Original link: https://onojyun.com/2022/05/21/5665/
△ 141｜Condom Tycoon
Cheng Chi never thought that he would be arrested for “illegal manufacturing of condoms”.
Cheng Chi thought that he could not touch any law, so he didn’t think about defense lawyers from the beginning. As a result, the state could only assign him a public defender, surnamed Wang. At this time, when lawyer Wang and the police were chatting quietly outside the door, Cheng Chi first saw his lawyer shaking his head, and then the police patted the lawyer on the shoulder. Although he couldn’t hear the sound, he also guessed eight or nine, this time the matter was really big. Originally, he just wanted to take advantage of the national real-name system to buy and sell condoms and make a lot of money, but he didn’t expect his behavior to violate the country’s laws and regulations. Not only that, but the policeman just now made a fool of himself. If he just made fake and inferior products, the punishment is not too severe, but this time he made condoms, a product that the country has suddenly started to strictly control some time ago.
“Do you know what the crime of the ancient smuggling official salt was?” The policeman said this. Although Cheng Chi didn’t read much, he also loved to read martial arts novels in the past. Of course, he knew the stakes involved. But what he didn’t expect was that selling a condom was also selling it as illicit salt.
Attorney Wang wanted to smoke a cigarette at the door, but when he took out the cigarette case, he saw Cheng Chi in the room, his eyes had changed from the panic just now to a helpless absent-mindedness. Putting the box back in his pocket, he returned to the room and asked Cheng Chi, “Mr. Cheng, how many have you sold?”
“Ah?” Cheng Chi was pulled back to reality. He had tried very hard to use his only knowledge of the law in his mind to predetermine all possible charges for himself. “About 500.”
“Anything?” Attorney Wang couldn’t help but took out a cigarette. The police who questioned Cheng Chi just now appeared at the door again. Lawyer Wang thought that smoking was not allowed here, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly hid his cigarettes. The policeman didn’t say anything, and handed in an ashtray from outside the door—lawyer Wang was a little embarrassed to see the policeman being so polite. But after all, he has a “task” now, so the diligence of the police is justified. Lawyer Wang took the ashtray, and the policeman disappeared outside the door again to another room where the interrogation room could be seen from the one-way glass.
“Ah? No, it’s 5 million.”
“Crack!” The lighter was ignited, but never went out. Lawyer Wang stood there dumbfounded, forgetting to take the first puff of cigarette, and it was not until the lighter became hot that Lawyer Wang put out the flame. After thinking about it for a long time, he really couldn’t organize any words to answer, and finally he had no choice but to scold: “Your mother, so much?!” He gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice, but immediately thought that it would be useless, the police Let him have a good chat with Cheng Chi, just to find out what happened to Cheng Chi.
“What’s wrong?” Hearing lawyer Wang’s scolding, Cheng Chi was completely taken aback, and he probably knew that he really had a bigger problem than he imagined.
“Do you know what the sales volume of 5 million is?” Lawyer Wang sat where the police had just sat, with a more helpless expression than him. Lawyer Wang asked these words in a low voice instinctively, and looked at the glass behind him uncontrollably. He knew that the policeman was behind the glass.
Cheng Chi finally accepted the reality. From lawyer Wang’s words, he seemed to hear the despair at the moment he was sentenced to death. He nodded, still not daring to look up at lawyer Wang, and began to simulate in his heart the despair of the moment he was about to be sentenced to death.
“What about the machine, where did you get it?” Attorney Wang put out the cigarette he had only smoked two puffs into the ashtray. He has to play the role of a policeman now. Cheng Chi is not clear about the police’s questioning. He thought that after lawyer Wang came, he would be able to clear his name – but he just reduced this idea to “reduced punishment” for a moment. ——It’s lower now, or I don’t expect anything anymore. So Cheng Chi didn’t bother to answer any more questions, and just used all his consciousness to simulate the calmness of death.
“Cheng Chi, I’m helping you!” Attorney Wang was a little angry. He didn’t want to take over this mess, and Cheng Chi didn’t expect to turn himself into a criminal case. Now that the outside media has been hyped, Cheng Chi is famous. A person who dares to hit the gun at a time when the country has banned the sale of contraceptives without permission is stuck in a very embarrassing situation. The country naturally wants to get rid of people like Cheng Chi who go against the policy, but the people don’t think so, and instead call Cheng Chi “the most beautiful retrograde” , because he rescued the group of young people who didn’t want to get pregnant and didn’t want to have children, after all A few months ago, the state suddenly issued a decree banning abortion and real-name quotas for purchasing condoms, birth control pills and other family planning products, and even sex toys, because the state believes that this is not conducive to “normal human mating” (of course, homosexuality). illegal long before the law was introduced). But there is always a group of people who will fight against this decree all the time, and they must want to get condoms illegally.
After a long silence, Cheng Chi listened to the sound of the electric current from the fluorescent lamps above his head, and already began to think of what it was like to be executed by electric shock – he didn’t even know how the execution was carried out. Attorney Wang was a little impatient: “I will ask you last…”
“It’s that one, I bought it from the manufacturer that originally made condoms.” Cheng Chi finally spoke up, he had to figure out the problem in his mind now – how the death penalty was adopted now.
“how much did you spend?”
“About 500,000, two machines.”
“Is there a sales contract?”
“No, I asked an acquaintance to buy it.”
Cheng Chi obviously heard lawyer Wang sigh, and he knew that this road seemed to be taken to the end by himself. It was only then that he realized why when he bought the two condom making machines, the other party agreed so readily and did not sign any agreement at all.
“When did you buy the machine?” Lawyer Wang became calm and thought of a new “road”. At the same time, Cheng Chi’s attention was no longer on the sound of the electric current of the fluorescent lamp, but began to rely on his own life for the rest of his life. To imagine what it feels like when a bullet passes through the brain – why use “a lifetime”, Cheng Chi refuted himself, but soon accepted it again, being in his thirties, being sentenced to death is indeed a lifetime thing .
“In August.”
“Are you sure?” Attorney Wang’s rhetorical question was a bit strange, not like asking himself, but more like telling the people behind him. Cheng Chi didn’t intend to understand the deep meaning here, but his “expectation” for death gave him priority to answer Lawyer Wang: “Yes.”
Attorney Wang was completely discouraged, and this road became the reason for Cheng Chi to be convicted of a felony. The state started to implement the control of family planning products in October. Cheng Chi went to sell the condom-making machine in August. No matter how the logic is broken, the court will only consider it as a “premeditated” behavior. This is subjective. The motive will directly raise Cheng Chi’s crime to the highest punishment.
“I will be sentenced to a heavy sentence, right?” Cheng Chi broke lawyer Wang’s silence. He rejected the “motion” of the shooting. Although he has watched many police and gangster films, at this time, he is refuting himself – those It’s all fictional plots, those brainstorming pictures, but it’s just the arrangement of props.
Lawyer Wang didn’t make a decision. When he got up, he accidentally dropped the ashtray on the table. The loud noise made Cheng Chi shake his shoulders instinctively. Then he took a long breath. No one knew that his His breath was like his last breath before he died, and after that he was completely calm, as if he was already dead. He was temporarily detained, awaiting the severe punishment of the law.
I don’t know what happened to Cheng Chi now, because the last time I saw him was three days ago, when his case was about to go to trial. Sorry, I forgot to explain, I am actually lawyer Wang, because I thought it would be more objective to tell the case I handled from a third-person perspective. To be honest, I actually feel pity for Cheng Chi. He committed such a “heinous crime” at a young age.
Three days ago, I received a notice that Cheng Chi’s case was no longer my responsibility. In fact, I was much more relaxed at the time. As the defendant’s public defender, there is no room for “bargaining” in the case itself. Cheng Chi must have identified a serious crime. After all, he is the most serious criminal case since the strict control system of family planning supplies. method serves as a warning. But the problem is that public opinion must abide by the requirements of national laws and seriously denounce Cheng Chi’s case, but ordinary people don’t think so. They themselves have complained about the system of strict control of family planning supplies – but the state has become accustomed to these “complaints”, and within three months, people will forget them and can only accept them. If I came out as Cheng Chi’s public defender when they were still “inflamed”, I would have been scolded for blood. So Cheng Chi’s case was suddenly withdrawn from me. Although I had doubts, I was more fortunate.
To be honest, I still have some doubts as to why Cheng Chi’s case suddenly disappeared, as if it never happened.
“Lawyer Wang! You are here!” Suddenly a voice broke my thoughts. Outside the door was my assistant. He showed unusual excitement. At least during the time he was dealing with Cheng Chi’s case, he had never been so excited, “Look who’s here!”
who? Just as I was about to ask a question, Cheng Chi appeared outside the door – wait a minute, isn’t he Cheng Chi? Because he also had an incredible smile on his face, which was different from Cheng Chi who was waiting for the court session some time ago. At that time, I wondered whether he was really “dead”, and there was no living expression on his face at that time.
“Why, you don’t know me! Attorney Wang.” Cheng Chi didn’t wait for me to respond, he stepped into the room and put a bottle of hardcover Feitian Moutai and a few pieces of Zhonghua on the coffee table in the office – I know what that means , that is a kind of “thank you”, and it is a thank you of a high standard.
“Cheng Chi?” I used the interrogative sentence at that time, not because of my uncertainty about him, but because of my own uncertainty.
“Don’t Lawyer Wang know yet?” Cheng Chi turned to my assistant and asked. The assistant spread out his hands and showed helplessness: “I only found out when you came today.”
“What’s the matter?” I quickly asked Cheng Chi when he turned his head.
“I’m fine, the court won’t prosecute me. The incident happened suddenly, and I can only come to see you today.” Cheng Chi still maintained that incredible excitement, as if someone had changed – maybe someone really changed Lost him, from spirit to personality, or he has undergone some kind of social transformation, he has been reborn.
“Ding!” There is a news pop-up window in the lower right corner of the computer. It is not actually “legal news”, but the content on the dark web. This is the content that I have to keep an eye on every day, and it is my job in itself. Work – Collect and analyze the dark web to predict possible illegal events in a timely manner. I can only use distraction to avoid thinking about why Cheng Chi appeared in my office in this way-the pregnancy rate has risen sharply recently, and some experts have analyzed that this is the first time that we have seen population growth since the control of family planning products. situation.
“I was dismissed, lawyer Wang!”
People familiar with the matter analyzed that the “black market condoms” that were widely circulated on the market some time ago may be the main reason for the increase in the pregnancy rate this time . I instinctively opened the news, pretending to be busy with work on the computer, and had no time for Cheng Chi’s enthusiasm. ground pattern.
“Mr. Cheng made condoms illegally, but there are quality problems…” The assistant’s voice mixed in, he explained.
“I didn’t expect that selling fake and shoddy goods actually saved me, lawyer Wang.”
“Condom tycoon went to your place? You are welcome.” The leader sent me a message, and I wanted to laugh a little. “Condom tycoon” is obviously a joking name for Cheng Chi.
Many citizens reported that they all used the illegal condoms manufactured in the Cheng Chi case some time ago, which led to their pregnancy, but China now strictly controls abortion, so they can only accept the fact of pregnancy – my eyes swept the news the next line.
“The government also gave me a bonus for my contribution to fertility.”
“Lawyer Wang? Lawyer Wang?”
At present, there are internal sources saying that Cheng Chi, who made illegal condoms, has been withdrawn from the case, and may even be awarded by the government.
“Lawyer Wang, I came here to thank you specially.”
In addition, some organizations also announced that they will impose “just sanctions” on Cheng Chi and his attorneys in retaliation for their use of such vile means to force many clients who do not want to get pregnant to become pregnant…
“Lawyer Wang? What’s wrong with you?”
“Lawyer Wang!”
The last sound I heard was the sound of knocking the water glass to the ground when I was scratching the air before feeling suffocated, like the sound of a gavel that pronounced a death sentence and finally fell.
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