Hong Kong News: Police Talker

Chapter 802: Court Opening: The Big Boss Gathers

June 1994, 7, the weather is sunny.

The trial of William's involvement in drug trafficking began at the Court of First Instance in the High Court Building at 38 Queensway.

As the main person in charge of the case, Watson participated in the trial. He sat in a chair, waiting for the trial to begin with a calm look.

In my mind, I couldn't help but recall everything that happened during this period of time.

After the ICAC joined the investigation, many of Philip's plans were disrupted, but he still sent people to contact the judges and jurors one by one, and he contacted all the judges and jurors.

This means that no matter who is drawn in the end, they will favor William in court.

Watson and Lu Zhilian also tried their best, and Lu Zhilian even went directly to the door after Philip's people left, but those people behaved very frankly, because Philip's people did not give them any benefits, but just did them a favor.

Lu Zhilian couldn't just start arresting people just because he did a favor.

Watson originally thought that it was impossible for all these judges to accept Philip's favor, but it turned out that Watson was wrong.

These jurors are all ordinary people. When faced with a favor from Philip, the Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong Island, they have no room to resist. They have to accept this favor whether they want to or not.

They all have parents, wives, children, family members, relatives and friends, etc. When faced with those who refused at the beginning, Philip's people just went around and looked for these people. No matter who they were, they eventually softened and accepted Philip's favor.

This is the power of the second most important person in Hong Kong, Chief Secretary for Administration Philip!

Faced with this situation, Watson and Lu Zhilian had no choice but to give up the path of judge and jury and instead look for various bigwigs to watch the trial to create pressure so that the judge and others would not dare to go too far.

However, facing the extremely powerful Philip, few people dared to come and watch the trial. Only the Director of the Finance Department, Fan Weili, came to watch with the people from their Finance Department.

People from the police force also came, led by Huang Bingyao himself, including his old brothers. Deputy Director of Management Field and Mike from the Political Department also came, but they were here to laugh at Watson's joke.

From the business world, Mr. Huo also brought a few old friends to show his support to Fan Weili and Watson.

Watson turned his head slightly and looked towards the audience seats. All the people sitting there were bigwigs. Among these people, most of them were Philip's partners, friends, and so on.

Just then, the door was pushed open and several people walked in.

When Watson saw it, his pupils shrank slightly. It turned out to be the Secretary for Justice, Peter Crewe, followed by Li Yonglian and others.

Watson was a little surprised as to why they got involved in this matter.

Fan Weili was sitting in the first row. When the person next to him saw Peter Crew and others coming, he tactfully stood up and made way for them.

Peter Kru sat down next to Fan Weili and said with a smile, "Fan, why are you interested in this trial? This should have nothing to do with your Finance Department, right?"

Fan Weili said calmly: "I just came to watch the trial. I heard that this trial is quite interesting, so I came to take a look. By the way, I also invited some media friends. You don't mind, do you?"

As he spoke, he gestured behind him. Peter Cru turned around and immediately saw several people holding paper and pens, preparing to take notes, which made him frown slightly.

Because this trial is too important, outsiders are strictly prohibited from taking videos. Only the court has the right to take videos, and they are placed at the back of the hearing seats!

Peter Crewe thought for a moment and said, "Fan, I have to admire your courage. You dare to come out and challenge Philip at this time. I am here to see today. I will not get involved in your affairs. Please don't drag me into it. I dare not provoke Philip."

In fact, in his heart, he was still thinking that if Philip and Fan Weili could both suffer losses, then he could jump out and take advantage of the situation. If he could become the governor in the end, he would definitely thank Philip and Fan Weili.

Fan Weili turned his head, glanced at Pete Crewe with a smile, then turned away without saying anything.

He also understood Pete Crewe's heart very well and knew that the other party wanted to take advantage.

At this moment, Fan Weili looked at Watson standing in front of him and suddenly whispered, "I am definitely no match for Philip alone, but if you are included, the result will be different."

"If Philip doesn't fall, you and I have no chance. If he falls, then the next candidate will be between you and me. No matter how bad the result is, it won't be worse than it is now!"

"I don't know if you want to gamble on this probability. Don't think that we will both suffer losses. I will definitely not be Philip's opponent. If I fail, you will have even less chance. You will stay in your current position until retirement..."

Pete Crewe sat in the chair, said nothing, and his face was very calm, but his heart was turbulent.

He knew that Fan Weili was fooling him and trying to drag him into the water, but... Fan Weili was right. He alone could not be a match for Philip. The other party's foundation was the foundation of several generations. How could it be destroyed by Fan Weili's generation?

The result of the confrontation between the two sides will definitely be Fan Weili's failure. If he fails, Peter Crew will not be able to gain any advantage. Instead, it will be Philip who defeats Fan Weili who will become famous and take over the position of governor.

Thinking of this, Peter Cru's eyelids couldn't help but twitch, showing that he was unable to calm down.

Having already climbed to the position of Attorney General, he must want to go one step further and successfully become the Governor-General.

Before this, he didn't even dare to think about it, because he knew that he would not be a match for Philip.

But now, if I join forces with Fan Weili, it seems like there is a chance!

This made his heart beat violently.

However, after taking a few deep breaths, Pete Cru suppressed his inner restlessness, because he understood that even if he and Fan Weili joined forces, they might not be Philip's opponent.

The foundation of several generations has given the Thomson family endless power and dark influence in Hong Kong Island.

When you play against them, you never know what their next trump card will be.

Although Peter Crewe was somewhat envious of the position of governor, he wanted to keep his current position more. If he went up to compete with Philip and failed, he would definitely be kicked out by the other party.

By then, not only would he not have become the Governor, but he would have even lost his position as the Secretary for Justice. What would that be like?

So, to be on the safe side, Peter Cru pretended not to hear what Fan Weili said and sat quietly in the chair without any expression.

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