Shadow Empire

Chapter 336 You Have to Push Yourself

Boxing actually has a long history of development, but in this part of the federation, people's love for boxing actually comes more from the slavery period, when civilized people loved barbarism.

This is actually a very strange thing, which perfectly displays the contradictions of human beings!

The more people live in luxurious homes and enjoy the best food, the more they want to eat the most original and raw ingredients.

It's like gentlemen and ladies living in a civilized society, but they like to watch their own kind fighting each other in a small area.

In the past they would let slaves fight each other to decide who among them would survive, or who would get better treatment, food, women, money.

And they bet on these slaves to make more profits.

Today's society does not allow them to be so barbaric, and boxing and the like have become the new direction they are looking for.

People like to watch evenly matched boxing matches, or any other form of fighting, not because evenly matched matches make the outcome unpredictable.

Instead, only when the two sides are evenly matched can both sides use all their strength to fight each other in the most primitive way under the light of civilization!

What they want is every gaping wound on their bodies and a red-stained ring, rather than the referee saying "start" and ending the fight with one punch!

This is not what they want, what they want is the adrenaline rush brought by fighting!
But it is undeniable that the influence of boxing is growing.

The coach Morris found for Ethan looked pretty good. He also had a big physique, and he was very satisfied when he saw Ethan.

He touched Ethan's body, and when he heard that Ethan was only twenty years old, he was even happier.

"I can be his coach, but you need to pay a tuition fee."

"One thousand five hundred dollars a year."

He wanted to explain why he wanted fifteen hundred dollars, but Lance opened the drawer and took out a stack of money, then took out another five hundred dollars and put them together.

Seeing the fifteen hundred yuan being taken out so easily, the coach suddenly felt that his asking price was a little low.

He half-jokingly asked, "Is it too late for me to say 1,800 yuan now?"

Lance smiled and responded, "Maybe it's a little late."

He showed a regretful expression, "If I had known, I would have said more."

However, he was still very satisfied with getting 1,500 yuan at once. About half of the money could be used on Ethan, and the rest went into his pocket.

He also told Lance some other rules, such as that 30% of Ethan's bonus would be his, valid during the term of the agreement.

For example, Ethan needs to live in his training ground and undergo high-intensity training, and may only have one day of rest a week.

Lance had no objection to this, and neither did Ethan.

All he wants now is to become a gold belt boxing champion so that everyone can have a more positive understanding of the imperial immigrants because of him.

Although there is a lot of training time every week, I can still come back on weekends.

Everyone has their place and job in the Lance family.

Ennio now runs around all day contacting Imperial gangs in surrounding areas to help the Lance family expand its influence.

Morris collects various intelligence about rival gangs every day to ensure that he can get it the first time when Lance needs it.

Erwin has even more things to do. His workload is only more than that of others, no less than that of others.

Lawn, Melo...

Everyone has their own job to do, even Gerard, a handsome guy, has his own job, but he doesn't know what to do.

He was too big to be tailed, and he would be visible to everyone.

He does not have Ennio's talent for socializing, being able to quickly establish friendships with people and have in-depth conversations.

Not to mention the brain, just looking at those family affairs would give him a headache.

He couldn't help with the work at the bar, and there seemed to be nothing he could do. Most of the time he just sat on the sofa in the company lounge.

Maybe it's time to find something to do.

Lance was very happy that he had this realization. Even though he wouldn't mind if Ethan did nothing in his life and lived like this every day, he was still a friend, brother, and family member.

He still hopes that Ethan can have his own career. Only with his own career can he find the spirit and goal of hard work!

“Hopefully we’ll see Ethan in the ring soon.”

When saying goodbye to the coach, Lance expressed his expectations and put some pressure on the coach.

The coach nodded repeatedly, "I will, but the overall progress will depend on Ethan's training level. Also...does he have a social security number or something?"

This is indeed a problem, but for Lance, it is no longer a problem. "You will be able to get this number soon."

"That's no problem. When there's a suitable competition, I'll sign him up."

"Winning or losing is not that important. What matters now is that he feels the atmosphere of boxing."

"It's up to you!" Lance shook my hand again, "Call me if you need anything."

Ethan packed up his things and left with his coach. Although he was leaving temporarily, everyone knew that there was a bright future ahead!

The city has become increasingly chaotic in recent days. In addition to maintaining law and order in the Bay Area, Charlie has gradually reduced law and order management in other areas.

In fact, there are not so many public security cases in the Bay Area that he is responsible for, and those criminals who cause riots are not fools.

There are so many wealthy people in the Bay Area, why does the Bay Area suffer the least losses in any riot or similar situation?

Is it just because... people become civilized after entering the Bay Area?

Do not!
This is because the rich people in the Bay Area have a lot of bodyguards, and they can always get some information at the first time, allowing them to deal with it more calmly.

It’s not that no one has thought about going to the Bay Area to make a fortune, but these people usually have a miserable ending. They can’t even get to see the rich man, and are shot to pieces by bodyguards with guns.

The key point is that it is not illegal for the rich man’s bodyguards to do this. Not only do the judges support them, they will even use their cases to encourage people to do so during the trial!

"Taking up arms to defend every citizen's legitimate rights is a basic right granted to every citizen by the sacred Constitution," this is what the judges told people and showed those cases.

They will make the fairness of the law clear to everyone.

But if ordinary people do that, they may face huge troubles, not because they read the legal provisions incorrectly, nor because they have problems in execution.

Simply because they have no money!
What is truly wrong in this world is poverty, not anything else.

When a man meets someone poorer than himself, he is right.

But when he met someone richer than him, he became the one who was wrong!

The city became increasingly chaotic, which gradually attracted the attention of the state government.

On Monday of the new week, the deputy governor called the mayor to discuss the serious decline in public security in Jingang City during this period.

"...you need to learn to manage your city instead of making a mess of it!"

The deputy governor spoke very rudely and almost called the mayor an incompetent idiot!

The location of Jingang City is very important, otherwise they would not put the mayor in this position. It is precisely because they know that the mayor can handle it that they give the mayor the opportunity to become the ruler of this city.

What he said now actually meant to express his and the state government's dissatisfaction.

The mayor is not nervous at all. As long as the state legislature supports him, the governor will have to use his brain if he wants to deal with him!
In return for the parliament's support, he gave a lot of benefits to the state legislature. There was no way those greedy old guys would not bow their heads.

"Mr. Deputy Governor, I also want to stabilize the city's security as soon as possible, but you should also know the special characteristics of Jingang City."

"Almost everything here is firmly controlled by local forces. I have tried my best to reconcile the relationship, and even used my personal connections to gradually make it better and release it from the hands of those locals." "Everything here now is the process of the 'war' between us. They are trying to create chaos to force me to compromise."

"I can compromise, and it only takes one phone call to restore the peace of the past, but is this what you, the governor, and the legislators want?"

“Let it return to local hands?”

The deputy governor was silent. Jingang City developed too rapidly, so rapidly that they did not have time to implement the layout, and Jingang City was firmly controlled by some people.

Sidney pried open a crack in this hard shell. If there is anyone who can solve the problems of Jingang City, it might be only him.

Whether it is recall, impeachment, or anything else, it would be difficult to get the support of the parliament. Besides, he didn't make this call to reprimand the mayor.

So when the mayor's attitude became very tough, the deputy governor began to comfort him, "I'm not asking you to give up. What I mean is, do we have other means to solve this problem?"

"Golden City is important, and external problems are getting worse day by day. Senators are also concerned about the changes in Golden City."

He was silent for a while. "You have to stabilize it as soon as possible. If you need any support or assistance, you can tell me and I will communicate with the governor."

The mayor said what he wanted, "Wade has promised me that he will leave Golden Harbor City soon."

“The guy behind Williams has some strength, but as long as we don’t give him a chance to reach out, he can’t get here.”

"Now the only ones left are those die-hard gangsters, who we shouldn't have allowed to grow in the first place!"

"They have had an unclear relationship with the local wealthy people for a long time, and those wealthy people control the police station. I can't mobilize these people at all!"

"They are creating chaos now to put pressure on me in order to force me to compromise."

"If I really compromise, everything will be over."

"So I had an idea to catch them all in one fell swoop."

The deputy governor took a deep breath. "That sounds a little scary. I hope it's not a bad plan!"

The mayor laughed twice and said, "Not bad at all, and it can solve all problems at once."

"Let the militia enter the city and let them deal with these mafia families directly and uproot them!"

After hearing this, the deputy governor burst into laughter and asked, "Am I crazy or are you crazy?"

"Mobilizing the militia into the city is a huge undertaking. Do you know that this could bring bad luck to many people?"

"The governor won't agree to that!"

Unless necessary, the military, even the militia, are not allowed to enter the city at will, let alone Jingang City, an important shipping hub in the northern hemisphere.

This is no longer just a crackdown on gangs, this is a huge political event!

The mayor was not at all anxious or angry about the deputy governor's statement. He just maintained his attitude and said slowly, "What if I get hurt?"

"Someone tried to assassinate me. I was shot and wounded. I can't show up for a short time. The whole city fell into more crazy riots?"

The deputy governor fell into deep thought. If everything was really as he said, then the governor could indeed ask the militia to enter the city to suppress the riots, and Congress would not think this was an "overly drastic" measure.

After all, the entire city has begun to fall into a state of anarchy, and Jingang City is so important that it must not be allowed to fall into complete chaos.

In this way, no one has to bear the risks and turmoil brought about by soldiers entering the city, and the mayor's idea can be achieved, but there is actually a problem here.

That is the mayor's gunshot wound, which must stand up to scrutiny.

"Have you considered?"

"You have to know that once something happens, Congress will arrange a medical team to help you recover as quickly as possible so that you can return to work."

He made his words a little clearer. On the surface, Congress arranged a more professional medical team to help him recover from his injuries, but in fact, they were just here to check whether his injuries were real.

If it is true, then everything is fine and Congress will appease him.

If it wasn't true, then he would definitely be "sacrificed"!

After all, letting soldiers enter the city is a taboo in itself.

The mayor laughed twice, "For the future of Golden Port, for the future of Likalai State, Your Excellency!"

The deputy governor was silent for a while. He could sense the mayor's determination. "I'll call you later. I need to communicate with the governor first."

The call was quickly hung up. The deputy governor could not make the decision on such matters, nor could he make the decision.

Even if everything is done and there are no problems, he won't gain any benefits and the governor will just think he is making rash decisions.

If it’s not done well, it will be even more disastrous!
The governor didn't even need to think of any words to communicate with Congress, he just put the blame on him.

So he has to communicate with the governor and let the governor make the decision.

However, both he and the mayor felt that there was a high probability that this matter could be implemented.

There are too many people who want to share some of the huge profits of Jingang City. The locals firmly control those profitable businesses and do not allow others to interfere.

They actually broke a taboo!
After hanging up the phone, the mayor's secretary was next to him. He looked at the mayor and asked softly, "Is this necessary?"

He was referring to the fact that the mayor would be attacked. In order to shut up Congress, he would have to be shot for real!

There was something indescribable in his eyes, shock, incomprehension, and some admiration!
The mayor lit a cigarette and smiled intriguingly. "Whether it's worth it or not depends on how much benefit we can get from this matter."

"If there is no benefit in getting shot, then I definitely won't do it. After all, it means getting shot!"

"But what if getting shot could bring us great political benefits and wealth?"

"This gunshot wound will be useful to me in many occasions and at many times in the future, especially when I am giving speeches."

"When I talk about clothes, it shocks people more than if I spoke for two hours."

After hearing this, the secretary sighed, "You have paid too much!"

The mayor was not as sentimental as him, but said honestly, "That's because I want more!"

"I talked to a magician before, I don't know if you remember..."

He paused for a moment, then spoke again, clearly skipping over what he was going to say, "It's the magician who pierced his own body with a sword."

The secretary nodded, "Yes, I remember, he stuck many swords into himself, completely piercing his body."

The mayor kept nodding his head. "It was him. I talked to him and he told me that there are many places on the human body that are actually empty."

"If these places are pierced or shot through, there won't be too terrible consequences. Of course, the premise is that you must choose the right weapon and bullet!"

"If you shoot with a shotgun, everyone who comes will die!"

They both laughed.

"So during this time I will discuss with our gunners and give them a wound that looks shocking but does not cause much harm to me!"

The secretary saw that his expression changed slightly, a little worried and a little excited.

The mayor raised his hand and stopped him from saying anything else. "I'm actually not young anymore. There aren't as many opportunities in the future as you think."

"It took me most of my life to go from being a council assistant to becoming the mayor. This is a simple step for many people, but it took me half my life."

"There's not much time left. If I can't run forward, it will be hard for me to go further."

He suddenly became a little depressed. It would be very frustrating for anyone to waste half of his life at the bottom of the political arena!
But fortunately, he made it through and has the opportunity to go further.

Neither of them spoke, just looking at the bright sunshine outside the window. For a moment, the room became quiet, without any other sound!
(End of this chapter)