America's Road to Wealth

About three o'clock in the afternoon.

When Bloomberg and Abel were talking on the stern deck of the Ovitz.

New York, in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

There were people talking too.

Prosecutors are a feature of the American judicial system. This group of people can be simply understood as government lawyers + special police.

They are generally responsible for investigating cases, deciding whether to prosecute, calling witnesses, conducting plea bargains, and recommending penalties based on guilty verdicts.

U.S. prosecutors are divided into two categories: federal prosecutors and local prosecutors.

In addition, there is a special prosecutor—an independent prosecutor.

Prosecutors belong to the executive branch.

All prosecutors must have a lawyer's license.

Different types of prosecutors prosecute different types of crimes.

There is no affiliation between the three types of prosecutors; they are just responsible for different directions.

Like the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, which is the district attorney.

District attorneys prosecute the vast majority of criminal cases in the United States and are not accountable to anyone.

Therefore, this group of people has great power and is difficult to influence.

Even when the commander-in-chief was in office, he was unable to influence the people who commanded him.

The only ones the commander-in-chief can control are federal prosecutors and independent prosecutors.

District prosecutors are generally elected through elections, just like the general election.

Like Robert Morgenthau, now the District Attorney for the Manhattan District.

He has stayed in this position for 25 years.

Two reasons,

One is that he does his job very well.

another,

It was in the election of local prosecutor that no one had ever won against him.

Then he can continue to hold the position until he is kicked out by others.

Either he himself doesn't want to be a pawn, or he dies.

Prosecutor's Office,

In the separate offices of the Financial Crime Group.

Prosecutor Mr. Sellers, head of the financial crimes prosecution team, brought three takeaways into his office.

in the office,

Peggy Morgenthau, deputy leader of the Financial Crime Prosecution Team, and member Alex were quickly flipping through documents.

"guys."

After Cyrus opened the door and came in, he raised the things in his hands and said, "It's time to eat something. We haven't eaten yet until this morning."

Peggy and Alex looked up, and Peggy Morgenthau also looked at the clock on the wall.

Peggy: "Wow, it's three o'clock. No wonder I'm so hungry."

Alex smiled back and said, "Me too."

Cyrus shook his head, "Then what are you waiting for? I ordered Chinese pasta today. It tastes very good. I have eaten it many times."

"Chinese pasta? Is there such a thing?" Peggy Morgenthau put down the documents in her hand and took the takeout box that Cyrus handed her.

Alex did the same and quickly opened the box.

Looking at the noodles in the box, Alex shook his head and said:

"There is no Chinese pasta. Pasta is pasta. This is Chinese noodles."

Cyrus was surprised, "Wow, Alex. Didn't realize you knew that.

Oh, right. Last month, you just traveled to Daiwan. "

By this time, Peggy Morgenthau had already opened the takeout box and started eating.

After hearing the conversation between the two, the young lady shook her head and said, "This is not Chezi noodles, this is Dandan noodles."

"Is there any difference? It's all the same." Cyrus sat down, opened his own box, and started eating.

"Of course they are different." Peggy Morgenthau said, "One is from Sichuan and the other is from Daiwan."

“It’s like the difference between Texas and Los Angeles.”

"Okay." Cyrus shrugged and said with a smile as he ate, "So that's why I like to work overtime.

Look, doesn’t this add a new piece of knowledge? "

The three prosecutors began to eat their late lunch.

A meal of what Cyrus calls “Chinese spaghetti.”

Among the three,

Peggy Morgenthau quickly finished the box of Chinese noodles at a speed that did not match her beauty and temperament.

After eating, she tidied up a little.

After cleaning up, she looked at her boss Cyrus and her colleague Alex.

The two of them ate a little slowly because the eating utensils provided with the takeout set were chopsticks.

Alex was okay, although he looked a little clumsy.

But I do know how to use chopsticks.

Cyrus doesn't know how to use chopsticks at all, and uses chopsticks purely in the knife and fork technique.

This makes him eat the slowest.

Peggy Morgenthal is very skilled with chopsticks.

Plus I was a little impatient, so I finished it as quickly as possible.

"Three days."

After filling her stomach, Peggy Morgenthau looked at her two colleagues.

She said: "We have been investigating Abe Smith and his company for three days."

"But in three days. We found nothing."

She took the pile of documents on her right hand side, brought it to the middle, and held it with both hands.

"Cyrus, you said there must be something wrong with him."

"I also believe in your judgment."

"But it's been three days. Our entire team has not found anything wrong with him until now."

Talking about work while eating is not exclusive to Chinese people.

It's relatively curly, and those who are more diligent like it.

Cyrus looked like he wanted to finish the meal before discussing work, but young Alex didn't think so.

Alex said: "Things are indeed very difficult. No one thought that the guy under investigation would do these things."

His expression looked a little confused, but more of a puzzlement and disbelief.

“Is this really a Wall Street guy?

Did he really open a financial company, not a charity company? "

"Yeah." Peggy Morgenthau said:

"Tax returns, transaction records, personal contacts, third-party informants, there is no evidence that this guy did anything illegal."

"Oh, these things," she said:

"Not even proof. Cyrus, you're the most experienced of us.

Now what do you think we should do next? "

By this time, Alex had also finished the noodles, and Cyrus had half of them left.

Cyrus usually likes this taste, but now she thinks it's a bit bland.

Cyrus put down his chopsticks, which he used in the same manner as a knife and fork.

"You are checking these things. I have been checking for three months. The results are the same as yours."

Cyrus said: “But like Alex said.

It's so glamorous, isn't it?

Are there really people like this on Wall Street?

You don't believe it, I don't believe it, and Robert doesn't believe it either. "

"So we are here now, investigating this guy together."

He looked from young Alex to Peggy Morgenthau.

Deep in my heart, an emotion called "regret" emerged.

Miscalculated.

He originally wanted to lure Peggy Morgenthau into investigating a matter that he was unable or unwilling to investigate.

Peggy Morgenthau wasn't very interested.

But unexpectedly, their immediate boss, the Manhattan District Attorney.

Suddenly he said that he wanted to investigate Abel Smith.

What made Cyrus even more helpless was that Peggy Morgenthau told Robert on the spot that Cyrus knew Smith.

Cyrus, who originally wanted to stay out of the matter, became the person responsible for it.

Peggy Morgenthau serves as deputy.

Robert Morgenthau even set a deadline for Cyrus.

The results must be available within half a month.

There are two outcomes.

One is that enough evidence is found and the Manhattan prosecutor initiates prosecution.

One is to not find enough evidence and let it go.

The former outcome is better for everyone.

The latter, no loss to Robert Morgenthau and Peggy Morgenthau.

The only one who could lose was Cyrus.

That would lower his standing in the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

It may even affect his future career as a prosecutor.

Thinking of this, Cyrus gritted his teeth with regret.

"I think that's the case now."

"There is only one way." Cyrus looked at Peggy Morgenthau.

"Perhaps we should apply for an investigation order."