Shadow Empire

Chapter 338 Contradiction and the Second Notebook

ask:
What does it take to be a security guard at a dock?
Emotionally stable?
A gentle and polite attitude?

The determination to help people solve their problems in time?
Or a fist that can solve troubles?

There is actually only one answer, which is - they will solve whoever is the trouble!

Most of the workers on the dock were from the lower classes of society. They had not received any higher education and it was impossible for them to read books to cultivate their sentiments during their rest time.

Most of the time they only swear, and when they can't win an argument with someone, they'll hit them with their chests, push them, and even end up in physical conflict.

You can't teach these people to solve problems politely, gently, and peacefully.

It’s like if you took out a math test paper from three years of primary school, they wouldn’t be able to get full marks!
This is too difficult for them!

So don't expect the security guards at the dock to speak to others in a soft voice. The security guard gave Johnny a warning as soon as he entered the office.

Johnny is somewhat famous at the dock. He is a typical small group bully and has bullied many people.

But as long as he does not affect the interests of the company, the security guards will turn a blind eye, except for the fact that he appears here and uses violence against people sitting in the office.

"Don't make it hard on me, Johnny. You know me."

"Put him down, then get out there and sweep your floor, or I'll sweep the entire dock clean with your face!"

Johnny glanced at the security guard, and he threw the manager out with his hand, and the latter fell into the chair with a thud.

The manager subconsciously straightened his messy tie and his voice became sharper, "Teach him a lesson!"

The security guard felt that his authority was challenged. He twisted his neck, but before he could say anything to highlight what he was about to do, Johnny punched him in the stomach.

The sudden intense pain and strong nausea almost made the security guard vomit!

He was bent over with his butt sticking out, and he felt his stomach or something else was cramping, making it impossible for him to stand up.

Johnny grabbed a thick book on the corner of the table, picked it up from the small to the top, and hit the security guard's chin, knocking him backwards!
"Fuck Fuck!"

"Come and suck my big eagle!"

Since he was going to make a big fuss, Johnny would just make it a big fuss!
After he knocked down the security guard in a not-so-honest way, he went back to the office manager who was screaming like a woman. He didn't care what she said and just swung his fist at her face!

Until he felt many people beating him from behind, and someone was strangling his neck.

Suffocation and pain forced him to give up the manager, but it seemed that the manager had been beaten unconscious...

The whole office was in chaos, and a group of security guards surrounded and beat Johnny.

In this era, daring to lay hands on the manager is an unforgivable sin!

Ten minutes later, Johnny was thrown out, which attracted some people's attention.

Many workers saw Johnny being thrown out with a bruised face and a miserable appearance.

Some people gloated, but others felt that the management office was going too far.

So many people beating up one person, a worker at the dock, aroused the emotions of some workers.

Someone contacted Vaughn, who immediately arranged for Johnny to be sent to the hospital, and then called Lance.

"I have taken Johnny to the hospital. He looks seriously injured."

President Scott had left early, and he found a way to spend some money to use his connections.

Vaughan told him the truth - Lance planned to use the conflict between the dock workers, the management company, and the capitalists to launch a major strike!
This sentence scared Scott so much that he almost fell off his chair!
The dock workers are on strike, which means that everyone will eventually have to compromise with the dock workers because they cannot accept and cannot afford the long-term shutdown of Jingang Dock!

It sounds like another good thing. The working class has once again proved that as long as everyone unites, they can defeat the capitalists. This is a great victory for the working class!
But in reality, once the storm over this incident has passed, someone will definitely be punished for it.

He is not sure about others, but the president of the dock workers' union will definitely be the first!
Why was such important public opinion not discovered and reported in the first place? Why was the strike not stopped in time before it started? Why was the strike method that belonged to the union spontaneously formed by a group of workers?

Trade unions have long regarded "strikes" as their private means of forcing capitalists and politicians to compromise.

The more important something is, the less likely it is to be used. Currently, federal industry unions are trying their best to reconcile the conflicts between workers and capitalists to avoid escalating the situation.

It seems that they are doing this for the good of the working class, but in fact, they are doing this to prevent "strikes" from becoming commonplace.

The president who failed to organize everything will obviously be punished!

He paid out of his own pocket to speed up the mobilization of relationships. Although he is still nominally the president of the Jingang City Dock Union, in fact his relationships have been transferred and Vaughan is the first person responsible here.

Lance was very satisfied after hearing this. "Keep paying attention to these things. I will ask my people to cooperate. It will take some time now."

Striking is not an easy matter. It will not work without someone taking the lead. Vaughn has not had any chance to make further progress in the past few years or even seven or eight years. So cooperating with Lance is the best way he can see at the moment.

"I'll keep a close eye on it."

Lance was very satisfied with Vaughn's attitude. Regardless of whether he could do the job well, at least his attitude made people feel comfortable.

"After this is over, I promise that you will become the envy of everyone. Of course, whether you let them know is entirely up to you!"

The news of Johnny being beaten began to spread on the dock, and all kinds of rumors spread.

Although most people don't like Johnny, in this matter Johnny represents the interests of the working class and their fellow workers.

The dock management office is a means used by capitalists to enslave workers. They are naturally opposed.

The news spread quickly. In less than two hours, there were already many variations of the rumor.

"Johnny wants justice. You know, he used to have 38 dollars, but now he only has 27 or 28 dollars. His salary has been reduced by nearly half."

"If it were me, I would definitely not agree, so he went to find the manager, but the manager didn't say anything and asked the security guard to beat him up and throw him out!"

"They have never respected us. In their eyes, we are no different from a wrench or a screwdriver!"

"There are things the wrench can't do and doesn't want to do, but we have to listen to them in everything!"

As rumors began to circulate and things about Johnny began to ferment, the whole thing became an emotional garbage can, and people started to communicate not only "what happened to Johnny", but also "what happened to them".

They would talk about some unfair treatment they received from the management company, the most common of which was being late or leaving early, and having their salary deducted when they were not seen during a check-up.

At this time, when people are full of resentment, the rules and regulations that were originally strictly followed have become a way for capitalists to make things difficult for the working people.

The emotions on the dock were stirred up little by little by themselves.

Don't think too deeply about being angry.

Because the more you think about it, the angrier you will get. The people on the dock now obviously have this tendency. The unfair treatment they suffered in the past but has been almost forgotten is now being brought up again, making them even more angry!
When the entire dock becomes a powder keg, that's when the union comes in.

And now, we have to wait a little longer.

The changes at the dock also made the city look more chaotic, and at this time, the mayor decided to give a public speech on Thursday afternoon to talk about some of the problems the city has recently encountered.

Some saw this as a good thing, as City Hall finally taking notice of the city's slide toward danger.

But some people also feel that it is meaningless for the mayor to pay attention to these things now, and for some locals, the source of the chaos is the mayor.

If he wanted to end the chaos, the best way would be to give up resistance and abide by the city's rules, but that was obviously unlikely.

He is constantly challenging the old order and trying to create his own order. This irreconcilable contradiction is the real source of chaos in the city!
Judging from the fact that the police are already in a semi-strike state, it can be seen that the mayor is facing a very bad situation.

Under the influence of information asymmetry, the lower-class people feel that they have no chance of turning things around, but those who truly understand the current trends of the city's top leaders know that the real situation is the opposite.

Everyone is waiting for Wednesday to come. Before Wednesday comes, the renovation of Red High Heels has officially begun. According to the design, they will first remove a lot of existing decorations and then rearrange the layout of the house.

This will be a film company in the future, so it won't need so many cramped cubicles or such a large dance floor.

So before actually renovating according to the design drawings, they had to tear down all the previous things.

A young man who had just arrived from the empire was shirtless and hitting those things with a twenty-pound hammer.

This is a very hard job, but Lance is very humane. Everyone can earn one dollar a day and can also enjoy free lunch and dinner.

The food is not very tasty, it's just bread with added crude fiber, which is very filling.

The first time he ate this kind of bread, he almost choked and doubted his life. Almost every bite was so hard to swallow.

Even if you swallow it with water, it will stick tightly to the esophagus and move down little by little.

Later, he watched others eat it bit by bit and finally mastered the correct way to eat it. He suspected that there were some wood chips or something in this bread.

In addition to unlimited bread, everyone can eat a whole roast chicken every day.

This is also the reason why many people are willing to work here. For them, eating meat, even chicken, is a luxury!
With a full stomach, he worked with extra energy. When he swung the sledgehammer to hit the wall again, he suddenly felt the power on the hammer was instantly removed!
He also smashed a hole in the wall.

He pulled the hammer head out with force. He had encountered this situation many times in the past few days.

Sometimes, in order to create some aesthetic design, a large amount of gypsum board was used in previous decoration. It is possible that this is something like a piece of gypsum board.

When he pulled the hammer out of the gap, he also knocked the entire brick surface open, and some things inside fell out.

A few brown paper bags, his heart suddenly started pounding.

He had heard many rumors about the Federation, such as that if you broke open the wall there was a secret room filled with gold coins and cash.

Or maybe an inconspicuous painting is an antique and can be sold at an astonishing price!

Is it his turn this time?
He quickly picked up a few cowhide bags and opened one of them. What made him feel a little regretful was that it was filled with some notebooks.

He picked up a book at random and opened the first page.

"On April 17, Mr. ... called and asked for ... to accompany him. He offered a price of one thousand dollars."

"We sent him there in the morning, and picked him up at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He is simply a lunatic!"

"The girl has been tortured to the point of incontinence by him, and the whole car is covered with shit. It's really a ghost!"

"... (he guessed it was the doctor) said she wouldn't be able to work normally anymore. She was a beautiful customer with some stable clients. It was really unsatisfactory and angry to abandon her."

"But fortunately... Mr. gave me another 5,000 yuan in compensation. I hope he won't be so violent next time!"

"On April 19th, Mr.... encountered some troubles. We happened to have a girl who was unwilling to cooperate with us, so I decided to send her over."

"Sometimes they don't really understand that everything that seems unbearable to them is actually for their own good."

"They can't understand me and always think I'm hurting them. It's ridiculous."

"I can recall the hatred in her eyes every time I tamed her. I hope she can still hate the world so much this time!"

The following paragraph was obviously written in another time period, and the notes have also changed a bit.

"She died in pieces. The guy who cleaned up the scene came back and told me he almost vomited."

"That's a psychopath. He tore her into pieces. It makes me sick to my stomach just hearing it!"

"These people are fucking perverts. Are all rich people like this?"

"April……"

After flipping through several pages, the young man's chest was heaving violently, and he roughly understood what it was.

He was not a fool, so he knew that these should be the diaries of the former operators of this place.

The diary inside recorded how he had persecuted the girls here. It was evidence of his crimes, but he didn't know who to give it to.

He thought about these things for a long time, and then found the person who was responsible for supervising their work. "I want to see the boss. I have something important to report to him."

The person in charge of the construction looked him up and down. Thanks to Lance's outstanding "leading by example", the Lance family had not become corrupt and decadent.

"Don't leave here. I'm going to make a phone call now."

Not long after, Erwin drove over. "Who's looking for me?"

The young man raised his hand. There were already some people watching here. After Alvin had them dispersed, he walked to the corner with the young man.

He handed a notebook directly to Erwin. Erwin opened it and took a look, his expression became extremely serious!

"Who else has seen these things besides you?"

The young man shook his head. "No, I'm the only one who has seen it."

Erwin called the person who was in charge of supervising the workers' work and said, "Give me a list of all the people here. No one can leave before I call you."

The supervisor could sense the seriousness of the matter, and he nodded quickly, "I know what to do, Erwin."

Erwin patted his shoulder, then looked at the young man, "What's your name?"

"Philip."

"Philip, come with me to see Lance..."

Ten minutes later, Lance glanced at Erwin and Philip standing by the door and opened the notebook in his hand.

He then flipped through a few pages, which briefly recorded Red High Heels and the education in the Bay Area.

There is no record of the ordinary business of Red High Heels, nor is there any record of its value. It is a business of a few dollars, tens of dollars or at most a few dozen dollars. There is nothing good to record.

Only those businesses with the Bay Area are worth recording.

These notebooks were obviously not from the same batch. He picked up some that looked older and said, "These should have been recorded by Booker (Red High Heels' manager during the Camilla Gang period, who has committed suicide)."

Then he picked up two other books that were obviously newer and said, "These should be the records of Sam (the person invited by the mayor, who also committed suicide)."

Sam is obviously more cunning than Booker and has more experience dealing with these things.

Booker did not leave any valuable "evidence" in the notebook, but in Sam's notebook, there were about forty bills and checks.

The bills were carefully sandwiched between two pieces of paper, probably to protect the fingerprints on them. Lance didn't know if this would work.

There were about a dozen more checks, which were obviously much more useful.

It not only has the date, but also the amount and the handwritten signature of the person who paid the check, and it matches the service amount recorded in the diary!
If fingerprints can be extracted from these checks, then this will be ironclad and valuable evidence!
Lance looked at Philip, "These things are very important to me. You have done a great job."

"I am a very fair person. If what you do is valuable to me, I will reward you."

"Now, tell me, what do you want?"

"Money, identity, or anything else, you can bring it up!"

(End of this chapter)