Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 75: One Day in Prison (Part 1)
Chapter subtitle: When the little fox meets the old fox
The New York Times: "An 'Easy' Victory - 'Timely' Police"
The Washington Post: "Losers' Lives Are at Risk — Winners' Liberty Is at Risk"
Le Monde: "A deafening declaration of victory - can Prohibition really ban alcohol?"
Mr. John McCall, who was sitting outside the door, was reading the newspaper he had just bought boredly.
Our Master Yuan finally made it to the front page, and almost all newspapers with major circulation areas on the East Coast placed the duel and his arrest in the most prominent position.
The door of the reception room opened, and the two gentlemen who had been whispering in the room for a long time walked out side by side.
Roosevelt extended his hand and said, "Mr. Yuan, it seems you will have to endure this for a day, but I think we can bail you out tomorrow."
"It's okay, Mr. Roosevelt." Our Master Yuan shook his hand and said, "As long as you defend me for free, I'm willing to endure this little pain."
FDR smiled and said, "Of course. How can I accept your money for this lawsuit? If necessary, I can mobilize people to donate money for you."
"That's not necessary..." Yuan Yan suddenly looked at John McCall who was hesitant to speak, and pointed to her personal lawyer said, "Mr. Roosevelt, I hope Mr. McCall will be your deputy."
Roosevelt nodded in understanding and said, "I am very happy to have such a professional lawyer like Mr. McCall as my assistant. And... I will let him be responsible for external liaison work."
When the fat lawyer heard this, the expression on his face became much better. After all, he had got another opportunity to become famous.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Roosevelt. I'll leave everything to you then."
"You're welcome, Mr. Yuan. Please have a good rest. I'll take care of the police station."
"John, I'm going to trouble you again this time. Please comfort Lillian and Ann for me."
"Neo, I understand."
The three waved goodbye, and Master Yuan returned to the cell. He was so excited just now that he didn't really look at the environment he was in. Now he frowned when he looked at it.
Especially that dirty and stained bed, how could he lie down on it?
Although he wanted to be a proletarian revolutionary of the old generation, he had never suffered in his two lives. If he really wanted to join the revolution, he had to cleanse his soul and body before he could become a new communist.
Yuan Yan suddenly took off his coat and put it on the bed, then rolled up his coat to use as a pillow, and lay down on the bed without even taking off his shoes. He covered his face with his hat and fell asleep.
Although he has a 18-point physique, it doesn't matter if he doesn't sleep for a few days. But it's better to be low-key. Drinking five bottles of whiskey and not sleeping all night, others will see him as a monster.
He thought to himself that since he had nothing to do now, he might as well "write" a few books for fun.
"Master Ball, check my B-coin balance."
"Host, your current B-coin balance is 233233."
"233 ah 233!" Our Master Yuan was overjoyed and asked, "Master Balls, how can there be so many?"
"Host, on the one hand, your film "Wives and Concubines" has been seen by dozens of people with sensitive words here, so it brought you so many B coins..."
"Master Ball, there are so many sensitive words here?"
"Host, you don't know this, right? Now is the sensitive period when the sensitive words here are held in the sensitive words conference, so there are a lot of sensitive words here."
"Master Ball, do you think I will become a sensitive word here?"
"Host, that's for sure. You will definitely become a sensitive word here."
"Master Ball, I'll lend you my blessing. Any other reason?"
"Host, on the other hand, your A Song of Ice and Fire is very popular in the UK, so..."
"Master Ball, wait. My SCP magazine isn't out in the UK yet."
"Host, you should know that piracy is rampant these days."
Well, anyway, what Yuan Yanshu asked for was not British pounds but B coins, so let it be pirated.
Now that I have so many B-coins, what should I draw?
When Master Yuan thought of this, he couldn't help but feel moved. He was now in a prison cell, so copying that novel would be a perfect match for him.
"Master Ball, draw literature, Chinese, novels, science fiction for me..."
At the same time that Yuan Yanshu was "writing", Secretary of State Hughes, who had just taken office for two days, received a call.
"What? The Chinese man refuses to pay the fine? Didn't I tell you that the fine should be just a token amount, not too high?"
Although the U.S. federal government has no jurisdiction over state governments, this does not mean that bigwigs in Washington cannot "influence" the local judicial system. After all, the judicial system is also made up of people.
Mr. Hughes is one of the most influential people in the American legal community. It is widely recognized that he is a great legal figure who will become a Supreme Court justice in the future. It would be effortless for him to "influence" the Virginia judicial system. Otherwise, why would the Fort Myer police listen to him so much?
"What? He won't even pay a hundred dollars, and his lawyers won't discuss the matter and only ask for his release on bail... I get it!"
As a legal expert, Mr. Hughes understood immediately that the Chinese man was really trying to make things bigger.
"What? You ask for my opinion? I don't have any opinion. How could I have one? But I have a small suggestion..."
“Crash… clang!”
"Neo Yuan, wake up. Your lawyers are here to pick you up."
"ah?"
Yuan Yan, who was half asleep, suddenly glanced at the sky outside the window and subconsciously raised his wrist to look at his watch. Then he remembered that his watch had been taken away.
So he had to ask, "Mr. Officer, what time is it now?"
"Before seven."
"So early?"
Master Yuan was surprised. How could the pre-trial be arranged so quickly? Didn't they tell me yesterday that the pre-trial had been arranged?
According to the US judicial procedure, there is a preliminary hearing before prosecution. Usually, it is a criminal hearing conducted by a magistrate judge, who can decide on the spot whether there is enough evidence to prosecute the defendant. At the same time, he can also decide whether to grant bail and the bail conditions.
This pre-trial procedure is not mandatory. For example, the case in which a Chinese female student named Zhang was kidnapped and murdered later skipped the pre-trial procedure and went directly to the prosecution stage.
Unable to figure it out, he put on his coat and followed the officer out of the small cell.
Then he met his two lawyers.
