Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

I drove to the parking lot across from the office. It was already twelve thirty when I opened the door and entered the office.Bu Aiqian had already left for lunch. From the outside, I heard the creaking of the chair in Baisha's office, and the sound of heavy feet walking on the ground, and the door suddenly opened. Ke Baisha stood at the door and looked at me with cold and angry eyes. you!she says. yes. It's your size!Baisha said: How old do you think you are?What do you mean disappeared?I thought you were uncomfortable.You look like a ghost.I use my hands to cook for you.You go outside to fool around and pick up girls!

Are you going to fight outside?Customers will be intimidated and won't come in.I said, then sat down in a chair and picked up today's newspaper. You vile, cheeky, cold-blooded ungrateful brat.Baisha entertained this flatfoot with eight yuan a bottle of whiskey, because he is a policeman, and he is afraid that he will harm you, and you I gestured to the aisle with my head and said: There are many people coming and going in the aisle, and they will hear your roar.Besides, there might just be a customer coming Bai Sha raised her voice this time: No matter how many customers are outside, I have to figure things out now.you listen carefully, if you think you can

There was a black shadow on the office door, and I pointed with my finger. Baisha tried her best to restrain herself and swallowed back the words she hadn't finished speaking. Someone tried the doorknob on the door. Bai Sha took a deep breath: Look who it is, baby. I put down the newspaper, went to the door, and opened it. A middle-aged man, with a high nose bone, higher than the forehead, and large cheekbones.From the upper edge of the half-wide glasses, with shrewd eyes, blinked and blinked and looked behind me and said: Is it Mrs. Ke Baisha? Ke Baisha's attitude became enthusiastic: Yes, there is something I can do.

The man stretched his hands into his pockets: First of all, let me introduce myself. My surname is Shang, Shang Maolan, a senior colleague of Jialan Law Firm, and a lawyer.I came to visit Mrs. Ke today, and I hope you can do me a favor. He took out a stack of papers from his pocket and handed it to Baisha. Bai Sha naturally took the stack of papers and said: Mr. Nan, we often do a lot of work for lawyers.We might even say specialized in this type of range.Tang Nuo, put down the newspaper.This is my partner, Lai Donnow.He had just come back from the navy and was already working hard.Tell me, what do you want us to do with these papers?

Baisha opened the stack of papers. OK!OK!His grandma's.you jerk you Shang Maolan raised her hand to stop her from continuing: Wait a minute, Mrs. Ke, please allow me to explain. Explain shit.Baisha shouted to him: This is the court leaflet.Lu Liye and his wife sued Wei Yansu and Ke Baisha.What the hell are you doing? Wait a minute, Mrs. Ke, don't be angry.Please let me explain. Baisha flipped through the legal documents with her fingers.Five thousand yuan.She called: Five thousand yuan. Exactly, Lawyer Shang said coldly: If you decide to regard me as an enemy, you will lose five thousand yuan.

Bai Sha was speechless for a moment. Lawyer Shang continued calmly: Mrs. Ke, I am going to give you a proposal.A business proposal.That's why I send you the file myself. Lawyer Shang looked at me and gave me a friendly smile, expressing that there was no need to exclude me.He said: Mrs. Ke, we don't think you are very careless and inexperienced in driving.We believe that Wei Yansu is solely responsible for this car accident. He smiled at Bai Sha radiantly. Baisha's chin poked forward like the prow of a battleship: What do you propose?She spoke reluctantly. Mrs. Ke, you are mad at me.

Of course I'm mad at you.Baisha said sharply. Mrs. Ke, I will never take advantage of you unfairly.I am a lawyer, you are not.I will explain the law to you in detail.In the past, it was generally recognized that two or more persons jointly committed civil infringement or civil infringement, and if one of them was exempted from liability, the others could also be exempted.But that notion has changed recently.Court precedents have also changed to clarify points, and courts in this state have also commented.Take the accusation of a surnamed Long.Case No. 622 of the California District Court has an example: when a civil infringement was committed, the plaintiff claimed that two or more

It's none of my business to offend or not.Baisha said in annoyance. Didn't you see it?You just need to help us prove that all this was caused by Miss Wei Yansu's mistakes.But the law has strange regulations. Mrs. Ke, the law stipulates that for one's own rights, one can request a pre-litigation hearing, but the witness of the hearing must be one of the parties in the lawsuit.I don't mean that I dragged you in as a party to the suit in order to get your testimony.But Mrs. Cole, I want to tell you that I am here, at three o'clock this afternoon, to take your testimony.Please note again that if your testimony proves that Wei Yansu was entirely responsible for the accident, we will request the court to withdraw the charges against you in this case on the grounds that you have no obligation.

The lawyer smiled solemnly at Baisha again. Baisha said: What is the name of your client? Mrs. Lu Liye.Shang Maolan said. Baisha said: What if Mr. Lu Liye, who drove the car, was the culprit? Lawyer Shang Maolan put his long and bony fingers, the left and right fingertips facing each other, and gently pressed them.Mrs. Ke, he said: I think you have overlooked the seriousness of my proposal to you just now.If the car accident was due to Miss Wei's negligence, we will request the court to revoke the What are you doing, bribery or intimidation.Baisha asked. ah!My dear Mrs. Ko!Dear Mrs. Ko!

Cut it out, dear ass.Baisha said: What do you mean? We want your testimony, Mrs. Ke.In fact, we have the right to formally obtain your testimony and record it now, so that when the court is held, we will know what problems we will face.In many cases, witnesses jump around, and many lawyers think that witnesses are in their favor, but no matter what happens when they appear in court, Mrs. Ke, you have seen the world and you understand these forms. I don't know anything about this kind of thing.Baisha said: No one can drag me in except anyone.You can prove me a little negligent and I ate it!

Lawyer Shang tilted his head back and laughed: Mrs. Ke, the way you express your opinions is very interesting.But when you get to the court, you will be clumsy at explaining why Cheng Yaojin came into being. The phone rang, and I moved over to Elsie's desk to answer it. A trembling and angry voice came from the other party through the wire: Hello, hello, who is it? Lai Tangnuo. Oh, Mr. Lai.I'm Wei Yansu.You know, Miss Wei from the car accident case. Yes I know. I want to speak to Mrs. Ke. She is very busy now.Better wait to talk to you again. But could she please listen, as long as I said: She is too busy now.Better wait and let her call you. Wei Yansu thought for a while, and she said: Oh, you mean she is in contact with people related to this case. Yes. She said: Maybe you can answer my question, Mr. Lai. I try my best. Is there a lawyer named Shang Maolan in your office with less meat on his face and more bones? Yes. Talking to Mrs. Ke? Yes. Oh, Mr. Lai, I wonder if I can give Mrs. Ke a message in time.My lawyer said that Lawyer Shang will definitely drag Mrs. Ke into the case and become a party to the case, so that he can hold Mrs. Ke's hearing.My lawyer hopes that Mrs. Ke will agree to the other lawyer's request, but she must be very careful when she testifies, and she must not let him catch Mrs. Ke's slight mistakes, so that Lawyer Shang will become self-defeating and fall into the trap.My lawyer says this is the lawyer's best tactic. let me try. I'll come over by myself in a moment and explain clearly.she says. I'll let you speak to Baisha now.I said, and gestured to Bai Sha. I'll talk to her later.Baisha said. Better to listen first.white sha.You can listen first and then make a decision. Baisha moved closer to the phone and said: Hello.Start listening.After a while, she said: OK, goodbye.Hang up the phone. She turned to Lawyer Shang: Where do you want me to hold a hearing for you? He smiled at her: For your convenience, we are here, Mrs. Ke.I'll bring a notary, who also happens to be a court stenographer.You won't be inconvenienced, just take a few minutes and a few simple questions. I suggest three o'clock, if Yes, Baisha said simply: it is three o'clock.Now please get out so I can work. Lawyer Shang held out his hand.He shakes my hand.He shook hands with Betha.He nodded, still nodding as he left the office. This mean, cunning, goddam thief lawyer.Betha whined after he went out. I said: Let's save it for the time being and scold after three o'clock in the afternoon.For now, you'd better think carefully about what to say later.I think he's a car lawyer. Baisha glared at me: There is no thief lawyer in the world who can confuse my thoughts.Auto lawyer, hey!Let Baisha teach him first-hand. Fortunately, it's not my business.I said, picking up the newspaper again. Baisha was furious.Seeing to find some reason to vent their anger on me.Bu Aiqian came back from lunch, and when she opened the door, she found that Baisha and I were both outside, very surprised. Oh hello, did I bother you two? Baisha said angrily: "It's unreasonable, why do we always have meetings here to discuss?"What is our private office for? Bu Aiqian said sorry aimlessly, and walked towards her typewriter. Betha turned to me.We're not done yet.As she spoke, sparks suddenly appeared in her eyes.Where did your tortoise sleep last night?Mi Shanlou said you The door leading to the aisle opened, interrupting Baisha's words. The man who came in was broad-shouldered, shrewd and competent in his pleasant nature, but at the moment he was a little self-contained and a little clumsy, a bit like a big man standing in the women's underwear department of a department store. Is it Mrs. Ke?he asks. Bai Sha nodded. Mr Lai? I stand up. I am, he said: Kou Ailei. Bai Sha glanced at me, and quickly said: Come in, we are both going out, so we are both in the outer office.But going out can be put on hold. Sorry for bothering you.Kou Ailei said politely: But I am also very busy, so please come in.Baisha said: You are welcome, just come in. We gave way into Baisha's office.Baisha herself sat on the chair behind the big desk, and pointed to me the chair on her right, and asked Mr. Kou to sit in the big and comfortable client chair. Kou Ailei cleared his throat: Generally speaking.What I come to ask you today is not your professional service. no?Bai Sha asked, the initial dissatisfaction was evident: Then what are you doing here? Mr. Kou said: As far as I know, you are a witness to a car accident that happened yesterday. oh!that matter.Baisha said. For my own reasons, Mr. Kou said: I very much hope that the case can be settled out of court and some money will be paid, and I will not see the judge. Baisha pricked up her ears, shrewdly blinking her small eyes: How are you going to proceed? Kou Ailei said: I don't want to have any contact with the lawyers of the two parties.It seems to me that you are a professional woman who might be able to arrange for some cash to make the whole case disappear. Let me ask, why are you interested in this?I asked. Kou Ailei said: I am not going to answer this question for you. I said: One of the parties involved in the crash wrote down the numbers of every car that was in the vicinity of the scene. Kou Ailei changed his position in the big chair: So you already know the answer? Baisha said: What good does this do to us? Kou Ailei said: If you can settle this matter with 2,500 yuan, I will give you 500 yuan as a reward.I took out a total of 3,000 yuan in cash. Baisha said greedily: In other words, you are going to pay three thousand yuan to settle the case.No matter how much we spend, the extra I don't say that.Kou Ailei interrupted Baisha's words strictly: I said that I would pay you five hundred yuan, if you can settle the case with two thousand five hundred yuan. What if we only spend two thousand yuan? Your remuneration is still five hundred yuan. Like we spend 2,500 yuan. Yes. This approach deprives us of the drive to solve problems with as little money as possible. exactly.Kou Ailei said: I estimated that this amount of money would definitely achieve the goal.I don't want you to waste time by haggling to save me money or to get more for yourself.I want this matter to be resolved immediately. Baisha said: "Let's make things completely clear.What you want us to do is to keep this car accident case from litigation.Both parties are satisfied with dispelling the invisible.Other than that there are no other requirements. There is nothing else to do.Yes.What else do you want? I just figured everything out.Baisha said: This will not conflict with other ongoing cases in this office. I don't think so, Mrs. Ke.My request is simple and straightforward. Bai Sha said: We need to collect the commission fee first, and our rule is 200 yuan. Kou Ailei took out the checkbook from his pocket.He took out another pen.He took off the pen cap, thought for a moment, put the cap back on, put the pen back in, and put the checkbook back in his pocket.He took out his wallet from his back pocket and counted out two hundred and twenty ten-yuan bills. Baisha opened the receipt and asked Mr. Kou to fold it up and put it in his wallet.Mr. Kou smiled implicitly, shook hands with Baisha and me, and said goodbye to each other. Baisha's eyes lit up, and she said happily: Look, he's a good guy, he's pretty good.Two hundred dollars here, two hundred dollars there, and all of a sudden the case became fatter. I asked: Why do you think he wants this matter resolved peacefully? Baisha raised her eyebrows: why?The reason is simple, he doesn't want others to know that his wife is following Su Baili. I said: If I were Mrs. Kou, I would not be able to ask my husband to come out to do this. How you do it and what she does are two different things. I said: Maybe, but I began to suspect that there might be some angles in this case that we didn't think of. Bai Sha said impatiently, "Your old problem has flared up again, Tang Nuo."There is nothing to discuss about these unproblematic questions.You and Baisha have a nice meal together.Add some calories, don't be as dead or alive as last night. I ate late for breakfast today.I said. Late breakfast!explain!where did you go last nightI The phone rang, and Baisha gave me a hard look before picking it up. I could hear Bu Aiqian's voice saying: Miss Wei Yansu is here. Oh my God!I forgot she was coming and asked her to come in. Baisha put down the phone and said to me: It would be great if we could get it from her for two hundred yuan.