Shadow Empire

Chapter 440 Are you interested in big news?
The phone rang and Congressman Williams picked up the phone. A smile soon appeared on his face.

"I knew you could do it... I'll pass it on... OK, I'll definitely visit you when I have time."

"I know. I will tell him about this...Okay, bye."

Congressman Williams hung up the phone and looked at Lance. "The girl is still alive, and Bowen promised to hand her over to you alive. You owe him a favor and don't let this matter continue to ferment."

He spread his hands. “He took a big risk, so I think you have to give him this favor.”

"Is this the result you want?"

Lance breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he had been wondering whether Bowen would suddenly kill the girl and then tell him that the girl had died a long time ago.

This possibility is very high, so Councilman Williams is right that he needs to do this favor.

Although the other party was a scumbag, the girl was still alive.

He nodded. "I understand."

Then he thanked sincerely, "Thanks to your help, this matter would probably have ended up in a mess otherwise."

Congressman Williams waved his hand, with a smile on his face, and there was no sign of reluctance.

"Wade owes me a favor. If I don't use it now, there's a high probability that I won't need it in the future."

Regardless of whether Mayor Wade has a better development in the future, his favors are actually of little practical use.

The two parties are not in the same district, so this favor is unlikely to be valuable unless Wade can enter Congress in the future.

But that's unlikely.

He knows this old partner and old rival very well. If Wade wins the gubernatorial election, he will try his best to allow his family to have a deeper penetration into local politics.

He will try to keep himself in the governor's seat longer rather than moving up to Congress as quickly as possible.

On the contrary, Congressman Williams is optimistic about Lance's future development prospects. He likes Lance's decisiveness and wisdom, as well as his humanity.

Lance was still very grateful for Congressman Williams' explanation. "No matter what, I owe you a favor, Mr. Congressman."

At the same time, he also showed an appropriate question that could express the further development of the relationship between the two parties, "Senator Williams, I have a very presumptuous question. I'm not sure if I should ask it..."

With Senator Williams' wisdom, he immediately deciphered the questions that Lance did not ask. After the two looked at each other for a moment, he burst into laughter.

"I'm already very old, Lance. Even if you find a young girl to strip naked in front of me and serve me, it would be difficult for me to do what you want."

"Maybe I could have given it a try twenty years ago..."

Lance thought of his current wife, a woman who was only in her thirties, beautiful, delicate, with a good figure, and a lazy look with a hint of passion in it.

Senator Williams did not shy away from talking about his health condition. "I am not keen on hurting or killing people. I prefer to stay quiet!"

Lance nodded slightly, but he didn't really believe it and kept it in mind. "You are a gentleman worthy of respect!"

Senator Williams laughed again. "I like your descriptions. They always use words like fox, treacherous, mean, etc. to describe me. They are not as truthful as you are!"

He laughed for a while and took a deep breath. “I can’t say that I am a good person, because I have done a lot of bad things, but at least in this regard, I don’t think I have any problems.”

"Because I have love!"

He looked at Lance as if he was showing off something, "I have a wife that I love, even though I've had many wives in my life, but I can assure myself of that."

"I love each of them, in marriage."

"I have family that I love, my children, James, William, my nieces and nephews, my brothers and sisters."

"I love everyone in my family, and love prevents us from doing extreme things."

"That's what I always say, love brings peace."

“In addition to these, there are actually some other gaps!”

“The gap between new politicians and old politicians!”

This is actually a rather... controversial and less than flattering topic in the Federation.

The political families and large landowner classes of the ancient times believed that the new generation of politicians from the middle and lower classes lacked sufficient background and environment, and that they would have some problems in their speech, behavior, and psychology in the process of gaining power.

But the new generation of politicians believe that no matter what these people say, it is to hide their core demand - the inheritance of power.

They want to pass on power from generation to generation, so they have such ideas.

But sometimes you can't say that this idea is completely wrong, because the situation in the federation is so bad.

Ordinary people from the middle class or even the lower-middle class went to college after more than ten years of hard work and effort.

They thought that their lives had reached a turning point and a better life was coming to them, but in fact, they had only exchanged their hard work and dedication for an opportunity to serve the powerful.

When they work hard for a period of time, like a dog, they will be qualified to peek at power.

Then some of them may be able to take back many times the injustice and humiliation they suffered in the past from others!

This is actually a kind of culture.

If a college student wants to have a certain future, they have to join various clubs and fraternities in college, but they do not join these organizations to experience life. Most of them join them to be servants.

And to join they have to go through an obedience test, where they will ask newcomers to do something very ridiculous or humiliating.

It might be asking a person to confess their love to an ugly girl in public, or asking them to sleep with an ugly girl, or asking them to run around the school naked.

It may seem like a prank, but in reality, it is an obedience test.

If you obey them and accept their decision, then you are the one they will choose.

If you think you are being insulted and you don't like it, then fine, you are not who they are looking for and you cannot join their organization.

After graduating from college, those who joined these fraternity organizations, with letters of introduction from their classmates, entered large companies or government departments to start a new life.

Those who fail the obedience test but have independent personality and dignity will enter society and undergo rounds of screening.

Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether the school is teaching you knowledge that is useless for your future or screening talents for the ruling class.

In this process, some people faced reality, bowed to it, and began to develop psychological problems.

If psychological problems continue to accumulate and are not resolved, they will eventually explode!

Either they blow others to death, or they blow themselves to death, which is why the perversion of the federation spreads to all classes.

There are perverts among the poor, there are middle-class perverts among the middle class, and there are perverts among the powerful and privileged class!
The perversions among the ruling class and the privileged class must be resolved through other methods and means.

Red high heels and Dream Crystal are just the tip of the iceberg.

Beneath the glamorous ruling class and privileged class of the entire federation, there is even more bottomless darkness.

Of course, there are indeed a lot of bad people and perverts here, but there are also good people, just maybe not that many.

And most of these good people have a notable characteristic, that is, they often have very prominent backgrounds, which allows them to gain power without having to compromise themselves or humiliate their own personality.

They won't go that far down the path of perversion.

After the two chatted for a while, Lance took the initiative to say goodbye. He still had to take Faya back, and Congressman Williams said that he really owed Mr. Bowen a favor.

It's a bit disgusting to owe this pervert a favor, but he will fulfill his promise. Maybe in the future he will let Mr. Bowen go once, just once!
Ten minutes later, a van stopped outside Mr. Bowen's villa. Mr. Bowen put his arm around Faya's shoulders and walked to the van.

He looked at the two young men in the cab and said nothing.

The young man sitting in the passenger seat nodded slightly to him, "Mr. Lance said he owes you a favor."

Mr. Bowen stirred slightly; he knew this man.

He nodded, without any other action, then loosened his hand and took two steps back. Faya didn't know what to do for a moment, so she just stood there stupidly.

The young man sitting in the passenger seat said, "Your parents asked us to take you back..."

When talking about her parents, Faya looked a little dazed.

What she wanted to see most these days was her parents. She had never been so eager to see them again.

When her dream really came true, she suddenly felt it was a little unrealistic and too incredible!
The sunlight was very strong, and it felt like a burning sensation on her body. She knew that this was not fake.

She looked back at Mr. Bowen somewhat uneasily. He was just as he was when she first met him, gentle, elegant, polite, and like a gentleman.

"Get in the car, we have to go."

The girl finally decided to believe the group of people, because no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be worse than what happened in the basement!
She opened the back door, got in, and soon the car disappeared on the side of the road.

Mr. Bowen took off his glasses and wiped them with a handkerchief. He looked up at the blue sky with his eyes squinted and suddenly cursed "Fuck".

I wonder if God, who is looking down upon all living beings, would feel offended. It is possible, but it is also possible that he has never actually paid any attention to all living beings!

"Someone is following us."

Alan looked through the rearview mirror at the car following them and said something.

He has completely gotten over the Beno incident, and learned to drive as soon as possible and started driving on his own.

Driving is actually not complicated and can be quite fun, especially when you drive well.

Erwin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also spotted the car through the rearview mirror, but didn't pay any attention to it. "Don't worry about it. He already knows who we are."

"Even if he knew better, it wouldn't have any practical significance."

Alan continued driving and the car soon stopped outside the company. Faya got out of the car with some worry. Under the guidance of Erwin, she met Lance and her parents.

The middle-aged couple exclaimed, then rushed towards their daughter and hugged her tightly. The three of them hugged each other and cried bitterly!
But the man soon realized that there were some other things to deal with. He let go of his wife and daughter, walked up to Lance and was about to kneel down in front of him.

Lance supported him, "You asked me for help with the dignity of a father and a man, and I responded to you. It's that simple."

The man was so excited that he couldn't even speak clearly. He now only wanted to express his inner excitement. He held Lance's hand tightly with both hands and said those words of thanks.

As he thanked Lance, Faya's eyes also fell on Lance.

He looks mature and calm, and although his face is young, he gives people a very reliable feeling.

Faya's eyes were fixed on him, and her mother explained to her some of the things that had happened in the past few days.

Only then did she realize that her father had asked this good man for help in order to find her, and he actually found her.

She felt that she should express her gratitude in person no matter what.

"Thank you, Mr. Lance...", he shouted like others.

Lance's gaze shifted from the middle-aged man to Faya. "It's a good thing that you can come back. I'll arrange for someone to take you to the hospital for a checkup to see if there's anything that needs treatment."

The middle-aged man quickly refused, "Don't bother, Mr. Lance, it's good enough that she can come back, we can't waste your money anymore!"

"This is not a waste of money. We need to know if she has been injured and if she needs treatment. You don't want her to get worse because of some actually minor wounds that get infected, right?"

In this era, the word "infection" still has a great deterrent effect on ordinary people.

If you are infected, you will need specific medicines, but they may not be completely effective.

With high prices and a certain degree of mortality, everyone is afraid of encountering these things!
If Faya is really infected, has a fever, and gets worse, he will regret everything he has done today!

In the end, he didn't refuse anymore, but he felt that his family could never repay Lance.

This is not a problem that can be measured by money. There are some things that cannot be measured by money!
Lance looked at her and motioned for everyone else to leave, leaving only him and the family in the room.

"Excuse me, may I know what happened?"

Faya found it difficult to speak. His father was stunned for a moment, turned around and walked outside. He didn't want to hear any of this.

So is her mother.

There were only two people left in the room. Faya looked at Lance's clear eyes, shook her lips, and told him what had happened with a blushing face.

Mr. Bowen... is indeed a pervert. He did not actually harm Faya, but it cannot be said that he did not hurt her.

He wanted to deprive her of her sense of shame and beat her severely if she disobeyed.

He liked to beat people, using his fists, a whip, or a special rubber tape measure.

A cowhide measure is a soft measure made of many layers of hard cowhide nailed together. It is very heavy and can leave an obvious scar on a person's body without much force, and the pain will last for a long time.

Perhaps in Mr. Bowen's opinion, the game had not yet reached its exciting stage, so he had not taken the next step, which actually made her less traumatized.

I just got beaten a few times while naked...

Lance sighed after hearing this and said, "I hope these bad experiences will not become nightmares on your road to growth in life. Nothing is impossible as long as you have the determination."

Faya's eyes were red, but she smiled strangely when she heard this, "You speak in a very old-fashioned way, Mr. Lance."

"I don't think you're much older than me."

Lance nodded, "Twenty."

Faya continued with a smile, "When you speak, you sound like one of those people who are... in their forties or fifties, trying to give me some life advice."

"Thank you!" She expressed her gratitude sincerely, "Whether you saved me or enlightened me about this matter, thank you!"

Lance wanted to say something else, but thinking of what she had just said, he could only change his words, "I hope you recover soon, I will ask someone to arrange a job for you..."

After Faya's family left, Lance asked Erwin to do a promotion.

"Let us refugee workers go to Xingang District to spread the word. If there are girls in any family, tell them not to easily accept others' requests to take photos of them, and not to casually reveal where they live."

"If you encounter this kind of person, leave as soon as possible or ask for help from people around you."

"We can't save everyone, so this is the only way."

As he spoke, he picked up the phone and called George (special columnist/reporter for Today's Golden Port).

"There's some big news that will definitely interest you, but you may also run into some danger. Do you want to?"

George is at work, writing a manuscript.

He had several friends who went to the Tanfit continent to work as war correspondents. If he was not so afraid of death and had already gained some fame, he might have taken the risk to work as a war correspondent.

It's not easy to be a war correspondent. It's a life-threatening job.

Either become a celebrity or become a name.

Whether success or failure, it will bring huge news value.

Because he has people there, he knows a little more about the situation there than the people in the federation do now.

The Republic of Dantra is very dissatisfied with the federal merchants' supply of supplies to its hostile forces and has formally protested to the federal government.

In fact, federal merchants not only provide supplies to its opponents, but also provide a lot of supplies to it.

However, now that the war has entered a stalemate phase from the initial outbreak, supplies have become more important.

The situation in Dantra was already tense, and now it was even more tense for the Federation people living there.

The Prime Minister uses exaggeration to convince people to stand on his side. This is a dangerous signal!

I went out at night, a little late
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(End of this chapter)