Lin Qi's words echoed in Frank's ears. He turned and left Lin Qi's office. Just as he pulled the door open, he turned sideways, looked back at Lin Qi, and countered—
"Isn't this the abyss already?"
He smiled after saying this, then turned and left.
For Frank, and for the Jerry Family and Dice Family, this was the abyss! As a fairly well-known capitalist force in the Federation, the Jerry & Dice Group was being attacked by both the government and the capital sector.
Their fortunes had shrunk drastically, and quite a few of them had also gotten themselves involved in lawsuits.
Federal Law was extremely flexible—so flexible that it exceeded many people's understanding.
Take the simplest example: an immigrant omitted some information on a tax return and underpaid one hundred dollars in taxes.
After the Federal Revenue Service investigated, gathered evidence, and submitted the case to court, the judge could exempt the person from punishment on the grounds that "this was the suspect's first offense, and the suspect was willing to believe that this would teach them not to commit crimes again" and that "immigrants were insufficiently familiar with Federal Law and the tax-filing process."
With the exact same case and the exact same circumstances, the result could just as easily be the complete opposite—
A one-million-dollar fine, with the shortfall made up by auctioning off the suspect's assets, followed by deportation.
This was a real case. The Federation's judiciary had always been a remarkable thing. On top of having "exemption clauses" and "punitive clauses," it could also flexibly introduce juries.
In matters of justice and legal cases, victory was always decided outside the courtroom, never inside it.
With the Federal Department of Justice cooperating in the large-scale seizure of the Jerry & Dice Group's assets, this had been