Chapter 1061: Chat in the Bar

Chat in the Bar. In the Lapa Diplomatic Embassy Bar, a gentleman wearing a hat walked in.

Although New Jincheng in the late middle of March is not as cold as the previous two months, the temperature has not risen yet.

He walked into the bar, didn't take off his hat, but looked around, and finally locked his eyes on the corner.

Soon he walked toward the corner. The bartender glanced at him, then gave the bodyguard in the bar a look, and the latter stood up and walked slowly toward that side.

The person who came didn't seem to notice these. He came to the corner, sat in a booth, then raised his hand and called the waiter, "Bring a large glass of whiskey, the cheapest one."

The waiter didn't show any disdainful look. A large glass often means more than 5 ounces, even the cheapest one costs 4 yuan.

People say that people in New Jincheng are very rich, but those who can really afford a 4-yuan glass of whiskey casually are ultimately a minority.

The waiter recorded the bill while saying, "I recommend you try our Silver Label whiskey, aged in new oak barrels for three years. If you think the taste is not good, and you can say what is not good about it, our boss will treat you tonight!"

The gentleman wearing the hat asked curiously while taking off his hat, "How much?"

"Six yuan."

"Bring a glass!"

The waiter's face was full of smiles, "Okay, sir, it will be here soon. I'll make the decision to send you some small snacks for the wine!"

In this bar, pushing mid-to-high-end wine has commissions, such as Silver Label, Gold Label, etc.

Starting this year, the winery will produce wine, red wine, and brandy, but red wine and brandy may need some time, as these two types of wine need aging and cellar storage.

The winery considered importing a batch of good-quality red wine from other places first, and then re-bottling it to open up the sales market. After a few years, the company's own wines will be listed, and they can quickly fill the gap.

So now there are red wine and brandy in New Jincheng, and Lan Si's production is "White Crystal Grade."

Behind there are Yellow Crystal, Red Crystal, Blue Crystal, and Green Crystal, representing different grades.

"The wine is really fucking expensive now!", the gentleman wearing the hat complained, seemingly still feeling the pain for the 6-yuan price.

The gentleman sitting opposite him couldn't help laughing, "If someone knows you will complain about the price for a 6-yuan glass of wine, tomorrow your house will be piled up with wine they sent you!"

The gentleman who is not wearing a hat now, but was wearing a hat just now, shook his head, "I have money, it doesn't mean I must accept the ridiculously high price of wine."

"Before the prohibition was issued, such a bottle of wine couldn't be sold for 6 yuan, but now they only give me a large glass, which means they sell one bottle for 30 yuan. Do you think it's reasonable?"

The guy opposite him picked up the wine glass on the table and shook it twice, "I also think it's unreasonable."

The gentleman wearing the hat showed an expression of "See, I knew you were different from me." Neither of them spoke, because the waiter was approaching quickly.

He was holding a tray. On the tray was a well-folded disposable paper cup holder, then a large square glass, empty, next to a small ice bucket, and half a bottle of wine, as well as a measuring cup.

Besides these, there were some pickled cucumbers, carrot strips cut into strips, and some dried beef slices. These were all small snacks for the wine.

"Sir, do you need ice cubes?"

It's early spring, but the temperature is still cold, so some people might not want ice cubes.

The gentleman wearing the hat didn't refuse, "Bring some, anyway, the wine won't decrease."

The waiter smiled, bent down to put things away, then added some ice cubes to the glass, then measured 5 ounces of wine with a measuring cup and poured it in.

The amber liquid slid to the bottom of the glass along the ice cubes, which looked pleasing to the eye, and it emitted a more obvious fragrance, with a faint nutty aroma and a trace of smoky feeling.

This is a complex-flavored whiskey. The guy sitting opposite the gentleman wearing the hat watched the waiter about to take the wine bottle away, and he said directly, "Leave it."

The waiter was stunned for a moment, and then realized that they ordered this large bottle, which made the waiter a bit excited.

"This bottle of wine has only been sold twice for 2 ounces, so there are 21 ounces left. Excluding the 5 ounces here, there are 16 ounces left. I'll make the decision to charge 19 yuan for the two of you."

Before the gentleman wearing the hat could say anything, the guy opposite him took out two 10-yuan bills, one 5-yuan bill, and two 1-yuan bills and pressed them on the bill in the waiter's hand, "The extra is a tip, don't let others disturb us!"

The waiter immediately bent down, "Thank you for your generosity, sir, everything will be as you wish!"

He said as he took a few steps back, walked to a bodyguard in the bar and said two words, and the bodyguard took the initiative to stand at a distance from them, but where he could stop others from coming over.

Including this gentleman's own, they have already spent more than 30 yuan here. To say it's a lot, this money can't be considered particularly much, but it certainly can't be considered little.

The comfortable thing about rich people is here. As long as they have money, they can enjoy everything happy.

After the two ate some small snacks, they raised their wine glasses and clinked them, "Next time I'll treat.", the gentleman wearing the hat said.

The two drank a small sip each, and the gentleman opposite him smiled very indifferently, "Whoever treats is the same, it doesn't matter."

He said as he paused, "Lan Si came back today, and Cleveland held a banquet for him to welcome him."

"Until now, he is still in Cleveland's manor and hasn't come out. Their relationship is better than people imagine."

Being able to stay overnight in Cleveland's manor, for him, must be a very important guest. Even if it's not so important, they don't have the qualification to stay overnight in his manor.

"He attaches great importance to Lan Si, and now we can see that in some issues, he has also been influenced by Lan Si, which is the worst."

"The more he attaches importance to Lan Si, the more troublesome it means for us to topple these people.", he picked up a small piece of dried beef, not the kind without any moisture, but still slightly tough, and could tear off some strip-shaped beef.

These beef mixed with the residual alcohol in the mouth, releasing a very special taste, making people a bit high.

The gentleman wearing the hat was a bit irritable when he heard these words. He took off his coat, and inadvertently revealed the police badge on his vest. He was a policeman, and the Boss of all police in New Jincheng.

Police Chief.

Sitting opposite him was the newly appointed director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As soon as he took office, he was thinking about increasing the power in his hands by strengthening Congress's control over local criminal cases.

Although his reputation is not obvious now, people have already started to notice him. His practices are very clever, allowing Congress and centralization to increase while not causing dissatisfaction with him and Congress in the local area, which can be considered a capable person.

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Lan Si have no direct hatred, but Lan Si, or other gangs, are chips on his road to greater power.

The war will end soon. He plans to deal with all famous gangs in the five years after the war ends, thereby obtaining more opportunities and walking to a higher place.

His ambition is not just to be a director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He wants more! So Lan Si, a gang leader who has already made a name for himself in the Federation, has also become his target, even if there is no hatred between them.

This is like a wolf wanting to eat a rabbit, not because the rabbit did something that made the wolf hate it very much. The wolf is just hungry, and if it's hungry, it has to eat the rabbit if the rabbit is around it.

No right or wrong, no love or hate, only interests, the most naked interests.

The Police Chief nodded, his face full of bitter smiles, "You don't know, this person is very difficult to handle. He has made me lose face several times, but I can't do anything about him."

"Just when I was about to do something to him, Tang Mu... do you know that person?"

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation nodded, "I know, Cleveland's subordinate, a staffer, a runner or something."

"Yes, it's him!", the Police Chief pointed to the other director opposite him, then picked up a small piece of pickled cucumber and threw it into his mouth and chewed it.

The recipe for this pickled cucumber is still the inheritance recipe of the Lawrence family. Although it is pickled cucumber, it retains the crispness of the cucumber.

It is completely different from those soft pickled cucumbers outside, and it is very popular with guests.

"I haven't even dealt with Lan Si yet, Tang Mu came over to hint that I can't arrest Lan Si, and soon someone will call me, the mayor, or even a higher-level role. What do you say I can do?"

"The Secretary of State even called me to talk about things related to Lan Si. He is the most difficult gang leader I have ever dealt with, none of them!"

This is his experience in work. When dealing with other gang leaders, no matter how difficult they are outside, as long as they arrive at the police station, they have to follow his rules.

But Lan Si is different. He is not difficult to handle at all. As long as it's not an excessive thing, he will cooperate, but it's just that in the situation where he knows he has done some bad things, he can't do anything about him.

This is very discouraging, and Lan Si sometimes hints and threatens vaguely, which also makes the Police Chief feel very headache.

After all, he is not alone. He has family, parents, wife, children, brothers, and sisters.

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation nodded, "I have also been thinking about this recently. I think we can change a method and not make arresting him personally the purpose of our work."

"Change the train of thought. Doesn't he have a big hatred with the Perez family?"

"Then create opportunities for their hatred and contradictions to continue to escalate."

"Now the war is over, the ban on fire fighting will soon be lifted."

"My idea is to mobilize the Perez family to deal with Lan Si first, and then let them fight each other. No matter who kills whom, it is a good thing for us, not a bad thing."

"In the process of their family war, we collect a large amount of evidence. No matter who eventually wins, Lan Si or Fran, we hold evidence that can arrest a large number of their cadres and captains."

"First pull out their claws, and then dealing with them will be very easy, and they don't just have one enemy. There will be challengers constantly coming to challenge them until they lie down completely, or reveal flaws."

The Police Chief listened to this train of thought of the other party and didn't express any opinion immediately, but looked at him with deep meaning, "You didn't think about arresting them and sending them to court."

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation drank a glass of wine with a look of looking at a fool, "Come on, you don't really think that sending them to prison is the victory of justice and justice, do you?"

"They can remotely control the criminal groups outside to continue committing crimes in prison, and they might retaliate more fiercely!"

"With their status and their relationship network, it is very likely that even if a lifetime Supreme Court judge tries their case, they will not be sentenced to death, which means our efforts are meaningless."

"Since it's useless to arrest them, it's better to find a way to make them all become the past, so we don't have so many troubles!"

The Police Chief smiled, "Your justice is as impressive as ever!"

The two are good friends and classmates at the police academy.

At the beginning, their grades were very good, they both delayed graduation, and accepted police training.

In this process, they also knew each other and left a deep impression on each other, especially the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who expressed a point of view at school.

He caught the heinous criminals and sent them to court, which is the greatest injustice of justice.

The Federation has not abolished the death penalty. Although some places have started to call for this, it doesn't mean that the death penalty can be executed very quickly. This is difficult.

Sometimes judges would rather sentence a 1,000-year fixed-term imprisonment than sentence a death penalty, although from the result, it is almost the same, and the person being tried will evaporate directly from society.

Added to some regulations, for example, sometimes in order to close the case faster and calm people's fear, they will offer some conditions to criminals.

Like as long as they confess all their crimes and take the initiative to plead guilty, they will not be sentenced to death.

This is very cost-effective for many criminals, and at the same time, it is also very cost-effective for the police. Everyone saved time, and justice was also upheld.

But the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes that this is not true justice. True justice is to let all criminals pay the price they should pay!

Instead of using the law and legal loopholes to arm them!

Until now, the other party's ideas have not changed, and the Police Chief is still a bit surprised.

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation drank two glasses of wine, then poured out the ice cubes in the glass, added ice cubes again, and poured himself a glass of Silver Label whiskey.

The multi-layered taste change of nut and smoke indeed brought a more comfortable experience, and the taste was very good, much better than ordinary mid-range whiskey. No wonder it sells so expensive!

If he knew that a large part of the mellow taste he thought came from thickeners, maybe he wouldn't think so.

"These people, whether it's Fran, Lan Si, or other gang leaders, the number of people who died in their hands may be tens of thousands, more than 100,000."

"If you just send them to prison, and they must have a way to leave, this is unfair!"

"I have been thinking about how to kill them legally, and not like myself. Look, this is a very good choice."

The Police Chief nodded, "I recognize your idea. Others are easier to operate. Lan Si side..."

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shook his head, "It's all the same. I had someone watching him early in the morning."

The Police Chief still had some places that he didn't understand, "If Congress intervenes in these cases and asks you to stop, what should you do?"

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation replied, "Didn't you say that there was a young man on your side whose family was killed by Lan Si's people?"

The Police Chief nodded with a heavy face, "Yes, I have recommended him to participate in the training of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Now he is working in Likalai State. He wants to get close to Lan Si and collect his criminal evidence."

"It's this person. Use him to expose the criminal evidence of the Lan Si family. Once public opinion is set off, even Congress and senators will have to draw a line with Lan Si in time."

"Not to mention that they take the initiative to stand on our side, at least they won't interfere with some of our subsequent actions."

The Police Chief thought for a while after listening, "There is no big problem. As for whether it can be done, we'll talk about it then."

"It's too early to talk about these now, and it's not easy to operate on my side. It mainly depends on you."

The police of the police station do this kind of thing. First, they lack experience, and second, the level of law enforcement is not enough. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also taken off halfway now and has greater law enforcement power. It is just right for them to do it.

After chatting about these serious matters, they soon chatted about financial investment.

"I saw a new car parked outside, that latest... brand car, is it yours?"

"I see the license plate number is about the same as the one you had before."

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was full of smiles. If you praise his wife, he will look at you with a scrutinizing look.

But if you praise his car, he will laugh as innocently as a child!

"That's right, I just bought it.", maybe he still wanted to show off, he couldn't help but say, "I made a profit from investment recently, in the stock market, there is a stock called Hope Mining, which has a lot of potential!"

"I made a lot of money relying on it, so I bought a car, which is a reward for myself."

Middle-aged people, besides career, maybe investment and making money can let them chat on. Soon the two started to share their investment experience, as if this was really just a chat after work.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1062 =====