Shadow Empire

Chapter 691 Delivery to your door [666+24]
The negotiations went smoothly.

Of course, this refers to the people brought by Lance and Owen. They have no objection to giving out part of the shares to establish a fund that has nothing to do with them.

The proceeds of this foundation will be used for the Lance and Williams families. Currently, only Lance and Mayor Williams have the signing authority, and the amount they can call for is 50% to 50%.

After the negotiations, Lance had these gentlemen who had returned from hell sent away. He chatted with Owen for a few words at the door before returning to the room.

"I thought you would support some people yourself!" Mayor Williams held up his glass and looked at Lance, "For example, those people from the Imperial Chamber of Commerce."

What he meant was that if some of the capitalists in the Bay Area were cleared out, Lance would fill this part with his own people, and of course Mayor Williams would also arrange for some people to fill it in.

What he didn't expect was that Lance directly invited "external forces".

Lance sat on the sofa opposite him, looking at the wine glasses on the coffee table. He didn't know which one was his for a moment. He asked Erwin to bring another glass and poured some wine for himself. "I have a good relationship with them. If I employ them, sometimes there will be problems and they will mess things up."

Mayor Williams understood a little, just a little!
He curled his lips, as if to agree with what he said. He thought of some incompetent people occupying high positions in the family business and causing trouble.

But in fact, what Lance is most worried about is that these idiots in the Empire Chamber of Commerce are simply not qualified for these new "positions". They will be fooled by the remaining rich people in the Bay Area and the people on Mayor Williams' side.

He never believed in any "guarantee" or their "conscience". Guarantee and conscience were just bottom lines that could be broken at any time in order to reflect sufficiently large interests.

When the benefits are big enough, or the threat is not that big, Roger and his people will be easily swept around.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to directly introduce a third party, which would not cause misunderstandings between him and the Williams family and would also allow him to obtain a stable amount of wealth.

Lance is much more important to Mayor Williams than vice versa, so he did not reject Lance's proposal and accepted it with pleasure.

At the busiest time of the afternoon, at the busiest intersection in the center of Jingang City, a large number of pedestrians were already standing on the sidewalk waiting for the traffic lights to change.

At this moment, a van without a license plate suddenly drove into the middle of the intersection, the door was opened, and a guy wearing a hood was thrown out of the car.

Then the van quickly left.

People were frightened and at a loss as to what to do. Some called the police, while others walked over to the person who was thrown down and kept shouting "Help me".

A kind-hearted person untied the hood and saw the person underneath. Some people who watched the news this morning couldn't help but exclaimed -

"Mrs. Charles?"

The police arrived at the scene quickly. They took Mrs. Charles back to the police station and questioned her about everything that had happened since she was kidnapped.

She had bruises and open wounds on her body, probably from being beaten, and she smelled foul because she had urinated on herself.

The housekeeper had gone back to get her clothes, but she was not allowed to leave the police station until she said something.

Sitting in the interrogation room, she held the coffee cup in both hands, her body trembling slightly.

Deputy Director Duke sat leisurely behind his desk, "Mrs. Charles, you'd better recall what happened from the time you were kidnapped to the time you were thrown down."

Mrs. Charles is not a pure housewife who is busy being a housewife. She also has social and interpersonal relationships. She knows very well that the police department is Lance's legal thugs, and it is impossible that Deputy Chief Duke in front of her is unaware of what is happening.

They were just going through the motions, just teasing her and her husband!

Her trembling body was partly due to fear. These people were so lawless that they even dared to kidnap her. They had no regard for the law at all!
Another part of him was angry at Duke and the attitude of the police station!

They clearly know everything, but they insist on pretending to know nothing, which is disgusting!
So she didn't want to talk and just sat there.

Deputy Director Duke did not insist on finding out anything. He was just following orders. He only relaxed a little after her legal team arrived.

The lawyers presented various laws, rules and regulations and asked Deputy Director Duke to release the suspect. However, Deputy Director Duke did not resist these lawyers because it was meaningless and not cost-effective.

After having Mrs. Charles sign several documents, Deputy Director Duke let her leave.

After returning home, Mrs. Charles immediately called Mr. Charles and asked, "When will you be back?"

When Mr. Charles received the call, his face was full of surprise. "You're back?"

"Or did they ask you to call me?"

"How is your son now? Have they given you any trouble?"

Mrs. Charles took a deep breath and said, "He's not in good condition. He fired a shot in the car and the bullet bounced around and hit his thigh. He underwent surgery in a simple room. The doctor said he's still in danger."

"They didn't ask for any ransom or anything like that. I'm worried about him, and..." She hesitated, "...we shouldn't fight them. We can't beat them!"

"One more thing, there may be problems within the company. They have been calling me to inquire about your situation." "I also heard that someone is privately buying shares..."

Mr. Charles's face darkened a little, and he walked back and forth a few steps. "I know, I will be back as soon as possible."

He asked some more questions about the kidnapping and then hung up the phone. Based on his wife's description of the kidnapping process, he could conclude that it was Lance who did it.

After thinking for a long time, he asked someone to ask Lance if he had time. He wanted to go over and talk to Lance alone.

But soon he received some not-so-good news: Lance had already boarded the train back to Jingang City and had returned.

Mayor Williams remained in Maintenon, but had left the hotel and was nowhere to be found.

At this moment he knew that the mediation had failed. There was no point in staying here now. He had to return to Jingang City as soon as possible.

On the one hand, there are issues with his wife and children. On the other hand, and the most important aspect, there are company issues.

Although he holds the largest number of shares in the group company among all individuals, this does not mean that he also holds the largest number of shares in the overall shares. He only holds a small part, 7%.

And he holds the 7% on behalf of the Charles family, so it is not entirely up to him.

If some changes occurred within the group company because of what he was experiencing now, causing him to lose his position as president, or if some changes occurred that he was not aware of, he would not be able to bear it!

He immediately booked a special locomotive to tow his luxury carriage back to Jingang City. For a rich man, the cost of several thousand dollars was nothing.

Because it is a private train, it does not stop except to refuel with coal and water, and its speed is much faster than that of ordinary trains.

It was just noon the next day when he arrived in Jingang City. He walked out of the Jingang City railway station with a gloomy face and got into the car that had been prepared on the roadside. Just as he was about to leave and return to the company, someone suddenly came to his car.

Mrs. Charles and little Charles were kidnapped three days ago. Now everyone in Jingang City is very afraid of death, including Mr. Charles.

Before he arrived at the station, there were more than twenty armed bodyguards waiting for him on the platform.

From the time he got off the train to the time he got into this bulletproof car, he was surrounded by bodyguards.

Anyone who wanted to approach the car was stopped by the bodyguards. Charles turned to look at the two men and signaled the bodyguards to move aside.

"Mr. Charles, we are prosecutors from the Jingang City Prosecutor's Office. We need your cooperation in investigating something."

Mr. Charles frowned impatiently, "What do you need me for?"

"Don't you know that my son has been kidnapped and is still missing?"

"You'd better spend your energy on these things instead of thinking about troubling me, a taxpayer who pays a lot of tax every year!"

The two prosecutors just smiled in a formal manner, and then one of them took out a document from his pocket and showed it to him, "You are under arrest, Mr. Charles, on the charge of soliciting prostitution."

Mr. Charles was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed out of anger!
"Don't you guys understand what's going on right now?"

"my wife……"

Before he could finish, the prosecutor who presented the documents interrupted him and said, "You have two choices now, Mr. Charles."

"First, you resisted arrest. According to the powers granted to us by the federal constitution and laws, we have the right to control you and use lethal force if necessary."

"Second, you get out of that car now. We will handcuff you. Follow me and my colleagues back and explain everything clearly. Then we will prosecute you according to the procedure."

"Of course, during this process you enjoy the rights and obligations of relevant laws. You can hire a defense lawyer or remain silent."

"But no matter what you choose, you have to make that initial choice."

"Resist arrest or come with us!"

Mr. Charles looked at the two prosecutors. They were very young, probably less than thirty years old, and he had never seen them before.

He lit a cigarette and sat in the car, with no intention of leaving or getting out. "I haven't seen you before. Are you new here?"

The man who produced the document shook his head. "This is none of your business, Mr. Charles."

“You just have to choose.”

Mr. Charles seemed unable to convince them, so he could only frown and said, "I will wait for my lawyer to come before I go with you!"

(End of this chapter)