Shadow Empire

Chapter 163: Rescue and Horror Movie Rules
After Lance temporarily stayed in Aldera, he talked to Erwin every day.

Alvin reported to him some of the situations here, such as the decoration of the Empire Night nightclub and the operation of the five bars.

Actually, there is no need for too much preparation for a bar. As long as there is alcohol for sale, those old drunkards will come here by smelling the scent. Moreover, the police station has already returned the alcohol that was confiscated from the bar.

It is worth noting that this is not an "illegal" act, but a legal one, and there are a series of relevant procedures for returning the seized property.

Because according to federal judicial interpretation, any act that is not explicitly identified as "illegal" is legal, and the item "storing alcoholic beverages" is not written into the constitutional amendment.

In other words, storing alcohol is legal.

So if you store a large amount of finished liquor in a house that you own, as long as no one can prove that this liquor is the same as the liquor sold in the bar, then there is no way to prove that the existence of this liquor is illegal.

It is possible that the gentlemen in Congress forgot about storage when they compiled and submitted this proposal, and it is possible that it could be used for illegal activities. However, it is also possible that they thought of the mountains of wine in the wine cabinets and wine cellars of their villas, so they subconsciously did not write this down.

But no matter what, the alcohol is back, the bars are open again, customer flow is picking up, and everyone knows that these bars are currently run by the Lans family, so they don't dare to mess around.

Drunkards like to drink but don't like chaotic bars. Now it's much better here. It won't be long before every bar is crowded.

It is incredible that the entire imperial area has become one of the top areas in Jingang City Administration in a very short period of time.

During this period, the Lance family had already gained considerable prestige in the Empire Region. In addition, the Empire Region was becoming more stable, and vicious cases basically did not occur more than two or three times a day.

There will always be some people who take risks, and some who come from other districts to commit crimes. Even if Lance asked Bolton to find dozens of people to wander the streets all day, it would be impossible to discover every robbery.

But as soon as it happens and they tell the men in black windbreakers and red cuffs on the roadside about it, the power of the Lance family will begin to intervene.

This gives people an unprecedented sense of security. Having someone protecting their safety and having no one protecting their safety are two completely different experiences!
The Imperial District Bureau also became a household name in Jingang City because of its cooperation with the Lans family, solving several robberies in just one week.

In the evening, Erwin was about to leave the office after finishing a day's work when the girl at the front desk knocked on the door and poked her head in. "There are a few girls looking for you, Erwin."

The girl at the front desk was one of the first two girls. Maybe others would call her "Mr. Irwin" or "Mr. Manager", but to her and all the "family members", they were all relatives without blood ties, so the name was not that important.

Erwin sat back down again, "Is it troublesome?"

He frowned, he was worried that someone had gotten someone else pregnant and now these girls came looking for him.

He has begun to think more like Lance, which is more mature.

Fortunately, the girl at the front desk gave him a reassuring look and said, "It has nothing to do with what you think. It's something else. I think you still have to meet them."

Erwin did not refuse, "Let them in."

Now that Lance is not here, he has to deal with both big and small things by himself. In fact, he is very panicked because he has never done such a thing before, but Lance believes in him and lets him do it, so he must take on his responsibilities.

Everyone has many firsts. Whether to face them bravely or be a coward, he has already made his choice.

Several girls walked in one after another. They gathered together, looking thin and a little haggard.

"Send some coffee over, sit down wherever you want."

Erwin looked at them, "Let me ask you first, are you from the Empire or the Federation?"

Several girls looked at each other, and one of them lowered her voice and said, "We are all from the Empire."

Erwin nodded, "Illegal immigrant?"

They didn't know how to answer this question, and a girl who looked younger said, "We were trafficked here."

"They said there was a job in the federation that paid $60 a month. I worked one day and had one day off. I worked ten hours a day, so I came."

Another girl continued, "Although what they said is not quite the same as what I said, it's almost the same."

Before getting off the ship, every girl was dreaming of the Federation until the moment the door of the stowaway boat opened.

No need to ask, it must have been done by those people from Camilla's gang, which also made Erwin curious. "No offense, after you came here..."

Several girls remained silent, but this was also a response. Alvin heard that the police destroyed a place similar to the flesh trade in the Camilla gang's business.

These girls must not want to recall the painful past, so he said "I'm sorry" and stopped asking about these painful memories.

Erwin scratched his head, "So the reason you came here is to go home?"

"If you don't have money, I can give you some money so that you can afford the boat ticket home." He ignored how these girls appeared here. If it was Lance, he would not ignore it.

But this also aptly shows that he is, after all, just a young man under twenty years old... no, already twenty years old, who just passed the new year.

He doesn't have the "maturity" of Lance. If he wants to mature, he needs room to grow and pay some price.

Lance told him that if someone came to ask for help, for example, some people wanted some money because they were hungry, and some people just wanted some food, then give food to the former and some money to the latter.

People who ask for material things are often in real trouble, but people who ask for money may not necessarily be in real trouble.

The girls all shook their heads. “We don’t really want to go back. We want to stay here. Everyone says you are the most trustworthy people here. We want a job to support ourselves.”

This sentence made Erwin feel honored. He pursed his lips and thought for a while, then picked up the phone, "Are you still short of people at the bar?"

"Yes, we are in need of some promotional girls, but Erwin, if you want to send girls over, you'd better make sure they can do this, otherwise Lance will skin you when he comes back!"

Lance set a lot of rules, such as not forcing women to do things they don't want to do, and not forcing children to do things they don't want to do.

Promotional girls in bars may face groping at times, but this can be a sales tool.

For those middle-aged, lower-class men who can’t take out more than two dollars from their pockets, who are restricted by rules and regulations throughout their lives and have almost no light in their lives.

If you can spare twenty or thirty minutes, touch a young girl's butt or shoulder and flirt with her, even if it's just a quickie and you call them an idiot.

This is something that can excite them for a long time, and they will never get tired of being scolded.

There are many promotion girls in the bar. They know how to use their advantages to make money. The sales of drinks in the bar with these girls are obviously much better than those without them, but Lance forbids anyone to force them to do this.

This world is difficult and everyone has their own way of survival. As long as they are not forced against their will, this is Lance's bottom line.

For some avant-garde girls who are open-minded, since they don't know who will benefit from it in the future, they might as well make more money while they are young. Besides, it's just a quick buck, and they don't need to lose anything, including their personality, dignity, or chastity, so they don't mind.

But for some girls who don't like these jobs, it's better to kill them than to let them do this!
Erwin pressed the input on the phone and looked at the girls, "I have two choices for you now."

"First, go to the bar and be a promotion girl. You will get at least one cent and at most five cents commission for every drink you sell."

"If you do well, you can make two or three dollars a day, but there is a possibility that customers will take advantage of you. You have to be mentally prepared and be able to accept this."

"Our bar is very safe and if anyone tries to take it too far or makes you feel uncomfortable, we will deal with them."

"The second option is that we have a garment factory where you can work as a seamstress. You can earn about 32 yuan a month, plus meal allowance, which adds up to about 37 yuan."

"The work is hard, but we provide food and accommodation. If you don't have any extra expenses, you can save more than 20 yuan every month." "No one will bully you, and you can also learn some skills, such as sewing and tailoring."

He thought the girls would choose to go to the garment factory, but in fact, except for one girl, all the others chose to go to the bar.

This made Erwin somewhat confused, but not completely confused.

This federal city is full of decadence and luxury, and it is also one of the most prosperous cities in the federation. How many pure souls have been lost here?
So it doesn’t seem surprising that there are a few more young souls from the empire.

He arranged two cars to take the girls to the bar and also helped them find a place to stay.

There are still many unsold houses in the "New Bay Area". The developers have entrusted these houses to an agency for renting out. At the same time, they have also listed these houses for sale, but the prices are very high and few people buy them.

After all, the New Bay Area is just a gimmick hyped up by developers. When it fails to deceive people, the scam will naturally be broken, but this also makes it a good place to live.

The agency doesn't care whether there is one person or a hundred people living in the house. They only care about how much you can pay them.

After arranging all this, Alvin called Lance again and told him about the situation here. After thinking for a while, Lance told him that he could try to take the initiative to help these girls.

If they want to leave, let them go back.

If they wanted to stay, they could help them settle in and he would be back as soon as possible.

Erwin paid attention to the matter and spent some money to inquire from the patrol officers of the Imperial District Police Station, and learned that about seventy federal girls were arrested but then released.

Because they are "invisible people", if there are only one or two of them, maybe they will send them back to meet the target, but there are too many of them, and neither the City Hall, the Immigration Bureau or the Police Department wants to take care of it.

This is also the reason why the number of illegal immigrants in the federal government is increasing. The federal government is no longer willing to continue spending money to fill this bottomless pit!

They just sent the people back, and maybe they’ll come back again soon!
Assuming that the cost of deporting each person is 60 yuan, there are 200,000 illegal immigrants in Jingang City alone. The cost of sending them all back is 12 million. Who will pay for this?
Why not let them continue to shine here, and at the same time solve the problem of the high price of local girls...

Based on Lance's good reputation and credibility, he quickly recruited a group of girls. Less than five of them wanted to return to the Empire, and the rest hoped to live in the Federation.

Alvin helped them solve some work problems. Some who wanted to go to the bar went to the bar, some who wanted to go to the factory went to the factory, and even Lance told him that the dock club also needed people, so some were reserved.

Originally, no one took this matter seriously. Maybe the media would even highly praise the Lance family for their efforts to purify the social atmosphere...

As night falls, a girl named Lisa changes into a promotional girl's outfit - it highlights her figure to the maximum, making her look more attractive.

This would also allow her to earn more business commissions. In fact, after working as a sales girl for two days, she had some... indescribable emotions, or thoughts.

Although she didn't make any money from Red High Heels, she knew she could earn at least 20 or 30 yuan a day.

If a wealthy customer came and took a fancy to her, he could spend fifty or sixty dollars a day.

But here...

She put on her clothes and looked at the simple environment. The strange smell unique to the bar outside the door squeezed in through the crack in the door, and she suddenly felt a little bored.

Although making money without doing anything may make people feel...but the money really comes quickly.

She didn't care before because the money would not fall into her hands anyway, but now that Liam is gone, all the money she earns is hers, and she suddenly feels that it's not impossible.

She walked out of the locker room, her face quickly replaced with a fake smile that was just for work. Just after she took a few steps, someone slapped her on the butt, "Lisa, two bombs, please!"

A middle-aged man in his forties was standing beside a small round table with his friend, and he rolled up his sleeves.

It was a bit stuffy in the bar, and the alcohol accelerated blood circulation, making people not feel cold. Under his sleeves rolled up high were hairy arms and a rough palm.

He put his palm to his nose and sniffed it, then he and his companions laughed and took out a sixty-cent coin from his pocket and put it on the tray.

"Fifty cents for the wine, ten cents for your ass, you have to take care of it!"

"It is my motivation to look forward to each new day. When I make money, I will give it all to you!" This is a dirty joke, because everyone knows that "all" does not only refer to money, but also other things.

Lisa rolled her eyes and cursed "Fuck you" regardless of the teasing of the two old drunkards. But instead of making them angry, they laughed even more obscenely!
But that was all. A "security guard" standing on a high place looked towards them, and the two men immediately restrained themselves.

The Lance family has already established a preliminary deterrent in the Imperial District, and they dare not offend them casually.

Lisa stuffed the dime into her bra and took the fifty to the bar, where the bartender poured her two bombs and gave her two small orange cards.

In the end, they will calculate the commission based on this card. Although this method is a bit stupid, it is convenient and practical.

The bar was very lively. In this damn weather, people needed alcohol to numb themselves even more. Moreover, many people had not had a single drink in nearly half a month.

The itchy feeling all over their body made them feel painful. Maybe hell was just like this!
In the crowded bar, the rising alcohol, heat, and desire are intertwined, and time seems to be accelerated at this moment.

Lisa had done so much work that her bra was so heavy that it hurt her shoulders.

Her butt might have been beaten red. These damn workers had really strong hands. She decided to put something under it tomorrow to at least protect it from getting hurt.

Suddenly, she seemed to notice something out of the corner of her eye, something that made her tremble, a familiar figure.

But...didn't he go to jail?
Lisa looked in the direction where she had caught a glimpse just now, but there was nothing. The crowded crowd made every head look like and yet not like someone else. She didn't know.

After looking for a while and finding nothing, she returned to the staff studio suspiciously.

Some unpleasant memories from the past seemed to start coming back to her, and she was a little scared.

She didn't even have time to count how many coins and small cards were in her bra before she hurried to the back office and found the person on duty. "I have something urgent to do and I want to leave for a while."

The person on duty saw the panic on her face, put his legs down from the table, and his expression became a little serious, "Did someone bully you?"

Lisa rubbed her hands over her face, "I don't know, I just thought I saw the previous manager, the one with red high heels."

The person on duty was stunned for a moment and asked, "Aren't they in jail?" Then he asked Lisa to wait for a while and went outside.

There were too many people, and they were not standing still in one place; they were moving and talking, making it difficult to see what each of them looked like.

He returned to the office and said, "There are a lot of people outside. My suggestion is that you stay here and we can leave together after get off work tonight."

Lisa seemed determined to leave first. She didn't know whether the manager saw her, nor was she sure if that was the manager. She just wanted to stay away from here.

If she were to star in a horror movie, she probably wouldn't survive more than ten minutes.

"I want to leave here now. I feel very uncomfortable here..."

It’s still the same question, have you seen it?

No.

Do you think it looks good?
Good looking
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(End of this chapter)