Shadow Empire

Chapter 327 There is no future

Lance called some people and drove towards the Priscilla district. On the way, Lance suddenly laughed for no apparent reason, which made Alvin couldn't help but look at him.

"What's so funny?"

"Mind sharing?"

Lance lit a cigarette, took a puff, and burst into laughter again, "I think it's very interesting. At that time, we were helping others collect debts."

"Now, it's our turn to help someone default on their debt. Don't you think it's interesting?"

Erwin was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he smiled, "It's quite interesting. Actually, when I think about it suddenly, it hasn't been that long, but it gives me the feeling that it has been a long time."

He thought of something and started laughing. "It's all Ethan's fault. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be so many things going on."

Laughing, Lance sighed again, "If it weren't for this incident, I don't know what we would be doing now."

“We may still be trying to find the path to success, but it’s not an easy road to take. Every road looks good, but in fact, they are all blocked.”

"In a way, Ethan has made the biggest contribution to this change, even though he may not even know it."

Erwin thought of something, "Ethan told me something these days, I guess he hasn't told you yet."

"What?" Lance crossed his legs, put his elbows on his knees and took a puff of cigarette. The smoke he just exhaled was blown away by the wind that blew into the car and then rolled away.

Irwin laughed and said, "He wants to go boxing."

"Boxing?" Lance wondered if he had heard it wrongly. "Has he ever learned boxing?"

Erwin shook his head. "No, he has never been involved in boxing. A few days ago, the newspaper reported a story about a boxing champion. He was deeply moved after reading it, and he wanted to give it a try."

Lance had actually read that report, which was a very federal report.

The boxing champion was weak and sickly when he was a child. In order to keep him alive, his father began to ask him to exercise and even made a sandbag for him to hit.

He never considered himself a good boxer, and he didn't even know about boxing until he saw a fight in the newspapers.

The winning boxer could receive a bonus of one hundred dollars, which aroused his desire to explore. He then signed up for an amateur boxing match in his hometown with a bonus of ten dollars.

There were only about ten people participating in the entire competition. It was surprising that he won the championship. Every boxer said that his punches were unexpectedly heavy and impossible to resist.

Just like that, a boxing coach discovered his talent and signed him. After several years of training, he finally became a qualified boxer. After many challenges and attempts, he defeated the heavyweight champion this month and won the boxing champion gold belt.

His story has inspired many people and once again made countless federal people believe that as long as they work hard and sweat, they will succeed one day.

This scene seemed so familiar to Lance, just like... the salesman whose name was unknown but who became a listed company president through sales, or the real estate connoisseur who eventually became a real estate tycoon by selling real estate.

It's more like he never tells others that his father is a governor and a successful businessman who started from scratch with just a hundred dollars and is now worth hundreds of millions.

Each of them once illuminated the night sky of the Federation, left an indelible mark, and became the target of countless people's crazy yearning and pursuit!

But no one has ever really explored the reasons why these people were able to succeed. They just roughly believe that hard work will definitely pay off.

And I learned a lesson - if you don’t succeed, it’s because you haven’t worked hard enough!

"If he likes it, let him have a try. If he can defeat all his enemies in the ring and become the boxing champion in front of the whole world, it will be a great honor for us!"

Ethan is big and strong, maybe this is indeed his talent and opportunity.

"Let him try. Go ask Jingang City if there is an excellent boxing coach. Let him teach Ethan. Don't be afraid of spending money."

He took another puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled, "Don't arrange any follow-up family work for him."

Erwin was stunned for a moment, "Is this necessary?"

"It's just a boxing match, and I believe if he knew, he would definitely not choose to box."

Lance shook his head slightly. "This is the right path, and it is a path covered with golden light, Erwin."

"If you have the opportunity to walk the right path and become rich and powerful like you are now, I hope each of you can walk the right path!"

"Our current road does look good, but have you ever thought about how many people we have said goodbye to?"

"I don't want to have to say goodbye to all of you one day, or to lie in a coffin one day waiting for you to give me white flowers."

"So if you don't take this path and have the opportunity to live a different life, don't give up."

Erwin was deeply touched after hearing this, and he thought of Gerard.

Gerard's movie is being released and some newspapers have reported on him, saying that he is the most handsome young man in the Federation and many people hope to see more of his performances.

It can be said that Gerard directly entered another track and had another life.

There was no hail of bullets, no ambush along the way, no one was shooting at him with a submachine gun, and of course the performance in the movie does not count.

He can stand in front of people openly and accept their love and admiration. He can proudly tell anyone his identity and work without feeling embarrassed.

Erwin nodded, "I'll tell him." He paused, "I'll be with you until the end, Lance."

Lance smiled and pushed his head with his hand, "Go tell those girls about what you said. You just make me feel sick when you say this to me!"

The laughter in the car was carried far away through the window in the evening breeze. Maybe it has disappeared in the world of many people, but to the people in the car, it has always been there and will always be there!
The car became more stable after entering the Pricia area. The ground here is maintained in a timely manner. After all, it is where the middle class lives, so they always take better care of it.

Otherwise, these backbone taxpayers will really call to report.

As they approached the community where Barbara lived, Lance saw William standing on the side of the road. The convoy slowly stopped and asked, "Why don't you go in?"

William showed a slightly embarrassed smile, "I feel safer going in with you!"

Lance opened the car door with a smile, "Patricia will be sad if she hears this, because every father is his child's hero!"

William rolled his eyes as he got into the car. "Fuck heroes. I think it's better to be alive. Besides, where can we find so many heroes in this world?"

Lance introduced Erwin to him, "My brother, if you run into any trouble and I'm not around, you can look for him."

"There are a few more people I'll introduce to you later, but there's one guy you shouldn't go to if you get into trouble. His name is Hiram, and he looks a bit like the stupid son of a farmer."

William asked curiously, "Why?"

Erwin went on to say, "Because he only speaks with bullets!" He then greeted William, "Nice to meet you, Mr. William. Lance often talks about you."

"Talking about my unheroic deeds?" He joked about himself. As a grown man who had worked in the city hall for more than ten years, he knew how to adjust the atmosphere.

The convoy quickly entered the community, and the community security guard automatically let it pass when he saw the 20,000 yuan luxury car.

Anyone who can afford such a luxury car is definitely not a bad person, because God has said that bad people do not deserve wealth!

The convoy soon arrived outside Barbara's house. There were two cars parked randomly in the parking space at the door. Judging from the license plates and the way they were parked, they should belong to those people.

"They look like they're still there."

Lance got out of the car and all the lights in the villa were turned on. Sometimes light can not only dispel darkness, but also dispel fear!

He briefly introduced these people to William, and then walked towards the villa side by side with William.

At this time in the room, several people were appraising some valuable things. Barbara was sitting on the sofa in tears. She was terrified, and her parents were communicating with a guy in his thirties.

"Our house is still worth more than 20,000 yuan, plus those bonds, it can be worth 100,000 yuan..."

The man had a flat head with a pointed hair on his forehead that looked like an animal's tail. His face was a little long and thin with a blue chin.

He was observing Barbara, and he had to admit that Barbara was indeed very beautiful.

Her beauty is different from Patricia's beauty.

Patricia's beauty is pure, like a small white flower blooming in a green meadow in late winter or early spring.

When I see her, I think of sweet and sour love, not anything else.

Barbara's beauty is pure charm. Seeing her gives people the most primitive impulse, wanting to grab her hair and push her down on the bed, and knock her over from behind!

"These things are not worth fifty thousand." The man came back to his senses, glanced at the things on the table, and smiled. "I'm sorry, Mr. Lawrence, you heard it."

Lawrence's face turned red. "These things add up to more than fifty thousand..."

The man leaned back on the sofa with a nonchalant expression on his face. "You think that's your business. My people said it's not enough for 50,000."

Barbara's father took a deep breath and said, "I know..."

The guy who should be the small leader raised his hand to stop him from continuing, "You want to say that you know a lot of people, right?"

He couldn't help laughing. "Mr. Lawrence, we are a gang. Do you understand what the word 'gang' means?"

"It means we are not subject to normal laws, or what you would consider rules, because we are gangs."

"You can find someone to drive us away once, twice, but it's impossible for the person you find to come every time you need him."

"And are you sure you can summon them an unlimited number of times?"

“You can’t do this, but we can come every day!”

"Either pay me back, or let your daughter lend me her time for three months. To be honest, a girl like her will definitely become a legend in Jingang City!"

The little boss thought of the high-end social places in the Bay Area and the Starlight District. If you dress up like Barbara, it would not be a problem to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars at a time.

If you're lucky, there might be more!

Moreover, for him, Barbara is not only a tool to make money for him, but also an important means for him to win over some people.

Some people have never worried about money and power since the moment they were born. The money you can give them may not be as much as their pocket money, and power is something that gangsters cannot touch.

To deal with these people, we can only try from other directions, such as sex, a special "currency" that has existed since ancient times, or other new and exotic things.

Everyone has hobbies. For those rich and powerful people, their main hobby besides money and power is still sex.

When Barbara asked to borrow money, he agreed without even thinking about it. What he wanted was for Barbara to not be able to pay back the money!
Because the benefits that Barbara could bring to him far exceeded the interest of tens of thousands of dollars.

He just didn't expect that this thing would be accomplished so quickly. He had to thank the people at Balz Investment Bank and thank them for their stupidity.

Even he, a loan shark, knew that it was definitely a fucking scam, but these people didn't believe it?
His words made Barbara's body tremble slightly. She was already a little desperate. Her only hope now was Lance.

Just when the family didn't know what to do, the door was pushed open.

"I just heard that someone wants to come every day. Who wants to come every day?"

Barbara and his parents were relieved when they saw Lance and William coming together, and he even said "Thank God"!

The little leader frowned and glanced at Lance, "Who are you?"

Lance ignored him and looked at several gang members in the living room. He walked to the sofa and the little leader stood up subconsciously.

His expression had changed a little, he smelled the scent of his own kind from these people!
"We are from the Doug family, you better not cause trouble!"

Lance is famous, but not many people have actually seen Lance. It is normal that he doesn't know Lance. He tried to scare Lance away by using the name of Doug's family, but it is obvious that this name cannot scare Lance.

“Doug?”

“Why would anyone use dog as a name?”

There was laughter in the room immediately, but the little leader's face turned pale, "Do you know who you are humiliating?"

Lance picked up the loan contract on the table and took a look at it. As he read it, he said, "It's just a dog. Why do you expect me to be in awe of a dog and its family?"

When he saw the end, he tore up the contract and threw it to the small boss, "Now the account is settled."

The little leader's eyes popped out, and his men all stood up, looking murderous.

Lance looked back at them, and finally his gaze fell on the face of the little leader, "Not convinced?"

"Didn't you feel great when you did that to them just now?"

"You like to bully people. Coincidentally, I like to bully people too."

The little leader gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me your name."

He seemed to use a lot of effort to squeeze out every word from his throat and teeth. Lance looked at him, "You want to take revenge on me."

The little boss didn't seem to be intimidated, "You have humiliated the Doug family, you have to pay for it."

Lance took a step back. He tilted his head and saw a metal vase on the coffee table. He picked it up and weighed it, then looked at Barbara. "Is this expensive?"

Barbara didn't know what to say anymore. She just nodded stupidly and said, "More than two thousand yuan..."

Before she could finish her words, Lance swung the vase and smashed it hard on the leader's head. He staggered to the side and stood up again by holding on to the sofa.

There were two or three cuts on his forehead and blood was flowing down his cheeks.

After a brief shock, his men tried to take action, but were immediately put to guns at their heads by Lance's men.

"Tell me your name!" The little leader continued to ask Lance's name. He didn't care about the wound on his forehead at all.

But Lance's answer came again in a flash!

With a sound of "duang", he almost fell on the sofa, then he stood up again with the help of the sofa, "Don't you dare to tell me your name?"

"Are you also afraid of revenge from the Doug family?"

His left eye kept blinking because the blood soaked his eyelashes. He looked at Lance, "Is this your friend? Family?"

"It doesn't matter. I promise that all of you will die, and die miserably. This is the price!"

Lance shook his head, "You shouldn't try to irritate me!", and it came again, with a Duang sound, blood splattered when his head was hit by the bottle, and the family of three sitting on the sofa were stunned.

William was also extremely nervous at this time. With trembling hands, he took out a cigarette and lit one. It seemed that only this could relieve his nervousness.

But the young people who came with Lance were not at all distracted. Instead, each of them had a playful expression on their face.

The little boss didn't straighten up so quickly this time. Three consecutive hits on the head made his whole world spin. He held on to the sofa and the coffee table, gasping for breath.

Blood dripped down his cheek onto the floor. He looked at Lance's shiny leather shoes and his brain seemed to short-circuit.

More than ten seconds later, he stood up again. Just as he was about to say something, he heard another "Duang".

This time he couldn't hold on and fell directly to the ground!

He lay on the ground with his face sideways, looking at Lance with desire in the corner of his eyes, and there was hatred in his eyes.

Gangsters are like this, either they become cowards at this moment, or they become the embodiment of hatred.

"I don't like the look of your eyes." Lance raised the bottle in his hand and smashed it hard on the ground!

Barbara, who was sitting next to him, also shook violently with the sound of the bottle hitting the man's head!
Lance didn't stop and swung the bottle again, "A dog dares to threaten me?"

"Don't you want to know who I am?"

"Remember, tell God or Satan, my name is Lance!"

Again and again, again and again, until he was out of breath!

Lance put the bottle back on the coffee table, and the blood quickly spread out in a circle along the bottom of the bottle.

He straightened his clothes, glanced at his blood-spattered shirt, and wiped it with his fingers, but it was no use.

"I bought this shirt less than a week ago!" Then he smiled at Barbara and her family, "Don't worry, he won't have a future!"

Then he raised his hand and pointed at the ceiling, and gunshots rang out in the living room...

(End of this chapter)