The daily life of American drama detective

"You mean my brother, Ross, won the $20.4 billion Powerball jackpot?"

Monica was stunned for a long time, and asked word by word.

"Is that your brother Ross Geller on the video?"

The private detective took out his mobile phone, clicked on a surveillance video, and placed it in front of Monica.

"It really is……"

Monica stared wide-eyed. She didn't need to look closely at all. Just by looking at the expression and movements of the female worker at the lottery station, she could be sure that she was her own brother.

Then her legs went limp, and Chuck supported her, holding onto Chuck's hand tightly.

"Chuck, I'm not dreaming, Ross actually won the first prize?!!!"

"No nightmares."

Chuck nodded: "It's true."

"my Lord."

Monica exclaimed in surprise: "20.4 billion US dollars, how much is it, I am the sister of a billionaire... eh? Why is it a nightmare?"

Chuck gave a self-conscious look, then looked at the private detective: "Do you know where Ross is?"

"I was just about to ask you."

The private detective kept looking at Chuck and Monica: "I also just received the investigation mission, don't you know where he is?"

"do not know!"

Monica immediately became worried: "He has been out of contact for two days...Damn Chandler!!!"

"This has something to do with Chandler Bing?"

The private detective probed.

"Of course it does!"

Monica said frantically: "Just now we talked about not being able to contact Ross, and he joked that maybe Ross was lucky to win the first prize and was unfortunately kidnapped... God, Chuck, Ross won't really Was he kidnapped?"

"Probably."

Chuck said frankly: "This is 20.4 billion US dollars, enough to make Ross a real cusp. It is very common for kidnapping to become a daily routine in the future."

"Didn't I hear that the surveillance video is only used to determine the winner, and that personal privacy will not be revealed before receiving the prize?"

Monica was worried and puzzled: "The news that Ross won the lottery, he didn't even have time to inform us, which means that there must be someone who knew the news before him."

The private detective smiled and said nothing.

He is only employed by the National Lottery Association, and he is not a member of the National Lottery Association. There is no need to be embarrassed by this kind of information leakage.

"This is normal."

Chuck explained: "Although it is reasonable to say that the information will not be disclosed before the winner receives the prize, the lottery station that issued the first prize must have made some mistakes, which caused the leak of the video. For those who are interested, it is very easy. Get the news."

American Powerball lottery winners cannot accept prizes anonymously, but their identities must be disclosed, so unless they don’t want so much money, they will always stand in front of the stage.

But before accepting the award, it is reasonable to say that the identity information should be kept secret, but it is nothing more than a joke.

"Chuck!"

Monica grabbed Chuck's hand, with extremely worried eyes.

Now she is basically sure that her brother Rose has really been kidnapped, otherwise, with Rose's character, it is impossible for him to have no news after two days.

The strong impact and surprise of the 20.4 billion prize has long been turned into deep worry.

Compared with money, she values ​​family affection more!
"That's good news."

Chuck said calmly.

"How to say?"

Monica looked at him dumbfounded.

"Since this surveillance video has fallen into the hands of the National Lottery Association, it means that the winner of the 20.4 billion jackpot is locked by Ross."

Chuck explained: "Until the 20.4 billion prize is not claimed, Ross's life will not be in danger."

When the monitoring was not so developed in the past, Ross would definitely have been torn up. Anyway, whoever holds the lottery ticket will do.

But now it is a video testimonial, unless Rose himself goes to claim it, otherwise even if he grabs the lottery ticket, he will not be able to claim it.

"I should relax."

Monica smiled bitterly and said, "But in fact, it's not at all. How should I tell my parents, Chuck, you must be able to save Ross, right?"

"I try my best."

Chuck lifted his ornamental glasses.

"What should I do now? Should I call the police first?"

Monica said anxiously.

"This matter is already obvious, don't follow me."

Chuck said something to the private detective, then motioned for Monica to get in the car, and drove away from the scene quickly.

"where are we going?"

"Go to the lottery station where the lottery was drawn first."

As Chuck said, he dialed the number of Detective Annoyance: "Detective Peralta, follow Chandler and check Ross's apartment to see if there are any clues."

The annoying police detective over there naturally readily agreed. Although it was not his jurisdiction, but with Chuck's greeting, his chief must have nothing to say.

And he was finally able to partner with Chandler on the police.

"Is that private detective okay?"

Seeing that Chuck officially took over and started the arrangement, Monica was also relieved, remembering the private detective who secretly followed them just now.

"What could be wrong?"

Chuck asked back.

"He was hired by the National Lottery Association to investigate whether the jackpot is related to you, and Ross is my brother."

Monica worried: "Will the lottery be declared invalid?"

Speaking of this, she couldn't help complaining: "Just after winning the lottery, I was kidnapped. I don't know how much trouble there will be in the future. I would rather the lottery ticket be invalid... At least it would be best if there are fewer winnings."

"You're going to be disappointed."

Chuck straightly said: "The lottery will not be declared invalid, because if Ross knows that I may affect his lottery, he will definitely say that he doesn't know me, or directly say that we are enemies. In short, it must not affect him to receive the lottery.

It is very simple to want less lottery tickets. After receiving them, you just donate most of them in public, but do you think Ross can do this kind of thing? "

"..."

Monica was speechless.

Based on her understanding of Ross's stingy temperament, every time he went to the hotel, he would pack everything the hotel could pack back home, and asking him to donate most of the winnings was more uncomfortable than killing him.

"It really won't affect you?"

Monica suppressed her complaints about her elder brother's racial talent, and her mind returned to the private detective's investigation of Chuck.

"I remember that you are a consultant of the National Lottery Association, the kind who took a lot of money just to prevent you from buying lottery tickets, they must have made you sign some kind of agreement?

Now Ross has won the lottery. Although you have a bad relationship, there is me in the middle. They must suspect that it is related to you. Will they sue you for breach of contract? "

"will not."

Chuck said calmly: "I didn't sign any punitive agreement at all. You misunderstood a concept. It's not that I want to take their money, but they have repeatedly begged me to take money as a consultant."

"...then why are they still investigating you?"

Monica is puzzled.

"Routine investigation."

Chuck said: "It is also because the amount of the jackpot this time is unprecedented, otherwise I wouldn't even go through the cutscene."

Long Island Gas Station.

When Chuck and the others arrived, there was a sea of ​​people waiting in line to buy lottery tickets, and everyone was discussing the news that this store gave out the largest prize money in history.

While the chances of another huge jackpot being drawn at this store are slim to none, buying lottery tickets is all about luck, and people obviously believe in successful cases.

Chuck found the boss and looked at him: "You spread the news?"

"No, it's a system failure."

The boss's eyes flickered. Seeing Monica's disbelief, he shrugged and smiled.

"Don't look at me like that, even in regular general elections, the sacrosanct democratic polling stations can have all kinds of malfunctions on the day of the general election.

My place is a small gas station and lottery station. Isn’t it normal for something to break down and leak? "

"..."

Monica was speechless.

This is too crude.

But it is true.

On such an important day, the machine that cost so much money fails even if it is said to be malfunctioning, and there is even a lack of paper that treats everyone as mentally retarded, so what can you do?

"Where's the female teller?"

Chuck asked suddenly.

"You mean Weiqi?"

The boss was stunned: "She resigned. Obviously, who knows that he is so close to such a huge prize, but can only watch others win it. It is easy to lose balance and don't want to do this kind of low-paying job."

At this moment, Chuck's cell phone rang, and the voice of the annoying police detective came over.

"Chuck, I checked with Chandler. I heard from Rose's neighbor that he was seen leaving with a beautiful girl the day before yesterday, talking and laughing. It doesn't look like he was kidnapped."

"I'll send you a photo later, you can check if it's her."

Chuck hung up the phone after saying a word, and then said to the boss who was looking at him, "Weiqi's full name."

The boss said, Chuck directly connected to the FBI's data network on his mobile phone, called up Weiqi's information, and then sent it to Detective Annoyance.

"Let's go."

Chuck took Monica away directly.

"You think Rose's disappearance has something to do with this Viki?"

Monica asked.

"Probably."

Chuck nodded.

Soon, Detective Annoyance took Weiqi's photo to Ross's neighbor for verification, and confirmed that the girl talking and laughing with Ross was Weiqi.

"is her."

Chuck gave Monica an affirmative answer.

"It's really her."

Monica asked in surprise: "Then can I find out where she is now?"

"Yes, just check her credit card consumption records directly."

Chuck quickly passed the authority to find out Wei Qi's credit card consumption records, and told Monica a place name: "Atlantic City."

"Atlantic City?"

Monica was taken aback for a moment, then thought of something, and shouted in disbelief: "She won't go to Atlantic City with him for a flash marriage?"

"Mostly so."

Chuck nodded.

The United States has a dedicated casino, Las Vegas on the west coast, which is world-famous.

But there is actually a casino on the east coast, which is still beautiful today, and it is Atlantic City in New Jersey.

As a gambling city, it naturally has various rules different from the outside to attract people.

One of them is the flash marriage system.

In other places, it takes a long time to go through the formalities of marriage registration, but in Las Vegas, there is a special flash marriage service, suitable for those who have drunk too much.

In the original time and space of Friends, Ross and Rachel had a flash marriage in Las Vegas.

If you drink too much, add money to apply for the express service, and you can get the marriage certificate on the same day.

This is still a real marriage certificate with legal effect.

If you want a divorce, you need to re-apply for the divorce.

This is why Ross was called Divorceman in the original time and space.

Among the old friends, he has been married and divorced more times than all the people combined.

As a gambling city, Atlantic City is not as good as Las Vegas, but it also has a quick marriage system.

In the American TV series How I Met Your Mother, Lily and Matthew wanted to get married in a flash, and they went to Atlantic City that day.

Although they were told at the time that they needed to make an appointment in advance, unless there was special approval from the judge, and then they couldn't get married because they broke up halfway and couldn't impress the judge.

But I understand everything, and what really impresses the judge is obviously not some sincere feelings, but the extra money.

If this Wei Qi wanted to marry Ross in a flash, she would obviously be very willing to spend money in order to share Lan's huge prize.

"Then let's go to Atlantic City!"

Monica screamed: "We must not let this bitch take advantage of this day!"

"You should hope she takes advantage of this."

Chuck turned around and hurried to Atlantic City, talking on the phone.

"why?"

Monica said indignantly: "She wants to cheat marriage and cheat money, it's reasonable!"

The phone was connected, and Chuck directly asked someone to check Rose's marriage registration status.

Because of the impressive speed of work in the United States, even if Ross was successfully cheated into marriage by Weiqi in Atlantic City and submitted to the Internet for refresh, there was still a time lag.

So if you want to know the first-hand information, you must use the relationship.

As an advisor to so many law enforcement departments, Chuck found the judge who handled it directly with one phone call, and confirmed the fact that Rose and Weiqi had registered their marriage.

"Damn it!"

When Monica heard it, she scolded directly: "It really made her succeed! It doesn't matter, you can still regret the marriage, find a good lawyer, and get the money back."

Seeing that Chuck was silent, she suddenly remembered, and turned to look at Chuck: "Why do you pray that she can take advantage?"

"Because you can get all of it, why should you only get half of it?"

Chuck reminded: "And you also said that this kind of behavior, which is similar to defrauding marriage and cheating money, may not be able to get the half of the money in a lawsuit. What you can think of, she can't think of it?
You must know that she immediately made a series of plans after learning that Rose had won the lottery.

Take the initiative to come to the temptation.

Cut off all contact information of Ross and prevent him from learning the news that he won the huge prize.

Arrange a flash wedding.

In just two days, she accomplished this series of things.

We're talking about Ross!

Knowing that such a marriage would be ridiculed by everyone as a divorce man, he didn't even sign a prenuptial agreement, and was persuaded into a flash marriage by a woman he had just met for a day.

Do you think that a woman with such executive power will not be able to see through the problems you see, and wait to lose the advantage of information? "

"..."

Monica was stunned, and then pointed to the front, ignoring the failure to challenge the weakness at the beginning, knowing that Chuck had always been in the soft mode, she didn't dare to shout more slogans, and directly shouted: "go! go! go !"

She understood what Chuck meant now, and really began to pray that this new sister-in-law, Viki, was just trying to take advantage of it and not take it all.

Atlantic City.

A crossing of train tracks and a road.

An SUV is parked on the tracks.

"Mrs. Geller, Mrs. Micky Geller."

Rose in the driver's seat held champagne in his hand, and he was in a daze. He smirked at the woman in the passenger seat: "Does it sound good?"

"It was like a dream come true."

In the passenger seat, the freshly baked second Mrs. Ross Geller, expressionless, poured some champagne into the glass in Rose's hand: "Come on, drink some more."

"I think this makes me a little sleepy."

Rose took another sip, and then said wearily to his new wife.

"That's right, there are a total of 5 Sukemian."

Facing Ross who was already confused, Wei Qi stopped pretending at all.

"Sukemian?"

Even Ross, who was confused, woke up for a while, and subconsciously asked, "Isn't it the little blue pill?"

"Do you think I don't want to?"

Weiqi looked at him with disgust: "It's a pity you can't do it!"

If possible, she would prefer to let Rose have the wind immediately, which is more natural, but it's a pity that giving him the chance to be a ghost under the peony skirt is useless for him.