My days as a landlord in Gotham

(seven)

After Li Lei and Ada explained the matter, they drove to the Hakis bar in the old city of Gotham. It was located in an inconspicuous corner of the old city. If they were not regular customers, few people would come here.

Although the owner Hakis is of Scottish origin, the bar he runs is Russian-style.

For Andrei, a descendant of Russia, this is undoubtedly his favorite place.

About Andre, Li Lei didn't know much about him. He only knew that he was once a top student at Harvard Law School, and he was also the heir of a wealthy Russian family.

But overnight, his family was culled by the current Russian emperor, and he stayed in the United States only by applying for political asylum.

Perhaps it was because the family affairs hit him too hard, so he disappeared without a trace after graduation.

Li Lei also met this "best black lawyer on the East Coast of the United States" who was hiding in a dilapidated second-floor office in Pebble Hill by chance.

And for a very strange reason, this mean and hard-headed lawyer actually became one of the few friends of Li Lei in Gotham City.

So after Li Lei paid a generous salary and promised a monthly salary, Andrei Ivanov became Li Lei's personal lawyer.

Li Lei pushed open the door of Hakis Bar, said hello to the boss, and sat down in an inconspicuous place near the toilet.

Just a minute before Li Lei was seated, a sleepy Andre appeared in Hakis Bar wearing a baggy suit.

The bar owner has long been used to Andre's makeup, so he said hello and didn't say anything else.

And Andre walked straight to the opposite of Li Lei's seat, and then sat down carelessly.

"Boss, let's have a glass of vodka first!

Remember, what I want is volts!

special!

add!

Don't lie to me with those fakes, I'm a real Russian! "

Not long after, a glass of vodka was brought to Andre.

After taking a deep breath, Andre let out a long breath, and then said to Li Lei: "This time I finally woke up.

Tell me, my dear Ray, who have you offended that you need me? "

"My residence has been

The people who are watching, I think they should follow me here. "

Li Lei said quite calmly, "Besides, people from the Owl Court are also looking for trouble for me."

Li Lei didn't say anything about the claws.

After all, no one assassinated by the sharp claws has survived so far, and Li Lei doesn't want others to know that he has something special.

"Let me rephrase first, you offended the IRS and offended the Court of Owls?"

Andre looked at Li Lei, and when Li Lei nodded to indicate that it was true, Andre said with a look of shock, "If that's the case, why are you still keeping Gotham City?

If I were you, I would smuggle to Mexico overnight, then go to a South American country to hide for a few years, and finally die in a remote place in Eastern Europe or the Far East.

Not only do you not feel any threat now, but you are even asking me out for a drink? "

"It should be you asking me out for a drink."

Li Lei corrected, "Don't worry about the owl court, they probably won't deal with me for the time being.

Now my headache is the group of people from the IRS, you should know that I do financial consulting.

If someone from the IRS is after me, it will definitely affect my future business.

What do you think I should do? "

"Okay, let me first confirm a question with you, have you participated in or known about your client's criminal behavior?"

"I had absolutely no involvement in, nor active knowledge of, any criminal conduct by my client."

Li Lei said, "If you know some information from some indirect channels, it is hearsay evidence, and the court will not accept it, and I will not believe it."

"very good!

It appears that your attorney's license was not returned to the New Jersey State Bar. "

Andre smiled and said, "Since you have no direct evidence to prove that your client has problems, the people from the Internal Revenue Service are planning to hook you.

They will find a time to take you away, and then detain you for 24 to 48 hours according to the procedure.

Even if a lawyer comes out to bail you out, they will find a way to detain you for a period of time.

Then after you are released on bail or released, they will let out the word that they have the key evidence.

Immediately afterwards, they will arrest the suspects one after another, and then use false evidence to defraud them.

If it works, close the case; if it doesn't, the suspect will suspect that you are the one who leaked the news.

Whatever they do next will force you to cooperate with the IRS.

Of course, in the end the IRS is the hero who saved the country, but you are the tainted witness in the dark.

If you don't ask them to give you a witness protection plan, after your client comes out, I will have to go to the bottom of Gotham City to find you.

I hope you'll have at least a whole body by then, or I won't even be able to give you a funeral. "

"Okay, is there a way to break the situation now?

First, I must not betray my clients, otherwise, not to mention my business, my life safety will be a problem.

Second, I don't want to completely offend the IRS gang, or else my business really won't work. "

Li Lei asked, "I have given you lawyer consulting fees for many years, and now you have to play a role."

"You really value your money!"

Andre expressed dissatisfaction with this, "If I were you, I would work hard with the IRS and try to get the federal witness protection program. After that, you will change your name and continue to live in the United States."

"I don't want to 'die' again."

Li Lei shook his head and said, "I am a client, you must respect my opinion."

"Alright alright."

Andre surrendered, "Let me think about it."

After about a few minutes, Andre stood up, "Let's go, take me to your neighborhood.

I'm going to scam them and see how many real materials they have. "

After speaking, Andre paid for the drink and got into the car with Li Lei.

It took some time to drive from the old town to the south point of Chengdao, but fortunately, we arrived at Li Lei's apartment before dinner.

After the two got out of the car, Andre looked at it and said with a smile, "Isn't this posture quite big?

Three cars are squatting here waiting for you. I don't know which gang leader I thought I was going to deal with!

Let's see how I deal with them. "

Andre went straight to the driver's seat of one of the SUVs monitoring Li Lei.

He knocked on the window, and after a while, the window came down.

Andre said with a smile, "Dude, tell me, which law enforcement unit do you belong to?

I suspect now that you guys are spying on my client, if you don't have a warrant issued by a judge, I think I can call the police right away. "

"Hey buddy, don't rush to call!"

The person in the driver's seat was anxious.

Seeing that they were in a hurry, Li Lei and Andre concluded that this group of people should not have a search warrant.

You know, in the United States, it is absolutely illegal to spy on domestic civilians without an order signed by a judge, and it is also a big political scandal.

But a search warrant issued by a judge is very difficult to obtain, especially for high-quality citizens like Li Lei.

As long as they graduated from prestigious schools, have many years of stable tax payment experience, and have no criminal record or violent experience, such a group of people is a high-quality citizen, and it is also the foundation of a stable American society.

For this group of people, the judge absolutely does not allow the state machine to intervene in their lives casually.

Li Lei believed that the people from the Internal Revenue Service must have mentioned that he helped certain companies evade taxes, but no judge was willing to take the risk of issuing a search warrant without direct evidence.

"I don't want to embarrass you, and my client doesn't want to offend you, but I still have to ask you to get out of here."

Andre said seriously, "Otherwise, I will ask the judge to apply for a writ of habeas corpus against my client, so that you must keep a distance from him.

If you need any evidence from my client, it is best to come here with legal documents.

My client hates this sneaky behavior and hopes it won't happen again.

In the end, my client said that he has nothing to do with what you are investigating.

Whether it is here now or anywhere in the future, the only answer he can give you is this. "

Under Andri's negotiation, the IRS agents finally drove away.

And after seeing them all withdraw, Andre showed a triumphant smile.

"Okay, I won't waste your time anymore.

By the way, my service time for you today is 3 hours, and I will ask the courier to send my bill to you tomorrow! "

"no problem."

For such a result, Li Lei was still satisfied, "Do you need me to drive you back?"

"Gotham City is still safe during this time period, let alone on the Gotham MRT run by the Wayne family?"

Andre joked, "Don't worry, it's only a few blocks from your place to the MRT station, it's safe.

feel free to contact! "

After watching Andre leave, Li Lei returned to his room.

Ada was still watching the soap opera on the sofa at this time, and when she saw Li Lei came back, she said, "You got rid of all those people watching you down there?

I thought you needed my hand. "

"They are law enforcement officials of the government, so they will still follow some rules."

Li Lei said, "But the Court of Owls will not be like this.

Although we took out one of their claws, I have a feeling they'll be back tonight. "

"I have the same premonition."

Ada smiled and said, "Why don't we hang up their entities to their headquarters after we get rid of these people tonight?

I guess they don't have that many claws for you to consume, do they? "

Ada's proposal is actually what Hamada Hiroshi said inside and outside the meaning.

No matter how arrogant the Owl Court is, they are still a group of dark forces that cannot see the light.

The best way to deal with the dark ones is to hurt them once and for all so that they learn how to respect those they cannot offend.

No matter how mysterious the Owl Court is, their number is limited, and the claws they cultivate are even more limited.

If it weren't for Batman's commitment to "don't kill"

Batman has killed all the sharp claws of the Court of Owls long ago, so it is the turn of the Court of Owls to trouble Robin, Batgirl and others around Batman one after another.

Li Lei doesn't have as much moral burden as Batman. What he believes in is that if people don't offend me, I won't offend them, and if people offend me, I will kill them.

While Hamada doesn't know where the Court of Owls' new lair is, the new Talon must.

Even if no new lair can be found, it would be good to destroy another important base for them.

Thinking of this, Li Lei let go of his depression and prepared a sumptuous dinner for himself and Ada.

When night fell over the entire Gotham City, Li Lei had never been so excited to look forward to the night.