From Gotham to Night City, my notoriety is known to everyone

"So beautiful! But looks a little fierce..." This was Sasha's evaluation.

"This girl comes from a wandering family and has received a good family education. I can tell from her expression." This is Vera's opinion.

V stared at the woman in the photo, trying to analyze her face: "Hmm... She looks like a hot-tempered and straightforward person. That's pretty much my first impression."

Leo knelt down to her in his heart. He really wanted this kind of intuition...

"So do you think this person is good or bad?"

This question was not very polite, and V rolled his eyes at him: "Judging whether a person is good or bad by looking at a photo? Do you think this is witchcraft?"

"No, I always thought it was magic."

Leo corrected her.

V snorted and didn't continue the argument.

Leo asked Chunbai to find Panam's information, took a rough look at it, and prepared to talk to her.

"Since she looks okay, let's call her over to talk to her in person."

Seeing that the team members had no objections, Leo called her.

"Buzz...buzz...click."

Panam seemed busy and the call didn't go through the first time.

Leo was unwilling to give up and continued to dial.

"Woo buzz..."

"Hello? Who is it?"

This time Panam finally answered the phone. Judging from the engine sound and wind in the background, she was driving.

Leo cleared his throat, put on his mask again, and opened his profile picture: "Hello, Ms. Panam Palmer, I am L, a middleman."

Unlike him, Panam turned on the real-time image from the beginning, but she was concentrating on driving and only showed her side profile.

After hearing what Leo said, she seemed to step on the brakes. When the car slowed down, she looked at his profile picture:

"L? I've heard of you. You're pretty famous in the Afterlife Bar. What do you want from me?"

"Two commissions. First, we have something to do in the eastern suburbs and would like to hire you as a guide. Second, I want to do a big deal with the Bright family and hope you can help introduce them."

"Introduction? Oh, this word is really new." A trace of annoyance flashed across Panam's face. "I am just a country mercenary who has just arrived. If you want to do business with the Bright family, you should go to the head of the family, not me. And I have to tell you that Adecado doesn't like cities and city people."

"I know, but the Bright family is different. Your new leader, 'Sol', wants to establish a relationship with the company, doesn't he?"

There was a hint of teasing in Leo's voice, which successfully made Panam's face change slightly.

Rise to Fame: Chapter 260: Panam's Visit

"Thor has just proposed it, and the family hasn't reached a consensus yet. How did you know about it?"

Leo remained silent and adopted a tried-and-tested strategy - letting smart people guess for themselves.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Panam raised his heroic eyebrows and said, "Is there a traitor in the family, or did Thor take the initiative to leak the information? Are you... from the biotechnology industry?"

"Haha, I'm not one of those guys who likes to use homeless people for human experiments." Leo took off his mask and smiled friendly. "I represent Blue Dream Company. Of course, it will take some time for this name to rise like a comet. However, our partner is very famous - Kang Tao."

The tactic of pulling off the tiger's skin was a great success, and Panam's face was filled with surprise and doubt.

She had never heard of Lanmeng Company, but Kangtao was another matter. As long as she was still an Earthling, she must have heard of their name.

Sol clearly said at the family meeting that he wanted to cooperate with biotechnology, so why did he bring Kang Tao out?

I can't figure it out, why not try this -

"Humph! You guys have a pretty good nose."

She said sarcastically,

"Saul also advised us to be patient, saying that as long as we signed a cooperation agreement with a large company, we could save the crumbling Bright family. From what he said, it was as if we were a group of hungry wild dogs who would starve to death if we didn't wag our tails to their master...

It seems that he was completely wrong. The Bright family is a big piece of fat meat, and it can actually attract the attention of two companies. "

Leo listened to her quietly and was not at all irritated by her sarcastic tone.

"No, no, no, you may be mistaken, Ms. Panam. I think other companies, apart from me, treat the Bright family as disposable tools at best."

"Oh? You sound nice, but what do you want us to do? Nothing but work for you!"

"That's true. I do want you to work for me." Leo admitted her point. "You can't survive on your own anyway, so why not join the employer who offers the most generous price?"

"What's your price? What do you want us to do?" Panam became visibly annoyed.

"It's too cheap to discuss business over the phone. When you finish your work, come back to Night City. I'd like to invite you to lunch. Do you have the honor?"

"Your words really hurt my teeth... But never mind, I want to see what tricks you want to play. Text me the time and location. Bye."

"Click."

She said she would hang up and she did it without any ambiguity.

Leo didn't care. He turned to look at V who was eavesdropping openly: "This girl has a really bad temper, but I found out that she has a high status in the Bright Family, so let's try with her."

The people who were listening nodded and had no objection.

"Then let's go. We've finished our morning work. Let's go home and make lunch first. We'll talk about the afternoon work after lunch."

Everyone moved together and left the box.

Leo said hello to Claire and walked out with the members of the Immortal Team.

On the way out, he noticed that the mercenaries around him showed much more "respect" for him, and they all smiled friendly, even flatteringly, when they made eye contact with him.

It seems that the "Kangtao" label is indeed very important.

But... choosing friends means choosing enemies.

Except for neutral parties, forces that have average relations with Kang Tao are likely to change their attitude towards him.

Leave the Afterlife Bar and go straight home.

The three ladies once again worked together to let the aroma of the food float in every corner of the house.

Leo was not idle either. He sent a text message to the old captain, asking him to deliver a large truck to Vera's garage this afternoon and add a batch of motorcycles to the shopping list as a supplement to the cars.

Then he discussed with Jack the matter of recruiting a group of good young men from the Haywood area.

Time passed quietly, and soon it was eleven thirty in the afternoon.

A fusion of delicious dishes filled the table and invited guests rang the doorbell.

When the doorbell rang, Leo and V went to greet the guests together.

Ding--

The elevator door slowly opened.

Panam Palmer, dressed in hobo-style clothes and looking a little dusty, appeared in the elevator.

"Welcome to my temporary home, Ms. Panam."

Leo's eyes fell on her heroic face, and then moved all the way down.

hmm~~~

It is no exaggeration to say that Panam is the type of girl that Chinese mothers-in-law love the most - she looks good at giving birth!

The upper body is already very stylish, and the plump hips in the lower body are even more dizzying.

but,

Leo didn't look at it any further.

It’s not that I don’t want to, but my ribs hurt from seeing it too much.

V's bad habits of being jealous and protective of food must be cured...

While Leo was daydreaming, Panam also completed his initial observation: the man who called himself L was obviously the son of a wealthy family. The red-haired woman next to him looked like a street mercenary, and her aura could not be concealed no matter how strong she was.

What a strange combination.

After entering the room, she met the other three members of the Eternal Life Team. Her eyes lingered on Vera for a long time: "Are you also a wanderer? Which family are you from?"

Vera put on oven-proof gloves and placed a pot of golden roasted chicken in the middle of the dining table. She turned and smiled at her tenderly: "My family has been disbanded, and there is no need to mention the name. If you are asking about it now, then I am a member of this family."

V gave a look of disapproval.

Panam didn't know what he was thinking about. A trace of sadness flashed across his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

She shifted her gaze away from Vera and subconsciously looked at the plate of roast chicken on the table - golden and crispy, sizzling with oil, and with a smell of... honey?

"That's real meat... uh..."

Her question got stuck in her throat as she saw steaks, pork elbows, freshwater fish, and plates of vegetables and fruits that looked so real on the table.

You can tell from the appearance alone that those are definitely not synthetic ingredients sold in supermarkets.

But if they were all true, how many tens of thousands of euros would this table cost? Or hundreds of thousands of euros?

Can the middlemen in the company afford this kind of food?

If this is true, then Thor's decision is correct...

Leo's food tactics once again achieved great success, making things progress in the direction he wanted.

"You're welcome. Let's eat first. The food will get cold soon."

When the last dish of Mexican tripe soup was served, everyone started to eat and drink at Leo's invitation.

Panam had the most delicious and also the most expensive lunch she had ever had. The roast chicken spread with synthetic honey was so delicious that she almost swallowed her tongue.

During the meal, Leo's eyes stayed on Panam's face several times. He was very satisfied with her generous and well-educated demeanor.

Just as the meal was about to end, a small incident occurred.

Leo received a call from the deputy general manager of Kangtao's sales department.

He picked up the phone without paying attention to anyone else.

Claim to Fame: Chapter 261: One Million Bullets, Shocking Panam for a Hundred Years!

"Long time no see, General Manager Shao."

"You too, Mr. Leonardo."

A real-time image of Shao Xuan's upper body appeared in the retina, still dressed in a suit and tie like a leader.

"The Night City branch received your order and sent me to contact you. The order is for a large amount and requires a face-to-face contract. When would it be convenient for you?"

Leo glanced at Panam, who was listening with his ears perked up, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "It's fine now. Please come directly to my apartment."

"No trouble, let's set off now and arrive in 3 minutes."

After hanging up the phone, Leo looked at everyone as if nothing had happened and said casually: "Kang Tao's people are here to discuss business. They will be here in a few minutes."

After hearing this, everyone no longer cared about eating dessert and hurriedly wiped their mouths, took off their napkins, and tidied their appearance.

V wanted to clear the table quickly, but just as he was about to stand up, Leo held him down with his hand: "Everyone hasn't finished eating yet, don't rush to clear the table. I just need to chat with Kang Tao's people on the balcony for a few minutes, it's just a small matter."

Seeing that he had spoken, the friends didn't say much.

Only Panam kept looking at him with undisguised curiosity.

Two minutes later, the unique sound of the vector engine came from outside the window. Strong air currents pushed the sand and dust onto the glass, making a rustling sound.

"Kantau's guests are here. I'm going to go talk to them."

Along with Leo's words, the warning sound of the hovercraft rang out: [Docked, please be careful to avoid it. Dear customer, please wait for the hovercraft to enter a stable floating state before approaching. ]

Leo walked to the balcony and waited for about ten seconds until the air flow outside subsided before unlocking the electric glass door.

V followed behind him as a bodyguard, and the two of them greeted the Kangtao employees who got off the hovercraft.

I don’t know if it was intentional or accidental - Leo didn’t close the balcony door, so the people inside could hear clearly what was happening on the balcony.

"Mr. Shao, welcome!" Leo took the initiative to extend his hand to the middle-aged man who had tricked him with a 'salute'. "You should have called me earlier so that we could talk while eating."

“There will be a chance later~”