freenovelworld Chapter 443 Charges
Chapter 443 Charges
Men and women, dressed either luxuriously or in ordinary clothes, with different expressions on their faces, stood beside a large house facing the street, looking up at the contents on a huge notice board on the wall.
Some people also held a small wooden sign with different numbers on it.
At this time, a voice came from the room: "Number 12, is Number 12 here? Number 12!"
As soon as the person inside finished shouting, a middle-aged man in a suit standing outside responded in a hurry: "Coming! I'm here."
Having said that, he, who had been waiting at the door, stepped into the house.
At this time, there were three tables in a row in the middle of the room, with people sitting behind each table. The gendarmes responsible for maintaining order were looking back and forth at everyone who came in.
Asanaka Ryosuke was sitting behind a table. He looked up tiredly at the middle-aged man who walked quickly to the table and sat down. He asked in standard Chinese: "Give me the sign."
Ryosuke Asanaka would never have thought that he, a senior consultant of the consulate, would one day be seconded to help out in the lobby, all because he was fluent in that damn Chinese language!
It makes me sad just thinking about it. I have been so busy from morning till now that I have to set a time for going to the toilet. This gendarmerie headquarters is really abominable. They said nicely that I was seconded to help, but after I got here I found that they don't even treat me as a human being!
Even having a cup of coffee to refresh yourself is a luxury.
Glancing at the large porcelain jar beside him, Asanaka Ryosuke became furious and decided that next time he was asked to be seconded by the Military Police Headquarters, he would definitely stay away from it.
"The prisoner's name!" Although he was very unhappy, he had to continue his work. After taking the sign, Asanaka Ryosuke asked with drooping eyelids.
“Tang Haobo.” The middle-aged man bowed slightly and said, anger flashing in his eyes from time to time. If his son was not still in the other party’s hands, how could he tolerate such an indifferent attitude? After all, he was a well-known person in Tianjin. But now! Hey...
"Tang Haobo, well, let me take a look." Asanaka Ryosuke said, and started rummaging through the dozens of files in front of him. Soon, he selected a file bag.
Untying the rope on the file bag, Asanaka Ryosuke pulled out the papers inside.
"Tang Haobo, 19 years old, father Tang Yongshan, mother Li Guifen." As he spoke, Tang Haobo looked up at the middle-aged man opposite him.
"I am Tang Yongshan!" the middle-aged man named Tang Yongshan nodded.
"Yoshi, your child has behaved well and cooperated with our work very well. There is basically no problem and he can be released on bail. Please take a look at the fees.
If you have no objection, just sign and pay the money. Once everyone has posted bail, you can take the receipt and go pick up the person." Asanaka Ryosuke said as he pushed a piece of paper over.
Tang Yongshan picked up the paper and looked at it for a while, frowning. He looked at Asanaka Ryosuke across from him and asked, "Why is there so much money? I saw the notice outside said the bail is $500, didn't it?"
"Yes, the bail is five hundred dollars, but that is just the bail. You still need to pay some other extra expenses incurred because of your son." Asanaka Ryosuke said with a fake smile on his face.
I don't know what's wrong with this gendarmerie headquarters. They actually require me to smile when facing every student's parent. Now I don't know how to smile and my face is so stiff.
If it weren’t for the clear slap mark on the face of my colleague next to me, I would have quit long ago. I am a top student in the Empire State, but I have to sell my smiles! It is simply a shame... But the situation does not allow me to do whatever I want, and I don’t want to be beaten... The military police are really cruel when they beat their own people...
"Extra fees? But this is too much!" Tang Yongshan said, suppressing his anger.
Asanaka Ryosuke rolled his eyes, took the paper from Tang Yongshan's hand, spread it on the table, picked up the enamel pot and took a sip of boiled water, then pointed at the charges on it and began to explain.
"Look, it's clearly written here. We in the Great Empire of Japan won't charge you money randomly. The first item is a $500 bail, right?"
Tang Yongshan nodded: "I know this, it's also on the notice board outside."
"That's good to know. It saves me from having to explain. Not all Chinese are illiterate." With a contemptuous tone, Asanaka Ryosuke moved his finger downwards and said, "The second item is the accommodation fee, twenty dollars a day."
As soon as Tang Yongshan heard this, he was unhappy and was about to speak. Asanaka Ryosuke on the opposite side raised his hand to stop him from speaking and said, "Don't object. This fee standard is set by the Military Police Headquarters. According to them, the room prepared for your child is not as good as a luxury hotel, but it provides sufficient security.
He might have to worry about security in hotels outside, and even in his own home, he had to worry about whether someone would break into the house and hurt people.
But here, under the 24-hour protection of the military police, it is absolutely safe. In your Chinese language, this is called living in peace and sleeping in peace, so these twenty dollars are not expensive, don’t you think? "
Tang Yongshan clenched his fists, smiled very reluctantly and said, "That makes sense. I agree."
"Yoshi, let's look down. The bed costs five dollars a day, the lighting costs five dollars a day, and the ventilation and lighting costs twenty dollars a day." As soon as Asanaka Ryosuke said this, Tang Yongshan on the opposite side couldn't help it again.
"This is not right. I have already paid twenty dollars a day for accommodation, and what about the bed fee and lighting fee! And this ventilation and lighting fee! It's actually twenty dollars a day! What is this!"
"I'm sorry, you may have misunderstood. The accommodation fee mentioned earlier only provides an empty room. If you need to use the furniture and other items inside, you will need to pay extra.
As for the ventilation and lighting fee." Asanaka Ryosuke said this, turned his head and glanced at the military police standing behind him, his face twitched, and continued: "You also know that your child was arrested because he made a mistake, so he is also detained.
How could it be possible to open the windows of the room where prisoners are detained for ventilation at any time? Therefore, if the prisoners need to open the windows, a military policeman needs to stand by the windows in person to prevent anyone from escaping through the windows.
So the $20 ventilation fee is actually a service fee paid to the military police who provide ventilation and lighting services for your child."
When Tang Yongshan heard this, his eyes widened and his chest began to heave violently.
"Don't get excited. We have informed your child of these fees in advance. We only provide services with his consent." As he said this, Ryosuke Asanaka took out another piece of paper from the file bag and handed it to Tang Yongshan.
Taking the paper, Tang Yongshan saw a list of services on it, some with check marks and some with crosses, and at the bottom was his son's signature and fingerprint.
"But the detailed charges are not written here. My son must not have seen the charges, so he ordered these services! You are committing fraud!" Tang Yongshan said excitedly.
"Oh, that's a pity. We are not a free welfare institution and cannot provide free services. This is your own problem and you cannot blame us." Asanaka Ryosuke spread his hands and said.
Tang Yongshan calmed himself down and picked up the expense bill again.