Chapter 210 The commission of the girl standing in the street
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In Earl Hall's villa, Audrey saw Hobert's letter and breathed a sigh of relief: Mr. Fool's mission was finally entrusted. Based on Hobert's usual reliability, the strength of the Beyonder he found should be no problem.
She read the short letter again: I didn't expect it to cost so much money to assassinate an ambassador! Also, the additional conditions proposed by the other party are a bit difficult!
"Audrey, the person who gave me the letter seems to know I can talk," Susie said suddenly.
Audrey was a little surprised at first, then shook her head and smiled: "Impossible, Mr. Hobert has only been here twice, he couldn't possibly know that you have taken the potion."
"Theoretically, yes."
Audrey felt a little dizzy. Heavens, Susie is starting to talk about theory!
Susie's big mouth opened and closed: "But according to my observation, when he was putting down the letter, he seemed to want to talk to me several times, but the words came to his lips and turned into some irrelevant words."
Audrey frowned. Of course, she believed in Susie's observation ability.
But it didn't make sense at all. Hobert hadn't even met Susie a few times.
…
Riding in the carriage to Blanca Street, Hobert touched his rumbling stomach and thought to himself that it was a close call.
Several times he almost asked Susie to bring a message, reminding Audrey to pay attention to confidentiality.
Hobert recalled Susie's image and found that it was really a good seed for a "Daydream Dog". In front of it, people always easily let down their guard.
Back in the rented house, Xio was already resting. Fors was still reading a magazine, obviously waiting for Hobert, and had even left him a dinner.
Hobert praised Fors's thoughtfulness while gobbling it down.
After Hobert finished eating, Fors came over to ask about the result. After learning that Hobert had successfully entrusted the task, Fors also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she and Xio failed to entrust the task today, Audrey still gave them a commission fee of 500 pounds.
This money made Fors and Xio feel ashamed, but Audrey insisted on giving it at the time, and they did take some risks. But after getting the money, they felt a little guilty, after all, they didn't complete Audrey's commission.
Knowing that the matter had been entrusted, Fors could feel a little more at ease.
Hobert instructed: "Pay attention to confidentiality. Don't talk about this matter outside with Xio."
"We know," Fors worried: "But I don't know about Mr. A…"
Hobert smiled: "These lunatics can't wait for Backlund to be more chaotic."
Moreover, he is now trying to recover and has no time to care about this kind of thing.
After the task of assassinating the ambassador was entrusted, all that was left was waiting.
And life had to go on.
On Wednesday morning, Hobert appeared in court. Many reporters and citizens who learned the news rushed to the scene, wanting to see Hobert's debating prowess.
Who knew that the first thing the defendant did after being brought to court was to seek an out-of-court settlement with Hobert.
It turned out that after learning that the plaintiff's lawyer was Hobert, the defendant had visited many law firms in the past week, but no lawyer was willing to defend him.
Even Great Lawyer Hugo had lost. Ordinary lawyers knew they couldn't win against Hobert, so they simply refused to avoid humiliating themselves, while the great lawyers cherished their feathers and were unwilling to appear in court.
You know, due to the great influence of the "Workers' Compensation Case", Great Lawyer Hugo's business volume has plummeted. No one is willing to follow in Hugo's footsteps.
Hobert didn't expect that the case he had prepared for a week, and which was obviously a bit difficult, would be solved so easily!
The reporters were also disappointed and made a wasted trip.
Hobert instructed Cody, who came with him: "Don't be careless, your case is not so easy to solve."
Cody smiled bitterly: "I know."
Of course, he knew that he didn't have Hobert's reputation and prestige.
At ten o'clock, the case Cody was responsible for opened. This case was also a bit difficult. After repeated back-and-forth negotiations between the two lawyers, a settlement plan was finally reached.
During lunch, Hobert routinely helped Cody summarize the mistakes and lessons of this round of defense, which also benefited Cody a lot.
After accompanying the three subordinates to court one after another, Hobert had a basic understanding of their abilities, and he knew what to do when assigning cases in the future.
As soon as he returned to the firm, Jessica reported to Hobert: "There is a special client who has been waiting here since morning. I don't know if I should accept her commission."
Hobert asked while taking off his windbreaker: "What's so special about her?"
"Well, she is a street prostitute."
"Jessica, I know you have some unique abilities, so you will never be reduced to this step," Hobert said: "In my opinion, street prostitutes are like those workers and farmers who cannot protect their rights. It is a tragedy of this era. I hope you will not look at any client differently."
Hobert's obvious reproach made Jessica a little blush: "I know, but I…"
"Afraid it will affect my reputation?"
Jessica didn't say anything, but she did think so.
Hobert smiled: "It will only affect my reputation if the lawsuit is lost."
Then he became serious: "Haven't you noticed? The clients who come to us basically regard us as their last hope.
"'The hope of the bottom people of Backlund' sounds good. Many years later, we may even be the hope of this era."
Jessica looked at Hobert excitedly. Who doesn't want to leave their mark on an era?
"Please ask her to come to my office," Hobert smiled at Jessica who was walking out. She was still too young and easily filled up by the leader's pie.
The client's name was Emma, in her twenties, wearing the most fashionable dress in Backlund, with light makeup, and a charming look between her eyebrows.
To avoid suspicion, Jessica also sat aside to listen.
Hobert quickly made a judgment. Emma was a "senior" street prostitute, the kind who regarded street prostitution as a job.
Not a part-timer, nor a woman sold to the red-light district by traffickers. The former would not dress so beautifully, and the latter would not have much personal freedom.
After seeing Hobert, Emma smiled charmingly: "If Lawyer Hobert ever visits our small shop, I will definitely give you a discount."
If they had the power to choose clients, of course they would be willing to choose young, handsome, and gentle gentlemen.
Hobert smiled slightly: "I don't have such needs for the time being."
After chatting for a few words, under Hobert's guidance, Emma began to tell the story of the case.
It turned out that recently there was a rogue named Wendell in the red-light district who specialized in patronizing Emma's "small shop", which was jointly run by several street prostitutes, and refused to pay after sex.
Because such small shops couldn't afford thugs, many small shops had already been successful by him, and he had even threatened: "If you have the ability, go sue me!"
Emma said: "A colleague really sued him, but lost the case."
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