Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 323 Compromise
Shi Fei thought a lot and finally sighed.

How the hell did Goff City become like this!
He and Jack came to the abandoned subway platform, where Jack lost the data.

Under the dim light, there was a familiar stench in the air, and the graffiti on the wall looked particularly hideous in the weak light. In Goff's eyes, a faint white mist seemed to appear, like a thin line, guiding his direction.

"Sir, this way!" Jack followed the guidance of the white mist and walked quickly in front to lead the way.

His pace became faster and faster, as if he had endless energy. His footsteps were particularly loud in the empty subway platform and echoed in the silent tunnel.

They didn't walk too far, maybe a hundred meters, maybe two hundred meters. After crossing a barrier full of garbage, they came to a brightly lit area.

It was a subway platform in operation. People were coming and going on the platform, and passengers were getting on and off the train in a hurry, a busy scene.

They are only a hundred or two hundred meters apart, but it feels like two worlds apart.

No, maybe they are not two different worlds. The smell of the subway platform is still the same, but it is a little more popular and less dead.

They walked through the subway station, walked to the next platform, and then came to the ground from the platform. After going around in circles, they finally arrived in front of an office building.

"It's right upstairs!" Jack said excitedly, with hope in his eyes. He felt the existence of those files more and more clearly, as if they were calling him not far away.

Shi Fei looked up at the dozens of floors of office buildings and asked, "So which floor is it on?"

"On the fifth floor, I see it!" Jack strode into the office building and pressed the elevator button.

In such office buildings, the higher you go, the higher the rent. Not only in Goff City, such floors have better lighting, and high floors are a symbol of status and strength.

It's like in a building, the higher you stand, the more you can step on others. Just like the super high-rise office buildings in Goff City, the top floors cannot be rented just by having money.

Therefore, the fifth floor of the office building is a rather awkward location. Most of the companies here are not doing well.

Of course, it can't be said that it is completely impossible. In Goff City, many industries are monopolized by the Wayne Group, and many people can only survive by finding other ways.

For example, companies that plan protests, and companies that help people deal with troubles.

Harper runs a company that helps others deal with their problems.

Thanks to his previous service in the military, work as a security guard at the Wayne Group, and involvement in gangs, Harper is very bold and has a wild way of handling things, so he is called "Wild Harper".

Originally, he could have grown bigger and bigger with his work style and connections. But now, with more and more people helping others solve problems, the threshold for this industry has become lower and lower, and it has become more and more competitive, making business very difficult.

Fortunately, he recently received an order to help a client deal with a troublesome problem. He thought he did a good job, but his client didn't think so.

At this time, Harper was sitting in his office, arguing with clients on the phone. Friends who have worked in this industry know that anyone can do the work, but being able to get paid is the real skill.

"...You just said you wanted to deal with the trouble. I have already investigated him. As long as we take the information in his hands, he will not pose any threat." Harper said to the person on the phone.

"Harper." The voice on the other end of the phone was cold: "I came to you because of an acquaintance. Can't you just get rid of the trouble completely? What do I need the information for? The trouble is with the people, not the information!" "But..." Harper understood what the other party meant. Killing is also the main way to solve the trouble. He frowned and said to the phone: "You only purchased the most basic service, which does not include killing!"

"Huh?" The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be amused and said, "Harper! I gave you $10,000, and you don't include this?"

"Do you know how many people can go missing in Goff City for $10,000?"

Harper sighed inwardly. In the early years, in a company like his, $10,000 did not include murder. But now it's too tempting. He heard that some companies would murder and set fire to someone for $3,000, and even shoot someone six times in the back.

Killing someone for $10,000 has already broken the bottom line he set in his mind.

"If you don't want to do this, return the deposit and we can part ways amicably!" The person on the phone said coldly, "I'll go find someone else!"

How could Harper not want to do it? How could he return the deposit? He had already used the deposit to pay for the company's expenses, and some of it was given to the middleman who introduced the business!

The money is long gone.

"I think, Mr. Lauda, there may be a misunderstanding!" Harper said quickly, with a hint of compromise in his tone: "Maybe there was a problem in our initial communication, and I misunderstood!"

"I will solve your problem once and for all."

At this moment, in front of money, no rules or bottom line exist. The only bottom line is to get the money!
"Well... I'll wait for your news. Hurry up!" The voice on the other end of the phone was low and brief, and then hung up, leaving a cold busy tone.

Harper put down the phone, rubbed his temple, and cursed in his heart, "Damn, these bastards!"

The bastards he was talking about were naturally his colleagues!
They always do whatever it takes to grab business, even at a loss, to snatch customers. They are simply a cancer in the industry!

If it were a few years ago, facing a customer like Lauda, he would have many ways to make Lauda spend money again and solve the problem.

He deliberately left Jack alive in order to have a bargaining chip with the client. Didn't he know that shooting Jack was the fastest way to solve the problem?
Isn't that for more money?

Now, the situation is stronger than him, and he has to compromise. The changes in the market and the squeeze from his peers have forced him to bow his head.

He was just about to call two of his men to solve the trouble when suddenly, a noisy sound came from outside the office.

"What's going on?" Harper frowned and walked out of the office quickly. The scene in front of him made his heart tighten!
His two men were lying on the ground with painful expressions on their faces, groaning one after another.

After that, he saw Jack and Shi Fei.

He didn't know Shi Fei, but he recognized Jack's distorted and exaggerated face!

After all, it is "trouble"!

Harper's pupils shrank slightly, and alarm bells rang in his heart. Trouble finally came.

(End of this chapter)