The Knight In The Big World Of American Tv Series.

"Barry... the real world is not as scary as you think. I'm a reporter, I know how to protect myself! Our magazine has a series of measures to deal with similar problems!"

Iris was a little disdainful of Barry's words. It's not that she really didn't know that the world was unsafe. It's just that, like most ordinary people, she didn't have much sense of the so-called danger.

After all, many people will never encounter the so-called danger in their lives... After all, Iris was well protected by Joe. She grew up in the South District, which was called "hell". But Iris thought that was all nonsense from the outside world.

She grew up there, and that place was not as scary as the outside world said. These people were just fooled by some unscrupulous media. There are just more immigrants there, and there may be some criminal activities, but it is definitely not as dangerous as the media describes.

At least from Iris's overall feeling, Los Angeles is not as chaotic as the media writes. Indeed, there are people pursuing dreams and freedom everywhere... But this is Los Angeles!

The City of Angels!

Whether in the spotlight or in real life, Los Angeles is undoubtedly the most dramatic international metropolis. Putting aside all the stereotypes, creativity, sexiness and multilingualism are synonymous with this city of angels. Los Angeles, with its approachable image, has become the world city in everyone's dream. In people's collective impression, the image of Los Angeles is always inseparable from roads, hills and palm trees. Sunset Boulevard, Mulholland Drive... these wide western roads meander in the hearts of every Hollywood fan. Familiar soap operas such as "Beverly Hills" and "Melrose Place" are the youthful memories of teenagers in the 1990s. Mysterious and charming, rich and exquisite Los Angeles is like a perpetual motion machine of images, constantly creating people's fantasies and memories of it.

With fantasy, tourists set foot on this land with 18 million residents and tick the Hollywood Boulevard item on the itinerary. Walking on the Walk of Fame, counting the names of superstars, companies and virtual characters arranged and embedded in the stars, we will find that Los Angeles teases tourists at this time.

The Los Angeles metropolitan area is located in the southwestern coastal area of ​​California. Its full name is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area. It is the second largest metropolitan area in the United States. The Los Angeles metropolitan area includes Los Angeles County and Orange County, with a total of 122 cities. The total area is about 260,000 square kilometers and the total population is about 0.4 million.

The Los Angeles metropolitan area has a developed economy. The entertainment industry, commerce, international trade, finance, petrochemicals, aerospace industry and other fields in the region have a significant influence on a global scale. The entertainment industry, which is famous for Hollywood, has won Los Angeles the title of "World Entertainment Capital". According to Forbes magazine, one in every six residents in Los Angeles is engaged in work related to the entertainment and creative industries. In addition, the world's first Disneyland is located in Anaheim, Los Angeles. With the blessing of Hollywood, many celebrities such as stars, athletes, and entrepreneurs have bought properties in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

However, all this halo is only worn on Los Angeles during the day, because once night falls, it becomes a city of sin again. After dusk falls, it is difficult to see people walking on the crowded streets during the day. Some streets can no longer see the shadow of people, just like a ghost town. In those more remote dark corners, crimes are being staged. In the central and southern areas of Los Angeles, especially in the gathering places of blacks and poor people, violent crimes often occur. Even though there are many entertainment projects in Los Angeles at night, no one stays alone on the streets after 10 o'clock in the evening.

After the nightlife is completely over, everyone usually chooses to drive away from the city. No one wants to stay on the street for one more minute. If you choose not to drive and walk home, then you will be equivalent to putting yourself in danger.

Due to historical reasons, there is a large Mexican population in Los Angeles. In recent years, the Mexican economy has collapsed, gangs are everywhere, drug dealers are rampant, and a large number of illegal immigrants have entered the United States through various channels. Their first choice is Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, you will see a strong Spanish color: Spanish architectural style and Spanish lifestyle. You will hear many people speaking Spanish, most of them are Mexicans. Mexicans are neither white nor black. Most Mexicans are descendants of Indians and Spaniards. They have the laziness of Spaniards and the toughness of Indians. Most Mexicans have not received a good education, make a living by selling drugs, live in poverty, and have a worrying quality. There are a large number of Latin American people, mainly Mexicans, living in the east of Los Angeles, and safety is a serious problem. There are also black slums in the south and east of Los Angeles, and the police dare not enter easily in many places. There are at least dozens of violent gangs in Los Angeles. They like to paint graffiti on the walls. The graffiti is the name of their gang. Frequent violent conflicts make this place a city of crime. In general, the east of Los Angeles is shabby and gloomy, while the west is dazzling and prosperous. "Long Beach" on the southern coast is one of the richest areas in the United States.

Iris knows all these, but knowing is knowing, whether you feel it is another matter.

For example, don't go out at night... Haha... Before becoming a reporter, the eldest daughter of the West family went to nightclubs and bars every night, which can be called a party every night, but it's not a mess!

However, what Iris didn't know was that she could live so freely.

It's all because he has a good father.

Her father is Joe West.

Yes, West is just a small sheriff, with no power, no influence, and no money, but Joe has been able to work in the South District for more than 30 years. Although he has not been promoted in these years, he has basically not encountered any trouble. What does he rely on?

Connections!

He is indeed just a sheriff, but many of his peers, his juniors, and his predecessors have already held high positions.

The main reason is that Joe himself is very strong, which leads to people who know him basically recognizing his ability and character, which makes him very popular in the Los Angeles police force!

Even the Los Angeles Chief knows Joe.

Of course, promotion is another set of standards. Joe is a typical old-school detective. Although he does things in an orderly manner, he is too hardcore. His credit book is as thick as his complaint report! What violent law enforcement, what not to do according to regulations, countless, according to the general detective, the "criminal record" is so thick, let alone going out to handle cases, he can't even leave the Ministry of Internal Affairs! He has to drink coffee in the Ministry of Internal Affairs every day and fight various complaints.

But Qiao is just like nothing happened, he should handle the case.

Why?

Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also a policeman, and he is also someone Qiao knows!

And the top leaders of the police station know who Qiao is and what his work style is like!

So they all protect him... Although the leaders like to be obedient, they know who is capable and who is a scoundrel as long as they are not idiots. And Qiao is not that kind of thorn, he is just old-fashioned, but he is still very flexible, so the top leaders can actually accept Qiao. After all, compared with the troubles he causes from time to time, Qiao's ability to do things is beyond reproach!

Another thing is the gangster aspect.

Qiao's style is old-fashioned, and his work style is very open and aboveboard.

And it sounds counterintuitive that the police and criminals are friends, which is a bit of a discredit to the image of the police.

But this kind of thing is inevitable. In fact, even the local police will be familiar with the more active hooligans in the jurisdiction, because he needs to grasp the information of the "road" in a timely manner, which is not accessible to outsiders.

Although Qiao is a principled person, he is very humane in non-principled matters.

Therefore, the big brothers in Los Angeles still recognize Joe. For these gangsters, being caught by the police is just a matter of course. They usually admit defeat. Everyone plays within the rules of the game. If you lose, don't blame others. Just don't use those means outside the rules.

Soldiers catch thieves by their own ability. If you use dirty tricks, don't blame everyone for not following the rules!

So Joe's reputation in the underworld is really not low, and many gangsters are willing to give Joe a face.

Isn't it just not to harass the families of police officers? Of course there is no problem!

In fact, although American police often sacrifice, there have been very few crimes against police, because there are unspoken rules for this thing. Everyone does things within the rules, and you are good to me, but once the rules are violated, then wait for the police to retaliate at all costs!

Especially gangsters, who are most sensitive to this kind of thing.

They will not deal with the police casually. Do you really think that the United States is a so-called rule of law society?

This thing is actually a standard false proposition!

The most typical example is: The United States is of course a country ruled by law. When the existing laws can't handle you, the United States can make new laws.

During the Occupy Wall Street movement, the U.S. Congress quickly passed a new law that defined this behavior as a felony. The FBI called it domestic terrorism and suppressed it. American judges can both judge and legislate. They say the law and make it into law. Isn't this the rule of man that public intellectuals lash out at? ! For example, American police have no obligation to protect individual citizens. It is illegal for a 10-year-old girl who was raped and pregnant to have an abortion. This is the law formed by the judge when he made the judgment. The rate of wrongful convictions in the death penalty that has been executed in the United States is 1%, and the rate of wrongful convictions in minor cases in the United States should be higher because of plea bargaining. The United States allows judicial efficiency to be improved through wrongful convictions. And the American dignitaries can use plea bargaining to punish serious crimes with minor punishments, and put the dignitaries who committed serious crimes into safes. After the serious crimes are punished with minor punishments, the original felony will no longer be pursued.

For example: Two American judges accepted bribes from private prison owners and sentenced 4,000 teenagers to prison for several years in order to take care of their business.

The reason why this case took six years to break out is that, first, this kind of verdict is not shocking, and Americans are accustomed to it. Second, it is not easy for ordinary people to defend their rights. Third, American judges have great discretion.

Although it seems that these things have nothing to do with the police.

But many things are connected!

Once the police really want to deal with a person or a gang... many things can be very flexible.

Lawyers?

Lawyers are also one of them!

Otherwise, do you think those big lawyers can really ignore the police?

In normal times, people may give you a big lawyer some face, but once it comes to the real core, lawyers? Judges have to give face!

So those gang members know to stay away from the West family’s daughter, and even give some help sometimes.

This makes Iris have no real sense of the public security in Los Angeles.

The public security in Los Angeles is very poor, but why has she never encountered it?

So she is really naive in some aspects!

Joe and Barry were both helpless about Iris's perception of her. They didn't want to break her innocence. After all, wasn't that what they had been working for all these years? If they broke it again, wouldn't that be pure sickness?

And both Joe and Barry are very confident in themselves, thinking they can maintain this innocence...

"You'd better be careful, and they may find out my identity through you. This is not good, and Joe, he is already on the front line, sometimes, it is better to keep a low profile." Barry knew that reasoning would not work, it is better to intimidate.

Sure enough, when I heard that it would affect my brother and father, Iris reluctantly gave up the material just now.

Soon Iris followed the script arranged in advance, found the best observation point, and started taking pictures. Of course, she couldn't go inside... Even a war correspondent couldn't run to the front line of the crossfire!

But...

"It feels a bit strange."

Iris asked while taking pictures: "It seems that there are not many people. Has the auction started?"

I heard from the informant that this auction is very lively, and many dignitaries and gangsters will come, but after a while, no one has been seen.

"They may have other entrances. After all, these people are usually righteous and unlikely to show up in a swagger." Barry thought it was normal.

But Iris still felt very strange... It was not a conclusion based on the information she saw, but intuition. She always felt that there was a special atmosphere surging, but she was not sure what it was.

In short, it was weird.

"I really don't know how beautiful that woman is... She can cause such a sensation... Are these people's hearts made of cement?"

Iris could only change the subject.

Barry didn't feel much. It's not that he was numb, but it was a bit redundant to tell this to a group of human traffickers.

How can a person who can sell his own kind as livestock be good?

"It would be great if I could interview those human traffickers. Maybe I can do an interview to analyze human nature!"

Iris started dreaming again.

With a high school diploma, you can't even write an English test paper. Can you write an article to analyze human nature?

What are you doing?

Also, Iris, what you always hated the most was the so-called "analysis of human nature". You were too lazy to even watch similar movies. What made you suddenly become so... artistic? Or can being a reporter really change a person? !