Shadow Empire

Chapter 455 Solutions and Questions
"Mr. Robben, I don't want to say the same thing many times, but I still want to say it again, thank you!"

Allen took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Lawyer Robben. "Boss, something is holding him back and he can't come, so he asked me to pass on the message. Thank you for taking the time to come."

It is not actually necessary for Attorney Robben to go in person to pay the bail. He can send an assistant or even a judicial apprentice to do it.

But he still came in person, it's a matter of attitude.

He quickly responded, "This is what I should do. Mr. Lance pays me and I work for him. This is my obligation."

"Give my regards to Mr. Lance. If you have any follow-up questions, you can call me."

"If they sue you, I will come and help you win the case."

Fighting cases in the federal government are the most difficult to judge. In the end, it all comes down to whose lawyer is more capable and more famous.

The opponents are just ordinary people, and Lawyer Robben doesn't think they will lose at all!

Lawyer Robben did not look down on Allen just because he was a "small character". He treated Allen with the same enthusiasm as he treated Lance.

As a lawyer who has specialized in handling lawsuits for gangs over the years, he knows this better than any other lawyer or even anyone else.

The so-called identity, class, and social status are worthless in the eyes of these low-level gang members!
Yes, worthless.

He had handled more than one first-degree murder case where low-level gang members had killed a prominent figure without a second thought and then turned themselves in.

In the process of handling these cases, he also chatted with these people. He asked these gunmen, don’t you know what the consequences of doing this will be?

You know, even first-degree murder of civilians has a high probability of being sent to the electric chair or the gallows, not to mention that they murdered celebrities.

But these low-level gang members acted like they were fearless and said they didn't care, it was an honorable mission, they completed the mission and they would be respected by other members, that's it.

They don't care about going to jail or even death. Of course, this is also related to the federal judicial process.

Even if the death penalty is reviewed, even if the person who died is a celebrity, the whole process takes a long time. More often than not, they are quietly executed in prison by other prisoners rather than dying on the execution platform.

They don’t care whether you are a capitalist or a politician, they only care whether you will be killed!
On the contrary, the social forms of those higher-level gang leaders are no longer just gangsters. They also participate in some political activities, so they have a more thorough understanding of the world.

They know that there are things in this world that are scarier than death, so they are afraid.

The most famous case is that the son of a congressman was beaten to the point where he could not take care of himself by a low-level gangster, but the gang leader tried his best to obtain the congressman's forgiveness.

These people will never care whether you are a great low-level gangster or not, and they are the ones Robben doesn't want to mess with.

He didn't want them to think he was a little arrogant.

He could communicate with Lance, but not necessarily with these people.

"Okay, I will definitely convey this to the Boss."

The two men let go of each other's hands, and Lawyer Robben quickly got into the car and left. Just by driving over and going through the process, he earned two hundred dollars.

This is too damn easy to make money!

After watching Lawyer Robben leave, one of his men opened the car door for Allen. He adjusted his favorite windbreaker, looked around, and then got into the car.

The entire police station parking lot seems to have become a lot more spacious!

The convoy filed out, leaving behind only the workers whose heads were broken and bleeding and who were still taking statements.

At this time, the general manager had already arrived at the scene. He looked at the warehouse door which was full of crops but covered with bloodstains. For a moment, he wanted to curse, but he didn't know who to curse and how to curse.

He arranged for people to look for odd jobs outside the dock. This time, people avoided him as if they had seen a poisonous snake.

It was difficult to hide anything from the working class on the docks, especially a conflict like this that had not yet been hidden.

They all knew that the Liji Group was in trouble. No matter how powerful the Liji Group was, they were no match for Lance and his gang.

At the dock, the dock management company controls all the assets here, but they are the ones who control the order here.

As time passed, he rushed back to the company and explained the situation to the commissioner.

The commissioner's expression was still cold. "Calling the police won't work?"

The general manager sighed, "Lance is a man of considerable power, and the police may not be able to help."

He told some rumors he heard from others, such as that the previous police chief John was killed by Lance.

This rumor made the commissioner frown, and there was some contempt in his eyes for this place.

"Although this place is very rich, it is also very barbaric and not as civilized as the Golden State!"

He fired a map cannon first, and then continued, "What is his request? Compensation for breach of contract?"

The general manager nodded, "He asked for four million in compensation!"

When the commissioner heard this number, he showed a mocking expression, "Four million?"

"Does this person know what four million looks like?"

"I will take over this matter from now on, and I will report your performance to the board of directors."

The general manager breathed a sigh of relief. As long as someone took over, he didn’t care whether the matter was reported to the board of directors or not!

But he had to pretend to be very embarrassed and unhappy to cooperate with the commissioner, at least he couldn't smile...

"I understand." He also reminded, "If those things on the dock are not transported away, we may have to pay liquidated damages."

The commissioner nodded without saying anything, then pointed to the door and said, "I have to go to work, get out."

Liquidated damages?
If they can get away with paying Lance's penalty, they can get away with paying others'. The Liji Group knows how to take advantage of weak spots.

Soon the call was made to the board of directors. The commissioner, who was always arrogant in front of the general manager, acted like a small character on the phone.

He bent down slightly, lowered his head, and held the receiver in both hands. "...Yes, this is what I think. We have very close cooperation with the Likalai State Agricultural Committee. They can give us some help."

"Yes, that's what I think. Besides, I was disappointed with the performance of the general manager here after I came here."

"He has done almost nothing to salvage the current situation, leaving us in a passive position... Yes, yes... I don't know, I understand."

"Okay, I'll deal with it immediately..." He hung up the phone with a slightly unnatural expression. The general manager used the relationship of the vice president, and he hated these damn nepotism groups.

But he had no power over them, after all, he was the vice president and the one who could decide his fate!
An incompetent villain, this is how he describes the general manager.

Soon, he started working, using his connections in the Agriculture Committee to see if he could get in touch with some more powerful people to solve the problem.

This is also a common tactic used by capital. There is always someone you cannot refuse.

"After the New Year we'll have to consider some issues regarding the mayoral election," Councilman Williams said, sitting in a chair with a blanket covering his legs.

James sat opposite him, listening attentively.

Now James has taken over as the new councillor. Councillor Williams is actually not a councillor anymore. He is just an ordinary resident of Jingang City.

But people are still used to calling him Congressman Williams, and there is a high probability that they will call him Mayor Williams a year later.

"I know you might think we have no competition in this election and we are going to win."

He spoke slowly, and the sunlight shone on his body through the glass window, but he didn't feel very warm. It was even lower than the temperature brought by the heater.

As people get older, the amount of heat they generate decreases. Although he has taken good care of himself, there are still many wrinkles on his face.

“A hungry lion will use his real strength even when he kills a hare, because he knows that whether he uses all his strength or not, the hare will use all his strength.”

"If the rabbit escapes, all its previous efforts will become a joke. It must ensure that the rabbit will become its food in order to fill its stomach."

"We are the same. Regardless of whether the mayoral candidate nominated by the Liberal Party or the federal party has the potential to defeat us, we must remain vigilant."

"This has happened many times, this may not be another time!" "All we can do is to go all out..."

The phone on the table suddenly rang, and he picked up the phone, "This is Williams."

He frowned and listened for a while. "I can't make any promises to you. I can only ask first."

He hung up the phone, "It's from the Council of Agriculture."

Likale State has abundant water resources and belongs to the southern plains, where wheat can be harvested three times in two years. There are more farms and plantations to the west.

If the port economy of Jingang City is not taken into account, the economy of Likalai State mainly revolves around light industry and agriculture.

The Council of Agriculture has a high status in Likale State.

He picked up the phone again and said, "Liji Group has offended Lance, and now they will most likely pay the price."

James was a little curious after listening to this, "Are you going to intervene in this matter?"

Congressman Williams shook his head. "I'm just curious about what happened. You can't stop an old man like me from being curious about the world, right?"

"As for helping them convince Lance?"

He smiled and said, "The fact that they called me shows that they don't have many choices left."

But unfortunately, Lance is not in the company or at home now, so there is no call from the street.

He is now in the bar in the Starlight District, which Paul promised to give him.

After Alberto took Francisco to sort out family affairs during this period, the bar was finally transferred to Lance, including its property rights.

The decoration of the bar is said to have cost three hundred thousand dollars, and it exudes a wealthy atmosphere, as if everything is expensive!
"Oh my god, Lance, come here!"

"You have to try this!" Several young people stood on the dance floor, shaking their hips, and they waved to Lance to come over.

Lance stood at the edge of the dance floor as Hiram kept shaking with a look of surprise, "The ground here shakes!"

Originally, Lance was not very interested in this, but after he said that, he became a little interested. He tried to step on the floor of the stage and immediately felt what Hiram meant by "shaking".

Spring dance floor, there is a layer of heavy springs under the floor tiles. These springs can make dancers dancing on the dance floor less physically demanding and also provide positive feedback to their ankles.

If you step on the ground hard, the soles of your feet will go numb.

But on this kind of bottom board, the feedback will not be so strong, and people can jump longer.

The cost of building this dance floor is definitely not cheap, not just the materials, but mainly the technology, which is definitely the most advanced and trendy in this era.

Sometimes the attraction of a spring dance floor is far greater than the attraction of the drinks here.

Lance walked out from the dance floor. The bar was full of excited young men. Deresi was calculating how much alcohol would be needed here every day. Everyone was looking forward to this place.

"Christopher doesn't have any talent for business, but he can still make four or five hundred thousand a month from here. If you can run it better, you can make more."

Alberto leaned against the bar, his hands on the bar table and looked at Lance and said.

This number is very real, and it is actually the starting point for all the unexpected events that happened to Lance, Dover, and Paul!

Dover was unwilling to lose the business here, and he began to hate Lance and exacerbated the rift between him and Paul.

After many days, Lance took control of this place. Both he and Alberto had an indescribable feeling of fate.

"This is not a small amount of money. I hope no one will bother me because of it." Lance sat on the round stool next to him. "I heard that Cisco is doing well now."

Alberto shrugged and jumped onto the chair next to him. "After the two biggest troubles were solved, the others became much more obedient."

"We have returned to our roots. We are gangsters, not philanthropists. Using violence to speak is always the simplest and most effective way."

It is also the most dangerous, but the moment they embark on this road, danger is always by their side.

Lance didn't make any sense of Alberto's understanding. "What are you going to do next?"

Alberto shook his head. "I don't know. Let Cisco truly control the family first, and then consider how to solve the Dover problem."

"Only by getting rid of Dover can Francisco truly and completely control the family."

"But it doesn't seem to be easy in a short period of time."

"Part of Sumul has been dragged into the war. We can't go back there in a short time. We may have to wait until the war is over."

"It just so happens that there is still a long enough period of time for Cisco to grow up."

This is a heavy topic, because once the decision is made to take revenge on Dover, it means a new war is about to begin.

Lance patted Alberto's arm, "Everything's going to be alright."

Alberto nodded, "Yes, everything will be fine."

The opening of the bar was not immediate, and there were many problems involved, such as how to let people know that the bar had reopened without letting the Hazardous Materials Administration smell a problem.

Once it starts to become profitable again, there's no guarantee that someone will leak the news to the agents.

So some means were needed to let people know it was reopening, and to keep it from others.

In addition, there are some equipment that needs to be replaced or repaired, which takes time.

Even if it is to open, it will probably have to wait until mid to late November.

Lance left the others here and started to clean up the bar, and he returned to the company.

He has high hopes for this bar, it will definitely be a big profit maker!
As soon as he returned to the company, someone told him that Congressman Williams called. The two people, or the two forces, are now in a honeymoon period, so Lance immediately called back.

"Are you looking for me?"

"Yes, someone called me and asked me to ask if there was any way to facilitate a settlement between you and the Liji Group."

Lance raised an eyebrow, "You promised?"

Congressman Williams laughed, "Of course I'm not that stupid. How could I agree to them if I don't know anything?"

"Besides, we are partners. It's not the case with them. At most, it's an exchange of interests."

"I'm just curious about what happened..."

Lance recounted the details of what happened, and Senator Williams also felt that this was a problem with the Liji Group. "Did they not want to honor your grape contract, causing you to lose more than a million dollars, and then all this happened?"

Hearing Lance nod in agreement, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Now they have lost even more."

Lance thought about it for a moment. "If they give you a reason you can't refuse, I'll give you a favor, Congressman Williams. Two million. This is the lowest price I'll accept."

Councilman Williams laughed once again, "That's funny, Lance, I didn't realize my face was worth so much."

He paused for a moment, "We are friends, but I am not with them."

After he hung up the phone, he looked at James, as if asking him "Why don't I get involved in this?"

This is a kind of "education" process between father and son, and it is also an opportunity that ordinary people will never have.

When a college graduate starts his graduation party with the words “During my internship at the Presidential Palace…”, 95 percent of the people in the entire school will have to look up to him in the future!

The average family father will just wave his fist to get his children to "be obedient" instead of telling them that there are many things in the world that they need to think about.

"If they were willing to pay two million, there wouldn't be this problem now!" This is the result of James' analysis.

Congressman Williams smiled and gave a standard answer!
His education of James was successful!
This is no longer just a matter of money!
Sleepy

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