The Golden Years Club is a three-story palace-like building, magnificent under the night sky, and a paradise for dignitaries.
At this time, in a private box on the third floor, four guests were playing blackjack. The dealer was the most beautiful and skilled dealer in the club, named Mei Zi. She was wearing a burgundy floral cheongsam, which faintly revealed her long legs in snow-white stockings and red high heels. She was beautiful, dignified, and her extra-long blue crystal earrings were extremely eye-catching.
Lu Ming was one of the four guests. The other three were middle-aged men, with beautiful female companions sitting beside them. They were all the top princesses in this club. Only the seat next to Lu Ming was empty. Heitou stood half a step behind him.
One of the three guests, a fat, short man, was the deputy chief of the Comprehensive Section of the Mining Bureau. His surname was Liu and his name was Liu Hedao.
It was he who asked Lu Ming to meet here, and they started playing cards as soon as they had a disagreement.
And now, his face looked more and more ugly.
Because they played for almost two hours, he only won more than two hundred yuan, which was lost by the two guests, because Lu Ming also won more than five hundred yuan, which is more than eight hundred yuan, which was lost by the two guests.
Before the game started, Liu Hedao repeatedly said that the temporary closure of Boss Lu's mine was just a minor problem.
But Mr. Lu seemed not to understand and took the card game very seriously. He didn't even say he was trying to lose money on purpose. Instead, he was very careful with every penny and won a lot of money.
The two guests both had sad faces. They were just his followers, not particularly close to him. They just followed him to have a share of the soup. Their income was not that high. Although they had a lot of gray income every month, if they shared the loss equally, it would be more than 400 yuan each.
In the urban area of Heishan, the average monthly salary is only more than 30 yuan. Although they are from the high-income class, all the miscellaneous gray income added up is only more than 100 yuan. In this way, a quarter's income is gone.
The chips on the table were to be paid after they left. They each took 500 yuan. Now, looking at the chips in front of them that were dwindling away, they were both in tears.
"Boss Lu, I feel like your mine is quite troublesome!" Liu Hedao said suddenly while looking at the cards in his hand.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "That's why you came to the city to sue!" In fact, he couldn't get involved in his own affairs with this kind of government official, but sometimes the little devils were difficult to deal with. For most wealthy businessmen, people like Liu Hedao really couldn't be offended. In this kind of gambling game, you can deliberately lose a few hundred yuan to him and settle the bill. At least he won't deliberately make things difficult for you in the future, and you can also make him familiar to you. If you go to the Mining Bureau to do business in the future, with someone like you who is on good terms with you, there will be fewer people who deliberately make things difficult for you.
And to the lower-class people, Liu Hedao is even more superior.
Obviously, he should rarely encounter people as unruly as himself.
Sure enough, Liu Hedao's face changed immediately and he threw the cards down. "No more playing, no more playing, it's boring!" He stood up and said, "I have something else to do. I'm leaving first!"
Lu Ming nodded: "Chief Liu, don't forget to pay the bill. The room fee, the food and drinks, and the tips for these ladies are all from you, right?"
Liu Hedao's face turned pale, and he said nothing as he strode out of the box. His two followers hurriedly followed him.
Several female companions also hurriedly packed up their remaining chips and chased after him.
Lu Ming shook his head: "You're so angry about losing such a small amount of money, and you're still asking me out..."
Heitou was helpless. The longer he followed the boss, the more he realized that sometimes the boss could be so infuriating that he could die.
"Sir, do you want to invite other guests? If not, I will go and help you clear the chips?" Mei Zi asked.
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay, but your tip has nothing to do with me!"
"I understand. This is my job." Mei Zi smiled.
Lu Ming nodded, stood up and walked to the sofa leisure area on the other side. The long blue crystal coffee table was filled with a variety of sumptuous side dishes, fruit plates, and opened bottles of brandy.
Lu Ming smiled and sat down. He looked at the year and brand of the brandy, poured himself a glass, sipped it, and said to Heitou, "Come on. The boss is treating us today. You like brandy very much. The rest is yours. Well, it's pure and tastes good. Don't waste it."
"I'll take back what the master has left." Heitou naturally didn't dare to sit with his master, but he licked his thick lips and decided to go back to sober up.
Lu Ming was stunned, then smiled bitterly. It was true that like master, like servant. He even had to pack up the things. How wasteful!
Leaning on the soft sofa, Lu Ming pondered the plan he had already made, the points of the lawsuit, and how to control Judge Sharif in court using the legal principles that he had to abide by even if he had to pinch his nose.
"Sir, this is 525 yuan that you exchanged for your chips." The crisp voice came from the side. It was Mei Zi, who was holding a tea tray with five red hundred-yuan bills, two green ten-yuan bills, and five one-yuan coins on it.
"Okay, the change is my tip to you." Lu Ming took out five hundred-yuan bills and two ten-yuan bills and handed them to Heitou, who quickly took them and put them away.
"Thank you, sir!" Mei Zi put the tea tray aside, walked over, and sat lightly next to Lu Ming.
Seeing Lu Ming looking at her in surprise, Mei Zi smiled and said, "It's not service time yet. Since you don't want to leave, I'll sit with you for a while. Section Chief Liu has scheduled the whole afternoon."
Lu Ming smiled: "That will cost a lot of money?" He was originally planning to rip himself off, so, not to mention the box fee and food and drinks, he asked for four princesses who were the highest priced here, and also asked for the best dealers, how much would that cost
"I know Section Chief Liu at the bar, and he gave me a 50% discount, but that's still over 300 yuan!" Mei Zi chuckled.
Lu Ming nodded. The prices here are still low. The full price of more than 600 yuan is the maximum cost for an afternoon at the best club in Montenegro. However, whether those princesses will perform and what their performance fees will be is another matter.
Liu Hedao asked me out, and I just happened to want to go out and relax, so I came. Also, I wanted to teach that guy a lesson. Don't try to blackmail a foreign businessman who comes here. Sooner or later, you will run into a wall.
He smiled at Mei Zi and said, "Okay, go ahead. Time is money. Go and make more money. That's the right thing to do!"
Just then, there was a light knock on the door of the private room. Mei Zi got up to open the door and was a little surprised to see the person coming: "Mr. Sloan?!"
The person who came in was a very handsome young Westerner.
Lu Ming waved to Mei Zi.
"Okay sir, please call me if you need me. I won't be on duty until you leave." Mei Zi said, then she slipped out and gently closed the door of the box.
Lu Ming did not know this young man named Sloan, but Judge Sharif's youngest son was named Sloan, and he was studying law at Imperial Capital University.
There are very few Westerners here, and there are no areas where Westerners gather.
After Mei Zi closed the door, Sloan immediately let out a strange cry and rushed over, "Idol, I finally see you in person! I've always wanted to go to Donghai to see you! You, you're even more handsome than in the magazine!"
Blackhead was obviously on guard, fearing that if Sloan didn't kneel on one knee when he got close, he would kick him away.
"Worship, I want to worship!" Sloan knelt on one knee and worshiped with his hands.
Lu Ming was stunned, then frowned slightly.
Seeing Lu Ming's unhappy face, Sloan stood up quickly and said, "Sir, I, we are used to worshipping idols like this in school. Yes, I really want to express my feelings. I don't mean to joke with you. How dare I? Our mentors all admire you very much! Especially since you are so young."
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay, sit down, you are Judge Sharif's fourth son, right?"
Sloan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I'm a student studying at Imperial Capital University. I'm in my third year this year. I'm on vacation these days and came to Montenegro to visit my father. I came here to party with friends today. I didn't expect to see you." He soon realized that Attorney Lu didn't like noisy things, and immediately became well-behaved.
"Did you just see me?" Lu Ming asked.
"Yes, but if father hadn't mentioned that you were in Montenegro, I wouldn't have recognized you. When I heard that you were in Montenegro, although I wanted to visit you very much, my father had already issued a strict order not to allow me to have any contact with you. I didn't expect to see you here, sir. So father can't blame me!"
Lu Ming nodded: "Does your father know that I'm here?"
"Well, sir, you went to the court to file the indictment a few days ago, and my father saw you from the office window. He has always been paying attention to you. He has also seen your photo several times in newspapers and magazines, and has studied a videotape of one of your cases, so he knows you."
Lu Ming picked up the wine glass and took a sip slowly.
It seems that although Sharif has made a lot of money here, he is a legal professional after all, and he is still very concerned about the people and things in the legal field in the core area of the empire.
Then this case would be difficult to handle. After all, my original plan was to take the enemy by surprise.
To be honest, in this lawsuit, the judge is my biggest opponent.
At this time, Sloane chuckled and said, "Sir, my father has been worried these days and has lost his appetite. He gets a dividend of 200,000 yuan from the Mining Bureau every year. Now that you are causing trouble for the Mining Bureau, how can he not be afraid?"
Lu Ming shook his head. It seemed that he had unknowingly become one of the big names in the imperial legal community. However, he was not a serious authority, but a weird or wild one.
Then he looked at the rebellious son of Sharif and said with a smile: "You are not afraid of me."
"Sir, if necessary, I can testify in court for you! I hope my father can return the stolen money and leave here as soon as possible. It's already the 1950s, and the Sword of Darkus has long been hanging high in the sky. Even if you don't come, someone else will come sooner or later. My father has been getting more and more deeply involved..." Sloan said in a serious tone, sighing softly.
Lu Ming waved his hand: "I'm not here to sue your father, why would I need you as evidence? Besides, it's human nature for relatives to hide the truth, so I won't use you as a witness."
"Sir, can I tell you a secret?"
"No need." Lu Ming waved his hand again and said, "If we want to talk about legal issues, I'll give you some time. As for the rest, forget it." Lu Ming raised his wrist and looked at his watch.
"Okay, okay, I am so lucky to get your guidance!" Sloan was excited. "My roommates would be so jealous if they knew. Sir, when we get out and get to Mingliang, can I take a photo with you?"
Lu Ming smiled: "Whatever."