Shadow Empire

Chapter 83 Answers, Hide and Seek and Protecting the Interests of Your Family

Lance looked at Jason, whose clothes were disheveled and face was covered in blood, shook his head slightly, glanced at Hiram, and said, "Get some water."

He looked at Jason and said, "Before you tell me the answer, you'd better use your brain to think about whether you should lie to me, and think about what you will face if I expose your lie."

There is a faucet at the door. After all, this is the commonwealth where the water is sweet. Who can resist sweet water that can be drunk directly anytime and anywhere?

He first gave Jason some water, then wet his handkerchief with the water and wiped the blood off his face, making him look much better.

"Now you can tell me, first of all, the first question." He walked to the side, opened a folding chair and sat down, "Where is the money hidden?"

In fact, Lance knew where the money was hidden, and Lawn saw everything, but he still asked this question. His purpose was to test whether this guy still had a lucky mentality.

At the same time, it also gives him the impression that "I know everything".

That’s more than four thousand yuan, but at this moment, compared with good health or even survival, money doesn’t seem so important.

"On 17th Street in the Empire District..."

Lance stopped him before he could finish his words. Seeing Jason's puzzled expression, Lance said with a half-smile that seemed unfathomable to him, "There's a dumpster behind the house on number 22. Do you want me to continue?"

"I know everything. I just want to know if you've cheated on me."

Jason was stunned, his expression somewhat horrified.

Number 22 is a townhouse building with a small alley behind it that contains several trash cans.

He used to rent a house with other people in this apartment, and when he was throwing away garbage, he often found that a brick behind the trash can was loose and could be pulled out.

He broke the brick in half and put it back in place, so that there was a space about ten centimeters deep, wide and five centimeters high.

If you are not an observant person, you will not notice it even if you see it, and there is also a trash can outside.

He often hides important things, mainly money, in it, and so far no accidents have happened and no one knows about it.

But when Lance shouted it out, he realized that someone might be following him, which made him even less willing to lie!
"Yes, yes, the money is there!"

Lance nodded noncommittally, "The second question is, how many people know that you have become rich."

Jason began to sweat, and the salt in his sweat irritated his wounds. The hot weather made him sweat even more.

He looked at Lance with pleading eyes, "I don't know, I hid the money and left with fifty bucks, then I bought a pack of fifty-cent cigarettes on the way, and then..."

He recalled painfully, "... and then I went to the bar, I wanted to have a drink, because we had just done such a big thing and I was starting to feel nervous, I wanted to relax."

"Yes, the person who changed coins at the door of the bar, the security guard, the bartender, my three friends, the stripper, and some other guests who might know that I had money."

"I...I did something stupid, Mr. Lance. I bought my friends a couple of drinks."

“And went to the one-man stage upstairs.”

When Erwin heard this, he wanted to rush up and beat up the bastard, but Lance stopped him.

"In other words, there are probably at least a dozen people or more who know that you are rich."

Most people who go to strip bars don't go for a separate stage because it's too expensive.

Few people would open a small room specifically for a better viewing experience when they can watch something for free downstairs.

The dancers in the hall will dance around a circular stage, most of the time in the bar or next to the bar. They will show their graceful dance moves in different directions, and they will mainly show in the direction where more money is thrown.

This is actually a way to stimulate consumption, because if you want to see more and more exciting things, you have to spend money on it.

The more money you throw, the more they will pay attention to you, and even interact with you, while people in other directions can only see your silhouette or back unless they start throwing money too.

This is actually a very clever way to boost consumption, especially when the bar is busy, there will always be some fools who will throw more money on the stage just to show off.

Especially after two drinks, I just want her to fucking dance on me!

People who have this kind of idea and start to get carried away will compete with each other in spending money.

You smash one dollar and I smash two dollars. This is the happiest time for the dancers. They can make a lot of money without paying any other cost. Moreover, many bars do not charge a commission for this part of the money. It all belongs to the dancers.

But dancers sometimes give the bar some symbolic money to allow the bar to protect them.

Some people who don’t like to compete with others will book a room for themselves.

Jason had money in his pocket and even felt light-hearted when walking. He no longer wanted to watch with others, so he went straight upstairs. You know, the minimum consumption upstairs was ten dollars, and it was impossible for him not to give any tip at all.

Some special dance skills can only be shown to you by the dancer after you pay a certain amount of money.

It is more or less acceptable to treat others to a couple of drinks, but going to a small stage is definitely not because of a small profit or a good mood, it must be because of making a lot of money.

"Have you ever told anyone how you got the money?" Lance asked again.

Jason also knew the seriousness of the matter, and he didn't dare to lie at this time. "No, Mr. Lance, I promise that no one knows where the money came from. I swear to my mother that I have never revealed a single word!"

Seeing his face twisted with fear and pain, Lance chose to trust him temporarily. He stood up and walked out the door, followed by Erwin and Hiram.

"Lauren," Lance called out, and Lauren came over immediately. "Go and bring back his money, and then you can go inside and find a tailor to measure your bodies. You will have new clothes at the end of the month."

After hearing this, Lawn was overjoyed. "Okay, boss. I'll go right away!"

After watching Morris drive him away, Irving asked, "What to do with him?"

Hiram said nothing, but just stood quietly by.

Lance thought for a moment and said, "Go to Mr. Coty and get me some oil drums and cement."

"We have been in Jingang City for so long, but we have never been to Angel Lake. It is time to see the scenery of Angel Lake. They always say that the scenery there is very beautiful."

Erwin nodded and drove away in another car. Lance then looked at Hiram and said, "I plan to execute him."

Hiram was mentally prepared and accepted the result. "Although we know each other, he did something he shouldn't have done, and this is the result he deserves!"

Lance was very happy that Hiram understood him so well. After all, Hiram and Jason were a small group before. No matter how long they had known each other or how good their relationship was, Lance still needed to take care of Hiram for the sake of face.

He always agrees with a saying: If you want to gain the respect of others, you must first learn to respect others.

Lance used to know a man who either beat or scolded his subordinates. His favorite saying was "Do they dare to rebel?" Until he was found hiding in a suitcase in an abandoned cellar on the side of the road.

It was his subordinates who did it because they couldn't stand his bad temper, so they played a game of hide-and-seek with him. Who knew he was so good at hiding, he hid for many days, and even his best friends and family couldn't find him.

If he had not been hiding for so long that his body had become smelly, he might have hidden in the abandoned cellar for even longer.

So Lance will take care of the face of the people around him, whether they are bosses, friends, or subordinates.

Hiram even offered at this point, “I’ll do it.”

Lance patted his arm, "I'll do it. It's my responsibility."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Hiram looked away, no longer insisting.

"I'm also worried about the other one. Is the person you arranged still keeping an eye on him?"

Hiram nodded, "I've been keeping an eye on this. If anything goes wrong again, please let me take action!"

This time Lance didn't refuse, "I hope nothing unexpected happens. We don't want that."

The office got off work exceptionally early today, at 5:30. Of course, this had something to do with the fact that there were not many people there in the afternoon. There were thirty-seven people, and not a single one was left out.

Everyone is young, the oldest is Melo, he is 23 years old this year.

The others were all young people in their teens, 17, 18, 19 or 20s, both men and women. It was very lively when everyone was together, and they were also looking forward to the new clothes that were about to be available.

With Lance's arrival, everyone stood up. He raised his hand and walked to the front.

"I called you all here today for two things."

"First, we have been together for two months. After a long period of darkness, we finally have our dawn. I want to reward everyone."

"I have arranged to make new clothes for you today. It's just part of the process. We need a new face to start a new life."

"We are going to go camping at Angel Lake tomorrow. I have asked Ethan to prepare the food. We will have 50 kilograms of beef, steaks, lamb chops, fruits and vegetables. I will make sure everyone can have enough to eat!"

Young people all like to have fun and have fun. Immediately, someone shouted "good" and blew whistles, and everyone showed a happy expression.

Erwin stamped his feet, and the noisy cheers finally subsided a little.

And the crowd quieted down again as Lance spoke again, "The second thing is, something terrible happened today."

"First of all, I need to make sure everyone understands one thing: we are not safe."

“There has been some resistance to our labor agency from illegal immigrants, loan sharks, and unions.”

"If any of these things break out, it will be hard for us to continue to have what we have now, so we have to be more united than anyone else."

"Yet today someone tried to push us over the edge and put us in terrible danger, which I cannot forgive."

"He would make us go back to the way we were before, living in culverts, not having enough food to eat, not having warm clothes to wear, and being bullied by others."

"It's even possible that we will die at the hands of others!"

"That's why I hate it so much!"

"We are a family, we are a family, I don't want any of you to get into trouble, even if someone needs to go to hell for it, I hope that person is me!"

"This is also the second thing today. I am going to execute someone who tried to destroy us..."

(End of this chapter)