose name is Wen Gaotian, is the city lawyer hired by Liu Laocai at a high price. He is a mid-level defense attorney, commonly known as a second-level lawyer.
After Lu Ming was sent back by Liu Kexing, he made an appointment to meet Gao Dazhuang through Wang Daan.
But it was obvious that the other party had a big hand and was showing off.
Lu Ming was about to speak when there was a sudden noise outside. The sound waves seemed to be able to lift the roof off the house before anyone even entered the house.
"Lawyer Lu! Lawyer Lu!"
It was Liu Laocai’s fiery and loud voice.
The door of the laundry shop was pushed open with a bang, and Liu Laocai strode in with a furious look on his face, "Lawyer Lu! Come out!"
Wang Daan was startled and rushed out to greet him, saying with a smile: "Boss Liu, what's wrong with you? Calm down."
Liu Laocai stared at Lu Ming, who was strolling out from behind Wang Daan, with his eyes spitting fire: "Lawyer Lu, tell me, is it really what Xiao Si'er said? Did Xiao Sanzi and that bitch conspire to screw me?!"
"What you see may not be the truth!" Lu Ming gestured, "Please come in, Mr. Liu."
Liu Laocai gritted his teeth, blinked his little eyes and glared at Lu Ming, finally snorted and followed Lu Ming into the house.
He sat down on the sofa opposite the coffee table, but still angrily said: "You found out, why didn't you tell me the first time?!"
Lu Ming smiled, "Okay, now we can officially sign the commission agreement!"
Pamela came over and placed two copies of the power of attorney agreement in front of Lu Ming and Liu Laocai respectively.
"Mr. Liu, once you sign, I will be your official representative lawyer." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Okay! I don't know what that bastard surnamed Gao is doing. You found out something in less than a day, but he's still confused. He's such an idiot!" Liu Laocai gritted his teeth, took the pen handed to him by Pamela, and signed his name quickly.
Suddenly, he looked up suspiciously: "Lawyer Lu, why didn't you sign it this morning!" Then he laughed like an old fox, "Well, kid, you were unsure at the time, right? Now you think you can win the case, so you get involved. You kid, like me when I was young..." Suddenly, he slammed the table again, "That damn bastard actually wanted his father to go to jail!"
Seeing him like he was schizophrenic, Wang Da'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He just sat in the corner and didn't say anything.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, I didn't sign a formal agreement with you this morning because if I were to go investigate, I might have a conversation with Ms. Deng. From a certain perspective, some of the conversation might be seized upon by the prosecution and I might be accused of violating regulations. If I wasn't your formal representative lawyer when I talked to her, I wouldn't have this concern."
"However, I didn't have the opportunity to meet Ms. Deng face to face, so it doesn't matter!"
Liu Laocai nodded as if he understood, but he seemed to be becoming more and more convinced by the young man in front of him.
Lu Ming added: "Besides, Mr. Liu, don't be anxious. I can only say that this case is not as simple as you think. I still need to sort out the clues."
Liu Laocai's face was immediately filled with anger, "How could he run away?! I checked, this little bastard has written two new checks for 1,500 yuan, and I don't know where they went!" He paused, "Lawyer Lu, you may not know that as the deputy general manager of New Era, he has to follow the rules in everything. If he writes a check for more than 2,000 yuan, it must be signed by me. This bastard broke the whole into pieces, where did the money go? Now he dares not to see me, I don't know where he is hiding!"
Lu Ming nodded, "Maybe, but I need to think about how to fight this lawsuit."
At this moment, the phone on the table behind suddenly rang. Pamela answered the phone and then turned around and said, "Mr. Liu, your phone."
Liu Laocai was startled and frowned: "Who is it? A ghost? Why are you here?!"
Liu Laocai stood up to answer the phone. After saying a few words, his face immediately darkened. He slowly walked back and sat down, frowning and saying, "It was Lao Zhang from the company who called and said that Xiao Sanzi was taken away by the police for suspected bribery of witnesses. Some detectives went to the company to take me to investigate. I asked them to come here!"
"Did I really misunderstand Xiao Sanzi?" Liu Laocai was a little annoyed and slapped his head hard, "Damn it!"
Lu Ming nodded silently, thinking about something.
About half an hour later, two detectives in black uniforms came to the laundry. The leader had a silver star on his shoulder strap. He was a police sergeant. He was thin, about thirty years old, with triangular eyes and a fierce look.
He showed his ID: "Mr. Liu Gaoyu, I am Sha Dahai, deputy team leader of Criminal Team 2 of the Beiguan Branch of the Donghai Police Station. You are suspected of instructing others to bribe witnesses. Now please come back with us to assist in the investigation!"
Lu Ming stood up and said, "I am Mr. Liu Gaoyu's representative lawyer. If you have an arrest warrant, please produce it. My client is currently dealing with an emergency and does not have time to assist you!"
Sha Dahai blinked his eyes and nodded to his subordinate beside him, "You go out and wait first!"
After the detective left, Sha Dahai immediately smiled at Liu Laocai, "Boss Liu, you also understand that I have to come here because of the order from my superiors!"
Liu Laocai snorted coldly.
Sha Dahai smiled again and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Liu, the eldest master insisted that it was his own behavior, and it was not a bribe, but just a condolence to his own employees. With Gao Dazhuang accompanying him, I don't think it's a big deal."
"Well, Mr. Liu, you are busy. I'll take my leave!" Sha Dahai nodded and bowed slightly to Lu Ming. "This great lawyer..."
Lu Ming gestured to Pamela, and Pamela handed him a business card, "This is Lawyer Lu Qianxing."
"Yes, yes, Lawyer Lu, you are busy!" Looking at the elegant Pamela with blond hair and blue eyes, Sha Dahai smiled apologetically, "Miss, you are busy too!"
He bowed repeatedly and walked out.
Lu Ming rubbed his nose. Don’t think that the sheriff acts like a fool. It’s because Liu Laocai is here.
In the world of Central Continent, little devils have always been difficult to deal with.
In his previous life, this police chief was similar to the head of the criminal investigation detachment of a district bureau in a municipality directly under the central government. He had enormous power, which was beyond the imagination of ordinary citizens.
In this world, his power should not be that great, but for many things, local tyrants like them are really indispensable.
"Oh! I really wronged Xiao Sanzi!" Liu Laocai sat back on the sofa in annoyance.
Lu Ming shook his head. "If the prosecutors can't do anything to the eldest son, they will be angry at you. Moreover, they can implicitly mention the eldest son's actions during the trial and lead the jury to believe that you instructed the eldest son to bribe the witness. This will be a very unfavorable factor for you."
Liu Laocai was startled, then slowly sat up straight and frowned.
"Mr. Gao is very familiar with the eldest young master. He actually went there first. I just asked him out, but he said he was not in Beiguan and didn't have time." Lu Ming said thoughtfully.
Liu Laocai's expression gradually became serious. He stared at Lu Ming and said, "I hope you will be the lead defense attorney in tomorrow's trial."
At first, we wanted to hire this young man just to be a mascot.
Because Li Guan has a strange temper and is very experienced, the chief judge of the Beiguan Circuit Court, the Western female judge, is Li Guan's apprentice and listens to Li Guan in everything. In the Donghai High Court, several chief justices have a close relationship with Li Guan.
This weird old lady is just a freak and no one can do anything to her.
Li Guan obviously sympathized with Deng Hongmei. The trial process was very biased towards the other party. When questioning the witnesses in turn, when sensitive topics were involved, nine out of ten objections from his lawyers were rejected, while every objection from the other party was rejected.
In today's courts, it is very easy for a judge to lead the jury to favor one side.
I heard that there was a rookie lawyer who was very favored by Li Guan. Maybe he was an old friend of Li Guan. Therefore, I was prepared to hire him to be a mascot at a high price.
During the trial, just sit in the position of deputy defense counsel and let Li Guan see you.
However, he did not expect that he would bring himself a series of unexpected changes.
Some I understand, some I don’t.
There are many aspects that I still need to think carefully about. What happened in the past few days and some of the young lawyer's casual words seem to be reminding me what they mean. I need to go back and think about it.
Although many hidden secrets are still unclear, my keen sense of business tells me that the young man in front of me can bring me surprises.
Liu Laocai looked at the gentle young lawyer in front of him and said solemnly: "Lu Bian, my reputation and career over the years are now handed over to you!"
Lu Ming nodded: "I will do my best!"