Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 108 Acquittal
  Tang De's worries came true. When the police were investigating the wild dogs, they arrested a few boys. Without any effort, they learned that Tom and Flower Shirt had met the wild dogs.

So Tom was quickly arrested in a hotel. Fortunately, his parents had already left New York and did not witness the embarrassing appearance of their son being pressed to the ground.

At the police station, Tom said nothing except that he wanted a lawyer.

Tang De asked Jimmy to find a middleman and spent tens of thousands of dollars to hire a prestigious local lawyer in New York to help him.

After the lawyer spoke to Tom, he finally spoke to the police.

It was just contrary to what the police expected. Tom said that he was not a killer at all, and the job he received was just in charge of logistics. He did not participate in the killing process. Faith and the other five people were all killed by Hua Shi.

As for why Flowery Shirt died in the end, Tom explained that it was because he had not thought of killing anyone before. The two had originally agreed to kidnap Faith, but Flowery Shirt actually killed him and refused to let anyone alive.

Therefore, he wanted to dissuade Fancy Shirt, but Fancy Shirt raised his gun during the confrontation and wanted to kill Tom and monopolize the wild dog's reward. Tom had no choice but to fight back when he was unprepared, which led to the death of Flowery Shirt.

So now the police are suddenly faced with an unexpected situation, that is, the murderer is already dead, at the hands of his accomplice, and this accomplice still fought back in self-defense and only killed someone when he was personally threatened.

how can that be!

Of course the police would not agree with this answer, but after searching the scene, they found no evidence to disprove Tom. After all, there is no surveillance here, there are no witnesses, and Tang De still doesn't know anything about it.

The only mystery is that Ashara's cell phone was burned, and the police didn't know what was in it. Tom's explanation for this was that the flower shirt did it. He found Ashara taking photos, so he burned the cell phone.

After the forensic examination of the bodies, Tom's statement became more convincing, because the bullets in everyone's bodies at the scene came from the gun in the hand of Flower Shirt.

The cause of Flowery Shirt's death was a stab wound on his neck, which exactly matched the one in Tom's hand.

In addition, because the time of death is very close, the medical examiner cannot accurately infer the time of death of each body.

The police had no choice but to try to pry out the information they wanted from the wild dog's little brother. Unfortunately, the wild dog and the most caring little brother around him died on the street. No one else heard that the wild dog was a beggar at that time. What are they here for?

They had only seen Tom and Flower Shirt appearing next to Wild Dog. Tom's explanation was that he didn't know that Flower Shirt took care of all the business. He was the middleman and leader, and he was just following orders. Just working.

Then the police summarized all the clues and testimonies and found that Tom had little to do with the street shooting, but more like an innocent poor man who was involved.

Of course Badman, Davis and the younger brothers hated Tom, even though he was not the one who killed Faith, and even killed the murderer of Faith.

But they couldn't rush into the police station as recklessly as Gotham City and execute Tom on the spot.

At the same time, Tang De, who was declared recovered by the doctor, also received an invitation from "Chicago" costume designer Colleen, saying that their play will be on Broadway in New York in the near future.

Ke Lin called just to ask if Tang De wanted to come and see.

Tang De did everything he could, and even asked for a ticket for two. Anne Hathaway has been staying with him at the hospital bed these days because when Tang De entered the hospital for examination, Carmela received the call she made. .

After learning that Tang De had a car accident, she immediately rushed to the hospital and stayed by the bed. She had not left Tang De's side in recent days. For him, he even cooked several meals with his own hands and fed Tang De well. Even Carmela had to sigh at the charm of her son after seeing it.

In addition to her, Jimmy also comes to see Tang De every day. After seeing Anne Hathaway, he couldn't help but punch Tang De: "Damn it, why are you so popular with girls?"

"No way, you know." Tang De shrugged, indicating that his charm was inexplicable.

Jimmy has no choice but to admit that he will never be as good as Tang De.

As for the car accident and the shooting, Tang De chose to conceal the news from Scarlett and Avril. What if these two people knew about it and came to the hospital to see him.

Even for Kaiden and Cindy in the company, he didn't let Jimmy tell him. He just asked Jimmy to announce that he was on a business trip to talk to clients.

Anyway, the current operation of the company does not require Tang De to support it alone. He only needs to provide advertising creative ideas. Those ordinary companies can just let Fernando and Jimmy run for office.

I stayed in the hospital for a few days and then went home to rest for a while until the end of November, the day of the performance.

Tang De then drove his newly purchased Hummer H2 to Anne Hathaway's home.

At the door, he saw Anne Hathaway in evening dress.

"What you wore today is so beautiful." Tang De hugged her, then touched her smooth shoulders with both hands and sighed.

Anne Hathaway wore a black dress today with sinuous curves. Her upper body exposed her delicate collarbone and ravine. She wore pendant earrings and her long hair was combed to the side of her face.

She wore a pair of black high-heeled shoes on her lower body without socks. No veins could be seen on her delicate white insteps, and she looked extremely beautiful.

After hugging Donde, Anne Hathaway gave him a gentle kiss and then got into his new car.

"This car looks so bulky." Anne Hathaway's friends all bought sports cars or cars, and they had never ridden in such a rough vehicle. Both the driving position and the steering wheel were full of original style.

"Yes, it is indeed bulky." Tang De was noncommittal about her evaluation and explained: "But it can save lives at critical moments."

Although this car was rated as one of the ten ugliest cars of the year, the Hummer's solid materials and bulletproof features happened to be what Tang De needed most.

"You're right." Anne Hathaway had been frightened after hearing that Tang De was almost killed by a killer. She also understood Tang De's thoughts. Anyway, the vehicle is just a means of transportation, and beauty and ugliness are not that important.

Looking at the car now, she could find a rich sense of beauty in its rugged style.

And Tang De did more than that for his own safety. He had already started practicing guns, found a private shooting range, practiced several times a week, and applied for a gun license from the New York Police Department.

It takes about half a year to get a gun license in the United States, and there are many procedures to go through. Of course, Tang De, a police fund partner, can speed it up a little.

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Twenty minutes later, the vehicle arrived in front of Broadway. Tang and De got off the car from the parking lot and walked into the Broadway Theater.

At the same moment, Tom, accompanied by police and lawyers, walked into the court door.

The atmosphere in the court was solemn. Tom was led by the police to the audience. He raised his head slightly and could see the judge opposite and the jury on both sides.

"Boom!" The judge knocked the gavel, announcing that the criminal proceedings had officially begun.

"Boom!" The drums started beating in the dark stage. Tang De and Anne Hathaway smiled at each other, held each other's hands, and looked at the upcoming performance of "Chicago".

The next moment, the music played loudly, the violin, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, and electronic keyboard sounded at the same time. Colorful lights flashed in front of all the audience in an instant. The actress who played the dancer Velma appeared on the stage and danced sexy and sharply among the backup dancers. Dancing solo. The three-minute dance entertained every audience member. Then the police showed up and took Velma away. The stage suddenly went dark and a monologue sounded.

"Your Honor..." a monologue sounded.

At the same time in the court...

"Your honor, the hospital can prove that my client injured his facial nerve during a drill while serving in the army. He suffered from intermittent facial paralysis, so his expression cannot represent the tone of his speech, nor his mood at the moment. This His face is completely out of his control."

Tom's lawyer took the lead in producing a paper certificate to pave the way for Tom's subsequent speech, because if he did not do so, Tom's indifferent expression would be enough to convict him of the crime.

The jury looked at the thin white paper and looked at Tom who was under trial. They found that this man with a unique hairstyle was indeed as his lawyer said, and his expression did not fluctuate at all. They couldn't help but nodded.

After that, it came to the stage of submitting evidence. The police lawyer first called the wild dog's men.

"I...I saw him and Jim in the floral shirt entering the house of the wild dog boss. After they came out, the two of them took guns and left."

"I object!" the lawyer said in the court.

"I didn't!" the woman shouted on the stage.

"Your Honor! I did not kill that man!" The actress who played Roxie argued for herself in a hoarse voice. Her lawyer had no effect at all and just watched her speak indifferently.

However, the judge did not think so. She banged the gavel and announced: "The evidence is conclusive in the case of Roxy shooting her lover. Roxy is sentenced to death..."

"No, I didn't! I really didn't! Your Honor!" Roxie shouted, but was pulled into the darkness fiercely by the police.

"Bang!" The stage lights turned off.

"Bang!" The TV screen in the courtroom turned on.

After the police presented the evidence at the scene, it was Tom Fang's turn to respond.

"In fact, your honor, the police do not have any direct evidence that can prove that my client, Mr. Tom Brown, is the mastermind and accessory to this murder. I think these evidences and the evidence we submitted can exactly prove my client's clean."

The lawyer spoke forcefully and the jury could hear every word clearly.

"Also... we already have Jim's past information. He has committed a series of vicious cases such as robbery, violent maiming, and intimidation of others. These past criminal experiences are enough to prove that he is an extremely vicious gangster! I The client only joined the whole thing because of livelihood issues and being deceived."

"He has never killed anyone, he is a good boy, and his hands are clean. The so-called criminal information about our client submitted by the police is just because he couldn't stand someone bullying others and helped him! You know, he was once a soldier , I can’t stand the bullying happening in front of my eyes!
  "And our laws have allowed him to sit in prison for three consecutive years. I don't want to comment on this matter. But I want to say that if we cannot give justice to this silent man, then the entire American legal system will You will be ashamed of this!"

The lawyer raised his head and made a high-pitched sound, just like the short high-pitched sound of the saxophone in the player's hand.

"Snapped!"

The stage lights up again. Roxy has impressed Billy, the undefeated lawyer, and the two are rehearsing their arguments on how to deceive the jury.

This puppet show is both amazing and joyful. Anne Hathaway, who is smiling brightly, squeezes Don De's right hand, while Don De's left hand taps on the armrest like playing a piano.

"Dong dong!"

"Boom!"

In the court, the judge approved Tom's application to speak.

"Your Honor..." Tom's expression was dull, but everyone was very tolerant of this facial paralysis patient and listened to his speech carefully.

"My dream was to defend the United States and protect the property of all citizens." Although Tom's expression was expressionless, he said in a serious tone: "Unfortunately, I injured some people because of my impulse, and then spent a few years in prison. I My family is not rich, which makes me unable to afford prison fees. My family has sold their house and moved to the countryside for me.

"I worked hard to earn money in prison, but it was just a drop in the bucket... My mother lived in sadness every day, so after I was released from prison, in order not to go back to prison, I could only do several jobs every day, such as car wash, porter, As a longshoreman, I have also helped people take care of pets and delivered pizzas.”

As Tom spoke, the jury's expressions gradually became serious.

"But this was still not enough for the prison loan, so I had to take a desperate risk and found Jim... He said he had a good job and could make a lot of money. He only needed to kidnap a person and release him after a few days."

"I believed it because I had no choice. I couldn't find any other way to make money. So I went to Dingo with him, but I was blocked out. The specific things were discussed between the two of them. All Jim told me was to drive and look out for him.”

"I didn't expect that he killed someone..." Tom was silent for a moment when he said this. In the eyes of the judge and jury, this tough guy seemed to be choked up.

"I got into an argument with him but he tried to kill me too...I had to fight back."

His words were echoed by Roxie on the stage.

"I had to fight back!"

"He and I fought for the gun together. I didn't want to kill him, but he was too vicious. I was scared and I was at a loss..." During the dance in the court, Roxie sang her song while performing a fight with the man for the gun. Scripted lines.

The judge and jury sighed, as if for Roxie's tragic fate.

So amid a discussion, the judge wiped away two tears sympathetically and banged his gavel.

"Boom boom boom!"

"I declare..."

The music reached its climax, and the corners of Tang De's mouth curled up, and he followed the rhythm of the dance music, tapping his toes to make a snapping sound, forming a moving symphony with the snapping of his fingers on the armrests.

At this moment, he seemed to have seen through the stage the criminal court where the trial results were being announced. The serious justice also moved in sync with the stage. After banging the gavel, he stood up and faced everyone and said: "I declare... Tom ·Brown..."

"Roxy..."

"Acquitted!"

"Bah bang bang!" There was thunderous applause. Tang De clapped and praised the stage play together with Anne Hathaway.

"Wonderful!"

(End of this chapter)