American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1385 Unhappy Reese

The communication between the two parties was extremely brief, so brief that Finch didn't even think of conducting any reverse tracking operations.

Jack was next to Finch's computer at the time and only saw a few sentences of conversation.

"The FBI visited me, but luckily I tend to travel light."

"who are you?"

"I have many names. You can call me 'Root'."

And "Looking forward to our next match, goodbye, Harold (Finch)"

Although Harold Finch was one of someone's most commonly used pseudonyms, Finch was still extremely shocked when the other party revealed his identity. This might be the reason why he did not think of tracking the other party back at the first time.

Jack, who was watching the show nearby, was also shocked, but not for the same reason, but because of the name the other party called himself "Root".

The word "root" has different meanings in different fields. For example, in botany, it naturally refers to the roots of plants. It is also used in daily life to refer to the origin or cause of events and problems.

In computer science, Root most of the time has only one meaning, which is the "super user privileges" in Linux/Unix systems, which is somewhat similar to the Administrator in Microsoft Windows systems, but the actual privileges are even higher.

In other words, once "root permissions" are obtained, the user's account will have the most supreme power over the current system and can do whatever it wants.

However, what shocked Jack was not the meaning of the name, but this guy called "Root", who is a well-known character in the "Person of Interest" series who is as popular as Reese and Finch, and the "Root Girl" in a certain "CP" combination.

So did I actually witness the first fight between "Root" and Finch with my own eyes?
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Time flies, and several months passed in the blink of an eye. With the arrival of spring, the new presidential election ended with the Elephant Party winning by a narrow margin.

A former vice president who fancied himself a blue-collar representative became the youngest president in the country's history, nearly two years earlier than Theodore Roosevelt, who became president at age 42.

While the Elephant Party was shouting that "geron politics" had come to an end, that the country was about to be reborn, and that it would surely do this and that again, and that it would win, Jack and his friends in the wanted criminal team were busy as hell.

During the economic recession, in addition to lipstick sales becoming increasingly popular and more and more people becoming addicted to cheap entertainment such as mobile phone skits, all kinds of bizarre criminal cases also emerged one after another.

It is no longer news that drug lords have become egg lords by smuggling eggs through drug smuggling channels. After all, trade frictions have occurred between the two major countries across the Pacific Ocean.

The water quality at major ports in California is much better now. Because there are almost no ships docking, a large number of industrial products and trade commodities have to float on the sea on container ships, waiting for the tariffs that are soaring like a joke every day to have a definite number. Some even have to return the same way.

Even the wealthy Hannah occasionally complains that the price of the "Six God" Florida perfume in the cosmetics store has more than doubled, and it is almost becoming a luxury perfume.

Compared to the busy wanted criminals team, the BAU team led by Rossi is a little more relaxed than before. I don't know if it's because the serial killers are also busy making a living and don't have much free time to commit crimes. So the BAU team will lend a hand to Jack, sometimes sending two people to help, and sometimes the whole team will come to help.

When Jack returned to New York again, spring was in full bloom along the Hudson River, and the handsome men and beautiful women on the streets who were once wearing thick coats and walking hurriedly had changed into much lighter spring clothes.

The wanted criminal team rarely goes on a single business trip for such a long time, so everyone reunited in the small building at the base after two days of rest. As usual, Jack cooks, and the others help out, and they also call on a group of friends and relatives who have time.

Most of the people around Jack were not affected by this round of trade frictions because Shangri-La's business has always been going against the current.

The "lipstick effect" is an economic phenomenon, which refers to the tendency of consumers to buy relatively cheap but non-essential goods during economic recession or downturn, in order to gain psychological comfort through this "little luxury" approach.

For example, during the Great Depression, sales of relatively cheap cosmetics - lipsticks - increased instead of decreasing.

However, as society develops, the "lipstick effect" will also shift, such as the increase in movie box office and the growth rate of other cheap or even "free" entertainment methods.

Due to different living habits, the "lipstick effect" in different regions will also manifest differently. For example, in Seris, the so-called "little luxury" may be to eat hot pot or crayfish to satisfy your appetite after a hard week of work.

On the federal side, it is likely that the whole family or friends will gather in front of the TV on weekends to watch the latest TV series or reminisce about old movies.

This has led to the streaming video business of "Shangri-La" growing at an almost geometric rate. Except for Cassel, who receives royalties, all of Jack's friends are only small shareholders, but they have also made a fortune.

Under the financial offensive, even the usually slow infrastructure construction speed was accelerated. Shortly after the completion of the data center in Texas, the data center located in a mountain in Montana was officially started.

Scott Powell, a former municipal employee who has been unemployed for nearly a year and was almost framed as a murderer, has now turned his luck around and become an engineering manager for a company under Finch, responsible for overseeing the construction of a data center in Montana.

Although they had to travel on business for a long time, the generous salary and travel allowance soon helped the family get rid of their financial difficulties and return to their previous peaceful life.

This was the only good news Jack heard from a "POI" candidate member after returning to New York. The rest were a bit bad.

"The man in the suit has been unhappy lately. He and Finch just let go of a big boss who has the potential to unify the New York underworld as an innocent person." Detective "Bean"'s broken arm has recovered as before, and he has also been promoted and given a raise, and has now officially become Danny's partner.

The whole portion of crispy pork elbow disappeared in his deep mouth in just two or three bites, which made the FBI stare at him sideways. You know, Aubrey's eating style is already at the king level among them, and this guy seems to be even better than him.

"The guy named Laiya?" Cassel became interested as soon as he heard the topic that interested him.

"I heard that he recently killed the Russian gang leader who controlled Brighton Beach, and now he has become a gang force that cannot be underestimated."

(End of this chapter)