Mr. Fox, who heard the news after Lynch's hospitalization, arrived at the scene as fast as he could and learned on the doctor's side that there wasn't much wrong with him, other than some malnutrition, and that he was left with two soft tissue contusions.
Although there is no big problem, but Mr. Fox is still very angry, he is very optimistic about Lynch, whether it is out of the original intention, or want to pull Lynch, he at least have to show his own position that should be.
"We're going to sue him!" , Mr. Fox walked back and forth across the ward, "Sue him until his family is broken, until he can't even afford to wear pants!"
Lynch watched Mr. Fox put on a show there, and even though it was half true, he couldn't help but smile and wave his hand, "Forget it, there's no need to do that."
In fact by the time he got to the hospital the spasms in his body had eased off, and apart from some stomach distress no there was not much else, and in the meantime he had seriously thought about what he was going to do next, and had come to a decision.
Mr. Fox raised an eyebrow, he was actually saying these things essentially to go along with Lynch, and while he didn't know how Lynch had sent Michael Jr. to prison and supposedly voluntarily confessed to the crime, he sensed Lynch's vindictive sort of nature.
Would such a person not take advantage of such an opportunity, which is clearly a very good one?
Before coming here Mr. Fox had consulted his own attorney, and the other side thought that Michael was absolutely doomed if he sued.
First of all, he forcibly broke into the house without the owner's permission, followed by coercing the owner of the house by violently beating him, and being a public servant himself, he would not only be skinned, but would also face at least five years' imprisonment if he still went ahead with it, knowing full well that what he did was illegal.
Mr. Fox thought that Lynch was so smart that he would surely make Michael lose his reputation, but what surprised him a little was that Lynch actually told him to forget about it, had he guessed wrong, or was he saying that Lynch was acting?
Looking at Mr. Fox's inquisitive face, and thinking that the other party rushed over in the first place, although his act of making a scene kind of fell apart, but Lynch was still very grateful, plus he would have to rely on Mr. Fox's help for some more later, and he said out his thoughts.
"The fact that the prosecution of Michael would be taken as a challenge to the federal IRS is a very sensitive signal, and it could even do the opposite of what we're considering."
"The F.D.A. will surely try to dead-end Michael to ensure that the F.D.A.'s own authority, sanctity and their on-the-spot enforcement powers aren't interfered with, so they'll do everything in their power to nail me to the label of 'criminal'."
"At that point, it won't be Michael I'm fighting, it'll be all the tax system officials in the entire Commonwealth, and the interests behind those people, and I can't win."
He seemed to be speaking easily, but Mr. Fox's insides were shaken to the point that he could no longer make the change in expression, while Lynch continued to speak.
"The next best thing is to use the media to confront them, the reporters who aren't afraid of anything will help us with Michael, the whole country will know about the scandal, and the Federal Revenue Service, in order to keep up appearances, they'll send Michael down instead."
Lynch frowned slightly, "There's a good chance he'll be suspended from his duties and investigated, dealt with cold turkey, and when the storm passes maybe he'll be transferred to an out-of-the-way place to start a life of retirement, but that's not important, what is important is that we need the power of the media."
"Let the media do the things we want to do, but are afraid to do and can't do, and then I'll still be the victim, and Michael?"
Lynch shrugged and spread his hands, "Has become a stray."
Prosecuting Michael is essentially a provocation, if not blasphemy, of power, because Michael in a way represents not a specific person, he represents the enforcement power of the federal IRS.
It's like the lawyer-cop case, where the lawyer is suing the police, effectively challenging the authority of the entire federal police force, and that's what got him in hot water.
If he had been smarter and used a more euphemistic approach, the cop would have regretted what he did for the rest of his life, and the lawyer wouldn't have had to spend his days in fear of being legally harassed by the police.
Lynch didn't know about this, and if he did, he might think that lawyers might not always be smart.
On the side of Mr. Fox's forehead had already produced a layer of beads of sweat, and he associated it with the previous favor that Lynch had asked him to help, and he couldn't help but take out his handkerchief to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead, and he was a little bit unable to look at this young man of Lynch's.
His mind, his tactics, his thoughtfulness, none of it looked like it could be possessed by a punk who had been happily educated and then entered society to sink.
If he was in fact the successor of some great family, Mr. Fox was willing to believe it at this time, and believed it with unquestioning insistence and devotion, for the average man really could not do it to that extent.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" , he inquired in a hurry, at this point he no longer looked at the relationship between the two from an overlooking perspective, but rather looked at Lynch as an equal or even a bit lower.
A young man so powerful that if he hadn't died halfway through his life, he would have inevitably become a great man who would have danced through the winds and clouds of the Commonwealth.
It's better to invest in him when he's still undeveloped than to have the cheek to lick someone's gnawed clean bones when he's developed in the future.
Mr. Fox's change in attitude was immediately detected by Lynch, he was a bit puzzled but didn't take it more seriously, at this moment, he had suffered a big loss and was full of the idea of revenge back, "Of course, I'll need the media to interview me, plenty of media, preferably with federal level media, it can cost a bit of money, and it has to be a sensation!"
Mr. Fox exhaled with relief, this was something he could do, and frankly in his line of work the people he dealt with most often were all sorts of licensed people, and some of those on the fringes with the entertainment industry.
At that moment, he patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, no later than the day after tomorrow, some of the well-known media in China will show up here!"
"Then please!" , Lynch said politely.
"I should have done it!" , Mr. Fox replied in the same vein.
After he left Lynch got the nurse, who in turn got the attending physician over, and after the two of them stayed in the room for a moment, the attending physician walked out of the room with a serious face, "Send this patient to the emergency center immediately ..."
So there the federal tax commissioner of Sabine City, who had been called up in the middle of the night, had just laid down and was ready to go back to sleep when he was awakened by another ringing phone call, and before he could get angry, his face changed dramatically.
The victim is critically ill with serious injuries and has been admitted to the emergency center, where the doctor has issued a notice of risk with the possibility of unforeseen risks.
Where else could he sleep at the thought, cursing Michael as he dressed and rushed to the hospital, in case Lynch did die, he wanted to be the first to start dealing with it.
Not long after, the emergency center's attending physician made an "OK" gesture with Lynch, who was being "resuscitated", and the two smiled and were silent.
And all because of the words that everyone in the entire hall heard from the hastily arriving director - "Make sure you get Lynch back, with the best equipment and specialty drugs, and the federal tax office pays for it."
Done!