Shadow Empire

Chapter 296: Death and Gifts

When a person is in a state of extreme fear, he can hear his own heartbeat.

A strong heartbeat.

It is encouraging its owner and telling him that he can do it!

The powerful blood pumping ability brings more oxygen, making the strength greater, the endurance better, and the explosive power stronger, and all of this is to defeat fear and overcome fear!
This was indeed useful many, many years ago when the world was still in a wild and primitive state.

In the "overclocked" state of rapid adrenaline secretion, people can run faster and with greater strength. They can catch up with prey and kill it, or escape from the capture of predators.

But now, it is a fucking modern society. The emergence of thermal weapons has completely destroyed the meaning of the existence of the food chain, and humans holding thermal weapons stand at the top of the food chain.

Whether it is a lion, a wolf pack, or a larger animal, all living beings are equal in front of humans with weapons.

Although humans no longer need such a state to deal with crises in nature, this phenomenon still occurs when people encounter danger and great fear.

It is like an inverted leather bag. When humans began to walk upright, this thing was no longer of much use, but it still exists, and sometimes causes some trouble due to individual differences.

Just like now, a senior official of the Greg family was hiding behind a table with a gun. He was listening to his own heartbeat, feeling like there was a lion hidden in his chest, and praying not to be discovered.

But he would obviously be disappointed, because today the attackers had more time and searched more thoroughly.

He could hear footsteps outside and the sound of the door of the house being pushed open. The sudden light forced him to make a choice.

Fight back, and then be beaten into a sieve.

Surrender and there is a chance to survive.

The instinct of living things is to live longer. He raised his hands and slowly stood up.

Perhaps his body felt disappointed with his surrender. The heartbeat that could shake his chest suddenly weakened, and he could no longer hear his own heartbeat.

He was taken downstairs. He tried his best to appear less miserable, but the fear of death still made his eyes reveal fear.

He was pushed in front of several people who should be senior officials of the Lance family, but before he could say anything, and those people didn't say anything either, he suddenly felt someone hit him hard in the knee with something.

His legs bent forward uncontrollably, and his unadjusted center of gravity caused him to lose his balance, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

The collision of his knees with the hard ground made him feel a piercing pain. He gritted his teeth, lowered his head and said nothing.

The bar was very depressing, and the guests had not been let go yet. They were all asked to stay in a corner.

There was another brief burst of gunfire from upstairs, and the body of one of his companions was thrown down from upstairs, hitting the ground with a heavy bang.

He was looking at himself, with a bullet hole on his forehead, and a very small amount of translucent blood was flowing out of his wound, but only a little.

Instead, his hair was already wet.

He just stared at himself with his eyes wide open, which made him feel fear again, but because of his cowardly behavior, his heartbeat did not become strong again.

At the same time, he also felt a sense of luck, because if he had resisted just now, he would have been thrown down from above like this.

Soon, another and then a wounded companion.

The man looked at him, and he might have felt his gaze. The two looked at each other for a moment, then looked away.

Morris walked up to them and asked, "We only need one living person, but there are two!"

Before the other person could react, he raised his head sharply and said, "I am willing to cooperate with you!"

His companions looked at him with disbelief, and then in his sight, his companion was kicked to the ground, a foot stepped on his head, and then a gunshot was heard!
The man on the ground's eyes gradually became unfocused, and blood quickly spread under his head.

Until death, those eyes were staring at him... He shivered and turned his head away, not daring to look again. His heartbeat rang in his ears again. His body was obviously full of strength, but he did nothing and could do nothing.

Morris looked at him and said, "You must know that the Gregg family has several other strongholds."

He looked up at Morris, his tone filled with indescribable despair, "Why?"

Hiram came over and kicked him on the shoulder, "Because you messed with the wrong guy!"

Soon a truck stopped outside the bar, and the body was quickly put on the truck. The cash and some high-end liquor in the bar were taken away.

When the guests in the bar confirmed that the thugs had left, some of them ran out, but others went upstairs and into the warehouse.

In an instant, those people suddenly came to their senses and began to join the looting team.

The entire scene was completely destroyed, and at the same time these people did not think of calling the police. They also gained more or less benefits from it. Calling the police would not only bring trouble to themselves, but also take away the drinks they took, and even other things.

In one night, three bars and a dormitory were uprooted, and the Greg family officially became a thing of the past...

When the sun rises, everything seems to be the same as yesterday, but it also seems to be a little different!
After Lance arrived at the office, Jonathan (Vice President of Parkway Bank) called him. There was a hint of joy in Jonathan's voice. "Are you free recently?"

"We can go play golf together and have dinner together in the evening. I know there is a club that is really fun!"

He laughed the kind of laugh that only men can understand, "President, there are only three of us. I promise you will have an unforgettable night!"

Lance knew what happened as soon as he heard it, "Did you get the money?"

The Liji Group has been suing him, accusing him of colluding with the appraiser to sign a contract that betrayed the company's interests. This kind of case is actually very difficult to win for the Liji Group.

The federal judicial logic is that whoever makes the claim must provide evidence. The Liji Group reached a private agreement with the assessor, allowing him to insist that there was collusion between him and Lance.

However, the evidence they provided was incomplete. With the help of his lawyer, Lance produced a lot of supplementary evidence that was contrary to the evidence they provided, and the court did not accept their statement.

They kept asking for additional evidence, trying to drag the case on.

The main cost of a federal lawsuit comes from the fees for hiring lawyers. If you were an ordinary person, you might give in after a long time of procrastination.

Most ordinary farmers and small businesses cannot afford such a hassle, and this is their most common tactic, using their own capital to hurt others.

After Lance compromises, they will offer to compensate him with something like 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, and the case will be over.

They defaulted on the contract and made millions in extra profit, but they didn't care about the rest.

But what they didn't expect was that Lance was not afraid of the lawsuit being dragged on. After he entrusted the case to the lawyer recommended by lawyer Robben, he no longer asked about the case.

It dragged on for two months, until it was about to expire and the bank asked them to fulfill the contract. They suddenly discovered that the right holder of the contract had changed from Lans to Parkson Bank.

Although the Liji Group has a strong background and strong financial resources, they are still far behind Parkson Bank.

Seeing that there was no advantage to be gained, Liji Group quickly fulfilled the contract.

Parkview Bank didn't want so many grapes, so they directly discounted them through the market. The profit of over one million made Jonathan and the bank president the center of attention!

This time they made a big profit. Jonathan showed up at the quarterly meeting of the Parkway Bank head office, and the president was also mentioned.

Not only did the two people exceed their performance targets, they also received a lot of rewards.

In fact, rewards are not very important to them. What is important is that on the board of directors, people begin to be familiar with their names and no longer regard them as "president or vice president of a certain region" or something like that.

It was reasonable for the president and Jonathan to deepen their relationship with Lance. After all, this was indeed a favor, and a big one at that.

If there are a few more similar situations, the president will definitely be promoted, and Jonathan may become the president of Parkson Bank in Jingangcheng!
He is now full of passion for Lance!
"They didn't want to give it, but the director called their president and the money was transferred."

"Because of this case, the president and I were singled out for praise at the board meeting. It's all thanks to you, Lance."

"I want to do something to express my gratitude. Without you, I would not have come this far. Besides, the president also wants to be friends with you!" They are not afraid of gangsters like Lance. On the contrary, they are more interested in them because gangs have large amounts of funds to deal with, and they happen to have certain innate expertise in this area.

In addition to this reason, the president also hopes to get to know the powerful Lance family and Lance. Maybe someday he will be able to ask Lance to help him solve some problems.

For upper-class people like them, there are always some things that are inconvenient for them to do themselves, but someone has to do them.

Then it is necessary to know a few people with outstanding abilities who can solve all their problems!
After thinking for a while, Lance decided to accept Jonathan's invitation, but not now. The current situation has not stabilized yet, and it is not convenient for him to appear in exposed situations for a long time.

"If you watch the news, you'll know that things are a little different lately. How about we get together again once things have stabilized?"

As a member of the upper class, Jonathan must know what happened. After thinking for a moment, he agreed with Lance's idea. "No problem, but I want to give you a gift. I hope you don't refuse it, and I hope you like it."

Lance was curious, "What is it?"

"You'll soon find out..."

Jonathan's work style is swift and decisive. He asked Lance to wait for half an hour. Half an hour later, a brand new luxury car stopped at the door of the office.

The guys' eyes lit up when they saw the car!
For them, cars and weapons are their passion, and women have to step back a little.

The person who brought the car was Jonathan's secretary, a young man in his thirties with a flattering smile on his face. He handed the relevant documents and keys to Lance.

"This car was acquired at an auction. The vice president remembered that you were still in need of a good car, so he gave this car to you!"

"All the formalities have been completed. Here are the keys. I wish you a pleasant ride..."

The secretary soon left with two bottles of good wine, which was Lance's return gift. He casually flipped through the documents.

This luxury car was ordered by a wealthy man who was on the verge of bankruptcy, but he went bankrupt before the car even arrived in his hands.

So the car was put up for auction, the bank held an auction, and it was eventually bought by Jonathan for a thousand dollars.

There are many super cheap items like this at the auction, such as houses worth a few hundred dollars and yachts worth thousands of dollars.

They have many ways to keep these things inside the bank at extremely low prices as a benefit.

If there is no requirement for the number of participants in an auction, then all bidders are internal people and the items will be divided up before the auction begins.

There will only be one person holding a sign for each item, and who bids for what has already been decided.

If it is a public auction that stipulates how many people are required to participate, then they can set a starting price and the price for each increase in bid.

For example, the starting price is 5% of the price, but each bid increase must exceed the price of the item.

An item worth ten thousand yuan starts at five hundred yuan. The first person who raises a bid bids five hundred yuan, and the second person who raises a bid bids ten thousand, five hundred yuan.

As for who raises the sign first?

Anyway, there will definitely be a lot of people raising their hands at the same time, and the auctioneer has the final say on who goes first and who goes last.

There is no doubt that the auctioneer is also from the bank.

In addition to these, there are other methods, such as deliberately bidding but not paying for the item and letting it fail to sell several times to create the illusion that it cannot be sold, and the bank will remove the item from the auction list.

After revaluation, they were directly absorbed internally at an outrageously low price.

Sometimes, when banks eat people, they are even more shameless than the capitalists!
But most of the time, they still cover it up.

As soon as Jonathan's secretary left, a group of people rushed in. Looking at their greedy looks, Lance knew their purpose.

He casually threw the car keys over, and a group of young people immediately scrambled for them. In the end, the keys fell into Ethan's hands. He smiled from ear to ear, like a 20-year-old fool...

After most people had left, Alvin and Morris stayed behind.

Lance could feel from the way they looked at them that they might have something to say, so after simply motioning for them to sit down, Erwin spoke.

"The Wolf Gang is trying to reach out to us. They have already set up a bar at 9th Street and the expressway. It will open in the next two days."

"If we don't respond, people might look down on us."

Lance shook his head slightly, "No one will look down on us." He thought for a moment, "What is the name of the leader of the Wolf Gang?"

"Wolf, there is another one whose real name is unclear. They call him 'Professor'."

Lance threw two cigarettes to them, "Can you figure out where they are?"

Morris didn't give Lance a definite answer, "I'm not sure, but you can give it a try."

"They are very careful. I have arranged for people to go, but nothing has come of it."

The fighting between Fides' gangs is also fierce. The fact that they can survive the fierce gang iterations shows that they are not simple.

Wolfe and the professor almost never appear in public, and they are always accompanied by a large group, just like Lance's current situation.

It is almost impossible to catch them alone!
Unless someone betrays them, but now the Wolf Gang is basically composed of people from Fides, it is not very likely to insert people in, it can almost be said that it is impossible!
Lance didn't force it, "If you can find it, then look for it. If you can't find it, forget it."

“When is their new bar opening?”

Erwin glanced at the calendar on the table, "Two days left."

"Then be prepared and give them a big gift when they open!"

After finishing this topic, Lance asked about another matter that he was very concerned about, "How is the investigation of Basil Investment Bank going?"

Basil Investment Bank is the financial company where Barbara works. They offer financial products with a monthly return rate of up to 15%, which has attracted a lot of people.

It is obviously wrong to say that there are no outrageous financial transactions in the world. The prices of all crops that can be used to make wine will continue to rise in the next period of time.

Grapes are now nearly 400 yuan per ton, but just half a year ago, when they were sold from farmers, they were only around 70 yuan per ton.

By this calculation, the average monthly growth rate is several dozen percent, which is even more exaggerated than the rate of return promised by the investment bank!
Perhaps it is because such cases exist and there are still many of them that people think this is not a scam.

Lance gave this matter to Erwin to monitor. He scratched his head and said, "I can only have people monitor their whereabouts, but I don't know how to get involved. We don't know much about this!"

Only then did Lance remember that the people in front of him were not top students from the university. They were Imperials who were brought here from their hometowns to escape the war or because their parents yearned for life in the Federation.

They had not received a complete education, so naturally they didn't know how to do this. Lance thought for a moment and said, "I'll keep an eye on this matter. Don't move the people you assigned."

He thought for a while and said, "Let's go talk to them this afternoon and see how big they are now."

This sentence made both of them become a little excited, "How much money can we get from these people?"

Lance was also full of expectations, "I don't know, maybe millions, or even tens of millions."

Both of them gasped, their eyes filled with shock when they looked at each other!
"Is finance really that profitable?" Alvin even wondered for a moment whether he should learn from Sean and relearn cultural knowledge to go to college!

Even if it's a fucking crime, there's no way to make money this fast!

Lance smiled and explained, "Financial institutions can make money quickly, but rarely this quickly."

"They can do this at such a speed because they are scamming people!"

(End of this chapter)