Shadow Empire

Chapter 431: Plan and Golf Ball, Not the 2000 Million-Way One
The meeting of the five major families...

No, to be precise, it was a meeting of the four major families. This time, no one at the table dared to underestimate Francisco, a high school student.

The deaths of Vittorio and Zaccaro did cause some turmoil within the Pasletto family, but this was quickly suppressed.

When Alberto talked about these things internally, he kept it very simple and direct.

The position of family ruler originally belonged to Francisco, who was Paul's son and legitimate heir.

All those who covet this position and power are the "thieves" who should be targeted by the people. They should not be hostile to Francisco.

He did nothing wrong, he just stood up for himself and killed those who tried to usurp the throne.

No one could blame him for this, and if anyone thought that Vittorio and Zacaro did not deserve to die, then that person could only be said to be in cahoots with them.

For the first time, people took seriously this seemingly unimpressive young man and accepted the death of Vittorio and Zacaro.

Dead in vain.

If one side is very strong and the other side is very weak, they can ignore reason, because strength is the most core principle.

But if both sides are at a roughly similar level and have equal strength, then truth becomes very meaningful.

Just like at this moment, people began to reason, then Vittorio and Zacaro's deaths were their own fault.

People attribute their deaths to the mistakes they made, and suddenly this result is not so difficult to accept. Instead, it gives people a feeling that "it was their fault and they deserved to die"!
Perhaps there may still be some people who are not convinced, such as those who have a good relationship with Vittorio and those who have a good relationship with Zacaro, they may still have some complaints.

But as Francisco's prestige grew, their complaints would eventually be kept to themselves and not shared with others.

So at this time, even Bandy looked at Francisco a few more times.

"I heard that you are planning to stop attending classes this semester?" he asked casually.

Francisco nodded. "That's true. School is a complicated place. I'm not sure if anyone would ambush me in such a situation."

No one can survive, Paul will die, and he will die too if someone shoots him.

"Besides...Mr. Bandy, do you think I still need to go to school?"

Bandy smiled and said, "Yeah, you don't need to go to school anymore!"

He paused, then looked at Sarifu's brother, "I was very shocked when I learned about the matter between the father and son. Please let me know about the funeral!"

The person who is now in charge of the Tita family is Sarifu's cousin. He looks very unhappy because two core members of the family, two heads of the family, died at once.

The Tita family's prestige in the underworld has been severely damaged, and some people even make fun of them, which would have been absolutely impossible in the past.

Fergal sat on the other side without saying anything, just sitting quietly.

At this time, besides the four of them, there were some other people in the room, all of whom were members of their family.

Bendy coughed and said, "Now that everyone is here, I'll tell you what's going on."

"I have always felt that our five families should always stand together and be closely united. Only in this way can we deal with various problems."

"But clearly someone didn't do that, and that's what led to so many things happening."

The way Alberto and Salifo's cousin looked at Bandy seemed not so normal. Bandy could be considered a traitor.

The biggest difference between him and Rick is that Rick pointed his gun at his former friends, but he did nothing at the important moment and ignored the troubles encountered by others.

In fact, he is the one who has the least right to say these words, but the Kodak family is the most powerful now. They don't agree in their hearts, but they won't say it out loud.

Bandy also knew that these people must be a little dissatisfied with what he had done. Apart from cursing the mayor as a waste in his heart, he could only pretend not to be embarrassed.

"I tried to mediate the conflict between us. After all, although we have had conflicts over the years, we were the ones who maintained stability and order most of the time."

"I thought we could accept this result, but now it seems that I thought it was too simple."

"I want to apologize to you for my previous misjudgment, so I called you here this time to discuss how to deal with this matter."

He paused, his mouth a little dry after talking so much.

He picked up the coffee and took a sip to moisten his throat.

No one drinks water in big gulps in a meeting room, because drinking too much water might make you need to pee.

Humans are social animals. When a person is alone or two people are face to face, the problem is relatively simple.

Once the number of people exceeds two and reaches three, the problem will gradually become troublesome.

There is a little joke that says the Angel Lake Forest Police was short of a chief, so the chiefs of the eleven branches in Jingang City held a meeting to discuss who would be the chief of the Forest Police Bureau.

The Forest Police Station is located further northwest, opposite Angel Lake, and is connected to the forest outside Valley City.

Once you go there, your life is basically ruined. There is no water, no electricity, and the phone often has problems.

The most important thing is that the Forest Police Bureau doesn't have much money. No money means there's no way to get the money to transfer yourself back, so no one wants to go.

The city police chief doesn't want to offend anyone, so he lets everyone show their democratic spirit and apply for the position themselves or be elected by everyone.

Nominating yourself is a bad idea, and nominating others is offensive, so no one spoke and everyone was interrupting.

Until one guy drank too much water and couldn't hold it anymore, so he had to go to the toilet.

The moment he left the meeting room, someone suddenly said, "He (the person who left) is a pretty good person...", and then listed a lot of reasons. Everyone raised their hands to vote and the proposal was passed unanimously.

When the branch chief came back from the toilet, the matter had already been settled.

So most of the time, in important meetings, people won’t really drink water in big gulps. Even if they are really thirsty, they will just take small sips to moisten their throats.

Bandy's eyes swept across the faces of several people, guessing the emotional changes in their hearts.

He put down the cup, pressed five fingers on the rim of the cup, and stared at the cup. "Since everyone has such strong opinions about them, for the sake of the stability of the city, let's work together to get rid of them."

Fergal said from the side, "It should have been done a long time ago. You finally made the right decision, Bandy."

This seemed to be saying that all his previous decisions were stupid, but Alberto and Salifo's cousin both looked at Fergal a little more.

These two people are just acting here!
However, this decision did not harm them and the two did not object.

Seeing that the two were silent, Bandy knew that they would not object, so he continued, "Golden Harbor City has been in chaos for a long time. It's time to stop everything."

"The Cassia family got out of control after Rick's death. They broke the rules!"

"We need to resolve these issues quickly, so we all have to contribute."

"The assets left by the Cassia family..." He looked at the few people and said, "We don't want them anymore. You can divide them up."

"These things during this period have caused you heavy losses, and they were also responsible for it. This is what you deserve."

Naturally, everyone had no other opinions, and the next step was to discuss how to get rid of these people from the Cassia family as soon as possible.

This time, Bandy didn't just want others to contribute and take advantage of him. He would let Gao Li bring some people with them to attack the Cassia family.

They divided the remaining key members into two or three groups, then agreed on a unified time and ended the meeting.

The structure of the five major families will be completely changed, leaving only four major families?
On the way back, Francisco asked curiously, "Didn't we say before we came here that we would propose that Lance become the new top five families?"

They had discussed it before they came. If Bandy chose to side with them and completely wipe out the Cassia family, then there would be one more position.

At that time, Francisco suggested that the Lans family take over, so that they would be natural allies among the five major families. If they could also win over the Tita family, they would form an advantageous alliance.

Alberto shook his head. “When Bandy said to divide up those assets, there was no need to bring up this idea.”

"He has no intention of maintaining the 'Five Great Families', and he has already divided the spots up, if the proposal is made that Lance become one of the new Five Great Families."

"He may not have actually accomplished this before there are already a few people who are hostile to him, and those assets will no longer be given to him."

"He could be one of the five poorest families ever, and Bandy wouldn't allow that, so let's just not mention it."

If Bandy wanted to ask them to nominate, and not even take the initiative to discuss these things, there would be no problem with Francisco's suggestion.

Bandy's decision to deal with the Cassia family was actually to strangle them so that no one would join them. Francisco rubbed his head, "If there is something more difficult than math problems, it is to intrigue with these adults!"

He looked out the window at the street, "How should we tell Lance about this?"

"Tell the truth!"

Alberto went directly to Lance and talked to him about his ideas and the results.

Listening to what Alberto said, Lance expressed his gratitude to him and his understanding of the result.

"Now is not the time to confront the Kodak family. We still have time."

“It makes sense for the city to stabilize, and we all need development.”

Francisco asked from the side, "Uncle Lance, we are developing. Aren't the Kodak family and others also developing?"

Lance nodded and said, "Yes, everyone is developing, but there is a difference between development and growth."

"Our strength has grown from one to one hundred, which is a hundredfold development. However, in the same period of time, the Kodak family may only be able to grow from one thousand to one thousand and one, which is a one thousandth improvement!"

"No one knows what will happen in the future. Maybe he is very strong today, but it won't be long before he falls, without me even having to do anything."

“There is an invisible force in this world that pushes all of us forward!”

In the next few days, the five major families made great moves. The remnants of the Cassia family did not expect that the other four major families would unite to deal with them.

Although they were still resisting and their resistance was very fierce, everyone could see that they were not far from destruction.

After October, the order in Jingang City seemed to have been restored a lot, and the fighting and gunshots disappeared.

Some media newspapers also reported that the public security in Jingang City had achieved great success, and Hunter frequently appeared in newspapers.

Many people believe that these changes are caused by Hunter's official appointment as police chief. Although many people have never met Chief Hunter, they have already recognized him very much.

xiu!

Lance swung the club hard, and there were some flying crumbs on the grass. The golf ball flew out and flew straight towards the green.

Congressman Charlie was wearing a golf cap. He looked at the golf ball that landed on the green. He did not hide his surprise. "It's a great shot. Have you played it before?"

He thought Lance had never played golf before. In the empire, golf was not as famous as polo and the like. Instead of playing polo, people preferred to wear knight costumes, ride gracefully on batches of horses, and swing their clubs in a dashing manner.

If you ask what is the aristocratic sport, then there is no doubt that polo is the aristocratic sport.

He had never heard that Lance could play golf. This time he asked him to discuss something on the golf course, perhaps with the intention of seeing him make a fool of himself.

Lance is a young man, he has a way to provoke him, then watch him play poorly, and then teach him how to play as an "experienced person".

At the same time, this method can also be used to implicitly talk about other issues in teaching.

But he really didn't expect that Lance could play golf, and he was quite good at it!
Little did he know that there was once a fool who owed Lance a large sum of money, and eventually he mortgaged his golf course to Lance.

Lance also turned his eyes away from the ball. "I haven't played it much before. Isn't this a simple sport?"

He looked at Congressman Charlie with a smile, yes, Charlie, then Congressman. He was successfully elected as a Bay Area congressman and had already started to work.

During this period, Lance even heard people say that he was thinking about running for mayor, of course, after Councilman Williams.

Seeing his stunned expression, Lance swung the club again, "Aim the ball at the hole and hit it hard. Is that difficult?"

Charlie smiled and said, "Yes, that's not wrong. The ultimate goal of any ball sport is roughly the same."

He walked to the hitting spot. The caddie had already placed the new ball. He looked at the green and said, "Either I want my opponent to miss his ball, or..."

His posture was very standard, obviously the result of long-term training and practice.

The little white ball disappeared with a "dong" sound. When it was seen again, it bounced and landed on the green.

Councilman Charlie turned his head and looked at Lance with a smile, which was also a good shot, "…just put it in the hole!"

The two handed their clubs to the caddie, who ran towards the green carrying the heavy golf bag and other equipment.

It was about a few dozen meters away. Although it was already October, the weather was still a bit hot.

The two gentlemen were strolling on the tender green lawn, where each square meter of turf was more than one meter thick.

The turf on the green is more expensive because it has higher requirements.

This world is so unfair. Some people work hard for a month but their money is not worth as much as a few pieces of grass.

But this also reflects a truth from the side.

Renewable resources are always worthless, whether it is a natural mineral that can be recycled in nature or human beings themselves.

"I heard that you have come up with a profit-sharing model between the Empire District and the Port District. What do you think of this?"

Lance looked at the birds flying up and down in the woods in the distance, looking carefree and relaxed.

After a while, he replied, "Life is too hard."

"The capitalists want to exploit them, the federal government wants to exploit them, the gangs want to exploit them, and even the police who protect their safety want to exploit them."

"The unions, the various committees, everyone is exploiting them. Life is so hard."

"I just want to do what I can to make their lives less miserable."

Congressman Charlie had a look of distrust on his face, as if to say, "Do you think I fucking believe it?"

Lance laughed and said, "Well, part of the reason is that this can encourage people to find ways to survive on their own."

"Now there are more and more small vendors in the Imperial District and the Port District. The more prosperous this place is, the more benefits I can get from it."

"That's all."

Councillor Charlie couldn't tell whether he was telling the truth or lying, so he could only say cautiously, "But this will make things a little difficult for other places."

"Many of the vendors who go to your area come from other districts, and how much extra money the police officers can get is our internal matter."

"Within us?" Lance stopped and looked at him, "You are no longer the chief of police, Congressman Charlie."

Congressman Charlie took two steps and then stopped. He looked directly at Lance and said, "I always hold myself to the highest standards as a police officer."

"That's the second funniest joke I've heard this year."

As he spoke, he continued to walk forward, and Congressman Charlie caught up with him again.

"You want to do this, okay, no problem, I can let Hunter discuss it with them, and the whole Jingang City will do this."

"But this money should not go out of your pocket and into the pockets of the police officers."

"We'll arrange it."

Lance scoffed, "I paid you to be nice?"

"You know why I do this, and I know why you do this."

"Congressman Charlie, you can also think of a way to do it according to my method. As long as you can stick to it, I think there will be no problem."

After he finished speaking, he strode to the edge of the green, took the putter from the caddie's hand, stood on the ball, simply aimed in the direction of the hole, and gently pushed.

The ball rolled towards the hole and went into the hole steadily!
Lance waved his fist and threw the club to the caddy. "What a boring game. I have something else to do this afternoon. I'm leaving now."

Congressman Charlie stood there watching Lance's receding back for a while before he came to his senses. He also changed a putter, came to his ball, aimed at the hole, and put it lightly.

As soon as he hit the ball, he knew he had missed it.

The ball finally stopped at the entrance of the hole and did not fall in.

(End of this chapter)