Chapter 840 Motivation (Part 2)
To be honest, if he hadn't stopped by Little Rock on his way back to Forrest, Jack would have preferred Jubal to visit the Honorable Judge.
He doesn't like to talk in roundabout ways, and he hates the fake politeness of Americans in their daily social interactions. For example, many Chinese who have just arrived in this country have extremely blind confidence in their cooking skills.
Because no matter what he does, whether making dumplings, cooking sugar porridge, or even mixing up cold dishes, his American neighbors will always look so delicious that they will cry.
Taste is sometimes really hard to judge. Americans who are used to eating everything sweet are actually not too interested in many authentic Chinese foods. Most of the time, people just express a certain habit towards your willingness to share. of praise.
This is especially obvious when having a party, because Americans have the habit of bringing their own special dishes, and almost every dish has its own so-called secret recipe.
Unless the taste is so bad that everyone loses their composure and thinks you are deliberately trying to trick people, you can at least get a comment like "very special". Of course, whether it is really delicious or not depends on how much is left on the plate. Everyone knows it by heart.
Just like how John dipped Jack's Shaomai in ketchup into ketchup, this is the true way to treat friends. Don't be fooled by the "quickly cooked and quickly cooled" social style of the United States.
Chinese people pay attention to the importance of keeping things simple rather than talking deeply. It may be seen as hypocritical to be polite to each other when you meet for the first time. However, in fact, after experiencing the "quickly cooked and cooled" social style in the United States, many people really Understand what true hypocrisy is.
When two Americans meet for the first time, they can have a lively chat. The fat one is praised for being thin, and the thin one is praised for being very enviable. Then they quickly add friends, leave phone calls, take selfies, and even have a heart-to-heart talk, exchanging heartfelt words. , to others, they seem like old friends they haven’t seen for many years.
But after the separation, it all ended. The two parties were still strangers, and no one would think of contacting the other party again.
The reason for such a conversation is that the purpose of Jack coming here is to ask the judge about his old classmate who is now a fugitive, rather than to listen to a useless polite conversation. At this moment, both he and Jie Jie There is no time to spend with him.
Seeing them accompany the judge all the way from the court to the parking lot, who was talking a lot about everything, Jack had to speed up his pace slightly, and stood in front of him rudely, apologetically. said.
"Sir, given that Howard Rourke is still at large, and based on his unstable mental state, he may launch an attack on his relatives and colleagues who have worked together at any time, the FBI needs some sufficiently detailed intelligence.
This way we can catch him as soon as possible and avoid more tragedies or even corpses. "
"Okay." Arthur Hobbes stopped, looked around intentionally or unintentionally, and then said in a slightly lowered voice.
"Rourke and I were not only classmates, but we also worked as clerks together when we were in Washington, D.C., so I thought at the time that when I met with him and told him the news, it might not be too hard on him. big."
"So, why did you meet him?" Jiejie also lowered her voice.
The judge took half a step back, letting a pillar block most of his body. "I am also the chairman of the Arkansas Court of Appeals Nominating Committee. Rourke applied for a vacancy on the Court of Appeals, and I had to notify him of a bad news."
Jie Jie and Jack looked at each other and asked quickly, "You mean he was not selected as a candidate?"
"Yes, that's right." Arthur Hobbs explained, "We did consider him at the beginning. You know, with his qualifications and... In short, it is really unjustifiable to have been wasting his time in the St. Francis County Magistrate Court. .
But it wasn’t until we sent out the ‘JNE’ that we discovered that he had a big problem. "
Jiejie has obviously heard of this process, "Are you talking about the anonymous questionnaire sent out to people around the candidate and colleagues via email?"
"Correct." Arthur Hobbes spread his hands, "When the answers are finally submitted to the committee, the identities of the respondents will be kept strictly confidential, so that we can get true and reliable information."
"So what's the outcome of the Howard Rourke investigation?" Jack needed a clear answer.
"It's very bad." Arthur Hobbes looked a little reluctant, but he lowered his voice further and replied, "It contains stories about sexual harassment in the workplace, accepting bribes, discriminating against and even opposing people of color. It's too Accusations of favoring minority groups.
To be honest, according to the description of these accusations, his behavior is extremely inappropriate even for an ordinary criminal court judge, let alone a justice of the Court of Appeal. "
"Did you tell him the truth?" Jack understood that they had finally found the trigger that caused Howard Rourke's collapse.
"Of course, I told him that he should give up the application immediately." Now that it was all said and done, Arthur Hobbes simply quit.
"As an old friend, I have done my best not to make these complaints public. What he has done in recent years is simply unreasonable.
You should understand that this is Arkansas, and no matter whether you are conservative or radical, you can find your own place, but he is doing nonsense without any position at all. "
"No position?" Jack probably understood what the judge meant.
"We did hear about a controversial sexual assault case. Do you mean that his problem is not the position, but the lack of a clear position?"
Arthur Hobbes frowned and looked around again, making sure that no one around noticed this, and then spoke as quietly as possible.
"I will not admit these words, I just hope you understand that this is one of the most conservative states in the central and southern United States.
Whether you are a conservative Puritan or a minority group advocating freedom and rights, even if you have a clear position that women should stay at home to feed their children, you can get support from some groups here.
But Rourke is not like that. He tried to please both sides of these opposing groups, but his methods were too clumsy, which made the scene a little too ugly."
"The result of trying to please everyone is to be attacked by everyone." Jack understood.
As if it was easy and labor-saving to talk to a smart person, the judge nodded in agreement, "Rourke went too far. He offended everyone he could offend and almost lost his reputation.
I have also heard about that case. He was too careless when exercising his discretion, and dared not speak out when questioned. It can be said that he clicked all the wrong options."
"So he had a mental breakdown and blamed everything on the entire system and the system, so he went on a killing spree and even pointed his gun at the local prosecutor." Jiejie finally sorted out the whole story.
"What?" Arthur Hobbs showed an unbelievable expression on his face, and seemed very surprised by the news, "Are you talking about Skip Hardy from the St. Francis County District Attorney's Office?"
Jack's eyes jumped slightly, and he was a little surprised by his reaction.
"Oh, I thought you'd heard about it? We found Skip Hardy's body in the district attorney's office this morning. It was confirmed that he was strangled to death by Howard Rourke. He is wanted for four murders."
"Oh my God, this is really terrible. I've been in a meeting all day today and haven't heard about this." Arthur Hobbs took out his mobile phone with a trembling voice, thought about it and put it back in his pocket.
"In fact, we just decided on the vacancy at today's meeting. Among the final candidates selected."
Jack sighed, "If I guess correctly, Skip Hardy was among the candidates before and was just selected by you."
"We have always regarded him as the first choice. Oh my God, I can't imagine what a terrible crime this is."
Although it is unclear whether the last sentence of the Chief Justice Arthur Hobbs was a performance, it is obvious that the judge killed the prosecutor out of jealousy. This kind of thing is likely to be exposed, and it will soon be covered with various sensational headlines and spread across the country.
Both Jack and Jie Jie felt a little amused when they thought about the fact that Arkansas, a rural state in the United States that is second only to Montana in terms of its presence, would become famous in this way.